中秋整餅學堂 親焗溫馨心悠月
(星島)2010年9月1日
(星島日報 報道)劉心悠 一向給人弱質纖纖的感覺，原來身形甚Fit的她是個「為食」之人，平時在家中也會間中下廚，家常小炒及老火湯都難不到她。即將來到中秋佳節，她更為家人DIY月餅！今日特請來劉心悠教大家「整餅」，各位準備上課。
文：趙庭欣
圖：褚樂琪、何健勇
場地提供：無休館
掃蛋漿 餅皮添光澤
劉心悠最近擔任飲食節目主持，對飲食更多添了研究及心得。「中秋節很想跟家人一起過，但因為工作，不是每年都可以回台灣 過節，所以我會訂月餅送給家人品嘗。」今年，心悠剛剛跟師傅偷師後，急不及待與讀者分享製作月餅的方法。「其實月餅的做法很簡單，最重要是先在模內灑上麵粉，再將粉糰放入模，不然粉糰會黏住很難取出。入爐前掃上蛋漿，焗出來的月餅才更有光澤。」二十分鐘後月餅出爐，香氣撲鼻，小記忍不住想即場品嘗，心悠立即叫停：「月餅焗好後不能即時吃，因為這時月餅皮較硬，需要在室溫放上大半天，餅皮才能變成我們平時吃到又軟又滑的口感。」吃月餅也有一番學問，心悠果然變成飲食達人！
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製作月餅後心悠見桌上的「剩餘物資」，忽發奇想：「其實剩下的月餅皮也可以用來做餅，搓成不同形狀，再掃上蛋漿，入爐以二百二十度焗二十五分鐘即可。以前的人會將餅皮做成小豬的形狀，焗好後放入小竹籠，起名豬籠餅，同樣是中秋的傳統食品。可見中國人很久以前已經很環保，不會浪費食物。」她愛吃月餅，難得不怕身材走樣：「吃月餅也只是一年一度，其實最重要是飲食均衡。我也是嗜甜的人，最喜歡傳統月餅，平時在家中我會將月餅橫切成一塊塊薄片，這樣既可試出蓮蓉的味道，又不會過於膩滯。另外，最近也愛吃鹹食的金華火腿月餅，有種新產品更在金腿月中加入XO醬，更加惹味。最近我常去銅鑼灣 的無休館，因為他們最新推出中秋限定堂食月餅下午茶，可一次過吃齊XO醬金華火腿月、雙黃蓮蓉月及奶黃月，伴上意大利 Parma Ham哈密瓜卷、意式雜菌酥、青檸啫喱等小食，味道選擇更多，每次吃到這些甜食，都覺得很幸福。」
材料 （17個分量）
麵粉 半磅
花生油 50克
糖漿 130克
食用鹼水 3.75克
鹹蛋黃 34個
蓮蓉 1磅
做法
1. 花生油、
糖漿及食用
鹼水加入麵
粉當中。
2. 將麵粉跟
花生油、糖
漿等搓勻，
直至成為淡
黃色粉糰。
3. 在粉糰上
淋上麵粉，
壓成3mm厚
的薄皮，做
成10cm直徑
的圓形。
4. 將蓮蓉切
小，再搓成
約 2 吋直徑
的圓球。
5. 用蓮蓉將
2 顆鹹蛋黃
包住，可依
口味加減蛋
黃的數量。
6. 以先前準
備好的餅皮
包住蓮蓉，
並搓成圓球
狀。
7. 在月餅模
上灑上少許
麵粉，再將
多餘的麵粉
倒出。
8. 將已搓好
的粉糰放入
模內壓平，
謹記要壓實
月餅才能成
形。
9. 用力將月
餅模打側拍
打到桌上，
並將餅糰倒
出。
10. 掃上蛋
漿後入爐以
220 度焗約
20分鐘，擱
涼後待餅皮
變軟即可。
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查詢：2148 3388
Info 奇華餅家
查詢：2785 6066
豬籠餅 $21/奇華
做月餅剩下的餅皮可做成豬籠餅，如果沒時間自己製作，市面也有完成品發售。
珠姐XO醬金華火腿月
$258/奇華
鹹香中又有XO醬的惹味，味道層次甚豐。
二人High Tea慶中秋套餐
$98
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一次過品嘗多款口味月餅，以及意式雜菌酥、鮮果西柚啫喱等六款小食。
2010-09-06
2010-08-25
Microbes ate BP oil deep-water plume: study
Microbes ate BP oil deep-water plume: study
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
Tue Aug 24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The micro-organisms were apparently stimulated by the massive oil spill that began in April, and they degraded the hydrocarbons so efficiently that the plume is now undetectable, said Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
These so-called proteobacteria -- Hazen calls them "bugs" -- have adapted to the cold deep water where the big BP plume was observed and are able to biodegrade hydrocarbons much more quickly than expected, without significantly depleting oxygen as most known oil-depleting bacteria do.
