I won’t dog on them since the context implies this is ESL, but seeing “etc.” punctuated as though it’s an acronym is unholy.
Anon tries to lose weight
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Why did you have to point it out? I didn’t even notice until you did!
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If their first language is a Romance language it still isn’t an excuse, because “etc” comes from the Latin.
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
But punctuation rules might be very different, e.g. in Spanish ordinal numerals are supposed to have a dot to denote that it’s a contraction: 1.º
Nowadays this seems to die down, but it still is in the rules:
Entre el número y la letra volada debe haber un punto.
There must be a period between the number and the superscript letter.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah this is silly and cringe but eating frozen fruits while they’re still frozen is amazing.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They are better while they are still frozen. Love me a bowl of frozen mixed berries, even worth the seeds that stick in the teeth.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
If you have a good blender frozen fruit is great with some soy milk. Makes a nice smoothie.
Nangijala@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
So true! I really think that banana, grapes and pineapple work particularly well when frozen 🤤
What fruits do you enjoy frozen?
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Cherries. Mmm, especially with plain yoghurt.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Especially banana
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 weeks ago
My father likes to tell this tale of when he made fried spaghetti because he was a poor student and his buddy liked it so much that he asked how to make them. My father replied “Like normal spaghetti. But you fry them in a pan.”
That’s what he did. Instead of cooking he fried the dry spaghetti in a pan.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
tbf this exsists
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ok I’m going to attempt that
Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My dad tried frying frozen peas once. Turned the kitchen into Viet goddamn Nam. I still have flashbacks.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 weeks ago
I actually love frozen peas because they can easily be thrown into whatever I’m currently making. Especially something like fried rice.
Of course, just frying them alone is probably pretty difficult.
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Italians also do it. Although they put tomatoes in and smash them first.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Going in another direction, but ramen is great if you fry it after boiling it. Just drain the water (save it if it’s a broth type as you can add the noodles back after frying), then drop them in a pan with heated oil, fry them for a few minutes, just to the point where the noodles on the bottom start to burn a bit (don’t stir them before this but do stir after to interrupt the burning) and your ramen will have a satisfying crunch.
RBWells@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wait, so these are noodles fried, boiled, and then fried again?
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
tbf, ignorance is something you giggle at once, before getting over it and educating them. Hopefully OP and their friend got over it and managed some actual change
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, but also… bruh…
M137@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
This isn’t ignorance, it’s pure idiocy.
PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“Eat some frozen peas!”
“Ew WTF why are your frozen peas frozen?”
No, it’s just ignorance. Expecting the name to be literally accurate is completely understandable. Unashamedly pointing and laughing just makes you a dick.
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Belongs in the category of things you know once somebody told you. I think we all have little things that nobody has ever taught us and everyone else knows.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
There are always cooking directions on the bags.
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Well at least anon was nutritionmaxxing, because frozen fruits and vegetables have higher content in nutrients than those stored at room temperature. Not cooking them also keeps a lot of the good stuff intact. But please go ahead and cook and eat vegetables and fruit regardless of temperature. Because it’s more important to have plenty of them regularly in your diet and the nutrition differences barely matter.
Furthermore, although somewhat funny post, there are way too many people who don’t know how to cook even basic stuff. This is bad. For them, their health, finances, and independence, and a shame on a societal level.
Glowstick@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I love frozen fruit and veg! If you’ve never tried it then don’t knock it
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Me too! When I was a kid, my grandmother would give me a little bowl of frozen peas and corn to snack on. Now I give my kids the same and they strongly prefer them cold.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I work with a kid who really likes cold sensations in his mouth (autism, this experience isn’t uncommon.) At snack time he eats frozen peas and frozen blueberries.
Which is why when I recently cooked with frozen peas, I tried a few before cooking. I get it, I’m a fan of peas and the novelty of them being frozen was interesting. I didn’t love it enough to make a new snack out of it, but you’re right - you never know until you try.
Glowstick@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Try frozen fruit. Dude, so good. Frozen cherries, frozen pineapple, frozen mango, mmmmm
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Yeah, frozen peas sounds pretty edible and even nice for current weather
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Legitimately I’ve snacked on frozen veggies in the hot summer. Anyways, just get all your macros and take in fewer calories than you burn and you’ll lose weight.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Totally gay, because office bro was totally hoping to get some booty.
But damn if I can’t believe this is true. I’ve met people that are that unaware of that kind of thing. Shit, I once had to teach a 76 year old man how to operate a can opener because up until then, his wife had done all kitchen stuff.
I started the case maybe two weeks before and had been doing the meal prep because home health. One morning, I show up and my man is stabbing at the top of a can with an old butcher knife. I freak out a little because, damn, dude needs a nurse’s assistant, so an already less than ideal tool was crazy dangerous. Also, dude had decided to ignore the nicely arranged food I had cooked the day before, which is story in itself.
So I dig through the drawers and find a shitty old can opener. Show him how to use it, and Bob’s your uncle. Mostly.
Dude wasn’t senile, believe it or not. Just not the brightest crayon in the box and woefully a product of his generation. Nice guy though! Not always the case on a case.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
I swear some people act so fucking alien about life, like they had not learned some of the most basic things, or lack what you would consider to be the most obvious social skills.
I think some families just royally fucked up their kids heads growing up.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, they just didn’t have your life. or your standards, or your ‘skills’.
I grew up working-class, and upper middle class people think my social skills are shit, because I’m not endlessly passive-aggressive like they are. I have no issue communicating with with other working-class people, but upper class people think i’m a social freak because I speak my mind directly, which to them is an impossible idea.
