Assorted Science Links (March 2020)
The third edition of my monthly pile of science links.
Posts for year 2020
Assorted Science Links (Feb 2020)
Leap day edition of my monthly science links (aka monthly cleaning out my bookmarks).
The Delightful Diversity of “Cup” Sizes in UK/US/AU/NZ Cooking
Volumetric measurements (using the volume of a container) are inferior to Gravimetric measurements (i.e. weight) in most ways. Weighing is faster (for a given pareto-optimal degree of accuracy), can achieve greater accuracy, and most importantly there will be less dishes to clean up afterwards.
Most irritatingly, “cups” and “spoons” mean different amounts in different countries. Even worse, sometimes three “thirds” of a cup are less than one cup…
[Updated 2020-03-22: Added cup densities for wheat bran and oat bran]
10 Minute “Meaty” Vegan Moroccan Pilaf
10 minutes cooking time, that is, so to be honest it’s about 12-15 minutes total.
- This is my usual standby meal because it meats (heh) all my requirements:
High in fibre (wholegrain burgul and veg)
High in protein (soya mince and wholegrains)
Relatively low in calories
Filling meaty taste, but no animal products
Each serve contains two 75g Australian “serves” of vegetables
Only uses non-perishable ingredients, so no need to plan ahead
Faster to make from scratch than to get takeaway
Only uses one pan/pot
More Evidence Early Human Diets Were Highly Plant/Carb Based
An article in last month’s Science, “Cooked starchy rhizomes in Africa 170 thousand years ago”, provides some archaeological evidence of early humans cooking and eating tuber-like vegetables.
Assorted Science Links (Jan 2020)
In the interest of filling more blog pages and clearing out lots of bookmarks (“that’s interesting, I should post that”), here are some assorted science links I’ve come across recently, with minimal annotation.