Thursday, March 21, 2019

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Hip-Hop Produces Funky Cheese/Music Affects Aging Cheese Flavor - Smithsonian

Hip Hop Cheese

From the Smithsonian Magazine:

The creation of good cheese involves a complex dance between milk and bacteria. In a quite literal sense, playing the right tune while this dance unfolds changes the final product’s taste, a new study shows. Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani at Reuters report that hip-hop, for example, gave the cheese an especially funky flavor, while cheese that rocked out to Led Zeppelin or relaxed with Mozart had milder zests.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Friday, March 15, 2019

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Dinosaur Stamps Incoming!



I'm so excited for these new stamps!


There will be a total of 16 stamps available, the U.S. Postal Service said. 
"'The “Nation’s T. rex,' the young adult depicted on two of the stamps, was discovered on federal land in Montana and is one of the most studied and important specimens ever found," postal service officials said in a release earlier this week.