start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

i’m watching a recent english language show which i will not name but apparently is making waves atm, and the leads are suddenly having it off which makes it blindingly obvious that one of them is going to die

ANYTHING in shops that doesn't have a price on it or very near it.
Beauty counters in department stalls are terrible, but also supermarkets, other random stores, and Ikea can be really frustrating trying to find out what something is and what it costs.

*department stores

I remember there used to be an adage for posh shops. If you need to know the price then you couldn't afford it anyway.

But that's got to do with money and trade both being vulgar and non-u.
So really not very helpful to anybody budget conscious which I would assume was most people.

Really hate it myself when there is no price visible. Liked it when things would all get a price tag attached ro at least a label sticker.

When the local Target opened 20 years ago they had price scanners at various locations on the floor that anyone could use. It was great but I can't remember the last time one of them worked.

https://i.imgur.com/Wk0qA6N.jpg

Links in Wikipedia articles that redirect you to the page you're already reading.

the very last place i want to hear the same four carols over and over and over and over and over again is at the fucking dentist

back teeth?

ground to nothing

Bait and switch parties seem to be a thing lately?

Like if I go to a party I prefer it to be something that doesn't involve me sitting awkwardly in the corner, feeling overwhelmed. So I get invited to one and the previous hangout at this person's place was very cliquey and dull. But this was supposed to be a game night which at least ensures everybody interacts.

I show up and instead of playing games, they're watching a terrible 1999 Kirsten Dunst romcom, and everybody that doesn't like this movie is just staring, bored, not talking.

not sure you really "got" what this was about

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Theatricalposterdick.jpg

another new year’s eve, another 500 million people saying “happy new years” like they’re expecting several to tick over at once

they're wishing you a happy new year's eve, and will wish you a happy new year tomorrow

I hate it when you're reading a recipe and it says to use a cast iron skillet but the accompanying picture clearly shows the dish being prepared in a fancy non-stick skillet.

What is a skillet? Is it different to a frying pan?

Same thing. Well, in the non-stick sense. I've not heard a cast iron skillet called anything else, and I'm not sure you would fry in it.

Cast iron skillet:
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/b8a3b660-4a2a-4bbd-aaf8-55a590cbe78a_1.00c57ea16c83ec0e74de9c2d2845eadc.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF

Non-stick skillet:
https://www.surlatable.com/images/customers/c1079/PRO-819680/PRO-819680_pdp/main_variation_Default_view_1_425x425.

I use skillets mainly to saute, not to fry. Occasionally to bake, like a frittata.

Come to think of I mostly don't try at home at all, because restaurants do a better job of it. Plus it's messy and smelly and I hate dealing with waste oil.

Yeah, frying at home is gross. Still cooking oil in general is super smelly and messy, and I'm always worried I'm going to get it in the eye.

Not to get too far down the UK/US terminology divide, but guessing you are talking about deep-frying rather than shallow-frying? I would never do the former at home, but often do the latter.

Because sauté is just another name for shallow frying?

And yeah, would call both of those "frying pans"

Because sauté is just another name for shallow frying?

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, January 9, 2019 8:14 AM

no

go on

https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/125/whats-the-difference-between-pan-frying-sauteing-and-shallow-frying

hmm

that sounds very made-up

i mean whats the difference between sauteeing and stirfrying so

conversations about taxonomy are more polite than conversations that involve understanding bc more ppl can contribute

Sautéing means shaking the pan back and forth - making the food "jump"

I think I'll stick to rotating the food with a spatula, you shouldn't need PPE for cooking.

Yeah to me sauteeing is distinct from frying. Yeah I guess one could argue it's a difference of degree. Amount and type of fat? When and how it is added and heated?

Bear in mind that depending on the cookware, some foods don't require additional oil/fat (though one might still add some, because fat is frequently delicious).

In my (USian) lexicon, immersing sliced potatoes in very hot, fairly deep oil is definitely frying.

Pan-searing a piece of fish is not frying (indeed, with some fish in some nonstick cookware, the fat that is already in the food is sufficient).

Sauteeing some vegetables, with or without with a splash of olive oil? Not frying, sorry, even if some would call it "stir-fry," a term I didn't hear until adulthood.

(Also, is a hot dog a sandwich, is cereal a soup, etc.)

irosh perspective: if its in a frying pan yer frying it, fat or no

If you put a soup in a frying pan to reheat it, would you be frying

Or not

If you put soup in a saucepan, is it now a sauce?

What if you put a pie in a cake pan?

If you put a soup in a frying pan to reheat it

ymp excused from knowing anything duties, no one has ever done this

yeah if this is gonna be that kind of party, I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes

*taps non-stick label in alarm*

any excuse xp

Sautéing strikes me as a word that rose in popularity because it sounded more appetizing than frying

let's do broiling next

seething is alas the most likely end destination

Broiling is a dry-heat method, seething uses steam.

I get irrationally narked at this
I'm on a facebook group where people buy & sell baby/kids' stuff
Occasionally you get people selling loads of the same thing as 'bundles' - like not just a generic bundle of toys but 10 teethers or 5 different types of tambourines, rather than a useful mixed selection. Latest was a bundle of two keyboards and they wouldn't sell them individually, like who tf wants two keyboards.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/00/41/7b/00417b44d08e58ff717a504f4f6f4e76.jpg

haha maybe if all those buttons play nursery rhyme tunes

ugh those kids-stuff-selling groups all seem to be 80% populated by people (parents!) who don’t understand what basic civil communication is and think their stuff is worth more than it actually is. I cannot deal. And it makes me worry (more) about the world!

This one is generally lovely and civilised, not too many 'huns'

I am cursed with serious eyebrows (more like one very serious eyebrow tbh) and regularly do a wee bit of maintenance to avoid becoming Dennis Healey.

I am irrationally angry at men who don't. Guys who apparently don't mind random hairs growing out and down and floating around in front of their eyes.

getting rid of extraneous eyebrow and ear hair will make you look years younger as you and your non-grooming peers age imo

they get tough and wirey the more you do it tho

my ear prongs are like spikes theae days

Finding it odd that next door neighbour who share a street door with has reached late 20s or mid 30s or whatever without realising how to use a door latch. She stopped me on the stairs as I was heading home at the weekend and said she wanted to have the door locked at night and she would make sure it was unlocked during the day. NOw I've gone down and found the door open but in a way that if it shut, blew shut whatver it would be instantly locked.
She left me a rather creepy note a couple of years ago after she managed to lock herself out cos she went out without a street door key. & presumably some kid came along and messedaround with the latch meaning it shut. So assumed she might have learnt the way it worked by now.

Just wondering how you get to taht age without having encountered a door latch since I thought they'd be something most people would encounter in childhood. Or is it viewed as archaic technology these days. Thought it was a pretty basic every day fixture most people would have to deal with regularly. & she's been here for like 3 years.