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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>A Site Selection Framework For Urban Power Substation At Micro-Scale Using Spatial Optimization Strategy And Geospatial Big Data<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13093" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13093</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br>“In this study, [they] model spatiotemporal heterogeneity and incorporate it into optimizing the location of substations. The optimized substation placement ensures electrical service coverage for over 99% of the area during peak power usage seasons, compared to the current coverage of 72%...”<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/siting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demand</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heterogeneity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heterogeneity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/substations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/powertransmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powertransmission</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electricalpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricalpower</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/distrubition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distrubition</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/urbanisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanisation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a 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noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>routing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/outages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outages</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>framework</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UrbanPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bigdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigdata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pingxiang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pingxiang</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Jiangxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jiangxi</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/casestudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>casestudy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverage</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/utilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilisation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dynamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dynamic</span></a> <a 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🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦Another weekend with decent weather. Another photo essay about tea. Another queue-jumper of a tea. This is because of the tea's name and the fact it comes from near my old stomping grounds in 江西 (Jiāngxī). OK, maybe not so near. 遂川 (Suìchuān) is in southwest Jiangxi and I lived in the northeast in 九江 (Jiǔjiāng). Wuhan is closer to my old stomping grounds than Suichuan is. But the name. That name! 狗牯脑绿茶 (Gǒugǔnǎo lǜchá or "Dog Brain Green Tea") is just a hilarious name to me. (It's named after a local mountain that is said to resemble a dog's head.) It's a high mountain "cloud and mist" tea. It's relatively famous in China, but likely not heard of outside of this nation. Personally I still prefer 庐山云雾茶 (Lúshān yúnwù chá) from my old stomping grounds (at the foot of Lushan) but this is a very nice tea and I'll probably be getting more, since it's from the Hakka people. As a detailed look at a "cloud and mist" tea I'll be able to highlight both the category's strengths and weaknesses. This is an almost emblematic instance of such a tea, after all. As usual there are alt tags on the pictures and Mastodon users will have to click through to see all the pictures. --- <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/茶叶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#茶叶</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/绿茶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#绿茶</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/狗牯脑绿茶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#狗牯脑绿茶</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/云雾茶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#云雾茶</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/江西?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#江西</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/遂川?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#遂川</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/中国名茶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#中国名茶</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Tea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GreenTea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenTea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DogBrainGreenTea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DogBrainGreenTea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CloudAndMistTea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CloudAndMistTea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Jiangxi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiangxi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Suichuan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Suichuan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChineseTea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChineseTea</a> <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.social/@zdl@mastodon.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zdl@mastodon.online</a>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Wu Wanjing is head of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Xinyu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xinyu</span></a> (a city in east China's <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Jiangxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jiangxi</span></a> Province) Xiabu <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EmbroideryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmbroideryArt</span></a> Research Institute. As a municipal-level inheritor of xiabu (literally "cloth for summer") embroidery <a href="https://beige.party/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a>, she has led her team in inheriting and promoting the art form for years. "I think xiabu embroidery is not only a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TraditionalHandicraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalHandicraft</span></a>, but also an expression of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a>. I hope my work will help people <a href="https://beige.party/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> about the craft. I will always do my best to develop intangible cultural heritage," Wu says.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Xiabu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xiabu</span></a>, a traditional <a href="https://beige.party/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/textile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textile</span></a>, is made from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/grass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grass</span></a>, also known as <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ramie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramie</span></a>. The linen is comfortable, durable and easy to wash. Xinyu has a long <a href="https://beige.party/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of both planting ramie and producing xiabu. Xiabu <a href="https://beige.party/tags/embroidery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embroidery</span></a> is a unique type of embroidery in Jiangxi. In 2014, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> added <a href="https://beige.party/tags/XiabuEmbroidery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XiabuEmbroidery</span></a> to an extended list of the country's items of intangible <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CulturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalHeritage</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/DreamChasers/2406/928-1.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/h</span><span class="invisible">tml1/people/DreamChasers/2406/928-1.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/needlework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>needlework</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/needlecrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>needlecrafts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseEmbroidery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseEmbroidery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseCulture</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TextileArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextileArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomenOfChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenOfChina</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EmbroideryCrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmbroideryCrafts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ArtsAndCrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtsAndCrafts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseTraditionalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseTraditionalArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ArtForms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtForms</span></a></p>
