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Sales Tax Free States In USA

Here is a list I got from a Chinese forum. Good to know if you are planning to buy thru Internet and ship to these states:

Delaware 特拉华
Oregon  俄勒冈
Montana  蒙大那
Alaska  阿拉斯加
New Hampshire 新罕布什尔

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Eat

The Chart Undergoes Chinese Delicacy Delicacies Long T’ienkung To Welcome Eight Sides Honored Guests

“Three smelly tanners, exceed a Zhuge Liang”this speech, may from attempt on the dragon three knight-errant swordsmen bodies to comprehend to the solid center taste. The Linde glory, 1 has in Malaysia surpasses 240 ten thousand audience groups famous DJ; Lin Ch’iensheng, 1 dried meat good boss, but simultaneously he also is the world biggest direct sale company’s member, because he thought the future world could be the network world. In addition, he also similarly has the honor to receive the French imperial kitchen good food member; And fresh view delivers, pulls the surface in minute for 8,192, and includes the strong and healthy person world record cook advocates the principle, three people all called oneself the scholarship is not high, what but do they unify may have to do do? Has not been wrong, three people established a Shanghai restaurant – chart dragon.

The chart dragon emphasis is 5 star classes innate nature, the popular price. But when you tread into in front of the hall, wears the Chinese dress to be supposed to born with can open the gate for you, in its service attitude and the hall the environment, lets me have plants just like places oneself to the imperial palace feeling. Periphery regardless of designs or the decoration, all“is surrounded”by Jinlong, therefore if chart dragon environment splendid, really 1. does not exaggerate.

The chart dragon besides little dragon pao is treasure of the town hall, delivers various types by fresh view which skilled worker develops to pull the surface, is second to none! Actually pulls the surface also to have the very glorious history, because the early people pull time the surface the movement is two to out, therefore most early pulls the surface also to be called“extends the surface”, but pulled to afterwards some northerners with the bamboo pole the surface to hang up, thereupon pulled the surface to be also called“the vermicelli”, finally pulled when the surface passed to Beijing, turns pulls the surface which present everybody“is familiar with”.

But treasure of little dragon paotown hall, needless to say, it has used the material and the soup juice,  are the genuine materials, the feeling in the mouth is first-class. On little dragon pao bitten a small hole, Tang Chihkeng which flows out is completely the full soupspoon oh! But you did not think in the hall only has these two delicacies delicacies, other some snacks and the sweet snack, all can let you not approve the mouth! Quickly tries.

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Peaceful Delicacy

The Ahroy restaurant, gives person’s first impression is the color is rich. The yellow and the loose skinned orange red wall, the deep brown counter and the chair, å½· 雲石 the design table, the different color umbrella and the bamboo blind separately hang in the shop, matches is outstanding comes actually not to lose its characteristic.

The second impression was––here food really too delicacy! Freshly selects and purchases seafood food material, Thai entrance spice and small sun-dried shelled shrimp; Also has the invitation from Thailand’s chefs, has more than 20 years to enter the kitchen experience, but in shop live advertisement! The traditional Thai -like delicacies, like the strong taste you, totally can fall in love with it!

AHROY THAI CUISINE
Address: No.48, Jalan Manis 1, Taman Segar Cheras, 56,100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-9133 2,330

Business hour:
Monday-Friday:12:00pm-3:30pm; 6:00pm-11:00pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday: 12:00pm-11:00pm

Highlight:

  1. Individual lunch set meal (Set Lunch) only needs RM9.90 Rice or Noodle + Soup + Drink + Dessetrs
  2. Orders food the type to be free meal (a-la-carte dining) only to need RM12.90, three people or above. Only limits Monday to Friday

*Term & condition apply. *Pork Free

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Ramblings

The Tomato Billows Inundate

Material:
Tomato–3 grains;
Egg–3 grains;
Soybean oil–50 grams;
Refined salt, soy sauce, sesame oil–respectively right amount;
The black pepper powder, the sesame seed powder (dry cultivates), the green onion–right amount respectively;
Bread flour, starch–respectively right amount;

Step â–¡:
1. the soy sauce, the sesame seed powder, the black pepper powder, at the end of the green onion and the sesame oil puts in the bowl, stirs Cheng Tzuchih to be ready to be used;
2. tomatoes wash cleanly, burns slightly with boiling water Sichuan, then goes to Pi Hoti, the slice, after 灑 on little bread flour spare;
3. infiltrates the egg white soaks in the juice, again joins the bread flour and the starch, stirs Cheng Huzhuang;
4. under the oil and burns the heat toward the pot in, will stain 麵糊 the tomato piece will put into the pot by the piece fries in oil;
5. explodes golden yellow to when bails out controls the oil, on the plate decoration namely completes.

