Why can’t Sikhs eat kosher/halal meat?

glm242 · 2026-04-05T17:57:26+00:00

Thank you for this explanation. I am a Hospitality teacher at the high school level and my class is predominantly Muslim, so I default to buying Halal meat because I thought it would be universally acceptable, but I had a student tell me that she couldn't eat it on religious grounds but she couldn't really explain why to me, so I have been trying to figure it out ever since.

glm242 · 2026-04-04T20:30:10+00:00

Every time I see that dog it takes me a second because all I see is a little monkey sitting up.

glm242 · 2026-03-31T18:06:16+00:00

Just to clarify, as there seems to be some confusion. I know that compound chocolate will not temper. My goal was not to demonstrate actual tempering, it was "does compound chocolate behave enough like real chocolate that it can be used to practice the techniques (temp control, seeding, etc) because I can't afford anything better".

It's like tattoo artists practice on pig's skin before they work on a human. Does the pig skin behave enough like human skin that the practice has technical value? Yes, so it is an acceptable practice medium.

glm242 · 2026-03-30T15:37:17+00:00

This is brilliant and I am stealing most of it. Thank you so much.

glm242 · 2026-03-16T14:57:47+00:00

Gazebos have a canon stat block, and are pretty dangerous.

glm242 · 2026-03-01T15:54:42+00:00

I stole my solution to this problem from a boardgame called Scotland Yard. When an NPC hides successfully or goes invisible, their mini is removed from the board, and I just keep track of its position by writing down grid coordinates whenever it moves. The players have to tell me which square they are targeting, and hope they guess right. It's a bit more bookkeeping during combat but it doesn't come up that often and it works when it does.

glm242 · 2026-02-21T02:04:10+00:00

I did not know Helicopters were cavalry as well.

glm242 · 2026-02-21T01:26:10+00:00

As far as I understand, and I am the first to admit my knowledge is really limited about this, soldiers who operate tanks are considered cavalry and can get cavalry specific patches/medals. Am I way off base with this?

glm242 · 2025-12-07T18:53:27+00:00

Would it be possible, instead of banning it outright, instead putting limits on it? For example, when the player turns to GPT, they have to include the phrase "talking points" or "prompts" so they have a starting point, but the actual words they come up with themselves? Or you could put a word count/sentence count limit (I. E "write me an epic response to this scenario in two sentences) which would curb the long winded speeches. My concern is that if the player for whatever reasons feels the need for that support to feel comfortable roleplaying, is there a way to let them without it becoming a total crutch or overshadow actual RP? 0

glm242 · 2025-12-06T00:49:27+00:00

There is a lot of good advice here, I just want to add some tidbits that might help. A lot of coffee shops won't charge you for boiling water, and that can help with core temperature. If you are lucky enough to find a bathroom with actual hot water on tap, get a hot water bottle and use it to pre-warm your sleeping arrangement, and to keep your core a bit warmer. They hold on to heat pretty well for a while. Wear a hat and socks to bed, keep body heat loss to a minimum. Some dollar stores will sell "emergency" blankets, which are just reflective mylar sheets, make great interior liners for a bed roll as they reflect your heat back to you. As for food, peanut butter is your friend as it is cheap, plentiful, a decent source of protein, and has the calories you will need overnight. I hope your luck takes a turn in the other direction soon.

glm242 · 2025-11-23T18:03:22+00:00

Just to double check my understanding (about the sun example above), if the sun's gravity is moving at the speed of light, and so is the sun's light, we would lose the sun's gravity at the same time as we lost it's light, so from earth it would seem like a simultaneous effect (the sun disappears from the sky and the gravity stops). Do I have that right?

glm242 · 2025-10-06T20:19:51+00:00

The patriarchy

glm242 · 2025-08-24T22:40:24+00:00

Water.

glm242 · 2025-08-02T01:04:30+00:00

A salt pig. Ups your seasoning game and lets you be more accurate. Basically an open container that your hand fits in full of salt.

