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[Okeefenokee]

Chop up onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Toss in a pan with coconut oil.

Take in that aroma.

Then toss in some meat.

[heydaralon]

Chop up onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Toss in a pan with coconut oil.

Take in that aroma.

Then toss in some meat.

What is the appeal of coconut oil? I have seen people buy it a lot, but I've never tried it. Why is it better than canola oil or peanut oil?

[Okeefenokee]

Chop up onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Toss in a pan with coconut oil.

Take in that aroma.

Then toss in some meat.

What is the appeal of coconut oil? I have seen people buy it a lot, but I've never tried it. Why is it better than canola oil or peanut oil?

From what I gather, oil from fruits is good for you. Oil from grain is not. Oil from beef is good, but I don't know if oil from all meat is good.

My wife grew up cooking with coconut oil because they had coconuts. I like the smell.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I am growing jalapenos and banana peppers atm. They somehow turned out not hot at all. They are positively mild, and eating the seeds only gives the slightest heat. Its weird. I fucked up somehow. I love hot peppers.

If you live in a wet climate, that's pretty typical. Peppers need a bit of dryness, to get really hot. Also, if you have clay soil, it can hold a lot of water as well. Try tilling your garden deep, with a bunch of compost next spring, to loosen it up.

I used ace potting soil to plant them. No clay. Perhaps I watered them too much dude. I'm going to look into that. I wonder if I could put some kind of netting on them or something to keep them drier, although that might have the opposite effect. I'm growing habaneros next. I love me some spicy peppers. Can you grow peppers in Ohio climate?

Oh, you're in Florida, ok. Yeah, you're probably getting WAY too much water down there. You can try planting them right in the sandy soil with some fertilizer, so it runs off more. The super sunshine will help, too.

We had a great pepper crop a couple of years ago, jarred and pickled up a ton of them. No really hot ones, but I had very (VERY) clay-type soil at the time. I've put a lot of work into loosening it up, and it's starting to show now. I could probably grow something hotter, but nobody else would eat it with me.

[heydaralon]

If you live in a wet climate, that's pretty typical. Peppers need a bit of dryness, to get really hot. Also, if you have clay soil, it can hold a lot of water as well. Try tilling your garden deep, with a bunch of compost next spring, to loosen it up.

I used ace potting soil to plant them. No clay. Perhaps I watered them too much dude. I'm going to look into that. I wonder if I could put some kind of netting on them or something to keep them drier, although that might have the opposite effect. I'm growing habaneros next. I love me some spicy peppers. Can you grow peppers in Ohio climate?

Oh, you're in Florida, ok. Yeah, you're probably getting WAY too much water down there. You can try planting them right in the sandy soil with some fertilizer, so it runs off more. The super sunshine will help, too.

We had a great pepper crop a couple of years ago, jarred and pickled up a ton of them. No really hot ones, but I had very (VERY) clay-type soil at the time. I've put a lot of work into loosening it up, and it's starting to show now. I could probably grow something hotter, but nobody else would eat it with me.

Fuck that. You have to face the heatwave yourself. Let the scovel units flow through your mouth and nose. I'm gonna look into planting chili peppers and possible ghost peppers or whatever the really hot ones are called. I'm a ways off from making hot sauce, but that is my plan eventually.

[Speaker to Animals]

I use olive oil. Coconut is okay. Stay away from the vegetable oils, especially canola oil. If it has that American Heart Association seal, it's pretty fucking dangerous for your health. That association is actually partly funded and run by the companies that produce those dangerous seed oils.

If you are genetically predisposed to bad cholesterol levels, you should use an oil that helps reduce it.

[heydaralon]

McDonald's food is actually quite healthy compared to some of the less healthy food on the McDonald's menu. It really just depends on what you order. Smaller fries actually have more calories than the medium fries, assuming you order 2 of them.

[Montegriffo]

Broccoli, haloumi and sun dried tomato kebabs cooked on the barbeque beats cheap puss burgers any day of the week for flavour and easily contains more nutrients than any meat product.

I'm not much of a cheese guy, but I've heard haloumi is more salty than cheesy. I like blue cheese and goat cheese and pepperjack is good for burgers and sandwiches. I will give the Cypriot cheese a chance sometime.

Haloumi is one of my favourite cheeses. You have to cook it though, slice it about 1/4 inch thick and grill or dry fry it.
Pea, ham, haloumi and mint fritters made with gram flour with a nice chutney such as plum and ginger are fantastic.
Best cheese ever is Roquefort, blue cheese made with ewes milk. Melt a little into fresh cream and serve with steamed asparagus and cherry tomatoes roasted in balsamic vinegar.

That's two of the best starters in my repertoire.

[Montegriffo]

beets are bullshit. Shit I don't think I'd eat a beet unless Stalin sent me to Kolyma.

Don't give up on beetroot. Boil in their skins (to retain the colour) then peel and roast, absolutely delicious and really brightens up a plate of food.

[Hastur]

Broccoli, haloumi and sun dried tomato kebabs cooked on the barbeque beats cheap puss burgers any day of the week for flavour and easily contains more nutrients than any meat product.

I'm not much of a cheese guy, but I've heard haloumi is more salty than cheesy. I like blue cheese and goat cheese and pepperjack is good for burgers and sandwiches. I will give the Cypriot cheese a chance sometime.

Haloumi is one of my favourite cheeses. You have to cook it though, slice it about 1/4 inch thick and grill or dry fry it.
Pea, ham, haloumi and mint fritters made with gram flour with a nice chutney such as plum and ginger are fantastic.
Best cheese ever is Roquefort, blue cheese made with ewes milk. Melt a little into fresh cream and serve with steamed asparagus and cherry tomatoes roasted in balsamic vinegar.

That's two of the best starters in my repertoire.

I'm sorry but Haloumi should be grilled whole, then sliced. That's how they do it in Cyprus where it's from. Try it next time. You won't be disappointed.