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Q: Why should Americans not be concerned about the safety of nuclear power after what they've seen in Japan?
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As a North American football position, first recorded 1931. As a type of score against one's own team, 1881. Safety-valve, which diminishes the risk of explosion, is from 1797; figurative sense recorded from 1818. Safety-net in literal sense (in machinery) by 1916, later of aerial circus performances (1920s); figurative use by 1950. Safety-first as an accident-prevention slogan first recorded 1873.
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Flagstaff unfortunately does not very good Chinese food. This is one of the best options in town. Great lunch deals. Ask for some of the chili sauce when then bring out the food.
We visit this place often. It has great service, great food, and not slammed crowed. The food is at a good price and the portions that you receive are big and fair. I love the way they prepare the food and the taste are always spot on.
Being a long-time Flagstaff resident, we love to eat at August Moon. It is a family owned, local restaurant that provides authentic fresh food. Dine in, or take out, it is a great place to eat!
The food wasn't bad but I am not interested in not bad. The fried rice was bland and not cooked well. We ordered several plates for our family and shared. I can't think of any that I would order again.
I don't think I'll be back.
We are frequent customers as our kids love the soup and ask for it frequently. This is definitely one of the "combo plate" places where you can get a big plate a la carte or a bit less food with rice and a cup of soup as a combo meal. Tonight was house fried rice, war wanton soup, and egg...
Love the lunch specials here, but dinner is excellent too. Service is fast and friendly. Value for the meal is great! You'll find the typical Chinese menu, so if you are craving Mongolian Beef or pan noodles, here it is.
Ive suffered for many years in arizona unable to find a good dumpling, until i found august moon. Its sad but if i get food to go i order two orders and eat one while driving! I dont use sauce, theirs is good, but what i look for is a chewy dough and crispy bottom with well seasoned pork. I've...
Avoid this nasty tasting food at all cost! I ordered the General Tao's chicken which is generally deep fried with a spicy sauce poured over it. This chicken was not, and it was tough and crunchy and the sauce tasted like pure mollasses.The lo-mein noodles were dry. In a nutshell, the food was horrible, so be warned!
I was ready for lunch and at this shopping center so I gave it a try. Fortunately, I hadn't read some of these reviews. I thought the food was quite good. I'll agree the storefront and interior could use some help. But, the staff was superb and the food good enough that I'll return.....
Dreadful place. Wonton soup was dish water with soy sauce thrown in. Egg rolls greasy and flavorless. Crispy noodles from the Ming dynasty. Unbelievably bad. We were so happy we got out alive. Service was friendly, kitchen is a disastor.
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Prim and Proper Bun
librarians, school teachers, nannies, doctors, serious office ladies, and women of a certain age. Characters with this hairstyle tend to be respected and be in charge. They also tend to be more conservative than other characters and more tight laced. Naturally, it makes this hairstyle popular among the more Lady of War-flavored Action Girls who chose to eschew Tomboyish Ponytail or Braids of Action, though the latter could be easily converted into a bun. Often times this leads to Letting Her Hair Down if she decides to break out of that mold. Part of what creates the appeal of the Hot Librarian. A Sister Trope to Power Hair (a more ambitious woman's hairstyle), Girlish Pigtails (a properly girlish hairstyle), Regal Ringlets (an extravagant, but still proper, style). Compare Odango Hair (two small spherical buns placed high on a character's head). Contrast Tomboyish Ponytail, Tomboyish Sidetails, and Motherly Side Plait. Note: This trope is for using visual shorthand to characterize an individual. It is not a trope for every character who happens to have a bun. Please remember this when editing the example list.
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Anime And Manga
- Meiko from Kangoku Gakuen, who's the vice president of her school's student council, which deals with disciplinary actions, has her in a bun at all times, this includes showers, sleeping and exercising. The only time she's shown with her hair down is in flashbacks when she was in elementary school and she was a lot less rigid back then. She generally conducts herself in a no nonsense militaristic manner.
- Subverted by the genderbent version of France from Axis Powers Hetalia. She's more sexy than proper because, well, she's France.
- Nanao Ise in Bleach, Lieutenant of the 8th Division, is very true to the trope. Not only does she wear her hair in the bun, but she also wears glasses and is frequently seen carrying a book (making her arguably a Hot Librarian as well). She is also so stiff and formal that her captain (a Professional Slacker in contrast) keeps trying to convince her to lighten up a little.
- Subverted with "Lady Borgia" Ogiwara from Oniisama e..., who is first seen as a softspoken and dignified Onee-sama type and later reveals herself as a massive Smug Snake. Notice that she originally had bobbed hair in the manga, but her hairstyle changed to a bun in the anime series.
- General Vasant wears it in Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing, being the neat and principled Lady of War.
- The last Sankt Kaiser Olivie Sagebrecht of Lyrical Nanoha, who was known as a brilliant leader and the queen deemed second to none in combat, is shown through flashbacks in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid to have this hairstyle.
- Grandma Duck in the Disney Ducks Comic Universe.
- Wonder Woman in her Diana Prince alter ego, complete with glasses and a "librarian" fashion sense.
Fan Works
- In the Discworld as expanded by AA Pessimal, the sterner teachers at the Assassins' Guild School such as Miss Alice Band and Miss Sanderson-Reeves are seen affecting very stern buns in the classroom. Pupils speculate, with good reason, about the hair-pins holding it all together and alternative uses they could be put to. The School's Agatean Studies teacher, Miss Koucochou-Sama ("Pretty Butterfly", Twoflower's daughter, as seen in Interesting Times) also affects a tight Japanese-styled version.note Pupils learn that the tighter the bun, the tougher the teacher.
