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  Anyone Tried "Sous Vide" Cooking?

  by Simon in

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  i like a nice steak but cooking one can be a little intimidating and the results hit and miss especially when it comes to getting the right temperature so getting it wrong can be an expensive mistake.

  can anyone do that "finger and thumb together to check the doneness" thing?

  i can't .... so i came across this cooking technique called "sous vide" which cooks food (in a sealed vacuum bag) in a warm water bath, even steak.

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  redvip2000

  Hmm, never tried it, but makes sense. An added benefit also is that when you grill things, you end up burning little bits of the meat, which is not great for your health. This method seems to cook similar to boiling.

  My only doubt is about heating food while it's in contact with plastic (bags) or vice versa. I understand there is bleed from plastic onto food, this is why it's not recommended to heat things for too long in plastic inside a microwave or let you plastic water bottle in a locked car under the sun.

  Aside from this, sounds like I would try it.
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  Emergency 'grab bag' campaign accused of scaremongering

  by pleaseresearch in

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  a police campaign to get the public to prepare a "grab-and-go" bag in case of emergencies has been both criticised and mocked by social media users.. a police scotland tweet urged people to pack essentials such as a first aid kit, radio, torch, and food and water.. its recommendations were part of an annual preparedness month, which is being promoted by local authorities and emergency services across the uk.. however, the police force has been accused of scaremongering.. the tweet read: "september is preparedness month.

  emergencies can happen at any time and it's recommended to have a #grabbag ready containing essential items including medication, copies of important documents, food/water, torch, radio and other personal items.".

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49631455.

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  You might also prepare for things that inevitably are coming. You see immigrants coming to your area, out of control?

  lol..wow. it has come to this. Would that be an immigrant tornado?
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  Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Alive and Well

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was on facebook and a person i have known for a long time posted how trump is mentally ill and is truly a psychopath.

  a couple of her friends chimed in when i suggested that perhaps the fb friend was really the psychopath.

  a couple of her friends began to defend her but i was surprised by how many people defended the president!

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  why is it that (almost) every pro Trump advocate sounds angry, and frankly unhinged even on message boards, truly sad.

  But wait, didn't other horrible US presidents like Nixon, John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, also have advocates in their time?

  Well yes, they sure did, and that's also nothing to be proud of.
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  Do You Think People Should Be Scorned For Wearing A Red MAGA Hat?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?

  if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?

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  People should be free to wear a MAGA hat if they want to.

  And the rest of the people should also be free to point at the hat and laugh at you for believing that Drumpft actually gives a rat's ass about you or anything other than him or his elite swampy cadre.
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  Old belief quietly discontinued

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of jws oldest beliefs, going back to the bible students, was quietly turned to old light in the latest wt.

  in questions from readers, it explains that when satan told eve 'you certainly will not die', he wasn't starting the doctrine of the immortal soul, but that rather came later, after the flood..

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  Poor snakes. Even the fact that a snake was chosen as the scape goat on this fairy tale is a sign that this was made up by ancient nomads. They probably were used to seeing snakes and fearing them, so they thought this was the most logical choice.

  And by the way, why would God punish snakes by cursing them and telling them they would "eat dust" yadda yadda. What an idiot. It's not the snake's fault.
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  The myth, lie that Christendom has hid Gods name, all of these Centuries.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it has been well documented that jehovah`s witnesses have long claimed that christendom has hidden the name of god for centuries.. and that they alone have restored that name in the last century,.

  making it known in all of the earth for a witness.. nothing could be further from the truth .. 1.justus martinus a 13th century spanish monk took the four hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton for gods name and added vowels to those consonants and came up with hebrew letters to english jhvh and the vowels he added e o a. which amounted to jehovah ,remember this was in the thirteenth century by a spanish catholic monk.. 2.this name persisted throughout the centuries to this day ,in many so of christendoms writings etc,etc.. 3.churches of christendoms religions throughout the world have the name jehovah in stone on them engraved since that 13th century .

