When I saw Guy Fieri sharing a recipe for a Kobe beef burger, I knew the marketing had officially outrun the reality. Grinding up a $600 steak into a patty is like using a 1945 Chateau Mouton Rothschild to make a wine cooler. To understand why that’s so ridiculous, you first have to understand what … Read more
People who like their steaks well-cooked often ask this question. Why do people look down their noses at someone who orders a well-done steak? is well-done steak bad? No, well-done steaks are not bad. There are a couple of primary reasons that people say they are bad. 1) They’ve learned to hate well-done steaks from … Read more
One of the most prevalent beliefs about the American diet among people from other countries is that Americans eat more processed ‘American’ cheese than real, natural cheese. Processed cheese, which is called plastic cheese in some cultures, is seen as a symbol of the horrible American diet, part of a culture that survives on fast … Read more
I’ve come across a neat little trick regarding eggplants. When shopping for eggplants, you should choose a ‘male’ eggplant fruit because the male ones have fewer seeds and are less bitter. How can you tell? The female eggplants have a longish brown dimple at the blossom end whereas the male ones have a round dimple. … Read more
Fast food claim: If you leave out a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget at room temperature, it will eventually melt into a puddle. This food rumor, as far as I can tell, first appeared around 2013. The earliest entry, according to a simple Google search, appears on a website called Mrs Happy Homemaker. It has also been … Read more
A viral YouTube video purports to demonstrate that ice does not melt in the microwave. According to the video, the ice “refuses” to do so. Even Google “believes” this video and will explain to you scientific reasons why ice does not melt in the microwave. Is it true? Does ice not melt in the microwave? … Read more