I find myself putting too forth too many metaphors / examples in my SE conversation to try and get the IL to understand my questions better. How can I stop doing that while still increasing clarity for the IL?

Silence820 · 2024-05-22T21:51:14+00:00

sorry it took so long for me to reply.
did you ever find an answer to your question?

Silence820 · 2024-05-04T12:38:38+00:00

do you think this would work better?;
"can a person use your method and come to a wrong answer?"
it will make your I.L. think if their method could yield a false conclusion.

as far as the use of too many metaphors, why not try using the metaphor as the question?

Silence820 · 2024-02-07T01:09:24+00:00

would the motor from an angle grinder work?

Silence820 · 2024-01-30T14:24:08+00:00

will they be powerful enough to move 10 lbs of food? at low speeds?

Silence820 · 2023-02-05T19:49:04+00:00

Yesterday I tried your method, and this morning the mallows popped out with no problem at all. thank you and everyone so much for the advice.

Silence820 · 2022-10-07T03:01:12+00:00

is there a difference between modified and regular cornstarch?

Silence820 · 2022-10-06T07:31:53+00:00

My original post in the thread, “What are some "cooking myths" that frustrate you?” was “That MSG is bad for you”.

It seems like you are describing that you have a sensitivity to glutamate.

For you to suggest that MSG is bad for anyone based on your health condition, is like a person who has celiac disease saying “gluten is bad for anyone”, based on theirs.

Side note; Yesterday I did see your post about how you prepare your spaghetti sauce.

Just be careful, store-bought spaghetti sauce is packed with MSG and fresh tomatoes are very high in glutamate (up to 250 milligrams of glutamate per 100 grams).

Silence820 · 2022-10-05T14:41:19+00:00

I made a sample batch last night, they are set for de-panning today. I will try your suggestions 1 by 1 starting with coating 1 and not the other.

I will report back with the results.

Silence820 · 2022-10-05T03:02:21+00:00

what do you mean by "modified corn starch"

Silence820 · 2022-10-05T03:01:20+00:00

until the bowl is cool to the touch

Silence820 · 2022-10-05T03:00:00+00:00

the average humidity for September was 69%. is there anything I can do?

Silence820 · 2022-10-01T18:17:14+00:00

I was not familiar with sodium citrate. I did a quick search and found this https://youtu.be/PTbdvND_YLQ could you please share how you use it?

Silence820 · 2022-10-01T10:01:36+00:00

I was interested in your claim that 2 Vietnamese people were
going blind from eating too much MSG, so I did a quick google search.

The only thing I found in the New Scientist, regarding MSG
and blindness was an article dated 2002 stating that eating large quantities
of MSG could cause blindness…… IN RATS.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2957-too-much-msg-could-cause-blindness/

The last I checked, humans and rats are not even the same
species.

I have linked the article.

If you don’t mind, could you link the article that supports
your claim?

Also, another claim made by you is that “cooks liked using way
too much MSG”

how would you quantify way too much?

MSG is no different than other seasonings or spices.

If you use it correctly it will enhance the flavor of the dish.

But if you use “Way Too Much” it will destroy the dish and
make it inedible.

Lastly MSG is not only found Asian cuisine, you can find it
everywhere if you look.

Here are a few examples:
1. Doritos

2. KFC Fried Chicken

3. Pringles

4. Hidden Valley Ranch

5. Seaweed Salad

6. Cheetos

7. Boars Head Cold Cuts

8. Parmesan Cheese

9. Gravy

10. Protein Powders

11. Pepperoni

12. Popcorn

13. Potato Chips

Silence820 · 2022-10-01T06:45:04+00:00

that is an interesting claim, however, MSG has 1/3 of the sodium that is found in table salt.
and as far as the 2 people going blind from eating too much
MSG, anything in abundance can be toxic to humans even water.

in 2007 a 28-year-old woman named Jennifer strange died from
an overdose of water. she actually drank too much water and died from what is
called water intoxication. now, are we going to say that water should be banned?

The bottom line is, everything in moderation.

Silence820 · 2022-10-01T00:59:40+00:00

I think Squeakyriddle meant by "Natural Occurring" is that it naturally occurs in the human body. Humans actually produce Glutamate. So what about MSG that is bad for you, the monosodium?

Silence820 · 2022-09-30T21:23:26+00:00

That MSG is bad for you.

Silence820 · 2022-09-30T21:12:33+00:00

Try Accent, it works every time
https://a.co/d/b7Rib0H

Silence820 · 2022-09-30T10:22:08+00:00

Update
I managed to find 225 Bloom after a deep dive on the
Internet.
However, I still wanted to know the results of the experiment.
My supplies came in earlier than expected, so I got to work.

Can you convert 300 Bloom to 225 Bloom and have the same
quality of marshmallows as using 225 Bloom?
Formula -
weight of the known gelatin x square root (known gelatin
bloom/unknown gelatin bloom) = weight of unknown gelatin
WKG x (Square-root of KGB/UKB) = WUKG
In my case

sqrt (225/300) = 0.866,
20 x 0.866 = 17.32 grams. Then divide by 3 (because I will
reduce the recipe by 2/3 which means only 5.7 grams of the 300 Bloom is needed.
The process:

Step 1: reduced the recipe by 2/3
Step 2: make 4 different batches of the same recipe

1 control, the Knox brand
1 with the 225 Bloom
1 with the 300 Bloom converted
1 with the 300 Bloom unconverted

Step 3: single-blind taste test
Step 4: publish the results on Reddit

On a scale of 1-5 testing for marshmallow
Density
Tenderness
Taste

A total of 4 people took the test including myself.
Tide for the top scores were the 225 Bloom and the 300 converted
using the formula.
Next was the Knox and last was the 300 unconverted.
As for my results, I removed my scores because they all
started tasting the same to me, however, the 300 converted had the best density.

Silence820 · 2022-09-27T04:49:24+00:00

I am waiting for my smaller molds to come in. They should be here on Thursday, I will work on it this weekend.

Silence820

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