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  1. Stranger things in the heat!

    In my city of Reno, the average temperature has increased about 7 degrees on average since the 1970s, making it one of the fastest warming cities in the nation. For the trees, it means there are new parameters for pests to live here where they wouldn’t have survived otherwise. This year I’ve seen two new issues I’ve never seen before, and they were both spotted about a week apart in the peak of the summer. This marking was found on a Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) and I really […]

    garesgarden.wordpress.com/2026

  2. Stranger things in the heat!

    In my city of Reno, the average temperature has increased about 7 degrees on average since the 1970s, making it one of the fastest warming cities in the nation. For the trees, it means there are new parameters for pests to live here where they wouldn’t have survived otherwise. This year I’ve seen two new issues I’ve never seen before, and they were both spotted about a week apart in the peak of the summer. This marking was found on a Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) and I really […]

    garesgarden.wordpress.com/2026

  3. Went outside in the yard and was wondering "why is there what appears to be a thin layer of #ash all over my car, and the sky seems greyer?" - #wildfire is 40km away?

    it seems ash can easily travel this sort of distance..

    #Suffolk #UK

  4. Went outside in the yard and was wondering "why is there what appears to be a thin layer of #ash all over my car, and the sky seems greyer?" - #wildfire is 40km away?

    it seems ash can easily travel this sort of distance..

    #Suffolk #UK

  5. A throwback picture for #caturday - we adopted Ash (black) & Ember (orange) on July 5, 2020. They are huge now and still wrestle daily, often knocking things over in the process. Even though Ember is larger and louder, Ash is clearly in charge. But I'll never forget those first months, when they were scrawny little babies, and often fell asleep on each other for comfort.

    #cats #Ash #Ember #kittens

  6. 机场Nashua / Boire Field (USA)航空天气 是 “METAR KASH 061156Z 15004KT 10SM OVC095 21/16 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T02060156 10206 20172 51017” : 查看上的含义 bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kash/zh #nashuaboirefield # #nashua #usa #kash #ash #metar #aviation #航空气象 #avgeek vl

  7. Ash dieback resilience is increasing, and some habitats have had that for a while. These are genetic lifeboats. They must be preserved, immunity in plants is not indifferent to in immunity in us animals.

    #naturephotography #tree #ash #fraxinusexcelsior #nature #wildwoods #ancientwoodland #ancienttrees

  8. Ash dieback resilience is increasing, and some habitats have had that for a while. These are genetic lifeboats. They must be preserved, immunity in plants is not indifferent to in immunity in us animals.

    #naturephotography #tree #ash #fraxinusexcelsior #nature #wildwoods #ancientwoodland #ancienttrees

  9. #Nixtamalization

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    "Nixtamalization (/ˌnɪʃtəməlɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌnɪks-/ nish-tə-mə-lih-ZAY-shən) is a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater (but sometimes aqueous alkali metal carbonates),washed, and then hulled. The term can also refer to the removal via an alkali process of the pericarp from other grains such as sorghum.

    "#NixtamalizedCorn has several benefits over unprocessed grain: It is more easily ground, its nutritional value is increased, flavor and aroma are improved, and mycotoxins are reduced by up to 97–100% (for aflatoxins).

    "Lime and #ash are highly alkaline: the alkalinity helps the dissolution of hemicellulose, the major glue-like component of the maize cell walls, and loosens the hulls from the kernels and softens the #maize. The tryptophan in corn proteins is made more available for human absorption, thus helping to prevent niacin deficiency (pellagra).  Tryptophan is the metabolic precursor of endogenous niacin (Vitamin B3).

    "Some of the corn oil is broken down into emulsifying agents (monoglycerides and diglycerides), while bonding of the maize proteins to each other is also facilitated. The divalent calcium in lime acts as a cross-linking agent for protein and polysaccharide acidic side chains.

    "While cornmeal made from untreated ground maize is unable by itself to form a dough on addition of water, nixtamalized cornmeal will form a dough, called #masa. These benefits make nixtamalization a crucial preliminary step for further processing of maize into food products, and the process is employed using both traditional and industrial methods in the production of #tortillas and #TortillaChips (but not corn chips), #tamales, #hominy, and many other foodstuffs.

    Etymology

    "In the #Aztec language Nahuatl, the word for the product of this procedure is #nixtamalli or #nextamalli (pronounced [niʃtaˈmalːi] or [neʃtaˈmalːi]), which in turn has yielded Mexican Spanish #nixtamal ([nistaˈmal]). The Nahuatl word is a compound of nextli "lime ashes" and tamalli "unformed/cooked corn dough, tamal". The term #nixtamalization can also be used to describe the removal of the pericarp from any grain by an #alkali process, including maize, #sorghum, and others. When the unaltered Spanish spelling nixtamalización is used in written English, however, it almost exclusively refers to maize.

    "The labels on packages of commercially sold tortillas prepared with nixtamalized maize usually list corn treated with #lime as an ingredient in English, while the Spanish versions list maíz nixtamalizado.

    Impact on health

    "The primary nutritional benefits of nixtamalization arise from the alkaline processing involved. The processing renders the protein more digestible, allowing tryptophan to be absorbed by humans. Humans can convert tryptophan into niacin, thus helping to prevent pellagra. Other measures of protein quality are also improved.  It was originally thought that the anti-pellagra action stems from increased availability of niacin (compared to a hemicellulose-bound form called "niacytin"), but multiple experiments have disproven this theory.

