What do you eat? The thread about things you eat.

[TomahawkLabs]

At my house my wife has been making a "sprite" mixer from lemon/lime juice and some sugar. Mix it with some sparkling water and my kids get a bubbly sweet drink that isn't soda.

[tp4tissue]

That totally is soda, but you already know Tp4 isn't against sodas. 

Tp4 only cautions humans drinking cow puss infused baby cow growth fluid, produced on factory farms that are SO DIRTY, the animals would not survive unless intensively fed antibiotics. 70% of the entire USA production of antibiotics is used in Factory Farms.

These chemicals are largely trapped in the FATS of the animals, high concentration throughout, but more so.

Look at the extreme rise in early onset cancer in 30year old humans.

[phinix]

At my house my wife has been making a "sprite" mixer from lemon/lime juice and some sugar. Mix it with some sparkling water and my kids get a bubbly sweet drink that isn't soda.

I make this drink for my wife every day -
1x lemon
1x lime
1x tablespoon of honey
1 x tablespoon of mashed ginger

Mix with sparkling water in a pint glass and you get an amazing lemonade drink.

[TomahawkLabs]

How do you get the honey to mix well? I find the moment the honey touched a cold fluid it freezes up and just clumps.

[tp4tissue]

At my house my wife has been making a "sprite" mixer from lemon/lime juice and some sugar. Mix it with some sparkling water and my kids get a bubbly sweet drink that isn't soda.

I make this drink for my wife every day -
1x lemon
1x lime
1x tablespoon of honey
1 x tablespoon of mashed ginger

Mix with sparkling water in a pint glass and you get an amazing lemonade drink.

This is how you know Phinix is extremely Bougieee.

1x wife, requires 1x lemon, lime, table spoon (14.79ml) of honey and mashed ginger per day.

365*120g per lemons, 95lbs lemon, $2.12 per pound, $202

365*120g per lime, 95lbs lime, $1.08 per pound, $103

365*14.79ml honey, 5.398 Liter, 17lbs pound, $2.80 per pound, $47.6

365* ginger, stays fresh for 3 weeks, $5 per box, 17*5,  $85 in ginger year round.

$438 Year round just for hydrates Wife-Fuel.


If Phinix would just put her on water,  that's the difference between a 7800xt and 7900xtx.

/Tp4 GPU savings plan calculator.

[fohat.digs]

honey, $2.80 per pound

That is nuts. REAL honey would cost well over double that, at best wholesale prices.

If you are buying "honey" at Costco you are almost certainly getting something that is perhaps half honey (and probably from a 3rd world country and loaded with chemicals) and half corn syrup.

In the US you should always buy honey at the farmers market, or, even better, from a farmer on the side of the road. If the label has words like "packaged", "processed", "filtered", or some other indication of coming from a "facility" - put it back on the shelf - it is not the real deal.

[tp4tissue]

I have bad news, alot of the guys @ farmers markets aren't real farmers, they're just agents paid to play the part, who knows what you're getting.

Grocery store Honey is too adulterated at this point to eat in large quantity as the Fohat mentioned.

But it's not good for the Bees.  It's like what we do to Mexico, we take all their Fresh Fruits, mango, avocado, then we pump the country full of CocaCola in exchange.


Many bee keeping systems take the bee's hard earned honey, and replace it with nutrient-less sugar syrup. This is cruel and unethical.

[fohat.digs]

take the bee's hard earned honey, and replace it with nutrient-less sugar syrup.

True. I once heard a commercial beekeeper say that he takes their honey as fast as they make it and replaces it with sugar-water, but that probably means that they will make low-grade honey with it.

Honey production varies wildly from year to year - for example my bees made well over twice as much honey in 2023 than 2024.

An average hive might go through the winter with about 5 pounds of bees but it will take about 50 pounds of honey to get them through. Around here, East Tennessee, the general practice is to harvest honey around July 4th and not take any more after that. Beekeepers monitor their hives during the winter (on warm days, of course) and feed sugar-water if they seem to be running low.

Global warming confuses the bees because because on warm days (over 50F/10C) they fly all day (burning up food) but don't bring anything home from about November until March.

[tp4tissue]

Mankind's culture, is that of colonialism, which is an offshoot of slavery, pioneered by the religious caste selling/trading blessings on sacrificial animals (Christianity).

My boy Jesus Christ who was vegan tried to stop the slaughter, and that directly led to his Crucifixion.

[Findecanor]

Because my intestines are short now, I have been recommended to drink salt water to help osmosis so as to avoid dehydration. I've got a recipe for water with salt and sugar... but that just tastes wile.
Orange lemonade is the only drink I've found that actually works with a little salt in it, although it is still better without.

