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Mexican pickled onion a quick and easy recipe.

What happens when pickling – A Mexican onion pickle

Pickling is one of those cooking techniques that can completely transform or upgrade your food without a lot of trouble. Simply put the vegetables, or whatever you’ve decided to pickle in an acidic brine for anywhere between 5 minutes and…

March 8, 2016
Storing Food
color, preservation, vegetables

History of Pasteurization – Making Milk Safe to Drink

Sometimes we tend to forget how much our food supply (and it’s safety) has changed over the past two centuries. Children (and adults for that matter) used to die way more frequently from contaminated milk. Milk that contains harmful micro…

November 30, 2015
Storing Food
dairy, history, preservation