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  • Salt water is extremely corrosive. - 41880
  Key words: Cook, Food, Herb, Seasoning, Spice, Spiced, Spicery, Spices  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is food?
  Answer: Food is any nourishing substance of plant or animal origin that is eaten. - 211

Question: What is the purpose of food?
  Answer: Food supplies nourishment, sustains life, provides energy, promotes growth, and maintains health. - 212

Question: What is a nutrient?
  Answer: Some examples of nutrients include: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. - 213

Question: What are herbs used for?
  Answer: Herbs can be used for medicine, flavor, seasoning and scent. - 98

Question: How long do herb plants last?
  Answer: Herbs generally die back at the end of each growing season. - 99
  Reference: The American Heritage Dictionary


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Food and Nutrition Service
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
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Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
 Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

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Food Safety News
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Gernot Katzer's Spice pages.
 Gernot Katzer's Spice pages.

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  Words of Wisdom  

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.   Genesis 37:25 


And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.   Genesis 43:11-14 


Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.   Exodus 25:6, 7 


Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.   Exodus 30:23-25 


And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.   Exodus 30:34-36 


And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.   Exodus 35:8, 9 


And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.   Exodus 35:28 


And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.   Exodus 37:29 


And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.   1 Kings 10:2 


And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.   1 Kings 10:10 


Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.   1 Kings 10:15 


And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.   1 Kings 10:25 


And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.   2 Kings 20:13 


Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.   1 Chronicles 9:29, 30 


And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.   2 Chronicles 9:1 


And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.   2 Chronicles 9:9 


And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.   2 Chronicles 9:24 


And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.   2 Chronicles 16:14 


And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.   2 Chronicles 32:27, 28 


How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!   Song of Solomon 4:10 


Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.   Song of Solomon 4:14-16 


I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.   Song of Solomon 5:1 


His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.   Song of Solomon 5:13 


My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.   Song of Solomon 6:2 


I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.   Song of Solomon 8:2 


Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.   Song of Solomon 8:14 


And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.   Isaiah 39:2 


Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.   Ezekiel 24:10 


The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.   Ezekiel 27:22 


And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.   Mark 16:1 


And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.   Luke 23:56 


Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.   Luke 24:1 


Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.   John 19:40 



  Comments and Quotes  

The goal: variety, nutrition and flavor. - 95


We want foods with lots of texture and different colors - Donna Nabors - 96


Food safety is of utmost importance to us. - Joe Desmond - 164




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