Food, old wives tales and general b*ll*cks

[BlindedByTheLights]

Super Sonic said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

One asbestos fibre can kill you.

What, do you mean 'if incorrectly cooked'?

I missed the food bit in the title, just saw old wives nonsense. Definitely don’t eat it.

[Dr Murdoch]

Chauffard said:

Disappointed that eating lots of carrots will not improve your nightime vision,

Just found this out. Aged 46.

[ambuletz]

I'm going to create a absolute st storm by saying this but....

''washing'' chicken, pointless

i understand why you shouldn't, and why people do and where it's rooted and the reasoning behind it. but it's largely pointless and a waste of lemons and limes, the argument for doing it is rather weak and uninformed. its especially pointless in the UK.

[Super Sonic]

Dr Murdoch said:

Chauffard said:

Disappointed that eating lots of carrots will not improve your nightime vision,

Just found this out. Aged 46.

Eating tinned spinach won't make you strong either.

[snuffy]

Cotty said:

Apparently Jamie Oliver always browns his meat to seal it but his wife Jools doesn't. He tried it her way and couldn't tell the difference.

What he does in his personal life is his own affair.

[snuffy]

dickymint said:

That red liquid that so many rare steak haters cringe at? It has absolutely no blood in it - it's Myoglobin and water.

That one gets me as well; if it was blood then it would taste of blood.

[ST330]

Cotty said:

Holding a spoon in your mouth when cutting onions will prevent tears.
I must be immune as I never cry when cutting onions.

Does the spoon prevent tears if you get hit in the face with a coconut ? 😁

[number2]

BlindedByTheLights said:

Super Sonic said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

One asbestos fibre can kill you.

What, do you mean 'if incorrectly cooked'?

I missed the food bit in the title, just saw old wives nonsense. Definitely don’t eat it.

I thought that was a mickythefish post

On topic: a. Resting red meat after cooking b. Bringing it to room temperature before cooking. Makes no odds. #controversial.

[Silvanus]

number2 said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

Super Sonic said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

One asbestos fibre can kill you.

What, do you mean 'if incorrectly cooked'?

I missed the food bit in the title, just saw old wives nonsense. Definitely don’t eat it.

I thought that was a mickythefish post

On topic: a. Resting red meat after cooking b. Bringing it to room temperature before cooking. Makes no odds. #controversial.

From personal experience resting and bringing meat up to temperature, definitely make a difference

[Douglas Quaid]

ambuletz said:

I'm going to create a absolute st storm by saying this but....

''washing'' chicken, pointless

i understand why you shouldn't, and why people do and where it's rooted and the reasoning behind it. but it's largely pointless and a waste of lemons and limes, the argument for doing it is rather weak and uninformed. its especially pointless in the UK.

I’ve never heard of washing chicken. Does anyone do that?

[hidetheelephants]

sean ie3 said:

You must only eat mussels when there is an R in the month. Not true, I've eaten mussels many times when there is no R in the month.

Sounds like a bdisation of "You're only allowed to harvest oysters when there's an R in the month", which is a very old law governing oyster fisheries, or at least those in the southeast of England.

[Prolex-UK]

Silvanus said:

number2 said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

Super Sonic said:

BlindedByTheLights said:

One asbestos fibre can kill you.

What, do you mean 'if incorrectly cooked'?

I missed the food bit in the title, just saw old wives nonsense. Definitely don’t eat it.

I thought that was a mickythefish post

On topic: a. Resting red meat after cooking b. Bringing it to room temperature before cooking. Makes no odds. #controversial.

From personal experience resting and bringing meat up to temperature, definitely make a difference

I would agree.

[Alickadoo]

Dr Murdoch said:

Chauffard said:

Disappointed that eating lots of carrots will not improve your nightime vision,

Just found this out. Aged 46.

No. The old wives tale about eating carrots to improve vision is a lot older than 46 years.

They were saying it during World War 2.

What?

[andyA700]

silentbrown said:

21TonyK said:

Mussels that are closed after cooking shouldn't be eaten or they'll make you ill / die depending on how important the person telling you wants you to think they are.

I didn't know that was balls! After one bad experience with mussels I now just avoid them - The risk/reward ratio doesn't work for me

The same with me and scallops as well. I had scallops at what was supposed to be the best seafood restaurant in Carlsbad California. About 15 minutes after finishing them, I was in the loos throwing up.
Never again.

[DickyC]

Cotty said:

Holding a spoon in your mouth when cutting onions will prevent tears.
I must be immune as I never cry when cutting onions.

Or holding a piece of bread between your teeth. Both designed to make breathe through your mouth. Your mouth is less sensitive to the onion fumes but your instinct is to breathe through your nose.

Or grow old and have your olfactory organs give up on you. That also works well.

[DickyC]

Stirring food anticlockwise brings bad luck.

Widdershins, apparently.

One of my great grandmothers was superstitious and believed it.

[jonsp]

Isn't there some rule about tea that you're supposed to bring the pot to the kettle, rather than kettle to the pot. Or maybe other way round?

Don't drink tea so no idea.

[CypSIdders]

Douglas Quaid said:

I’ve never heard of washing chicken. Does anyone do that?

No!

[21TonyK]

DickyC said:

Cotty said:

Holding a spoon in your mouth when cutting onions will prevent tears.
I must be immune as I never cry when cutting onions.

Or holding a piece of bread between your teeth. Both designed to make breathe through your mouth. Your mouth is less sensitive to the onion fumes but your instinct is to breathe through your nose.

Or grow old and have your olfactory organs give up on you. That also works well.

Its the fumes but not so much the breathing them in thats the biggest problem. Combined with the water in your eyes the gas emitted creates an acid that makes you cry.

Simple answer, chop onions in a well ventilated area or under your kitchen extractor.

[DickyC]

21TonyK said:

DickyC said:

Cotty said:

Holding a spoon in your mouth when cutting onions will prevent tears.
I must be immune as I never cry when cutting onions.

Or holding a piece of bread between your teeth. Both designed to make breathe through your mouth. Your mouth is less sensitive to the onion fumes but your instinct is to breathe through your nose.

Or grow old and have your olfactory organs give up on you. That also works well.

Its the fumes but not so much the breathing them in thats the biggest problem. Combined with the water in your eyes the gas emitted creates an acid that makes you cry.

Simple answer, chop onions in a well ventilated area or under your kitchen extractor.

That's good news, except...

It means my mother was right! Drat. I came in from school one day to find her preparing onions for pickling wearing my swimming mask and snorkel. It was a shock, to put it mildly. If it happened now, a child would be looking at years of therapy.

It's okay. I'm completely shallots now.