- Mrs. Danvers in at least the film adaptation of Rebecca.
- Appropriately enough, the Prison Psychiatrist in Hair, who interrogates Woof on why he wears his hair long (and whether that makes him gay) in the title song sequence from the film. Her hair is in a tight bun.
- Mary Poppins of course! Practically perfect in every way!
- Jane Porter during her introductory scene from Tarzan.
- Katherine Brooke, the Stern Principal in Anne of Avonlea, in contrast to Anne's looser, less severe bun.
- Madame from The Aristocats, except when she is sleeping.
- Queen Elsa, from Frozen, before her Expository Hairstyle Change.
- The Borg Queen from Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Voyager. It's not actual hair, but the mass of wires on the back of her head are arranged in a circular pattern and she certainly has the personality to match.
- Susan from the Discworld novels finds that her Expressive Hair tends to twist itself into a bun of its own volition. As she works as a governess or school teacher when she's not saving the world it's rather fitting.
- Granny Weatherwax wears her hair in a "tight bun that could crack rocks." Also serves as a convenient sheath for her weapon of choice for hand-to-hand combat, hatpins.
- Adora Belle Dearheart in Going Postal wears a bun as well. She wears plain gray dresses, is an Office Lady who works for golems and was formerly a bank teller, and says she has no sense of humor, largely because of her Unfortunate Name. She's actually quite attractive, especially to Moist, but she's still proper and serious.
- Professor McGonagall wears her hair like this in Harry Potter. When she says the Yule ball is a chance to "let down our hair", Harry notes that she looked like she had never actually let her hair down in any sense.
- Miss Hardbroom in The Worst Witch (except at official Halloween parties).
- Laura Ingalls Wilder and her mother wear their hair like this, as do all proper married ladies, in the Little House books.
- Novinha from Speaker For The Dead has one, and it's noted that she lets her hair down as she begins to open up emotionally.
- Marilla Cuthbert, of Anne of Green Gables, has a very tight bun in the beginning, which suits her personality, but she relaxes as the series progresses.
Live Action TV
- On The King of Queens, Carrie started wearing her hair in a bun. Everyone else thought it was unflattering, but she kept on wearing it until she attends a service for a librarian in Doug's high school and sees a photo of her wearing the exact same bun. She loses it thereafter.
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Captain Janeway had this style for most of the first season. [1]◊ which was known as The Bun of Steel
- The emotionless and formal Seven of Nine used this style for her first 3 seasons on the show.
- Mrs. Hall is described this way in All Creatures Great and Small.
- Veronica from Better Off Ted is a powerful, cold hearted executive; also, when Ted takes his daughter to work, Veronica teaches her to put her hair in this kind of bun.
- Lilith from Cheers and Frasier typically wears her hair this way. If she lets it down it's a sure sign that things are about to get intense between her and Frasier.
- Liz Shaw in Doctor Who has a bun in her first story. It's probably not a coincidence that in subsequent stories, once the ice has been broken with the Doctor and the Brigadier, the bun goes.
Professional Wrestling
- Several women in authority or managerial roles have done this, including:
- Terri Runnels, as manager Alexandra York in WCW in the early 1990's
- Stacy Keibler, as Standards & Practices secretary Miss Hancock in WCW in 1999-2000
- [[Wrestling/Daffney Daffney]] during her gimmick as a fake Sarah Palin.
- The early days of Miss Tessmacher in TNA.
- Currently, with Eve Torres in WWE.
- Oddly Booker T sometimes puts his dreads into a bun (or ponytail) when not wrestling. Sometimes even when he does.
- Marian the Librarian from The Music Man, the original Hot Librarian herself, wears her hair this way.
- In Mass Effect 1, Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams uses this hairstyle, and is notably organized, professional, and is also a rank that puts her in charge of her unit. On the other hand, she's also a firm believer in Brutal Honesty. She lets her hair down by Mass Effect 3, literally and metaphorically.
Visual Novels
- Saber wears her hair in a rather elaborate bun in Fate/stay night, and is a no-nonsense leader but also a Kuudere. Her alternate appearance, Saber Lily, wears a Tomboyish Ponytail instead, and is widely believed to be a version of Saber who was more open with her people. In Fate/Zero, Saber also wears a Tomboyish Ponytail while in her civilian clothes.
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni's Beatrice doesn't fit the usual character types associated with this, but another character, Beatrice Castiglioni, the basis of the entire in-universe character of Beatrice certainly does.
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Western Animation
- In Futurama the uptight bureaucrat lady◊ who replaced Hermes for an episode does her hair like this.
- In My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Twilight Sparkle puts her mane in one of these when she tries out psychology on Rainbow Dash in "Lesson Zero".
- This is also (fan-named) background pony Nurse Redheart's◊ standard look.
- And Granny Smith because she's old.
- Queen Victoria in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists has one (which Charles Darwin really likes), but it's just part of a front to hide her nasty nature.
- Jinora from The Legend of Korra has one that is slightly offset, leaning more to the right side of her head.
Real Life
- In the United States military, many women wear their hair in this style due to military regulations governing appearance while in uniform.
- This is true in most militaries worldwide. In the British Armed Forces this is the only acceptable way for females to wear hair long enough to touch the collar, with the bun worn low so a cap or beret fits comfortably.


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Demi-Permanent Hair Color: Secret To Natural-Looking Color
When you're looking to alter your hair color—whether that means making it lighter or darker, covering up grays or simply adding a little oomph to your current shade—there are several ways to go about it.
