Carob Rusk 400g

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Choosing the ingredients for a salad can be such a creative process. But what’s also very interesting and fun is the fact that ingredients may vary depending on the rangeoflocal goods each area has to offer. Thus, each salad has a unique character, flavour and, of course, appearance. When travelling, I love coming home with bags filled with local goods, local cheeses, wild capers from Tinos, kopanisti cheese, Cretan rusks, sea salt.. I feel like all these flavours help me keep the summer mood alive! The double-baked bread of antiquity continued to be quite popular in the Byzantine Empire, to judge by its later descendants: the Venetian pasimata, the Croatian peksimet, the Romanian pesmet, the Turkish beksemad and the Arabic bashmet or baqsimat. Many, including Georgios Babiniotis, a Greek linguist and philologist, believe that the word “paximadi” actually comes from Paxamos, a first-century AD Greek baker and cook. He allegedly fine-tuned the way rusks were made, forever connecting his name to double-baked bread rusks.

Phytochemical Profile, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of the Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Germ Flour Extracts Carob, also known as "carob tree" or "Ceratonia siliqua", is a plant with deep roots in human history and nutrition. It is emerging as a superfood due to its rich nutritional value and health benefits. he carob is suitable for everyone! In addition to the above, it contains 40g of dietary fiber per 100g, is easily digestible, gluten-free (suitable for individuals with celiac disease), helps prevent constipation and promote smooth bowel function, and can greatly reduce symptoms of acute diarrhea. Carob contains tannins and fibrous substances like lignin, which have a stabilizing effect on cholesterol and can help reduce “bad” (LDL) cholesterol.

Karavas Bakery, Kythira, Ionian Islands

Antioxidants from aqueous decoction of carob pods biomass (Ceretonia siliqua L.): Optimisation using response surface methodology and phenolic profile by capillary electrophoresis Dakos rusks, either big or small ones, are bread made with barley, which are shaped round, sort of like a bun, and then baked. It’s a time-proven formula: rusks are still made the same way today as they were during antiquity. Of course, in the past twice baking was important, even necessary, to keep bread longer without it spoiling. That way, families who could not bake often, or those away from home for extended periods of time like sailors, farmers and shepherds could enjoy some bread with their meal. It’s the reason why rusks were a staple of very poor Aegean island cuisines, like those of Santorini, Ios, Kimolos and Mykonos, as well as many of the Dodecanese islands – all areas where wood was scarce and people only baked bread a few times a year. Carob contains an abundance of fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Fiber promotes digestive health and helps regulate glucose and cholesterol. In addition, carob offers natural sweetness, replacing sugar in various applications, which makes it an ideal choice for those looking for a healthy diet. Carob is naturally sweet, with a subtly toasted, nutty flavor and hints of cereal and grain. If you’re expecting chocolate, you’ll be disappointed, but taste with an open mind (and palate) to enjoy a whole different flavor experience. How to buy and store carob

Usually, calcium deficiency in our body results in osteoporosis, due to reduced calcium intake, combined with reduced exercise and smoking. In this condition the bones wear out, become porous and take on a spongy appearance. The sufficient amount of calcium, throughout our life and especially until the age of 20-25 years (especially for women) can reduce it by up to 50%.The antidote to this oxidation is, of course, anti-oxidation. The goal is to maintain a perfect balance between free radicals and the antioxidants in our body, thereby fortifying our organism against natural oxidation that occurs. To strengthen our body’s defense and prevent oxidation, we need a diet rich in antioxidants. Carob, touted as a chocolate alternative, has gotten a bad rap over the years — perhaps understandably, since there’s no reason whatever to replace chocolate. Carob is its own thing entirely. This guide to carob has all you need to know about buying, using, and enjoying it.