My wife and son love to watch the dopey ghost shows on SyFy and Travel channel. I'm always disappointed at the end of every episode for two reasons:
1. The overacting is unbearable.
2. It would be unbelievably cool if they ever managed to produce undeniable evidence that ghosts are real.
Yes, it is interesting- dozens of shows, hundreds of thousands of feet of footage- and yet- nothing but a few blurs, some odd lights and a few weird noises.
Fact or Faked was the best.
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Much of my support for gay rights comes from the schadenfreude of seeing conservatives heads explode.
Much of my support for gay rights comes from the schadenfreude of seeing conservatives heads explode.
Yes often people are their own worst enemy.
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Not without Tacticslion, the undisputed king of Paizo favorites:-)
Not without Tacticslion, the undisputed king of Paizo favorites:-)
You LIE! A moose is as good as a lion any day!
Moose tracks are tasty though :)
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Moose bites can be pretty nasty...
A moose once bit my sister.
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Uh huh...
No really! She was carving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge, her brother in law, an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies...
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Know what a tabletop forum doesn't need?
People arguing about Creationism v. Evolution.
In fact, that's something the species itself doesn't need.
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Don't be ridiculous. The field mice LOVE the arguing.
Wait, I thought TL was a President, not a king. Does that change me from a VP to some kind of Vizier?
You know what Pratchett says, now I need to start planning my inevitable takeover scheme, only to have some young upstart take me out.
I always wash my meat, also the proteins I cook ;-D
3. I wash my veggies. Do you wash your steak?Yes!
I prefer to avoid commercial meat entirely but you're damn right I wash my steak before I cook it. Have you seen the processing plants for that stuff? It's disgusting.
Also- I highly advise against ground meat unless it was ground up at home or by a trusted friend either from home-raised Livestock or Game otherwise... ewwwww
I rinse off beef, pork, and chicken cuts before cooking. However, I have no problems with buying and using ground meats. I think killing customers is a bad business plan so I kinda trust that food companies will be doing their best to not kill me. And so far, I'm still alive.
I have never even heard of washing meats.
My coworker owns a restaurant. I'm going to ask him about that tomorrow.
Wait, I thought TL was a President, not a king. Does that change me from a VP to some kind of Vizier?
You know what Pratchett says, now I need to start planning my inevitable takeover scheme, only to have some young upstart take me out.
Washing meat tends to reduce its flavor quite a bit. All the juices end up running out of it.
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So all the wonders of Google, here's what the USDA says about washing meats:
Washing raw poultry, beef, pork, lamb, or veal before cooking it is not recommended. Bacteria in raw meat and poultry juices can be spread to other foods, utensils, and surfaces. We call this cross-contamination.
Some consumers think they are removing bacteria and making their meat or poultry safe. However, some of the bacteria are so tightly attached that you could not remove them no matter how many times you washed. But there are other types of bacteria that can be easily washed off and splashed on the surfaces of your kitchen. Failure to clean these contaminated areas can lead to foodborne illness. Cooking (baking, broiling, boiling, and grilling) to the right temperature kills the bacteria, so washing food is not necessary.
Here's the link
Washing meat tends to reduce its flavor quite a bit. All the juices end up running out of it.Depends on how thoroughly one does so. I do a quick rinse to get some of the fecal particles off [even though the toxins should be destroyed by the cooking process, it totally grosses me out.]
You do realize that if you own a toilet, everything in your house is covered in microscopic fecal particles, right? They get scattered around every time you flush.
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Washing meat tends to reduce its flavor quite a bit. All the juices end up running out of it.Depends on how thoroughly one does so. I do a quick rinse to get some of the fecal particles off [even though the toxins should be destroyed by the cooking process, it totally grosses me out.]You do realize that if you own a toilet, everything in your house is covered in microscopic fecal particles, right? They get scattered around every time you flush.
Oh hilarious story I got about this. I had a roommate many years ago (still a really good friend of mine) and we would occasionally get on each others nerves. A lot of it was simple disagreements about things. Anyways I got annoyed because everything in the bathroom was crammed into the cabinet or drawers and I had to go fishing for my things everyday. I finally asked my roommate why he did this. He mentioned the flushing microscopic germs and I eyerolled.