Tips:
The tomato includes the rich nutrition, uses for 酥炸 a flavor.

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Eat

The Favor Is Satisfied

Material:
Only winter melon–450 grams;
Hu Lo? ball, □□ball, pumpkin ball, sweet potato ball–each 90 grams;
Fruit of the Chinese wolfberry–7 grams;
Element soup, Chinese flowering quince juice, salt–respectively right amount;

Step â–¡:
After 1. winter melons cleans is clean, peels off and the fruit pulp;
2. uses the mold to engrave Cheng T’aohsing the household utensils, steams ripely after the salty salt system spare;
After 3. Hu Lo? the ball, â–¡â–¡the ball, the pumpkin ball, the sweet potato ball separately steams ripely, puts in the winter melon household utensils;
4. burns slightly the pot the heat, puts in the element soup and the Chinese flowering quince juice, after then joins the right amount salt to blend flavors thickens soup;
5. 芡the juice will drench into in the winter melon household utensils, again 灑 on the fruit of the Chinese wolfberry namely will complete.

Tips:
Uses the entire vegetarian diet the food material, the taste delicate fragrance is elegantly simple.

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Eat

Eats not fat sweets DIY: The small wheat straw egg flogs

Many people all like eating the sweets, the health is in particular beneficial eats not the fat sweets! This introduction is the small wheat straw egg flogs for everybody â–¡â–¡
The small wheat straw is the natural plant, it includes 100 kind of above each nutrition ingredient, nearly is the matter which the human life needs it all has. The usual people are join the small wheat straw in the soup, also some people stir the juice to drink, you may know the small wheat straw also may make the delicacy delicious sweets? “The small wheat straw egg flogged”is taken to the threshing ground! The delicacy sweets small wheat straw egg makes which“with the small wheat straw flogs”.

·The egg flogs the skin needed materials

The butter 250 grams white sugar 140 grams bread flour 480 grams (sieve) the egg 1 small wheat straw powder 10 grams (to sieve)

·Skin procedure

(1) the butter, the white sugar, the small wheat straw powder, the bread flour pours into in food mixer, is even by the low speed mix;

(2) joins the egg in addition, 攪打 becomes all mixtures 麵團;

(3) puts in 麵團 in the model, presses out many 圓模麵團, is ready to be used.

·Stuffing needed materials

The water 450 milliliters white sugar 175 gram blue pigment little (coca may not add) the egg 5 fresh milks 60 milliliter fresh small wheat straw juice 50 milliliters

·Stuffing procedure

(1) first boils together the water and the white sugar, after the flameout, joins the blue pigment and the small wheat straw juice, mixes evenly, treats coolly;

(2) gently scatters the egg, joins the fresh milk, 攪打 is even, again joined already the cool small wheat straw juice, mixed evenly, after filters, admitted in the refrigerator to cool;

(3) will cool the small wheat straw mixture pours into has arranged 圓模in 麵團, dries 30 minutes by 200 degree Celsius namely to become.

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Software

Test Posting Using w.blogger Desktop Publishing Tools

If you can see this post, meaning my testing to post with w.blogging is successful.

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Ramblings

IBM Thinkpad Video Options

Video Chips available and 3D Mark 05 scores:

1. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 – 826

2. NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M – 2943 @ 3.6 times faster than X31oo

3. NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M – 7790

@9.4 times faster than X3100

@ 2.6 times faster than NVS 140M

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Income

Whateverlife.com and Its Creator – 17 Year Old Ashley

No I am not going to bitch about how whateverlife.com was offered $1.5 million and a car of her choice–

as long as the price tag wasn’t more than $100,000. Or how she has taken in more than $1 million.

