For example:
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When you open a fresh jar of peanut butter do you only work through one side until it is completely empty then start on the other side?
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Or when you get those shallow tubs of hummus does it have to make it back home undisturbed? Then one of the baggers at the grocery store shoves it sideways into the bag completely ruining the symmetry.
When it comes to things like chocolate bars, cookies, brownies, pop-tarts, ect., I almost always pop them in the freezer for a bit because it changes the texture.
Cookies/brownies with chocolate chips/m&ms are the best for this, because the chips get crunchy, while the cookie part is chewier.
Do you pop the pop-tarts into the toaster afterwards? They’re much better toasted imo
Nah, but just because it’d also reverse the effects of freezing them. but next time I get them, I’ll try toasting them first!
That’s one of my favorite things. I started doing that one hot summer and now I do all year round. Cold chocolate is the best chocolate.
No seed oils. No ultra processed food or drink, or to an utter minimum. I mean, I will always eat a pizza or a bag of chips or something at some point. So, it balances out. Little sugar, since it is already everywhere.
Make everything at home, if possible.
Aren’t all oils made from seeds? Which ones do you eat?
i fry my chicken in petroleum oil
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You can use animal fats. There’s also evidence saying they’re healthier than plant/seed based oils because they contain more saturated fats and don’t oxidize as quickly.
I wouldn’t want that in my salad dressing though
I don’t know, lard is pretty awesome. It’s a bit of a tradition around here to keep the remains when cooking bacon, put it in the fridge and then spread it on some bread.
I sometimes use bacon fat to make stove top popcorn. It’s so tasty!
I use excess lard to make rice tastier for example, it’s awesome for that. Still wouldn’t want to use it in a salad though ;)
That’s not true and plant-based oils are so different from each other. Sunflower seed oil is pretty bad, but olive oil or rapeseed oils are good for you. Just don’t use too much, but that applies to all oils
Well you can find quite a few scientific studies saying exactly what I’ve said. I agree that plant based oils are not all the same though.
Just one example:
3918 of those who cooked with vegetable/gingili oil had ASCVD, and 249 of those who cooked with lard/other animal fat oils had ASCVD. The prevalence of ASCVD in vegetable/gingili oil users (31.68%) was higher than that in lard/other animal fat oil users (17.46%). Compared with lard/other animal fat users, the multivariate-adjusted model indicated that vegetable oil/sesame oil users were significantly associated with a higher risk of ASCVD (OR = 2.19; 95%CI, 1.90-2.53). Our study found that cooking with lard/other animal fat oil is more beneficial to cardiovascular health in older Chinese.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing that link! It seems that the analysis is reviewing oil used for cooking, not for raw consumption. I think this makes sense since certain plant seed oils shouldn’t be heated past a certain point at which they become unhealthy.
Sorry, but that study is just bonkers. They use one type of oil (sesame) and sneak in the spurious generalization of “vegetable/sesame oil”, as if it were representative. It is not.
Here you can see the range of unsaturated fat percentages in different plant oils: https://images.ctfassets.net/stnv4edzz8v3/25E1IVeShv9HOcse0Luc5p/dbe6b2165d4ca7f4a93e2f912f3bcdf6/Polyunsaturated_fats_in_plant_oils.png
Unfortunately, neither rapeseed nor sesame are in there, but you should see how much they differ. Stay away from sunflower seed oil, at least when cooking at home. Rapeseed or olive are good. Don’t use more heat than necessary.
Where do you get the idea that they focus only on sesame oil?
Well, they don’t say what they mean with “vegetable”, but it’s just put in the same group with gingili oil. I don’t know if you’re in science or otherwise familiar with statistics, but that’s a problematic indication. They don’t justify why they group them, how many of those replied with gingili etc., and they don’t provide a separate analysis. Other major flaws with the study:
- it’s correlational, but makes a causal inference. That is basic stats, you can’t do that, even if there are no other easy ways to make causal inferences on that topic.
- the groups vary significantly on many factors, such as total size, smoking status, gender distribution, drinking status etc. They “adjust” for that, but that’s not how “adjusting” works. You can’t just adjust for characteristics of the person and then pretend it’s all controlled for. There is a great paper on this problem, which is unfortunately quite common: doi.org/10.1037//0021-843X.110.1.40
Soup is not food.
This is the best way to reference
Sort by color, then eat in order of worse to best. Only really applies to things like M&Ms and Skittles. It’s basically edging for the blue ones.
Same, but for the red ones for me.
Peanut butter never expires. Ever.
There’s a “food theory” video on the ‘tube about how long you could survive locked in a food (grocery) store. It points out that food may turn rancid but can still be “fit” to eat - I think peanut butter fell into this category. I don’t know whether the video is factually accurate but it is entertaining all the same.
Given the research MatPat does for each video I wouldn’t be surprised.
But hey, that’s just a theory. A FOOD theory!
JFC. I could hear the dude’s voice as I read that comment… looked around my kitchen to see where he was.
I have no way to test this theory. If I buy to much peanut butter, I’ll have eaten to much peanut butter… Long before any suggested dates haha
God damn right. My peanut butter has a shelf life of about 5 days. I’m happy to dispose of it into me.
