Many a time I have watched or listened to cookings shows of various flavors. And every time there is some celebrity chef concocting "something special". From then on the dialog unwinds like this: - Host: Ummm... can I taste this - Chef: Sure, you're welcome to - H: Wow! That is so delicious (chewing loudly into the friggin microphone!) What, anything they ever cooked on these shows was DELICIOUS???! Could say something like "interesting, quite unusual for my taste"....ah... read more »
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Dissecting humane treatment of farmed chickens: Part 1
Submitted by Alex on Thu, 2007-07-26 14:25.Today, a n NPR podcast of Kitchen Window Episode #5: July 25, 2007 picked my curiosity. Amongst other points that were made, there was a well known argument presented: "chickens live in inhumane crammed up conditions at poultry farms". What is proposed instead? It sounded like a humane local farm with plenty of space to run around and peck bugs is a good alternative. So I did some web-search. read more »
How come there are larger coffee cups but no longer mixing straws?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2007-04-18 15:47.Here's my daily scenario: Been a long day, so I decide to go for a medium sized cup of black goodness. I have it with sugar, so do you , right? Sift a couple baggies in, time to mix... I get a straw and.... OH MY FUCKING GOD.... it's not long enough to reach to the bottom. So I am pinching it gently with my thumb and index, reaching as deep as I can. In the process I burn my fucking fingers And the coffee is not sweet And it tastes like piss I hate you sugar-mixing-straw-designer-people! read more »
Alternative consumerism
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2006-11-20 16:53.I am starting to think that the organic or "healthy" (read "hippie" ) way of live is our new wave of consumerism that will soon devour us all. Like this website proclaiming aspartame to be nothing less than "the evil of 20th century" and, of course, behind it - the modern "drug lords" i.e. pharmaceutical companies. Ni-i-i-ice! although didn't see much evidence there.... read more »
