วันจันทร์ที่ 31 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

Homemade Tomato Juice - How to Do it Right

The biggest problem I have run into in making and bottling my own tomato juice is how to get the juice to not separate in the bottles. If you have ever bottled tomato juice or other puree juices, you will know what I am talking about. The thick part of the juice seems to separate from the watery part. So, how do you keep it from doing that? It can seem to be a little tricky, but it is possible. First, I want to talk a little bit about tomatoes.

Tomato plants used to be more acid. Over the years, seed growers have cross bred the tomatoes to create sweeter varieties. This has caused us to need to change the way we preserve the tomatoes so they will be safe to eat. There are different ways of preserving food that is on different parts of the acid-base scale. The more acid foods can be boiling- water-bath processed safely and the food will keep well in the bottles and be safe. The more alkaline foods need to be preserved in a pressure cooker if you are bottling them. Tomatoes have moved from more acid toward neutral and because of this they must be acidified when they are bottled.

It takes a lot of time and money to conduct the tests to set the processing times and methods for each food. For this reason, the Agriculture Extension Service has recommended that we acidify the tomatoes back to near what they used to be and also cook them for longer periods of time or at higher heat so they will be safe to eat right from the bottles. Many people do not heat tomatoes up right out of the bottle, and because of this they must be processed long enough to kill potential botulism spores that may be in them. Botulism toxin is odorless, tasteless, and can be deadly if ingested. If we simmer bottled food for 20 minutes after opening the bottles the toxins will be destroyed and the food will be safe to eat.

Making tomato juice will be easier if you use a food strainer sauce maker to puree the tomatoes. There are several on the market that are good and there are extra screens and spirals you can purchase to puree berries, pumpkin, and make salsa. You will also need a heavy stock pot or pan to cook your tomatoes before you puree them. Along with the sauce maker and stock pot, you will need a container to catch the tomato juice as it comes out of the sauce maker, long handled instruments for stirring, a few scrapers, and a cup or small pan to transfer the cooked tomatoes to the food strainer. To cut down on the kitchen and house mess, I like to do my juicing on my patio where I can hose it down when I am done. That way I will not have to be so careful, but I have done it all in my kitchen in the past.

The first thing you will want to do with your ripe tomatoes is wash them. You do not need to core them or cut them if they are small, but check them over and make sure they have no bad spots on them. The juice will only be as good as the produce you use to make it from. They key to making juice that will not separate is to get the tomatoes from the whole, raw state to the cooked state as quickly as possible. When you cut through the cells of the tomato it crushes the cell walls and starts the separation process of the juice from the pulp. The less you can cut it and the faster you heat it the better the juice will be. I begin to cook a few tomatoes in the pan while I am cutting the larger ones and I just keep adding and stirring them as I cut. You do not want to crush by stirring too much, but you also do not want the tomatoes to stick on the pan and burn. Cook the tomatoes until they are soft clear through. You will not need to take the skins or cores out because they will be separated when you put them through the food strainer. Now it is time to put them through the food strainer sauce maker. When this is complete, bring your juice back to a boil, ladle it into the clean, hot bottles, add your acid and salt or other flavorings, clean the lip of the bottle and put the hot canning lid and ring on and twist on tight. You are now ready to process your tomato juice. Check with your local Agriculture extension agent for recommended amounts of acid, times and methods of processing at your altitude.. To acidify you can use citric acid or lemon juice.

Homemade tomato juice is one of my favorites. If you garden, you will want to know how to preserve those extra tomatoes for use during the cold or hot season when you can not grow the fresh ones. Tomatoes are one of the few foods that have healthy nutrients in them that are better for you when cooked. Enjoy your glass of tomato juice or tomato soup knowing you are getting good nutrition.




