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My Lovely Horse posted:If you forgot to chill your wine, you can pop in some wine ice cubes and not water down your wine.  monkeytennis posted:I think the wine cubes are for using in cooking. I could see me throwing a couple in the spag bol for instance instead of opening a fresh bottle to add some. The only problem is I never seem to have any left over wine.
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Choco1980 posted:On Mythbusters, they took this principal, and put a little bit of liquid nitrogen in a standard 2-liter soda bottle and closed it (then got the hell out of there). When it exploded, it didn't do very much physical damage, but if you were close to it when it went off, you'd probably have permanent hearing loss it was so loud. A sonic bomb if you will. What they didn't try to scale it up by removing the release valves on a 200L (or more) tank? They've gone downhill. 
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Lifehack: need cash? buy a house, get it appraised and insured, pay your mortgage as you raise a family and build a life, then burn it down with your family inside for the home and life insurance money!
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Aug 14, 2014 14:21
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Yep. If you disassemble the pack carefully, are 100% certain that the new cells are identical to the old ones, know how to solder things (the guy in this hack didn't protect the cells from the heat while he soldered the tabs, which isn't good), and reassemble the entire thing exactly as it was when you opened it up (i.e. no extra parts left over), you should be okay, but I'd still keep an eye on it while it charged and unplug it when it was done. Don't even need the warranty half the time. I have bought used Dewalts before with dead/dieing batteries called them up and all I had to do is send in the old one and they sent me a new one.
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Aug 14, 2014 14:56
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My Lovely Horse posted:Also, the whole freezing alcohol bit, not that easy to achieve in a home setting. 
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Aug 14, 2014 16:22
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DemeaninDemon posted:What they didn't try to scale it up by removing the release valves on a 200L (or more) tank? They've gone downhill. It's been some time since I saw that episode, but it seems to me they were using the nitrogen for some other freezing base experiment, and the guy at the store told Adam Savage about the 2 liter idea when he asked why he needed his ID to buy it, which of course meant the thought process of "hey, we already have the stuff, go grab me a bottle!"
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Aug 14, 2014 17:39
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My Lovely Horse posted:If you forgot to chill your wine, you can pop in some wine ice cubes and not water down your wine. wine is about 24 proof (12% alcohol content), so it will freeze at -6.7 degrees centigrade, about 20 F. Easily achievable!
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Aug 14, 2014 22:00
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Samopsa posted:wine is about 24 proof (12% alcohol content), so it will freeze at -6.7 degrees centigrade, about 20 F. Easily achievable! Using science to prove people wrong is such a dirty lifehack, you jerk.
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Aug 14, 2014 22:28
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ShrimpToast posted:
Is it just me, or does that page have really lovely formatting? Half the captions are above the images, and half are below. Unless there are pictures missing... In any case it's really confusing and sloppy, even if some of those are kind of cool.
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Aug 14, 2014 23:34
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Tiggum posted:Why wouldn't you just buy some wine, use some in the food and drink the rest with the food? I can only drink one glass of wine, pretty much, and my husband doesn't drink it. So we freeze the leftover wine and it is great in spaghetti sauce and the like. Got that trick from a Nigella Lawson cookbook. Here in the US, it's difficult and/or expensive to get a decent wine in splits or a minibox.
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AlbieQuirky posted:I can only drink one glass of wine, pretty much, and my husband doesn't drink it. So we freeze the leftover wine and it is great in spaghetti sauce and the like. Got that trick from a Nigella Lawson cookbook. Have you ever considered drinking more? Like an adult?
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Aug 15, 2014 03:02
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Need to use a little wine in a recipe, but don't want the rest of the bottle going to waste? Just
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AlbieQuirky posted:I can only drink one glass of wine, pretty much, and my husband doesn't drink it. So we freeze the leftover wine and it is great in spaghetti sauce and the like. Got that trick from a Nigella Lawson cookbook. Stupid life hack: Start buying these  750ml split into 4 bottles. Also fits in your cargo shorts pockets better than full sized wine bottles for easy on-the-go drinking.
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Ever consider making vinegar out of the leftover wine? It's easy and there are lots of tutorials on the internet.
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Plinkey posted:Stupid life hack: Start buying these Reminds me of my recent discovery as a non-drinker buying wine for others that now they sell the boxed wine in individual portions...ie adult juiceboxes.
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Lauren posted:Ever consider making vinegar out of the leftover wine? It's easy and there are lots of tutorials on the internet.
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Aug 15, 2014 06:32
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Choco1980 posted:Reminds me of my recent discovery as a non-drinker buying wine for others that now they sell the boxed wine in individual portions...ie adult juiceboxes. That poo poo is great for sneaking into movie theaters.
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You know what's great for sneaking into movie theaters? Hits of LSD.
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AlbieQuirky posted:I can only drink one glass of wine, pretty much, and my husband doesn't drink it. So we freeze the leftover wine and it is great in spaghetti sauce and the like. Got that trick from a Nigella Lawson cookbook.
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Aug 15, 2014 06:47
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Tiggum posted:
Uh, because you don't drink cooking wine, what is wrong with you 
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Wandle Cax posted:Uh, because you don't drink cooking wine, what is wrong with you Cook with the drinking wine you dweeb argh
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Wandle Cax posted:Uh, because you don't drink cooking wine, what is wrong with you Then chug and spit like a fancyman.
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Aug 15, 2014 08:21
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Tiggum posted:You can just leave it in the bottle and drink it another day. I don't know what splits or miniboxes are, but an ordinary 750ml bottle is only seven or eight standard drinks. Even if you're only drinking one standard drink's worth every other day it'd only take you a couple of weeks to get through the bottle, and a glass is usually more than a standard drink anyway (plus you already used some in the food). And wine's not the sort of thing you have to use up immediately. Wine oxidizes within 48 hours. Even if you refrigerate it (which is gross with red wine anyway). I wish I could drink more, but my stomach is busted. Wine-freezing rules. As does my spaghetti sauce, thanks to the wine-freezing.
