Topic: What I learned today! (Read 194823 times)

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2440 on:** November 17, 2012, 05:55:35 PM »

Apple Jacks

Joxam · « **Reply #2441 on:** November 17, 2012, 06:34:43 PM »

R^2 · « **Reply #2442 on:** November 17, 2012, 06:42:12 PM »

Quote from: Ocksi on November 17, 2012, 12:00:19 PM

Red Delicious don't cook and have a weak flavor, but what flavor they do have is sweet and wonderful and everything else is made up for by them being the best-feeling apple as far as biting into goes. So crispy.

You and I are gonna have a minor kerfluffle, son.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #2443 on:** November 17, 2012, 09:35:06 PM »

Red delicious are nasty. No flavor at all, and a texture like wet sawdust. Fuji apples are the best apples.

MarsDragon · « **Reply #2444 on:** November 17, 2012, 10:16:52 PM »

Ted has the correct opinion.

That said, I tried a variety of apple that was used for baking way back when, and it actually was pretty tasty when baked in the oven like a squash. (except with more sugar) Wish I could remember what it was.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2445 on:** November 18, 2012, 07:47:21 PM »

Fried chicken was originally (and technically still is) Scottish, though it was southerners who added the spice after it was imported to the US.

R^2 · « **Reply #2446 on:** November 18, 2012, 10:35:44 PM »

Since the chicken was domesticated in China and the Chinese were avid food-fryers, I'm gonna have to say [citation needed].

Mongrel · « **Reply #2447 on:** November 18, 2012, 10:39:29 PM »

Here you go

I was actually curious to see if the modern versions of Cantonese Crispy Chicken (or Duck), Karaage, or Katsu were based more on traditional Asian recipes or modern western imports, but I couldn't find anything. If I had to guess, I'd say that the Cantonese Crispy style is probably traditional but that Karage is more western-derived (and Katsu... who knows).

But fried chicken as we know it in North America is a Scottish dish that's been slightly African-ized.

Caithness · « **Reply #2448 on:** November 20, 2012, 05:47:09 PM »

That the singer of the original English Pokémon theme song is a Ron Paul fan.

Ron Paul Pokemon Theme Parody Re-Mix by JASON PAIGE

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The Pokemon theme is a perfect song for the Ron Paul Revolution, as he racks up the delegates. Almost all the original lyrics fit as is. I Sang the original theme song in 1998 and thought this would be a great update on a classic. Share if you care. There are MILLIONS of Pokemon fans who'll join the revolution. Go Ron Paul!

Doom · « **Reply #2449 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:06:23 PM »

*zooms in*

Fuji Apples are the best.

*peels out*

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2450 on:** November 21, 2012, 09:40:17 AM »

That wine drinking on-the-go was a need to be met.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2451 on:** November 21, 2012, 02:34:23 PM »

Some of the CVS around here have begun selling wine in what look like juice boxes. I pretty much just call it "Don't-Give-A-Fuck-Wine"

R^2 · « **Reply #2452 on:** November 21, 2012, 03:00:27 PM »

Quote from: Beat Bandit on November 17, 2012, 05:55:35 PM

Apple Jacks

Missed this earlier. Allow me to remedy:

But they don't taste like apples!

Mongrel · « **Reply #2453 on:** November 24, 2012, 12:04:39 PM »

In a 2007 study of legal opinions and briefs that found Bob Dylan was quoted by judges and lawyer more than any other songwriter, "You don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind blows." was distinguished as the line most often cited.

Source

Healy · « **Reply #2454 on:** November 24, 2012, 09:48:54 PM »

That there was a gay porno magazine literally called Mandate.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2455 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:52:19 PM »

Over Thanksgiving I learned that I'm related to some eccentric millionaires. (Possibly billionaires. I didn't really ask them what they were worth).

How eccentric? Among their properties, they own a small vacation retreat geared toward artists, musicians in particular. On this retreat, they own a hand-crafted cabin. That was built in the 1700's. In upstate New York. That they had painstakingly disassembled and rebuilt in Texas. That's where I ate turkey.

The first floor bathroom is a shrine dedicated to Frida Kahlo.

Healy · « **Reply #2456 on:** November 25, 2012, 07:44:07 PM »

Like, just had a lot of prints of her art hanging around? Or was there a candle underneath a picture of her and everything.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2457 on:** November 26, 2012, 01:30:31 AM »

The wallpaper is a collage of her portraits and photos of her and her husband, except it's not actually wall paper, it dozens of individually cut out pictures paper mached onto the walls.

R^2 · « **Reply #2458 on:** November 26, 2012, 06:55:22 AM »

Something that, if it were of a living person, would make you a little inclined call the police.

Healy · « **Reply #2459 on:** November 26, 2012, 07:03:08 PM »

That the Nazis were abso-fucking-lutely terrible at espionage.

At this point I'm seriously starting to wonder if maybe wars are won by as much a matter of the other guy's incompetence than anything else.

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