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On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:
Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver).
Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?!
Butter in the US comes in rectangular "sticks", wrapped in paper that has measurements marked on the side. We just slice through the paper at the "3 tablespoons" mark.
![[image loading]](https://i2.wp.com/arnoldzwicky.s3.amazonaws.com/SticksOfButter.jpg)
Then we mix in the rest of the butter anyway, to make the recipe more American.
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Not to mention more butter = more taste good, I've heard that butter is the key to why michelin star food is apparently so tasty
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Scoop butter with tablespoon. Level tablespoon with knife or flat edge. Product: 1 tbsp butter.
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On October 13 2020 09:13 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 06:11 KwarK wrote:On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch? We use metric for anything commercial such as buying fruit but use imperial for non commercial measurements such as measuring people. somehow a system even worse than the US exists, lmao
It's not that bad. Most things are in both imperial and metric. In a way it's best of both worlds since people can choose which to apply in their heads. I think mine was the last generation that were taught and tested for conversions. Weighing scales for instance have both stones and kg. Personally I use stone for people as a matter of habit, but kg is not a problem at all to me and I basically use kg for everything else in life. Buying petrol has prices both in per gallons and in per litre. Distances are all in miles, but your speedometer has both mps and km/h. Most drinks and foods display both. Most builder merchants have units in feet and inches, but display the measurements in meters as well. TV's and monitors are still in inches though. Kettles are strange, having both cups and max litres. No idea why. Fahrenheit don't really exist anymore except on analogue thermometers thank goodness.
On October 13 2020 12:08 bloooargh wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:
Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver).
Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?! Butter in the US comes in rectangular "sticks", wrapped in paper that has measurements marked on the side. We just slice through the paper at the "3 tablespoons" mark. Then we mix in the rest of the butter anyway, to make the recipe more American.
Never seen that before. So a tablespoon and a cup is an actual specific measurement of volume? It offends me that the butter isn't perfectly divisible by 8. What happens if the recipe calls for one and a half tablespoon? Cut by eye? Like weighing scales, in UK kitchen scales tend to display both lb and g if analogue, but g if electronic.
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We have on the backside of the packaging a marker for every 50g, but we all know if a recipe says 60g butter, better cut at 70g :D
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On October 16 2020 01:48 Dangermousecatdog wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 09:13 Mohdoo wrote:On October 13 2020 06:11 KwarK wrote:On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch? We use metric for anything commercial such as buying fruit but use imperial for non commercial measurements such as measuring people. somehow a system even worse than the US exists, lmao It's not that bad. Most things are in both imperial and metric. In a way it's best of both worlds since people can choose which to apply in their heads. I think mine was the last generation that were taught and tested for conversions. Weighing scales for instance have both stones and kg. Personally I use stone for people as a matter of habit, but kg is not a problem at all to me and I basically use kg for everything else in life. Buying petrol has prices both in per gallons and in per litre. Distances are all in miles, but your speedometer has both mps and km/h. Most drinks and foods display both. Most builder merchants have units in feet and inches, but display the measurements in meters as well. TV's and monitors are still in inches though. Kettles are strange, having both cups and max litres. No idea why. Fahrenheit don't really exist anymore except on analogue thermometers thank goodness. Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 12:08 bloooargh wrote:On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:
Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver).
Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?! Butter in the US comes in rectangular "sticks", wrapped in paper that has measurements marked on the side. We just slice through the paper at the "3 tablespoons" mark. Then we mix in the rest of the butter anyway, to make the recipe more American. Never seen that before. So a tablespoon and a cup is an actual specific measurement of volume? It offends me that the butter isn't perfectly divisible by 8. What happens if the recipe calls for one and a half tablespoon? Cut by eye? Like weighing scales, in UK kitchen scales tend to display both lb and g if analogue, but g if electronic.
if it calls for one and a half tablespoons you just round up to three tablespoons
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On October 13 2020 12:08 bloooargh wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:
Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver).
Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?! Butter in the US comes in rectangular "sticks", wrapped in paper that has measurements marked on the side. We just slice through the paper at the "3 tablespoons" mark. Then we mix in the rest of the butter anyway, to make the recipe more American.
That totally not look like a factory made butter :x
In any case, your last comment got me :D
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Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what?
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On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what?
A reference to this?
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/YTVvs5o.jpg)
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On November 13 2020 13:06 Sbrubbles wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what? A reference to this?
That one because apparently it's very popular and has tons of merch, but more currently this one:
I just don't understand how it happens really? EDIT: Like are these people going through elaborate measures to fake their abilities, are these professionals trolling, or are there so many of these things to be done they just use temp agencies or what?
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There is no way a real actual trained art restoration professional did that, literally zero percent unless they mutilated it on purpose.
