Q. What’s with the new tagline, “May Contain Peanuts?” – Adam, California Some folks have very bad allergic reactions to peanuts. There is some proposed legislation for labeling and some manufacturers have already started doing so. However, as someone who reads a lot of food labels, I’ve seen too many cases of the disclaimer may […]
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Q. Butter, margarine, or Brummel & Brown? — Ted, Seattle, WA Butter. The philosophy here is simple: if you’re going to put butter on bread, put butter on bread. If you want to put yogurt on bread, put yogurt on bread. Don’t delude yourself into thinking frankenfoods like margarine are inherently better for you. As
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In celebration of my 500th comment, I’m going to answer reader mail this week. So, if there’s a burning question, feel free to email me and I’ll try to address it. Hints: try to make it something I have a shot of answering, or at least humorously. Here’s some of the questions so far: Q.
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I didn’t do that well at predicting the banana consumption in the household this week, so we had plenty of extras for banana bread. Here’s a good recipe. I prefer to have this slightly undercooked so the loaf is extra moist and squishy. Feel free to experiment. Banana Bread — https://www.wt8p.com 1 1/2 C mashed
I rode the 7 hills of kirkland this weekend. I’ll start out with the numbers: Neil Hubbard, neilbagpiper.com One bagpipe player Two flats Three dead amphibians lying on the side of the road 4:48 10 hills, though only nine were labeled on the map. 52.3 miles 3,480′ elevation gain The standard tour has 7 hills
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Here’s a recipe for a squishy dough to play with. We like it because you can tailor the color combinations to the kids’ whims-du-jour. Fun dough — https://www.wt8p.com 1 C (250 ml) water 1 C (250 ml) flour 2 t (10 ml) cream of tartar 1 T (15 ml) vegetable oil 1/2 C (125 ml)
I set up awstats to enable displaying the title of a page next to the hit count. This is much easier than trying to remember /a/000148.shtml is the thing I wrote about dropping coins off buildings. I noticed that my “lists” category page gets a lot of activity despite no update in nearly six months.
Product rebates are a curious application of drive-by marketing and probability theory. Companies offer them because they provide the perception of a lower price and allow the company to gather more information on its customers. You know, for future marketing purposes. The typical spiel looks like this Transdimensional warp generator (Intel-compatible)(USB cable not included) Our
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