I just want to hightlight that:

Ashley created the site in late 2004 when she was 14 as a

way to show off her design work. “I was the dorky girl who was into HTML”

What were you doing when you were 14?

Girl Power – Whateverlife.com – Ashley Qualls – Nabbr:

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食品真相大揭密

Saw this interesting article on newspaper. True or not I don’t know. But now I would think twice before buying or eating anything that look real.

安部司,从事食品添加剂推销工作20多年,人称“添加剂活辞典”、“食品添加剂之神”。他不仅熟知各种添加剂的作用和用法,并亲眼见证了食品加工生产的“幕后”。

今天我要给各位讲一讲食品添加剂的问题。讲之前,我先给大家做碗排骨汤。请看,我面前的这排瓶子装了一些白色粉末,我要把这几十个瓶子里的粉末都混在一起,然后再把开水倒进去,搅拌一下。好了!排骨汤完成!谁愿意尝一尝?别害怕呀!就请这位勇敢的男士吧。

“啊,真的是排骨汤。真的很好喝呀!”

怎么样,这就是你平常吃拉面的那个汤吧!大家都看到了,我做排骨汤时根本连一根排骨、一滴真正的排骨汤也没用到,仅仅用了这些瓶子里装的白色粉末,而且尝过的人都觉得味道不错。这些白色粉末,就是我下面要讲的食品添加剂。

我们很多人都不清楚自己平常吃的食品是怎么加工成的。你以为骨汤拉面就是用排骨熬成的汤做的,你以为那些颜色鲜艳的果汁饮料都是用水果榨汁做的,你以为喝咖啡时加的奶精就是用牛奶做的……事实是,你眼睛看到的、嘴巴尝到的并不是真的,漂亮的颜色、诱人的味道都可以由添加剂变出来。

肉丸就是“丸子状的添加剂”

我原来是食品添加剂公司的首席推销员,业绩非常突出,经常为各个食品加工厂排忧解难,帮他们用最低的成本做出好卖的产品。比方说,我开发的一种肉丸。一个厂商采购了大量的肉碎,就是从牛骨头上剔下来的几乎不能称之为肉的那部分,黏糊糊的,水分多,根本没有味道,没法吃,不能做成肉馅,只能当宠物饲料。可是它非常便宜。我的工作就是把这些不能吃的肉碎变成能吃的东西。

首先,加进不能下蛋的鸡的肉馅,以增加分量。我们知道,养殖的鸡有蛋鸡,有肉鸡。肉鸡主要是吃肉的,而蛋鸡主要是吃它下的蛋的。 蛋鸡和肉鸡的肉差别就很大,价格也不一样。而且这里用的是已经不能再下蛋的鸡肉,价格就更便宜了。 接着,加入大豆蛋白,以做出柔软的感觉。这种大豆蛋白又称作“人造肉”,还用来做便宜的汉堡。光这样还不行,因为没什么味儿。于是又加了大量的化学调味料。为了使口感嫩滑,使用了猪油、加工淀粉;为了便于机器批量生产,使用了黏着剂、乳化剂等;为了使颜色好看,使用了着色剂;为了延长保质期,使用了防腐剂、pH调整剂;为了防治褪色,使用了抗氧化剂。

这样,肉丸就做好了。整个过程使用了二三十种添加剂,可以说,它是“丸子状的添加剂”。产品上市后,立刻受到孩子和***欢迎。

在这里,我要说的是,我使用的添加剂都是国家允许的,而且完全遵照国家规定的剂量标准。但存在什么问题呢?就是国家对添加剂的检验结果只是基于单种添加剂的使用情况得出的,如果一次同时摄取若干种添加剂会怎么样,“复合摄取”的研究依然是个盲点。 也就是说,同时摄取很多种添加剂有无危险性、危险性的大小等,只能由将其吃进嘴里的消费者们来承受。

我为什么要站在这里讲这些事?因为,有一天,我亲眼见到我的女儿也在乐滋滋地吃我开发的这种肉丸。当我看到她吃的那一刻,我才发现我根本不希望我的孩子吃它们。我是知道添加剂的毒性问题的,可我根本没从实际出发考虑过,一直忙着用添加剂开发各种食品,那一刻,我才认清我开发的食品,黏糊糊的废肉和几十种添加剂做出的肉丸,也是要被我的家人我的孩子吃进嘴里的。我的心里充满了罪恶感。经过好好的反思,我辞去了食品添加剂推销员的工作。我要用我几十年“台前幕后”的经验,告诉大家一些食品的真相。

