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heretohelpsstuff · 4 months

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The basics of soup!

How to make homade soup the easy way. Anything can go into a soup and it’ll taste good you just gotta know the basics.

Get a big pot the bigger the better. This is so you don’t accidentally overestimate the capacity of your pot and end up with soup everywhere when it boils.

Next put oil, onions, and garlic at the bottom of pot and let them cook until the onions are translucent and the garlic smells good.

If you are adding any type of meat you can cook it in the pot so the juices are in the broth and add “depth of flavor”. Once cooked remove the meat from the pot.

Next add the vegetables that take the longest to cook this is your carrots, celery, and potatoes. No leafy greens yet.

Next add your broth. Broth can be bought at the store but the cheaper alternative is to pre make it by boiling water, salt, and vegetable scraps until you get a nice brown color and delicious flavor. This I recommend doing the day before you make soup because it takes a bit.

If you want to add noodles add them once your soup boils then bring it to simmer for a bit.

Add your leaf greens. They cook quickly and turn to mush if you over do it so watch it. The best leafy green for soups (in my opinion ) is kale because it doesn’t go quite as soft as others.

If you want a creamy soup add some heavy cream. I have not tried this with other milk substitutes but it should work it just might not have the same level of creaminess.

Bam soups done.

Make sure you are seasoning to your liking and checking the flavor frequently. I like to adjust my seasonings after each steps for that extra “depth”.

I also like to store half my soup in freezer bags and freeze them to be reheated for later dates. Just make sure if you do this leave the noodles out and add them in when you are reheating the soup so they don’t become too soft.

Soup is such a good way to get a good healthy meal in and almost anything can be made into a soup so experiment. Also soup is one of the more cheap meals you can sub any of the vegetables for frozen vegetables and it makes many meals.

Don’t forget your piece of bread and butter for the full experience.

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bestrecipehealty · 2 months

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Fish Recipes Collection: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Fish and Shellfish

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seilon · 9 days

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look i live in california i know damn well the price of groceries is absurd. but whenever i see someone say “i buy hellofresh because it’s wayyy cheaper than groceries” i wince. you people just dont know how to fucking shop

#and I mean okay that’s not your fault probably but. I don’t know man I don’t like big wasteful companies taking advantage of the fact that #people (namely around my age range) don’t know how to buy staple foods and frozen produce and etc to cook with that lasts a long time and is #absolutely cheaper than hellofresh especially in the long run #I do understand the lack of time/energy to cook meals from scratch believe me but these days I RARELY cook anything that takes longer than #a hellofresh meal would. use the recipes on their website if you want but please im begging you look up tips for sustainable low-effort #grocery shopping.#I will admit. factor meals do tempt me. because my old roommate got them for a couple weeks once and I tried them and was actually very #surprised by the quality. like they actually taste like homemade meals. but logically I know it’s not a good deal except for the time it #would save. sighh #kibumblabs #said roommate is also the reason I tried hellofresh for like a week or two (she bought it and then never wanted to cook anything so I #ended up cooking them so they wouldn’t go bad) and don’t get me wrong they’re not bad #but there’s so much unnecessary packaging waste and the amount you make leaves for basically no leftovers or anything to use later and so on #it’s just really a bad deal in comparison to making anything yourself

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noviceoutdoors · 1 year

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The SUDZA STICK - A sentimental excuse to whittle try some wood tattooing..."

The SUDZA STICK – A sentimental excuse to whittle try some wood tattooing…”

Growing up in Africa I ate alot if traditional foods. One of my favorites was and still us Sudza. Made from corn meal it is a bland meal. However adding aiuses and other relish dishes to ” dip” the sudza in makes all the difference. To Make sudza you need a hearty spoon or spatula to mix while it cooks. Hence I made me a personal Sudza stick. The joy Remember knowledge is a survival skill NS

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daz4i · 2 years

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does anyone have any tips for cooking with chronic pain 😔

