10 tricks you didn’t know you could do with your food.
By Blossom
The internet went from showing food recipe videos to alchemy in less than a decade. There’s going to be a quick video on how to make the philosopher’s stone from tomato sauce next week.
Okay yeah and no but I’ve seen this pass my dash too many times to not be a little annoyed at the waste of perfectly good food.
1. Yes you can turn coal (carbon) to diamonds with peanut butter, but the video vastly underestimates the time, temperature, and pressure needed, as well as experimental results (which sounds like they were a) explosive and b) tiny). Frankly, the “result” shown here looks not unlike a chunk of pre-cut & polished quartz hidden in some black gunk.
2. Yes you can supercool/ instant freeze water! And it is that cool!
3. Sprite may work as a cleaning product, but I can’t find anything solid on it and frankly it’s best to avoid trying to clean things with a sticky sugary beverage. Stick to using household cleaners where you can, my dudes.
4. Yes, although I’d use hot water accompanied by scrubbing to remove wax if you’re concerned about that and maybe even a light acid (vinegar or lemon juice) if you’re REALLY CONCERNED about that. Frankly I’m sure there’s worse in the hot cheetoes I refuse to give up but cheers for being healthy y’all
5. No. Genetics Does Not Work Like That And That Is Not What Genetic Memory Means. This is physics (fluid dynamics probably) and the circular movement of the warm water affecting the surface of the honey.
6. Yes. Egg whites do hold air all on their own if you whip them enough (see meringues, souffles, etc) so that’s a wee bit unnecessary but I guess this is a way to avoid going through separating out the yolk. So sure why not.
7. Yes, Ethylene gas is a hormone that encourages “ripening”, and can be produced by some ripening fruits; bananas, apples, pears, tomatoes themselves, etc. Just don’t expect it to act as quickly as you want it to!
8. Yes, this is basically a chemical reaction caused by the (basic) milk reacting and curdling in the (acid) soda and taking all the food color out with it. Kinda a waste of a soda so pour one out for the chem majors out there
9. Yes, you can (try to) clean silver with ketchup (an acid due to the tomato/vinegar), but no it’s not particularly effective. And again, I don’t particularly favor edible cleaners with sugar in them. Why are you wasting your ketchup on this???!
10. No, this isn’t actually mending your ceramics. You may end up filling the cracks with essentially a milk glue if it goes perfectly but this fails more often than not. Even if it does work, it is entirely temporary and structurally unsound
here internet i did some bare minimum fact checking for you
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One of my favorite things to see is random people trying to interact with unfamiliar outdoor cats. Just standing there with a hand out, making kissy noises, maybe meowing at the cat while it ignores them. Mankind at its best and least dignified
if you want to interact with a cat that doesn’t know you, sit down not facing it. glance at it occasionally and make an inviting noise, but mostly just play with your phone or whatever.
the cat will almost certainly come over to check you out sooner or later. it’ll stay out of arm’s reach because it doesn’t know if you’re a jerk. offer your hand and let the cat sniff. wait. if the cat wants pettins, it will indicate that by noofing your hand, flopping on its side, or coming in close.
the cat may want to be bros but not get pettins. in that case, it will sit or lie near you but out of reach. this is friendly! the cat is saying, you’re a person in my neighborhood! hi neighbor!
of course, it’s possible that the cat is a great big cuddleslut and will come love all over you. that happens too. but if it doesn’t, that doesn’t mean it’s an unfriendly cat. be chill and let the cat choose how close to get, and you’ll find most cats are pretty friendly.
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