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Ask me food safety and food science questions.

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

The goal this year (2026) is to lurk less and post and comment more.

  • My partner quietly does the same thing. He's been riding bikes since he was a kid (and still does, except it's bigger and is $$$$). I haven't consistently been riding in years and years, and I'm finally in a position where I have space to store a bike again. However, I have bad knees from gymnastics as a kid, and then years and years of skiing and snowboarding, so I either have to ride on mostly flat trails or get an expensive e-bike...

    Thank you so much for the LPT! I'm sure lots of people will find it very helpful. 😊

  • I've no experience in your industry or know anyone in it, but I find it so interesting. Thank you for sharing!

    Mildly related (maybe not), I have had friends who recommend certain medical shows to me to watch. I have given them a try, but then I get bogged down by how overdramatised they are with the music, and "Um.. They're not going to revive anyone with those weak compressions."

  • Same. I will sometimes think of things like "Might have high blood pressure" or diabetes. I also thought that one of the driver's I had passed the other day may have had mild Parkinsons when I saw their hand shaking as she took her hand off the steering wheel to the signal stick. It's always just a passing thought, and I forget seconds later.

  • Don't we all! 😂 It took me a while to figure out the old Swiffer and Blockbusters commercial were from songs from the 80s or whenever.

  • You're an amazing person for doing what you do. It takes strength to not desensitise - I know I would have a hard time not wanting to just go home and be by myself after hearing such horrible things. I'd also fear for my safety going up to people and asking how they are doing.

    Thank you for doing what you do. We need more people like you!

  • My partner is an engineer and is fascinated with that stuff, too! Me... Not so much. 😂 But that is super cool when you know that you contributed to something.

  • I'm the same. I don't touch hand rails, handles, escalator belts (?). Honestly, of the hundreds and thousands of people who touch them every day, how many of them have not contaminated their hands in some way before touching those surfaces? I can guarantee nearly 100% of them, and a large portion of them won't have washed their hands properly after using the toilet.

  • I was reading your post out loud to my partner, and then he explained to me that some bugs are actually good/beneficial. He specifically mentioned GTA where when you get a two star "wanted" rating, police cars are supposed to follow the road rules, and then block you in... But instead, they don't follow the road rules at all!

    Yeah, it can be pretty stressful. I will wash my hands as soon as I get home, change clothes, shower, etc. depending on where I have been that day. And never shoes in the house past the entry.

  • Something I can't relate to because I'm hopeless with the back end stuff. I've always search "pay wall remover" to get rid of the pay walls.. And if it still doesn't work, I just find another article to read. I didn't realise that you can just remove it on your own end!

  • Books, good food, a good laugh, and my best friend. These are things that come to mind straight away, but there are certainly many others!

    Helping others, having friendly interactions with people (online and offline), birds landing on your outstretched hand, when a happy dog looks up at you with their happy smiles, when a cat comes to see you after the owner says "She's nervous around strangers",.. A solid sleep and feeling refreshed in the morning.

    A good coffee, a cold drink on a hot day, when a seed has sprouted in my garden, a hefty burrito, a heavy thunderstorm, sunshine after days of rain, the cooling 5PM breeze on a stinking hot day, ibuprofen working on a headache, when you go shopping and one of the first things you try on fits really well so you don't have to shop for hours, the first run down the hill (snow), when you come across a steal of a deal on something you've been wanting,... Too many to name.

    What doesn't bring me joy is when I need cold water from the tap and hot water comes out, or if the empty toilet roll hasn't been replaced. 💀

  • I'll give that a try next time, thank you!

  • LOL. I love it. We've all been there!

  • Gods, give it to me now! I love burritos. I can totally spoon refried beans straight from the can. 🤤

  • I've learned something today, thank you! I'll know what to do if I come across rooster next time. Someone did feed me peacock once, though in battered, deep-fried form. I wonder if it's the same.

    What I do with supermarket mince is that I whip it with a pair of chopsticks until it gets smooth, then I add in the rest of the ingredients. It makes a big difference in the finished product!

  • I confused people when I first came to Australia saying I was making dumplings. They thought it was just dough balls! I didn't know there was anything outside of filling inside thin wheat wrappers.

  • It's a fair bit of work, but it's worth it in the end. 😁

  • Thank you!

  • Thank you! Eat them fast enough and your brain won't have received the signal from the stomach saying that it's full until it's too late! 😂

  • Thank you! And thank you for sharing :) I've never actually tried using kecap manis either. Your mention of sugar has intrigued me. I will give it a try!