The Frying Pan - 2012-04-01 (page 1 of 2)

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Q: What is the shelf life of nutritional yeast?

I have a tub of nutritional yeast with a "best by" date of February 2012 (at the time of this posting, it's about a month past that). Is it still good to use? It still looks and smells the same as it always has. In general, what is the shelf life of nutritional yeast? Does nutritional yeast eve...

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4:34 AM

54.5°C
72 hours
Won't know if its any good 'til Tuesday :-P

Wow where do you live? The Egyptian desert?

@Cerberus LOL, Egyptian desert???

@Cerberus sous vide machine

@derobert Where else does it get 54°C?

@rfusca Ahh....

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4:37 AM

Oh cool.

I was kidding, for the record.

So how are your prank questions coming along?

@Cerberus Of course. You know very well that no sane mushroom would live in the Sahara.

@derobert Not even under a nice rock?

Near the edge of an oasis?

@Cerberus Well, maybe in an oasis

Ah, see?

But then I'd have to install AC in the rock. Then it wouldn't be 54.5°C anymore.

4:40 AM

Oh please, can't you take 54°C?

@Cerberus big difference between can and want

So picky.

If only you were like the mushrooms in my bathroom.

@Cerberus you have mushrooms in your bathroom?

And I bet it isn't 54.5°C in there

(I mean, mold in the bathroom, sure, but mushrooms?)

@derobert No, actually no real fungus either.

Nor mold.

But it would have been cool.

@Cerberus I see. So the mushrooms in your bathroom are something that only exists in your head.

I think you should seek treatment. You're imagining mushrooms everywhere.

I mean, you even think you're talking to a mushroom.

@Cerberus not only talking to a mushroom, but talking to a mushroom that is currently cooking a bottom round roast sous vide.

4:46 AM

@derobert Perhaps I accidentally bit off some when I was showering too enthusiastically.

@derobert Ohhh...that sounds good, even though I barely know what that is. Bottom round?

@Cerberus cut of beef, not sure if it has another name outside the US

Ah OK.

I am imagining wonderfully tender, juicy beef.

Yay!

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... its in that picture.

near the rear leg

Ahh soo...thigh muscle?

yeah, thigh, though I guess it may actually go a little lower than just thigh. If it had a bone in it, I believe it'd be the femur.

@Cerberus BTW, if your shower mushrooms give this type of hallucination, those must be good shower mushrooms indeed.

4:55 AM

@derobert Yeah, they grow larger when you eat some. Or at least they seem to grow larger.

Seriously: I can't understand why people can't keep their showers clean.

Mine is always clean, barely needs cleaning.

@rfusca You have a copy of Reinhart's whole grain book? If so, any recommendations?

Just like refrigerators.

@derobert i don't

@Cerberus Well, if you let it go for a while, it starts taking actual work to clean it. Or at least harsh chemicals

@Cerberus so, I think it could be explained by lazyness

.... and of course, mine needs cleaning :-P ... but my fridges are clean!

@derobert I clean it maybe every...I don't even know how many months. It looks, feels, and smells clean.

@derobert So what is it that makes your fridge dirty? Mine never gets dirty.

4:58 AM

@Cerberus my fridge is clean. It gets dirty if you spill things

I spill a tiny drop of this or that on occasion, maybe every few weeks, which I just dip up in two seconds. I never have smells or great cleaning operations.

So what would you spill?

@Cerberus Well, depends on how you store things I guess. If everything is sealed in plastic containers, not much spills (nor do you get many smells).

I don't wind up spilling much, either

I put most things in plastic bags.

Faster than containers.

Like lemons, cheese, herbs.

Well, lemons, I just put in the fruit drawer, not in plastic containers

unless you mean sliced ones

Lemons can rot if you forget them.

But I often have lemons with half of the zest grated off.

Those rot very fast.

5:03 AM

Yes, once the zest is gone, the lemon isn't good for much longer, even wrapped in plastic

Even shorter in plastic.

But at least no mess.

But, cleaning out fruit that's getting old, that's part of cleaning the fridge....

So that never happens to me.

It's all either wrapped or resting on something else.

Well, even if its wrapped, it still spoils. You're supposed to clean it out (e.g., toss it in the trash) before it spoils and makes a mess

Okay, but I'm not a super hero.

And there is no mess if it is wrapped.

5:05 AM

LOL

So clean fridge.

And no effort.

4. Profit!

With carefully wrapped moldy lemons

:-P

Not so carefully!

Takes one second to grab a sandwich bag.

Which I use again for something else if it isn't dirty.

Heh. Wait 'til we get one of the restaurant folks on chat, I hear they have a whole system for checking for expired produce.