If I had to hazard a guess whoever was in charge of this statue hired some local fuckwit thinking, "how hard can it be?"
Hire an art restoration professional, it takes a decade or longer to get good enough at an art specialty to be even marginally good enough. Ain't no respect, no respect at all, I tells ya.
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On November 13 2020 13:09 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2020 13:06 Sbrubbles wrote:On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what? A reference to this? That one because apparently it's very popular and has tons of merch, but more currently this one: https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1326603376977653760I just don't understand how it happens really? EDIT: Like are these people going through elaborate measures to fake their abilities, are these professionals trolling, or are there so many of these things to be done they just use temp agencies or what?
It is sadly a recurring thing. Earlier this year there was another one: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/experts-call-for-regulation-after-latest-botched-art-restoration-in-spain
In that article, it has this explanation by someone from the association of art restorers.
María Borja, one of Acre’s vice-presidents, also said incidents such as the Murillo mishap were “unfortunately far more common than you might think”. Speaking to Europa Press, which broke news of the Murillo repair, she added: “We only find out about them when people report them to the press or on social media, but there are numerous situation when works are undertaken by people who aren’t trained.”
Non-professional interventions, Borja added, “mean that artworks suffer and the damage can be irreversible”.
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On September 23 2020 05:20 Sent. wrote:
Are there any serious "global warming is great" movements anywhere? I mean, surely there have to be some people in Canada and not-southern-Europe who are happy that they no longer have to deal with nasty winters every year.
Alex Jones was on Joe Rogan and was trying to tell him that global warming is good because more CO2 supercharges trees and plants.
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On November 13 2020 17:24 Acrofales wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2020 13:09 GreenHorizons wrote:On November 13 2020 13:06 Sbrubbles wrote:On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what? A reference to this? That one because apparently it's very popular and has tons of merch, but more currently this one: https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1326603376977653760I just don't understand how it happens really? EDIT: Like are these people going through elaborate measures to fake their abilities, are these professionals trolling, or are there so many of these things to be done they just use temp agencies or what? It is sadly a recurring thing. Earlier this year there was another one: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/experts-call-for-regulation-after-latest-botched-art-restoration-in-spainIn that article, it has this explanation by someone from the association of art restorers. Show nested quote +
María Borja, one of Acre’s vice-presidents, also said incidents such as the Murillo mishap were “unfortunately far more common than you might think”. Speaking to Europa Press, which broke news of the Murillo repair, she added: “We only find out about them when people report them to the press or on social media, but there are numerous situation when works are undertaken by people who aren’t trained.”
Non-professional interventions, Borja added, “mean that artworks suffer and the damage can be irreversible”.
I so desperately wish I could watch these whole things unfold. I have so many questions. Like when precisely did each one of these people realize they messed up? I'm even more curious because they all seem to have "finished" and they even gave the virgin mary 2 tries
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On November 13 2020 13:09 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2020 13:06 Sbrubbles wrote:On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what? A reference to this? That one because apparently it's very popular and has tons of merch, but more currently this one: I just don't understand how it happens really? EDIT: Like are these people going through elaborate measures to fake their abilities, are these professionals trolling, or are there so many of these things to be done they just use temp agencies or what? Art restoration is expensive so they try to cut corners by not hiring professionals. This is what happens when you cut to many corners.
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On November 13 2020 18:21 Gorsameth wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2020 13:09 GreenHorizons wrote:On November 13 2020 13:06 Sbrubbles wrote:On November 13 2020 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:
Is Spain using bad restorations as tourist bait or what? A reference to this? That one because apparently it's very popular and has tons of merch, but more currently this one: I just don't understand how it happens really? EDIT: Like are these people going through elaborate measures to fake their abilities, are these professionals trolling, or are there so many of these things to be done they just use temp agencies or what? Art restoration is expensive so they try to cut corners by not hiring professionals. This is what happens when you cut to many corners.
It isn't just Spain, although Spain is tragically overrepresented in this list: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-history-restoration-fails-1591327
Whether that's because Spain is particularly awful at protecting historic art, or whether they just happen to end up in the news more than most...
That said, none of the artworks ruined in Spain have anywhere near the high profile of paving over the Great Wall or trying to epoxy on King Tut's beard after breaking it off yourself.
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On November 13 2020 18:10 kidcrash wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2020 05:20 Sent. wrote:
Are there any serious "global warming is great" movements anywhere? I mean, surely there have to be some people in Canada and not-southern-Europe who are happy that they no longer have to deal with nasty winters every year. Alex Jones was on Joe Rogan and was trying to tell him that global warming is good because more CO2 supercharges trees and plants.
Ah yes, like how submersion in water helps humans.
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