OminousOrange

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[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Yep, I really like how he applies the scientific method to cooking. Some of my favourites are how he's found the perfect way to boil an egg, cook steaks and roasts (dry brine, reverse sear), and make chocolate chip cookies (he made over 1500 cookies testing how changing each variable changed the final cookie).

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It's not salting your water, nor the water volume to pasta ratio, nor if the water is boiling or not, nor oil in the water, but stirring early in the cooking process that will prevent sticking.

From the great Kenji Lopez-Alt:

Pasta is made up of flour, water, and sometimes eggs. Essentially, it's composed of starch and protein, and not much else. Now starch molecules come aggregated into large granules that resemble little water balloons. As they get heated in a moist environment, they absorb more and more water until they finally burst, releasing the starch molecules into the water. That's why pasta always seems to stick together at the beginning of cooking—it's the starch molecules coming out and acting as a sort of glue, binding the pieces to each other, and to the pot.

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The problem is that first stage of cooking—the one in which starch molecules first burst and release their starch. With such a high concentration of starch right on the surface of the pasta, sticking is inevitable. However, once the starch gets rinsed away in the water, the problem is completely gone.

So the key is to stir the pasta a few times during the critical first minute or two. After that, whether the pasta is swimming in a hot tub of water or just barely covered as it is here, absolutely no sticking occurs. I was able to clean this pot with a simple rinse.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Here's one local to me. Slightly old but quite relevant.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Occasionally, but I work from home and my wife's commute is fairly short, so we can often time the roughly once a week charging so it's during the day.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Oh yes, your pay-to-win government duopoly isn't helping anything, but don't call it impossible. The Affordable Care Act was a start, and I don't doubt the right people could make universal healthcare access a real thing in the US.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I love it. It's a 2023 model, so the new shape. It's the vehicle of choice for nearly all trips we take over a '20 Subaru Outback. Charging is slowly expanding in the province so it's becoming even easier to plan drives. Really the biggest frustration is our biggest city only has 50 kW fast charging.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, I agree it won't be easy, particularly when taking profits from rich people.

I've heard it likened to a house full of asbestos. Knock it all down and there's likely to be collateral damage, but meticulously taking it apart will take a considerable amount of time. I feel it would be easiest for governments to purchase the insurance companies, then slowly amalgamate so it's all one network open to everyone.

Also it's a bit entertaining when someone opposes it because "it's socialism". It's already socialism, you just have middlemen skimming profit off the top while providing little value.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Anecdotal, but my personal experience with an Ioniq 5 in -28C increased the power consumption by about 50% over summer driving. My test was about 42 km, done with comfortable, driver-only cabin heat on a flat highway with no wind.

Average highway consumption is about 20 kWh/100km, that test was 29.3 kWh/100km.

Saying that, an EV is quite practical in Saskatchewan, Canada. Charging is finally getting to a point where that extreme winter range limitation is less of an issue. Having a second ICE vehicle does take the pressure off if one absolutely has to travel when it's that cold out though.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Your grid is, perhaps. And I happily charge my EV from my installed solar most times when I need to charge.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rather than doubling your system generation size, it would be better to store the generated electricity. You can have a massive system, but it still won't generate anything at night.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Hey guys, many other countries have figured out that healthcare doesn't have to be a privatized, for-profit nightmare. Perhaps that's an option worth exploring.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

The asterism gives me big Splinter Cell vibes and I'm definitely OK with that.

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