Two potatoes, cubed

[Fino]

Remarkably pretentious and egotistical! Most philosophy is unnecessarily complex-sounding babbling.

 

[Callistemon]

Remarkably pretentious and egotistical! Most philosophy is unnecessarily complex-sounding babbling.

What is pretentious and egotistical, @Fino? ...if you're going to use such terms to describe people / ways of thinking / ways of thinking about thinking, you should perhaps attempt to justify their use, instead of just doing a soundbite-rant.

By the way, many people here wouldn't agree with your viewpoint on philosophy. One nice thing about philosophy is that it allows people to try out different ideas about the world, consciousness and thinking, and to see arguments for and against - and best of all, the syntheses that reconcile the truths of opposing viewpoints. In a world that isn't black-and-white, but highly complex, this is good practice.

Of course, there's many philosophers who are as black-and-white about their opinions as you seem to be in what you wrote above. However, to my mind the best philosophers don't act like know-alls and carefully consider and respect other points of view, and manage to have interesting exchanges with others without insulting them, tearing them down, and all that old-chestnut kids-bullying-each-other type behaviour.

 

[Gerontius]

Remarkably pretentious and egotistical! Most philosophy is unnecessarily complex-sounding babbling.

Bless your heart, that's rich coming from you.

(Admittedly I'm not a big fan either of a lot of modern philosophers, but all Callistemon's thread was, was a bit of friendly whimsical thought. Just musing about something fun, is all the thread was about. Only one who starts off making accusations of poor taste (pretension) or of vice (egotism) would be you, and then topping that off with comments about others "babbling"? Not to get philosophical here but who piddled in your cornflakes this morning?)

 

[Callistemon]

And on the subject of babble, a piece of alternative music which always makes me laugh (though warning, @Gerontius, it's noisy!):

Now returning back to the regular programming.

 

[Callistemon]

Thanks everyone, for the fun posts on Page 1!

Two potatoes, cubed, (2^3 or 2x2x2) is eight potatoes!!

I am a potato fiend, so I just might be tempted to add that much to a recipe. lol

Get upset with tablespoon or a teaspoon. A pinch or two pinches is so much faster. I thought it was a recipe post. Scallop potatoes takes me back to my mom's cooking. That perfect white tart pan held scallop potatoes and upside down pineapple cake and New York style cheese cake for the hungry peasants that inhabited the abode.

Well, ladies, we're potato fiends too and loooove all sorts of potato recipes. The potato has got to be the most versatile vegetable there is. Mashed potato, smashed potato, baked potato, roast potato, wedges, chips, crisps, scallop potatoes, potato croquettes, leek-potato soup, potato salad, hash browns, potato pikelets, vegie patties with potatoes, Norwegian lefser, potatoes potatoes potatoes, and I think the hungry peasants came up with the best recipes!

There's no reason we can't start posting favourite potato recipes, given the ambiguous thread title.

Or continue with the maths jokes.

Here's a favourite potato recipe and what it looked like when we made it in our kitchen: Norwegian lefser. All you do is mix a dry-ish mashed potato with equal parts rye flour, and pan-fry it into pancakes. Traditionally topped with sour cream and smoked salmon; serve with salad and lemon wedges. Very filling - best in cold weather - warning - may end up in food coma and needing 1-2 hours of horizontal unconsciousness after eating!

 

[Aspychata]

So l discovered this vegan taco recipe that uses gold potatoes.

1lb potatoes cubed (lol)
12 corn tortillas
Lb soy chorizo (trader joe)
Oil
White diced onion
Cilantro
Crumbled queso fresco or Cotija

Cook potatoes cook soy sausage onions. Mash soy, put soy, onions potatoes then put in tortillas, top with cheese and salsa of your choice. The recipe kinda has you mash the potatoes and chorizo together.

 

[Callistemon]

So l discovered this vegan taco recipe that uses gold potatoes.

1lb potatoes cubed (lol)

...I believe 1lb potatoes cubed is still 1lb of potatoes!

However, doubling the recipe to 2lb potatoes cubed could result in some confusion, difficulty and/or very generous serving sizes.

 

[Callistemon]

I love funny homeschool math!

When you get to Avogadro's number (which is used in chemistry), it's great fun to get kids to work out how much Avogadro's number of M&Ms would weigh, and how many Earths worth of mass that is...

 

[Streetwise]

lol. I am so not atuned to math that I missed that entirely! I am thinking, how big of potato? How big of cube?

I just felt when I see mathematics I've lost the will to live the same as trying to learn statutes for English law god it was boring

 

[Callistemon]

I just felt when I see mathematics I've lost the will to live the same as trying to learn statutes for English law god it was boring

My husband also tends to lose the will to live when confronted with mathematics. It's even worse when confronting tax bureaucracy, so I do the accounts and tax for us. It's fair though because he's the chief washer-upperer at our house and always offers to chop the vegetables, and he does a lot of vacuuming etc etc.

When I am doing the accounts it looks more like this:

 

[Fino]

What is pretentious and egotistical, @Fino? ...if you're going to use such terms to describe people / ways of thinking / ways of thinking about thinking, you should perhaps attempt to justify their use, instead of just doing a soundbite-rant.

By the way, many people here wouldn't agree with your viewpoint on philosophy. One nice thing about philosophy is that it allows people to try out different ideas about the world, consciousness and thinking, and to see arguments for and against - and best of all, the syntheses that reconcile the truths of opposing viewpoints. In a world that isn't black-and-white, but highly complex, this is good practice.

Of course, there's many philosophers who are as black-and-white about their opinions as you seem to be in what you wrote above. However, to my mind the best philosophers don't act like know-alls and carefully consider and respect other points of view, and manage to have interesting exchanges with others without insulting them, tearing them down, and all that old-chestnut kids-bullying-each-other type behaviour.

I was referring to the quote. And I would expect that many people wouldn't agree. It would be odd otherwise. And I didn't feel or intend any negativity in what I said. I'm sorry that my words have hurt you.

 

[Callistemon]

Your words didn't hurt me, @Fino. And perhaps you ought to read that book before offering your criticisms. It's an excellent, accessible book on philosophy and well liked by many people young and old I know who have read it. It helps expand people's thinking and horizons. The quote is suggesting that childlikeness in being amazed and not taking the world for granted is a good quality. There's nothing vicious or tasteless, egotistical or pretentious about that statement. I can only conclude that you don't understand it, and were therefore moved to react with vitriol.

 

[Suzette]

When you get to Avogadro's number (which is used in chemistry), it's great fun to get kids to work out how much Avogadro's number of M&Ms would weigh, and how many Earths worth of mass that is...

Or just order sandwiches. The best ever really.
https://www.avogadros.com/

 

[Streetwise]

My husband also tends to lose the will to live when confronted with mathematics. It's even worse when confronting tax bureaucracy, so I do the accounts and tax for us. It's fair though because he's the chief washer-upperer at our house and always offers to chop the vegetables, and he does a lot of vacuuming etc etc.

When I am doing the accounts it looks more like this:

I still try desperately to like mathematics but as soon as its written on a board or page oh my god ,my great love is sleeping ,still after 52 years slightly angry that my mother or a nurse or doctor, woke me up, after I'd been asleep for two weeks ,after I was just born.

 

[Mary Terry]

I have one cup that I measure with for savory items. Its just a mug. But mostly I just have a sense of how many glugs are close to a cup or what a pile of spices look like when it is close to a teaspoon, a tablespoon etc.

I'm pretty good at estimating amounts, too. I use the palm of my hand a lot instead of a measuring spoon. It comes from decades of cooking experience. The only times I really worry about precise measurements is when I bake something like bread or cake.