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#4681
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2009, 03:07:49 PM
He comes out of the closet.

You've got it all backwards, it's the Death Eaters that come out of the closet.   8)
#4682
Think for Yourself, Schmuck! / Re: DISCORDIA 2109
July 15, 2009, 01:58:25 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2009, 08:51:04 PM
if we do it right, we will get all the blame for everything.

Nice.
#4683
Yeah, there's not much of a need to be a vegetarian unless for ethics reasons, but if you're that worried about ethics then you're going to have a hard time eating just about anything modern agriculture has to offer.  We eat far too much meat, so cutting back in general is a good idea health wise, but there's no need to eliminate it.  Fish is very good for you, but watch for eating those higher on the food chain for mercury bioaccumulation.

Like everyone else said, avoid fast food altogether.  Minimize soda, if not eliminate it completely.

It also doesn't hurt to just eat less, that is if you're eating poorly.  Americans tend to use visual cues to tell when they're done eating while healthier cultures use physiological cues.  Stop eating when you aren't hungry anymore instead of when your food is gone.  Leftovers are great anyway.  Try to eat more slowly in general.  Take a bite, not a huge one, put down your utensil, chew thoroughly, and swallow.  Really pay attention to the eating experience.  Your body takes a while to process how much you've eaten, 20 minutes maybe, and slowing down your consumption will decrease it.  This is really hard, I'm just starting to be able to do this myself.

Sorry, In Defense of Food is still pretty fresh in my mind.  If you're looking for a really easy guide on healthy eating, check it out.  It didn't blow my mind (I'd studied the subject before) but it's a basic look about how Westerners think about eating.
#4684
I really enjoyed reading Harry Potter.  The movies I could give or take.  I will say they're phenomenally well cast - where else do you get to see Gary Oldman facing off with Alan Rickman?

Quote from: Cain on July 14, 2009, 04:09:42 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 14, 2009, 03:04:24 PM
This entire fread make me want to fistfuck a pidgeon.  :argh!:

Harry Potter is shite. There - I've said it. Read a grownup book FFS! Watch a grownup movie FFS! It's a fucking children's story. :x

I think thats an insult to good children's writing, to be honest.

Some of the best things I've read as an adult have been children's literature.  It took me about 5 minutes to call The Invention of Hugo Cabret one of my favorite books.
#4686
Literate Chaotic / Re: ITT: Original Story Ideas
July 13, 2009, 05:37:28 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2009, 12:38:00 PM
Kettles boil quicker when you don't watch them.  An apple a day physically repels doctors...whether you want to see one or not!

I think thats an awesome premise actually.  Very Terry Pratchett-esque.

Slightly different idea in the same vein, a world where literally that which does not kill you only makes you stronger.  The entire world shifts from pain aversion to pain seeking behavior with accidental deaths skyrocketing from those trying to push their physical limits.  The survivors of such radical measures become virtually indestructible.  Governments regularly abuse their own soldiers within inches of their lives in an arms race based on superhuman combat.  Police forces need to likewise train their officers in order to combat gangs swelling with Herculean members.  "Non-lethal" methods of subduing criminals such as tazing and pepper spray are useless, as the dosage required to stop a veritable behemoth would kill any "average" human.  Our hero is a journalist investigating what brought this phenomenon about two generations ago, and stumbles upon a terrible truth.  He is hunted by private and national interests to silence his discovery, which includes how to reverse the shift.  He succeeds, only to bring society to the brink of collapse, every aspect of life having depended on our newfound strength.
#4687
Literate Chaotic / Re: ITT: Original Story Ideas
July 12, 2009, 03:51:07 AM
Through a mystifying combination of mad science and ancient magic every old wives' tale becomes true.  Millions of masturbating young men grow hair on their palms and eventually turn blind.  Young children making faces find that, indeed, it becomes stuck that way.

