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Jan. 29, 2012  6:34 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  2:24 PM)Arupaeo Wrote:
(Jan. 29, 2012  2:15 PM)Uwik Wrote:
(Jan. 29, 2012  2:09 PM)Zain Wrote: What the hell? Diet coke is delicious.

Hahaha, you probably like decaf coffee and margarine too.

I'd put good money on him liking rice cakes, necco wafers and circus peanuts too. Wink

I hate coffee except for mocha. Prefer butter to margarine. What's wrong with rice cakes? Don't know what necco wafers are. Peanuts are cool, dunno what 'circus' adds to them.

Diet coke is awesome. Diet Dr. Pepper is the best though, tastes exactly like the real thing.
Jan. 29, 2012  7:26 PM
 
Personally, I don't like it, I just do not prefer the artificial sweetener in most of them over real sugar. It leaves an odd aftertaste in my mouth as well, so I just usually choose regular coke over diet, haha. There are some diets that do taste good though. Smile
Jan. 29, 2012  7:37 PM
 
Thing with Coke for me is that it leaves this acidic and corroded feeling in my teeth, which I think is the enamel being removed or something. I drink Coke and Diet Coke all the same, but because of that, I just drink Diet Coke. Despite having the same taste as Coke, Coke Zero also doesn't do that to my teeth, so I drink that too.
Jan. 29, 2012  7:40 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  7:37 PM)Kaji Motomiya Wrote: Thing with Coke for me is that it leaves this acidic and corroded feeling in my teeth, which I think is the enamel being removed or something. I drink Coke and Diet Coke all the same, but because of that, I just drink Diet Coke. Despite having the same taste as Coke, Coke Zero also doesn't do that to my teeth, so I drink that too.

Actually, nowadays, eating a candy or something like that hurts my teeth a lot. I haven't had a cavity since I started eating well, and my dentist also noticed that my naturally problematic teeth have been very healthy.

I guess it's like extra motivation, but this is one of those areas that you notice the positive effects on a visual level.
Jan. 29, 2012  7:50 PM
 
I'm only ever allowed to drink water, OJ, or milk; but sometimes when I'm focusing on homework I like to go make a DD run and grab a hot cocoa. Kinda gives me an incentive to keep working and finish.
Jan. 29, 2012  8:55 PM
 
I just learned about GreenDot Money Pack cards. I don't exactly have a Debit Card or Credit Card, and I'm very iffy about linking my bank account to a PayPal account; this little card will make online shopping for me very easier.

Now, I need to read up on this a little more before I decide to go through with it, though. Limitations, advisories, etc.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:01 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  12:18 PM)Uwik Wrote:
(Jan. 28, 2012  10:37 PM)Hazel Wrote: Aspartame's taste is genuinely disgusting, and people force themselves to adjust to it under the extremely false promise of better health via Diet Coke than regular Coke.

It does not taste disgusting, it just tastes sweet. Is you isolate the sensory to just 'taste'. You're only able to taste sweet, salty, bitter, sour, savory. Unless your brain perceives all manner of 'sweetness' and translates it as 'disgusting', then it's incorrect. Only the level of sweetness is different.

What you perceive as disgusting is the combination of those 5 tastes, and your olfactory reaction to its aroma. So just to get the facts straight, aspartame by itself is not disgusting. Diet Coke is.

Aspartame has a very distinct, powerful aftertaste to it, that is not in any way a consequence of sweetness. Many artificial sweeteners do, in point of fact. If it weren't aspartame, then the taste wouldn't only be present in things that contained aspartame, unless aspartame is so chemically unstable that a balancer needs to be added to everything it's present in in equal or greater amounts, and that item is what tastes bad. Regardless, aspartame is still bad for you, and - by its individual doing or not - has ruined everything it has ever touched.


(Jan. 29, 2012  6:34 PM)Zain Wrote:
(Jan. 29, 2012  2:24 PM)Arupaeo Wrote:
(Jan. 29, 2012  2:15 PM)Uwik Wrote: Hahaha, you probably like decaf coffee and margarine too.

