Tribe.net. Local Connections Suzann http://aromatica.tribe.net/thread/7a51ec4b-7dc5-4c06-a201-98923298cb32#a32f1b5d-f501-459c-bd9a-6be6600c8710 2009-02-04T00:42:54Z 2009-02-04T00:42:54Z

Very cool. I knew that many of the aromatic spices were used to preserve food, especially meat in many pre-ice box cultures. Any link to a reference or news article that I could send to my non-tribe friends?

Suzann 2009-02-04T00:42:54Z Jewel http://aromatica.tribe.net/thread/7a51ec4b-7dc5-4c06-a201-98923298cb32#3c4e9386-21aa-4aed-9eb3-98d67ac845b5 2009-01-14T19:23:38Z 2009-01-14T19:23:38Z

Another good one from Sandra Tsing Loh: Cinna-Paper Hold onto your sandwiches--this really IS the greatest thing since sliced bread! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science and with a flavorful new way to pack your lunch. Fresh bread is great--if only it would STAY fresh. Instead, it goes bad after a few days, and eventually you've got The Creature That Ate My Brain growing in your breadbox. The culprit is rhyzopusstolonifer fungus--a-k-a, mold. But researchers at Spain's University of Zaragosa have found a way keep Wonder bread from sporting a not-so-Wonderful green, furry look. Their solution? A kind of wax paper containing cinnamaldehyde -- an antimicrobial chemical distilled from cinnamon bark. Cinnamaldehyde can kill all kinds of organisms, from mosquito larvae to MOLD. Plus, the cinna-paper packaging is medically safe and environmentally friendly. When the scientists wrapped bread in wax paper containing six percent cinnamon oil--which is nearly all cinnamaldehyde--it kept bread mold-free for up to ten days. By contrast, wrapped in Grandma's plain ol' wax paper, bread became a carnival of mold in just three days. Of course, my brilliant South Dakotan mother-in-law Bernice FREEZES her bread but research scientists. . . didn't ask her! Ah well. Next time.

Jewel 2009-01-14T19:23:38Z