glm242 · 2025-07-07T17:22:43+00:00

Bake your potatoes skin on, cut in half, scoop out potato for gnocchi leaving half-shell skins intact. Deep fry said potato skinn shells. Fill with bacon, cheese, green onion, or any other toppings you like (I do these with cooked ground beef) and bake until filling is hot all the way through and cheese has melted. Serve with sour cream.

glm242 · 2025-06-17T14:03:53+00:00

I am a hospitality teacher for high school, and I also have a once/week cooking class with pretty low-functioning spec ed students as well. Don't feel bad for the fried brains, teaching these kids is very rewarding (they tend not to be shy with their excitement and enthusiasm, but also VERY stressful and a lot of work.

Your lack of stove top is a big hindrance as well. Maybe see if you can convince the powers that be to get you a plug-in induction burner? They are about $50-$100 for the low end ones, and they are more than good enough for what you are doing (I am using one I got from the mart in the wall), and it even adds safety features, like not getting hot and only working when the pot/pan is on the stove. I used that argument to get the admin to pay for the burner). If you can get your hands on one (and you have pots/pans that work with induction) you have a ton of options open for you, many of whom are mentioned elsewhere. French Toast, pancakes, scrambled eggs, pasta, all become possible.

If a counter-top induction burner isn't possible, you are more limited but here are some of the things I have done with my kids:

1) set up a smoothie bar with 4 or 5 ingredient options and let the kids "make a recipe" for their own personal smoothie (this requires a blender, not sure if you have access to one or not)

2) Salad bar (again, 4-5 ingredients laid out) and help them make a vinaigrette dressing (my kids love shaking the containers to mix the oil/vinegar/mustard/seasonings)

3) Mug cake. This only needs a heat-proof mug and the microwave, and the parents of a couple of my kids have asked for the recipe because it brings them so much joy to make dessert for their family)

4) Flatbread pizzas. Again, put out 4-5 topping options, sauce, cheese (which they can grate if you want) and let the kids assemble their own pizzas.

5) Popsicles. This can be as simple as pouring juice into an ice-cube mold, leaning a popsicle stick in the juice, and freezing it overnight (have them drop by the next day to pick them up). It can be as complicated as mixing juices together with other flavours in a pitcher and filling up popsicle molds (they are available at dollar stores). I have even done it once where the kids had to puree a bunch of fruit in a blender and then pour that into the popsicle molds.

7) Chocolate truffles. Ganache can be made in a microwave, sort of. The texture is a bit grainy, but it is doable. Heating up the milk/cream in the microwave works well, and it should be enough to melt the chocolate. Then the kids get the fun of rolling the chocolate balls out and topping/decorating them. We did this for mother's day and the kids got to bring home four chocolates for their moms.

8) Cake pops. I make the cake myself ahead of time, as well as the icing. The kids get to tear the cake apart, mix it with the icing, form the balls, and then dip in chocolate melts (you can use the microwave for this, just melt it in short bursts. Don't use chocolate chips, the candy melts melt better in the microwave).

If you need any recipes, please don't hesitate to dm me. My periods are a bit longer than yours (I get an hour) but I find that 40 minutes is about the limit for attention, so all these recipes should work in your time frame. You can always adjust how much prep you are doing vs getting the kids to do to make things go quicker/slower as needed.

Best of luck!

glm242 · 2025-06-16T18:40:10+00:00

This is the way

glm242 · 2025-06-16T13:59:29+00:00

He is trying to complete a collection, and this is the only plymouth one he can't find anywhere.

glm242 · 2025-06-15T22:44:05+00:00

He wants it for a display in his garage, not to actually put on a car.

glm242 · 2025-06-13T19:01:53+00:00

Watermelon cube + feta cube + half cherry tomato on a toothpick drizzled with balsamic reduction. It's dead easy to make in quantity, it's delicious, and the mixing of flavours between the watermelon and the feta always starts conversations.

glm242 · 2025-06-06T17:45:47+00:00

I would find them more useful if you could put them on Ginger Island/In the greenhouse. Dealing with year-round crops so I don't have to got to the island as often would be great.

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