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jtotheizzoe:

compoundchem:

Great graphic from James Kennedy () comparing natural & artificial peaches.

Interesting infographical look at how a few thousand years of human intervention can result in a deliciously juicy summer treat. Most interesting? The percentage of sugar a peach holds has not gone up that much, only the edible flesh ratio and percent water have.

I should add that in this graphic, “artificial” just means that the modern peach was artificially selected by farmers who chose which variants to propagate, as opposed to being subject to the unguided processes of natural selection. I worry about the misconception that “artificial” here might be misconstrued into meaning “inferior” or “dangerous” or “fake”. It is none of those things.

Don’t fear the fruits of science. Especially the juicy ones. 

(Breaking down the chemical fear and overuse of scare quotes that surround the “natural vs. artificial” food movement is the whole point of James Kennedy’s infographics, like his famous list of ingredients in an all-natural banana, I just want to make sure that it comes across to people not familiar with his work!)

A lovely infographic for a lovely fru–*sees greyed-out Canada* Wait, what? That’s definitely not right. I have personally eaten Canadian peaches.

Ah, if you click on the link in the OP, you’ll find Kennedy has replaced this version of the infographic with a corrected one. Much better.

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#the power of science #food #yummies #our home and cherished land #I only just discovered the joys of stonefruits last year #oh nectarines #where have you been all my life

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onlyjapan:

Watermelon Ice Bar / Famous ice snack of Japan

It is visible like a Watermelon.
However, you can eat the whole of this ice bar.
A seed is Chocolate.
A red portion is a Watermelon taste.
The portion of the green skin is a Soda taste.

What do you eat in hot summer?

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#food #yummies #I love watermelon #but I don’t eat it very often because the butchering process is annoying and involves kind of scarily big knives #and I often have trouble finishing an entire watermelon before it goes bad #these sound #awesome

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peachcitrus:

Tourist: Could you give us directions to Olive Garden?

New Yorker: No, but I could give you directions to an actual Italian restaurant.

Tourist:

Tourist:

Tourist:

Tourist: I came here to have a good time and honestly I am feeling so attacked right now.

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#I always did feel bad for the tourist in that example chat post #there’s no need to be so judgey #sometimes you just need some goddamn Olive Garden #like that thing I’ve heard people more widely travelled than I am talk about #where you’re in a very foreign place #and start to get overwhelmed by the strangeness and unfamiliarity of everything around you #and what you do #is you go to McDonalds and you buy some Chicken McNuggets #even if you don’t really *like* McDonalds #because a Chicken McNugget is always a Chicken McNugget #and once you have steadied yourself on that touchstone #you will be able to go out and bear the barrage of newness again #(and even if you are not feeling overwhelmed) #(sometimes you just want some Chicken McNuggets and that is okay) #tag rambles

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petermorwood:

archiemcphee:

There’s no question that a stack of fresh pancakes is awesome, but what about one giant fluffy pancake? Today we learned mixing a batch of pancake batter in the bowl of a rice cooker and then cooking it, just like you would when making a batch of rice, creates one great big floofy pancake that instantly reminds us of Totoro’s belly.

What’s more, just like regular pancakes, you can add all sorts of things to the batter, such as cocoa powder or pieces of fruit and chocolate, to further enhance your adorably plump tototorcake.

Head over to RocketNews24 for complete instructions as well as some helpful tips and suggestions.

First, buy a rice cooker… :->

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#recipes #food #pancakes #I *do* own a rice cooker #hmm

cosmic-llin asked: You are invited to share five facts about yourself and then copy and send this to 10 of your favourite followers.

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1. When my laptop became incapable of supporting its own monitor’s weight, I made a harness for it out of a loop of string and a keychain loop. The keychain loop is to make it adjustable: I can make the string shorter or longer (tilting the monitor forward or back) by winding more or less of it into the keychain loop. The harness won’t stop it from slamming shut if you tilt the laptop too far forward, but mostly it works pretty well.

2. I am enjoying having a hematine ring again way too much. You see, hematine is magnetic, and the aforementioned keychain loop is attracted to magnets. Thus, I’ve ended up playing around with that a lot. I’ve also been discovering just how many everyday objects respond to magnets. (Unfortunately, metal spoons are heavy enough that you can’t actually lift them with the power of a single magnetic ring.)

3. I am a Jew born on Sunday, and am therefore free to choose my own destiny. Yay loopholes! …oh god, maybe being born a Jew on Sunday destines you to enjoy playing Hunt the Loophole.

4. I don’t really like cake, and outright hate frosting. For about as long as I’ve been old enough to have major input into the decision, my birthday cakes have been made of ice cream, brownies, or both.

5. I have an entire bookcase filled with the products of the many, many art workshops I’ve participated in over the years. (Okay, so it’s a fairly small bookshelf: seven shelves, but each only 12” by 9”. And a couple of the things on it are dolls and other things I didn’t make. But it is full, and almost all with my art.)

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#meme #if you’re confused by 3 #the Monday’s Child rhyme doesn’t say anything about Sunday #only the Sabbath day #and that’s not the same thing #oh look an original post

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slepaulica:

feliscorvus:

ajax-daughter-of-telamon:

Scary bugs hiding in fruit is a thing that worried me a lot as a child, because my family had a grapevine and my mom told me once that I had to be careful it I was going to pick any of the grapes and eat them, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE BEES IN THEM.

Yeah, guess who never picked another grape ever again, LOL.

I am generally compelled to cut strawberries in half before eating them, given that I did actually find a worm of some sort living in the middle of one a few years ago!

i have to look for holes in cherries, because if there are little holes in them there are little worms in them too.

It’s always been the possibility of moldy/rotting fruit that worried me (though I do check down the middle of raspberries for bugs), but I think I’ll have to start cutting strawberries open.

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#bugs #bees #food #worms #in which Brin has a food poisoning phobia #and while slightly annoyed at having a new reason for manifestation of this #is mostly glad not to have found out about wormy strawberries the hard way

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figsandtea:

niiicethings:

“Noun is a playful artist’s book about words and their definitions. It is like an exquisite corpse with words.

Starting with 27 real English words, each word and its definition has been divided into two parts. By turning the pages, you get to mix and match the word halves to create humorous and nonsensical new words and meanings.

With over 700 different combinations, this book is the perfect item for bibiophiles, lexicographers, writers, and any lover of words.

Here are a few examples of words and definitions you can put together:

whisper + umbrella = whisbrella: A low sibilan utterance for sheltering one from rain and sun.
banana + onomatopoeia = bananpoeia: A large herbaceous perennial tropical plant that bears fruit imitating the sound of the thing or action signified.
muffin + tyrant = muffrant: A quick bread made of batter unrestrained by law or constitution.
nomenclature + ancestry = nomencestry: A system or set of names for things derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.”

I’M SORRY BUT 

muffin + tyrant = muffrant: A quick bread made of batter unrestrained by law or constitution.

THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF HUMAN INNOVATION ALL OTHER PLAYERS GO HOME.

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#language #neat