For a number of years, I have also made Scottish orange marmalade when oranges have been in season.
The traditional Scottish recipe also contains salt: or rather, it recommends soaking Seville oranges in salt water for a few days before, and I think the salt infuses the orange. (That's where I got the idea from to drink salted orange lemonade)
Apparently back in the day, Seville oranges used to be shipped from Spain to Scotland in barrels filled with salt water.

This year, I made as much as three batches of marmalade, resulting in eleven jars (of varying size).
There are many varieties of oranges, that do taste different. Last year I used half Seville oranges, and half organic Sicilian blood oranges, and the result was quite tangy (but not as tangy as 100% Seville oranges)
This year I used half Seville oranges and half eating-oranges (sweet with thick peel). It does not taste less: just a different orange.
Next year, I think I'll use three (or more) types of oranges. The base will still be Seville oranges but I do like a little bit of the notes from the sweet eating-oranges.

[noisyturtle]

I don't understand the love for Birthday Cake flavor. It's just like a worse version of vanilla.

[fohat.digs]

Birthday Cake flavor.

a worse version of vanilla.

Yuck! Never heard of that and don't want to. Also I have no desire for pumpkin pie flavoring except in pumpkin pies.

As far as vanilla goes, the fake stuff is an order of magnitude cheaper than real extract.

On the very rare occasion that I make icing, there is no reason to make anything but the best - butter cream.

[noisyturtle]

Today I learned that if you eat blueberries and bananas together, they create an enzyme in your stomach that makes both fruits less healthy then they would be otherwise.

[phinix]

Today I learned that if you eat blueberries and bananas together, they create an enzyme in your stomach that makes both fruits less healthy then they would be otherwise.

Interesting. It always fascinated me how some substances can be passive, but when combined with others, they become toxic/unhealthy or dangerous.
Like cosmetics - those companies have their labs to test those things, but you never know how consumers will mix things together. I dont remember what movie it was, but ages ago there was one where some woman mixed cosmetics and it became toxic, like lipstick with face cream or detergent...

[tp4tissue]

Ramen,  infused with copious quantity o' micro plastics.

/Delicious and highly toxic endocrine disrupt0rs..

[HoffmanMyster]

It's been a while since I posted something here.

I don't do sushi that often, but I love it and it was time to make some.

Sushi rice looks amazing (soaked, just before cooking).

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...and after short 3 hours, it was all done

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...holy hell, this looks fantastic!! Really showing us all up with this amazing (surely tasty) display. Bravo.

PS, I think my invitation got lost in the mail? Maybe next time.

[phinix]

It's been a while since I posted something here.

I don't do sushi that often, but I love it and it was time to make some.

Sushi rice looks amazing (soaked, just before cooking).

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...and after short 3 hours, it was all done

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...holy hell, this looks fantastic!! Really showing us all up with this amazing (surely tasty) display. Bravo.

PS, I think my invitation got lost in the mail? Maybe next time.

Thanks Hoff

Funny part is I'm still not confident with my sushi, I would like to master it, but first I would love to have some proper sushi master chef to show me how to make perfect sushi.
I guess there is only one way to find out - go to Japan
One of few points on my bucket list

[tp4tissue]

Thanks Hoff

Funny part is I'm still not confident with my sushi, I would like to master it, but first I would love to have some proper sushi master chef to show me how to make perfect sushi.
I guess there is only one way to find out - go to Japan
One of few points on my bucket list

It's safe for the phinix because he's already reproduced.

Remember the only reason they didn't evacuate Tokyo is because of Politics, it was 1000% bad enough that they should've.
The situation hasn't improved much because it rains and wash back into the city, no matter how much you "fake clean". 70% of the contaminated area is woodland/mountain. Can't be cleaned.

/radiation


How come we don't hear about it, well, they used 1,000,000 people to clean up chernobyl, what's the official death toll, how come thousands and thousands who died of aggressive early life hard cancers aren't counted.  How come the Ukrainian/Belarusian Towns that TO THIS DAY, they bring children over to UK for summer camp to recover from radiation sickness, how come we don't hear about them?

After every single one of these industrial catastrophes, there's coverup, there's denial,  there's irrelevant news cycle to distract the population from what's really happened.

Tokyo's skyrocketed thyroid cancer rates, especially among children, because they're significantly more radiosensitive, even their massive coverup campaign couldn't hide it..

Exposure Dosage metrics were done for a 170lb male and only on outside bombardment.  It's completely different for kiddos, female + eating/breathing in radioactive hot-particles.



