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[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

oh no you fucking don't.

BATHING DOES NOT THERMALLY DENATURE THE PROTEINS IN YOUR MUSCULAR TISSUE AND FUCKING KILL YOU.

Furthermore there is no recipe for broth that involves SOAP nor do you bathe in LITERALLY BOILING WATER.

Boiling is NOT bathing and I will FIGHT anyone who tries to argue otherwise.

I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
FUCK IT, I WILL KILL ON THIS HILL
THIS HILL IS MADE OF THE DEAD MOTHERFUCKERS WHO WERE WRONG

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Idk, Japanese onsen baths are really, really hot. Maybe not literally boiling, but I felt like it was. And hot baths for sore muscles wouldn't be a whole thing if it wasn’t producing some kind of tenderizing effect.

(I'm mostly saying this in jest. Mostly.)

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You're correct, this is why you should avoid going to ramen shops near onsens. They use the people broth from the onsens in their ramen to add a mushroomy, cheesy, porky flavor.

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] dwemthy 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're adding mushroomy or cheesy flavor to the onsen then you're skipping an important step: scrubbing your filthy body thoroughly before getting in the tubs.
Pork flavor is normal because that's what we humans taste like. Do right by the ramen shops and clean yourself before adding your meats to the communal broth.

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I do clean myself before but how am I supposed to eat microwaved creminis with swiss cheese in a tub without dropping a few pieces

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Best chicken broth is salty. Best baths are salty.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I've never killed a chicken by making soup out of it.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I will defend this hill with you, brother! You have my sword!

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 32 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Goddamnit.

I haven't been able to eat eggs ever since someone explained they were chicken menstruation. And now, I have to contemplate avian necrobestial bathwater.

Fuck all you people, unsubbed.

resubbed... Damnit.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

All those words are poetry.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

all those words are poultry

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

You. I like you.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh, this won't stop me from making Jewish penicillin

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Great. Now I'm hungry and pitching a tent.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn’t it technically a fertilized egg at that point? Otherwise, when in the process could the egg get fertilized

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hens producing eggs for consumption aren't exposed to roosters. Their eggs (typically) aren't fertilized.

You're eating chicken period, not aborted fetuses.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh. I wish you hadn’t told me that…

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Either way, that’s always highly disconcerting.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

Tell me about it. I haven't been able to eat breakfast food in years. Which kinda sucks, because my group hobby (hot air ballooning) is an early morning activity, and we usually finish up with breakfast.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Let he who doesn’t bathe with onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves, salt, and pepper cast the first stone.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I were to give a corpse a bath at what point does the water become broth?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

About an hour after it starts boiling.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Excuse me, but you should really reduce that to a simmer after bringing it to a boil.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Doesn’t matter much, simmer and boil both have water at the same temp.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It does affect the texture and cook time.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're planning to eat the corpse, keep it low so it doesn't get chewy. If you're just making broth or doesn't really matter.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

I agree. Low and slow, for sure.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Simmering is actually around 185F in most of the pot. There are some hot spots at the bottom of the pot that get hot enough to form water vapor, but at simmering temperatures, that vapor recondenses before breaking the surface.

"Boiling" starts around 205F. A rolling boil is around 210F.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What kinda altitude are we talking about here?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sea level, but I'm describing the average temperature in the middle of the pot, not the temperature of the localized hot spots right above the burner.

At high altitude, the boiling and simmering points will be lower.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Warm corpse water

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only if the marrow from one's bones normally leaches out, and fat deposits between muscle fibers melt, in a bath, otherwise it's cooking

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on how hot your bath water is.

John Oliver once called chicken soup "salty bird water."

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Assuming you remove your bones and skin for a good soak as part of your bathing process, sure.

[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

why would you remove the bones and skin to make a broth? that's where all the flavor is

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Gets a bit hard to chew If you don't.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to carbonate chicken broth to make chicken soda.

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that served cold or heated?

[–] btr_fan87@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Chilled drinks hold on to carbonation much better. I would vote for cold, personally.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

You've apparently never had to give a chicken a bath for real.

It ain't something you'd eat or drink

[–] muyessir@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] milliams@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] muyessir@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

And yet there’s a smack of ham to it!

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't bath like you

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What are you doing with your chickens???

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For the record, all my chickens are over 18 weeks old and everything we do is consensual.

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