# June, What's Bugging You Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241 "2018-06-01T05:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/161 "2018-06-10T06:59:52Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Oh god, don’t get me started with food blogs. I love a good story too, but if I’m reading your food blog, it’s because I’m looking for a specific RECIPE, not a dissertation about your great Aunt Bessie’s culinary techniques involving a once-maligned green that’s now all the clean eating rage. RECIPE, people. RECIPE. There is still a place for cookbooks in this world. ^^ So much this. ^^ I was at work when I remembered **kaylasmom** having expressed a hankering for a quiche Lorraine. So, when my shift ended I decided to look up a recipe online for the Bisquik version, so I could stop at the supermarket and pick up the ingredients I’d need. Look, Ms Pinterest, you don’t have to talk me into the recipe; I looked YOU up, remember? Just cut to the chase. If I were on a desktop computer, I could just hit Ctrl+F and and type in “Preheat.” But my phone doesn’t have a Ctrl key, so I need you to place your deathless prose AFTER the recipe. And another thing: Prep time 5 minutes? The recipe calls for TWELVE strips of bacon, fried crispy, drained, blotted, and crumbled. Just a reminder, dear. Your readership, such as we are, do NOT generally have a _sous-chef_ on staff; if we did, we’d have _him_ just make the friggin’ quiche the traditional way, while we busied ourselves with a fresh spinach salad with strawberries and a balsamic vinaigrette. So don’t blow smoke up my ass about how little prep time I need to budget. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/162 "2018-06-10T11:35:55Z")
What, you didn’t read the blog post about the benefits of trichinosis? Which reminds me, today’s peeve: people spewing, er reposting nonsense that is dangerous and/or has long been debunked, I just “unfollowed” a nutrition group for their pushing miracle cures, aka that magic water memory, and a Veterans’s group because of racist posts about Obama and “other Muslims”. Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/163 "2018-06-10T15:29:28Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > What, you didn’t read the blog post about the benefits of trichinosis? Which reminds me, today’s peeve: people spewing, er reposting nonsense that is dangerous and/or has long been debunked, I just “unfollowed” a nutrition group for their pushing miracle cures, aka that magic water memory, and a Veterans’s group because of racist posts about Obama and “other Muslims”. Good grief. Some of the recipes I look up online cause near eye-sprain from all the rolling they’re doing - “2 free-range eggs, 1 cup free-trade organic coconut flour, 1 tablespoon organic, GMO free baking soda…” Sheesh. I need a “non-vegan, GM-friendly, I’m not interested in your organic food scam” filter for recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/164 "2018-06-10T16:07:30Z")
‘GMO free baking soda’ would be epic face palm material, since baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and could not be genetically modified. 😃 My recent favorite is labeling pop corn as ‘whole grain’. I sure hope it is! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/165 "2018-06-10T17:36:01Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > ‘GMO free baking soda’ would be epic face palm material, since baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and could not be genetically modified. 😃 > > My recent favorite is labeling pop corn as ‘whole grain’. I sure hope it is! You mean it’s not gluten-free?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/166 "2018-06-10T18:18:08Z")
Oh, man. I thought it was Father’s day. Bad. Me. So dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/167 "2018-06-10T18:51:18Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > You mean it’s not gluten-free?:eek: I have a bottle of shampoo that claims to be gluten free. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/168 "2018-06-10T19:30:43Z")
A college course requires the “second edition” of an expensive textbook, written by the professor teaching the course. Prof won’t allow anyone to attend without the “second edition”. Difference between first edition and second? Other than what’s printed on the copyright page, front cover, and spine–zero difference! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/169 "2018-06-10T20:13:27Z")
> [@CharmaChameleon](#): > > A college course requires the “second edition” of an expensive textbook, written by the professor teaching the course. Prof won’t allow anyone to attend without the “second edition”. > > Difference between first edition and second? Other than what’s printed on the copyright page, front cover, and spine–zero difference! Same thing. The lil’wrekker had a prof with the same demands. Only problem the bookstore never got the new edition. No old ones available. Finally found it online. Came w/o the cover. It was a sheaf of papers shrink wrapped. And pricey. I dared that prof to object. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/170 "2018-06-10T20:15:07Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > ‘GMO free baking soda’ would be epic face palm material, since baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and could not be genetically modified. 😃 > > My recent favorite is labeling pop corn as ‘whole grain’. I sure hope it is! My favorite example of trendy labeling is gluten-free shampoo. I have seen this at Trader Joe’s. And I see if I had scrolled down a few inches I wouldn’t be echoing **Rick Kitchen**. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/171 "2018-06-10T20:53:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I have a bottle of shampoo that claims to be gluten free. Someone told me that gluten-free shampoo actually is a thing, since someone who has celiac disease might get it in their mouth. It seems like a stretch to me, but if you have serious celiac disease, you might want to be careful with your shampoo. I don’t get shampoo in my mouth often, but it has happened. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/172 "2018-06-10T21:12:36Z")
