Things you should know by now, but only just discovered

pyxistyx wrote:

Aha! This old chestnut. Sorry to break it to you but our oral healthcare is better than that of the US.

Whenever the topic of "British teeth" comes up over here, I ask how much their parents paid for their dental care over their entire childhood. Then I grin widely, showing all my "f*cked up" teeth that were paid for by evil socialized medicine, instead of bankrupting my mum.

Looks like you're 32 times more likely to strike a nerve when talking about teeth.

pyxistyx wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Tongue might have been a little in cheek for that article. In any case I'm not taking oral hygiene tips from the British.

Aha! This old chestnut. Sorry to break it to you but our oral healthcare is better than that of the US.

I believe it! I don't give much credit to the American healthcare system either, eh.

Spoiler:

That smiley is politely hiding the excruciating irritation I feel whenever a Brit assumes I'm American.

WOOOOPS. My bad. Soz.

Well Gravey, if you actually used your Location user field everyone would know you are not American.

Talking of teeth, today I learned that that funny, chalky feeling you get on your teeth after eating raw spinach has a name.

Spinach Teeth.

The second thing I learned is that there's a serious dearth of creativity amongst the people who name things.

LeapingGnome wrote:

Well Gravey, if you actually used your Location user field everyone would know you are not American. ;)

I am using it!

Oh you mean use it properly.

NO DICE

Jonman wrote:

The second thing I learned is that there's a serious dearth of creativity amongst the people who name things.

Says the man named Jon who calls himself Jonman.

LeapingGnome wrote:

Well Gravey, if you actually used your Location user field everyone would know you are not American. ;)

Yeah, Gravey!

ClockworkHouse wrote:
Jonman wrote:

The second thing I learned is that there's a serious dearth of creativity amongst the people who name things.

Says the man named Jon who calls himself Jonman.

SEE!!! I TOLD YOU SO!!!

Jonman wrote:

The second thing I learned is that there's a serious dearth of creativity amongst the people who name things.

Chalky spinach teeth?

Chairman_Mao wrote:

Flossing isn't about keeping your teeth healthy so much as your gums. It largely depends on the makeup of the bacteria in your mouth though.

I agree our obsession with white perfectly shaped teeth is bizarre though.

I want a mouth with curves

Spoiler:

I was going to post a picture of bad teeth, but they're REALLY not fun to look at. I could only find perfect teeth and nightmares.

Actually, the refrigerating eggs thing is regional. As I understand it, when eggs aren't processed (e.g. bought direct from the farmer), they don't need to be refrigerated because they haven't had their outer layer washed and stripped. In contrast, industrial farming methods commonly used in the USA require washing, and thus subsequent chilling. This is why I recall growing up in the UK having a hen-shaped piece of crockery that held eggs, and then seeing eggs in the refrigerator for the first time when I moved to the USA.

Japan is weird, in that it still washes the eggs (thus requiring refrigeration), but is vastly better with hen nutrition than industrial methods, which results in amazingly orange yolks as compared to the thin yellow yolks I was previously used to. Interesting stuff!

I remember listening to a podcast a while back discussing how even small simple cultural differences can affect basic behaviors and thought processes.

He used ketchup as an example: people who keep it in the fridge are more likely to use mayo if it runs out, while people who keep ketchup in the pantry are more likely to grab malt vinegar.

Coldstream wrote:

Actually, the refrigerating eggs thing is regional. As I understand it, when eggs aren't processed (e.g. bought direct from the farmer), they don't need to be refrigerated because they haven't had their outer layer washed and stripped. In contrast, industrial farming methods commonly used in the USA require washing, and thus subsequent chilling. This is why I recall growing up in the UK having a hen-shaped piece of crockery that held eggs, and then seeing eggs in the refrigerator for the first time when I moved to the USA.

Japan is weird, in that it still washes the eggs (thus requiring refrigeration), but is vastly better with hen nutrition than industrial methods, which results in amazingly orange yolks as compared to the thin yellow yolks I was previously used to. Interesting stuff!

