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The three most delicious flavors are sweet, salt and crunch.
For Asians, replace salt with umami: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami
[1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/where-is-the-salt...
Whenever I visit the US I always have this feeling that most food is mushy. It’s almost made to be easy to swallow with lowest effort.
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I think the point being made is that when the government bears the cost of the externality it is more incentivized to address root causes, as it is a direct driver of savings. I am always looking for this sort of alignment of incentives when structuring a project, and it takes some effort but when you can find it it's dynamite.
With prisons the government bears the cost, and would benefit if fewer people were in prison. In practice, it has lead to for profit prisons and judicial corruption.
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What makes you think they have only those five ingredients? I’d bet on more gluten, malt, potato starch, a couple exotic salts, and more.
There is nothing wrong with most additives. Even so-called 'artisanal' bakers add 'bread improvers', which contain things like 'ascorbic acid' (ooohh scary! except that its common name is... vitamin C), enzymes or some fast sugars that are entirely converted to alcohol and CO2 by the yeast (i.e. they're just used as yeast feed, no extra sweetness to the final product). My mother used to work with a woman who later op…
MSG = Kombu Salt
Nitrates = Celery Juice (though this is already done)
HFCS = Artisnal Corn Sugar
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Oh what?? Wow, I'm quite surprised. Were they making the same sort of product back then? Maybe it just took them a long time to spread to Canada.
It's funny you should mention Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearly_Canadian
I used to like their drinks back when it was possible to find them in stores, perhaps 15-20 years ago. But I'm pretty sure they were all sweetened...
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Oh what?? Wow, I'm quite surprised. Were they making the same sort of product back then? Maybe it just took them a long time to spread to Canada.
They can identify the market but not have the right way of reaching it. Two of the biggest changes in the past few decades: 1. Everything can be shipped online, so niche targets have more options. I have a memory of craving Yoo-Hoo in college, in the mid-2000's and seeing no local outlet for it, and therefore I went on Amazon and purchased six boxes of the stuff. I got what I wanted, although by the time I was done w…
Anyway, diet sodas have been around forever but to my memory always attempted to taste as sweet as the sugary drinks.
To me it just looks to be a small convection oven (which I have), but doesn't seem to offer any advantage except maybe ease of cleaning or power consumption.
Are they better sealed so little heat leakage or a stronger fan?
Sort of related - has anyone purchased one of these counter-top air fryers? To me it just looks to be a small convection oven (which I have), but doesn't seem to offer any advantage except maybe ease of cleaning or power consumption. Are they better sealed so little heat leakage or a stronger fan?
Sort of related - has anyone purchased one of these counter-top air fryers? To me it just looks to be a small convection oven (which I have), but doesn't seem to offer any advantage except maybe ease of cleaning or power consumption. Are they better sealed so little heat leakage or a stronger fan?
No and no. Your small convection oven probably does a better job than any air fryer. https://thewirecutter.com/blog/you-dont-need-an-air-fryer/
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-air-fryer/
"The Best Air Fryer Is a Convection Toaster Oven"
Definitely sticking with the oven.
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How does socialized healthcare change food manuf incentives? I do also wonder about where it makes sense to draw the line when it comes to nutrition policy. We all share finite healthcare resources, especially as it becomes more socialized. I think at the very least it becomes even more obviously predatory for you to make money off peddling addictive junk food to the masses. I would start there when thinking of helpf…
It doesn't change much in fact. That's why several prominent socialized healthcare nations are extremely obese just like the US. That includes: Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Israel. All have adult obesity levels around or over 25%. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain are among the most obese nations on the planet - despite having world-class socialized healthcare systems. When it comes…