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Graham88
Completely surprised by the lack of blade diversity here on Drop...
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JellyDPhoto
Can we get Sony E-Mount or other mirrorless camera options please..
Would be nice to see some Sony E mount full frame cameras on here. I currently shoot with a A99 and they killed the lense path for better or more option lenses and now is all E-Mount. 🤔
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RayF
There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
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Second, turn the heat down and let your food warm up to room temperature out of the fridge. For example: Can't fry an egg in a stainless pan? Set the egg on the counter the night before, then heat the pan gently in the morning with a touch of butter or canola oil. When the egg sets, turn the heat off. Wipe the skillet out with a paper towel when done with breakfast.
Eggs sold in Europe are generally unrefrigerated and European food laws and safety are much stricter than in the USA. Food handling and under cooking are the worst offenders of food borne illness. I guess I should note that I also don't fear drinking unpasteurized milk or eating Sushi either.
A good sear on a room temperature steak to me tastes better as the cooking is more even whether you want it pink in the center or well done. I also don't refrigerate farm eggs for my own consumption. Battery hens are a totally different subject. YMMV
Edit: I should also mention that I am pretty much with you on the above - probably not very dangerous, but figured I’d explain about the difference in case someone starts just leaving their eggs out permenantly.
In countries where eggs are eaten raw you get about the same number of salmonella cases as in countries where they aren't, but to achieve this result fewer eggs are contaminated to begin with. Salmonella contaminated eggs in the U.S. are often never discovered because they aren't eaten raw. At any rate, salmonella is a specific bacteria that doesn't self-create when an egg is left at room temperature. If it's already there it can multiply, and there may be other harmful bacteria already in the egg besides salmonella.
At any rate, one of the things you notice living abroad are these differential conceptions of risk. Japanese tend not to use helmets on bicycles, except for very small children, and the same in many European countries. When you run the numbers of this kind of thing you find that two things of equal risk are considered to be completely different levels of risk in different countries. Country A will think that X is really risky but not Y; country B will think that Y is really risky but not X.
I'd give more examples, but they often get quasi-political, so I'll leave it at that.
On the flip side, there are things out in the world that can make you extremely ill and put your life at risk. In my case, I got camphlobacter jujuni not from something I ate (under cooked chicken being a common source) but, from a dairy most likely from an infected milk cow.
In my case, I still eat soft boiled eggs and have no issue setting out an egg the night before for an 'over easy' egg with breakfast. Whether this makes sense or is safe for someone else is for them to decide.