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Why does a vegetable soup turn sour?
So when you are making a soup you should put in some of your veggies 30 min prior to serving like celery. What happens is when celery is over cooked it creates a acid that will ruin your soup, and ...
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Does semi-frozen vetegable have less nutrients?
There are two aspects here:
Does this destroy any nutrients?
Does this make nutrients less available for absorption after consumption?
I’m not aware of any major nutrients that are harmed by being ...
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Are there tables of wastage rates for different fruit and veg?
The USDA has a handbook of yield ratios for various raw ingredients. Note that some goods have a high variance in yield, from the foods themselves as well as how you prepare them; your own kitchen ...
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Are there tables of wastage rates for different fruit and veg?
Wastage rates for industrially-processed food are unlikely to be the same as for a home cook.
For example different methods of removing stones from stone fruit, cores from apples, etc. will be used ...
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