Kitchen solution / LS34

Whether you are just moving in or your current arrangement does not flow quite as smoothly as it could, organizing your kitchen can streamline your activities and keep your kitchen looking neat and tidy.

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Toss anything you don't use. Pass it along to a friend or relative, add it to a neighborhood garage sale, or donate it to charity. Be honest! When did you last use that melon baller, meatball scoop, or cookie press? Do you even know what the gizmos do? Do you really need two? Could a more general tool do the job? If you get rid of it, you will not have to hunt past it for things you do use or find a space to store it.

2. Replace things that don't work. If the handle on a pot rattles, the spout always gets clogged up, or the pan always scorches the food, fix or replace it! If you can't afford a replacement now, put it on a list and save your pennies, or request one for a birthday or holiday.

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Store frequently-used objects in easy-to-reach locations. Notice what you use most often. Figure out where you will use them most. Infrequently used items, like the roasting pan that you only haul out during the holidays, can go on high shelves or in the back of cabinets. They can even be stored outside the kitchen in the garage, attic, basement, guest room closet, or a box under a bed.

Make sure every item in your kitchen has earned its right to take up your valuable space! Remember: if you use it infrequently enough, it should go out altogether. Just because it is large or expensive, it doesn't mean you should keep it. If you made pasta twice ten years ago, please pitch the pasta machine.

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Create centers of activity and store related utensils near where they will be used. Here are some common centers of activity, in the order that food will travel through the kitchen:

• Storage or pantry. Consider your freezer an extension of this area. Whether you store foods in a true pantry, a cabinet, a closet, or someplace else entirely, don't forget to go through periodically and clear out items that are hopelessly old or will never be used.
• Preparation. Cutting board, knives, measuring cups and spoons, and mixing bowls all go here.
• Cooking. The stove and oven plus the utensils that go with them. This area should include pots and pans, pot holders, spoons and spatulas (a utensil jar works well for these).
• Baking. If you love to bake, you might find it handy to store your flour, sugar, baking powder, a set of measuring cups and spoons, your favorite mixing bowl, etc. together in one convenient spot.
• Serving. The table, plus tableware, serving dishes, napkins, trivets, and anything else you need to sit down and eat. Soy sauce? Salt and pepper shakers? Sugar bowl? Ask yourself whether it would be more convenient to store your dishes and silverware near the table or the dishwasher.
• Cleaning. The sink, dishwasher and surroundings. Soap, gloves, dish pan, drying rack, cleansers, towels, etc.
• Waste disposal. Keep a trash can handy, plus recycling and compost bins, too. Locate them as centrally as possible without being in the way. They should go near the cleaning and food preparation areas.

5. Clear the counter. Pay particular attention to reducing the number of objects stored permanently on the counter. The counter needs frequent cleaning and it is your primary workspace. Find another place for knickknacks and anything else that doesn't absolutely need to live there.

6. Make a list. Tattered dishcloths? Out of soap? As you go, write down supplies you find lacking or worn out. Also write down side projects that you find as you go (such as fixing a wobbly table leg). Writing them down allows you to tackle distractions later without missing things.

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Tackle the paper. Do mail, homework, newspapers, phone calls, or bill paying generate paper in the kitchen? Decide between these strategies:

• Give paper another home. Create a paper-sorting center, ideally between the mailbox and the kitchen, with bins for sorting paper, a recycling bin and trash can, space to write, and other necessary supplies.
• Make a proper space for paper in the kitchen. Admit that it's going to land there and have a tidy place to put it and a system for clearing it out regularly.

8. Clean as you go. When you clear one drawer or shelf, wipe out the crumbs before replacing the contents. Cleaning a little at a time makes it less of a chore.

Whitening tea / LS33

In Japan, geisha were (and still are) known for their painted white skin, which represents beauty, grace, and high social status. However, the skin-whitening products are not used in such a wide scale in Japan today. Geisha paint their skin white in geisha-based ceremonies to celebrate their culture and background.

Today, skin whitening products are available in the form of creams, pills, soaps or lotions or even drinks. The mechanism of permanent whitening is usually by the breakdown of melanin by enzymes, such as that contained in the droppings of the Japanese bush warbler or reducing agents such as hydroquinone. Most whitening creams also contain a UV block to prevent sun damage to the skin. In India, these creams are marketed towards all groups from rural villagers to urban professionals. The creams are also sold throughout the rest of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The whitening cream industry is estimated to be worth around $432 million in India and $7 billion in China. Due to the increasing trend of targeting male consumers and endorsements by celebrities such as Indian actor Shahrukh Khan, sales have increased at a rate of 14% in non-European markets in only the last year.

Here are some recipes for whitening tea

1, iced fruit tea

Ingredients: large chunks of ice, ice, black tea, sugar and oil (supermarket on sale), lemon, lychee juice

Preparation:s:

A, in the bottom of the glass into the ice, to one-third of the Cup, and put the ice a few slices of lemon. 　　

