Archive for the ‘food’ Category
get off my lawn
Millenials apparently don’t like eating cereal in the morning. The NY Times published a survey that tells why.
It’s too much work to clean up afterwards. You have to wash a bowl. AND a spoon.
the decline of the tomato
According to analyses conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fresh tomatoes today have 30 percent less vitamin C, 30 percent less thiamin, 19 percent less niacin, and 62 percent less calcium than they did in the 1960s. But the modern tomato does shame its 1960s counterpart in one area: It contains fourteen times as much sodium.
pan roasted corn
One of my new favourite things to cook.
It can be even simpler than the method given in that article though, just melt some butter in a cast iron pan, throw the corn in and add some spices.
how to make good french fries
Another item for my to-do list, over at A Hamburger Today they have reverse-engineered a recipe for true McDonald’s style french fries. An impressive bit of science along with some social engineering for the win.
Update:
They’re good.
open source soda
Wikihow has an “OpenCola” recipe that purportedly produces a soft drink similar to your average store bought cola. Sounds like fun.
pizza freak
It’s good to see that there is someone out there more obsessed with pizza than I am. The page includes a very detailed recipe for the perfect New York pizza.
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