Anyways, one night we got in a big drunken fight about what I cant recall. I do remember shouting, "Oh yeah?? Well I take your toothbrush out every time I flush and put it back when I'm done." He left my stuff alone after that.
Washing meat tends to reduce its flavor quite a bit. All the juices end up running out of it.Depends on how thoroughly one does so. I do a quick rinse to get some of the fecal particles off [even though the toxins should be destroyed by the cooking process, it totally grosses me out.]
Your butcher has already done this. Slaughterhouses which is where the feces is exposed to the meat only processes into master cuts. Your butcher will wash the master cut before processing into steaks, roasts, chops, or ground.
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1. Someone brought up a remotely close to right wing point. If I know my Paizo forums, that means this thread is destined for lock down in a page or so. No right wing opinions allowed here, unless they're purely economic in nature. (I'm a straight centrist independent, with rather across the board opinions that jump sides depending on specifics, but it doesn't mean I'm not blind to blatant favoritism.)Wait. A right wing point. And I missed it. Attack!!!
Or did you mean the evolution thing? A couple people, including me, commented, there was a lot of jokes about eating dinosaurs and it seems to have blown over.
I suppose we could argue about Paizo's supposed favoritism, if you'd like.
I figure it was more of a general thing. When someone expresses any opinion that's even vaguely right of center, a dozen posters will jump all over them. If they bother to respond to support their opinions, one of the Paizo mods generically comes to lock that thread down.
Washing meat tends to reduce its flavor quite a bit. All the juices end up running out of it.Depends on how thoroughly one does so. I do a quick rinse to get some of the fecal particles off [even though the toxins should be destroyed by the cooking process, it totally grosses me out.]You do realize that if you own a toilet, everything in your house is covered in microscopic fecal particles, right? They get scattered around every time you flush.
Actually the nastiest part of your home is your kitchen sponge. It really should be changed or microwaved daily.
1. Someone brought up a remotely close to right wing point. If I know my Paizo forums, that means this thread is destined for lock down in a page or so. No right wing opinions allowed here, unless they're purely economic in nature. (I'm a straight centrist independent, with rather across the board opinions that jump sides depending on specifics, but it doesn't mean I'm not blind to blatant favoritism.)
2. Why do bacon lovers insist that other people join them in eating their greasy death slabs? The less I eat, the more bacon for you. The more you clog your arteries and fatten your gut, the healthier I appear by comparison. The situation is win-win.
3. I wash my veggies. Do you wash your steak? Pretty sure I eat less poop.
1: There may be a reason for that. Just sayin'.
2: I don't insist that you join me in eating greasy death slabs. I don't even insist on you eating bacon. I'm trying to save you from a horrible, bacon-less life, that's all. I mean, obviously you're entirely entitled to disassociate yourself from the joys of bacon, but ... but it's BACON?!? I don't get it. How can anyone not love bacon? I even love bacon while it's still alive, although I won't eat it until it's not ...
3: Yes, I wash my steaks. And my dino. And my mutton. And my bacon ... mmmmh ... baaaaacon ...
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I find it hilarious that you feel the need to do that. As if right wing fundamentalist Christians are some kind of oppressed minority who need to show solidarity.
You have your own news station. The most widely viewed one in the US.
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I find it hilarious that you feel the need to do that. As if right wing fundamentalist Christians are some kind of oppressed minority who need to show solidarity.
You have your own news station. The most widely viewed one in the US.
And this is a perfect demonstration of how the Paizo forums are different. You have to be crazy to think that the majority of posters around here aren't openly hostile to Christianity. It always makes me cringe when such unadulterated hate gets spewed against people I don't even agree with. It's like people can't just be civil about the topic.
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Can we just Diplomacy our way past it instead?*weeps for the derailed thread*Buck up little camper. We'll beat this thread... together.
Diplomacy is dead. Diplomacy remains dead. And we have killed it.
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Maybe we should switch to talking about garbage, it's the same thing as politics, except not as dirty and disgusting :-D
Not all garbage was useful at any point, take the Iwatch for example, no one ever needs one, yet they sell:-)
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