Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Contact
Ace:
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com


Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups






















« First-World Problems... | Main | Gun Thread: 1st October Sunday Edition! »
October 03, 2021

Food Thread: The Intersection Of Cooking And Science...Sometimes Doesn't Work!

dry ice martini.jpg

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.

Food Politics: U.C. Davis

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.

AMY: For example, some people choose to not eat meat because they feel all animal agriculture is harmful to the environment, as we heard in Episode 1 of Unfold. People may only want to eat local food because they desire closer social relationships with the farmers that grow their food. Or people may not want to eat GMO crops not just because they feel it’s unsafe, but because they don’t trust current food systems or corporate agriculture.

CHARLOTTE: That’s what’s so fascinating about all of our conversations about good and bad food is that you know fundamentally they reflect these deeply held values and ultimately, they are important sides of political debate and negotiation and many people wish, and I understand why they wish this, that it was purely a technical debate, and that it could be settled simply on the basis of facts, about safety etc. and benefits. But that hasn’t proven to be the case.

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!

puffball mushroom.jpg

puffball grilled.jpg

[Hat Tip: Marty]

******

3D cookie.jpg

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. I want to eat burnt ends mac and cheese. Because that is American!

121 Thanksgiving Side Dishes That'll Outshine the Turkey

They sucked me in with an appetizing photo, but only a few of these dishes are worth a damn (and there are a bunch that are just recycled from every other Thanksgiving side dish article ever written).

Here are some that aren't...

Coconut Brussels Sprouts Gratin
Roasted Beets with Grapefruit and Rosemary
Cabbage Roll Casserole
Aloo Tikki With Hari Chutney
Muhammara (huh?)

******

This is the first I have ever seen of this guy, and he seems to be a bit of a loon. But in a nice way.

Unfortunately I am not enamored of his chicken parm. It's a pretty standard recipe and can be found in every Italian-American restaurant in the country.

******

And a joke that could be torn from the comments!
When I woke up this morning, my girlfriend was cooking breakfast in nothing than a T-shirt... ...when I came downstairs, she told me she needed me to have sex with her right away...
Needless to say I was thrilled, so we did it right there in the kitchen...

...she immediately went back to cooking... we didn't usually do stuff like that, so I hesitantly asked, "so...what was that all about?"

She said, "I had 5 minutes left on the casserole, but the timer broke."


******

Avocados sans thumbprints, beef short ribs that have meat on them (not the stupid little sliver of bone they sneak into the packages), carrots that don't taste like stalky chalk, spare bottles of Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Old Bourbon, an herb garden that actually produces herbs (but no basil!), well-marbled NY strip steaks and elk backstrap to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

And don't think that you are off the hook with maple syrup and French Toast: I'm watching you...all of you! And I am watching you perverts who shake Manhattans and keeping a list for the Burning Times.

digg this
posted by CBD at 04:00 PM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
[i]Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)[/b][/i][/s][/u]: " James Earl Carter was a meddlesome twat ... The ..."

scampydog: "June Lockhart in Lassie. What the hell is wrong ..."

Citizen Cake: ">>>The natural gas thing was among the regionally ..."

SMOD: "On July 15, 1979, then president Jimmy Carter went ..."

blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1): "Young gals in pj's at the store I sort of get. Guy ..."

The ARC of History!: "[i]What kind of mean shit can the executive branch ..."

Thomas Bender: "@311 >>For details, see the Law & Order episode ..."

TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher: "332 Decency, yet Biden fingerbanged a staffer. Po ..."

naturalfake: "[i]Airline deregulation gave us people wearing paj ..."

Quarter Twenty : "268 Why do I suspect Biden's "eulogy" will involve ..."

eleven: "They'll try to rub the Carter funeral ball sack i ..."

Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden: "Decency, yet Biden fingerbanged a staffer. ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64