  4.in the 1970`s if i remember correctly their was an international convention held around the world in which the jw`s released a publication of the conventions and the churches of christendom to the delegates showing these churches many of which had the name jehovah engraved in stone on them.......centuries old churches.

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  JWs have a fascination with the word Jehovah that is at minimum bizarre, to the point that if you pray and just use God instead, they would find that suspicious.
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  Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Alive and Well

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was on facebook and a person i have known for a long time posted how trump is mentally ill and is truly a psychopath.

  a couple of her friends chimed in when i suggested that perhaps the fb friend was really the psychopath.

  a couple of her friends began to defend her but i was surprised by how many people defended the president!

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  But constantly flipping out over anything he says or does is cuckoo

  "Flipping out" is perhaps hyperbole. I think most reasonable people look in awe at the avalanche of stupidity that dribbles out of his mouth.

  For example, just 2 or 3 days ago in addressing Hurricane Dorian he said that he "doesn't know what a category 5 hurricane is" and that he "never even heard of that term before". Why?

  Of course there are videos of him discussing the impact of other cat 5 hurricanes in the past, and addressing them as such, and of course this but one small example of a daily ritual of playing hide-and-seek with the truth.

  Now you ask... what is the point about lying and misleading about something so inconsequential like that? The man has a pathology that is hard to understand, but at the very minimum it shows that he cannot be trusted even with saying the truth about the most mundane and trivial things.
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  Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Alive and Well

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was on facebook and a person i have known for a long time posted how trump is mentally ill and is truly a psychopath.

  a couple of her friends chimed in when i suggested that perhaps the fb friend was really the psychopath.

  a couple of her friends began to defend her but i was surprised by how many people defended the president!

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  If Trump does not have a mental and moral problem he is at the best a con man by choice.

  There are plenty of people in the world that don't have a mental issue, and that are simply buffoons, superficial and callous.

  The issue is that normally, the process of coming up the ranks of politics weeds out these people. Trump is an anomaly because he entered the scene through the entertainment space, and gained traction because whether we like it or not, there are copious amounts of people in the US, who are just as moronic as he is.

  He is for all intents and purposes, the Buffoon King, admired by ... well the rest of the buffoons.

  As bad as that is, the Left continues to do everything they can to get the Buffon King elected again, by adopting ridiculous extreme left platforms such as open borders, reparations, free healthcare and education for illegals and many others. This will be a sure way to make the moderate sector of the electorate sit on their couch once again at election day.

  
  
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  Big Meat Eaters?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering how many of us have switched to a vegetarian or vegan diet and why.

  i'm not doing it but have friends who do.

  lovely people and seem very healthy.

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  I admire folks who are vegan, especially those with ethical concerns, but I have not made that switch.

  I do eat less meat, and lately I'm planning to pay a little more $ to source meat from organic sources. I eat more fish now, and well sourced chicken. I think the the field of non-animal meats seems promising.

  I cut out almost all bread, and almost all pasta, barring the rare indulgence. Cut down on sugar, but still eat a good amount of chocolate. Never drank soda. It's water, wine and beer for me. No white rice -- only brown

  I think the next step for me would be to cut down on red meat even more, and do the same for potatoes. I could cut down on cookies and chocolates a bit more too.

  I'm pretty sure that a few hundred years from now, we are going to look back and be horrified that we actually killed animals to eat them.
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  Museums growing at the branches especially Warwick

  by benny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure if this has been discussed but last night mid week meeting about organisational accomplishments really got my goat as the example of the temple was used.

  people contributed to the building of the jewish temple and now the museum and bethel in warwick.

  this supposed .be evidence of god s guidance.

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  You can almost certainly guarantee that the Org will have donation boxes all over the exhibits with reminders that this is all .."possible because of your donations..." yadda yadda.

  Keep in mind that Bethel has a good amount of steady visitors, and they want to have something to show.

  Sadly even my family is profiting from this. They opened a hotel close to Bethel that relies on about 80% of Bethel visitors to stay in business.