I hear the inspector doesn't like finding moldy food in the fridge.

Ahh yes.

That is good, of course.

5:09 AM

Well, unless they got the right type of mold. Then maybe everyone would hallucinate the food was better than it actually was.

Haha the ultimate cuisine, drugging people naturally.

"This steak *with eyes* is **awesome!**"
"Errm, that's a carrot"

... well, apparently, chat.SE doesn't believe in formatting. It must have sampled that avant guared cuisine as well.

Hahaha.

Normally, that works.

Normally. But right now, it things the asterisk is actually a sea monster.

I think maybe there was some button or shortcut to disable formatting.

5:12 AM

Sometimes, it seems it just can't figure it out.

is it working now?

Or perhaps it is Jeff's subtle way of reminding us what day it is.

does this work ?

Yay!

and does this work as well ?

Yes.

5:12 AM

odd

It must need to take another bite.

"This steak with eyes is awesome!"

... hah, that time it worked!

Very mysterious.

shakes fist at chat Thou fickle monster!

multiple *lines*, do they **work**
maybe?

But I have to go.

ah! must be multi-line messages that don't work

Ahh so that's it.

5:14 AM

I could report a bug, I guess

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the delays between posting is annoyingh

especially when there are only two people in the room talking

I know!!

High-rep users should be exempt. We're no spammers, right? Right??

So good night, and good sous-vide!

@Cerberus Hah, SO already has way too many high-rep-only features...

@derobert Like which? Spam control should only be necessary for new users, right?

But I really have to go to bed, bai!

5:20 AM

@Cerberus like, for example, you can vote on suggested edits once you can edit yourself. But not until 10k can you see the suggested edit queue

@Cerberus but yeah, good night

Night!

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6:42 AM

@derobert I agree!!

@Mien I wonder, does anyone disagree?

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Q: Cooking with alcohol, how to break the 101 rule?

Some colleagues and my boss are coming over for dinner this week. I'll prepare a recipe that I've always called: 'drunken chicken' (the recipe is from a friend of my wife and I've forgotten the real name). One chicken will marinate in half a bottle of cognac. My mother told me about the 101 rule...

That could be an improvement to the SE. How can you vote on a suggested edit if you can't see the queue?

@derobert I don't think so.

@GUIJunkie If there is a suggested edit you see edit(0) I think, at the bottom of the post.

But it just depends on luck whether you find such a post.

Ah, OK. By the way, I'm baffled :-)

6:48 AM

@BaffledCook Oh hi :) good that you say so

I don't like your new question, to be honest.

No offense.

There you are, I've just updated the profile.

I know it's a bit odd.

I see the same gravatar ;)

Can you suggest some update or improvement?

Hmm, not really.

The question's format isn't bad. It's the content that I don't like.

Is it so hard for you to not drink while cooking? If it is, you should see a doctor ;)

I never do that rule. And I don't think chefs with restaurants do that as well.

Or they would be all drunk :p

Hahaha, no, I normally don't drink (too much). I normally don't cook with a lot of alcohol.

By the way, the chicken becomes 'fall of the bone' tender.

6:51 AM

Well, ummm, I think that outside meta.SO, april 1 questions aren't OK...

Oh I forgot to check the date -_-

OK, I'll ditch the question

@GUIJunkie it was an April fool's question?

The clippy should be enough to remind everyone what day it is :-P

@Mien I hope that was!

:-)

A little over the top

I'll share some points with @derobert for calling it

6:55 AM

@GUIJunkie besides, to have any chance of fooling us, you'd need to ask that as a one-rep anonymous user

I blame the culture.

That would be no fun

@Mien I blame Republicans. Because really, you can never go wrong blaming Republicans.

In Spain April fool doesn't exist. It's December 28th

I've deleted the question

@derobert I agree.

It's early for me :p

6:58 AM

@Mien, are you Dutch?

Belgian.

Are you Espagnol?

Ah, the name. I'm Dutch, living in Spain

Oh @Cerberus is also a Dutchie.

But I do speak Dutch ;)

Where were you from?

April 1st isn't fools day in Belgium?

Môge!

6:59 AM

I'm from Oss in Brabant

Sure, but mostly it's for children I think.

@BaffledCook I've been there :)

Mien, I can't believe you didn't immediately get GUI's joke.

And newspaper/press.

I thought Belgians were funny!

I was about to post an answer when it got deleted.

@Cerberus You thought wrong.

7:00 AM

Then what do we make all those Belgian jokes for?

@Cerberus, I'm sorry

I didn't get much sleep, if I can use that as an excuse.

