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Why does bread dry up below humid honey? Does the honey and the sugars react with the water in the bread?
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Asked by lukinn
on 2011-01-21 13:55:09

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Categories: Domestic Science, Animals, Plants.

Tags: water, foodscience, bread, drying, honey.

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Why Does Icing Sugar Taste Like It Does?

On the subject of sugars, it's easy to believe that granulated white and caster sugar are made from the same thing, just ground to different fineness', as they taste and feel the same. Is icing sugar made from the same original sugar? I'm assuming it is, and if it is, why does making the sugar really fine (i.e. making icing sugar) make it taste very different to other sugars?

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Asked by jazzy-trombone
on 2011-01-14 19:10:59

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: taste, sugar, fineness, Grinding.

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What chemical do garlic cloves contain which causes aluminium to corrode?

I have been trying to root some garlic cloves by suspending them over an aluminium foil dish containing tap water. After a day or so, pin prick holes surrounded by dull spots appear in the bottom of the dish and the water leaks away. What's coming out of the garlic and corroding the aluminium? A control dish containing just water is unaffected.

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Asked by OnionWoman
on 2011-01-14 12:12:56

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: garlic, corrosion, aluminium, corrode.

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Culimary tips When I buy asparagus and keep it too long small beads of liquid appear on the tips. Why does it seem to decay preferentially from the tips, and what is the composition of the liquid that appears there? More importantly, can I still eat the asparagus after the liquid starts to appear?Tyler Keaton, Bolton, Lancashire, UK
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Asked by Moderator
on 2011-01-12 13:58:29

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants, asparagus.

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Why did these ants arrange the plant debris in a circle around this sweet?

This photo shows a green sweet that has been discovered by ants on a paved path in my garden. The sweet had been dropped several hours before, and had attracted the interest of an ant colony which was carrying it away. But the pattern of the surrounding plant debris is a mystery. What accounts for its arrangement around the candy?

Roy Levian, Lexington, Massachusetts, US

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Asked by Moderator
on 2011-01-05 17:15:03

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Categories: Animals, Plants, Unanswered.

Tags: ant, sweet.

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Many oak trees still have a lot of leaves hanging on the trees. Why is this after such prolonged frosts?
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Asked by jeremyroberts
on 2011-01-02 15:43:06

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: leafdrop, Oaktrees.

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which is the fastest way to manage divots on an activelly used turf? proper fertilizer has been applied, moisture is well maintained slightly below field capacity, soil texture is good and fresh soil is added to the divots but the grass does not nesh quick enough.
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Asked by kigotho
on 2011-01-01 07:59:33

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Categories: Plants, Environment.

Tags: sportsturfmanagement, turfgrassmanagement.

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how to store palm oil for over two years?
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Asked by salako
on 2010-12-27 12:19:35

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants.

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How exacrly does photosynthesis work? I know that plants seperate oxigen from carbon dioxide. What chemicals are used in this process, and is there a way for humans to simulate it?
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Asked by nrpelipig
on 2010-12-24 12:46:25

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants, environment, photosynthesis.

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How to distill essential oils from plants? Is there an effective way to distill essential oils from plants using equiptment that would likely be found in the average kitchen? or would I need to buy something more specialist?
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Asked by This_is_me
on 2010-12-22 12:00:20