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Food Thread: The Intersection Of Cooking And Science...Sometimes Doesn't Work!That's the result of trying to use dry ice to chill a cocktail. It makes perfect sense in theory, and to answer the question, "How would a martini taste when it is very cold but not diluted by water melting from the ice?" But, as the great Richard Feynman said... It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.And I was wrong! As Jay Guevara explained, "Dry ice doesn't cool aqueous solutions very well because as the dry ice vaporizes, it generates an insulating gaseous layer around it, unlike water ice." But I didn't know that, so I tested my theory and came up short. I did however discover that glassware can develop internal cracks if it is chilled very quickly. So I did learn something! Well...I learned two things, the second of which is that the really cool shaker glass that I have with the perfect measuring marks is very expensive to replace. And that is what it looked like with a large chunk of dry ice merrily sublimating away! It was actually odd to see this happen and then discover that the martini (a 10:1 Boodles gin and Vermouth) just wasn't cold. It was damned good though, which speaks to the quality of the gin. It didn't need to be diluted with water to smooth it out. I'll make it short and sweet, because this is a horse I will be dragging out more and more and beating it to death...again and again and again. When rich countries screw around with food production so that they can virtue signal and play politics and feel better about themselves, they kill people on the margins. That means that when these well-meaning but dangerous fools make food more expensive, through legislation or other means, they increase the price of food across the world and that means the poorest of the poor will be unable to afford to eat. And some will die. CHARLOTTE: The paradigm that really informs the emergence of alternative food movements is a whole new way of thinking about good food that isn’t purely through the lens of nutrition, but starts to incorporate a systems mentality that connects food to all kinds of other systems- social and economic and environmental, etc.It's one more example of "Chesterton's Fence." The left sees food production and thinks..."Let's make this better!" But they have no idea what the unintended consequences of going organic or decreasing land availability for livestock or hundreds of other small but powerful changes. There is only one measure that matters, and that is how we provide for humanity. Our lives are more important than some hypothetical damage done to Gaia. That's a big mushroom! A Puffball mushroom to be precise, and the next photo is intriguing. I have grilled Portobellos, but that is it. "Marty" tells me that it was about the size of a volleyball. Wow. Sliced into one inch slabs, with olive oil and salt and pepper, then grilled. Looks good! [Hat Tip: Marty] These Handmade 3D Cookie Frostings Will Blow Your Mind Yeah...maybe it will blow your mind, but mostly I think they look a little creepy. But the Anime theme is always going to put me off. Exactly why is for a more serious post... [Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian] One of the pompous conceits of many food magazines and food writers is the insistence upon shoving foreign ingredients -- in particular, spices -- into their recipes to signal how hip and cool and well-traveled they are. But they aren't...they are just irritating, because I don't want to eat "Kimchi And Squash Mac And Cheese" for Thanksgiving. 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