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One of the senior chemists where I worked used to identify the contents of unlabelled bottles by putting a tiny amount on the tip of his tongue! How he got away with it, I'll never know - but he did (and he was right 99% of the time)!
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Tasting was a very common trick in some areas of chemistry, especially pharmaceutical chemistry, most drugs are safe-ish in microgram amounts
I didn’t go that far but I did use my then excellent sense of smell a lot, my father and I both worked with the same old school technician who could sniff a chemical and tell you what the type was (aldehyde, ketone etc) and roughly how big the molecule 3, 4 or 5 carbon chain for example) - very useful in the days when analysis was slow and needed a big sample, we only had to confirm what George already knew
I didn’t go that far but I did use my then excellent sense of smell a lot, my father and I both worked with the same old school technician who could sniff a chemical and tell you what the type was (aldehyde, ketone etc) and roughly how big the molecule 3, 4 or 5 carbon chain for example) - very useful in the days when analysis was slow and needed a big sample, we only had to confirm what George already knew
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A friend of mine who’s a nurse said when he first started practicing , they used to dip their finger into urine sample and if it tasted sweet like honey , it was a sign the patient was diabetic.
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They all say that Amy it’s a wind up, no sane person has done it since the (paper, colour changing) urine dipstick was invented long befor either of you were born
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there's always looking at their shoes for little white spots if they're male...
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My first job was spent working with cadmium and cyanide, tasting was never a popular option.
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Stokey Sue wrote:They all say that Amy it’s a wind up, no sane person has done it since the (paper, colour changing) urine dipstick was invented long befor either of you were born
And before that it was tablets and a fixed amount of urine dropped in and wait for colour change.
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miss mouse wrote:And before that it was tablets and a fixed amount of urine dropped in and wait for colour change.
I'd forgotten them, though I found them (Acetest) as I did look to see if I could get an actual date for Ames dipstick tests, I did find that the instant reading test was invented by a woman, Helen Free. who worked on it with her husband
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Stokey Sue wrote:miss mouse wrote:And before that it was tablets and a fixed amount of urine dropped in and wait for colour change.
I'd forgotten them, though I found them (Acetest)
Oh yes, that was what they were called, well discovered, what a boon and timesaver the dipsticks were, well done Helen Free.
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Stokey Sue wrote:miss mouse wrote:And before that it was tablets and a fixed amount of urine dropped in and wait for colour change.
Oh Yes, I remember the Clinitest tablets, I am v old
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mistakened wrote:Oh Yes, I remember the Clinitest tablets, I am v old :?
I think I remember them, Acetest mostly in my hosp I think, a 'hospital group' so very likely different stuff in different hosps. memory gone. After the individual dipsticks came the multistix, by which time our ancient eyes were too worn out to read them.
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I was certainly using Multistix in the mid to late 70s, though in a research lab not a hospital
I was also doing microscopy of urine sediment which I suspect is a lost art outside of very specialised centres but was considered routine then
I was also doing microscopy of urine sediment which I suspect is a lost art outside of very specialised centres but was considered routine then
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Felicity’s perfect celeriac remoulade.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... ity-cloake
And how to cook polenta.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... ng-polenta
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... ity-cloake
And how to cook polenta.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... ng-polenta
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And, just added, a round up of recipes using chilies.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... p-to-vodka
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/f ... p-to-vodka
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I just came across this on the Evening Standard website - I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't heard of any of the chefs
https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop ... 19239.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop ... 19239.html
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I will wait until I have grown some chillies maybe
I hadn't heard of any of the chefs, and the only one of the restaurants I'd heard of was the Wun Tea Rooms, because I walked past it several times last year!
KeenCook2 wrote:I just came across this on the Evening Standard website - I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't heard of any of the chefs
https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop ... 19239.html
I hadn't heard of any of the chefs, and the only one of the restaurants I'd heard of was the Wun Tea Rooms, because I walked past it several times last year!
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Do you make a Big Thing out of Valentine’s Day?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... by-readers
We never have, even before children but looking at that lot I might just make Coq au Vin which is practically the only thing on the list that OH might actually eat.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... by-readers
We never have, even before children but looking at that lot I might just make Coq au Vin which is practically the only thing on the list that OH might actually eat.
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We sort of let Valentine´s Day go by once we hit 60...
The recipes look delightful, but we´re not going to do anything special.
However, in Instagram Vzla there are literally dozens of competitions, because this weekend is also Carnival weekend. Meals, free food, booze, romantic getaways, pizzas, sushi, prosecco, chocolates - all sorts of stuff. I participated in them all, although knowing my luck, not a hope!!
The recipes look delightful, but we´re not going to do anything special.
However, in Instagram Vzla there are literally dozens of competitions, because this weekend is also Carnival weekend. Meals, free food, booze, romantic getaways, pizzas, sushi, prosecco, chocolates - all sorts of stuff. I participated in them all, although knowing my luck, not a hope!!
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Good luck KK!
All those dishes look just up my street Valentine's Day or not (though I'm not sure about scrambled egg sandwiched in croissant)! Prawn Linguine featured in one of my most romantic meals ever (well, scallop actually but similar!). I have come to dislike Valentine's Day because in recent times it's become such a 'thing' that restaurants are booked up overpriced which spoils what is also my birthday weekend. Not expecting much to happen for either this year .
All those dishes look just up my street Valentine's Day or not (though I'm not sure about scrambled egg sandwiched in croissant)! Prawn Linguine featured in one of my most romantic meals ever (well, scallop actually but similar!). I have come to dislike Valentine's Day because in recent times it's become such a 'thing' that restaurants are booked up overpriced which spoils what is also my birthday weekend. Not expecting much to happen for either this year .
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