When I was a kid we were not allowed milk if we were sick. So I used to eat my cheerios with OJ. It got to the point I liked it more than with milk.
I mean, I’ve never eaten any cereal with OJ instead of milk, but it seems like it could work with a cereal + OJ combination that isn’t too overpowerfully sweet, or just a really strange combo.
Like… Lucky Charms + OJ… seems like it would be weird.
But… OJ + some kind of bran flake based cereal? That… might actually be better than milk, imo.
Now I want to try this haha.
I’ve always been the kind of person that’ll try basically any kind of food at least once.
I only ever recall eating plain cheerios (actually a knockoff called oat-e-oh) and kix, but those were not great with the oj.
My mom had the same rule about milk. She said if you were running a fever, the milk would “curdle in your stomach” and make you nauseous. Your stomach is acidic. Milk always curdles in your stomach.
Asked my mom about this a few years back because she had the same rule. Turned out, she knew it was mostly bs, but she didnt want to deal with kids puking up curdled milk because it grossed her out, and apparently we had a harder time puking it up so we were more upset.
And honestly, i dont blame her. Depending on the year, she could have had 5 kids in the house all sick to some degree. If it took telling us milk would make us sicker to help ease that stress, I agree with it.
People love making arbitrary food rules. Eat whatever tastes good, so long as no one’s hurt.
Lmao I appreciate the caveat but Im also having fun trying to imagine (not fucked up) food choices that could “harm” someone else
edit: I used to have to sit there and watch my cousin dump ketchup on his kraft mac n’ cheese and that definitely hurt me
I mean, canibalism comes to mind…
I mean, there are absolutely tons of diets and eating patterns that absolutely will harm the person eating them…
… And if you are regularly encouraging or induldging in that kind of diet among impressionable people, like children, that may transfer to them as normal/acceptable.
Also I guess if you are cooking/eating something that has particularly aerosolized ingredients or elements that other people are allergic to or just find incredibly repulsive, you might cause other people to vomit or have an allergic reaction.
Me until my SO starting starting pouring ketchup on the pasta I made him with homemade pasta sauce.
Ketchup is hands down the worst condiment. If my kid wasn’t obsessed with it on everything, I wouldn’t even have any in my house.
That is how I feel too. I used to gatekeep food. Now I am like whatever. Eat what you like how you like.
Specially since going plant based, my favourite hobby is breaking food rules.
Bella is vegan too, funnily enough.
So it was between orange juice, oat starch water, or soy bean soup. Yet people think orange juice is somehow weird.
Don’t yuck someone else’s yum.
try it with a shot of kahlua
Regardless of taste that much sugar is a sure path to early diabeetus.
Not just that. It’s bad for teeth to. Not to mention she’ll be honey in an hour.
Could be worse, she could microwave tea instead of using a kettle…isn’t that right Americans
The chemist in me is so sad 😞 what’s wrong with the microwave for heating water? That’s it’s one job in life
Domestic microwave ovens rarely offer more than 1kW of power, while a regular British kettle is 3kW. It takes ages to boil a cuppa in the microwave and that’s unacceptable!
Hey, that’s not bad!!! Doesn’t work here in Canada but now I’m really curious about it in Europe/UK. Gotta love the extra volts 💪
Extra volts are great! We can also get three phases if needed, that’s how domestic EV chargers go up to 22kW or something :) Three phases in the UK get you 240V x 300A, but you are not allowed a single device to have more than 30A per phase I believe.
Ugh, I’m so jealous. My car is currently charging off of 110V at 12 amps 😭
Move to Europe!
I was planning on it, but my country needs me 😞 🇨🇦 maybe later if things calm down.
I think they believe we’re heating the cup with the tea bag in it or smth, instead of just heating water. Idk. It’s lunacy.
Yeah, I agree, it’s something like that. Ive never really gotten a concrete answer from anyone for why they won’t use a microwave to heat water. The best I’ve gotten is “that’s not a what a microwave is for”.
The best I’ve gotten is “that’s not a what a microwave is for”.
