Okay so I actually crushed an apple before I posted this which is what inspired the post. I just wanted to inspire casual conversation, ridiculous goal setting, and joking around.

I was inspired by an American pro wrestler in the Midwest or Mid-South(?), I remember seeing him on TV when I was a kid in the late '70s and early '80s. His big gimmick to show his toughness was to crush an apple.

I crushed an Ambrosia apple that was slightly overripe. I do not believe, based on my strength in that endeavor, that I would be able to crush a ripe apple.

Nice!

Start with achievable goals, and then work your way up to the next goal: pinching the skin off garlic gloves!

You like literally have to buy 10 of them Just so you can roll one up after cooking for a friend and when they say what the fuck are you doing you say deadpan “what aren’t these disposable?” as you open the oven drawer to reveal 10 new pans with labels.

“This frying pan displeases me”

CRuNCH

Dude there’s something wrong with your mind.

I was with you right up until you said avocado.

Sicko.

You don’t frigging know the price of avocados these days?

Something along the lines of “how are you known” or “how are you called” perhaps?

What is your name?

We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.

Homemade pizza with fresh dough, fresh vegetable medley sauce, braised beef, salted and seasoned mushrooms, and jalapenos.

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On some level I like it but I mostly hate it.

A microscopically thin layer on a few select sandwiches is appropriate and delicious to me.

Anything more than a teaspoon and it becomes overwhelming and cloying.

I really think for the most part, mayonnaise has become a crutch for bad cooks. You really do not need to just add essentially pure fat to make food taste good, that’s not necessary unless you are lazy and cheap.

I find eating excess amounts of fat and oil to be disgusting and nauseating.

Mayonnaise has lemon juice or similar acid.

Sadly so many of the tech people here are the kind of slashdot dredge that think gluing USB ports shut is good for security and installing a Plex server is the solution to any media-related problem expressed.

A box of disposable wooden chopsticks.

Do you ever want to poke something? Unjam your weed pipe? Stir tortilla dough? Scrape some unspeakable crap off the garage floor and then discard the scraping thing? Chopsticks are so insanely useful when you have a jar full of them and you just grab them and use them for any disposable task.

The cheapest are the best because they flex and they are rough. Because of the texture, they are very absorbent. The head of it is square so if you need to have a scraping edge you’ve got it, and then the tapered tip fits into so many areas. You can snap them in half, jam a wad of paper in the middle for a fulcrum, and using an elastic band on the other end turn them into quick clips

I don’t even want to go on and on about all the things I use them for, because this would be the longest Lemmy comment in history.

They are really not a good cooking tool imo, and to put it in the most forgiving way, good at only a few limited tasks.

I was given an air fryer against my will, and I’m a great cook that makes everything from scratch. I can say in my experience that it’s an occasional time saver, but it’s really good at ruining food and making it come out worse than literally any other method of cooking.

In my very unpopular opinion, there is nothing you can do in an air fryer that you cannot do with standard equipment and have it come out much better.

I get the convenience, and I get how life-changing they can be for people who don’t want to cook, but I don’t think they’re good for everybody.

I disagree with rice cookers, just boil your rice like pasta and strain with mesh. Way less hassle, way less clean up, extremely predictable results - its what all the top-level chefs do and I myself learned this from my buddy, a former Michelin star chef turned comic store owner.

I completely disagree with having an additional gadget to do what you can do with standard kitchen equipment in a far superior way with just a little bit of care and skill.

None.

Ever.

Moneymen in control of franchises cannot be trusted to make good games.

Before you reply, I’m sure you can think of a few where licensed characters/IP were in a game that was good, but don’t forget to look at the million shitty ones for each one of those.

I’m really not sure where this argument could come from that somehow all the bad drained out of reddit?

Every time I visit that site, I’m met with 200 reposts.

Yes, we get it, you’re not happy with your earning power as a young person. Yes it is indeed very sad that somebody you once saw in a TV show died. You don’t like the politics of your region, I understand.

I literally do not even understand why people go there anymore, there is nothing novel or meaningful to be gained from visiting that site.

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It made me shoot milk out of my nose!

Which is troubling because I was drinking Diet Pepsi.