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The niceties of normal moral constraints 5 years 156 days agoEdited 5 years 155 days ago Caracasus wrote: I've heard of those microscopic nightmare fuel monsters. Apparently there's a lake somewhere that is swarming with them. I forget where (I wanna say South America) but it's thankfully very isolated. Also tangentally reminds me of a story involving Humphrey Bogart. Apparently when the African Queen was being filmed on location someone made a mistake with the water filtration system and everyone on set got badly ill with the runs. Everyone apart from Bogart and one cameraman who apparently avoided the illness by not actually drinking water (or anything much whithout an alcohol content) during the filming. Given he died in his 40's I think, probably not a practical approach to avoiding waterborne parasites. This prompted a careful read of the Wikipedia article on amoebiasis, and now I know everything there is to know about fistulas. Damn you Wikipedia. In other news, a copy of Chef Grant Achatz's Alinea finally arrived. My suspicions about this guy seem to be correct; the intro appears to go into great detail about their postmodernist approach to haute cuisine, but then insists that the home cook should not hesitate to experiment with whatever substitutions they like based on whatever is available to you. Oh, and you don't need a fancy Robot Coupe or antigriddle -- your Cuisinart and a spatula and some dry ice with work just fine. Sweet. So the first vegetarian recipe is 8 pages long, comes in no less than 10 individual sub-recipies, and starts with a lemon preservation process that will take no less than three months. [<deep breath>] [<slowly closes book>] *In other-er* news**, juvenile seals are huffing eels: https://www.sciencealert.com/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seals-keep-getting-eels-stuck-up-their-noses Adolescent ape-men eat Tide detergent pods, so no judgement here. Lord Dominator, Aeterno tranquillitas, Uan aa Boa, Turbeaux, and 3 othersCanaltia, Cosona, and Catterland

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The niceties of normal moral constraints 5 years 156 days agoEdited 5 years 155 days ago

Caracasus wrote:

I've heard of those microscopic nightmare fuel monsters. Apparently there's a lake somewhere that is swarming with them. I forget where (I wanna say South America) but it's thankfully very isolated.

Also tangentally reminds me of a story involving Humphrey Bogart. Apparently when the African Queen was being filmed on location someone made a mistake with the water filtration system and everyone on set got badly ill with the runs.

Everyone apart from Bogart and one cameraman who apparently avoided the illness by not actually drinking water (or anything much whithout an alcohol content) during the filming.

Given he died in his 40's I think, probably not a practical approach to avoiding waterborne parasites.

This prompted a careful read of the Wikipedia article on amoebiasis, and now I know everything there is to know about fistulas.

Damn you Wikipedia.

In other news, a copy of Chef Grant Achatz's Alinea finally arrived. My suspicions about this guy seem to be correct; the intro appears to go into great detail about their postmodernist approach to haute cuisine, but then insists that the home cook should not hesitate to experiment with whatever substitutions they like based on whatever is available to you. Oh, and you don't need a fancy Robot Coupe or antigriddle -- your Cuisinart and a spatula and some dry ice with work just fine.

Sweet.

So the first vegetarian recipe is 8 pages long, comes in no less than 10 individual sub-recipies, and starts with a lemon preservation process that will take no less than three months.

[<deep breath>]

[<slowly closes book>]

In other-er news, juvenile seals are huffing eels: https://www.sciencealert.com/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seals-keep-getting-eels-stuck-up-their-noses

Adolescent ape-men eat Tide detergent pods, so no judgement here.

Lord Dominator, Aeterno tranquillitas, Uan aa Boa, Turbeaux, and 3 othersCanaltia, Cosona, and Catterland

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