Lee Ann Orton, Author email: juicersaj@gmail.com
BS, Homemaking Education 1968, Brigham Young University.
VP Orton Online Solutions Inc., Certified Creative Healer
Writer for http://www.juicersandjuicing.com
Web URL: http://www.juicersandjuicing.com

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 27 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

Pink Edition LG Viewty Joins the LG KU990 Viewty Range

The LG Viewty Pink is a coalescence of neat design, powerful camera and multimedia features. Also known by its model number as both the KU990 and u990, this attractive but powerful pink LG camera phone is now aimed at a female market.

Hardware and User Interface

The Viewty comes in attractive hues like Black, Purple, Pink, Dark Silver, Hot Red and White. The phone has a 3 inches wide touch screen on the face. The phone has a flash user interface. The phone allows downloading of wall papers.

Communication

Dialing and messaging can be performed on the Pink LG Viewty through the virtual alphanumeric keypad that is designed like the standard mobile keypad. The keypad provides vibratory feedback to touch. Handwriting input is also recognized by the phone and the stylus aids in this type of input. This feature is a bit slow though. The phone book of the phone can support 500 entries and is enabled with the photo call feature.

The phone's calls records features helps to keep records of maximum 40 dialed, 40 received and 40 missed calls. The phone has an organizer. It also has a document viewer that enables you to view documents through the picsel browser in popular formats like MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and PDF files. The LG Viewty also supports SMS, EMS, MMS, Voice memo and E mail. It supports T9 technology or predictive text technology for easy and quick data entry.

Camera

The phone has a 5 Mega pixel camera for taking still photographs. The camera enables you to change image size, adjust picture quality, white balance and ISO and also to zoom in and out whenever required. The camera has a Xenon flash and a digital image stabilization to reduce image blurring.

Multimedia

The LG U990 Pink's camera can shoot video at 120 fps. It allows capturing fast moving action and then viewing it in slow motion which is truly incredible. Videos can be uploaded into You Tube and downloaded from You Tube also.

The phone has a multimedia player through which you can play music and movies. Play lists feature enables easy storage of music tracks and videos for quick retrieval. The scroll wheel around the camera also serves the purpose of volume adjustment. The media player provides high quality audio especially the bass and high tones.

The phone has Blue tooth connectivity. The USB portable drive allows it to be connected to a PC.

The phone supports Java games. The phone has an inbuilt game called shooting stars that is rich in 3D graphics. This game is very entertaining and will be a great feast for game lovers. The phone allows games to feature in QVGA resolution and there are no navigational problems during gaming due to the presence of virtual gaming keys at the bottom of the touch screen.

Mobile Internet

The LG KU990 Viewty's browser is very efficient. Web pages download quickly at a maximum speed of 1.8 Mbps due to the presence of EDGE and HSDPA technology. Wi Fi is absent in the phone. The phone comes with a preinstalled Google package including Google search, Gmail, Google maps and shortcut to Blogger.

The Pink LG Viewty is a great camera phone for the female masses.




A second edition called the LG Viewty Smart has now been released alongside the original LG Viewty to further bolster the manufacturers camera phone line-up, for more details please refer to our shop - Phones Limited.

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 20 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

HTC Wildfire Deals Are Hot Like Fire

If you are a mobile phone lover you must be looking for latest handsets in the market with awesome features and technology. HTC wildfire is one such handset that will automatically catches people's attention because of attractive body line. Let's have a look on this amazing phone that what is special in this handset that will help you to take out of the dilemma of choosing the best. Alike all other phones, many network providers have announced mesmerizing and alluring deals with this handset. To know wildfire completely, it's better to go through its specifications, price range and features.

Wildfire is a 2G and 3G networks compatible phone that works on GSM and HSDPA bands respectively. This handset got a very wide display screen of size 3.2 inches with a resolution of 240x320 pixels. The display screen is a TFT capacitive touch-screen capable of multi touch input methods. Wildfire is much user friendly than its predecessor HTC Tattoo and has enhanced HTC sense UI. For auto rotate function an accelerometer sensor and for auto turn off a proximity sensor, are provided in this handset. HTC Wildfire is completely touch sensitive and has optical track-pad for navigation.

