Cyanogen chloride forms when chlorine from the pool reacts with nitrogen in urine. It acts like tear gas, roughing up the eyes, nose and lungs, and itâs classified as an agent of chemical warfare. Predictably, the study quickly resulted in headlines like âWhy peeing in the pool is chemical warfare.â.
The Food and Cuisine of Sardinia (Sardegna) For lovers of seafood, Sardiniaâs beaches are an ideal vacation spot. Sardinian cuisine offers rock lobsters, clams, crabs, squid, anchovies and sardines, among other delights. Mullet eggs are harvested and dried into solid blocks. This strongly flavored food, called bottarga, is shaved or thinly sliced to serve over pasta or salad.
Staple dishes in the north were rice and polenta, and pasta was most popular throughout the south. During the last decades of the twentieth century (1980s and 1990s), however, pasta and pizza (another traditional southern food) became popular in the north of Italy.Pasta is more likely to be served with a white cheese sauce in the north and a tomato-based sauce in the south.here are more than 400 types of cheese made in Italy, with Parmesan, mozzarella, and asiago among the best known worldwide. Prosciutto ham, the most popular ingredient of the Italian antipasto (first course) was first made in Parma, a city that also gave its name to Parmesan cheese.