If you don’t eat that chicken wing clean, we can’t be friends.
You get one pass and that’s if you only take 1 wing.
I mean I get it but at the same time many of us do not like eating cartilage.
It’s why I don’t like wings, or most bone-in chicken.
I can’t eat a sandwich if I don’t have chips with it.
Put chips ON the sandwich?
I still need chips to do that. But even with chips on the sandwich, i’d need them on the side also. Otherwise, I’m still just eating a sandwich and for some reason it makes me uncomfortable and likely to stop eating after just a few bites.
Interesting
I like my food to stay neat, so I scoop peanut butter evenly to keep the surface smooth. Hummus must stay untouched until I open it, and I get annoyed if someone tilts the tub and ruins the perfect top. When ever I want to try some spicy I try this source.
I will eat all of the chocolatey edges of a Kit Kat before I start to eat the wafer bit that’s left with just two thin layers on top and bottom at that point.
People who separate anything they eat are heathens. The proper way is to stuff bits of everything on your plate in your mouth at once for the correct taste and texture sensory overload.
Even Oreos?
Yep, also Oreos are overrated!
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I also do this. There’s two of us!
Do you eat the chocolate fluff in between the wafer layers before eating the wafers as well or do you just eat the wafers together?
Kit Kat buddies! Sometimes I will peel them apart and eat the fluff, but not always.
How good pickles are is inversely proportional to how whole they are.
- Whole pickles: blegh
- Pickle wedges: no thanks
- Pickle strips: on a sandwich, sure
- Pickle chips: yum, on a sandwich or alone
- Diced pickles: oh yeah, please
- Pickle relish: hell yeah!
Now all that’s left is to try a pickle smoothie to confirm your theory.
We’ve got to go all the way, time to vaporize pickles and inhale them
Dehydrater - mortar and pestle - rip a big line of pickle
“Mooooommmm, Dad’s nose is bleeding again!” “What did he do this time?” “Remember when he snorted a line of 21 Seasonings spices on a dare? Well…”
You haven’t had pickles until you’ve freebased them
I know how to do this.
take relish (sweet or dill) and blend smooth. add pickle juice until runny. blend again. put about a 1/4 cup into an empty Soda Stream and pump it up like triple the normal amount. quickly cap and shake the hell out of it. uncap and suck the vapor out with a straw.
-I am a stranger from the internet and would never do this myself
What you vaping bru?
Pickle juice, homie.
Pickle beer is a thing.
Thats gotta be amazing
It’s really good for one or two then it gets to be like drinking out of a pickle jar.
I wonder what pickel vodka tastes
Pickle backs are a thing. It’s just chasing a shot with a shot of pickle juice. First saw it with Jameson, but I think people do it with a lot of things these days
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Are you counting pickles as fruit here? Cucumbers often get thrown in either or. (Seeds inside fruit discussion)
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I have this but in reverse (and less extreme). I can eat a good pickle relish, but it doesn’t do much for me. Then, the delish goes up as we approach the whole pickle. The whole pickle is sour and crunchy. Perfection!
Haha, we must be arch nemeses.
Is relish basiclaly like the pickel equivalent to salsa?
Food cannot touch on the plate. Each item must have a clearly defined DMZ between it and its neighbors.
Man, I’m the complete opposite. I tend to mix everything. As a kid I would even shape some dishes into a smooth rectangle after first crushing the potatoes and mixing it with the rest.
I was this way as a kid. I’m not sure when I stopped caring.
Carry on with your DMZ, soldier.
Same. When I was young, I would RAGE if a pea so much as whispered to the mashed potatoes next to it. Now I reflect that I have bigger problems than this and don’t stress about it. Medication also helps. Somewhat.
A friend’s dad feels so strongly about this that he has cafeteria style trays so each food item can have its own little area walled off from everything else.
Flavour L
I briefly microwave my ice cream before eating.
I don’t want it to be soupy. I’m going for soft. And I am too impatient to let it sit on the counter a bit to reach that sweet spot of consistency.
I used to do that! Never encountered someone else who did.
I do this too. I use defrost. Want a great treat? Get some vanilla and frozen OJ. They are awesome together.
Can I get a further explanation of what you are making? Sounds like a cremesicle ordeal.
Pretty much. Just take some vanilla ice cream and mix in some frozen OJ. Swirls or even chunks.
I some times add heavy or whippimg cream to it
Asparagus is finger food, no ifs or buts about it.
Anything can be finger food if you’re brave enough.
After that one incident, I can confidently say that habaneros are not a finger food.
I always eat fries in pairs, making sure they match in size, and I never take the first slice of bread from a loaf. Also, when I open a fresh jar of peanut butter, I smooth out the top after every use to keep it looking neat. As for hummus, I get annoyed if it gets messed up before I even open it! And don’t get me started on mixing foods, if my sauce touches something it shouldn’t, I feel like a sonic chicken trying to escape a messy plate!
I like to eat green beans like french fries. I’ll even dip them and catch up and/or barbecue sauce.
Nothing on my plate can touch, especially if they are different textures. Textures are almost as important as flavor. This is the main reason why I don’t eat zucchini.
When I really like something I want it the same way every time. Don’t try to dress it up with new stuff, it was perfect before, I want it the same way.
