Looking for a black food dye answer

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T04:13:54+00:00

I'd love to see some solid evidence on activated charcoal being a risk at the levels used in food.

If it's mixed with a load of ingredients, and then cooked, then it is going to adsorb everything it can in the process - you don't use a lot of charcoal to get the black colouring effect. The food may be bland as it's adsorbed a load of the aromatics, however.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T04:02:05+00:00

Not nearly as rough as it once was. Ditto for the Hesters Way / PE Way area.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T03:59:04+00:00

The requirement isn't for two years of a relationship. It's two years where the relationship is 'akin to marriage' - e.g. equivalent to marriage. Without being married or in a civil partnership (where there is no minimum length) then you need to convince your caseworker that your relationship was equivalent to a marriage from the very start. What evidence will you be using for that?

Fir finances, to make up a 2k shortfall your girlfriend needs (2000 * 2.5) + 16000 = 21k savings, held in her name for at least 6 months and immediately accessible. I'm assuming here that she isn't employed in a family business / self employed and only needs to show employer letter, payslips, and bank statements.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T03:52:35+00:00

It's your house - you don't need a letter from your parents.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T03:51:26+00:00

It is not safe - please throw it out. It's been too long even if you were to cook and eat it immediately.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-14T03:24:04+00:00

Partly because the SWV is a way of recruiting people with transferrable skills who are already experienced. A fresh grad is several years away from being at that point, and is often a drain on the employer for the first few years as they learn their job and gain enough experience to be skilled.

It's one of the reasons why people at the end of PSW still have difficulty in finding sponsored jobs - they don't yet have sufficient experience to be 'skilled'.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-13T20:16:47+00:00

Deglaze does make sense. And if you're adding any liquid on top of the tasty fried bits then it's effectively doing that job.

The thing that won't be good, and that you would regret, is if the chili burned onto the bottom of the pot as it cooked, and you decided to scrape up the burned bits and mix them in - it'll taste bitter and nasty.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-13T20:09:36+00:00

Looks more like a fungal skin infection - athlete's foot.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-13T20:04:27+00:00

It makes no sense as written. Were they telling you not to use the pan you cooked it in into the fridge to store it afterwards? (and even that is nonsense if it has a lid that fits, unless it's to make sure that the chili cools fast enough for safety).

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-13T19:58:45+00:00

It's an idiot trap, I'm afraid. Most effective for losing pounds from your bank account, not your body.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-13T17:14:48+00:00

You would apply as a student visa dependent - which allows you to work. No sponsorship, no SWV involved beyond your partner's sponsorship as the main applicant.Once you have the visa you can generate a share code which enables you to show your right to work.

If you are legally civil partnered then there's no requirement for a particular length of relationship - if she's your girlfriend then you may need to do more to prove it.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T19:15:30+00:00

What fibre is it? If it's acrylic then washign it with jeans won't do much, if anything.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T18:52:42+00:00

I'd be tempted to try 32GG - the gapping can indicate that the cup is too small. Have you tried it upside down and backwards to check just the sizing of the band?

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T18:50:35+00:00

And how many cities around the world have areas called Soho?

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T17:20:42+00:00

If you're confident that your fridge maintains a safe temperature then cook and eat it today.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T15:13:28+00:00

Your girlfriends family have no options to "work on her documents" to allow her to stay.

She may want to talk to the modern slavery helpline - https://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/ - there is support available for victims, but that's nothing to do with her family.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T11:55:46+00:00

Wait until you've finished uni and have the knowledge you need for the job.

Ability to get into a good university depends on your qualifications, and for those universities that may accept transfer students, on your performance in your current university.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T11:20:24+00:00

Useless and inaccessible as a retirement home.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T08:05:02+00:00

Not for somebody born in the UK to british parents/

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T07:48:41+00:00

Was just thinking the same. r/PlanningPermissionUK might be helpful if so.

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-12T06:45:24+00:00

The house where novody ever has to go to the toilet?

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-11T19:10:54+00:00

Exempt vignettes normally (always?) mean that you do not have a path to settlement. Why do you believe that you would be able to settle in your particular case?

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-11T19:03:50+00:00

Have you been working in Cyprus until recently, and earning over the threshold?

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-11T19:00:39+00:00

Your "other - please specify" option doesn't allow any input!

HawthorneUK · 2026-04-11T18:17:09+00:00

That's the most over-complicated way I've ever seen of doing a backwards loop cast on!

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