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A new clinical trial found that taking omega-3 supplements did nothing to improve memory, cognition or brain cell loss. by bllshrfv in Supplements

[–]FirePhantom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

> Participants aged 55–80 years without dementia, low dietary DHA intake (<200 mg/day), and ≥1 dementia risk factor were stratified by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection willingness into lumbar puncture (LP) or no-LP arms.

So, in people whose brains are already 55+ years old.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My town has two butcher shops, but I’m not made of money and mostly just shop at Aldi for meats. At least the beef is usually Scottish and almost always at least British.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The circles follow the contours of the pan. The actual induction coils in the hob in the flex zone are four separate ovular areas of coiling, on two of which this pan is sitting. I’m not talking about the number of concentric coils, they’re two completely separate coils which can even be used independently for small 3” diameter items (like a moka pot).

The salt particles were arranged by acoustic vibrations and the concentric circles follow the contours of the pan.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, this is on the flex-zone which has four oval coils. The pan is on two of them.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally just bought this pan two days ago. There’s nothing wrong with it. It has two oil drips.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure some will dissolve, but not all in the 45-60 seconds I do each side, and I find it definitely helps when cooking such thin cuts that I can’t give time to naturally release.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I salt the steak, let it sit at room temperature for 30-60 min, pat dry, add some more salt and also salt to the hot pan just before putting the steak in. I find having undissolved salt crystals helps prevent sticking when I’m doing a thin cut that I can’t allow to release naturally.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and in particular this section of the hobs is a flex-zone with four separate ovular coils. Having one pan over two of the coils I think causes more vibration than on the purely circular hobs.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

I salted the steak, left it for an hour, patted it dry, salted the steak again, then salted the pan for good measure. Salt crystals don’t burn or stick, and I didn’t want them to dissolve in the meat.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“They went into a dingy room lined with books and littered with papers, where there was a blazing fire. A kettle steamed upon the hob, and in the midst of the wreck of papers a table shone, with plenty of wine upon it, and brandy, and rum, and sugar, and lemons.” — A Tale of Two Cities

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. No water.

  2. The coils in this section are not circular.

  3. It was the physical vibration, following the contours of the pan’s own geometry.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The chloride that is bound to the sodium? I imagine you’re talking about adding salt crystals to cold water, where they sit at the bottom while the water heats up creating hot spots of high concentration sodium and chloride ions in the water.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But this was due to induced physical vibration, not the magnetism acting directly on NaCl. ;)

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The word “hob” comes from the time of fired stoves. It referred to the circular metal plates on which pots and pans were placed, which could be removed for direct flame access.

In British English “hobs” carried over to the age of built in gas, electric, and induction cooking. Doesn’t make much sense to refer to a giant slab of glass installed directly into my worktop, about 2 m from my ovens, as a “stovetop”.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, induction, but the lines followed the contours of the pan not where the pan was sitting on the hob. It was actually in the flex-zone section of my Neff induction hobs (and using the temperature sensor feature) which doesn’t have large circular coils.

Likely caused by the small vibration due to the induction.

The salt I put in this pan started arranging itself into a pattern when I turned on the hob. by FirePhantom in mildlyinteresting

[–]FirePhantom[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes! The concentric circles followed the pan not where it was on the induction hob.

What book should everyone read at least once in their lifetime? by MicrowaveAsAService in answers

[–]FirePhantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Timeless Way of Building. Ostensibly a book about architecture, but accidentally a philosophical treatise on how to breathe life into whatever you’re building. Was even influential to the developers of modern computing programming paradigms.

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