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But somewhere in the middle lies the hair color sweet spot that many women crave. It's called demi-permanent hair color.
"This type of product will stay in the hair for 28 shampoos," explains Teca Lewellyn, a Procter & Gamble Beauty Scientist. "So, depending on how frequently you wash your hair, it will take about a month to a month and half to gently fade away."
Here's how it works: Demi-permanent hair color molecules get under the outer cuticle of the hair shaft but, unlike permanent dyes, they don't penetrate the deeper cortex. "They basically get temporarily stuck just beneath the cuticle until they are washed out," says Lewellyn. "The difference with permanent color is that the dye has to swell the cuticle to make it lift and allow the molecules to make their way into the cortex deep inside the hair shaft."
Demi-permanent may not be the answer for everyone and every hair situation, but it does have several key advantages.
It can cover up to 70 percent of your grays.
"It's a great solution for someone who's just starting to go gray and wants to experiment with color," says Lisa Evan, a colorist at Mario Russo Salon in Boston. "It gives a very natural result because the grays will take the color differently from the other strands, which means hair ends up with an almost highlighted look."
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You'll never have obvious roots.
Permanent color invades the hair shaft and lodges itself there, well, permanently. So instead of fading away gradually, like demi-permanent color does, your hair stays whatever color you've dyed it, and as your hair grows, the new stuff at the roots will be the old color (or gray). With demi-permanent there's no obvious line of demarcation so you don't need to worry about touching up your roots every few weeks.
Your hair will look healthy and shiny.
"Demi-permanent is much gentler on the hair than permanent color," say Evans. That's because it doesn't open up the cuticle as much or penetrate inside the cortex of the hair shaft. "The integrity of the hair is better when the cuticle stays intact."


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Ok so i stripped 2 USB jacks out of an old computer i had laying around and i thought why not put em in ur xbox? so i opened up my xbox and i want to know... Is it possible to wire 2 usb ports and still have all the controller ports working at the same time?
2 Usb Ports And All Controllers?
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Posted 21 November 2004 - 09:44 PM
You can mod the controller ports for USB but you can't use both the USB and controller at the same time. The USB bus only supports 1 device per port. But they will both still work when one or the other in not plugged in.
Posted 22 November 2004 - 08:04 AM
so you can have them wired up at the same time, just not have something plugged into both the usb and xb controller?
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well unless you wire in a hub, i hope the one i ordered will fit inside my xbox
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Emily of New Moon Cast List
Emily of New Moon cast list, including photos of the actors when available. This list includes all of the Emily of New Moon main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. You can various bits of trivia about these Emily of New Moon stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. This cast list of actors from Emily of New Moon focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Emily of New Moon that are on here as well.
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Women's Water Polo World Cup 2010, Day 2: Australia two goals better than World champion USA
This tournament was always going to be about Australia-United States of America. Arguably the two best teams in the world at the moment, clashed on day two in Group B of the 15th FINA World Cup for women's water polo at Christchurch's QE II Park pool. As in Sydney last week at the 10th Anniversary Tournament to celebrate a decade of women's Olympic water polo, Australia finished on top, giving it three successive victories in a week against the World and World League champion.
The first quarter was locked at 1-1 but the Aussie Stingers went 4-1 ahead by halftime, kept a 5-4 advantage at three-quarter time and sealed the match with a penalty goal inside the last two minutes for 7-5 and bragging rights heading towards the quarter-finals. Australia now needs to pass Russia tomorrow to win the group.
Women's Water Polo World Cup 2010, Day 1: Aussie Stingers swamp Kiwis on opening night
Defending champion Australia won big on the opening day of the 15th FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup at QE II Stadium in Christchurch. The Aussie Stingers defeated a gutsy New Zealand 17-4 in the last game of the night in a game where New Zealand scored first and trailed just 4-3 early in the second quarter. However, Australia swam away with the game and the lead in Group B where the world champion United States of America downed European champion Russia in the opening game.
As the night hotted up and the crowd swelled, China had the better of Greece 11-7 after the European team — third at the FINA World League Super Finals last month — blew a first-quarter dominance. In the other Group A match, Canada produced its best form of the year with a 14-10 margin over Hungary, a late inclusion to the event.
YOG Singapore 2010, Day 3: Swimming, Olympics & Medals – Winning combination for new countries
Women's Water Polo World Cup 2010: World's best women's water polo teams head to Christchurch (NZL)
New Zealand's women's water polo players take on the planet's heavyweights this week at the 15th FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup at Christchurch's QE II Stadium. Ranked outside the elite group, the Kiwis face the daunting task of mixing it with seven of the leading teams as they battle for world supremacy in the year's major test ahead of next year's FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
It's the second time Christchurch has hosted the event after the first in 1988. This four-year spectacle, dominated by the Netherlands with eight titles since its inception in 1979, is headed by reigning champion Australia, who last week bested six of the teams at the 10th Anniversary Tournament in Sydney, celebrating a decade since women's water polo's inclusion to Olympic Games.
YOG Singapore 2010, Day 2: China enters twice in history
YOG Singapore 2010, Day 1: Spectacular Opening Ceremony celebrates Youth, Sport and Culture
Held in the breathtaking scenario of Singapore's Marina Bay, surrounded by the city skyscrapers and the now emblematic Marina Bay Sands complex, the show combined light and music with original choreographies and some innovation in terms of the Olympic protocol at Opening Ceremonies. The parade of the athletes was, for example, not done in the traditional way; this time, the competitors entered in a block in one of the first "chapters" of the Ceremony. A bit later, the flags of the 205 nations present in Singapore made their formal entry in the Marina Bay. Besides the usual athletes and officials' oath, coaches also swear to respect the Olympic ideals during the competition.
