most expensive

The world of the rich and famous is fascinating for many of us. They lead the life many of us want and they do what we only dream of us. Being a food fanatic, this time we’ll have a look at the most expensive foods in the world, most expensive drinks, deserts or spices.

 Crocus sativus

1. Saffron, a spice grown worldwide, is derived from the saffron crocus flower. A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires 50,000–75,000 flowers to make, meaning an entire football field of these flowers. Requiring so much resources and labor, prices for the spice go around US$500/pound to US$5,000/pound (US$1100–US$11, 000 per kilogram).



 Macadamia nuts





 


2. The most expensive nut in the world is the Macadamia nut. The macadamia tree produces nuts only after it’s 7-10 years old, requiring fertile soil and heavy rainfall. These nuts have a very hard seed, but once it’s open it reveals a creamy white kernel containing up to 80% oil and 4% sugar. The cost of a kilogram of these nuts exceeds 30$.

 


 
Almas


 

3. The most expensive caviar in the world is not the black one, but the almas caviar! The word ‘almas’ is Iranian for diamond. Beluga caviar comes from a fish over 100 years old, that is virtually unchanged for 120 million years.. The luxurious caviar comes from the oldest survivor of the Dinosaur era. Beluga caviar ranges in price from more than $5,000 per kilogram in the United States

 
Trufeli


 


 
 

4. The most expensive mushroom in the world is the white truffle. The mushroom has its origins in the Langhe area of the Piedmont region in northern Italy, it can reach 12 cm diameter and 500g. These truffles are sold at a amazing price of €2,000 and €4,000 per kilogram ($1350 - $2700 per pound). The record price for this truffle was paid last year, in December, when Stanley Ho, the owner of the Macau casino paid $330,000 for 1.5kg of truffles.

 

La Bonnotte


 
 



 

5. The most expensive potato in the world is a French one, “La Bonnotte”. Annually, only 100 tons of this top quality potato are cultivated and collected only on the island Noirmoutier. The potato fields require to be fertilized only with seaweed in a climate shaped by the nearby sea. The cost of one single kilogram can reach €500 since this type of potato is almost extinct.

 

Meat


 




 

6. The most expensive beef in the world is the type of beef coming from the Wagyu cows. These Japanese cows are fed the best grass and provided the best treatment. That is why the meat is especially tender and particularly expensive. 200 grams of a fillet cost in Europe more than 100 dollars.

 


 Von Essen Platinum Club Sandwich
 


 

7. The most expensive sandwich in the world is the club sandwich from Essen aka von Essen Platinum Club Sandwich.. This triple-decker delicacy contains the finest chicken, ham, hard-boiled quails’ eggs and white truffles and it’s currently sold at Cliveden, Berkshire. The chicken (poulet de Bresse) is referred to as the ‘fourth gastronomic wonder of the world served with a topping of white truffles, sold at over a thousands ponds a month. At 1,182 calories, with 1.8oz of fat, it’s not the healthiest dish but certainly one of the most expensive. Costing 100 pounds (almost 200 dollars), this is a must-try for the food fanatics.

 



 



 Pizza Luis XIII

8.The most expensive pizza in the world, valued at 8300 Eur can be tasted in Italy. With generous toppings of caviar and lobster, the pizza has a diameter of 20cm and Louis XIII Remy Martin cognac poured all over it.

 



 
Most Expensive Omelet


 

9. The most expensive omelet in the world can be tasted at the Le Parker Meridien restaurant in New York. The $1,000 omelet consists of 10 ounces of sevruga caviar, a whole lobster, and six eggs. To make it in the privacy of your own home, the cost will be only $700.

 


 

something swee

 

10. Off to something sweet now with one of the most expensive deserts in the world, served at Serendipity 3, a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The $1000 sundae was introduced in 2004 and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive dessert. It’s made up of 5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream, Madagascar vanilla, 23K edible gold leaf and one of the most expensive chocolates in the world, Amedei Porceleana.

Health

1. Drink plenty of water

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants (factory)

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy

5. Make time for prayer

6. Play more games

7. Read more books than you did in 2008

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day

9. Sleep for 7 hours

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day ---- and while you walk, SMILE !!

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

13. Don't over do; keep your limits

14. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does

15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip

16. Dream more while you are awake

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present

21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

23. Smile and Laugh more

24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:

25. Call your family often

26. Each day give something good to others

27. Forgive everyone for everything

28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day

30. What other people think of you is none of your business

31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right things

33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful

34. GOD heals everything

35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up!

37. The best is yet to come

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it

39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be HAPPY !!!!!!!

Last but not the least:

40. Do forward this to everyone you care about

Microwaving Water!

 
I don't think I will be doing it this way
anymore.