#idk if my pain counts as chronic but i assume tips can help even if it isn't #basically i will need to cook for myself tomorrow but every time i do i end up with back pain so bad i can't stand up #which. naturally. i don't want. esp not when I'm gonna be alone for a week #so does anyone have tips on how to avoid that :( it's the bending over pots/pans and standing up for long that fucks me up really

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fordragonfliesandme · 4 months

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Baking 101~ Introduction to Baking Like a Pro

The other day I wrote a blog on The Benefits of Baking With Kids, so I thought I should also put out some information for those of you who may be new to the kitchen arena! I personally prefer to cook rather than bake. You may be wondering why, and the answer to that is I feel cooking allows me to be more creative. Baking is what I like to think of as a science. It is very important to follow…

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#Baking 101 #baking for adults #baking tips & tricks #cooking #easy recipes #how to bake #Recipes #simple baking tips #what are the basic things I need to know with baking?

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vengefulcooking · 5 months

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Just made a quick egg sandwich today and it was so good that I want to write down the instructions for myself for the next time I'm in a pinch, and by 'pinch' I mean 'so hungry oh my god, it's 10 pm and I haven't eaten since 1 because I was out and ran out of food I'd carried with me'. So it's a quick and filling snack.

Put eggs to boil (longest task, may take 12-15m on full heat so do this first)

I'm lucky that right now I get to use my housemate's air fryer, otherwise toaster it is.

In the air fryer, were buttering a bread, and for extra pizazz, I happened to have sesame seeds from the last time I went to the Japanese fast food plade downtown. Amazingly, that's a thing. Sprinkled those on too because they taste great toasted. It's also absolutely times like these I aspire to someday own a panini press. Start toaster/air fryer. I'm moving in a couple of weeks and I think the thing I'll miss the most of the air fryer. And having a bit of leg room, that too.

eggs done? Remove the shell, smash in a bowl with a spoon or fork. Add some Mayo, pepper, salt, mustard. Mix.

Breads done! The butter has set in, the seeds are toasted. Spread egg spread, eat!

Ideas for next time:

Maybe throwing in boiled chicken

Chilli powder? Makes everything nicer.

Slight chopped onion if energy, but honestly it already tastes great.

That's it! Quick and filling thing. Now to eat actual dinner...

#recipes #vengeful cooking #food #cooking #cooking tips #Quick recipes #Egg #Bread #Toast #Simple reciples #Simple ideas #I will be trying so hard tovfind this next time; only to be disappointed by the reality of how general and basic this is.#Hi future me. It's a very simply recipe.#Egg salad toast #Egg salad

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avo-kat · 6 months

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cooking tips by avo:

turn on the stove lmao (or oven)

get a SHARP knife!!! especially a sharp veggie knife!!! this is the most important thing!!!

get a BIG cutting board. u wont regret it. trust me.

use cans. its fine.

use frozen veggies. its fine.

use spice mixes / mixed seasonings. sure. its cooler to make ur own mix. but seasoning ur food is basically the most difficult thing about cooking (imo). its fine to buy mixes. thats why they exist!!! not everybody is good at seasoning food. its fine. thats why they are sold.

use a chair. seriously. even if u dont have chronic pain or any kind of disability or whatever. use a chair. sit down. its fine. you are allowed to.

if everythings fails. drench ur meal in ur fav condiment. its fine.

turn off the stove lmao.

#cooking tip #wrote this down to remind myself #i can boil down the main reasons why i dont wanna cook basically to #having to stand and chop w a shitty blunt knife on a tiny chopping board #and having to season my own food and failing at it and ending up w bland shit #both issues easily solved!!!!!!!#literally dont know why i live like this #theres no fucking reason to!!!!#today i made pizza and it was super chill and easy cuz i applied all these tips #cant believe how nice it is to use a sharp knife lmao #basically no effort #i didnt know that chopping veggies could be so damn easy #what a fucking fool i was

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nyelaexe · 8 months

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Going to talk to my psychiatrist about the fact that I buy food to cook then buy the exact same meal I was going to cook from a restaurant