Yeah, microwaves aren’t for making water hot, they’re for making food hot AND DON’T TRY TO EXPLAIN HOW THEY WORK MAGIC MAN!
The only thing you need to know is: don’t put metal in the science oven!
Why? My last one came with a metal rack.
If metal rack can go in science oven, metal must not be a big issue.
smooth good. pointy bad.
Yes exactly. They are only for heating up molecules that have a dipole, like hydrogen chloride, ozone, ammonia, and some other probably unimportant ones.
Well this comment sent me on a bit of a deep dive. My statistical thermodynamics prof told us that microwaves only affect waters dipole, but it seems like they affect all polar molecules, like you say. Maybe it’s a semantics/language thing because I can imagine we could pick the microwave size to match its dipole. It’s been too long. I’d need to crack open some scary textbooks again. Hmm
Ah… my physics course was very short, and tried to cover a bit of everything, because I did Computer Science. So I really don’t know the details. I just assumed it would apply to any polar molecule to some degree and looked up random ones for that joke.
I do know that Microwaves use a frequency around 2.4 GHz - 2.5 GHz, they can disturb Wifi if they leak. But I assume that is just because the unlicensed ISM band is there, and hasn’t got anything to do with water specifically.
It’s inefficient if you’re heating up multiple cups. A kettle of water takes about the same time as microwaving one cup. Americans often make one cup of tea, while Brits expect everyone within several blocks to pop in for a cuppa.
That makes sense, especially in a place with 240V
“What is my purpose?”
You make a mid cup of tea.
dejected appliance noises
I much prefer my cheap plastic electric kettle that imbues each cup of tea with microplatics
Microwaves are also one of the best methods for cooking vegetables due to minimal nutrients being sucked out by water (unless you’re drinking your boiled broccoli water of course) and no charring (yummy cancer) but it’s seen as inferior by most.
That said I’ve literally never cooked tofu in the microwave and I’m hesitant to even try lol
Don’t boil… blanch.
Most veggies I cook are either sautéed or roasted.
Steamed microwave veggies are great! For when you just want a lazy veggie side and don’t wanna cook after work.
A microwave is also surprisingly good at melting chocolate.
And don’t forget to put the tea bag in first.
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I have no idea where we received this stigma and I am appalled. You can falsely accuse me of anything, ANYTHING, except microwaving tea. I will not let that stand.
::: spoiler I heat my water inside the oven like a true US citizen. :::
Air fryer tea
You fuckin wot, bruv?
Why would anyone warm it? I have a puddle with like 20 oak leaves in my backyard, if I want leaf water, I’ll drink that.
Don’t pick on them. They only get 110v inches/pound power. They’ll write you an angry note on letter sized paper.
I’d be really mad at you right now, IF I COULD READ!
I’m from Canada, Vancouver specifically. I came over to the UK late 2020 to be with my now wife. Filled out my visa application mid-2020. The application had to be on A4. The “corporate partner” office that processes all the UK visa applications has to be sent printers and paper from the UK. As for myself I had to hire a small printing firm to print my application out on larger paper and cut it down to A4. The UKVI office, and the Canadian corporate partner who dealt with my application and biometrics…had the digital copy. I was still required to provide a hard copy on A4.
110v/240v isn’t really a huge issue…but I wish us Canadians would pull our finger out and go full metric, with the same ISO standard paper sizes as the rest of the rational world…
Okay, I’m all for roasting Americans on our standards and measurements, but what size paper do you use? I have no complaints about 8 1/2"x 11" paper, but I’m obviously used to it.
There is a benefit to ISO standard paper sizes: Their dimensions correspond to the golden ratio, so if you cut a sheet of A4 paper in half, the two resulting sheets of A5 are the same aspect ratio. This is NOT the case with eightnahaffbylevun letter paper.
A4
Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.
I’ll pick a bowl of cornflakes, OJ, and diced fruit for breakfast whenever I can.
