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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
So, lately, I've been obsessed with white onions. They're my new favorite. I wish I knew what breed they were, though (color only tells you so much about the qualities). I'm guessing they came from Winco, if that helps; they're a large kind.

I used to think red onions were my favorite, but I've discovered that I mostly like red onions fresh (I prefer other onions cooked).

These white onions seem all-purpose. They have a gentle taste and texture fresh. They have a *lot* of nice flavor when cooked in soups and stuff (e.g. in clam chowder with red potatoes). They're easy to cut.
CryptidFlora by CryptidFlora @ in Life
Ingredients
Sliced Turkey (carved roast Turkey is best, but packing on layers of deli Turkey sandwich slices also works)
Cheddar cheese slices
Mayo
Cranberry chutney (or whole berry cranberry sauce)
Bread of choice
Spread margarine

Start by slathering some mayo on the inside of both pieces of bread. Yes both, we want our sandwiches nice and moist inside.  On one side, place 2 slices of cheddar cheese, then a mound of sliced turkey. On top of the turkey, spoon on the cranberry sauce. Dont left it run over the edges. For the next step place another slice of cheese, make sure the edges of the cheese go further than the cranberry. When this melts it is going to envelop the cranberry inside, so as to not make a mess.

Top off with another slice of bread, then spread margarine on the outsides of both slices of bread. Butter would work here, but I suggest margarine because it has zero cholesterol.

Toast this on the skillet you would normally toast grilled cheese, keep the heat on low to allowed the insides to heat up before the bread burns.
Enjoy.

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CryptidFlora by CryptidFlora @ in Life
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/thymol#section=EU-Pesticides-Data

As can be seen in this pub chem directory page, Thymol (a natural derivative of thyme herb) has evidence of antimicrobial properties, and is accepted by the EPA for use as a natural fungicide.

It also shows some evidence for anti-inflammatory properties in test mice, in addition to being safe and tasty enough for use as a thyme-flavored food additive.
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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Announcements
If you tried to register in the past, you were referred to the Support forum in order to request to become a member. However, you couldn't see it! I thought you could, but apparently I had it set so only administrators could see the Support forum. Sorry. Anyway, it's fixed; so, you should be able to register and make your member request, now.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220103145558.htm

The link talks about the benefits in child attention after mothers take about twice as much choline as recommended during pregnancy.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
This thread is to list and talk about cold-hardy houseplants. Of course, it's not going to be as cold in a house as it will be outdoors, but if you want to be sure that putting your plant in a windowsill during the winter isn't going to make it suffer, I imagine the plants in this list might work for that.

List:
* English Ivy (sometimes listed for zone 4)
* Deadnettle (zones 3-8; I've read you can grow them as houseplants in hanging baskets)
* Hostas (sometimes listed for zone 3)
* Cast-iron plant (sometimes listed for zone 6)
* Sempervivum
* Dracaena indivisa (I've seen it listed for zone 7)
* False Shamrock (I've seen it listed for zone 8)
* Sedum (some are for zone 4)
* Camellia (at least some are listed for zone 6)
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Software
Other than the usual Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Yandex, etc., here's a list of search engines that are remarkable:
* startpage.com (added on 22 May 2023)
* gigablast.com
* mojeek.com

Interesting meta search engines:
* metager.org

Limited scope:
* sweetsearch.com (for students)

Also, you should probably look up distributed search engines, peer-to-peer search engines, decentralized search engines, custom search engines, etc. These could in theory be great, but I don't know of any actual search engines of these types that you can just go to a website and use (or download and use), without having to do more than you're bargaining for.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Other
A pennywhistle, also known as a flagolet, whistle, or tinwhistle, is an instrument with six fingering holes and about a two octave range. Some other instruments, such as low whistles, Irish flutes, and dizi flutes are fingered the same way (although dizi flutes have one or more extra holes, but you don't finger those).

If you've played a lot of music on the pennywhistle that wasn't written for it, you might know that many songs are perfect, except they have a note that's just a half-step lower than the range of your whistle. You might think this requires you to play the whole song an octave higher, or else play it in another key--but you don't! You can play that note (the TI below DO). Here's how:

Cover all the holes as if you're playing the lowest DO. Keep doing that while you cover half of the very end of your instrument (the opening on the end), and blow. You can cover it with your pinky, or if your pinky is too far away, you can lean the end of your instrument against something to cover half of it up. It may take some practice and time, but you can indeed get good at using this method in a song.

I came upon this miraculously while experimenting with my whistle(s) one day--probably between 2007 and 2010, or so.

I play a lot of hymns on the pennywhistle, and several of them benefit from this.
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