A 26-year old man
decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the
microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times
before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he wanted to
bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed
the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the! water
was not boiling, but suddenly the water in the cup "blew up" into his
face. The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand, but all
the water had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His
whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face
which may leave scarring.

He also may have lost partial sight in
his left eye. While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him
stated that this is a fairly common occurre nce and water (alone) should
never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner,
something should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as a
wooden stir stick, tea bag, etc, (nothing metal).

It is however a
much safer choice to boil the water in a tea kettle.



General Electric's
Response:

Thanks for contacting us, I will be happy to assist you. The
e-mail that you received is correct. Microwaved water and other liquids do
not always bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get
0Asuperheated and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up
out of the cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or tea bag
is put into it.

To prevent this from
happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid for more than two
minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in t he microwave for
thirty seconds! before moving it or adding anything into it.


Here is what our local science teacher
had to say on the matter: "Thanks for the microwave warning. I have seen
this happen before. It is caused by a phenomenon known as super heating.
It can occur anytime water is he ated and will particularly occur if the
vessel that the water is heated in is new, or when heating a small amount
of water (less than half a cup).

What happens is that the water
heats faster than the vapor bubbles can form. If the cup is very new then
it is unlikely to have small surface scratches inside it that provide a
pla ce for the bubbles to form. As the bubbles cannot form and release some
of the heat has built up, the liquid does not boil, and the liquid
continues to heat up well past its boiling point.

What then
usually happens is that the liquid is bumped or jarred, which is just
enough of a shock to cause the bubbles to rapidly form and expel the hot
liquid. The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a carbonated beverage
spews when opened after having been shaken."


If you pass this on
you could very well save someone from a lot of pain and
suffering.

Chicken Wings - Its Dangerous

Avoid eating chicken wings frequently - ladies, especially; a true story...!

A friend of mine recently had a growth in her womb and she underwent an operation to remove a cyst.
The cyst removed was filled with a dark colored blood. She thought that she would recover after the surgery but she was terribly wrong.


A relapse occurred just a few months later. Distressed , she rushed down to her gynecologist for a consultation.

During her consultation, her doctor asked her a question that puzzled her.
He ask if she was a frequent consumer of chicken wings and she replied yes wondering as to how he knew of her eating habits.
You see, the truth is in this modern day and age chickens are injected with steroids to accelerate their growth so that the needs of this society can be met.
This need is none other than the need for food.
Chickens that are injected with steroids are usually given the shot at the neck or the wings.
Therefore, it is in these places that the highest concentration of steroids exists.
These steroids have terrifying effects on the body as they accelerate growth.
It has an even more dangerous effect in the presence of female hormones, this leads to women being more prone to the growth of a cyst in the womb. Therefore, I advise the people out there to watch their diets and to lower their frequency of consuming chicken wings!

People, who receive this email, please forward it to your friends and loved ones. I am sure no one wants to see him or her suffer!

White Bean Blondies!

8 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup Sucanat
1 1/2 cup pureed white beans of your choice (homemade beans how-to here)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup oat bran
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1 cup chocolate chips, optional

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease the bottom, not the sides, of a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
3. Over medium low heat melt the butter and Sucanat in a saucepan. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Stir in the beans, vanilla, maple syrup, eggs, and salt.
4. Add the oat bran and flour and stir until just mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips, if using, then pour the entire mixture into the prepared baking pan.
5. Bake for 30 to 33 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in pan before cutting.

Healthy & Green Living

I am an ardent admirer of recipes that incorporate surprising ingredients–by that I mean surprising nutritious ingredients, not like, a super ball in my pie. Case in point, if I can successfully tuck zucchini in chocolate chip cookies or beets in a dark chocolate cake, I’m really quite tickled. I love the alchemy of effectively swapping less-nourishing ingredients for nutrition whizbangers, it feels like I’m getting one over on junk food somehow.


With that in mind I was thinking about one of my favorites throw-you-for-a-loop recipes, black bean brownies. I love them, but I’ve been on a blondie kick lately and thought, duh, white bean blondies! I had a pretty good idea of how I’d approach these, but did a little sleuthing on-line to see who else had attempted this. Sure enough, I found a recipe by Missy Chase Lapine–AKA The Sneaky Chef, famous for a book of the same title thats premise is how to hide veggies in cooking for kids. Now that’s a whole other debate we can discuss another time, suffice to say, my kids like beans and I’m not trying to dupe them–I just like turning things on their heads once in a while. Okay, as often as I can.

I made some adjustments to Sneaky’s recipe–I replaced brown sugar (which is actually refined white sugar with molasses added) with Sucanat (a less-refined sweetener), adjusted the sweetness and added maple syrup to add to that rich, caramel-y blondie flavor, and used white whole wheat flour (whole wheat, but made with subtle-flavored white whole wheat, King Arthur Flour makes it).