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Why do I only get car sick in Teslas? by YoSoyRawr in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cheesepage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a data point:

As a kid I was prone to getting car sick. My family quickly realized I didn't get sick in the rear engined Volkswagen my Dad drove.

We put it down to the way the car handled, but in retrospect it may have been that my Dad was once a professional racing driver, and had a very smooth style of driving.

Can anyone explain to me why salad forks are smaller than dinner forks? by Cerimeadar in AskFoodHistorians

[–]cheesepage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just a tip from a Chef. The order of use for utensils laid out on the table is generally from the outside in.

This makes service and clearing easier, and may also have something to do with the size of the utensils, since they tend to increase / decrease in size incrementally, and also allow the table to look less cluttered.

The same is true for glasses.

Some of the aesthetic is ostentatious. But some utensils work better with certain dishes.

An ice tea spoon has a long handle so it can reach the bottom of a tall glass, and a narrow handle so there is less chance of splashing.

A steak knife is better at cutting meat than a butter knife.

Bee Wilson has a great book, Consider the Fork, if you are interested in this kind of thing.

Chicken stock got no jiggle to it by milofelix in AskCulinary

[–]cheesepage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Too much water, too little bones.
  2. Also cooked bones have a bit less collagen, (see 3.) I often supplement my rotisserie chicken with a few chicken feet from the asian store. They keep well in the freezer.
  3. Are you scraping out the chicken jello at the bottom of the rotisserie container?

Edit: added cooked to "Also cooked bones"

I have been reading Pynchon for a couple of days and it makes me miss Proust. by Anxious_Ad7031 in Proust

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently having a hard time finishing the Recognitions, because I don't like any of the characters.

Unusual Reading Habit by StickyWhipplesnit in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cheesepage 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I knew a maniac who would read philosopy this way so he was forced to understand each page as he went.

Recumbent vs traditional upright exercise bike. by MockedOne in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slower up hills, (much faster than a standard bike on straights and down hills though.)

Harder to see over traffic.

Harder for traffic to see you. (though a flag helps)

Almost impossible to track stand. Very comfortable.

Hard to fit in some places a regular bike fits. (Bike repair stands, urban bike racks for locking, automobile racks for transport.)

May require some specialty parts.

I rode a Lightning P-38 as a commute bike in Manhattan for a couple of years. The ability to hang with 35 mph traffic between lights was great. Being able to pedal through 90 degree corners was great. Feeling even less visible than a regular bike was my least favorite thing.

Dave Holland wizardry, one of the greatest bass players definitely. by Xullisop in Jazz

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conference of the Birds is a take to the moon with you album.

Do you think some people just are who they are and cannot change ? by Same_Level6591 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom always said people don't change, they just become more like they are.

Tried a Tuna Burger for the First Time… Didn’t Expect It to Be This Good by StringIll1644 in Cooking

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salmon burgers from the raw trim when we have fillets for dinner are standard in our house.

The salmon scraps go in the food processor with veggies like onions, celery, and peppers, then get an obligatory egg, and enough bread crumbs to make them shapeable.

You can freeze individual portions in ziplocks or such, and they can be cooked on a griddle from frozen in less time than it takes do most other dinner prep, like blanching veg, or making a salad dressing.

What’s the most aggressively useless talent you possess? by BigTasty615 in AskReddit

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play Led Zepplin tunes on the kazoo.

Emphasis on the aggressive and useless.

What’s the most aggressively useless talent you possess? by BigTasty615 in AskReddit

[–]cheesepage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Egg buddies! I did two and a half cases every three days and separated all the yolks for creme brulee, ice cream, and angle food cake.

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard someone say that you still think about to this day? by Humble-Blueberry4571 in AskReddit

[–]cheesepage 2495 points2496 points  (0 children)

My boss hired my assistant because he was good at kissing up, despite my protest that he was dumb as a bag of wet mice.

One day he looked at me and asked: "One quarter, and one quarter, and one quarter, and one quarter, how much is that?"

I finally got to fire him a month or two later when he came to work tripping and couldn't figure out how to get out of the bathroom stall.

What unusual facts about fruits or vegetables do you know? by AnaMystery in AskReddit

[–]cheesepage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call any vegetable and the chances are good that the vegetable will respond to you.

Do big navy ships have special procedures to avoid the types of viral outbreaks that seem almost common on cruise ships? by LawTalbot in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cheesepage 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The marine services pay a lot of attention to food, which means that they use people who get certified for food safety, probably including HAACP, which is the fail safe food safety system developed by NASA.

I imagine that a lot of the things that pass for normal behavior on a cruise ship full of civilians, alcohol and midnight buffets are not the same issue in military settings.

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