#i bought a bag of party wings from the store yesterday but I'm eyeing steak and chicken city market #looking at the 8 piece with fries and mild sauce and it's 13.49 plus tip which is basically $20 #i have chicken and fries here i just don't feel like cleaning the air fryer washing the dishes #cleaning seasoning and coating the chicken putting it in the fryer then making a baked sweet potato #i could make mashed taters...i have s bag of yellow potatoes i really need to get to #eh fuck it I'll just cook

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moteocooking · 8 months

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How about making Asian Hot Chicken?🍗🍗🍗

Please leave a comment if you would like to try this dish at my restaurant.😘

I found some "mini rice crackers," beloved in Asian countries, and decided to create a delicious chicken dish using them. While these rice crackers are tasty on their own, I thought of a way to enjoy them even more and decided to give it a try.

First, prepare bone-in chicken and shred the meat using a fork or something pointed. To enhance the unique flavor of the rice crackers, marinate the chicken with a simple mixture of sake and grated garlic, then let it sit in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

During this time, take the rice crackers and crush them finely by gently pounding them in a bag. Add potato starch and cornstarch to the crushed rice crackers, and mix well. Coat the chicken generously with this mixture. Then, deep fry the chicken in oil at 180 degrees Celsius for about 5 minutes until it turns crispy and golden brown.

The result is a chicken dish with a crispy and crunchy crust, complemented by juicy and flavorful meat inside. However, if you feel it lacks spiciness, you can add ingredients like chili powder, black pepper, ginger, and other seasonings to increase the heat. It might even turn out tastier than the famous KFC chicken!

Ingredients: Bone-in chicken: as needed Garlic: 2 cloves Sake (Japanese rice wine): 50ml Mini rice crackers: 1 bag Potato starch: 100g Cornstarch: 100g

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bestrecipehealty · 3 months

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neverendingford · 10 months

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#tag talk #the problem with going out and meeting new people to make friends is that so many people are highkey unbearable to be around #they'll fuck up basic scheduling for dates and meetups. they'll flake and message you about it two days later.#literally scheduled a dinner date with some dude and he never showed. texts me an hour later like “sorry I fell asleep” bitch you what?#like. messaging me literally last minute going “hey I've decided to not show up” is better than ghosting.#this isn't the first time something like this has happened. but like. why do people not respect my time.#I try so hard to communicate clearly and be transparent about timeline and schedule and letting people know if something comes up #and I'm not saying I'm better than other people. I'm saying I don't know why other people don't do it too. it feels like the bare minimum.#anyway. my brother was giving me shit for not sticking with friends for more than a few months and like. bro I have good reason.#I'm not going to choose to put in the effort for a relationship with someone if it's constant work on my end and constant let-downs on thei #like. bro I know I'm just some cheap ass to you but I'm still a person so maybe realize that I've put you in my schedule respect that #anyway. not being lonely isn't as easy as meeting new people. you have to actually like the people you meet.#meeting people you hate just entrenches you in the desire to never talk to people ever again.#unrelated. I cooked the best chicken of my life yesterday. milk butter garlic onion and lemon pepper.#crushed and minced garlic. diced onion. milk. butter. lemon pepper. heated in a pan.#then chicken pieces added to sauce in pan for a little bit. then moved to a pan in the oven.#I usually don't like chicken but damn this is genuinely so good. also my parents always cut chicken cross-grain and imo it's harder to eat #I prefer cutting the meat with the grain. idk why but it's so much easier to chew.#oh! pro tip. if you have trouble with milk going bad in the fridge cause you don't use it enough. powdered milk. big adhd tip #I can leave the tin of powdered milk in the pantry for months and then pull it out whenever I need it. no worry about spoiled milk #back to social and people. like. even nice people. I just don't like them anyway. idk why. like. nice polite people. mm too boring #would I like to be able to hold onto friends? sure. is that a reasonable expectation given my track record? no #I wasn't joking when I said I could drop tumblr no problem. it's nice here but relationships are fragile nothing built on air and dust #idk. cursed to a life of eternal loneliness. super fun. don't take this as a call for help. I don't need you to say “I'm sorry you're sad”