YOG Singapore 2010, One Day to go: Swimming gets ready, Village gets busy
With one day to go for the Opening Ceremony of the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (SIN), the Swimming family held this Friday, August 13, its Team Leaders meeting before the start of the competition, to be held from August 15-20. The first motive of celebration relates with the very significant participation in the 34 swimming events – the 400 athletes allowed by the IOC quota for this discipline represent 153 National Olympic Committees.
In a meeting held in the Youth Olympic Village, team leaders and responsible for the many delegations present in Singapore, were briefed on the technical procedures surrounding the competition and were happy to know that the facility for Swimming – the Singapore Sports School – will provide optimal conditions for excellent performances. This is a venue well known by the FINA Family, as it hosts the annual leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup (in 25m-pool).
First Youth Olympic Games medals unveiled!
As the athletes prepare for their arrival in Singapore, the first medals for the Youth Olympic Games were unveiled. Competition takes place between 15 and 26 August, where the best performing athletes will be awarded this specially designed medal. FINA will be represented in the disciplines of Swimming and Diving.
The obverse design was created by Setsuko Fukuzawa from Japan, winner of the Medal Design Competition held by the International Olympic Committee in the build-up to Singapore 2010. Her medal features the flames and waves, symbolising the Olympic spirit and the cheering of athletes. The Olympian's body shaped in a 'Y' is reminiscent of Goddess Nike and stands for Youth, as referred to in the "Yes Youth Can" slogan, the name that Setsuko gave to her creation. The reverse side features the mythical lion synonymous with Singapore, and emblem for the Games, which represents the spirit of youth.
Discover Masters World: Jim Montgomery (USA)
Those who have had the good luck one day to meet Jim Montgomery certainly remember how genuine, kind and unassuming this great man is. The American is in Gothenburg (SWE) for the FINA Masters World Championships where he shares his thoughts about his incredible career, his new passions and why, at 55, he still swims. It is hard to know where to start when recalling the accomplishments of the legendary freestyle swimmer, who was born in 1955 in Madison, Wis. (USA).
The sprinter years
Jim Montgomery etched his name into the history books when he was the first man to swim the 100m freestyle under the 50-second barrier in a World record time (49.99) at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal (CAN). He began an unstoppable reign over the freestyle events, also winning gold in 4x100m medley and 4x200m freestyle, and a bronze in the 200m freestyle.
Discover Masters World: Mieko Nagaoka (JPN)
Ms. Mieko Nagaoka was born in 1914. She lives alone in the South of Japan and started swimming at 80 years old to recover from a knee injury. Her story teaches us a simple but often overlooked lesson: it is never too late to start something and make great accomplishements.
In the beginning, Ms. Nagaoka didn't know how to swim. She used to come to the swimming pool to do exercises for her knee. At 82, she started to learn and swim on her own. And because she performs in a Noh – Japanese traditional dancing dramas – this was also an incentive to learn how to swim so that she would keep in shape for the plays.
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VHBG to offer 'trunk-or-treating' event
Citizen Staff Reports 10/22/12
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls will host its first "trunk-or-treat" Halloween tailgating event on its Henrico campus on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The event will invite children to fetch Halloween candy from the backs of vehicles gathered in the campus parking lot. Dozens of cars and SUVs will sport fun decorations and themes to entertain children, such as movies, sports and camping.
"This event allows our children and those from the community to trick-or-treat in a safe and family environment," said Claiborne Mason, VHBG president.
The VHBG parking lot will be roped off for trunk-or-treating, and there will be painting, clowns, an inflatable rock wall and arts projects. In the event of rain, the event will be held indoors. During the event, tours of the campus will also be available. Attendees will be able to visit the group homes, alternative school and recreational facilities on campus. They'll also learn about the intensive community-based services that VHBG offers to support children and families in their home and school.
"Our staff is excited to offer this event to the community because it helps our kids build permanent healthy relationships in the community. And, it's a great chance for the public to tour our wonderful campus," said Mason.
VHBG is located at 8716 West Broad Street. The event is free and open to the public.
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Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
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A method for making a shelf-stable soft pretzel without using a caustic bath. The method substitutes several processing steps for the caustic bath, in combination with other microbal spoilage hurdle strategies, resulting in a uniformly browned, topically salted soft pretzel uniquely possessing a relatively low surface pH and long shelf life.
1. A packaged soft pretzel comprising:
a surface pH of less than 5.5;
a methylcellulose top coat applied to the surface of said pretzel, wherein said top coat simulates the fresh, glossy finish promoted by a traditional pretzel caustic bath dip while also eliminating the development of stickiness on the pretzel surface after packaging;
a fat encapsulated salt on said methylcellulose-coated surface of said soft pretzel; and at least one effective food preservative
wherein said pretzel has a shelf life of at least six week.
2. A packaged soft pretzel, comprising:
a surface pH of less than 5.5;
a methylcellulose top coat applied to the surface of said pretzel, wherein said top coat simulates the fresh, glossy finish promoted by a traditional pretzel caustic bath dip while also eliminating the development of stickiness on the pretzel surface after packaging; and;
wherein said pretzel and at least one effective food preservative; a shelf-life of at least six weeks.
3. The soft pretzel of
at least one anti-staling compound.