I'd put good money on him liking rice cakes, necco wafers and circus peanuts too. Wink

I hate coffee except for mocha. Prefer butter to margarine. What's wrong with rice cakes? Don't know what necco wafers are. Peanuts are cool, dunno what 'circus' adds to them.

Diet coke is awesome. Diet Dr. Pepper is the best though, tastes exactly like the real thing.

Circus Peanuts are... well, basically, a marshmallow-esque candy shaped like a peanut that are colored orange and often flavored banana. They are notoriously unpleasant in taste and texture.

I suppose I am simply unfortunate enough to have a discerning set of taste buds that can recognize "ABSOLUTELY NOT GOOD" from "normal". I almost hit someone in the face once for telling me a steak tasted the same whether it was medium or well-done...

My personal beverage choices are lactose-free whole-fat milk(and I buy a specific brand that took me months of taste-testing in order to find one that tasted anything like real milk), water, lemon iced tea, and maybe once or twice a month I'll buy a 12-pack of a soda. Usually Dr. Pepper or Pepsi, but it varies... I also like to keep ginger ale around the house that contains actual ginger, for biliary stimulant purposes...
Jan. 29, 2012  9:09 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  8:55 PM)Kaji Motomiya Wrote: I just learned about GreenDot Money Pack cards. I don't exactly have a Debit Card or Credit Card, and I'm very iffy about linking my bank account to a PayPal account; this little card will make online shopping for me very easier.

Now, I need to read up on this a little more before I decide to go through with it, though. Limitations, advisories, etc.

I have one of those...
Too bad I forgot my pin number, and don't have money on it.
It's nice how they even put your name on the card, haha.

Random thought: Amber is a really pretty stone. The orange is such a nice color. It looks really cool when holding it up in the daylight.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:12 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  9:01 PM)Hazel Wrote: I suppose I am simply unfortunate enough to have a discerning set of taste buds that can recognize "ABSOLUTELY NOT GOOD" from "normal". I almost hit someone in the face once for telling me a steak tasted the same whether it was medium or well-done...

I'm pretty sure that's a normal reaction to such a claim. I wouldn't have held back.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:16 PM
 
Honest to God it was my grandmother.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:17 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  9:16 PM)Hazel Wrote: Honest to God it was my grandmother.

I guess I can let that slide.

Maybe.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:22 PM
 
I've only ever had my steak well done. You two seem like steak connoisseurs with all your talk of hurting people who say medium and well done taste the same! What temperature would you recommend the next time I go have steak?
Jan. 29, 2012  9:24 PM
 
It really is a matter of opinion, but if you've only ever had your steak well done, you're probably missing out. That said, adapting to, say, my personal preference of medium rare from there would be quite a leap.

Oh, and medium rare/rare/well done/medium etc are a result of a lot more than temperature, ahah Wink
Jan. 29, 2012  9:26 PM
 
It is absolutely criminally disrespectful to the steak to cook it beyond medium-well - and that far is only acceptable if you have a sensitive stomach.

Medium Rare and Rare are the preferences. At those points, the steak is absolutely the most flavorful, the most tender(unless cooked in an immersion circulator, wherein any steak can be the same level of tenderness), and just overall the best.

I order mine medium, because my stomach is usually too sensitive for Medium Rare/Rare to go over very well.

I should point out that many - if not most - fine Steak eateries that serve prime rib, and dare I say it, Kobe or Wagyu, will outright refuse to cook a steak beyond Medium. There is a reason for this.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:44 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  4:28 PM)To Wrote: Y'all make me feel so plain. When I'm at home I only drink water, milk, and juice.
Lol, I usually only drink tea at my house. But if I'm in a hot chocolate mood, I'll make a cup of that instead. But for the most part I'll be drinking tea.

Jan. 29, 2012  9:50 PM
 
I have an Uncle who cooks all steak to the point of being a barely digestible grey mass, with a taste and texture similar to cardboard. I now make sure, at family gatherings, my own father cooks my steak.

I always have Medium Rare, for the sake of tenderness and flavour, whilst still getting a decent "cook" on the outside, and eliminating the largely unjustified association my brain makes between "Rare" and "Tapeworms".

