Olive oil is obtained from the Olive (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The oil is produced by grinding whole olives and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. Olive oil is used throughout the world, but especially in the Mediterranean countries and, in particular, Greece where the largest consumption per … Read more
Gaia Guelta (Earth Wetland) Constructed 'Wetparks' for restoration and water treatment.
Guelta, in Algeria, is the Saharan wetland. Constructed wetlands, sometimes called storm water wetlands, are shallow depressions that receive stormwater input for water quality treatment. Wetlands are typically less than 1 foot deep (although they have greater depths at the forebay and in micro-pools), and have variable micro-topography in order to promote dense and diverse wetland coverage. Runoff from each new storm displaces runoff from previous storms, and the long residence time allows … Read more
Rice straw Gas Production
Stages of the production of gas: Include gas conversion unit the following stages: 1 - pressed straw storage (15 thousand tons) 2 - Unit chop straw 3 - Unit straw burning up to 1200 ° C 4 - Control unit in the resulting gases 5 - filter Wet Scrubber 6 - gas tank: Nitrogen gas 41% Carbon monoxide 27% Methane 13% Hydro carbonate 4% Other gases 15% Mode of Operation: 1. Collection after burning gases and Filter 2. Experience by gas flame color 3. Allow the passage of … Read more
Mudbrick Houses Ecologically sustainable building with mud
Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud brick and stone, mainly limestone, but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities. From the Old Kingdom onward, stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples, while bricks were used even for royal palaces, fortresses, the walls of temple precincts and towns, and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. The core of the pyramids came from stone quarried in the area, … Read more
Claypot Cooking Cooking healthy food
Clay pot cooking is a technique of cooking food in an unglazed clay pot that has been soaked in water so as to release steam during the cooking process. This technique has a long history, stretching back at least to ancient Roman times, and is commonly used in several cuisines in Africa, Europe and Southeast and East Asia. Cooking techniques: Typically, an unglazed clay pot is submerged for 15 to 30 minutes to absorb water before cooking, then filled with the food and placed into an oven. The … Read more
Mekhallel Pickling
'Pickling', also known as 'brining'or 'corning', is the process of preserving food by anaerobic fermentation in brine to produce lactic acid, or marinating and storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar (acetic acid). The resulting food is called a pickle. This procedure gives the food a salty or sour taste. In South Asia, edible oils are used as the pickling medium with vinegar. Another distinguishing characteristic is a pH less than 4.6 which is sufficient to kill most bacteria. Pickling … Read more
Fish Salting Fish storage
Salted fish, such as kippered herring, is fish preserved or cured with salt. Drying and salting, either with dry salt or brine, was the only widely available method of preserving fish until the 19th century. Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt. It is related to pickling (preparing food with brine, i.e. salty water), and is one of the oldest methods of preserving food. Salt inhibits the growth of microorganisms by drawing water out of microbial cells through osmosis. … Read more
Kashkek A dish of mutton or chicken and coursely ground wheat (Keşkek)
As a collaborative social practice, the preparation and cooking of kashkek requires a joint workforce. Before the cooking process, wheat is threshed jointly with a common rhthym in a special large stone mortar called 'dibek'. It is soaked in water over night, then boiled in big vessels. Together with the boiled mutton or chicken, it is smashed with thick sticks jointly until it reaches a special stiffness which determines its degree of taste. Then it is served with fried butter and tomato paste. … Read more
Wood Ash as a natural cleaning material An economical and ecological solution for cleaning
Wood ash and natural lye have been widely used in villages for centuries as a cleaning material in the form of soaps by being mixed with natural oils in certain amounts. Wood ash can be directly used in its dry form for cleaning by scrubbing as well as in the form of lye through mixing it with water. How to prepare lye? Preferably oak or olive wood is used. Chemically processed wood ash should be avoided. Natural ash can be obtained from the bread ovens in your neighbourhood. After the ash … Read more
Tandoor Clay Ovens Ovens consisting of a clay-lined pit or a large, earthen jar buried in the ground
A traditional Tandoor oven is a cylindrical clay oven with wood coals at the bottom. The thick clay inner walls of a Tandoori oven hold in heat and radiate it back to the food. Some Tandoors are set into the ground for increased insulation. The Tandoor is used for cooking cooking meat, poultry, fish or bread in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia as well as India and Bangladesh. Food is exposed to live coals and cooks via convection … Read more
