Drugs and alcohol are among the most addictive activities of people today In almost every career field especially in the culinary art world because even in the cooking business, alcohol is one of the most required ingredients in a lot of dishes today which is added to the recipe in order to enhance excitement in the taste of the food. Drugs and alcohol is general known to be mostly responsible for automobile accident especially among young people between the ages of 15 to 24 years which also lead to premature deaths. Focusing on alcohol, even though alcohol is a required ingredient in the work of the culinary world, it is not good for the culinary artist to involve him or herself into alcohol because there are a lot of problems alcohol can cause to an individual and lead to ineffectiveness in the cooking business and can even cause termination of employment. When a person consumes alcohol, the drug acts on nerve cells deep in the brain. In this situation, the alcohol acts as a stimulant, and then it induces the feelings of relaxation and reduced anxiety. This also makes his blood level raise by0.10 percent high enough to be considered legally intoxicated in every state in America. When this happens there are some symptoms that are observed. A person in the culinary world intoxicated with alcohol will cause some distraction at the workplace with some alcohol smelling breath, loss of balance, slowed thinking which will cause him not to complete tasks as fast as he should. There are also some slurred and incoherent speeches as he talks and might be inappropriate for people to hear. In severe cases there can be blackouts where the individual might collapse in the middle of cooking.
Apart from alcohol, there are other drugs like heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and even minor drugs found in beverages like caffeine and nicotine from cigarettes also have a great negative effect o the human body. They mainly have effects on the nervous system which causes a lot of dysfunction on the brain. This leads to unacceptable behavior and this cannot be tolerated in the culinary field since every field stands on discipline. I absolutely think that alcohol and drugs are not good for the human body and any influence to these drugs should definitely not be tolerated in the cooking business in order to enhance discipline and produce good, healthy and hard working culinary artists to serve the community.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Broad beans: An information About My Favorite Bean
beans are one of my favorite legume plants in the world. They are grown In most parts of the world including the Americas, and mostly Africa and many parts of Asia. Beans are most purposely used as human food or animal feed especially farm animals. They are also used by farmers for the purpose of providing nutrients to the soil to help other plants and they are an excellent source of protein. Beans can be eaten raw or cooked. They are known to be one of the longest cultivated plants. There are many types of beans grown around the world. They are the broad bean, azuki bean, moth bean, mung bean, cowpea, urad bean, rice bean, which all belong to a group known as the Vigna. There are other groups like the Cicer group which consist of the chick pea. Another group also known as Pisum, pea, Indian pea, Tuberous pea and many more. This research is going to focus much on the broad bean, which is going to be studied much further.
The broad bean which is scientifically known as vicia faba, and also known as the field bean or bell bean, is one of the most common species of beans in the bean legume family.it is my favorite bean of the bean family because it was what i grew up eating and i can use it to prepare a lot of African dishes. It is widely grown in the Northern parts of Africa in which it is also a native to. It is also common in the southwest parts of Asia too. Like all other legumes and beans, broad beans have been a valuable source of protein for the past thousand years. Broad beans were found during the Iron Age and the Bronze Age. The ancient Rome armies were fed a mixture of broad beans with other leguminous meals in order to give them strength for battle.
Like all other beans and legumes, broad beans are a good source of protein, vitamin A and vitamin C, iron and folate. They can be grown in any temperate climate. They grow well in cool weather while other is relatively dormant but they do not tolerate heat very well. Broad beans can be grown on a wide range of soils, from loams to clay soils, and under a variety of drainage conditions.
The broad bean which is scientifically known as vicia faba, and also known as the field bean or bell bean, is one of the most common species of beans in the bean legume family.it is my favorite bean of the bean family because it was what i grew up eating and i can use it to prepare a lot of African dishes. It is widely grown in the Northern parts of Africa in which it is also a native to. It is also common in the southwest parts of Asia too. Like all other legumes and beans, broad beans have been a valuable source of protein for the past thousand years. Broad beans were found during the Iron Age and the Bronze Age. The ancient Rome armies were fed a mixture of broad beans with other leguminous meals in order to give them strength for battle.
Like all other beans and legumes, broad beans are a good source of protein, vitamin A and vitamin C, iron and folate. They can be grown in any temperate climate. They grow well in cool weather while other is relatively dormant but they do not tolerate heat very well. Broad beans can be grown on a wide range of soils, from loams to clay soils, and under a variety of drainage conditions.
The Asantehene
In Africa, apart from the civilized world of having a president as a leader, there is also the traditional world where the society is ruled by monarchs or royals. In the country of Ghana in West Africa, there is the popularly known Ashanti Kingdom, and this kingdom covers the whole of the Ashanti Region and another region known as the Brong Ahafo region out of the ten regions or states in Ghana. The Ashanti region is the largest region in Ghana. It has subdivided cities that are ruled by sub chiefs or kings. But the whole region is overall ruled by the greatest king known as the Asantehene. The Asantehene is considered the ruler of the Ashanti people. While this modern day the Asantehene is regarded as a ceremonial role, the role was viewed as a power leader of the Ashanti Empire in the olden days of the history of the Ashantis. Every Asantehene is crowned on a golden stool (also known in the Ashanti Language as sika dwa. The golden stool is regarded by the Ashanti people the container of all the souls of the Ashanti people. It is the golden stool that determines who should be the ruler of its kingdom. There are roles of the Asantehene as a leader of the Ashanti kingdom. One of the roles of the Asantehene is to be a caretaker of the kingdom and everything in it. He takes care of the royal land properties; he owns the Gold mines which are located in the Ashanti region as a source of business profit for the kingdom. He is also the caretaker of the properties of the royal family, the ancestors and the palace. The Asantehene also is seen as the voice of his kingdom. He delivers messages to his people about, information, alerts, and health issues, problems that affect the kingdom and every society in it and what needs to be done to solve the problems. He also helps to settle disputes or conflicts between leaders among the kingdom and makes sure that there is peace since the Ashantis believe that united they stand and divided they fall. He also acts as a communicating vessel between the Ashanti people and the ancestral world. He gets vision and revelations from the ancestors and then passes on the vision to the Ashanti people. In times of war, the Asantehene is responsible to lead his people in times of war.
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