The Cleaver QuarterlyOne of my favorite double-boiled Jiangxi jar soups features fruit in a leading role. Small jars filled with snow pear, minced pork, and water are sealed with foil, then stacked in a giant ceramic vat over heaped coals. Over 8 hours, the indirect heat coaxes out flavor and nutrients while keeping everything tender. The pear slices dissolve in the mouth like wintermelon. Kudos to this fruit for bridging the sweet-savory divide. <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/JarSoup?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JarSoup</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/SnowPear?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SnowPear</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/Jiangxi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiangxi</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/China?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/ChineseFood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChineseFood</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/雪梨?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#雪梨</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/瓦罐汤?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#瓦罐汤</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/江西菜?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#江西菜</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/中国?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#中国</a>
The Cleaver QuarterlyOne of my favorite double-boiled Jiangxi jar soups features fruit in a leading role. Small jars filled with snow pear, minced pork, and water are sealed with foil, then stacked in a giant ceramic vat over heaped coals. Over 8 hours, the indirect heat coaxes out flavor and nutrients while keeping everything tender. The pear slices dissolve in the mouth like wintermelon. Kudos to this fruit for bridging the sweet-savory divide. <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/JarSoup?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JarSoup</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/SnowPear?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SnowPear</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/Jiangxi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiangxi</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/China?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/ChineseFood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChineseFood</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/雪梨?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#雪梨</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/瓦罐汤?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#瓦罐汤</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/江西菜?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#江西菜</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/中国?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#中国</a>
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦This is <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/庐山云雾茶?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#庐山云雾茶</a> (<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LuShan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LuShan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CloudAndMist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CloudAndMist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tea</a>) from my first stomping grounds in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/China?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a>: <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/江西省九江市?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#江西省九江市</a> (<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Jiujiang?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiujiang</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Jiangxi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiangxi</a>). It was here that I stumbled over a tea shop run by a guy who owned his own <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plantation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plantation</a> in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/庐山区?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#庐山区</a> (Lushan District) and where I began to find out that everything I thought I knew about tea was a tiny, tiny, tiny tip of a very, very, very tall mountain of information. I'd visit him weekly, taste his teas (both those he produced himself and those he got from elsewhere) and learned a lot about how to prepare and assess teas (mostly greens and wulongs).<br> <br> I even went up to his plantation a few times and, for a lark, tried to process my own tea from picking to packaging one time. All I got out of that was calloused fingers and a sore back from picking, blistered fingers from the wok, and about a kilogram of tea that was ... not very good. It had a distinct burnt flavour. (I was told it wasn't bad for a first, untrained try—it was at least green and not browned, and the liquor came out the right colour—but it was still a disappointment.)<br> <br> I still occasionally pick up tea from 庐山 just out of a sense of reminiscence. I'm still currently working through my Emeishan tea; when I crack the seal on this I'll share again with a picture of the dried leaves, the unfurled post-brew leaves and the liquor.<br> <br> <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.social/@tea@a.gup.pe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tea@a.gup.pe</a>
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦When I first came to <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/China?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> I actually lived in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Jiangxi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jiangxi</a> province. Thus it was Jiangxi food that was my introduction to real <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChineseFood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChineseFood</a>. (Not even Mom's cooking counted since she cooked for Dad's tastes, and Dad was as <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/German?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> as you can get.)<br> <br> I'm not going to get into the stuff like [how chicken soup is made in Jiangxi](<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-bowl-of-soup-a-taste-of-jiangxi-301648062.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-bowl-of-soup-a-taste-of-jiangxi-301648062.html</a>) because that would just make me miss it more. So instead I'm going to talk about a common snack: dried sweet potatoes.<br> <br> Spoken bluntly like this it doesn't sound appetizing, yet the reality of this is amazing. The general process is that first the sweet potatoes are baked in-skin, then this is peeled, cut into relatively even chunks and steamed. This does magical things to sweet potatoes and, without adding even a gram of sugar, makes them so sweet you'd swear they were candied. A lot of people eat them at this stage as street food.<br> <br> Then the final step happens, though, for the final product: the baked and steamed sweet potatoes are further desiccated until they're approximately the consistency of a gooier cheese. And this is where the snack reaches perfection in my books.<br> <br> Now for packaging purposes, this is augmented by a bit of maltose; chiefly used as a preservative rather than as a sweetener (because trust me: these are already sweet enough!). Without the maltose the colour would turn an unpleasant brown as it oxidized, but maltose being a reducing sugar keeps that at bay, leaving you with the gorgeous shade you see here. (The lighting doesn't do it justice since the real look is with light shining through it giving you a wonderful pumpkin-orange look because of all the beta carotene in the tuber.)<br> <br> If I ever find myself unfortunate enough to be returning to <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Canada?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>, I may try to open a business selling this kind of stuff. (There's just so many weird and interesting snack foods here I can crib from!)