Curious to know how the gluten gets into shampoo that _isn’t_ labeled gluten-free. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/173 "2018-06-10T22:05:56Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > I’ve got a notebook where I write down recipes I get online. It’s a mess because the notebook was initially used for something else, so the recipes themselves aren’t in any kind of order. I also have a cookbook collection (maybe 150+ books?) but it’s interesting I haven’t looked at many of them these past few years. Hmm. > > I still have my mother’s index card recipe box 🙂 I’m reminded of the ancient era of naive innocence when people were just starting to speculate about computers in the home, and the perennial question was what the hell a typical person would use a home computer for. One of the common suggestions was that it could be used for keeping recipes! Great imaginative prediction! 😃 I have some 30+ terabytes of storage in and around over half a dozen computers and tablets around the house, and among all of them I think I have exactly three recipes, one of which is some of my own notes on the making of potato salad. Don’t remember what the other ones were. They may have been deleted or just lost among zillions of other files by now. Not really a major use of computers around here! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/174 "2018-06-10T22:41:50Z")
I have many cook books. Seems I rarely look at them any more. Pinterest just pisses me off. These days I am cooking much more simply. If it has 3 ingredients you really don’t need a recipe. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/175 "2018-06-11T00:10:52Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I’ve been thinking about this all day – I really hope you manage to post some footage of Cat vs Hose. I’m on it! He was a little too chilled out this evening – he pounced once, then insisted on being petted. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/176 "2018-06-11T00:22:11Z")
Sigh. The place I live is doing a kinda cool temporary civic art thing (Think Horse sculptures, pig sculptures, that sort of thing). So, we went out to check it out. On foot. About halfway through our intended adventure, it started to rain. Rain with big gusty winds. It let up, and Dad checked his weather app, and we walked on to see one more example, and while we were there, it started to rain again, even harder. We gave up and walked back to the car, getting soaked to the skin, and testing the waterproofing on various cameras, cell phones, watches, etc. This was irritating, but what was worse? No rain at our house. Not one drop. It’s pretended to rain a little since then, but . . . not enough to really benefit the assorted plants in our yard. The night is still young, though, maybe the next thunderstorm will actually get us. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/177 "2018-06-11T04:10:47Z")
I wish people would stop trying to feed me. You eat whatever you want, I’ll eat whatever I want, get out of my face, leave me alone, fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/178 "2018-06-11T04:20:12Z")
But, here, just try a little. You’ll love it! Really. Okay, I’m going to eat the piece I was giving you… Mmm, that is SO good… just so I can get you a fresh piece. Here, look. See the color? That means it’s fresh, even with a little green on the edges. Here, I’ll just put it on your plate. Well, you might change your mind. Try a tiny bite with a sip of red wine, here, do what I do, take a bite first, appreciate it on its own THEN take a sip of wine and let it dissolve in your mouth. Isn’t that… oh, you haven’t tried it yet. Well, when you do, it’ll be incredible. So… it’s there on your plate. If you want it. No big deal if you don’t. But don’t forget. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/179 "2018-06-11T05:10:56Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I wish people would stop trying to feed me. > > You eat whatever you want, I’ll eat whatever I want, get out of my face, leave me alone, fuck off. You left out: “Oh, don’t worry; you don’t really have a shellfish allergy.” Or, better yet, “Don’t worry about it; put the shrimp in it; he won’t notice.” Well, not until I stop breathing I won’t. I’m now firmly convinced that the reason I don’t meet any adult Chinese here with food allergies is that everyone who has a food allergy [del]is murdered by idiot parents and cooks[/del] died from said allergies in their youth. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vegetable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Space\_Vegetable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vegetable)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/180 "2018-06-11T06:07:01Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If I were on a desktop computer, I could just hit Ctrl+F and and type in “Preheat.” But my phone doesn’t have a Ctrl key, No, but the mobile versions of both Chrome and Firefox have a Find In Page command that does the same thing. Click the the More Options icon (three dots). Other mobile web browsers probably have this too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241.md?page=10)