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suntoru · 1 year

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*ੈ✩‧₊˚ “YOU… CAN’T WALK?” *ੈ✩‧₊˚

summary: after a night of… suspicious activities, you find that your body is rendered useless!! how does your boyfriend react??

feat. diluc ragnvindr, kaeya alberich, childe, kazuha kaedehara, scaramouche, xiao, ayato, al-haitham, kaveh

a/n: blue balled </3

warnings: heavily suggestive however no explicit smut, minors get tf out /lh <33, innuendos, fluff, mentions of “girlie” in childe’s, basically after aftercare

─ ✰ DILUC is highkey embarrassed about not being able to resist his urges, so much so that you’re in pain because of him. he apologizes profusely and is so guilty that he hurt you 😭😭 you’ll have to reassure him that you’re alright, but that you just need some extra help getting around today or for the next week. he’ll be your majestic horse for as long as you need him to. need to go to the bathroom? he’ll carry you to and from, waiting for you to be done outside of the door. hungry? he’s already got adelinde cooking something up for you. thirsty? he just bought thirty different flavours of herbal tea. he treats all the love bites he’s given you and iced the bruises on your legs, looking up for your reaction each time. a friend of yours asked why your legs were so shaky and you couldn’t walk, and his face exploded into a bright shade of red, making it obvious that your… nighttime activities were the cause.

─ ✰ KAEYA’S your knight in shining armour, although sometimes you may want to smack his head. oh, he’ll help you alright, but at the cost of your dignity. he’s carrying you bridal-style in his arms, which may sound wholesome, but the things he’s whispering in your ear are clearly not. turning bright red, you nuzzle your head further in his chest to prevent him from looking at you. cute. he chuckles at your reaction, pressing a soft kiss to your head before gently placing you in the bath. the warm water helps your muscles relax more, easing up the tension from your legs. you sigh in relief, sinking further into the bathtub as he scrubs the soap out of your hair. you shiver when he blows over your hickeys, deliberately trying to rile you up. this time, you won’t give him what he wants, though. you flip over on your side, turning away from him with what little self-respect you have left. but it all leaves your body when he leans in closer. “easy there princess, being a brat is what got you here in the first place.”

─ ✰ CHILDE, quite like his name suggests, is a literal child. you thought kaeya was bad? well, this giant man baby wants you to flaunt off your hickeys and bruises to the whole world, he wants everyone to know you’re his and his alone. his teasing is x10000 times stronger than normal, he has no basic decency 💀💀 will make you ask for his help to inflate his ego, at this point just get up and leave </3 when you try to angrily glare at him, it comes off as more of a sad pout, so he caves and scoops you up in his arms like a kid. “aww, is my favourite baby coochie coo girlie okay? don’t worry, daddy’s here-” please smack the living shit out of him, if you don’t he’ll continue to baby and coo at you for the rest of the day. don’t even try to complain to him about the marks, he’ll just add more until he’s satisfied 😬 oh, and one last piece of advice? don’t let him see you in his shirt unless you’re looking to get wrecked (again), he’ll go absolutely feral.

─ ✰ KAZUHA, let’s be real, would be so soft and loving that you wouldn’t have any bruises and i stand this with my life 😤 but for the purpose of the plot, let’s pretend he did. out of everyone, he’s the most delicate with you. he’s so gentle and careful carrying you like you could break at any moment, whispering one of his poems quietly and humming underneath his breath. if you’re hungry, he makes his specialty dish, spoon feeds you everything, even tipping the water cup up so you can drink from it. he gives you so much love and reassurance it makes your heart absolutely melt 🥺🥺 he kisses each mark he made on your body, whispering “beautiful” each time :,) a tear slips by your eye, never has anyone treated you with such care before him. he wipes it away and pulls you close, making sure not to hurt you accidentally, and utters endless sweet nothings. in his eyes, you are a perfect creation, and he can’t thank the heavens enough that you are his. his muse, his love, forever <3.

