I know it exits but others won't believe me

Daegerty

Recently was telling a few people about the Ardnacrusha salmon lift who plain refused to believe that a structure would be built for salmon to go into and be carried up a dam.

Then another time I asked someone in a non-serious way if two people die in an accident does the second person get carried in a trailer that looks like the back of a hearse? surprisingly I found out such a thing does exist

anyone had similar experiences where you were told something so far fetched and ridiculous and then it turned out to be true. or told something and got it laughed off as being ridiculous repeatedly?

Edit: I meant exists! feck it.

Jesus Wept

I still can't believe it's not butter.

Einhard

I told my father that the temp of a sauna is over 70 degrees, and he laughed at me, an dsaid someone would die in that heat. So then I told a doctor friend to tell my father, and they both laughed at me! Then I showed it to my father on the internet, and he laughed at me and the internet, and said we were both wrong! Fupper.

cesc77

There was this one time at band camp,I heard of a wee man comin out of the grave.

Chuck Stone

After you've drained pasta stir a little butter in to add flavour and a nice sheen - it also stops it sticking as it cools.

starbelgrade

The-Rigger wrote: »

I still can't believe it's not butter.

I can.

That's because it's not butter.

You can tell the difference because one tastes like butter and the other tastes like shite.

Softair

starbelgrade wrote: »

I can.

That's because it's not butter.

You can tell the difference because one tastes like butter and the other tastes like shite.

how do you know what ****e tastes like?

Kojak

cesc77 wrote: »

There was this one time at band camp,I heard of a wee man comin out of the grave.

Was that jebus?

entropi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

After you've drained pasta stir a little butter in to add flavour and a nice sheen - it also stops it sticking as it cools.

Just add in a few drops of olive oil once you've boiled up the water and are about to put the pasta in...does the same job

Chuck Stone

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Just add in a few drops of olive oil once you've boiled up the water and are about to put the pasta in...does the same job

I beg to differ Sir.

Add salt, but not oil

You may have heard that you can avoid sticky pasta by adding oil to the pasta water. This can prevent sticking, but at a great price. Pasta that's cooked in oily water will become oily itself and, as a result, the sauce slides off, doesn't get absorbed, and you have flavorless pasta.


Adding oil may keep the pasta water from bubbling up and boiling over the rim, but this can also be achieved by making sure you use a large pot and also by reducing the heat a little (but still maintaining a boil). This is a much better solution than greasing your pasta and sacrificing flavor.

http://www.finecooking.com/articles/cooking-pasta-properly.aspx

Jagle

ya the lift is real, mad isnt it

Flojo

Real butter... nom nom. Dammit now I'm hungry, damn you AH!

later12

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I beg to differ Sir.

http://www.finecooking.com/articles/cooking-pasta-properly.aspx

Why would it slide off with oil and not slide off with butter? After all, butter is simply a water-in-oil emulsion.

immature ejaculation

I cant believe people still post this crap in after hours but then my friend told me about this thread! Wow

DOC09UNAM

immature ejaculation wrote: »

I cant believe people still post this crap in after hours but then my friend told me about this thread! Wow

I cannot believe you have a friend.

Chuck Stone

later10 wrote: »

Why would it slide off with oil and not slide off with butter? After all, butter is simply a water-in-oil emulsion.

Hmmm me not think of that. Doesn't seem to affect it imexp. I'll look closely next time and get back to you on it forthwith.

randylonghorn

Maybe because they're discussing adding oil *during* the cooking as opposed to butter *afterwards*?



(I don't know, I'm just hazarding a guess.)

later12

Yeah but the oil from the butter would still impede the sauce from absorbing and indeed will have greater oil coating than that which simply simmered in oil... more oil is likely to have washed away in the straining process compared to the butter method, where no straining occurs.

Personally, I would suggest simmering fusilli in oil, you will still get the unsticky effect while fusilli is itself so absorbent (much more absorbent than penne, for example) that it will still soak up the pasta sauce very nicely regardless of whether a little oil remains on the fusilli.

Chuck Stone

I'm not sure about putting oil in the water. I've heard it said that it's pretty useless.

Hactually if you google 'pasta oil water' the top 3 hits say that adding oil to the water is inadvisable.

salmo636

I can't believe the friend you don't have likes butter ...

mattjack

add a little pasta to the trailer ..then ya get a nice salmon ..I think......

2 stroke

I thought this would be about the female orgasm.

I cannot believe how early/late some people were posting. Go to bed, you guys!

