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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby hippopotamus » 29 Apr 2016, 19:08

you can make marscarpone cheese by boiling cream and adding lemon.
I can't decide whether this changes everything or nothing.
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Postby harvey k-tel » 29 Apr 2016, 19:12

hippopotamus wrote:you can make marscarpone cheese by boiling cream and adding lemon.
I can't decide whether this changes everything or nothing.


I used to work at a place that blended mascarpone with maple syrup as a topping for french toast. Totally decadent and delicious.
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby hippopotamus » 29 Apr 2016, 19:16

Harvey K-Tel wrote:
hippopotamus wrote:you can make marscarpone cheese by boiling cream and adding lemon.
I can't decide whether this changes everything or nothing.


I used to work at a place that blended mascarpone with maple syrup as a topping for french toast. Totally decadent and delicious.


See, that sounds delicious.

My fastest nicest meal I make is putting spinach, pesto and mascarpone together on pasta.
Or the fastest nicest dessert, mixing lemon juice with mascarpone on a pie crust... the most delicious non-baked cheesecake.

Maybe I'm glad I'm paying someone to boil and stir my curdled cream for me.

These little things still blow my mind though.
Like how clotted cream is just cream baked in the oven for 12 hours on 180 degrees.
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby harvey k-tel » 29 Apr 2016, 19:24

Cows. Is there anything they can't do?
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby hippopotamus » 29 Apr 2016, 19:29

Harvey K-Tel wrote:Cows. Is there anything they can't do?


I bet that whole not being able to walk downstairs thing is just bull.
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Postby souphound » 29 Apr 2016, 19:29

hippopotamus wrote:
Harvey K-Tel wrote:Cows. Is there anything they can't do?


I bet that whole not being able to walk downstairs thing is just bull.


Udder nonsense!
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Postby Minnie the Minx » 13 May 2016, 04:05

The Maasai leave their dead for the vultures. If a vulture doesn't try and eat them, it's considered bad luck and somewhat shameful. As a result, the dead are coated in animal fat and blood to tempt the birds to the cadavers.
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Postby Minnie the Minx » 13 May 2016, 04:13

souphound wrote:I learned that avoision is actually a word. I saw it in a headline and was convinced it was a typo. But it wasn't.


Of course! It's when New Yorkers don't want to do things.
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Postby Jimbo » 13 May 2016, 04:36

Minnie the Minx wrote:
souphound wrote:I learned that avoision is actually a word. I saw it in a headline and was convinced it was a typo. But it wasn't.


Of course! It's when New Yorkers don't want to do things.


:lol:
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Postby KeithPratt » 13 May 2016, 09:50

Minnie the Minx wrote:The Maasai leave their dead for the vultures. If a vulture doesn't try and eat them, it's considered bad luck and somewhat shameful. As a result, the dead are coated in animal fat and blood to tempt the birds to the cadavers.


Lovely fact.

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Postby NMB » 13 May 2016, 13:49

Toby wrote:
Minnie the Minx wrote:The Maasai leave their dead for the vultures. If a vulture doesn't try and eat them, it's considered bad luck and somewhat shameful. As a result, the dead are coated in animal fat and blood to tempt the birds to the cadavers.


Lovely fact.


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Postby souphound » 13 May 2016, 14:59

I learned that masses of people can be overly optimistic at times. The weatherman is calling for showers turning into thunderstorms this afternoon and yet, I didn't see a single person carrying an umbrella on their way to work this morning (including me). I predict a whole bunch of soaked fools later on today.
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Postby Jimbo » 13 May 2016, 15:52

Had a friend from England over for dinner tonight and I learned that for the average English person "tea" means a tea bag and hot water, milk and or sugar if you like. I also learned that tea with lemon is not drunk very much at all.
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Postby harvey k-tel » 20 May 2016, 21:11

That "La Brea" means "the tar", so "The La Brea Tar Pits", when the Spanish bit is translated to English is "The The Tar Tar Pits".
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby pcqgod » 21 May 2016, 04:15

Republicans believe that most Texans are gay.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/vol ... s-are-gay/
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby souphound » 27 May 2016, 16:03

Footy wrote:Last week, I discovered that the cordless drill I bought about 5 years ago is, in fact, a cordless screwdiver.

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Postby Belle Lettre » 27 May 2016, 23:35

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Cba
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby Diamond Dog » 30 May 2016, 16:36

Belle Lettre wrote:.

Cba


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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby Diamond Dog » 30 May 2016, 16:37

"Neorxnawang" is a word in the English language.
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Re: Post something you've learnt today

Postby Belle Lettre » 30 May 2016, 17:04

DD: "Can't be arsed"
It was just some drunken grumbling.
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