I don't have time to elaborate any further right now.
#4688
There's a video going around trying to explain where he was looking.  It isn't very convincing.  Honestly, I can't blame him though.  And I absolutely love the look on Sarkozy's face.  It's fucking priceless.
#4689
Discordian Recipes / Re: EoC vs. Fritters
July 10, 2009, 03:33:55 AM
Quote from: Squid on July 10, 2009, 03:26:08 AM
Quote"blender-on-a-stick" (I forget what these things are called in English)

immersion blender

<------NERD!

We all knew it, but why ruin blender-on-a-stick as a kitchen appliance?

Thanks for the write up, 000, I think I fell into the too much water category.  Actually as I tightly packed the fallafel together a little bit of bean juice dripped out of it.

The funny thing is that in spite of being a poor cook, I'm not too shabby of a baker.  If these bean fritters just had flour in them I might be able to handle them a bit better.

Overall it wasn't a complete waste.  I just had some really involved salad toppers.  They did a fantastic job of that.
#4690
Discordian Recipes / Re: EoC vs. Fritters
July 09, 2009, 06:18:59 PM
Why would wetness be a problem?  I thought that a wetter batter would be stickier and hold together better?
#4691
Discordian Recipes / Re: EoC vs. Fritters
July 09, 2009, 06:03:00 PM
The baking was quasi-successful.  They're edible, which is a bonus, because I hate throwing away food.  They're very crumbly, so if I use them in a sandwich I'll have to make sure it's well wrapped.  Taste wise they're pretty good, I overdid it on the salt a touch.  They'll make a good salad crumble or wrap filling, I guess.

I put them in a 375 degree oven for close to an hour.
#4692
Discordian Recipes / Re: EoC vs. Fritters
July 09, 2009, 05:57:25 PM
The lack of a food processor makes sense.  I always figured that people made these kinds of things before food processors were around, but they probably used tools better made for puree than a masher.

I cooked the chickpeas myself, they are a bit soft.  I'll have to keep the egg thing in mind.

The oil temperature was definitely off then.  When I added the batter it sank to the bottom.  If I'm ever daring enough to attempt this again I'll have to keep these things in mind.

Thanks.
#4693
Discordian Recipes / Re: EoC vs. Fritters
July 09, 2009, 05:42:07 PM
2 cups chickpeas
1 medium onion
1/2 cup of parsley (pissed about losing this, I don't have much left on my plant)
1/2 cup of cilantro
8 cloves garlic
1 tbsp cumin
1 tsp cardamon
1/4 tsp cayenne
1 1/2 - 2" of vegetable oil in a medium sized pot

I added the fallafel two patties at a time
#4694
Discordian Recipes / EoC vs. Fritters
July 09, 2009, 05:04:32 PM
You'll have to understand I'm both unskilled in the kitchen and also pretty new there.  Cooking is not an assertion of my control over the ingredients or a knowledge of interacting flavors, it is a fucking fight.  A fight where science, nature, and manufacturing are all teaming up against me and I am losing.  Nothing quite highlights this so much as the bean fritter, my arch nemesis.  I've tried a black bean and corn meal fritter several times with mixed results and just got off an abomination of a fallafel attempt.

Now the recipe I used called for a food processor to mix the ingredients into a smooth batter.  I don't have a food processor, so I minced all the ingredients then mashed them together for a very, very long time.  I got a nice, sticky batter out of it which I refrigerated for about 24 hours.  The next day I made disks about two inches in diameter and a half an inch thick, then refrigerating it while I heated the oil.  I don't have a thermometer, so I tossed a pinch of the leftover batter in the oil to test it, when it sizzled like a good fried food should, I added two of the fallafel pieces.  They disintegrated entirely.

My question is:  Why?  If you need more information like the ingredients I'll post them.  Right now I'm trying to salvage the remainder of the fallafel by baking it.  I have no idea what's going to happen, but it's a better bet than trusting that fucking oil again.
#4695
Or Kill Me / Re: If I was God
July 08, 2009, 11:16:18 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 07, 2009, 08:22:23 PM
If you're going to be a God, you may as well be a trickster god.  Anything less just isn't fun.

Who says the God everyone's referring to in this thread isn't one?  Ever tell a great joke to a dumb audience?