─ ✰ SCARAMOUCHE, this bitch, thinks you’re being dramatic when you say in a scratchy voice that you can’t walk. he tells you to just get over it, and when you get pissed and try to walk away from him, your legs fail you and you brace yourself for the impact, but it never comes. his arms are hooked above yours, effectively saving you from crashing down and causing further damage. you angrily yank your arm back, telling him to leave, but he only pulls you up closer into his arms. he wraps your legs around his hips as he holds your waist, cursing something under his breath. he places you onto the couch as you turn away from him in a huff. “are you just going to ignore me?” silence. “fine. be like that then.” silence again. “…i’m …sorry. i didn’t mean it.” you turn back around, and he’s squatting on the ground with his head twisted so you can’t see his face. he moves away quickly, flustered by your gaze, and leaves the room for a minute. when he comes back, he’s holding some warm tea for your throat. needless to say, he pampers you for the rest of the day.

─ ✰ XIAO thinks you’re seriously ill when you almost tumble out of bed and land smack dab on the floor. you’ll have to explain to him why your legs aren’t exactly working, and when he does… flustered beyond relief. when he takes a closer look at you, he notices your body is full of love marks and bruises around your thighs. in the moment, he may have forgotten how fragile humans could be. he thinks he’s broken you, and he’s genuinely concerned for you 💀 you might have to direct him on how to help you, but once he gets the hang of it, he’ll do the best he can. unlike how he wields his spear, he’s delicate and graceful. he might be rough around the edges, but he’s trying, and you don’t have the heart to tell him that you don’t need him to carry you for the rest of your life, not when he cocks his head and looks at you questioningly when you don’t climb on his back. as an apology for temporarily immobilizing you, he brings you a qingxing flower and shares his almond tofu with you. honestly, what more could you ask for 😻?

─ ✰ AYATO is actual husband material <33 he’s already prepared for this for some reason 🤨 as soon as you wake up, any punishments you may have received have been treated and wrapped up carefully. a fresh pitcher of water is there for you, and by the looks of it, a bath is running. but none of it interests you if ayato isn’t there with you. carefully, with the help of thoma, you are able to wobble to the room ayato is in, concentrated on his paperwork. hobbling towards him, he pushes his chair back so you can sit on his lap. pressing a kiss to your cheek, he brushes the hair out of your face, “darling, you should be resting. i ran a bath for you, is everything okay? are you sore anywhere?” “can you come join me? please?” you beg, putting on the cutest pout you can manage. “if you can wait ten minutes until i’m done.” internally, you sigh, but you patiently sit on his lap and wait until he’s finished. ah, but don’t worry, the reward is definitely worth it. he kneads through all the sore spots, applies all your skincare, and changes your clothes. later, you do matching face masks 💗

─ ✰ AL-HAITHAM was probably prepared for this, he read hundreds of books about human reproduction 💀 he notes all the side effects you seem to have: a scratchy throat, unstable legs, exhaustion… he saves it for the next time you have… physical activities. he remembers an article he read on how to take care of your significant other after intercourse, and follows that. he makes homemade soup to soothe your throat, which he watches over you as you drink. he also forces you to take naps, he’ll read “the control politicians have over our daily lives” just to make you fall asleep. he’ll get your groceries, take out your trash, and do your work so you can focus on relaxing, all with a stoic face. if anyone asks him where you are, he’ll just give an obvious lie with a straight face 💀💀 “y/n is out collecting a census right now.” “but they told me they were sick?” normally his lies are flawless, but when it’s about you… his mind doesn’t function properly. but if you absolutely need to get somewhere, you’re going to have to ask him. last time, he locked kaveh out of the dorm for 48 hours for helping you get a book from the library because he fell asleep 💀

─ ✰ KAVEH’S face is the first thing you see when you wake up. jumpscare warning sir he’s hovering over you, observing your face. immediately after he sees that you are awake comes the barrage of questions. “my love, are you all right? i wasn’t too rough, was i?” he’s such a simp i could never see him being rough he dramatically gasps when he sees your shaky legs, pretending to be shocked, but he’s slightly happy that this means you’ll have to cling onto him for the whole day. but oh my, both of you still have work!! whatever shall you do? it seems like the only solution is for him to take you everywhere… he proudly parades you around the akademiya, much to the embarrassment of you. but there’s nothing you can really do, not when you can’t run away, so you bury your head in his back to avoid the judging gazes of the other scholars. kaveh shoots a smug grin to an uncaring al haitham, who probably knows and heard everything from last night💀💀

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noviceoutdoors · 2 years

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The Biltong Knife From OKAPI - A purely Sentimental Buy.

