Facts About Eggs

January 20, 2011

Wise Bread has a great post containing 10 facts about eggs.  Did you know that there are more egg colors than just brown and white?

Different breeds of chickens produce different colors of eggs. In addition to the typical white and brown, some chickens produce blue, blue-green, reddish-brown, or even speckled eggs. A great place to look for atypical egg colors is at your local farmers market; one vendor at my market sells a dozen eggs in a mix of blue, white, cream, and brown.

via 10 Fantastic Facts About Eggs | Wise Bread.

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Why Does Airline Food Taste so Bland?

November 10, 2010

New research on the affects of background noise and how we perceive taste.

While louder noise reduced the reported sweetness or saltiness, it increased the measure of crunch.
The research is reported in the journal Food Quality and Preference.
It may go some way to explaining why airline food is notoriously bland – a phenomenon that drives airline catering companies to heavily season their foods.
“Theres a general opinion that aeroplane foods arent fantastic,” said Andy Woods, a researcher from Unilevers laboratories and the University of Manchester.

via BBC News – Background noise affects taste of foods, research shows.

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