Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Week 5 Assignments

What Colors Are in My Kitchen?

Red: lots of tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, and canned tomatoes of all varieties, steak, ruby red grapefruit, raspberry jam, frozen rasperries, fuji apples, salsa, chicken, pork
Green: Romaine lettuce, celery, pickles, jalapenos, frozen peas, broccoli, cabbage
Yellow: Bananas, a lemon (does mustard count?)
Brown: Blue Moon and Amstel Light beer, steelcut oats, brown rice, bulgur, lentils, whole wheat pasta, peanut butter, honey, brown sugar, almonds
Purple: Red Wine, black beans, dried anti-oxidant fruit blend (cherries, plums, etc.), raisins
White: Garlic, onions, milk, coconut milk
Orange: mandarin orange-flavored chicken :) [a clear deficit in the orange category]
Beige: Lots of dairy products: nonfat milk, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, American cheese, processed cheese spreads; lots of white bread stuff (i.e., sandwich bread, hot dog buns, bagels); white rice, russet potatoes, ramen noodles, Kelloggs' frozen waffles, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, Fruity Pebbles cereal, turkey jerky, Sun Chips, Doritos, Veggie Chips (carrot, tomato and spinach), Cheetos

Links to websites:

After reviewing the websites this week, the subject that intrigues me most is bioluminescence. I love to scuba dive and enjoy night diving because of the marine version of fireflies. There are all sorts of bioluminescent creatures in the ocean. I went on a night dive in Kona last June, and we created a zone of light which attracted plankton that manta rays like to eat. I need to go back and read about all of the types of luminescence to see if something other than bioluminescence was at play.





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