The Biltong Knife From OKAPI – A purely Sentimental Buy.

Sometimes you just gotta have one…..

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headspace-hotel · 1 year

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I went down the internet rabbit hole trying to figure out wtf vegan cheese is made of and I found articles like this one speaking praises of new food tech startups creating vegan alternatives to cheese that Actually work like cheese in cooking so I was like huh that's neat and I looked up more stuff about 'precision fermentation' and. This is not good.

Basically these new biotech companies are pressuring governments to let them build a ton of new factories and pushing for governments to pay for them or to provide tax breaks and subsidies, and the factories are gonna cost hundreds of millions of dollars and require energy sources. Like, these things will have to be expensive and HUGE

I feel like I've just uncovered the tip of the "lab grown meat" iceberg. There are a bajillion of these companies (the one mentioned in the first article a $750 MILLION tech startup) that are trying to create "animal-free" animal products using biotech and want to build large factories to do it on a large scale

I'm trying to use google to find out about the energy requirements of such facilities and everything is really vague and hand-wavey about it like this article that's like "weeeeeell electricity can be produced using renewables" but it does take a lot of electricity, sugars, and human labor. Most of the claims about its sustainability appear to assume that we switch over to renewable electricity sources and/or use processes that don't fully exist yet.

I finally tracked down the source of some of the more radical claims about precision fermentation, and it comes from a think tank RethinkX that released a report claiming that the livestock industry will collapse by 2030, and be replaced by a system they're calling...

Food-as-Software, in which individual molecules engineered by scientists are uploaded to databases – molecular cookbooks that food engineers anywhere in the world can use to design products in the same way that software developers design apps.

I'm finding it hard to be excited about this for some odd reason

Where's the evidence for lower environmental impacts. That's literally what we're here for.

There will be an increase in the amount of electricity used in the new food system as the production facilities that underpin it rely on electricity to operate.

well that doesn't sound good.

This will, however, be offset by reductions in energy use elsewhere along the value chain. For example, since modern meat and dairy products will be produced in a sterile environment where the risk of contamination by pathogens is low, the need for refrigeration in storage and retail will decrease significantly.

Oh, so it will be better for the Earth because...we won't need to refrigerate. ????????

Oh Lord Jesus give me some numerical values.

Modern foods will be about 10 times more efficient than a cow at converting feed into end products because a cow needs energy via feed to maintain and build its body over time. Less feed consumed means less land required to grow it, which means less water is used and less waste is produced. The savings are dramatic – more than 10-25 times less feedstock, 10 times less water, five times less energy and 100 times less land.

There is nothing else in this report that I can find that provides evidence for a lower carbon footprint. Supposedly, an egg white protein produced through a similar process has been found to reduce environmental impacts, but mostly everything seems very speculative.

And crucially none of these estimations are taking into account the enormous cost and resource investment of constructing large factories that use this technology in the first place (existing use is mostly for pharmaceutical purposes)

It seems like there are more tech startups attempting to use this technology to create food than individual scientific papers investigating whether it's a good idea. Seriously, Google Scholar and JSTOR have almost nothing. The tech of the sort that RethinkX is describing barely exists.

Apparently Liberation Labs is planning to build the first large-scale precision fermentation facility in Richmond, Indiana come 2024 because of the presence of "a workforce experienced in manufacturing"

And I just looked up Richmond, Indiana and apparently, as of RIGHT NOW, the town is in the aftermath of a huge fire at a plastics recycling plant and is full of toxic debris containing asbestos and the air is full of toxic VOCs and hydrogen cyanide. ???????????? So that's how having a robust industrial sector is working out for them so far.

#CAPITALISM IS THE PROBLEM #AAAAAAAAAA #farming #sustainability

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