Today’s Fun Fact: You can make diamonds from peanut butter. Because diamonds are made entirely of carbon, scientists have successfully crushed peanut butter under extreme hydraulic pressure to strip away the oxygen and hydrogen, leaving behind pure carbon diamonds. “You” is the key word. That means “me”, not “some person, somewhere”. It doesn’t seem thatContinue reading “Extreme Hydraulic Pressure”
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Peanut Butter First
It’s a scientific fact. A while back, I wondered why I always spread the peanut butter before the jelly, so I tried reversing it and spreading jelly first. After months of research, I have determined that peanut butter first is the correct method. The reason is quite simple: Whichever one is first allows you toContinue reading “Peanut Butter First”
Rice Off
What does one do with left over chicken pot pie? Reheating is an obvious option, but reheating pie crust is annoying. I decided to scoop out the inside and have a rice-off. I don’t much care for rice. I don’t dislike it; it’s far to innocuous for that. The Laird likes rice. I grew upContinue reading “Rice Off”
Poached Egg
I saw the YouTube short from Chef John about poaching eggs. I’ve never poached an egg. I have double-boiled/steamed an egg in one of those pans for poaching eggs, but I’ve never done it in just boiling water. I learned two things. The obvious-after-the-fact one is that if you create a vortex in the waterContinue reading “Poached Egg”
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