Saturday, September 30, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Monday, September 25, 2023
Tomatoes
" Northern Ruby Paste- Wow, a keeper! Im a big fan of my seeds of smuggled SIcilian San Marzano's but these beat them. The plants got off to a slow start and I grumbled about them until...they started producing! Next year? Less NR plants, they are so productive. Thick flesh, easy to peel.
Hops in beer
Word that comes straight from the mash contains, among other things, a lot of different proteins. One of the most important functions of the boil is to remove some of these proteins which can cause side effects ranging from the chill haze to off-flavors making the beer undrinkable. It is important to boil any beer for at least one hour and to maintain a rolling boil for that whole time to completely stabilize the brew. Of course, you would never want to remove all of the proteins from a beer as they are responsible for some of its most important aspects including color and mouthfeel.
Hops play an important role in the process of removing these harmful proteins. The malt proteins will stick to the polyphenols from the hops. A vigorous boil assures that these polyphenols will actively move about in the kettle and gather as many of the proteins as possible.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Trichinosis
The number of cases has decreased because of legislation prohibiting the feeding of raw meat garbage to hogs, increased commercial and home freezing of pork, and the public awareness of the danger of eating raw or undercooked pork products.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A Proposal for the Fulfillment of Catholic Liberal Education
The good man is characterized by right desire and good habits, and no man can rule himself unless he intends the right end and habitually pursues the appropriate means. For the end to be achieved is the principle of every rule ... p.45
https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-09/BlueBook-2022-PMS302.pdf
Thomas Aquinas: Moral Philosophy
The natural law functions in a way that is analogous to the aforementioned principles. According to Aquinas, all human actions are governed by a general principle or precept that is foundational to and necessary for all practical reasoning: good is to be done [and pursued] and evil is to be avoided. This principle is not something we can ignore or defy. Rather, it is an expression of how practical thought and action proceed in creatures such as ourselves.
Whenever we deliberate about how we should act, we do so by virtue of a natural inclination to pursue (or avoid) those goods (or evils) that contribute to (or deter us from) our perfection as human beings.
1. pursue those goods that contribute to our perfection as human beings.
2. avoid those evils that deter us from our perfection as human beings.
https://iep.utm.edu/thomasaquinas-moral-philosophy/