The entire Tokyo area qualifies as a toxic waste dump. They've measured the rooftops and gutters, sporadic lvls are high enough for the classification.


How come no one's up in arms, well, radiation is tasteless and odorless, and it doesn't respect borders.


Massive depression rates, extremely low fertility. Alcoholism,  all interconnected.  The fabric of a failing society, mired in the poison of the Faustian power.

[noisyturtle]

I thought for a second I could work bread back into my diet - I gained 9lbs in the past 5 days
what the ****? how is that even possible?

[fohat.digs]

Eating fat does not make you fat.

Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

[iamtootallforthis]

I thought for a second I could work bread back into my diet - I gained 9lbs in the past 5 days
what the ****? how is that even possible?

Carbs make you store more water

[iri]

Eating fat does not make you fat.

Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

Eating excess calories from any source makes you fat.

[noisyturtle]

Eating fat does not make you fat.

Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

Eating excess calories from any source makes you fat.

That is my take. You can eat whatever you want so long as you finish the day in a calorie deficit. For me that deficit is below 1800, and generally I'm more around 1500. So it was shocking how much processed carbohydrates effected my weight. For the past year, when I buy bread it is sprouted whole grain, and for whatever reason that type of bread does not cause me bloat or weight gain. But French/sourdough/bagels, just 1 week of bread later I packed on 9lbs!

[iri]

Eating fat does not make you fat.

Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

Eating excess calories from any source makes you fat.

That is my take. You can eat whatever you want so long as you finish the day in a calorie deficit. For me that deficit is below 1800, and generally I'm more around 1500

That really doesn't sound right, especially since you go to the gym. What's your height and weight?

[noisyturtle]

Eating fat does not make you fat.

Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

Eating excess calories from any source makes you fat.

That is my take. You can eat whatever you want so long as you finish the day in a calorie deficit. For me that deficit is below 1800, and generally I'm more around 1500

That really doesn't sound right, especially since you go to the gym. What's your height and weight?

I have a medical condition that makes me retain water weight and slow metabolism, so I have to make sacrifices not to be a disgusting fat slob. Medically speaking I should be eating around 2200 cal a day, but that is way too much and a guaranteed recipe for weight gain. I refuse to be one of those people who blame their appearance on their medical conditions. No excuses.

[iri]

And 1500 is way too low.

[noisyturtle]

You guys were correct, a few days later and not eating enriched bread I dropped 7lbs. Nothing else in my diet changed, so it is stunning to realize just how much bloat and water weight white breads add. I have been eating Ezekiel brand, whole grain sprouted bread, for a while and never had that happen. Got to be the sugar content in enriched bread.

also, radishes as severely underrated

[phinix]

You guys were correct, a few days later and not eating enriched bread I dropped 7lbs. Nothing else in my diet changed, so it is stunning to realize just how much bloat and water weight white breads add. I have been eating Ezekiel brand, whole grain sprouted bread, for a while and never had that happen. Got to be the sugar content in enriched bread.

also, radishes as severely underrated

Dude! I eat tons of radishes with my sandwiches, I love it!

[iri]

You guys were correct, a few days later and not eating enriched bread I dropped 7lbs. Nothing else in my diet changed, so it is stunning to realize just how much bloat and water weight white breads add. I have been eating Ezekiel brand, whole grain sprouted bread, for a while and never had that happen. Got to be the sugar content in enriched bread.

also, radishes as severely underrated

Ah of course. I forgot that your bread is our cake.

[phinix]

You guys were correct, a few days later and not eating enriched bread I dropped 7lbs. Nothing else in my diet changed, so it is stunning to realize just how much bloat and water weight white breads add. I have been eating Ezekiel brand, whole grain sprouted bread, for a while and never had that happen. Got to be the sugar content in enriched bread.

also, radishes as severely underrated

Ah of course. I forgot that your bread is our cake.

 

[tp4tissue]

The price of baking extracts,  how can people afford this.

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 dat research how make Tamale,  got to the part,  pour in 1 cup of oil, that's totally normal, they're all made like this.

/gasp.

[fohat.digs]

“Groceries, I used it on the campaign. It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It’s a bag with different things in it.”

- Donald Trump 2025-04-02 - demonstrating his remarkable acumen

[noisyturtle]

I love fresh ripe mango, but it is hands down the most annoying fruit to cut! I HATE cutting up mangoes 

I've tried all the 'hacks' and none of them work. It's honestly not worth the effort and mess.

[noisyturtle]

Jersey Mikes is exactly 60% accurate to an actual East Coast cheesesteak
More than half is pretty good! But it is that 40% that truly makes the difference between mediocrity and greatness.

