The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXII

[Borachio]

But it's not taboo in cultures that consume them, is it?

Or is it just a gourmet thing, and people everywhere don't generally eat balut?

I'd be hard pushed to eat monkey (chimpanzee even), or dog. But plenty of people do.

 

[ace99]

There's some squicky about eating something that looks like that. I might eat lobster bisque, lobster roll, fried shrimp, but a full grown lobster with it's creepy legs and whiskers? Hell nah. Some stuff needs to be palatable looking. Animals that retain their heads, eyes, legs and other things that make them look like animals I can't bring myself to eat with notable exceptions. Roast pig, roast duck and such thing is fine I don't care if it still has its head.

I mean ew...eating a bunch of deformed and mutated looking tiny ducks. That's gross man. A full grown duck if fine.

 

[ParkCungHee]

I might eat lobster bisque, lobster roll, fried shrimp, but a full grown lobster with it's creepy legs and whiskers? Hell nah.

More for me then.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Less water than hand washing. But works best if the dishes are scraped off and rinsed first.

Won't doing that over and over ad infinitum just serve to cause unsightly scratch marks to grow on the dishes? I mean, if there's no food for the soaps to attack, they'll just attack the dish instead, IIRC.

 

[Zelig]

Less water than hand washing. But works best if the dishes are scraped off and rinsed first.

No need to rinse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/garden/21fix.html?_r=0
http://news.consumerreports.org/app...our-dishes-before-loading-the-dishwasher.html

 

[Cutlass]

Won't doing that over and over ad infinitum just serve to cause unsightly scratch marks to grow on the dishes? I mean, if there's no food for the soaps to attack, they'll just attack the dish instead, IIRC.

Things wear out. Dishes tend to take a long time to wear out. What scrapes on a plate the most is if food dries on the surface, and then you have to scrub to clear it off. If you rinse with a soft sponge or brush, and then put them in the dishwasher, well the dishwasher is cleaning with jets of soapy water. There is very little abrasion there. You'll get more abrasion washing by hand, because now you have a solid object, of only a soft one like a sponge or a cloth, in contact with the dish.

 

[Zelig]

Glass specifically will get damaged by too much detergent vs. food matter, that's why older glasses that have been washed in the dishwasher get cloudy, but handwashed glasses stay clear pretty much forever.

 

[Arakhor]

The less food particles that get thrown around in a dishwasher, the less frequently its waste tubes will need to be de-gunked. This is similar to needing to de-gunk your U-bend after constantly flushing down oil, grease and so on.

My mother always used to rinse out glasses with very hot water and then leave them to stand, rather than even sink-washing them.

 

[Borachio]

Yeah. The less detergent you use on anything the better, imo.

I tend to wipe all greasy things with kitchen paper first - which I later compost. And then wash them as soon as possible, before anything gets stuck on. Basically using enough water, with a soft cloth and vigorous hand action does a pretty good job initially. And, if I'm feeling fussy, I might quickly do them again with some washing up liquid. And rinse the stuff with hot water.

I have a dishwasher. But I haven't used it in nearly 10 years. I don't think they do a terribly good job. You have to clear all the gunk off the plates before you start, then load the dishwasher and wait for it to a do a not very good job, then you have to unload everything and wash the stuff again which hasn't come clean in the dishwasher. I'd rather just wash things the once, and have done with it. Thank you very much.

 

[Zelig]

The less food particles that get thrown around in a dishwasher, the less frequently its waste tubes will need to be de-gunked.

I don't think there's much to support that, pretty much every reputable source I can find recommends not rinsing dishes.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, I've never used a dishwasher, but my waste pipe will clog up if I throw liquid waste down the sink, rather than in the garden.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Yeah. The less detergent you use on anything the better, imo.

I tend to wipe all greasy things with kitchen paper first - which I later compost. And then wash them as soon as possible, before anything gets stuck on. Basically using enough water, with a soft cloth and vigorous hand action does a pretty good job initially. And, if I'm feeling fussy, I might quickly do them again with some washing up liquid. And rinse the stuff with hot water.

I have a dishwasher. But I haven't used it in nearly 10 years. I don't think they do a terribly good job. You have to clear all the gunk off the plates before you start, then load the dishwasher and wait for it to a do a not very good job, then you have to unload everything and wash the stuff again which hasn't come clean in the dishwasher. I'd rather just wash things the once, and have done with it. Thank you very much.

I'm fairly sure they've made improvements to dishwashers since then.

 

[cardgame]

Not very many.

 

[Dachs]

More for me then.

Tangentially related.

Link to video.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Accidentally ate something really spicy and it hurts and we're out of milk. Any other suggestions?

 

[W|M]

Eat something with a lot of starch like rice, pasta, bread, etc.

 

[ShahJahanII]

Accidentally ate something really spicy and it hurts and we're out of milk. Any other suggestions?

Eat something with a lot of starch like rice, pasta, bread, etc.

Looks like you were ~30 minutes too late to help.

 

[madviking]

Looks like you were ~30 minutes too late to help.

Yep, time is a cure to spicyfoodinyourmouthness.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well my mother ran to the store and got some milk anyways but thanks

 

[sophie]

Tangentially related.

All you really need when In the Loop is involved.