The magnetic knife holder is perfect for storing your kitchen knives and other gadgets. Chef Jason Hill of cookingsessions.com demonstrates why the stainless steel magnetic knife holder is the perfect accessory to your kitchen. He uses his magnetic kitchen knife holder for knives and other metal gadgets such as zesters, to keep them readily on hand. Magnetic knife holders are available at most cutlery stores an online outlets. In addition to the Wustof magnetic knife holder, there are several other very good brands out there. You’ll find it a handy addition to your kitchen. For more chef tips, cooking recipes and meal plans, log on to cookingsessions.com
I recently saw a video: www.youtube.com where it was demostrated that some iron-enriched foods actually contain enough elemental iron to be magnetic. I wanted to see more of this, so I did the experiment myself, and sure enough – even the cereal I had for breakfast was magnetic! In this video, you’ll see floating magnetic Bran Flakes, a free-standing magnetic Bran Flake demonstration, and finally, the actual magnetic iron material extracted from the cereal and shown under high magnification. This sort of iron looks similar to the kind of black iron you would collect by passing a strong magnet through ordinary soil. After a bit of reseach, it turns out that this “reduced iron” will dissolve in your stomach’s hydrochloric acid, at least to some degree. It can be then absorbed into your bloodstream for bodily processes, although not as efficiently as iron compounds such as ferrous fumarate, iron sulfate, “chelated” iron/amino acid compounds, or colloidal iron found naturally in plants/non-processed foods. So why THIS type of iron in cereal? Well apparently, ionic types of iron such iron sulfate (usually seen in vitamin pills, etc.) can actually speed-up spoilage of food, where metallic (elemental) iron doesn’t. More interesting stuff: A quote from an iron ore mine (manufactuerer) press release in Peru: “Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) is a high-quality iron product created through the removal of oxygen (reduction) from iron oxide material, in solid state (without melting …