Oxygen is essential to the survival of commercially important fish and shellfish; a seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" forms most summers in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by farm chemical run-off that flows down the Mississippi River.
Hydrocarbons in the crude oil from the BP spill actually stimulated the new microbes' ability to degrade them in cold water, Hazen and his colleagues wrote in research published on Tuesday in the journal Science.
In part, Hazen said, this is because these new "bugs" have adjusted over millions of years to seek out any petroleum they can find at the depths where they live, which coincides with the depth of the previously observed plume, roughly 3000 feet. At that depth, water temperature is approximately 41 degrees F (5 degrees C).
FEASTING ON HYDROCARBONS
Long before humans drilled for oil, natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico have put out the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill each year, Hazen said.
Another factor was the consistency of the oil that came from the Macondo wellhead: light sweet Louisiana crude, an easily digestible substance for bacteria, and it was dispersed into tiny droplets, which also makes it more biodegradable.
These latest findings may initially seem to be at odds with a study published last Thursday in Science by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which confirmed the existence of the oil plume and said micro-organisms did not seem to be biodegrading it very quickly.
However, Hazen and Rich Camilli of Woods Hole both said on Tuesday that the studies complement each other.
The Woods Hole team used an autonomous robot submarine and a mass spectrometer to detect the plume, but were forced to leave the area in late June, when Hurricane Alex threatened. At that time, they figured the plume was likely to remain for some time.
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But that was before the well was capped in mid-July. Hazen said that within two weeks of the capping, the plume could not be detected, but there was a phenomenon called marine snow that indicated microbes had been feasting on hydrocarbons.
As of Tuesday, there was no sign of the plume, Hazen said.
That doesn't mean there is no oil left from the 4.9 million barrels of crude that spilled into the Gulf after the April 20 blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. The U.S. government estimated on August 4 that 50 percent of the BP oil is gone from the Gulf and the rest is rapidly degrading.
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
Tue Aug 24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The micro-organisms were apparently stimulated by the massive oil spill that began in April, and they degraded the hydrocarbons so efficiently that the plume is now undetectable, said Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
These so-called proteobacteria -- Hazen calls them "bugs" -- have adapted to the cold deep water where the big BP plume was observed and are able to biodegrade hydrocarbons much more quickly than expected, without significantly depleting oxygen as most known oil-depleting bacteria do.
Oxygen is essential to the survival of commercially important fish and shellfish; a seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" forms most summers in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by farm chemical run-off that flows down the Mississippi River.
Hydrocarbons in the crude oil from the BP spill actually stimulated the new microbes' ability to degrade them in cold water, Hazen and his colleagues wrote in research published on Tuesday in the journal Science.
In part, Hazen said, this is because these new "bugs" have adjusted over millions of years to seek out any petroleum they can find at the depths where they live, which coincides with the depth of the previously observed plume, roughly 3000 feet. At that depth, water temperature is approximately 41 degrees F (5 degrees C).
FEASTING ON HYDROCARBONS
Long before humans drilled for oil, natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico have put out the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill each year, Hazen said.
Another factor was the consistency of the oil that came from the Macondo wellhead: light sweet Louisiana crude, an easily digestible substance for bacteria, and it was dispersed into tiny droplets, which also makes it more biodegradable.
These latest findings may initially seem to be at odds with a study published last Thursday in Science by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which confirmed the existence of the oil plume and said micro-organisms did not seem to be biodegrading it very quickly.
However, Hazen and Rich Camilli of Woods Hole both said on Tuesday that the studies complement each other.
The Woods Hole team used an autonomous robot submarine and a mass spectrometer to detect the plume, but were forced to leave the area in late June, when Hurricane Alex threatened. At that time, they figured the plume was likely to remain for some time.
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But that was before the well was capped in mid-July. Hazen said that within two weeks of the capping, the plume could not be detected, but there was a phenomenon called marine snow that indicated microbes had been feasting on hydrocarbons.