It is powered by Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz processor and runs Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair). Another attraction of this handset is its 5 mega-pixel camera integrated on the back together with LED flash, that is capable of capturing stills as well as videos. You can get this handset in four shades viz. Black, Brown, White and Red. Orange, the mostly used service provider in the UK is offering many affordable HTC Wildfire deals that consist of contract, pay as you go and SIM free deals.

At entertainment front, there are MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player and MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player for enjoying your favourite audio and video tracks. If you want to get connected with your friends via social networking sites then there are Facebook, Flickr and Twitter integration. Other internet services include Google Search, Maps,Google Talk, Picasa, Gmail, YouTube integration. So, if you are going to buy a new handset then check out HTC Wildfire and for getting more try HTC Wildfire deals too.




Matthew Christian is an expert author of Telecommunication industry and contributes his valuable thoughts for telecoms industry readers. Get Latest Updates On HTC Wildfire Deals and Other Offers related HTC Wildfire Contract in UK, Visit onlinemobilephoneshop.co.uk/

วันอาทิตย์ที่ 16 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

Job Search Tips

You want to stack the percentages in your favour, with a little preparation you will find the task of finding a new job much easier, these job search tips arm you with what you need to know and do to make getting that interview easier and once you are in the interview room be equipped to win that position.

Use all the technology available to you today, there are many job search engines available to you, some even let you post looking for work ads, use these to your advantage. The same as a selling is a numbers game so is looking for a new job, the more you are out there and the further you can spread your job search message the higher your chances are of finding a job.

Look professional before you begin, if you have a dodgy email address; fix it! today it is simple to have a professional email address, there is nothing wrong with using Gmail, Yahoo or Hot Mail just make  the address suitable for business use.

What does your message bank say about you? Using a funny answering message is fine for your mates but do you think it is wise for a prospective employer to hear 'sorry I am out getting drunk at the moment please leave a message' Record a business suitable message and stack the job search percentages more in your favour.

Have your resume ready to send, even better use a template so you can customise the resume for each job application. Have you updated your references? Are your hobbies and interests actually what you like to do, if you have written you like to play golf what would happen if the interviewer asked you golf specific questions? 

Stand out in the crowd, if the job you are applying for has many applicants print your resume in a vibrant colour, your resume will stand out in the sea of white, next day call the person and ask how it is going, refer them to your vibrant resume that they have now pulled out and is sitting on top of the stack.

Social networks, what does your Facebook, Bebo, Myspace say about you, is your profile publicly viewable? If you were an employer would you still hire you after looking at your on-line profiles? Make sure your profiles are not publicly viewable and clean up content that could do your job search efforts harm.

You need to know a prospective employer does not want to read hundreds of resumes, they want the task of finding a new employee to be as simple and fast as possible.


The motto of the Scouts is 'be prepared' you too need to be over prepared with your job search plan; it is better to have to much than the worst answer in the interview room 'sorry I don't have that with me'




Head Start Group provide job search training and career training courses in Melbourne Australia. If your career is hitting a brick wall you need Head Start for the Career you deserve.

วันศุกร์ที่ 14 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

Top Toys for Babies Learning to Walk

Teaching a small child how to walk can be a challenging and frustrating task for new parents.While it is a struggle for all babies and most learn to walk at different ages, if you want to help them along, you might consider one of the following two toys. There are many other available, but these two are favorites with many parents. Both have received really good reviews all over the Internet. If you want to help teach your child autonomy while they are learning to walk, both of these are really good ideas.

The Step 2 Walker Wagon with Blocks is a great wagon system that is pushed, not pulled. This can help a young child learn to walk by giving them something to support themselves with. In addition, the storage area makes a great place to clean up toys so they don't end up all over the house. The Walker Wagon is just the right size for toddlers learning to walk. Included is a set of 16 foam blocks that will give them something easy and safe to put into the wagon so they can walk around. The wagon was designed with extra stability in mind. A child playing with this wagon can have fun and learn to walk - on their own - at the same time.