By the way, we posted some delicious joke question on English (with fake accounts).

@Cerberus Those aren't funny. The Dutch jokes are!

Oh, yeah? Bring it on!

7:01 AM

@Mien, I really never grew up :-)

@BaffledCook Haha don't worry, my answer wasn't particularly funny.

I don't like April Fools day :(

Aww why not?

I've had so much fun already!

I was just explaining to a New Zealander how he got the typical NZ vocabulary of the South Island all wrong.

Oh, well.

Why do Belgians have a knife in the car?

To cut the corners?

7:02 AM

Yeah

Hehe.

Name a Belgian invention.

Congo, but that's not funny

1. Condom with ventilation holes.

Bullying Dutch people.

2. Indoor airport.

Ehm what else.

@Mien Aww are we annoying?

7:04 AM

Yes :'(

Belgium chocolate is great, and Belgium beer is the best

I'm thinking of good Dutch jokes.

But I forgot most.

@BaffledCook I prefer the beer :)

I only know the one about the invention of copper wire.

And me of course!

@Cerberus Yeah me too.

Of course!

7:04 AM

What's the coincidence between a Dinosaur and a funny Dutch?

There are some jokes, but I forgot the point :p

Nonexistent?

@BaffledCook Dno?

They are both extinct

The only Belgium-Dutch joke I know

Did funny Dutchmen ever exist?

7:06 AM

Yeah, they killed st. Bonifacio

How do Dutch people make tomato soup?

Hmm...

UTellme?

They pour water in a red plate.

Borrow it from the neighbours?

Oh haha.

7:07 AM

Or at least I think that the joke went like that.

That's cheap!

But...a whole plate of water? Isn't that expensive?

Why do Dutch people eat soup with a fork?

@Cerberus Perhaps it's a shallow plate? :p

Oh, phew!

So that they can have more bites?

So it lasts longer?

7:08 AM

Yes.

Takes longer?

Ahh.

And now chat spam protection is killing me again, and I was going to bed hours ago.

I feel the urge of googling jokes.

Good luck! You'll need the jokes for later.

poof

Ha, good night!

I'll be sure I'm fully armed when you get back.

Oooh I'm scared.

7:09 AM

You should be.

Bye!

I hope you will sleep alright.

Nn.

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Q: What are the age of “quantum politics” and “quantum politician” filled with aluminum powder?

There was the following statement in the New York Times’ (March 31) article titled “A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney” “The recent remark by Mitt Romney’s senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom that Mr. Romney could change his political views “like an Etch A Sketch” has seemed an apparent admission by a ...

that?

in which case, that is an impressive fake account

@derobert I think one about sushis/sushita by a user called Byron as well.

I haven't check the new questions thoroughly.

Actually, I think I have an actual food safety question to ask on the site.

7:18 AM

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@Mien that is an excellent product, I recommend it highly, at least when purchased from me for the bargain of $5/can.

(plus S&H)

Yeah, I figured you might.

7:33 AM

There! Asked my food safety question.

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Q: Safety of room-temperature soaker from Reinhart's *Whole Grain Breads*

One of the “tricks” used in Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads is to soak various whole grains in water, at room temperature, for 12–24 hours. For example, in his “Multigrain Stuan” formula, he calls for leaving 2 oz whole wheat flour, 6 oz mixed grains, .14 oz salt, and 6 oz milk, buttermilk, y...

food-safety bread soaker

Congrats.

How did it make you feel?

@Mien How did what make who feel?

You, asking a food safety question.

@Mien Hmmm, that a full ⅓ of my questions are now tagged food safety, I now feel I've done my part to destroy the site.

@Mien at least I didn't ask "hey, I just left a chicken sitting on the counter overnight, it was around 80°F in the room, can I cook—to 60°C, wouldn't want it to dry out—this and serve it to someone with AIDS?"

8:00 AM

:D

Hey, I just saw a unicorn, or did I?

Well, at least that dinner would be fun.

@BaffledCook Probably. That, or a clippy

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Q: How Sending image in Flex to PHP using HTTPService?

welcome How Sending image in Flex to PHP using HTTPService? thank u ..

support tags php

Now, that's a good question :-P

Yeah, a clippy, WTF? Why deprove (what's the opposite of improve) the site's UI?

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:D

8:08 AM

@Mien bah! A real man would use a French-style rolling pin!

I hope clippy is April 1st only

@derobert Just a (wooden) cilinder? Or what are those things?

@Mien yeah, wooden cylinder w/ tapered ends

mastersupplyonline.com/shop/images/…

bloody needs a .jpg

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UGH. Why does Shift-Insert in Firefox paste from the wrong clipboard?

