I wiped the sides of the last jar of strawberry freezer jam, screwed
on the lid, and stepped back to admire my handiwork. It didn’t matter
that my shoes stuck to the floor, or that the countertop was spattered
with red stains from the strawberry juice. I didn’t even care that I would
have to shower in order to remove the sugary stickiness from my arms.
The jam looked heavenly and I could hardly wait to slather a heaping
spoonful on a thick slice of homemade bread.
As a young girl, I loved to visit my grandmother. Every meal
included her homemade bread topped with sweet, gooey, homemade jam.
The apricot and strawberry jams were always bottled in dainty jelly jars,
often sealed with wax and covered with tinfoil before being stored in the
freezer. Nana never served the sweet concoctions out of the jars,
however. Each variety was neatly spooned into a tall serving dish divided
into two sections. Somehow the dish made the jams look even more
elegant. It was always so hard to choose which jam to put on my toast. In
fact, sometimes I wanted to just eat the jam with a spoon and forget the
bread!
Jam was not the only specialty Nana canned. I would often be sent
to her fruit room to retrieve a bottle of homemade pickles. The fruit room
was in the basement just to the left of a steep set of stairs. I would open
the door cautiously and peer into the cool room to be sure nothing scary
would jump out to get me. The cement room, no bigger than a closet,
was lined on three sides with wooden shelves. A tiny window, set high on
the south wall, was covered with a curtain to keep the light out. I would
turn on the simple bare bulb and stare at the rows and rows of mason jars
filled with tasty treasures. The bottles were f...
... middle of paper ...
...my childhood and Nana’s fruit room. As the first strawberries
of spring arrive in the grocery stores, I find myself inhaling the tart aroma.
One taste of a fresh strawberry sends a tingling sensation up my spine,
reminding me that it is time to bring out the canning equipment again. In
my mind I can already see the jars filled with gooey, red jam and my
mouth waters with anticipation.
Works cited:
Ball Blue Book: The Guide to Home Canning and Freezing, Edition 32.
Muncie: Alltrista Corporation, 1993.
"Basics." Alltrista Corporation, 1999. 6 Apr. 2000.
< http://www.homecanning.com/usa/ALBasics.asp>
"Canning." Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, 2000. 6 Apr. 2000.
< http://encarta.msn.com>
"Food Processing." Comptons Online Encyclopedia. 6 Apr. 2000.
http://comptonsv.web.aol….?fastweb?getdoc+viewcomptons+A+3036+1
++food%20preservation
I break up the toast and push the pieces down my throat with my fingers.
Young adults in high school and college face a constant bombardment of questions and opinions about their plans for the future, which only makes it harder to choose between multiple possibilties. Sylvia Plath weaves these confused, lost feelings into her autobiographical fictional novel The Bell Jar. The highly motivated main character, Esther Greenwood, wins a scholarship to work at a magazine over the summer, but during the internship, she realizes that she does not know who she wants to be anymore. Rapidly descending into suicidal depression, the empty Esther travels to a mental hospital and eventually recovers, reborn as a confident, independent woman. Esther initially plays many roles for others; however, her identity crumbles when these contrasting lifestyles collide, for she cannot reach selfhood until she realizes that she can only be herself.
Upon entering the room, I noticed a long white lattice fence in the middle of the room. It was a partition d...
like a syrupy sweet?' This means that does it go bad and once you go
Augmented Reality(AR) is the technology which integrates virtual objects with the real world by superimposing Virtuality in real environment. Azuma properly defines Augmented Reality as a variation of Virtual Reality. As Virtual Reality completely involves a user into virtual environment, however one cannot see the real world surrounding him. Whereas, AR allows users to experience the real world with virtual objects super imposed on them. Instead of replacing reality, AR advocates it (Kaufmann 2003). The very first Augmented Reality interface had been developed by Sutherland in 1960’s (Zhou et al. 2008). In recent years Augmented Reality has been marking its popularity very well. The same trend has been observed in the research articles reviewed in the research.
...ed in. I almost dropped that lamp when I realized what I was looking at-enough
Currently, meats and other foods have loose limitations on their quality. For example, a can of tomato soup can contain up to ten fly eggs in a normal sized glass cup. While this sounds horrid and abominable, current food policies have greatly increased in comparison to approximately a century or a little more ago. The inventions of different machinery that “cleanses” the meat, the changes of various slaughterhouses that have impacted the modern foods and other similar products as well as the usage of new chemicals to prevent growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria are few examples of recent advances. Improvements of meat and canned food quality have impacted the overall health of people and animals in both good and bad ways.
Biological evolution is defined as any genetic change in a population that is inherited over several, successive generations. (R.Bailey, 2014) The changes accumulate and over time a new species is created. One of the basic mechanisms of evolution is Natural Selection. Natural Selection is random genetic variation occurring within an organisms DNA and the beneficial mutations being preserved because they aid survival. (C.Darwin, 1859) Two notable scientists associated with the theory of evolution include Charles Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
inches). After the initial bread information is gathered, one may commence cutting. Simply slice the entire length of the bread, but do not cut all the way through, to create a hinge effect. The entrée is then ready to be dressed.
The significance of education in virtual reality is the simulation. The medical department takes full advantage of virtual reality for the simulation of medical emergency. One of the major simulation that are mostly used is surgery. According to CMAJ, those who were trained using virtual reality shows significant improvement than those who have no training (Palter). Stevens says that medicals use VR to see parts of the body to study, obtain accurate picture during surgery, perform types of surgery, and interacts with molecules (Stevens). The second significance is the usage of video games. Because of how virtual reality uses 360-degree video, surround sound, and depth perspective, it can give the user a good atmosphere of a horror scene or a shooter game. Such video games can give a much more awareness to their surrounding when it comes to these types of games. Lastly, virtual reality can give different scenery to those who cannot travel due to their medical situation. Those who prolonged to go to different world or around the world now have the chance to experience it. Smedley states that virtual reality program allows students with physical disabilities to participate fully in science experiments and activities (Smedley). This shows that virtual reality helps even those who are in special
of dipping fries in ketchup can be viewed as unusual. I mean isn’t ketchup simply creamed
I just cannot bring myself to put this, this thing into my mouth. I know that if I make myself, I will only get it into my stomach, and then it would come right back up. I stand up and walk over to my kitchen sink. I open the cupboard door that is beneath, and I dump my sandwich into the garbage can. Now, I think to myself, what to do about lunch.
pizza. My mouth still has the pasty, saucy taste of the slice in my mouth.
chimney. I decided that I had no option but to make my way to the
This method is safe for jellies, tomatoes, jellies, pickles and other preservers. With this method jars of food are heated in ways that are completely covered with water, boiling, and “cooked” for specific amount of time.