There's only one thing I retained from my studies in microbiology classes in college, and it's this: poop is EVERYWHERE. You're probably covered in it right now.
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Regardless, the idea of eating "poop sausage" makes me feel physically ill. There is no rationalizing it away. I'd let a cluster of spiders crawl all over me while I was naked before anyone could convince me to take a bite of poop sausage.
In "some" places? I can't imagine a place where that isn't true. "In China, being a native from Shanghai who speaks the dialect gives you a significant head start over a migrant from Henan province who speaks non-standard mandarin."
If you're interested in shaving off some extra calories, maybe try some powdered peanut butter. It's good (though I've only used it in smoothies).
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Ooh good idea! I've tried it before in a smoothie.
It is the best thing ever.
Yep. For when you want the taste and protein of peanut butter, but not the extra fat.
Also comes in a variety with chocolate.
--Patrick
Ditto on the powdered peanut butter, QUESTION- is it good in milk? Because peanut butter flavored milk sounds amazing.
I didn't mean you can get powdered chocolate or peanut butter, I mean there's a version with both in the same jar.
--Patrick
TIL oranges are made more orange with ethylene gas. Thanks buzzfeed!
I am intrigued, and not sure what question to type in google.
Eh, don't go looking too far. Most fruit and vegetables these days, if they aren't for local consumption, are treated either to preserve a natural color, to vivify the color, or to apply a completely fake color (flight bananas are picked yellow. Boat bananas are picked green and left to ripen on the boat - unfortunately, ripening without being attached to a plant means they stay greener, so they're sprayed to become unnaturally yellow).
Tomatoes these days are usually grown in hydro-culture - makes for bigger and fatter tomatoes, faster, but with less taste and more orangey pinkish than red. The taste they don't really care about (since by the time you taste them, you already bought them), but the color is added as an additive to the water the plants are grown in.
I used to live in the tomato capital of Belgium (sounds ridiculous, but we used to produce a decent percentage of all Western European tomatoes way back when
); I actually saw "real" tomato plants 4 meters high getting replaced with these crappy 2 meter junk planted in tubes of what looked like blood. Quite....odd.
Tomatoes these days are usually grown in hydro-culture - makes for bigger and fatter tomatoes, faster, but with less taste and more orangey pinkish than red. The taste they don't really care about (since by the time you taste them, you already bought them), but the color is added as an additive to the water the plants are grown in.
I used to live in the tomato capital of Belgium (sounds ridiculous, but we used to produce a decent percentage of all Western European tomatoes way back when
); I actually saw "real" tomato plants 4 meters high getting replaced with these crappy 2 meter junk planted in tubes of what looked like blood. Quite....odd.
And I have never been more proud to wait 'till spring/summer to grow my tomatoes
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I have a serious mancrush on Guy Clark. If anyone besides Guy sings you a country song, they are lying.
TIL that that Baboon heart transplant story was real. Obviously failed and the story was much much MUCH sadder than I thought it would be but it happened.
Why not cook them in a microwave? Crack eggs into microwave safe bowl, add splash of milk, microwave for 1-1:30, more if you're using more than 3 eggs, watch to make sure it doesn't go badly. Break down fluffy goodness with fork, making sure there's no runniness left. Nuke longer if necessary. Enjoy your eggs!
I know, but I hate wet/runny eggs. Mine need to be very, very dry. I've actually hated eggs since I was a baby, and to this day the only eggs I can stand are scrambled and omelet, and they still can't be runny. Oh, and nothing like egg salad or anything where I can smell eggs. *gag*
Funny story: My grandmother (because at the time we lived in the same house as my grandparents) was worried I wasn't getting enough vitamins/protein/whatever because I refused to eat eggs. Around age 2 I started my obsession with Spider-Man. My grandmother, being exposed to the stories through me, knew Aunt May was always making "wheatcakes" for Peter, so she used to make me French Toast DROWNED in egg and would call them "Peter Parker Pancakes" in order to trick me into eating egg. It worked, by the way.
I think you and I would fight over the definition of what an omelet is
But I won't, because it's not like this is steak talk or anything.
No, you are probably right, but I like drying mine out and still getting to enjoy the fixin's.I think you and I would fight over the definition of what an omelet is
But I won't, because it's not like this is steak talk or anything.
Because I get grossed out at runny scrambled eggs, I hard fry mine now. Since I make a sandwich or taco for breakfast.
But my eggs aren't runny... 