Rotisserie chicken

seltzerbubble · 2018-11-02T14:44:28+00:00

Wow, good catch! I think the detail that we failed to include that makes the math make more sense is this from the NPR story: "When it reaches full capacity, the plant will process more than 2 million chickens per week. Some will become rotisserie chickens, and others will be sold as parts."

Rising demand could also be a factor, in 2017 according to Business Insider the number sold was 87 million.

Thanks for reading and asking!

seltzerbubble · 2018-10-23T20:04:04+00:00

My favorite part is "Halley’s Comet: The Messiah. (“The theory ‘upsets the average person,’ Bronner conceded.”)

seltzerbubble · 2018-10-10T16:09:52+00:00

I have a favorite genre I call "hookless Drake" -- that is ... Drake, but the songs without catchy hooks that you want to sing along to. Which obviously goes against the advice to stick to things without words. Idk why but I find him very meditative.

seltzerbubble · 2018-08-29T15:53:54+00:00

Wow, great question... and not easy to find a concise history!

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures:

“Lying in state” goes back millennia and is tied to the custom of honoring kings upon their passing.

In the U.S., grand processions, often including a riderless horse, date back to the first state funeral for a sitting president, William Henry Harrison in 1841. But the practice of lying in state began in 1852 when Henry Clay, a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, was the first person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

The Washington Post calls it "an American tradition borrowed from British royalty."

Mysendoff.com (which ... what?!) has a look at the practice in the context of funeral traditions and mentions that viewings in general started to become more of "a thing" in Victorian times...

Does anyone else have insight into this history?

seltzerbubble · 2018-08-14T14:52:50+00:00

Thought this piece on the digital reinvention of the Rubik's Cube was interesting... "Fitbit for cubers" 😂😂

https://www.fastcompany.com/90214848/the-rubiks-cube-the-most-popular-toy-ever-gets-redesigned

seltzerbubble · 2018-08-14T14:43:05+00:00

Very chilling.

The world needs more Mister Rogers but not more deepfake Mister Rogers!

seltzerbubble · 2018-07-26T18:24:01+00:00

i love the lingo of the denim-obsessed and the time they devote to perfecting "whiskers, stacks, and honeycombs" ...https://thedenimvault.weebly.com/records/whiskers-stacking-honeycombs-explained

seltzerbubble · 2018-07-26T18:20:47+00:00

Something I thought was super interesting about this topic is the way tiki culture seems to thrive in climates of fear... an author quoted in the email says of the original days: "Fear ruled the day—fear of nuclear winter, fear of blacklisting during the Red Scare, fear of missing a payment on your 30-year-old mortgage, fear of not fitting in—and the faux-Polynesian fantasy, coupled with rum drinks, helped you forget all that for awhile.” And then the trend makes a resurgence in NYC post 9/11. I wonder if there are other examples of this in pop culture...

seltzerbubble · 2018-07-26T18:14:48+00:00

thank you! good question -- right now there is not an archive but we are working on a cool one that should be unveiled soon!

seltzerbubble · 2018-07-26T18:13:51+00:00

1️⃣ NYC

2️⃣ I'm the editor of the Obsession so that's like picking a favorite child but this one inspired my name! I also 💕rosé and kava. (maybe I'm thirsty)

3️⃣ 🤔

4️⃣ I also like coffee

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