    "Secondary benefits can arise from the grain's absorption of minerals from the alkali used or from the vessels used in preparation. These effects can increase #calcium (by 750%, with 85% available for absorption), iron, copper, and zinc.[4]

    "Nixtamalization significantly deactivates #mycotoxins which are putative carcinogens. #Aflatoxins are reduced by 90–94%. Fumonisins are reduced by 82%."

    Source:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamal

    #SolarPunkSunday #NativeAmericanFoods #NativeAmericanHistory #Corn #BlueCorn #MesoAmerica #TraditionalFoods #CulinaryAsh #CalciumCarbonate #History #FoodHistory #Corn #PlantAshes

  10. #Nixtamalization

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    "Nixtamalization (/ˌnɪʃtəməlɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌnɪks-/ nish-tə-mə-lih-ZAY-shən) is a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater (but sometimes aqueous alkali metal carbonates),washed, and then hulled. The term can also refer to the removal via an alkali process of the pericarp from other grains such as sorghum.

    "#NixtamalizedCorn has several benefits over unprocessed grain: It is more easily ground, its nutritional value is increased, flavor and aroma are improved, and mycotoxins are reduced by up to 97–100% (for aflatoxins).

    "Lime and #ash are highly alkaline: the alkalinity helps the dissolution of hemicellulose, the major glue-like component of the maize cell walls, and loosens the hulls from the kernels and softens the #maize. The tryptophan in corn proteins is made more available for human absorption, thus helping to prevent niacin deficiency (pellagra).  Tryptophan is the metabolic precursor of endogenous niacin (Vitamin B3).

    "Some of the corn oil is broken down into emulsifying agents (monoglycerides and diglycerides), while bonding of the maize proteins to each other is also facilitated. The divalent calcium in lime acts as a cross-linking agent for protein and polysaccharide acidic side chains.

    "While cornmeal made from untreated ground maize is unable by itself to form a dough on addition of water, nixtamalized cornmeal will form a dough, called #masa. These benefits make nixtamalization a crucial preliminary step for further processing of maize into food products, and the process is employed using both traditional and industrial methods in the production of #tortillas and #TortillaChips (but not corn chips), #tamales, #hominy, and many other foodstuffs.

    Etymology

    "In the #Aztec language Nahuatl, the word for the product of this procedure is #nixtamalli or #nextamalli (pronounced [niʃtaˈmalːi] or [neʃtaˈmalːi]), which in turn has yielded Mexican Spanish #nixtamal ([nistaˈmal]). The Nahuatl word is a compound of nextli "lime ashes" and tamalli "unformed/cooked corn dough, tamal". The term #nixtamalization can also be used to describe the removal of the pericarp from any grain by an #alkali process, including maize, #sorghum, and others. When the unaltered Spanish spelling nixtamalización is used in written English, however, it almost exclusively refers to maize.

    "The labels on packages of commercially sold tortillas prepared with nixtamalized maize usually list corn treated with #lime as an ingredient in English, while the Spanish versions list maíz nixtamalizado.

    Impact on health

    "The primary nutritional benefits of nixtamalization arise from the alkaline processing involved. The processing renders the protein more digestible, allowing tryptophan to be absorbed by humans. Humans can convert tryptophan into niacin, thus helping to prevent pellagra. Other measures of protein quality are also improved.  It was originally thought that the anti-pellagra action stems from increased availability of niacin (compared to a hemicellulose-bound form called "niacytin"), but multiple experiments have disproven this theory.

    "Secondary benefits can arise from the grain's absorption of minerals from the alkali used or from the vessels used in preparation. These effects can increase #calcium (by 750%, with 85% available for absorption), iron, copper, and zinc.[4]

    "Nixtamalization significantly deactivates #mycotoxins which are putative carcinogens. #Aflatoxins are reduced by 90–94%. Fumonisins are reduced by 82%."

    Source:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamal

    #SolarPunkSunday #NativeAmericanFoods #NativeAmericanHistory #Corn #BlueCorn #MesoAmerica #TraditionalFoods #CulinaryAsh #CalciumCarbonate #History #FoodHistory #Corn #PlantAshes

  11. I tried to take a nice mother and son portrait, but of course Ash couldn't take it seriously.

    Confusingly we named her 'Sis' because we named her before she was a mom

    #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #pets #cutecats #funnycats #rescues #AdoptDontShop #Ash #Sis

  12. Abschied der Austrian Superheroes A.S.H.

    Vor genau 10 y bei der Vienna COMIX erschien das erste Heft. Nun ist die Reise von Captain Austria, Lady Heumarkt und dem Bürokraten zu Ende. Wählt aus einem reichlichen und ganz speziellen Rausverkauf!

    Am Samstag um 15 Uhr bei einem Abschieds-Event gibt's auch ein spezielles, limitiertes Objekt zur Feier und Verabschiedung von 10 Jahren ASH! Es wird eine fröhliche Abschiedsfeier – kommt vorbei!

    #ash #art #artists #österreich #wien #künstler

  13. Abschied der Austrian Superheroes A.S.H.

    Vor genau 10 y bei der Vienna COMIX erschien das erste Heft. Nun ist die Reise von Captain Austria, Lady Heumarkt und dem Bürokraten zu Ende. Wählt aus einem reichlichen und ganz speziellen Rausverkauf!

    Am Samstag um 15 Uhr bei einem Abschieds-Event gibt's auch ein spezielles, limitiertes Objekt zur Feier und Verabschiedung von 10 Jahren ASH! Es wird eine fröhliche Abschiedsfeier – kommt vorbei!

    #ash #art #artists #österreich #wien #künstler