Cornflakes can be combined with a lot of things better than suck ass milk. You don’t believe me? My favorite summer snack? A bowl of cornflakes with fresh tomatoes, olive oil and spices. Fuck you all dairy supremacists.
whatever keeps you going through the day, mate.
id rather skip on the cereal in this case
This sounds interesting. I may try it. What spices do you use?
Normally the ones that you put in pizza sauce. For me they are oregano, basil, garlic, chili, pepper
They? Who’s they? Like her whole family does that?
I’m a native English speaker & I also read it and was like “Who else is engaging in this madness?!” If I’ve learned anything: It seems if we’re reading and it doesn’t make sense we’ll assume the “they” is of the person; not that the writer has omitted anyone.
Hey thanks, I thought there was something wrong with me with all the down voting… It just feels the language looses specificity… But for some people I guess I’m just an anti trans rights demon that needs to be down voted to the depths of hell 🤷♂️
Welp! It’s where you belong 😆
“They” can be used as a gender non-specific pronoun.
This is quite confusing at least for a non native like me… I’ve always been told ‘they’ is plural… It’s feels a bit like when megalomaniac people refer to themselves as we. Why not make a new pronoun if no other suitable singular exists?
Time to improve and learn the real definition then.
If it helps to relate it to something else, “you” also has plural grammar but can refer to a singular.
Because English got simplified at various points in history. We’ve lost thee and thou and thy.
As awkward as singular they might seem, it’s so old that Shakespeare used it.
Well, now you know better.
Although in this case it could be either singular or plural
Post this on Facebook. I’ve learned that everyone on there fucking hates Ramsey because she’s a little odd looking and was cast to play a teenage character (Ellie) who they really wanted to fuck, I guess.
Honestly, I think those guys were all in on the hate well before the TV show was even announced.
The sequel’s plot really triggered that part of the internet…
I first saw her as Lady Mormont in game of thrones and knew she was going places
Such a shame people are so bigotted. Ramsey is an absolute fantastic actor and I can’t imagine any other actor their age getting Ellie’s character so spot on.
That being said, the thought of orange juice in my cereal makes my teeth hurt.
At least it is not crimes against the cows
Did she play The Flash as well?
Lotta lactose intolerant people put fruit juice on cereal. I tried it on a long cross-country trip with my wife - tastes pretty good, and no worries about milk going bad.
But now you have diabetes.
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Oh, shit, didn’t realize it was about you?! Oh, wait…
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I wasn’t allowed to share a relevant anecdote.
Theres a certain subset of people who think you need permission to post on a public forum. its weird.
Fruit juice should be refrigerated once opened and does go bad in several days
Well we’re still alive and well, what can I say.
Bless her heart
Tangent: I swear by orange juice in coffee instead of creamer. It deals with the bitter coffee taste by just making it Very Taste. It doesn’t taste good, quite the opposite. (My fiancée accidentally tasted my coffee once and immediately puked.) But it certainly does taste
straight to jail.
For Maximum Taste, add HP Brown Sauce.
I went to a restaurant in a tropical beach town, and one of the cafes did espresso shots in a fruit juice that is a bit like a bitter orange and it was meh, I would try orange juice in my coffee at home though. I think the problem was there was more juice than coffee flavor and the bad ratio didn’t taste great.
Reminds me of when I tried putting 7Up in iced tea, expecting just fizzy iced tea.
It wasn’t. It was a completely weird flavor out of nowhere. Something terrible happened in that glass.
They killed Jesus because he spoke the truth.
Ice pour over with fresh calamansi juice goes amazingly well together.
Psychotic. Terrifying. Beautiful.
Disgusting
Yo my dude wtf
That’s how they knew she was autistic.
One look at her and you can guess she is neurodivergent. She ain’t Ana de Armas, Gal Gadot, or Margot Robbie.
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And also I think she’s quite cute, so??
What the fuck are you talking about
Honestly ana de armas and Bella Ramsey are in the same league to me.
Emma Watson and Ryan Gosling are neurodivergent. What’s your point there?
Why do they already give the vibe that they do this prior to reading this article?
I’m upset the image doesn’t show cornflakes but oats