奶精就是“牛奶式植物油”

再说说奶精。很多店里配咖啡的奶精都是免费的,我经常看到有人临走时,顺手拿好几个,回家留着慢慢用。现在,我就要问问大家:你觉得奶精是用什么做的?牛奶吗?奶油吗?你不要看到“奶精”中有“奶”,就想当然地认为它是用奶做。其实,跟前面我做排骨汤一样,制作奶精的过程中没有用到一滴牛奶或奶油,它就是在植物油中加水、添加剂混合搅拌,做成的类似牛奶的东西。

其中的植物油,更具体说是氢化植物油,含“反式脂肪酸”。反式脂肪酸是不健康的成分,它对心脏的损害程度远远高于任何一种动物油。含有氢化植物油的食品都可能含有反式脂肪酸,比如饼干、面包、西式糕点、巧克力派、沙拉酱、炸薯条、炸鸡块、洋葱圈、咖啡伴侣、热巧克力等。但是,反式脂肪酸的名字有很多,一般配料表里标明“氢化植物油”、“植物起酥油”、“人造黄油”、“人造奶油”、“植物奶油”、“麦淇淋”、“起酥油”

或“植脂末”等,都含有反式脂肪酸。大家都知道,普通状态下,水和油是不能互溶的。这就要用到添加剂了。首先,使用乳化剂,它是界面活性剂,可以使油和水混到一起,乳化成像牛奶一样的白色。

但还不像牛奶那样黏稠,所以要用到增稠多糖类使其黏稠。然后要用到焦糖色素,把它染成极淡的茶色,看上去就像奶油的颜色。为了长时间保存,还要加入pH调整剂。另外,再加进具有奶油香味的香料。所以,奶精就是用水、油和若干种添加剂做成的“牛奶式植物油”。只要看看奶精的配 料表,就一目了然了。

果汁饮料“无果汁”

我曾经为幼儿园里的孩子表演制作“无果汁”的果汁饮料。柠檬饮料是这样做的。首先把黄4号溶于水,就变成了很漂亮的柠檬色。接着,再加入酸味剂——维生素C和柠檬酸。然后,注入一成多的果葡糖浆。这样,就变成了酸甜味。另外,要加进柠檬香料,那才是柠檬汁。最后加入纤维素粉末。纤维素是由“锯屑”做成的添加剂。通过混浊的颜色,营造出真果汁的那种感觉。

做甜瓜味饮料的话,甜瓜是绿色的,那么,先在水里加入蓝1号着色剂,把水染成纯蓝色。然后加入黄4号着色剂,水就变成了纯绿色。这两种颜色都是从石油中提炼出来的。

做橙汁饮料的话,用到的橙色是把虫子碾碎后提取出来的。

我把“调”好的饮料倒进杯子,问大家“要喝吗”,孩子们都面面相觑。 然而大家平常喝的饮料就是用这种方法做出来的。

以前,饮料里加的是砂糖,但砂糖的甜味太重了,孩子们不喜欢。所以现在换成了果葡糖浆。它的甜味很清爽,孩子们都喜欢。但果葡糖浆存在着让人恐惧的地方。那就是热量过量摄取的问题。果葡糖浆的主要成分是葡萄糖和果糖。葡萄糖是人体最基本的能量源,身体弱的时候最需要,我们生病时打的点滴里就有葡萄糖等营养成分。

但是,点滴里的葡萄糖浓度不足0.5%。而刚才介绍的粉末制成的“无果汁”果汁,500毫升里含有的果葡糖浆就超过60毫升。也就是说,大家平常喝的 500毫升的饮料里,10%以都是糖汁(糖分)。如果 转换成固体粉末,含有的葡萄糖超过25克,果糖超过20克,盛在盘子里会满满的。而且,喝了富含果葡糖浆的饮料之后,人不会觉得饱,仍然和没喝饮料之前一样想吃东西。