Fukuyama

Cooking forum -->

hunnibee

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

I cannot believe you have a friend.

ditto

LETHAL LADY

Umbrella hats.

bnt

Have you ever seen a hearse close up? There's space for more than one coffin in there ...

Birneybau

immature ejaculation wrote: »

I cant believe people still post this crap in after hours but then my friend told me about this thread! Wow

Come again?

stupidusername

2 stroke wrote: »

I thought this would be about the female orgasm.

Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't real

Irish Guitarist

I remember a man on The Late Late Show years ago talking about bottled water and how he was going to make a fortune from it. Gay Byrne and the entire audience laughed at the idea. I remember thinking he'd never make money from it either.

Nolanger

Daegerty wrote: »

or told something and got it laughed off as being ridiculous repeatedly?

Told people that some twins can have different fathers and they laughed!

I know it enters

Chuck Stone

Just getting some closure on the pasta issue.

I have to oil the water to keep it from sticking. No self respecting chef will tell you to do this. It's a waste of oil, and we all know oil and water don't mix. How is the oil supposed to get between strands of pasta if it is floating?

Complete guide to cooking pasta from LifeHacker below.

http://lifehacker.com/5805897/how-to-cook-pasta-correctly

up for anything

I know it exists but other people will argue that it exits. I'm definitely right.

annascott

Daegerty wrote: »

Recently was telling a few people about the Ardnacrusha salmon lift who plain refused to believe that a structure would be built for salmon to go into and be carried up a dam.

Then another time I asked someone in a non-serious way if two people die in an accident does the second person get carried in a trailer that looks like the back of a hearse? surprisingly I found out such a thing does exist

anyone had similar experiences where you were told something so far fetched and ridiculous and then it turned out to be true. or told something and got it laughed off as being ridiculous repeatedly?

Edit: I meant exists! feck it.

OMG! That looks terrible! That must be in a southern US state. I hope that if it happened here, they would use two hearses

holystungun9

Flojo wrote: »

Real butter... nom nom. Dammit now I'm hungry, damn you AH!

Yuck, you are hungry from thinking about butter? Reminds me of that old add where a parent gives their baby a little spoon of butter. Jesuz, the thought of it still makes me gag. Why not melt it down and suck it up through a straw. Oh f*k I'm gonna get sick.............

Guill

How do you make rice stick together? I loved the rice in Vietnam, it stook together goodo, but over hear it does not! Impossible to use chop sticks with.

Penis

ft9

Use a fork

dusty207

Daegerty wrote: »

Recently was telling a few people about the Ardnacrusha salmon lift who plain refused to believe that a structure would be built for salmon to go into and be carried up a dam.

Totally untrue and to prove it I brought a salmon into the lift in work today, totally unable to operate the buttons. Then it died :eek:

Daegerty

annascott wrote: »

OMG! That looks terrible! That must be in a southern US state. I hope that if it happened here, they would use two hearses

What's so bad about it? I quite like the hearse trailer

dusty207

Guill wrote: »

How do you make rice stick together? I loved the rice in Vietnam, it stook together goodo, but over hear it does not! Impossible to use chop sticks with.

Penis

The Eskimos have a method of sticking rice together, its called iGloo, oh wait, sorry, thats for ice, not rice

Bruthal

Einhard wrote: »

I told my father that the temp of a sauna is over 70 degrees, and he laughed at me,

He just doesnt realise the difference between the heat capacity and transfer capacity of water compared to air. So get into water at 70c and you will be a little scalded. But air is possible for reasonably long periods at 70c.

Same the other way. Get into a bath of water at 5 degrees c. Compared to air at 5 degrees c. Air feels cool but bath would be unbearable as the water draws heat from you far more effectively than air at the same temperature. People would just assume the water is at a lower temperature. Thats 3 of us he wont believe now:D

Bruthal

dusty207 wrote: »

its called iGloo, oh wait, sorry, thats for ice, not rice

Thats not for rice, its for apples.

danniemcq

robbie7730 wrote: »

He just doesnt realise the difference between the heat capacity and transfer capacity of water compared to air. So get into water at 70c and you will be a little scalded. But air is possible for reasonably long periods at 70c.

Same the other way. Get into a bath of water at 5 degrees c. Compared to air at 5 degrees c. Air feels cool but bath would be unbearable as the water draws heat from you far more effectively than air at the same temperature. People would just assume the water is at a lower temperature. Thats 3 of us he wont believe now:D

YAY SCIENCE!!!!