4. The soft pretzel of
5. The soft pretzel of
a surface pH ranging from and including 4.7 to and including 5.3.
6. The soft pretzel of
7. A shelf-stable bread product made by a method comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing a, pretzel dough;
(b) exposing the pretzel dough to a hot water bath;
(c) applying a water soluble browning agent on the surface of the pretzel dough;
(d) baking the pretzel dough to make a bread product wherein the dough preparation yields a final surface pH of the bread product below 5.5;
(e) applying a methylcellulose top coat to the surface containing the browning agent of the bread product, wherein said top coat simulates the fresh, glossy finish promoted by a traditional pretzel caustic bat dip while also eliminating the development of stickiness on the pretzel surface after packaging;
(f) adhering a fat-encapsulated salt to the methylcellulose-coated surface of the bread product; and
(g) drying the bread product at a temperature below 60� C.;
wherein the bread product has a shelf life of at least six weeks.
8. A shelf-stable soft pretzel made by a method comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing pretzel dough wherein the dough preparation yields a final surface pH of the pretzel below 5.5;
(b) exposing the pretzel dough to a hot water bath;
(c) covering the surface of the pretzel dough with a water soluble browning agent;
(d) baking the pretzel dough; and
(e) applying a methylcellulose top coat to the surface covered with browning agent of the pretzel, wherein said top coat simulates the fresh, glossy finish promoted by a traditional pretzel caustic bath dip while also eliminating the development of stickiness on the pretzel surface after packaging;
wherein the pretzel has a shelf-life of at least six weeks.
The application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/336,613, filed Jun. 18, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,444,244.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a shelf-stable soft pretzel and, in particular, to a soft pretzel product that maintains appearance, texture and taste over a long shelf life. The invention substitutes a number of preparation steps in place of the traditional caustic bath preparation step in order to lower the pretzel's pH in addition to other microbal spoilage hurdle strategies.
2. Description of Related Art
Soft pretzels have become one of the most popular bread snacks in the baking and food service industries. In the past, soft pretzels were a highly regional food, limited mostly to the Northeastern United States, but the popularity of soft pretzels has spread significantly both nationally and internationally during the past decade. This popularity comes from the fact that soft pretzels are typically made from a low fat, lean formula dough resulting in a healthy snack with good flavor and desirable eating characteristics.
Traditionally made, shelf-stable, soft pretzels exhibit a very poor shelf life and are quite susceptible to both microbal spoilage and staling. Use of chemical preservatives is ineffective in traditionally made soft pretzels because of a relatively high final surface pH, typically a pH of approximate 8. Chemical preservatives work best in a low pH environment and are usually not particularly effective above a pH of 6. The surface pH on a traditionally made soft pretzel is alkaline because of a necessary caustic bath or cook step. The critical role that the caustic bath step plays in making a pretzel is explained in more detail below.
Another problem encountered when trying to extend the shelf life of a soft pretzel is the fact that soft pretzels, as is typical of most soft bread products, exhibit a high water activity. ("Water activity" is the partial pressure of water in a food divided by the partial pressure of pure water under the same conditions.) If the fresh pretzel is packaged, this high water activity will soon translate into a high moisture content within the package. The presence of water vapor in the package promotes dissolving of the topical salt and eventually to a softening of the pretzel's crust. High water activity also promotes microbal spoilage.
As with other bread products, staling is also a problem encountered when attempting to store a soft pretzel for an extended period. While the effects of staling can be partially reversed by re-heating the pretzel, eventually the staling reaches a point that makes re-heating an ineffective remedy.
The problems encountered when attempting to extend the shelf life of a soft pretzel can be further understood by reviewing the processing for making a traditional soft pretzel. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the typical prior art method of making a soft pretzel. The first step is the dough preparation or mixing step 100, which involves combining various dough ingredients in the proper proportions as is well known in the food and baking industries. The pretzel dough is then physically manipulated to a desired pretzel shape in a product formation step 110. The product formation step 110 can be performed by any number of means well known in the art, such as twisting by extruders, hand twisting or shaping, or by the use of rolling devices. The pretzel dough is then dipped into a caustic or alakli bath 120, typically with a pH of over 12 and consisting of, for example, a two percent caustic solution at 165� farenheit. This caustic bath or cooking step 120 is often performed in what is referred to in the industry as a "pretzel cooker."
This caustic bath step 120 ultimately produces a number of effects which give rise to many of the distinctive features of a traditional soft pretzel. For example, the caustic bath step 120 promotes the uniform browning of the exterior of the pretzel. The caustic bath step 120 also imparts a unique flavor to the pretzel. Importantly, the caustic bath step 120 gelatinizes the starch of the pretzel. Starch gelatinization is the irreversible heat-induced change in a starch granule characterized by water uptake, swelling, and viscosity increases. The starch gelatinization produced by the caustic bath step 120 promotes the characteristic glossy and smooth finish of the exterior of the pretzel and provides a sticky surface for adhering granular salt during the salting step 130.
After the salting step 130 the pretzel then goes through a baking step 140 followed by a cooling step 150. Finally, unless the pretzel is consumed shortly after preparation, the pretzel must be packaged 160.
Without the effective presence of chemical preservatives, precluded by the high alkalinity imparted during the caustic bath, and in light of the high water activity found in a traditional soft pretzel, soft pretzels typically demonstrate a shelf life of less than a week. Such a short shelf life makes a soft pretzel product a poor candidate for retail distribution of the pretzel as a packaged product. By comparison, soft bagels, which have been successfully marketed as a relatively shelf-stable product, typically maintain color, texture, and taste for a period of two to three weeks. A soft pretzel product has yet to demonstrate a shelf life approaching that of bagels and other like products without sacrificing taste, color, and texture, thus making the prospect of mass marketing not economically viable or practical.