一瓶(500毫升)饮料里,含有相当于50克砂糖所含的热量,也就是200千卡(半袋薯片所含的量)。可是,人喝了之后却觉得跟没喝一样!显然就会引发热量的过量摄取。

已经有科学实验证明,经常饮用清凉饮料,可能促进糖尿病的发生。美国的一项追踪研究报告表明,如果每个孩子平均每天喝一罐碳酸饮料,体重超重的可能性就会增加60%。近年来,肥胖以及患有糖尿病的中小学生人数明显增多,就是一个很好的说明。

很多我们喜欢的食品的味道,其实是添加剂的味儿。食品加工的信息没有被公开,大部分人天真地相信“一流厂家生产的东西没问题”、“大型超市销售的东西不会有错”,我们的舌头正在被食品添加剂破坏着还不自知,这真是很可悲。

100千克猪肉能做出130千克火腿

大家一定很奇怪:100千克猪肉怎么能做出130千克火腿? 可是,如果我不问的话,大家在买火腿肠的时候,可能都不会注意和比较:多出来的30千克是什么?就是用来增加分量的黏性材料。要增加分量,花费不多、最便捷的方法就是加“水”。所以,食品界里有“注水火腿” 这种说法。这是一种为了在价格战中生存下来而采取的战术。但是,如果直接把水加进去的话,肉就会变得稀烂。因此,要使用加热后会变硬的胶状物。 用100多支注射器同时往猪肉里注入专门的肉用胶状液体,那场景见过一次就不会忘记,太让人吃惊了。接下来便是滚揉,使注入猪肉的胶状液体均匀地扩散到肉的组织中去。注入的肉用胶状物的重量相当于肉总重量的20%-30%。滚揉后肉变得鼓鼓的,然后经过成形、加热等程序,最终变成市场上销售的火腿。为了使增加的部分保持色泽和弹性,还必须注入其他的添加剂。注水火腿的价格十分便宜。超市促销特价的火腿大都属于这一种。在欣喜地将特价品放入购物篮里之前,请看看产品配料表,动脑子思考一下。本来火腿

应该是由猪肉做成的,为什么会用到大豆蛋白、蛋清、乳蛋白等成分呢?不加以比较,就直奔特价商品,难道真的是聪明的消费者吗?

“健康的”漂白藕

有一回,一个厂商找到我,他进了一大批藕。我们都知道莲藕的营养价值高,是很健康的食物。可是他买的藕非常便宜,外表全都是黑的。他就不知道该怎么办了,向我求助。像这种情况,只要使用添加剂,一切都将迎刃而解。先用漂白剂把藕漂白,再加进一些添加剂以防止变色。然后,把藕装到袋子里真空包装。

包装好之后,这个厂商就马上把货品发给了超市出售。结果,出现了新问题。藕从边上开始腐烂,有的黏糊糊的,有的变黄,有的变黑,什么样的都有。超市向他索赔,他又向我求救。

我告诉他,这是因为他给真空袋子加热杀菌的时间和温度都不够。只要严格控制加热消毒的过程,就没问题。按照这个方法执行之后,超市再也没有找过他麻烦,他的藕都变为“健康食品”销售了出去。

“健康的”消毒沙拉

很多办公室小姐“为了健康”买来袋装沙拉作午餐。也经常会有家庭主妇在家做蔬菜沙拉,用超市卖的切好了的蔬菜。不仅是因为省了切的功夫,而且切口的地方不管何时都不会焉,可以长期保存。

为什么切好的蔬菜、袋装沙拉能长期保存?

因为它们都使用了杀菌剂(次亚氯酸钠)消过毒。那个消毒现场实在可怕。

工人们不断把切好的蔬菜扔进杀菌池。而且,还要不断改变池子里杀菌剂的浓度,分几次把蔬菜扔进去。有的制造商为了使口感生脆,还会将蔬菜扔进装有ph调整剂的池子。 大家都是为了健康才吃袋装沙拉的,这是多么可笑啊!

“健康的”染色糖

红糖、精制白糖的营养价值差别不大,但自从有人说“精制白糖对人身体不好,红糖好”之后,红糖就开始热卖起来。

那制造商又是怎么做的呢? 他们把精制白糖用焦糖色素染色后作为红糖出售。因为只是把外层染过而已,所以上了色的糖泡在水里的时候,外表的颜色就会先溶掉。