Yesterday in Reuters - A MUST READ THREAD:

For years we were told trans fats saved lives. After WW2 there was a shortage of butter and along came this wonder food product. Proctor & Gamble bought the patent rights and "margarine" became a household name. 1/7 Doctors who questioned the health of this product were blacklisted (see Fred Kummerow) - no one was allowed to push back. Large food corporations were developing more and more patents to push crop production with this in mind. By the 1980's almost all of our food products 2/7

For those saying there is no natural gas ban: NY, CA, WA, and MA all have natural gas bans in place and programs to phase out gas use (entirely) over the next decade. The Biden Admin is working through EPA to strengthen this mandate on a federal level, although it’s not easy. 1/4 Putting aside the environmental hypocrisy (as we will just burn gas and coal to create the electricity), we aren’t there yet with acceptable substitutes. Admittedly, there are many advancements with induction that are very impressive from a culinary perspective, however, even 2/4

The Perfect Prime Rib Guide (A Thread):

A MUST READ TWEET FOR RIB ROASTERS

I have gotten hundreds of messages asking about cooking a rib roast, so here we go, if you read anything today, let it be this post: Recipe Continues Below

*This applies both bone-in and boneless

1/7 Salt - Make sure you liberally salt your meat early, at least 2 hours but ideally 24-36 hours before cooking. The salt not only seasons the inside of the meat, it also breaks down the protein strands and thus tenderizes the meat as the salt goes in and out of the cells. 2/7

This oil spill is not going away anytime soon - it’s devastated the spiny lobster fishery that just opened. Thanks ⁦⁦@latimes⁩ for including my perspective here - How California oil spill hurts fishermen and foodways latimes.com/food/story/202…

It is inevitable people are going to be hurting going into Thanksgiving, especially with the lockdowns and jobs being lost. On Thanksgiving morning I am going to be giving away our Twitter-Famous Breakfast Sandwiches and Burritos to anyone who needs/wants one. FREE. 19696 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA - Lobster options too.