Mark Dymiotis
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Mark Dymiotis enjoys sharing tips, recipes and articles about his garden and how the traditional everyday dietary practices of Greece and the Mediterranean are essential for health, environment and social benefits.
Look out for his posts here about his garden and his productive backyard courses.
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Brine Strength for Green and Black Olives
Basic principles Always use rock salt. Because green olives undergo lactic acid fermentation that lowers the pH value, the brine strength can be at the lower end. The jars are closed but not sealed. After the initial (possible) spontaneous anaerobic … Continue reading
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Olive Oil: Facts and Fallacies
Abbreviations: ACCC: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission FSANZ: Food Standards Australia New Zealand IOOC: International Olive Oil Council EVOO: Extra Virgin Olive Oil VOO: Virgin Olive Oil OO: Olive Oil – generic name traditionally, but a BROO by IOOC classification … Continue reading
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Olive Oil and Food Standards
From: Mark Dymiotis To: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) I wish to make reference to FSANZ’s email of 7 April 2017 and the statement therein that: “There is no specific olive oil standard in the Code” It is this … Continue reading
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Sour Dough Bread
As with other foods, the confusion about sourdough bread is in the modern language misuse (“Dispute over whether ‘breads ain’t breads’ leaves sour taste”, The Age, 14/7/13). For thousands of years bread was made with flour – plain grounded grain, not … Continue reading
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GM food
Before embarking on highly selective arguments in support of GM food (Comment, The Age, 4/7/13), Nicolle Flint could: address our current wasteful food practices; give preference to plant-based food so that we reduce the consumption of excessive meat and animal-derived foods … Continue reading
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Traditional Greek/Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet is promoted as healthy and protective against disease – especially heart disease and some cancers and the Greek traditional diet is regarded as an important variant of this diet. Continue reading
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