I often wondered why anaerobic and aerobic exercises are named as they are. Surely, while running, you should not be out of breath to avoid “switching to anaerobic metabolism”. But why is it called anaerobic metabolism when doing short bursts of weight training even though I am barely out of breath? Recently, I refreshed my …
TLDR: The milgram experiment was a social experiment conducted in 1961, in which participants were led to believe that they would take part in an unrelated experiment and where instructed by an authoritative person (researcher) to administer electric shocks to a third person (learner). These shocks would gradually increase in strength and eventually would have …
If you are like me you are associating retro and vintage with old things. But whats the difference of retro and vintage objects? “Retro style is a style that is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the historical past” (wiki), so it is in fact a product recently manufactured which …
During my time in Japan i observed and was able to take part in the interesting phenomenon of omiyage, which roughly translates to souvenirs, but is much more than just that. As with many other traditions, everyone knows how to do it, but noone knows where it comes from. As part of an assignment i …
Wheat flour contains gliadin and glutenin, which in the presence of water and additional kneading and mixing bind together into a flexible network which is called gluten. This network of proteins is responsible for our pastry to hold its shape and contributes to is textural and physical characteristics. Therefore it is essential to control the development of this Gluten network.
I’ve been using a rice cooker for at least 17 years. But just recently (well probably at least 3 years) did i come to know, how this magical gadget, which provides nutritious well cooked rice works. Specifically i am refering to the older rice cooker models, which are for sale startingn at as low as …
Of course there are always different variations of house rules, but there is just one set of rules which can be called the true and correct UNO rules. It is said, that even the ancient pharaohs were in disagreement about certain cases. The following statements and quotes are directly taken from the official rulebook, which …
So the other day i was able to take part in a 2 hour instructional wine crash course training for free. A lot of knowledge involved specific brands, which is probably not too interesting for the daily peasant like me. However some facts where quite interesting all around, which i’d like to share in this …
The Tohoku region is located north from the Kanto region. There is a very unique week called the Sandai Matsuri where you have the chance to participate or watch the three greatest festivals in this region in 3 different prefectures. I want to briefly introduce those festivals and the prefectures in this post, since for …
If you wander around Japan for a while you will realize that there are a lot of smaller shrines which portrait a fox statue with a red cape. These are Inari shrines and there are around 30000 of them with the Fushimi Inari as the head shrine (inari.jp, accessed: 14.10.2019). My Trip: The nearest station …