M137@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
This is something an alien would do. It would perfectly fit as a scene in the Resident Alien series. And now I’m kinda disappointed it wasn’t.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Resident Alien Series”? Is that like a spinoff/knockoff of Third Rock from the Sun?
harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Tell me you’re white without telling me you’re white.
No shade to fair folks who are fair cooks, but I ain’t never seen a person with melanin who does not know that cooked veggies are a thing. It’s always the pigmentally challenged.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do you think it’s okay to be racist as long as it’s towards white people?
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The bag (usually) has cooking instructions written on the it…
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Peas and carrots are too full of sugar. I mean, they’re better than chips or candy bars by a long shot, but minimizing them or mixing peas and carrots with other less sugary veg is a better idea.
rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Good grief, can we stop shaming people for eating the “wrong types of vegetables” as if that’s even a thing? Just be happy they’re eating any at all.
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Things that cauliflower people say.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No. Health obsessed people are mostly obsessed with feeling superior to others based on diet, so they won’t ever stop shaming anyone who eats differently than they do. They are projecting their insecurity with themselves, and they are so insecure eating some peas might as well by drinking 2L of soda per day.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Dude, let’em eat vegetables they like. They can venture further without the gatekeeping; otherwise, they’ll say “why bother.”
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You do understand all sugar isn’t created equal, yes? And sugar interacts with other components of a given food? Carbs don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re comparing actual whole foods to literal trash.
Please educate yourself and also stop spreading bullshit.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
No, they are actually correct about the effects of starchy vegetables. They have some benefits - like carrots having beta-carotene, but they are about as unhealthy as refined grains are. Maybe slightly worse. Their consumption should be kept on the lower side, and their detriments can be mitigated or even canceled out by being eaten in the same meal as other high fiber whole foods and sources of unsaturated fats.
SirHery@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dam, better go eating drywall.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Adding to this, because despite the kneejerk reactions, you’re pretty correct on this one. Carrots and peas are both more on the high starch side, not quite as high fiber as other plant foods. So basically you can think of them as being in the same category as potatoes. Starchy vegetables are actually more strongly associated with unhealthy aging than even refined grains.
And like you said, this isn’t to demonize them. They still have a place in any reasonable diet, it’s just a good idea to be aware of the need for balance with other more beneficial foods like fruit, vegetables, whole grains, sources of unsaturated fats, legumes, and nuts and seeds.
wols@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The kneejerk reactions are justified IMO. You don’t need to “minimize” peas and carrots to have a healthy diet. Obviously they shouldn’t be all you eat, but that holds for pretty much all foods - balance is key.
There’s several issues with your source.
First, it would have been nice of you to link to the relevant figure so others aren’t forced to comb through the whole thing.
Second, it’s important to point out that this data only shows correlation. The data is interesting for sure, but one should be cautious about demonizing a particular food group based on this alone, considering that the main point of the study was to analyze the health benefits of particular diets rather than food groups.
(note also that fast/fried foods got a positive score, which makes me further apprehensive about drawing quick conclusions from this data)Third, this study focused on health professionals only. I don’t know why it shouldn’t generalize to the general population but it is not a given that it does.
Most importantly, it is not clear (to me at least) that peas and carrots are part of the category “starchy vegetables” according to this study. I couldn’t find any explicit description of the categories, please let me know if there is one in the study or one of its sources.
From what I could find online, peas can be considered starchy vegetables, but carrots usually aren’t. For instance, this site classifies both carrots and some types of peas as non-starchy.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Very in character for anon.
clifmo@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
A lot of frozen vegetables are raw and require cooking to ensure safety
RBWells@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We live in a hot climate and all my kids loved to eat frozen corn, frozen. I could never cook it because if I bought a bag they would raid it.
ddplf@szmer.info 2 weeks ago
Someone or y’all sickos had to start it
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I knew a guy like this. He said he didn’t like sunflower seeds for the same reason he didn’t like shrimp. “Too crunchy”. Apparently he was eating the shell and all of both of these things…
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I had that experience with Lychees. Nobody told me you weren’t supposed to eat the crunchy center!
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I had the opposite experience eating pomegranate the first time. So fucking delicious, but the pips were an unsettling crunch/texture that I couldn’t get over. However, it’s too much work to remove them from the pips, so no fresh pomegranate for me.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Did he like bananas?
snoons@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You take of the skin? Such a waste… that’s where all the electrolytes are.
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, but he loved coconuts
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Okay but a properly fried shrimp is peak with the shell on. Good snappy crunch to it, they help hold the flavor in, wonderful. And for tails I usually don’t even care how they’re cooked I just go ahead and eat the tails shell in saves a lot of hassle and they’re pretty good
snoons@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Also a good source of [compound that lubricates your joints].
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Depends on the shrimp.
Pandasdontfly@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
For most of my life I willingly ate them shell and all
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
At least you didn’t know that wasn’t the social norm. Eating sunflower seeds whole is like swallowing splinters and causes constipation. As for shrimp, it’s just an unpleasant chew as far as I’m concerned.
TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have always eaten sunflower seeds and peanuts w/ the shell on. I know the other way, but I prefer them shell on.
I have the cleanest colon in the lower 48
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
But that’s how you eat sunflower seeds. You don’t chew or swallow the shell, but you put it in your mouth and crack it with your teeth.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Nah I confirmed. He was just tossing them in his mouth and eating them whole. This is how the conversation came to be in the first place. He was a work friend and I offered him some sunflower seeds and he said “nah man too crunchy” and that unravelled the whole thing. He was a pretty sheltered guy, eating mostly processed garbage and nobody cooked in his house growing up. He was a nice guy just pretty oblivious at times. I once got him to eat one of those Airborne capsules you put in water and drink as a chewable.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Sometimes I intentionally eat the shells as well. So tasty and crunchy
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah, til you have to shit them out the next day.