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andyman wrote:How many bears would Bear Grylls grill if Bear Grylls could grill bears

EtUL wrote:I spent years annoyingly peeling garlic before someone told me to just squish the clove underneath the blade of a knife and voila, it peels in like 2 parts and 2 seconds.

EtUL wrote:Also touching stainless steel to get rid of the smell of garlic and onion.

Survivor wrote:For a good, expansive, (dutch) base cooking book try Kook ook. Lots of tips and ideas in it. You won't need another for ages unless you're going to go pro chef or something.

Plan B wrote: smells like superstitious shit.
No real logic to it, like the steel would somehow absorb the offending molecules.

Memphis wrote: yup. sulphur

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair..

Ryoki wrote:Hehe thanks, but i'm already not a bad cook so to speak... unless it's like a bible with similar tricks like the garlic one?

Garlic trick is fucking awesome though, like foo said; quality of life = significantly improved

Peenyuh wrote:Does the handshake really come from warriors coming together to parlay? I've always wondered about that. Not enough to click endlessly to find out, but just enough to ask YOU geniuses.

The modern Western military salute evolved from the practice of men raising their hats as a gesture of respect. Taking off or tipping one's hat on meeting a social superior or a lady, or when greeting an acquaintance, was a normal polite civilian gesture from the 17th Century until the 1960s. Repeated hat-raising was impractical if heavy helmets or hats with chinstraps (such as shakos and bearskins) were worn, so from about 1745 the gesture was stylised to a mere hand movement. It was also common for individuals who did not wear hats to "tug their forelock" in imitation of the gesture of tipping the hat. This origin accounts for the common rule of not saluting when not wearing a cover.

The naval salute, with the palm downwards may have originated because the palms of naval ratings, particularly deckhands, were often dirty through working with lines: it would be insulting to present a dirty palm to an officer, so the palm was turned downwards. More likely it is simply the more natural position of the hand when seizing the peak of a cap. During the Napoleonic Wars, British crews saluted officers by touching a clenched fist to the brow as though grasping a hat-brim between fingers and thumb.

Archaeological ruins and ancient texts show that handshaking was practiced in ancient Greece as far back as the 5th century BC; a depiction of two soldiers shaking hands can be found on part of a 5th century BC funerary stele on display in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin...

The handshake is thought by some to have originated as a gesture of peace by demonstrating that the hand holds no weapon.[2][3][4]

Its purpose is to convey trust, balance, and equality.[5]

PhoeniX wrote:Maybe you should get a copy of Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food - I've not read it but skimmed through it and it looks pretty interesting, likely with lots of random tips like that.

Ryoki wrote:Wikipedia disagrees with that and offers a much more plausible explanation.

The modern Western military salute evolved from the practice of men raising their hats as a gesture of respect. Taking off or tipping one's hat on meeting a social superior or a lady, or when greeting an acquaintance, was a normal polite civilian gesture from the 17th Century............

Ryoki wrote:

Survivor wrote:For a good, expansive, (dutch) base cooking book try Kook ook. Lots of tips and ideas in it. You won't need another for ages unless you're going to go pro chef or something.

Hehe thanks, but i'm already not a bad cook so to speak... unless it's like a bible with similar tricks like the garlic one?

Garlic trick is fucking awesome though, like foo said; quality of life = significantly improved

Survivor wrote: It's not only about tricks, but it has enough explanation and handy tips woven inbetween that it's worth it. The tips aren't highlighted or anything but hidden in the text though so a read of your topic is in order. You can read for example the garlic part here.
Recipes range from basic to doably complex, and for just the € 25,- it is something any dutch person should have.

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'

Whiskey 7 wrote: What of this one

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'

MKJ wrote:
watched Boondock Saints have we?
its not true, it simply means "an estimate", as the thumb was often used as a measurementtool but obviously a not accurate one.
most thumbs are about the same size, but not all. thus, in the average case the measurement is correct but not always. hence, rule of thumb.

Peenyuh wrote:http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-recurring-myths-we-apparently-really-want-to-believe/

Juss sayin...

The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.