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Aug 15, 2014 08:22
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Wandle Cax posted:Uh, because you don't drink cooking wine, what is wrong with you You actually use wine labelled as cooking wine, what is wrong with you
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Aug 15, 2014 08:53
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Yep. If you disassemble the pack carefully, are 100% certain that the new cells are identical to the old ones, know how to solder things (the guy in this hack didn't protect the cells from the heat while he soldered the tabs, which isn't good), and reassemble the entire thing exactly as it was when you opened it up (i.e. no extra parts left over), you should be okay, but I'd still keep an eye on it while it charged and unplug it when it was done. That's what I thought. Also, a replacement battery pack for your power drill or whatever is like  .
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Aug 15, 2014 08:58
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Minarch posted:Need to use a little wine in a recipe, but don't want the rest of the bottle going to waste? Just I'm always so goddamn happy when someone posts this and remembers that it's "like a animal" 
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AlbieQuirky posted:Wine oxidizes within 48 hours. Even if you refrigerate it (which is gross with red wine anyway). I can agree with you that it's a good idea to have wine cubes like stock cubes, but if you put a cork in the wine after pouring it can last much longer than 48 hours. I guess if you're heating it up and pumping pure oxygen in the bottle then yeah but sealed wine is still drinkable significantly after 48 hours.
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Aug 15, 2014 09:32
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pandaK posted:You actually use wine labelled as cooking wine, what is wrong with you It's not actually labeled as cooking wine, I never said that? Wanamingo posted:Cook with the drinking wine you dweeb argh You've clearly never used wine in cooking, each recipe calls for a specific type of wine which may not be suitable for drinking, you can't just pour in whatever bottle you happen to be drinking that night argh
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Aug 15, 2014 09:32
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Wandle Cax posted:You've clearly never used wine in cooking, each recipe calls for a specific type of wine which may not be suitable for drinking, you can't just pour in whatever bottle you happen to be drinking that night argh
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Aug 15, 2014 09:43
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Yeah, it doesn't even need to be wine. Enjoying a vodka and tonic while cooking up chicken calabrese? Now it's chicken with vodka sauce. The food adapts to what you're drinking! #lifehax
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Aug 15, 2014 09:45
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Simply Simon posted:of course you can please don't invite me to your house for dinner
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Aug 15, 2014 09:57
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Wandle Cax posted:It's not actually labeled as cooking wine, I never said that? It is absolutely adorable that you're still trying to claim the high ground here after admitting you cook with wine you wouldn't drink. Why not just fix your poo poo instead of trying to convince the rest of us you aren't a terrible cook?
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Tiggum posted:I think the idea is that you're going to use the herbs and the oil in whatever you're cooking anyway so it doesn't matter if they're combined ahead of time. It still seems pretty pointless though. I think it's actually to keep fresh herbs fresh, some of them can go off pretty fast. I saw that one a while back and I thought of doing it just to stop my mother cooking with slimy brown basil Frostwerks posted:Have you ever considered drinking more? Like an adult? Nothing's more adult than chugging down a whole load of alcohol you don't want!
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Ghouligan posted:I think it's actually to keep fresh herbs fresh, some of them can go off pretty fast. I saw that one a while back and I thought of doing it just to stop my mother cooking with slimy brown basil No, you don't drink alcohol you don't want, you re-gift it
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PYF Really Stupid "Wine Hacks"    
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:It is absolutely adorable that you're still trying to claim the high ground here after admitting you cook with wine you wouldn't drink. Why not just fix your poo poo instead of trying to convince the rest of us you aren't a terrible cook? Have you genuinely not heard of the concept of a cooking wine? Or even the fact that recipes need a specific type of wine you may not care to drink that evening? Why would you drink the wine you have been cooking with? Also the very idea that you would just pour whatever wine you were drinking into whatever you happen to be cooking is laughable. Maybe you should "fix your poo poo" or whatever? i don't know I give up
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Aug 15, 2014 10:21
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Wandle Cax posted:You've clearly never used wine in cooking, each recipe calls for a specific type of wine which may not be suitable for drinking, you can't just pour in whatever bottle you happen to be drinking that night argh Also throw some corn flakes in there for some reason. Whatever.
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Wandle Cax posted:Have you genuinely not heard of the concept of a cooking wine? Or even the fact that recipes need a specific type of wine you may not care to drink that evening? Why would you drink the wine you have been cooking with? Also the very idea that you would just pour whatever wine you were drinking into whatever you happen to be cooking is laughable. Maybe you should "fix your poo poo" or whatever? i don't know I give up Either you have never drunk nor cooked, or you shouldn't have.
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Wandle Cax posted:Have you genuinely not heard of the concept of a cooking wine? Or even the fact that recipes need a specific type of wine you may not care to drink that evening? Why would you drink the wine you have been cooking with? Also the very idea that you would just pour whatever wine you were drinking into whatever you happen to be cooking is laughable. Maybe you should "fix your poo poo" or whatever? i don't know I give up Haha so now your argument is what, that "Cooking Wine" is a varietal? I sincerely hope you're like nineteen. I'd be put off by how smug you are if it wasn't so goddamn cute. Please never serve adults your cooking.
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Holy poo poo, it's clear that none of you have ever drank wine or cooked a meal, so shut up. There is an actually useful lifehack that keeps your herbs fresh, just put them in water: and leave them on your counter  This way, the next time you are looking for an ice cube you don't have your loving ice cube tray filled with useless tarragon butter or whatever
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