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In 1960 a flour mill was a tall building in which grain was lifted once to the top and then fell through a dozen or more stages of…
There are two different kinds of date printed on food, they mean entirely different things, and the difference is not intuitive from the wording.
One is a manufacturer's estimate of…
Pick up a matched pair of shakers and count the holes. They will usually be different.
Then ask somebody which one is the salt, and you will get a confident…
There is a pointed roof on the top of a milk carton, and most people have assumed for their entire lives that it is a spout.
It is not. The…
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The tin can was patented in 1810. The first practical can opener appeared in the late 1850s. For most of fifty years, people bought food sealed in metal…
The Shiny and Dull Sides of Kitchen Foil Are an Accident of Manufacturing and It Makes No Difference
There is a confident person in every kitchen who knows which way round the foil goes. Shiny side in to reflect the heat back, or shiny side out to keep…