Attempts to extend the shelf life of soft pretzels have met with limited success resulting in mold spoilage and color degradation over time. Approaches to this issue have included lowering the surface pH slightly by de-emphasizing the caustic bath and lowering the water activity of the finished product. The latter is disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 4,803,084 ("Shine"). Reducing the alkalinity of the pretzel only slightly, such as to the range of a pH of 6 to 7 does not increase the effectivity of chemical preservatives to the extent required to obtain a sufficiently long shelf life. Reducing the water activity alone, as in Shine, also only increases the shelf life for the pretzel slightly. Further, unless the water activity is lowered to the range of 0.73 or below the granular salt will turn into brine. It is also doubtful that the bread characteristics of a pretzel can be maintained at such a low water activity.
Accordingly, a need exists for a shelf-stable soft pretzel. This shelf-stable soft pretzel should demonstrate the characteristic look, texture, and taste of a traditional soft pretzel and yet be highly resistant to microbal spoilage and capable of maintaining a fresh taste and appearance, without color degradation, even when the product is exposed to regular atmosphere over an extended period. Further, the shelf-stable soft pretzel should not promote dissolving of the topical salt granules despite a high humidity content of the package or container.
The proposed invention comprises a method for preparing a shelf-stable soft pretzel by substituting various processing steps for the caustic bath step found in the traditional soft pretzel preparation and other microbal spoilage hurdle strategies. A steam or hot water step is combined with the application of a browning agent prior to baking the pretzel. A methyl-cellulose top coat is then applied followed by the topical application of enrobed salt. The product then undergoes a low temperature drying step prior to packaging. By eliminating the need for a caustic bath, food preservatives can be added to the dough preparation. The final surface pH has been demonstrated at less than 5.5, thus providing a suitable environment for the effectiveness of chemical preservatives. An anti-staling enzyme is also added to the dough prior to baking. Further, the enrobed salt is resistant to dissolving despite the presence of excess water vapor in any product packaging.
The end result is a shelf-stable soft pretzel which maintains the appearance, taste, and texture of a traditional soft pretzel, with resistance to microbal spoilage and color degradation, over a shelf life in excess of six weeks.
The above as well as additional features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following written detailed description.
The novel features believed characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof, will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the traditional method for making a soft pretzel; and
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the method of one embodiment of the present invention.
A primary strategy behind the present invention is to eliminate the traditional caustic bath, thereby lowering the surface pH of the product to a range that permits the effective use of food/chemical preservatives. The elimination of the caustic bath, however, requires several separate steps and approaches so that the shelf-stable soft pretzel will have the same appearance, texture, and taste as the traditional soft pretzel.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing one embodiment of the method of the invention. As with the traditional method shown by FIG. 1, the present invention begins with a dough preparation or mixing step 200. This dough mixing step includes many of the same ingredients used in the dough mixing step 100 of the traditional method, which is well known in the art. In addition, however, food preservatives, anti-staling compounds, and flavoring additives are included in the dough ingredients, as will be described in more detail below. The dough is then processed during a product formation step 210, just as previously described when discussing the traditional method product formation step 110.
The next step in the present invention involves a hot water bath step 220. It is understood that when Applicant refers to a "hot water bath" in this application this term is meant generally to include either immersion of the dough product into a hot liquid comprising water or exposing the dough product to a steam bath. This hot water bath step 220 promotes starch gelatinization, which is one of the effects of the traditional caustic bath.
FIG. 2 shows the next step as a separate browning agent application 230. In the preferred embodiment the browning agent is actually applied during the hot water bath step 220, as the browning agent is water soluble. The addition of the browning agent can, however, be applied separately in a later step 230 as shown in FIG. 2. Coating of the pretzel dough with a browning agent in the browning agent step 230 provides a uniform brown appearance, which is another effect promoted by the traditional caustic bath. Maillose, which is a pyrolized dextrose manufactured by Red Arrow Products Co., Inc. of Manitowoc, Wis., has been found to be a suitable browning agent for the browning agent step 230.
The present invention next involves a baking step 240 similar to the baking step 140 of the traditional method, which is well-known in the art. The present invention then utilizes a top coat application step 250 in order to simulate the fresh, high gloss promoted by the traditional caustic bath step while also eliminating the development of stickiness on the pretzel surface after packaging. The top coat also acts as a glue for the adhesion of topical salt. Methocel A-15, a methyl-cellulose manufactured by Dow Chemical, has been found to be a suitable top coat used in the top coat application step 250. Flavor can also be incorporated into the top coat solution to provide enhanced pretzel flavor characteristics.
After the top coat is applied, the invention next involves an enrobed salt application step 260. Enrobed salt is a fat encapsulated salt that is resistant to being dissolved by water vapor. Suitable enrobed salt is presently available from Balchem Corporation of Slate Hill, N.Y. This enrobed salt is topically applied after the baking step 240, in contrast to the traditional method of adding the salt prior to the baking step 140, because excess heat would melt the fat which encapsulates the salt, thereby exposing the salt to the high moisture content of the pretzel. Instead, the pretzel is exposed to a low temperature (below 60� C.) drying step 270 in order to finalize the product in preparation for the packaging step 280.
