What Are You Eating?

What did you have for breakfast, lunch and dinner today? No matter what foods your list contains, you can guarantee that everything you have eaten is not within it. Taking a quick look at the back of any food packaging will reveal an extensive ingredients list with all sorts of letters and scientific words that very few people actually understand. If you are one of the millions of people that do not understand them then ask yourself the question – what are you eating?

There are so many additives and preservatives added to food today that it is importable to keep up to date with that we are putting into our systems. Preservatives are used to ensure that foods last for as long a time as possible by preserving their color, scent and taste, although it can be argued that some preservatives alter all three artificially. Some decades ago, preservatives were natural because they often took the form of salt and vinegar. However, today they tend to be artificially created in laboratories.

Additives are also created in much the same way and can be used for the same purposes. However, they also enhance the flavor and lower the overall price of the food, meaning that we benefit from reduced costs in the supermarket. This may sound like a good thing right now but it is not so good when you realise that some hidden additives and preservatives actually have serious adverse effects in some individuals.

Visiting the FDA website can be incredibly insightful if you want to know more about the specific hidden and unknown preservatives and additives that are mixed in with our food today. There is currently more than a thousand different approved additives listed and you can find them all within the products on supermarket shelves. However, the FDA is a little less forthcoming about the side effects. Some are known to cause migraines, organ damage, cancer, allergies and even birth defects should an individual have an adverse reaction to them.

Unfortunately, the above information is not the scariest of that available on the unknown additives that we eat. Instead, that honor goes to the fact that food companies are not legally obliged to list everything that is contained within their products. According to an article by Dr William Rice, entitled “The Dangers Of Food Additives”, there are 93 different additives that do not have to be declared in bakery goods, 31 in cheese products, 76 in drinks and 58 in any desserts that are frozen. This is scary given that we can have absolutely no idea exactly what we are eating unless we make it ourselves or go organic.

It is time that everyone started looking a little more closely at what they eat on a daily basis because all of us should have absolute knowledge about what we put into our bodies. As technology has progressed, we have lost sight of that but now is the time to take back the power and make our bodies much happier and healthier as a result.

Bestile Kager Online is a Great Facility to be Supplied with Fresh Cakes on Specific Occasions

Among mouth-watering delicacies, cake is the thing that nobody wants to miss on any occasion. Grabbing a pie of cake with relish is a mark of celebration. The slicing of cake is part of a program on special ceremonious occasions like birthday, engagement and wedding anniversaries. The tradition of binging on cakes has become a trend that people from different cultural backgrounds across the world have embraced. As it is a must-have dish delight, people crowd at local stores to shop for cakes. When cakes of their favorite flavor are not available at local stores, they go online to place order for cakes. That is where the need of bestille kager online lies.

Many confectionary retailers have gone online to take orders for and supply with cakes on occasions. You will be supplied with fresh cakes and other bakery products on a particular date and at right time. You do not need to make your way outside to buy a cake neglecting other arrangements on a household occasion. This is the chief upside of booking cake online. Moreover, charges for home delivery are minimal.

Bestile kager online is a nice idea to greet your friend with a surprise cake gift on his or her birthday without making it in person. Place order for a cake online with a confectionary retail supplier and the supplier will send it to the destination of your choice on a specific day. Persons who hardly get time to socialize with their friends and relatives due to hectic schedule or frequent business trips can make the most of this online service from confectionary retailers.

Cooking With Gas

A FRIEND OF MINE tells the story of an amazing salesperson who worked with him at a barbeque retailer. Barbeques are usually an emotional purchase for males. A man might struggle in the kitchen, but don't try to tell him that he can't master the barbeque.

If a man was to shop alone in this retail outlet, he might be afraid to come home with a large purchase (it's not easy to hide a barbeque), so he takes his wife along, for purchase approval. The wife's role is to keep the husband's desire to spend in check.

My friend's sales colleague knew how to play the game. He'd wait until a husband and wife approached a barbeque before starting any dialogue. After a minute or two, he'd approach and ask what the couple wanted in a barbeque.

The husband would say something like, "Just to cook sausages and steaks for family and friends". His wife would nod in agreement.
The salesman would then ask deeper questions like, "Have you ever roasted food on a barbeque before?"

"No," the husband would reply, looking at his wife. They were now curious, wondering how on earth you roast food on a barbeque. The salesman would show them where to place the baking tray, how to control the burners so that the heat would cook around the roasting meat; how adding hickory chips could give the meat a smokey flavour and how the hood had a temperature gauge. Next he pointed out a rotisserie, explaining how you could cook chickens just like the take-away shops. The husband was amazed, imagining the banquets he could create.

"Do you cook stir fries?" the salesman asked the wife. "Sure," she said.

