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Record 1 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Breadmaking
CONT

Sangak, meaning little stone, is popular in the larger towns. Sangak is a large flat bread approximately 70 centimetres long by 50 centimetres wide, and weighing about 400 grams. The dough is fermented for one to two hours depending on ambient temperatures, and flattened and docked over the whole surface. Baking is achieved in a dome-shaped oven with a gravel covered floor. The dough surface is sometimes sprinkled with poppy or sesame seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boulangerie
CONT

Le sangak, ce qui veut dire petite pierre, est populaire dans les plus grandes villes. De forme aplatie, le sangak mesure environ 70 centimètres de longueur, 20 centimètres de largeur, et pèse près de 400 grammes. La pâte fermente pendant 1 à 2 heures, selon la température ambiante, puis elle est aplatie et piquée sur toute sa surface. La cuisson s'effectue dans un four en dôme, à sole recouverte de gravier. La surface de la pâte est parfois saupoudrée de graines de pavot ou de sésame.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Pollutants
  • Housework
CONT

Household cleaner. Supermarket shelves are full of brightly-colored, good-smelling, super-power household cleaning agents. The average home contains at least a dozen different cleaning products. These products are found in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry area and the garage. Think of laundry detergent, toilet bowl cleaner, bleach, stain and mildew removers, floor cleaner, ammonia, oven cleaner, scouring powders, window cleaner, pine-oil cleaners, disinfectants and all-purpose cleaners that you probably have in your home. All of these products are advertised to clean better and faster, to make your life cleaner, safer and more enjoyable. On the down side, household cleaners are responsible for a large number of accidental poisonings. A majority of the cleaners are packaged in large, attractive containers. Most do not have child-resistant packaging.

CONT

"Cleaning product" means a phosphate compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes, and includes laundry detergents, dish-washing compounds, metal cleaners, de-greasing compounds and household, commercial and industrial cleaners. [Canadian Environmental Protection Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Agents de pollution
  • Ménage
CONT

Produit de nettoyage. Les composés de phosphate et les agents dégraissants et tout produit d'entretien ou de nettoyage domestique, commercial ou industriel, notamment pour le linge, la vaisselle et le métal. [Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement]

CONT

La mobilité accrue que leur donne le fait de ramper ou de marcher permet aux nourrissons d'avaler des produits dangereux, par exemple des médicaments, des produits de nettoyage domestique, des végétaux, des cosmétiques ou des cigarettes.

Spanish

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