WRT the oven...we use our toaster oven a LOT, and depending on the type of cooking you do, it can often stand in for the full-size oven. For high-heat roasting of relatively uniformly shaped thing like fish, vegetables, and chops, it's great, and it doesn't heat the house nearly as much as the full-size oven. It's…

You also have to keep in mind that your current energy usage rate or cost may be different than those used on E* estimates. We live in a condo and happily accept wide swings in temperature, so we use much less energy for heating and cooling than typical estimates. Also remember that electric heating is 100%…

NB: I use it on a glass + metal press, so if your camping one is polycarbonate or has a rubber gasket around the screen, I make no warranties!

When you're done making coffee, just dump a bit of Oxiclean in there and add hot water. No scrubbing necessary, and it easily removes the oils, even on the filter. You could probably use another cleaner like PBW or JoeGlo similarly, but Oxiclean is the easiest to find (buy Oxiclean Free if you can find it).

Peeling the banana is the least of my concerns. I usually have trouble getting it out of it's protective packaging.

40 proof vodka freezes at about -16.5F, which is about 16.5F degrees colder than the typical operating temperature of most freezers. Did you lay it down directly on the cooling coils that make up the freezer area of a mini fridge? I don't know what temperature the cold-side refrigerant is at, but it's <0F if it's…

I asking whether the fact that it's man-made is a reason to avoid it. For example, I don't think there's a reason to prefer a particular naturally-occurring fat to its synthetic, chemically-identical twin. I have no qualms saying that one should avoid man-made fats because their chemical composition is different…

Sure, but what's the difference? Why is unnatural bad as food but perfectly acceptable as medicine? And if it's a matter of dosage, how do you draw the line?

But because the caveman died from an infected paper cut by age 50, we have little way of knowing that the diet was good at increasing his longevity past that age. It's an unknown, that's all.

I don't think its reasonable to say that laboratory-produced food is bad and yet say that laboratory-produced medicine is good. I know some eschew both, but usually a bottle of Tylenol is sitting right next to the all-natural cheese.

"Natural" is indeed regulated, but only under the false and misleading claims language. Here's one instance of FDA enforcement: [www.fda.gov]

Only partially hydrogenated oils can be trans-fats. Also, for something like Crisco, which lists 8.5g of unsaturated fats and 0g trans fats, the maximum amount of trans fats of 0.49g means the ration of trans-fat content is capped at 6%, which is approximately the amount of trans-fats found in animal fats.

The life expectancy of cavemen wasn't much more than 30 years at birth (and only 50 at age 15). Today, with our crappy, processed foods, life expectancy at birth is nearly 80 years. While the "caveman diet" makes sense for other reasons, the everything-was-better-in-the-past one isn't one of them. Heck, the first…

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They have another similar model for tea (pictured).

One of the most design-y french presses has no press. Works great though. It's the Eva Cafe Solo.

You could slice it into steaks, sear them on a hot cast iron skillet, and finish them in the oven if they're still underdone. Make a pan sauce with wine. Take a look at the Good Eats episodes entitled "Tender is the Loin I/II" (on youtube) for some ideas and techniques.

The patent was filed in 1996. Also, as mconheady says, the patent is for how the phone accomplishes it, not the concept.

The patent was filed in 1996, well-before either phone existed. Regardless, I can't say I disagree with your second sentence. :-/

A good, fast, thermocouple-based thermometer. The Thermoworks Thermapen ($90ish) is the gold standard, though others are nearly as capable and half the price.