Alcohol (ethanol) is a regular companion in western cuisine. But how much calories do we get from it? Some say that although ethanol has calories – 7 kcal per gram (more than carbohydrates – e.g. sugar! – as already described) – they actually are not used (or entirely used) by your body. So, let’s try […]
Lembas
Lembas background Lembas is probably the most known fictional food. It is a special bread imagined by JRR Tolkien and mentioned in The Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion. Lembas is made by the Elves, shaped into thin cakes, very nutritious, and stays fresh for months when kept unbroken in its original leaf-wrappings. It is […]
Chocolate coffee beans
When searching for interesting things in a coffee shop, I stumbled upon a chocolate covered coffee beans, advertised as »providing a quick kick«. Naturally I got interested, but upon deeper contemplation, decided to first do some research and latter to prepare chocolate coffee beans myself! Background So, according to USDA, chocolate covered coffee beans can have […]
Bark Bread
When reading up on the life during World war II, I sometimes stumbled upon the mentioning of bark bread. This definitely sparked my imagination – ingenuity of people, who find a solution in a tough situation. I imagined people scraping the brown bark from the trees, kneading the bran-like brown substance into a perfect dough, […]
Caloric value of food
Everyone who thinks just a little bit about what he or she eats, thinks about the calories and caloric value of food – how much energy food or drink will provide – either to get the most out of it or to get a little as possible out of its food. But how are these […]