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Q: How can I get the April Fool's joke to appear?

Honest question, I can't seem to get the April Fool's Joke to appear. Is there some condition it requires? Is it only on some sites? I've heard you just open a tab with an SE site/post in it and leave the tab alone, and when you come back after a while you'll see the joke, but I'm getting no suc...

support april-fools

There's clippy

8:25 AM

@GUIJunkie I have no idea what you comment on my food safety question is supposed to mean...

@GUIJunkie is it just a random comment of surprise that they're heat stable?

No, it's a reference to a study confirming the heat resistance

You could add the reference to your question, for instance

The temperature they tested the stability was 150ºC

I believe there's life at 300ºC, so why not heat resistant toxins?

Hmmm, I didn't bother adding any references to the question, seems like only answers really need them. Also, not like finding info on B. cereus is that hard...

9:05 AM

@derobert Those are ugly.

@Mien French-style rolling pins are?

Oh I see a unicorn!

@derobert I think so, yes :p

@KennyRasschaert will you be here everyday from now on?

Kenny Rasschaert

Only when my browser window is open.

@Mien Hmmm, I haven't managed to see a unicorn yet. Some clippies, but no unicorns

@Mien Would you like to opine on the aesthetics of any other common cooking implements? I bet you can't beat the vertical roaster.

@KennyRasschaert Hmm, so yes.

9:10 AM

I must find my vertical roaster picture. Hmmm

@derobert Oh wow, I did not know it.

I just saw pictures online.

I refer to mine as a "chicken violator"

And I'm certainly glad I'm not a chicken.

Can you use it for other ends, apart from chickens/poultry?

well, I think it'd only be useful for birds. There needs to be a cavity.

Duck would be fine, I guess.

Well, that's poultry.

But I meant if it would be possible to tie a steak onto it or something.

9:24 AM

@Mien well, I guess you could tie a steak to it, but I'm not sure why you would

I think I don't like utensils with only one purpose.

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It looks very clean!

@Mien Well, it could double as a torture device in a Halloween display!

I can almost see you.

9:30 AM

Well, of course, cookware should be kept clean :-)

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Q: Boiling lentils in chicken stock?

I have some decent chicken stock that needs using and I am making a takka dhal tonight. I preboil my lentils, and was wondering if I boiled them in the chicken stock, whether or not they would soak up the flavour at all? Or would it just be a waste? Advice would be welcome! Thanks.

chicken-stock lentils

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I should just paste random food photos

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I wonder if I should stick to painful ones

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maybe I should just go to bed :-P

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takes a lot of key limes to make key lime sherbet

or maybe that was pie, don't remember which :-P

9:47 AM

@derobert what are you trying to accomplish? :p

@Mien by posting random pictures? Nothing, I've been driven insane by a combination of staying up too late and mostly by Clippy

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Hmmm. When I click on 'hot questions', scroll towards the bottom, I see: "Why am I peeing"... WTF is the network coming too.

10:03 AM

:D

10:14 AM

Gaming.SE, the one place with worse topics than #TheFryingPan

I've never been there.

@Mien well, they wonder why they're peeing, we've never done that. Thankfully.

It's about food here, not drinks.

Perhaps if it would be....

@Mien I'm pretty sure #TheFryingPan is about everything except food

Look above!

All those tasty pictures.

But lunch time, bbl.

10:19 AM

notalwaysright.com/theyre-a-fungus-among-us/18396

10:55 AM

Tsssk.

11:46 AM

@mien yes, I use bbc recipes quite a lot. Generally reliable.

11:57 AM

@ElendilTheTall Okay thanks :) I'll see if my chosen recipe is quite similar. But I think it is.

Actually, all the ingredients are half of what I'll use.

But the baking form is also half :)

So I guess it'll be fine.

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5:26 PM

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Q: How to make a lattice pie crust?

I just made a lattice pie crust for the first time. The best I can say about it is that it wasn't a total disaster. So I would like to know what is the proper way to make it. How much dough do I actually need for one lattice (let's say for a 26 cm pan)? What crust thickness is optimal for the...

baking pie crust

5:40 PM

Hai.

How are your April-1 joke questions going?

@Cerberus Good morning. I have none.

Did you plan any?

@Mien I have posted one on English, and it has survived the night.

We had a blast posting on each other's fake questions, great fun.

By "night" I mean day.

@Cerberus The night? You mean 'your night'? ;)

It was so much fun I went to bed only at 11 am.

5:56 PM

@cerberus I don't feel like making april jokes.

I only posted one serious question today.

But nobody seems to be around to read it, much less answer it.

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