The Step Start Walk-N'-Ride is another wonderful toy to help a young child learning to walk. It was specially designed to teach two unique coordination skills. For one, there's the walking. As with the wagon, this gives your small child support so they can walk around on their own. When they're tired, they can "hop in" and ride around, improving their hand and eye coordination. At a great price and built with safety in mind, this is a great toy for babies learning how to walk.

There are many other push and pull toys out there designed to teach your child to walk. The biggest feature you should be after is stability and safety. When it comes to price vs safety, your child's safety should win. There are plenty of other toys out there to help teach toddlers how to walk, but these two are ones they will love while you're able to have peace of mind. Built with safety in mind, these "walking helpers" for children are bright, colorful, well designed, and loads of fun for babies wanting to walk on their own. That said, it is very important to always supervise your small child when they're using the walker. With more mobility, they may be able to reach a hot stove or other danger in your home. Watch your kids when they're learning to walk, especially with a walker.




K. Paul Mallasch is the publisher of Top Toys Blog 2010, where you can find more great information on educational toys and other tips for parents looking for the very best toys for 2010.

วันเสาร์ที่ 8 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2554

Nokia's C3 Has Alot of Competition But Will the Low Price of the C3 Prove to Be the Deciding Factor?

Nokia have launched a new affordable messaging Smartphone, the Nokia C3 is similar in looks and functionality to some of there popular E' series phones. The build quality for such a reasonably priced handset is impeccable, the 3 ticks the digital camera, FM radio, social networking and e-mail boxes, and it also has a multimedia hub and Wi Fi technology for quick easy web connectivity. It comes in three colour variations; Slate Grey, Hot Pink and Golden White.

The C3 looks nice with its supple, rounded chassis and the 2.4 inch QVGA display sits perfectly above the full QWERTY keyboard, it has visual similarities to the E5. Nokia have produced this handset for the Tweens out there, the social networkers who need links to there accounts at all times; Facebook and Twitter have been given priority with feeds supplied from both to your handset, the C3 is entirely e-mail compatible with manageable accounts including Hotmail, WindowsLive, Yahoo!Mail and Gmail. IM (instant messaging) is possible; Nokia have allowed the C3 to handle IM accounts with WindowsLive Messenger, Yahoo! Messanger and GoogleTalk with there free Ovi chat in place so you can communicate with other Ovi users free!

Nokia have attached a sweet little 2 mega pixel camera to the back; it manages your regular snaps well enough; it has a digital zoom, self timer and an assortment of image effects for you to play with. The video recorder run through the camera has the same digital zoom and some more effect to fiddle about with, the player supports video download and streaming, it plays H.263, H.264, avi, and M-PEG4 quite comfortably and the quality of playback is pretty reasonable considering the reasonable price tag.

The Nokia C3 houses a handy little music player which functions as you would expect; it has all of your basic play, forward, rewind and repeat controls, it can happily playback MP3, WMA and various AAC and eAAC formats, the audio quality is ok when played through the speakers but the practical little 3.5mm AV jack can be used with your favourite headphones for private listening. The C3 has a microSD card slot which manages up to 8GB of external memory; this delivers plenty of storage for your music, images and videos; all of which can be wirelessly sent to other compatible devices via the Bluetooth technology or USB 2.0 connection.

All of the above features are supported by the phones Symbian platform and S40 user interface; the interface makes for simple navigation through the phones applications and functions and the Symbian platform offers its support via the various Nokia services it powers, messaging services to be exact with support from 3.0 versions of Chat, Communities and E-Mail. Overall the Nokia C3 is a cheap messaging device which has been developed with the young tweeters and Facbookers in-mind; this is obvious with the colours it is available in and the speedy Wi Fi connectivity which is handy when nearby a local wireless hotspot. The C3 has alot of competition but will the low cost of the phone prove to be the deciding factor?




See the Nokia C3 and Nokia E5 at phoneslimited.co.uk