Returning to the dough mixing stage 200, flavoring can be included in the initial dough preparation in order to better simulate the flavor of a traditional soft pretzel. Typical food preservatives that might be used at the mixing stage 200 include calcium propanate, ascorbic acid benzoic acid, citric acid, acidic acid, sorbic acid, lactic acid, or numerous other food preservatives well known in the art. The preservatives might also be used in combination with each other. A suitable anti-staling enzyme that can be including during dough preparation 200 is "Fresh-N enzyme" manufactured by Enzyme Development Corporation of New York, N.Y.
As an additional hurdle strategy, the moisture content of the pretzel can be slightly lowered to 25 to 35% and, consequently, the water activity of the pretzel is reduced to approximately 0.85. This is accomplished by adjusting the initial dough formula using standard techniques well known in the bread making industry and via baking. The moisture content need not be lowered to the extent it effects the bread qualities of the pretzel, as suggested by the Shine U.S. Pat. No. 4,803,084, because dissolving the salt is not an issue when enrobed salt is used.
The surface pH of Applicants' pretzel will be naturally lower than pretzels traditionally made by virtue of eliminating the caustic bath step. The lower the pH, the more effective food preservatives will be at controlling microbal spoilage. The final pH of the pretzel can be controlled to some extent by dough preparation techniques well known in the art, however, the pH range is somewhat flavor limited. A target surface pH of below 5.5 will ensure the effectivity of chemical preservatives. A final surface pH of around 5.1 is believed to be acceptable from both flavor and chemical preservative effectivity stand points.
A shelf-stable soft pretzel made using Applicants' method has been found not to require modified atmosphere or oxygen scavaging packaging methods, although such could be used as an additional hurdle strategy to retard microbal degradation and to maintain freshness. It is important, however, that modified atmosphere packaging not be necessary in order to allow consumers to expose the product to the regular atmosphere without inducing spoilage. In addition, packages with pin-hole leaks do not lead to product spoilage on the shelf for pretzels made as disclosed herein. The pretzel of the present invention can be displayed in a clear bag, since color degradation does not occur. Soft pretzels made using the methods described herein can maintain appearance, texture, and taste in normal atmosphere packaging for up to twelve weeks.
While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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The M-Patch V2 from SM Pro Audio is a monitor controller and speaker switcher that utilizes passive attenuation designed to deliver uncolored audio signal to your monitor speakers for your home or professional studio.
The M-Patch V2 allows for the connection of 2 sets of monitor speakers via 2 sets of balanced XLR stereo outputs. These outputs can be connected directly to your active monitor speakers, or to a power amp and passive speakers. Each set of speakers can be switched between using the output selection buttons that include LEDs that illuminate when active.
The M-Patch V2 also allows you to connect 2 stereo input sources via main stereo and aux inputs. The main stereo channel features XLR-1/4" balanced/unbalanced combo jack inputs that can be connected to your main audio source such as an I/O interface or multi-track recorder. The aux channel has 2 separate inputs that include one set of L&R RCA jacks and one stereo 3.5mm mini jack. These inputs can come in handy for connecting secondary audio sources such as CD players or your computer's internal sound card. Furthermore, the main stereo and aux channels can be attenuated independently and switched between. This can be useful when mixing for quick A/B switching between your main mix versus one or more reference tracks.
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Ame Restaurant, San Francisco, California
Tasted Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Richard Jennings with 1,332 views
Nothing goes better with the mood, and the food, of the holiday season than sparkling wine. Most of us think Champagne when we think sparkling wine, and there are many fine and complex sparkling wines produced by large and small producers in Champagne, nearly all of which are exceptionally food friendly. Very good sparkling wines are made all over the winemaking world, however. Some of my favorite non-Champagne sparkling wines come from Spain, Italy and the Loire region of France.
I taste a lot of sparkling wines, as I think it's a very important category of wine that deserves more recognition, and because they pair terrifically with a wide range of food. I recently wrote about this year's somewhat disappointing crop of major house Champagnes, and many from grower producers as well, here: http://www.rjonwine.com/champagne/disappointing-non-vintage-2011/. I also recently had an opportunity to taste through most of the greatest grower producer Champagnes, as well as tasty sparkling wines from Austria, Germany, Greece, Burgundy, the Loire and Spain, at the annual tasting of the lineup from an importer who is the man most responsible for promoting grower Champagnes (and Austrian and German wines) in this country--Terry Theise.
Terry Theise, right, with Rare Wine Co.'s Mannie Berk
The great houses of Champagne--household names like Veuve Clicquot, Moet & Chandon and Krug-- produce huge volumes of wine. While they may own some vineyards, they purchase the bulk of the grapes they need from dozens of the Champagne region's 19,000 growers. They typically blend wines from different vintages, and vineyards, to produce house style wines that consumers can be confident will be virtually the same from year to year. In contrast to these major brands are the much smaller grower producers who make Champagne exclusively, or almost exclusively, from their own estate vineyards. (French laws allow such grower-producers--who can be identified by the initials RM, for Récoltant-Manipulant, before the number on the wine label--to use up to 5% purchased grapes.)
Because of their much smaller production levels, based on the yield of their own vineyards, the Champagnes produced by growers tend to vary more dramatically from vintage to vintage, although many such producers do hold back a certain quantity of wine each year for blending, to minimize vintage distinctions in their non-vintage wines. They can also be quite distinctive, owing to the particular vineyards such growers are working with, and their unique terroirs. Until very recently, only a small portion of the more than 3500 grower Champagnes available in France were imported to the U.S., less than 5%. They still make up only a tiny percentage of the overall Champagne market--about 3% as of 2008.