Next, while the husband was still dreaming about chicken banquets, the salesman showed the wife how to use a wok in the side burner. When the husband snapped out of his little daydream, the wife was off in her own fantasy, dreaming about stir fries. While this was going on, the familiar smells of summer feasts-sausages, steaks, and onion-filled the air. (The store manager had allowed the local scout group to cook a barbeque in the foyer of the store to raise money.) The dreams became real, aided by the sense of smell and the sounds of a sizzling grill. The husband and wife were sold. They'd come in looking for a basic three burner barbeque, but walked away with four burners and all the extras too, including a roasting hood, rotisserie, side burner, cover and a bag of hickory chips.

It didn't end there. After he'd broken their defensive mechanisms and established their decision to buy, the salesman continued. "How will you clean your barbeque?" he asked.

"With warm soapy water I guess," the husband said.

The salesman stared back as if in shock, explaining, "Mate...cast iron plus soapy water equals rust."

"How can we avoid that?" the husband asked.

"Use a cleaning pack like this one," the salesman said.

Then out came a gas gauge for detecting gas bottle leaks and a bag of fat absorbers to reduce the number of fat fire flare ups.

The final docket read:
Barbeque $399.00
Roasting Hood $150.00
Rotisserie $49.99
Side Burner $149.99
Fat Absorber $7.99
Cleaning Pack $39.99
Gas Bottle $59.99
Gas $4.99
Gas Gauge $19.99
Hickory Chips $12.99
Total $894.92

On average this salesman led each couple to spend more than double the barbeque's base price on added value items.

How did all this come about?

The retailer trained their salespeople to ask deep questions about the total use of the barbeque. Poorly trained salespeople sell only the barbeque, assuming that it's all the customer wants. Most customers have an issue, problem or need they want solved. Asking deeper questions exposes what the customer is really after. In this case the husband wanted to show off a new toy and the wife wanted to be more involved in the barbeque experience. (Instead of being stuck in the kitchen preparing salads, she can now cook roasts and stir fries.)

The retailer packaged a total in-store experience including all the sounds, smells, and accessories of a real barbeque experience. This engages customers so much more than simply seeing a shiny new product.
Your business must find out your customers' needs and develop a package of solutions. At Harvey Norman, our computer store success came when we developed a one-stop shop where customers can buy all their computer hardware, software and peripherals.

If you sell home loans, your customer more than likely has a car loan, so why not offer service in that area as well? As long as it doesn't dilute your main offer, offer your channel additional value.

NuWave Oven Pro: A Return to Dinnertime

When our family economics dictated that I go back to work, many things changed in our household. The one that bothered me the most was my inability to continue to cook a supper that our family could sit down to and really enjoy. Dinnertime was always special to us. Maybe we’re just old fashioned, but it was a time that we all came together and rehashed the events of the day...good or bad. My new job quickly took the home cooking aspect away from our evening meals, and eventually we all began eat microwaved dinners or fast foods in front of the TV.

When I voiced my loss of family time concerns to my mother, she reminded me of the NuWave Oven Pro she bought years ago after seeing the commercial on an AS SEEN ON TV spot. I located the product on the internet, bought it and want to share a little of my cooking experience.

THE OVEN PRO
In case you’ve not heard of it, the NuWave Oven Pro is a counter top cooking unit that utilizes infrared, conduction and convection to defrost and cook. Because it uses all three cooking methods, foods are cooked in a much shorter time. Meats are more moist and juicy than if cooked in a regular oven, and not only is the meat more tender, but the outside can be made crispy brown as well. Side benefits are lowered energy costs because of less cooking time, less fats and oils because of the built in drip pan and very easy clean up.

FAVORITE DISHES
The Oven Pro comes with some great recipes that are just right for a family on the go. I’ve used it to cook chicken, BBQ ribs, fish and even a turkey this past Thanksgiving. I bought all the attachments including the extender ring that gives it more cooking height, so the 10 lb. turkey fit just fine. I followed the directions, and in 2.5 hours I had a beautiful golden brown turkey that was cooked to perfection. Another favorite is corn on the cob. It’s so much better than the traditionally boiled corn..and quicker too!

TOGETHER AGAIN
So now most days I’m able to gather the family together again at suppertime for a real home cooked meal. The NuWave Oven Pro has been a joy to use; great tasting, healthy meals prepared in very little time. Including shipping, I guess I spent around $185. for everything. It comes with a pizza rack, recipe book, directions, instruction disk, two blenders and I bought the extender ring extra. This little oven has been well worth the dollars in time saved in the kitchen, and its allowed us to regain our togetherness at the supper table for a healthy meal. You really can’t put a price on that!