/ck/ - Food & Cooking

What? squeezing lemon into water gives it an nice electric charge and makes it less alkaline

>>12657595
Nevermind that these don't seem like genuine, unpaid for reviews from native English speakers. Why would you squeeze for juice rind up?

>>12657588
>"it's okay I guess btw I got this for free unlike you"
>"1 star, package came an hour late"
>tryhard over-the-top reddit essay
>"5 stars best thing ever just got it a few minutes ago and haven't tested its durability"
Why are amazon review basedboys like this?

buy writing Amazon reviews and getting shit for free

>>12657612
Reviewers everywhere do this, but in the past it was really easy to sort through authentic good reviews and disregard retarded reviews like "ordered wrong size". Now every single thing I search for only gives me results for chink shit with fake chink reviews.
>>12657619
I've done a few of those promotions for free or discounted stuff and gave legit reviews, but most stuff they offer is pure shit and not even worth the process.

>>12657622
Now. Used to be easier but then amazon cracked down on on most sites and the reviewers.
Mostly because chink sellers abused the shit out of it.

>>12657588
She's got the lemon turned the wrong way around...

>>12657595
The lemon's the wrong way around. OP's autism can't handle it

>>12657629
Yeah that was disappointing, because I had been writing tons of reviews that would get me qualified for the program. I think it was vine reviewers maybe. But they ended it. They should really either not allow reviews from non-verified purchasers or not include their star rating in the weighted average.
>>12657637
I'm more just pissed that I cannot find anything on Amazon anymore that isn't mass produced chink shit with fake reviewers that can't even use the product correctly for their shekels. Even web searching "best 'x product' 2019" turns up results suggesting the same shitty products. Any help on how to find actual quality products and where to buy them is appreciated.

>>12657648
Maybe you should shop locally instead of at Amazon then.

>>12657654
Even so, and it would be incredible if a non-globohomo small business store that sells high quality American made products actually existed near me, I'd like to be able to check reviews for those products first. What's even the difference between buying online at Amazon and in-person at Walmart or Sam's or wherever? At this point I'd be happy to spend 3x the price if anyone can point me in the direction of an American small/medium business that sells quality American goods that will ship them to me. At least it would help someone's American community.

>>12657648
based racist

>>12657671
I never even thought about race or ethnicity before I moved from an almost all white area where I grew up to a diversity enriched city. It only took a few months to figure out why people of one race, ethnicity, culture, and religion can't stand people outside of their in-group. But I digress, that doesn't even apply here. Everyone in the world, no matter how naive and blind know chinese produced goods are trash and are aggravated by Indian customer support.

>it's poor quality but buy it anyway lol

>fl. oz.
>ml
>weighing volume
Well send this engineer to NASA already!

>>12657629
>>12657648
Well I'll be darned. I guess I'll have to start reviewing again. This review is actually for an OXO manual juicer. I'd be okay with getting that for free.

>>12657694

Are you retarded? His review is implying the opposite. He said he fucked up and melted it by being a dumbfuck and the probe even came out from being melted and still works.

>>12657588
>t.bitchasscuck that can't handle the raw bitterness of lemon

When cooking with lemons or yellow lemons, I usually peel them and put the whole thing in a blender for maximum yield. Seeds add a nice bitterness.

>>12657612
>someone posts a question
>1 answer
>sorry I don't know

>>12659609
works on my machine

>>12657725
>not wanting your appliances to give you those shitty plastic paper cuts is a bugman thing
Oh shit I love tetanus now

>>12658828
A thermometer should be made of a thermoset plastic that won't melt.

>>12659640
First of all, tetanus is something you get from soil.
Second of all, you can get rid of those edges with some sandpaper.
Thirdly; saycucks like you and the guy in that pic have never been around either.

>tfw you just learned you were doing it wrong this whole time

>>12657588
>How do people like this get through life?
OP, yes, the lemon is upside down for that kind of juicer.
If you are asking why anyone uses a mechanical device for a single squeeze of lemon, the answer lies in sensitivity of one's skin. Given the right conditions, say someone who works in a medical setting, their hands are pretty raw from frequent washing, and is a safer option than getting juice and oils directly in the hands. My juicer looks more pictured here. It requires no hand strength to flip the skin inside out, and it allows you to set it down on a bar, using half a lime's juice for now and going back to it later, or else parking 3-4 key limes in there at a time. You tip the seeds right out, zero cleaning between batches. I have no idea why they're not used than the inside out versions. It's superior. I also own a giant orange press I carried back in my luggage from Mexico 30yrs ago, but since the state chopped down my fancy pink grapefruit and ponderosa lemon trees in that controversial citrus greening issue, it's rarely used.

>>12657612
>boomer: Great product, really pleased!
>1 star

>>12657725
>stupid boomer mother
>BETTER POST THE LE SOYBOY
You people are ruining /ck/ by turning every minor grievance into soy

Why don't people just slice lemons into their drinks? Are they too young to use a knife?

>>12661192
Probably from the UK.

>>12659683
I was just picking on the upside down lemon and lime in the respective photos. When I worked outside for long hours in the very dry high heat, even though it wasn't anything that worked my hands hard, they would be dry and sensitive and handling citrus was sucky for years. It wasn't anything so bad that using a citrus squeezer was a problem, but yeah the citrus juice would sting the shit out of my nails, nail beds, and overall fingers and hands.

>>12659658
Do you sand all your glasswear?

>>12657588
Amazon reviews aren't real you fucking moron

>>12662665
I usually buy glassware of a quality that doesn't need sanding, but if I did happen to end up with a juicer that had some rough edges I would fix it instead of bitching about it online.