My math is dead-on, don't question it

[noisyturtle]

I think wine experts are wrong about their decanting description. They claim it 'opens up the flavors and evolves the wine'
I'd argue a more appropriate explanation is, decanting wine subdues the loudest flavors and notes allowing you to more easily identify and appreciate the subtle ones.
Take a good Bordeaux. Strong red flavors, complex, and heavy tannins. Decanting for 2+ hrs allows the tannins to be significantly softened, making the already complex mixture of grapes stand out even more now they are not being drowned out by the dry bitterness of the tannins. The wine didn't change or evolve, it just mellowed with age and O2.

[tp4tissue]

My opium is the best opium, steamed in the best pipes, and uses only the finest slaves to craft the original cakes.

No need to romanticize WINE any further than that, which is. Yet another crack pipe.

[noisyturtle]

My opium is the best opium, steamed in the best pipes, and uses only the finest slaves to craft the original cakes.

No need to romanticize WINE any further than that, which is. Yet another crack pipe.

Sure sure, let me grab you a Smirnoff Ice from the cooler

[tp4tissue]

Sure sure, let me grab you a Smirnoff Ice from the cooler

Nice.

[tp4tissue]

Just got this new chili powder, it's not spicy at all. Why did they even make this? What would this be used for?

[fohat.digs]

Grow your own. Peppers are amazingly prolific and don't require much attention.

[tp4tissue]

You have harvest already? Tp4 had just sprouted seedlings.

[fohat.digs]

Not that was one day last summer.

[phinix]

Grow your own. Peppers are amazingly prolific and don't require much attention.

Oh man, fohat, I can only imagine how amazing is that feeling that not only you have grew those veggies, but then you cook them and eat - this must be phenomenal
I wish I could do that.

[noisyturtle]

Every single time I eat Shake Shack I am disappointed, yet somehow it regularly is near the top of everyone's 'best burger' lists.
Never again, Shake Shack. Unless someone is treating me, I am done with you and your tiny overpriced burgers, soggy tasteless fries, and weird soulless interiors!

Just ranting here. I get 1 cheat meal a month, and when it is such a total let down it feels wasted and unsatisfying.

[fohat.digs]

An all-too-common practice is to build a product on quality to acheive a solid reputation and loyal customers, then drain the quality at a slow-ish rate so that your customers don't abandon you until much later.

BTW I have never been to one of those places, they must be rare in this region.

[noisyturtle]

An all-too-common practice is to build a product on quality to acheive a solid reputation and loyal customers, then drain the quality at a slow-ish rate so that your customers don't abandon you until much later.

BTW I have never been to one of those places, they must be rare in this region.

Being on a calorie deficient and healthy diet for an extended period of time, it has given me insight into exactly how much garbage I was eating. Especially stuff that I didn't even enjoy that much, like sugary stuff and carb snack foods. I'll pick a cucumber and some hummus over a bag of chips sheerly for taste reasons now, let alone health reasons.

My cheat meals now almost exclusively consist of cheeseburgers(no fries) or pizza, and of course, beer.

[tp4tissue]

Being on a calorie deficient and healthy diet for an extended period of time, it has given me insight into exactly how much garbage I was eating. Especially stuff that I didn't even enjoy that much, like sugary stuff and carb snack foods. I'll pick a cucumber and some hummus over a bag of chips sheerly for taste reasons now, let alone health reasons.

My cheat meals now almost exclusively consist of cheeseburgers(no fries) or pizza, and of course, beer.

Bowel cancer rates in adults under 50 has been doubling every decade for past 20 years, and will be the leading cause of cancer death in that age group by 2030.

[noisyturtle]

Being on a calorie deficient and healthy diet for an extended period of time, it has given me insight into exactly how much garbage I was eating. Especially stuff that I didn't even enjoy that much, like sugary stuff and carb snack foods. I'll pick a cucumber and some hummus over a bag of chips sheerly for taste reasons now, let alone health reasons.

My cheat meals now almost exclusively consist of cheeseburgers(no fries) or pizza, and of course, beer.

Bowel cancer rates in adults under 50 has been doubling every decade for past 20 years, and will be the leading cause of cancer death in that age group by 2030.

Aside from Greek yogurt and honey, there are days where I'm inadvertently vegan. In fact most days of the week, I rarely eat meat or cheese these days.
tp would be proud

[tp4tissue]

Aside from Greek yogurt and honey, there are days where I'm inadvertently vegan. In fact most days of the week, I rarely eat meat or cheese these days.
tp would be proud

Glad to hear it's less.

But do remember, casein up-regulates cancer cells growth and motility. .