Terry Theise is a very articulate proponent for terroir--wines that speak of a particular place. It is therefore natural that along with the great wines of Austria and Germany that have long gone relatively unappreciated in this country, Terry became a promoter and importer of grower Champagnes, as distinctive wines of place. Terry's Estate Selections and the sparkling wines and Champagnes from the WineWise Portfolio that were presented at the tasting event I attended in mid-October include most of the great grower producers: Vilmart, Pierre Péters, H. Billiot, Chartogne-Taillet, Gaston Chiquet, Henri Goutorbe, Jean Milan, Marc Hébrart, A. Margaine and Pierre Gimonnet. These great Champagnes, represented in many cases by the winemaker or a member of the family that owns and runs the domaine, were poured alongside a variety of other sparkling wines. In all, I tasted 87 sparkling wines from 25 producers at this event. These were impressive wines across the board, and a very strong group of producers. Virtually all of the wines listed below would work well with a variety of foods--the flavor components that dominate in particular wines are identified in my tasting notes that follow.
My very top picks from this event for delicious sparkling wines not only for this holiday season, but for the special occasions and meals demanding food friendly wines in the months to come, sparkling wines that I rated 91 points or higher, are:
N.V. Schloss Gobelsburg Brut Réserve - 91+ points
N.V. H. Billiot Brut Réserve - 91 points
N.V. H. Billiot Brut Rosé Grand Cru - 91+ points
N.V. H. Billiot Cuvée Laetitia - 91 points
N.V. Chartogne-Taillet Blanc de Blancs - 91 points
2004 Chartogne-Taillet Brut Millésimé - 91+ points
2004 Chartogne-Taillet Fiacre - 91+ points
N.V. Chartogne-Taillet Brut Rosé - 91 points
N.V. Gaston Chiquet Tradition Brut Premier Cru - 91 points
N.V. Gaston Chiquet Blanc de Blancs d'Aÿ - 91+ points
2003 Gaston Chiquet Millésime Or - 92+ points
2004 Gaston Chiquet Spécial Club 1er Cru - 91+ points
N.V. Gaston Chiquet Cuvée de Réserve Brut - 91+ points
N.V. Gaston Chiquet Brut Rosé - 91+ points
N.V. Henri Goutorbe Rosé Grand Cru - 92+ points
2004 Henri Goutorbe Millésimé Brut - 91 points
2002 Henri Goutorbe Special Club - 91 points
N.V. Jean Milan Grand Cru Reserve Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru - 91+ points
2005 Jean Milan Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée Symphorine - 91+ points
N.V. Marc Hébrart Sélection Brut Premier Cru - 91 points
N.V. A. Margaine Extra Brut 1er cru - 91 points
2006 A. Margaine Blanc de Blancs Special Club - 91+ points
N.V. A. Margaine Brut Rosé - 91+ points
2006 Pierre Gimonnet Brut 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs Gastronome - 91 points
2004 Pierre Gimonnet Extra-Brut Oenophile 1er cru - 91 points
2002 Pierre Gimonnet Special Club de Collection - 91 points
N.V. Pierre Péters Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée de Réserve - 91+ points
2004 Pierre Péters Cuvée Spéciale Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Chétillons Le Mesnil - 92 points
2002 René Geoffroy Extra Brut Millésime - 91 points
N.V. Varnier-Fanniere Cuvée Saint Denis Brut - 91 points
N.V. Vilmart Grand Cellier - 91+ points
2000 Vilmart Cuvée Creation - 92+ points
2002 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée - 93 points
2006 Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or 1er Cru - 93+ points
Non-Champagne Sparkling Wines
Interesting small producer, currently run by two brothers, that owns 17 hectares in 60 different locations. They have gone back to the historical roots of Champagne to include three long forgotten Champagne grapes: Fromenteau (also known as Beurot, probably an ancestor of Pinot Gris), Arbanne and Petit Meslier. A lot of their vines are also planted "en foule," i.e., the generation of new vines by laying out a branch from a "mother" plant, and covering it with soil and manure, as was the common practice prior to phylloxera, especially throughout Burgundy. Two cuvees they make from the old varieties are designated Campanae Veteres Vites, meaning "old vines of the countryside."
Alexandre Chartogne
This is a very old family-run grower/producer based in the village of Merfy. The Cuvée St. Anne is 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir; the Millésimé Brut is from one parcel, based on clay; 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay; the Fiacre vineyard is made up of red sand and silex; the Brut Rosé comes from a vineyard based largely on sandy soils.
This is a family operation that owns four and a half hectares in Verzy, Verzenay and Ludes. Eighty percent is planted to Pinot, and 20% to Chardonnay. They use native yeast and very little dosage.
Another small grower, with roots going back five generations, that owns five hectares of vineyards.
This is a fairly new producer, distributed in the United States by Michael Skurnik.
The Gimonnets have been growers in the village of Cuis since 1750, and started to produce and sell their own Champagne in 1935. They own 26 hectares in Cuis and the Grand Crus of Chouilly and Cramant, all planted to Chardonnay.
This is a tiny producer that owns four hectares of Grand Cru vineyards, entirely planted to Chardonnay. The wines undergo full malolactic. The Cuvée St. Denis is from 70-plus year old vines in the Clos de Grand Père in Avize.
Laurent Champs of Vilmart
Vilmart is a terrific grower Champagne. They practice organic viticulture, ferment in large oak foudres, and avoid malolactic. The Grand Cellier is generally about 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir. The terrific 2002 Coeur de Cuvée is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir from the oldest vines in Vilmart's two best vineyards. It is fermented and raised in new barriques.


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