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Comte 24 Months Cheese

Author: Kaas Kraam
by Kaas Kraam
Posted: Feb 09, 2016

Comte 24 Months (otherwise known as rocket, roquette, rugula and rucola) is a dark green salad leaf with a slightly bitter, mustardy, peppery flavor. Comte 24 Months is a good choice of salad green to accompany a rich dish, because its sharp bite will cleanse the palate. (Comte 24 Months is a traditional component of mesclun greens, a common assortment of lettuces and other greens.) And the feed, the grass and the soil differ from farm to farm too. All this gives smoked cheese its strong, unique taste.

Since the process of cheese ripening are a series of biological processes involving proteins breakdown therefore all cheese including this one should be handled with care and clean hands to avoid cross contamination which will automatically lead to the cheese rotting. The cheese should be wrapped appropriately and stored in the refrigerator with regulated temperature for it to remain in good state for long as cheese is a biologically active food. Ripening process of all cheese is always aimed at ensuring the cheese develops aroma, appearance, taste and texture. Comte 24 Months, also known as salad or garden rocket, is one of the nutritious green-leafy vegetable of Mediterranean origin. It belongs within the Brassicaceae family similar to as mustard greens etc., and has the scientific name: Eruca sativa. Health benefits of Comte 24 Months used to make the Comte 24 Months cheese: As in other greens, Comte 24 Months too is one of very low calorie vegetable. 100 g of fresh leaves provides just 25 calories. Nonetheless, it has many vital phytochemicals, anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals that may immensely benefit health. Salad rocket has an ORAC value (oxygen radical absorbance capacity, a measure of anti-oxidant strength) of about 1904 µmol TE per 100 grams. Rocket salad is one of rich source of certain photochemical such as indoles, thiocyanates, sulforaphane, and iso-thiocyanates. Together, these compounds have been found to counter carcinogenic effects of estrogen and thus help protect against prostate, breast, cervical, colon, ovarian cancers by virtue of their cancer-cell growth inhibition, cytotoxic effects on cancer cells. In addition, di-indolyl-methane (DIM), a lipid soluble metabolite of indole has immune modulator, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. DIM has currently been found application in the treatment of recurring respiratory papillomatosis caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and is in Phase III clinical trials for cervical dysplasia. Fresh salad rocket is a very good source of folates. 100 g of fresh greens contain 97 µg or 24% of folic acid. When given to the anticipant mothers during their conception time, folate can help prevent neural tube defects in the newborns. Like as in kales salad rocket is an excellent source of vitamin A.

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Author: Kaas Kraam

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