My most melancholy meal was the one I had on the closing night of a restaurant I loved. The steaks were huge, they were tender, there was no gristle, and they did medium rare like a fine art. Their closure was the death of a part of me.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:55 PM
 
Even a rare steak should be cooked hot enough to eliminate any risk of infection or worms...

I really want to buy my own Thermal Immersion Circulator, so I can Sous Vide my own steaks...
Jan. 29, 2012  9:59 PM
 
I know, but something about it doesn't work right in my head. I was terrified of the idea of tapeworms as a child, and seeing as the other steak-lover of my family, my father, also has his steaks medium rare, it minimizes the chance of a mix-up.

Something about the time Sous Vide takes puts me off, I am notoriously bad at preparing to make meals any more than 20 minutes before I make them.
Jan. 29, 2012  9:59 PM
 
Off the topic of steaks and soda, I've recently heard that using a mouthpiece made of hard rubber on my Alto Sax will give it that jazzy sound, and it will fully reach that sound with jazz specific reeds. But I wouldn't know as I use a traditional plastic mouthpiece. After I purchase my own Sax, I should purchase a rubber mouthpiece, and some Jazz specific reeds to find out.
Jan. 29, 2012  10:02 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  9:59 PM)th!nk Wrote: I know, but something about it doesn't work right in my head. I was terrified of the idea of tapeworms as a child, and seeing as the other steak-lover of my family, my father, also has his steaks medium rare, it minimizes the chance of a mix-up.

Something about the time Sous Vide takes puts me off, I am notoriously bad at preparing to make meals any more than 20 minutes before I make them.

Understandable. Parasites bother most people, especially if they've seen those little horror documentary shows as a child.

It does take a long time, yeah, but steaks are still relatively quick - 45 or so minutes and then sear it on both sides and you're usually golden. S'about what you'll wait at a restaurant or doing grill prep, give or take a few. Pan roasting is faster, though.
Jan. 29, 2012  10:04 PM
 
After researching it, every single person has some sort of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). And after see the actions of some of my friends, it actually makes a lot of sense! A big example is the volume on the TV, such a classic, one I'm part of. If the volume on the TV is at a weird number, say 17, It has to be put at a better number, like 15 or 20.
Jan. 29, 2012  10:09 PM
 
LOL YEAH! When I put my guitar on my bad directly under the fan, i feel that the fan will fall on the guitar and move it over to the side of the bed XD . I actually do the same sort of things with everything I value...
Jan. 29, 2012  10:09 PM
 
OCD refers to a much more extreme form of those natural quirks. To claim "everyone has OCD" is very belittling to people who actually reach the threshold where obsessions and compulsions are debilitating enough to be of serious medical/psychological concern.

Hazel: Really? I thought it took significantly longer. Well, if you ever do get one going and for some reason I'm in Alabama, let me know.
Jan. 29, 2012  10:14 PM
 
Most things do take longer, and of course small increases in size lead to noticable increases in time - doing a set of short ribs can take as long as 48 hours, for example.


(Jan. 29, 2012  10:04 PM)DefStamina88 Wrote: After researching it, every single person has some sort of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). And after see the actions of some of my friends, it actually makes a lot of sense! A big example is the volume on the TV, such a classic, one I'm part of. If the volume on the TV is at a weird number, say 17, It has to be put at a better number, like 15 or 20.

This is the most ignorant thing anyone has ever said about OCD.

Congrats.

This just in, everyone has manic depressive disorder, because sometimes they are happy, and SOMETIMES THEY ARE SAD.
Jan. 29, 2012  10:23 PM
 
(Jan. 29, 2012  10:04 PM)DefStamina88 Wrote: A big example is the volume on the TV, such a classic, one I'm part of. If the volume on the TV is at a weird number, say 17, It has to be put at a better number, like 15 or 20.
I do this a lot. I can't stand for the volume to be on anything that's isn't a multiple of 5....

(Jan. 29, 2012  10:14 PM)Hazel Wrote: This just in, everyone has manic depressive disorder, because sometimes they are happy, and SOMETIMES THEY ARE SAD.
Oh man...These are some bad times! D:

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