On the way to a coffee.
pesosWhitewood under Siege
Can't enough of this kind of thing.
[M]any experts consider the pallet to be the most important materials-handling innovation of the twentieth century. Studies have estimated that pallets consume 12 to 15 percent of all lumber produced in the US, more than any other industry except home construction.
Some further thoughts on organic fertility | Small Farm Future
Ultimately, the long-term necessity to cycle rather than mine P could be a key factor propelling humanity back to a predominantly rural, distributed and agrarian human geography.
Is anybody listening?
TIL that dumdum bullets were made originally in Dumdum. By design?
I have an hour or so to myself, so, Moom or Johnny.Decimal, that is the question.
Let joy be unconfined: farm share of food dollar up from 14.2 cents in 2018 to 14.3 cents in 2019. Farmers get an even lower share of eating out dollars, and eating out dollars plunged during the pandemic.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=100802
I've always wanted to try a sensory deprivation tank, though deprivation seems like entirely the wrong word. Floating in the Dead Sea is all well and good, but those salts sting. I would expect a proper tank to be much nicer.
"Decellularized spinach serves as an edible platform for laboratory-grown meat"
A less mouth-watering headline, you're unlikely to read.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bc-dss033021.php
I agree that people should learn to protect themselves against pseudoscience, especially medical quackery. But before you ask "How is this supposed to work?" it might be even more worthwhile to ask "Does this even work?"
Without evidence of an effect, a mechanism is worthless.
Must We Cook?
Must We Cook? </p><p>Very excited to be joining Rachel Laudan, Ken Albala, Chad Ludington and Margot Finn tomorrow for what promises to be a great discussion.</p><p>Wednesday 31 March at 1:00pm EST, 7:00pm CEST </p><p>Join us on Zoom. Details in bio
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A very colourful garden has been quietly growing at the back of the fridge
A very colourful garden has been quietly growing at the back of the fridge. Luckily this is a spare, spare starter so I don’t even have to try and resurrect it, even though I could.
pesosOf course I am going to resurrect my podcast episode about Celebrating Passover and Easter. Maybe a bit late for tonight's seder, but plenty of time for a little didactic baking next week.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/passover/
I really enjoy using #loopback from @RogueAmoeba for more complex things, but I cannot seem to fathom the simplest thing. If I'm on a straightforward Zoom call using an outboard mic though a USB mixer, how can I get my mic into my headphones with zero latency?
As noted in the latest Eat This Newsletter, the new Plant Humanities Lab website is absolutely terrific, and would be even better with some sort of feed of new items. How about it, @DumbartonOaks ?
https://lab.plant-humanities.org/
I'm not mad keen on subscription services myself, though I do pay for a few because they keep on delivering. Another twist to the story, though: when an app I am happy to pay offers a discount on a new version that my OS won't be able to handle until I get a new machine.
Teresa Cherfas reviews 'The Return of the Russian Leviathan' by Sergei Medvedev: "For anyone interested in contemporary Russia, this book is an invaluable guide and will leave you smiling through tears." - Rights in Russia
Teresa Cherfas reviews ‘The Return of the Russian Leviathan’ by Sergei Medvedev:
“For anyone interested in contemporary Russia, this book is an invaluable guide and will leave you smiling through tears.”
Fine episode of Gravy from @southfoodways, all about horchata. A little disappointed that @rachellaudan didn't bring English barley water into the story. Or if she did, that they cut it.
https://www.southernfoodways.org/gravy/horchata-podcast/
Found these in the Chinese supermarket and am enjoying a bit of the numb tongue sensation that is Szechuan pepper
Found these in the Chinese supermarket and am enjoying a bit of the numb tongue sensation that is Szechuan pepper. Strangely pleasant.
A finished nigella seed loaf
A finished nigella seed loaf.
It isn’t a naan, of course, but it has the smell and taste of one.
Old man river
Old man river.
First time down here in an age, and not much has changed.
That was a couple of hours well spent, fixing up the PESOS from Instagram to here, via Bibliogram. Of course, it shouldn't have taken nearly that long, but I had to go slowly. And I haven't tested it from the cron job yet, only locally.
Today was a very appropriate day to learn about Grace Murray Hopper in my ongoing attempt to become a better dilettante programmer.
A couple of weeks ago I was enjoying a Pink Lady apple and noticed that one of the seeds had germinated inside the fruit
I know that the odds of getting an edible fruit are against me, but so what? Same goes for the lemon.
The makrut is waking up and has never had so many flower buds
The makrut is waking up and has never had so many flower buds. But is has been a very mild winter.
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Labour saving tip: if you’re roasting veggies in the oven, don’t bother getting a frying pan dirty for an egg
Labour saving tip: if you’re roasting veggies in the oven, don’t bother getting a frying pan dirty for an egg. Five mins is plenty.
pesosThis deserves mention. An industry-funded study that doesn't entirely find what the industry would like. Whole grain oat flakes reduce blood glucose and insulin responses, but thin or instant oats do not. Funded by PepsiCo, owner of Quaker Oats.
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2021/02/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-a-rare-exception-to-the-rule/
TIL “people believed an ice cream named “Frosh” was creamier than an ice cream called “Frish”. Makes me wonder whether whiff might be a better name than Cornish Sole.
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Peter Rukavina asks: "What category of Judaism would you self-identify with?"
And I can think only of Jonathan Miller's "Jew ... ish", which appears to be a line from the original Beyond the Fringe.