>>12661665
But I'm a bong and I slice lemons/limes.

>I'm a big water drinker

>>12662874
Americans are so addicted to sugary soda that drinking regular water is a special characteristic for them

>>12657588
>>12657610
tbf I squeeze them both ways. But rind up first.

>>12662874
>>12662899
To be fair to them their tap water is genuinely unpalatable and regularly even unsafe to drink. Either they need to get a water purifier installed, or they have to buy packaged water. Either way it's different from the norm of people just being able to drink a glass of water, so you can see why they'd specify.

>>12657689
>why people of one race, ethnicity, culture, and religion can't stand people outside of their in-group
Because they’re retarded and sheltered, much like you.

>>12657588
This kills the boomer (((5 star, must buy))) mantra.
I swear they act like those stars are regulated by the BBB

>>12662874
>For you

>>12657588
do americans really?

>>12659609
Because amazon mail the surveys out to everyone and an incredible number of people don't cop onto the idea of it being optional or broadly sent.

>>12657588
Are you implying that a hand juicer is a bad thing to have?

>>12662914
Not unless you live in flint. It really is just the sugar addiction that drives people to not drink tap water.

>>12657669
Move out of whatever retarded state you live in and move to real America. Then you will have actual stores.

>>12666734
I live in Nevada, arguably one of the freest states despite democrats taking control more recently, but I currently live in an area that might as well be flyover boomertown in terms of local small businesses that sell made in usa products. It's not like there aren't some small businesses, but they sell the same type of cheap chink shit that I would get at any other larger business. When possible, I bypass any kind of commercial service, which is really easy for restaurants and fix-it/repair work and other services. But when it comes to buying kitchenware and clothes, for example, there is no local option.

>>12664917
I don't know if it's really unhealthy elsewhere, but it definitely is unpleasant. I.e. San Francisco tap water tastes and smells of chlorine. And if you need to chlorinate your water, that's a clear sign that you got some issues in your system that you apparently can't fix, so yeah, I can get why folks don't want to drink that shit.
Why they tend to exchange it with something even worse though, that I don't understand.

>>12657702
Ar- Are... are you okay, Anon? You seem a little obsessed.

Think I might buy one of these so I can enjoy fresh oj.

>>12657588
tbf those juice squeezers suck ass either way you do it. and it makes immediate physical sense to put the fruit in that way

>>12667119
all tap water is chlorinated. it's part of the process of treating it to be safe to drink

>>12662869
No you don't.

>>12657595
Based snek poster

>>12668043
Lol.
Maybe in the third world.
If you have to chlorinate your water, that means something is wrong with it. Your source is fucked, or your well is fucked, or even your whole aquifer is fucked, or your water plant is broken or your pipes are in dissarray or any combination of it.
Because if every part of the process is OK, you don't need any disgusting chlorine in the water.
Chlorine is what you have a stockpile of in your water plant, in case a catastrophe happens in your plant and you need to be able to keep the water running wihtout killing anyone.

>>12657612
Soy isn't filtered here newfag

>>12668124
I don't know if it's all chlorinated, but I've been to plenty of European cities where the tapwater smelled of chlorine. It can apparently be quite localised too, since I've been to towns in a country where it doesn't smell, but larger cities of the same country where it does.
It's harmless, though, and I suppose you would get used to it.

>>12657595
This one should get tested for the Downs as well.

>>12661671
>>>12659683
>I was just picking on the upside down lemon and lime in the respective photos. When I worked outside for long hours in the very dry high heat, even though it wasn't anything that worked my hands hard, they would be dry and sensitive and handling citrus was sucky for years. It wasn't anything so bad that using a citrus squeezer was a problem, but yeah the citrus juice would sting the shit out of my nails, nail beds, and overall fingers and hands.
You can get literal burns on your hands. Apparently, adding UV sunlight is exponential damage for people who work outside and do anything at a bar too. Next time you tailgate that Jimmy Buffet concert, better have that citrus prepped at home, LOL.

>>12668124
>If you have to chlorinate your water, that means something is wrong with it.
It's the contrary. Are you missing some education? What do you think, that there is a UV light sanitizer in the lines under your house?
Chlorinated water is the maintenance flush that companies down as preventative maintenance to keep lines clear. Depending on your neighborhood, you might be the dead end at the end of a line, such as on a cul-de-sac in a beach community.
All year, however, chloramines are in the water at just enough of a level to keep water safe until it reaches you.
At the time of flushing with higher levels, notices go out to prevent people on dialysis or refilling fish tanks from using it.
It might be two weeks a year or however often they deem it necessary given the temperature of the ground water for x number of days. It's science.
>>12668139
>but I've been to plenty of European cities where the tapwater smelled of chlorine
And, I've had tapwater in Europe in restaurants that smells of algae and fish as many times.

>>12668255
They gave you loud Americunts dishwater fyi.

amazon is such a fucking mess, I tried to buy a cheap mp3 player and most of the reviews aren't even for the model being sold

>>12657588
>>12657610
americans are so fucking idiots and cant use it properly. lmao

>>12668797
In EU most countries use chlorine to disinfect water

>>12666846
fyi the definition of "made in the USA" is a bit more flimsy than you might think. for instance if you buy a crate of can openers from china that need to be assembled (one arm getting screwed to the other arm) then this can sometimes can be considered being "made" in the USA because there was "labour" involved in "manufacturing" it

>>12668255
>Are you missing some education?
On the contrary. I've got a degree in hydrogeology and I have worked for many water utilities.
My point stands:
If you need chloride, your shit's broken. Unfortunately, a lot of shit is broken, but that does not change the facts. A lot of cities also have a lot of crime, but that does not make crime OK.