If you keep your eggs in the fridge, place them in a bowl of hot tap water to warm up before you boil them to prevent the shells cracking in the boiled water.

You don't need to do that if you put the cold eggs in the cold water, in the pot, then heat it all together to a rolling boil. Turn off, move pan to an unused spot on the stovetop, cover, and let sit for about 11 minutes.

Robear wrote:

You don't need to do that if you put the cold eggs in the cold water, in the pot, then heat it all together to a rolling boil. Turn off, move pan to an unused spot on the stovetop, cover, and let sit for about 11 minutes.

The problem with that approach is that it's the best way to make the shells stick to the eggs.

Serious Eats wrote:

Lower your eggs straight from the fridge into already-boiling water, or place them in a steamer insert in a covered pot steaming at full blast on the stovetop. If boiling, lower the heat to the barest simmer. Cook the eggs for 11 minutes for hard or 6 minutes for soft. Serve. Or, if serving cold, shock them in ice water immediately. Let them chill in that water for at least 15 minutes, or better yet, in the fridge overnight. Peel under cool running water.

Why? Slow-cooked egg whites bond more strongly with the membrane on the inside of an egg shell.

Science, baby.

And so the debate goes on... Good stuff, BadKen.

Throw out your damn expired foods. There's probably only 50c left and it's not going to taste that great anyway.

Also, the vegetable peel is where the most pesticides are. Doesn't stop me from eating it, just saying.

I just learned yesterday that TFW means That Feel When. I always thought it was some variant of WTF because, well, it's the same letters. Yeah that was wrong.

d4m0 wrote:

I just learned yesterday that TFW means That Feel When. I always thought it was some variant of WTF because, well, it's the same letters. Yeah that was wrong.

Thank you! ...i was afraid to ask

Oh, huh. I thought it was Face instead of Feel. I guess feel fits in more with internet culture though.

Mermaidpirate wrote:

Throw out your damn expired foods. There's probably only 50c left and it's not going to taste that great anyway.

Also, the vegetable peel is where the most pesticides are. Doesn't stop me from eating it, just saying.

Eh. Expiry dates are a stock-keeping tool for the store, not an indication to the consumer when the food should be thrown away.

Sniff test is far more accurage a gauge for when to toss food.

Jonman wrote:
Mermaidpirate wrote:

Throw out your damn expired foods. There's probably only 50c left and it's not going to taste that great anyway.

Also, the vegetable peel is where the most pesticides are. Doesn't stop me from eating it, just saying.

Eh. Expiry dates are a stock-keeping tool for the store, not an indication to the consumer when the food should be thrown away.

Sniff test is far more accurage a gauge for when to toss food.

I worked at a Wal-Mart for all of three days and one of the jobs I did while there was putting new expiration date stickers over the old sticker on some baked goods.

CptDomano wrote:

Oh, huh. I thought it was Face instead of Feel. I guess feel fits in more with internet culture though.

That's MFW: "my face when".

mfw I know something about Internet culture

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I don't actually have sinus allergies.

I went to the allergist Monday and had the prick test done, where they put drops of various allergens on your arms and scratch the skin to what for reactions. The only thing that itched was the histamine, which was the control.

Instead I have "non-allergic rhinitis", which is doctor speak for "you can't breathe but we don't know why". Explains why the nasal steroids did nothing.

Garden Ninja wrote:

I don't actually have sinus allergies.

I went to the allergist Monday and had the prick test done, where they put drops of various allergens on your arms and scratch the skin to what for reactions. The only thing that itched was the histamine, which was the control.

Instead I have "non-allergic rhinitis", which is doctor speak for "you can't breathe but we don't know why". Explains why the nasal steroids did nothing.

I had the same experience. Frustrating, isn't it?

hahaha well TFW you realize you weren't the only one who had it wrong!

Gravey wrote:

That's MFW: "my face when".

mfw I know something about Internet culture

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The inhaled nasal antihistamines that have come out recently have treated me much better than steroids or Claritin, with no side effects. Might be worth looking into.