B, and then poured into the Cup, joined the black near the ice over the Cup pyramid-shaped. 　　

C, sugar oil poured on ice, join a little lychee juice, let varietals bittersweet! 　　

Function: echo with Litchi meat rich in vitamin C and protein, helps to enhance immune function; and Lai Chi Kok has plenty of vitamins, prevent freckles occur, making the skin more smooth, let you in the Sun to fully develop their delicate skin.

2, tasty white tea

Ingredients: Strawberry nine, morus powder 5 g, Apple a, 15 grams of honey, spinach a little, 2 slices of lemon, ice, just the right amount. 　　

Preparation:

A. First put strawberries, apples, spinach juice with 1. To filter out. 　　

B. juice adds honey pot, baked boil after guanhuo. 　　

C. join Mori powder, BREW for 5 minutes. 　　

D. Pour the tea with lemon slices in place. Drinking always add a small amount of ice.

3. Rose tea

Ingredients:: Roses 9 flower, Coffee mate 15 grams, mung 150 g, ice, ice water., 15 grams of honey. 　　

Preparation:

A, the bean and 100 ml ice joined the Blender in uniform standby, roses placed in hot dip good alternative. 　　

B, a cup join 2/3 of the ice, become a 300 ml of a dip good rose tea. 　　

C, joined to play good green and Coffee mate to Cup. 　　

D, then add 15 grams of honey. Gave a good cup of tea.

4. Whitening fruit tea

Ingredients:: pineapple pulp 50 g, 10 g of lemon juice, Orange 2, sugar in moderation, fructose 5 g, 5 grams of honey, water, ice, just the right amount, baizhi 3 grams. 　　

Preparation::

A, the pineapple pulp, Orange pulp in a kettle, some water with a small fire heating. 　　

B, boiling, into fructose and lemon juice to continue using small heat

C, let's throw in stir sugar and honey. 　　

D.3 grams of Angelica dahurica powder added again mixing Cup ice.

5, Chrysanthemum White

Ingredients:: chrysanthemum tea 10 g, red bean paste 100 g, honey 15 grams, Coffee mate 15 grams, 200 ml of boiled water ice. 　　P

Preparation:

A, and Blender in 100 g of red bean paste and 100 ml of cold water, whipping alternate uniform. 　　

B, and the Cup to 2/3 of ice, has joined 150 ml of hot herbal tea. 　　

C, join the mix beaten red bean paste, Coffee mate, joined the honey, and then fully. 　　

D. put your good tea poured into long Cup, more ice.

Green Tea Health Benefits / LS32

Tea, the refreshing beverage of humanity for many centuries is considered as a health drink because of many therapeutic qualities attributed to it. Tea enthusiasts unequivocally vouch for the beneficial factors, but there are dissenting voices to warn the harmful effects. It is a fact that in the contemporary society people have become more health conscious and are becoming over cautious about the pros and cons of anything and everything they consume. Whether it is oil, chocolate, milk or grains there are diverse views expressed by researchers on the merits and demerits of such items. Tea is yet another beverage that is subjected to intensive research but no specific health hazard is attributed to it. But some experts warn against addiction to it.

Tea is a natural and agro based product which contains catechins or flavanoids which is an antioxidant. This is the basis of experts’ opinion that consumption of tea in moderation is good for health. Studies have revealed that risks of cancer and cardiovascular diseases are found less in those who consume tea regularly. According to some nutrition specialists tea will strengthen the immune system of the body. It can reduce the risks of kidney stone. Equally important is the contention that tea offer protection against decay of teeth and bones. Tea does not contain salts or fat contents in it and therefore safe for those who suffer from hypertension or heart ailments. Plain black or green tea is considered as a good antidote against many potential health hazards. Without additives like sugar and spices tea is safe even for seriously sick persons and diabetics. Green tea is an effective remedy against cholesterol related problems, liver ailments and inflammatory conditions. It is also claimed that green tea can enhance metabolic rate in the body. Caffeine content in tea is again another effective antioxidant.

However there are experts who are not very optimistic about the consumption of tea. According to them tea can lead to sleeplessness and in some cases will retard the effects of some medicines like anticoagulants. It may adversely affect the iron absorption by the body. Intensive research is being undertaken by many individuals and institutions. Opinions are divided as far as the impacts of tea on human body. But no conclusive proof is yet put forward to indicate that tea can cause health hazards. On the other hand tea is a rich source of magnesium, potassium and manganese which are essential for a healthy body. The bottom line is clear. Moderate consumption of tea is not injurious to health.

People with complicated health problems should consult physicians in this context. Whether tea has therapeutic values or not is a matter for experts to establish beyond doubts. But as mentioned earlier, no specific health hazard is attributed to consumption of tea even though humanity was consuming it for many centuries. The United Kingdom Tea Council has no hesitation to conclude that tea is having many health benefits and that “for centuries to come there will be a place at the centre of British lives for a nice cup of tea”.