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PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

How many NPs remember when Walnut Whips had a walnut on the inside as well?:j

I'm sure I do. I remember having one years ago and it didn't have a walnut on the inside and I thought "sure there used to be one in here too".

Generali

michaels wrote: »

But isn't it this very reaction that makes meat carcinogenic

Yes but the impact is negligible compared to other risks such as not eating your 5-a-day (plus 2 fruit), smoking, drinking to excess and not taking exercise especially weight bearing exercise. You are better off IMHO with a good bit of roast beef that has a really nice crisp outside with roast onion and pumpkin and some steamed carrots and greens than a poached piece of chicken in a sandwich with a slice of lettuce and a slice of tomato.

I suspect that is the Daily Mail Fallacy: looking at individual parts of the life or even plate rather than the whole thing.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

I suspect that is the Daily Mail Fallacy: looking at individual parts of the life or even plate rather than the whole thing.

This, this, this.

LydiaJ

Generali wrote: »

Yes but the impact is negligible compared to other risks such as not eating your 5-a-day (plus 2 fruit), smoking, drinking to excess and not taking exercise especially weight bearing exercise. You are better off IMHO with a good bit of roast beef that has a really nice crisp outside with roast onion and pumpkin and some steamed carrots and greens than a poached piece of chicken in a sandwich with a slice of lettuce and a slice of tomato.

I suspect that is the Daily Mail Fallacy: looking at individual parts of the life or even plate rather than the whole thing.

Indeed. And all the diet/exercise stuff is less important than having close relationships with family/friends etc. URL="http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2006938,00.html"]link to article in Time mag[/URL

Time wrote:

Researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pooled data from 148 studies on health outcomes and social relationships — every research paper on the topic they could find, involving more than 300,000 men and women across the developed world — and found that those with poor social connections had on average 50% higher odds of death in the study's follow-up period (an average of 7.5 years) than people with more robust social ties.

That boost in longevity is about as large as the mortality difference observed between smokers and nonsmokers, the study's authors say. And it's larger than differences in the risk of death associated with many other well-known lifestyle factors, including lack of exercise and obesity. "This is not just a few studies here and there," says Julianne Holt-Lunstad, lead author on the review and an associate professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. "I'm hoping there will be recognition from the medical community, the public-health community and even the general public about the importance of this."

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can't pan fry pastry.

Who says? I've never tried but will have to now.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I spend many hours each day looking at food/recipes. I collect my favourites together into Evernote and have a searchable collection, with pictures, of recipes, tagged and searchable. I also add to them stuff I've seen on the telly - and hunt down the formal recipe as well as taking the little "tips" they give while they're making it.

They're all things I could make, would eat.... but I know I'll never get round to them.

I have a full sized Billy bookshelf for my cookbooks and am looking forward to getting more from the UK's op shops.

ivyleaf wrote: »

Bon voyage gen

Cheers ivyleaf. I'm actually looking forward to the flight as an opportunity to get some peace and quiet.

Re the ME thing, when you go cycle touring and so spend day after day in the saddle, Swedish massage is very effective at getting rid of the lactic acid.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I have a full sized Billy bookshelf for my cookbooks and am looking forward to getting more from the UK's op shops.

There's a website, which you have to pay for membership to - and you log in and type in the ISBNs of your books and any food magazines you've got - and it builds a searchable index of them all.

Then, if, say, you want to make a tomato curry, then you go to the website and type that in and it'll give you a list of which of your books have one - and the page numbers.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Who says? I've never tried but will have to now.

lol, that's EXACTLY what I was thinking:D

I have a full sized Billy bookshelf for my cookbooks and am looking forward to getting more from the UK's op shops.


my guess is yours are posher than mine but I, er, have a fair few. More than one billy's worth, probably more than two, but lots are real cheapy basics. I just love to read some books.
Cheers ivyleaf. I'm actually looking forward to the flight as an opportunity to get some peace and quiet.

Re the ME thing, when you go cycle touring and so spend day after day in the saddle, Swedish massage is very effective at getting rid of the lactic acid.

Aiui some of the common understanding about lactic acid aren't actually right. I cannot fully access that area of information in my mind ATM, but it would be interesting to read the me research and look for some research on athletes. My problem is my nerves switch on to on, so my muscles fire for a long time, then go into stitch.

I just cannot get to that 'mental filing cabinet' ATM.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's a website, which you have to pay for membership to - and you log in and type in the ISBNs of your books and any food magazines you've got - and it builds a searchable index of them all.

Then, if, say, you want to make a tomato curry, then you go to the website and type that in and it'll give you a list of which of your books have one - and the page numbers.

Wow, that would be pretty amazing. Make the lesser referred to books more used.

ivyleaf

silvercar wrote: »

She was sort of right. Chanukah is a very minor festival in the league of jewish festivals and has been promoted beyond its status by (a) its timing near Xmas (b) food (c) presents.

The basic story is the celebration of a miracle whereby there was only enough oil for one night and it lasted for 8 nights. Cue a festival 8 days long with oil based foods.

Modern day translation is to ask children to imagine that their mobile phones only had enough battery for one day and they lasted for 8.

Thanks for explaining Much appreciated!

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Wow, that would be pretty amazing. Make the lesser referred to books more used.

I thought so. I think there's a free version, where you get to put in a few books, to try it out. But for people with shelves and shelves ... and disposable income, then it's a good way to make sure all the books get looked at.

Here's the one I was on about, there may be others: http://www.eatyourbooks.com/

You can even add blogs/websites into the mix. It's US$25/year for the full monty.