As of Tuesday, there was no sign of the plume, Hazen said.
That doesn't mean there is no oil left from the 4.9 million barrels of crude that spilled into the Gulf after the April 20 blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. The U.S. government estimated on August 4 that 50 percent of the BP oil is gone from the Gulf and the rest is rapidly degrading.
Newly discovered microbe helped disperse oil, study finds
Newly discovered microbe helped disperse oil, study finds
By Vivian Kuo, CNN
August 25, 2010
(CNN) -- A new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much faster than anticipated," thanks to the interaction of a newly-found and unclassified species of microbes with the oil particles.
Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and the Energy Biosciences Institute examined a dispersed oil plume that was formed at a depth of between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extended some 10 miles out from the wellhead.
"Our findings show that the influx of oil profoundly altered the microbial community by significantly stimulating deep-sea psychrophilic (cold-temperature) gamma-proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum-degrading microbes," said Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist and principal investigator on the study.
The cold-temperature bacteria "appears to be one of the major mechanisms behind the rapid decline of the deepwater dispersed oil plume that has been observed," Hazen said.
Researchers believe the light, sweet, nature of this particular crude, plus the Gulf's hardy adaptation to "frequent episodic leaks from natural seeps" may have contributed to its improved microbial ability to break the oil down.
The use of Corexit, a controversial commercial oil dispersant widely used during operations in response to the BP oil spill, "may have also accelerated biodegradation because of the small size of the oil particles and the low overall concentrations of oil in the plume," according to the study.
Additionally, the report noted the microbial degradation of the oil appeared to "take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion." Scientists had been concerned the microbes would consume large portions of oxygen in plumes, creating "dead zones" where it would be difficult to sustain sea life. The study found that oxygen saturation outside the plume was 67 percent while within the plume it was 59 percent, only a slight drop.
Hazen said the report is "the first data ever on microbial activity from a deepwater dispersed oil plume," and the microbes' speedy rate of degradation showed that the bacteria plays "a significant role in controlling the ultimate fates and consequences of deep-sea oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico."
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Scientists began the study on May 25, just a little more than a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and precipitating the world's largest accidental oil spill.
According to Berkeley Lab, the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters are a relatively unexplored microbial habitat, where temperatures hover around 5 degrees Celsius, the pressure is enormous, and there little carbon is normally present.
The findings of the report will appear in the journal Science on Thursday.
By Vivian Kuo, CNN
August 25, 2010
(CNN) -- A new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much faster than anticipated," thanks to the interaction of a newly-found and unclassified species of microbes with the oil particles.
Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and the Energy Biosciences Institute examined a dispersed oil plume that was formed at a depth of between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extended some 10 miles out from the wellhead.
"Our findings show that the influx of oil profoundly altered the microbial community by significantly stimulating deep-sea psychrophilic (cold-temperature) gamma-proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum-degrading microbes," said Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist and principal investigator on the study.
The cold-temperature bacteria "appears to be one of the major mechanisms behind the rapid decline of the deepwater dispersed oil plume that has been observed," Hazen said.
Researchers believe the light, sweet, nature of this particular crude, plus the Gulf's hardy adaptation to "frequent episodic leaks from natural seeps" may have contributed to its improved microbial ability to break the oil down.
The use of Corexit, a controversial commercial oil dispersant widely used during operations in response to the BP oil spill, "may have also accelerated biodegradation because of the small size of the oil particles and the low overall concentrations of oil in the plume," according to the study.
Additionally, the report noted the microbial degradation of the oil appeared to "take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion." Scientists had been concerned the microbes would consume large portions of oxygen in plumes, creating "dead zones" where it would be difficult to sustain sea life. The study found that oxygen saturation outside the plume was 67 percent while within the plume it was 59 percent, only a slight drop.
Hazen said the report is "the first data ever on microbial activity from a deepwater dispersed oil plume," and the microbes' speedy rate of degradation showed that the bacteria plays "a significant role in controlling the ultimate fates and consequences of deep-sea oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico."
Austad's Golf
Scientists began the study on May 25, just a little more than a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and precipitating the world's largest accidental oil spill.
According to Berkeley Lab, the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters are a relatively unexplored microbial habitat, where temperatures hover around 5 degrees Celsius, the pressure is enormous, and there little carbon is normally present.
The findings of the report will appear in the journal Science on Thursday.
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