Pam cooking spray linked to severe lung damage, $25M lawsuit

Conagra Brands, the Chicago‑based food giant behind Pam cooking spray, has been ordered to pay $25 million after a California jury found t…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #bakingspray #cansonashelf #conagraproducts #conagrasprays #cookingsprays #displayofcans #grillspray #oliveoilspray #pamspraycans #pamsprays #spraycans #sprays
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2512528/pam-cooking-spray-linked-to-severe-lung-damage-25m-lawsuit/

Why Sharper Knives Mean Fewer Onion Tears

Onions are a well-known source of tears for many a cook. And while the chemical source of their power–onions release a chemical that reacts in our eyes to produce tears–has been known for years, no one has looked at the fluid dynamics in the process until now.

As seen above, a knife piercing the onion’s surface releases a mist of high-speed droplets, followed by a slower spray. Much like a citrus fruit’s microsprays, the onion’s fountain depends on both solid and fluid mechanics. As the knife presses into the onion’s stiffer outer layer, pressure builds in the softer layer underneath, which contains pores of fluid. Once the knife breaks the epidermis, that pressurized fluid sprays out.

The good news is that the team also confirmed a common culinary wisdom: using a sharper knife and a slower, gentler cut will reduce the spray and its speed, resulting in fewer tears. (Image credit: M. Stone; research credit: Z. Wu et al.)

#biology #cooking #droplets #fluidDynamics #onion #physics #science #sprays

Imber Befogged (Part 1)

#Wss366 9/25 #MastoPrompt 7-9/25

#Fog obscured the Wandering-Worlds. [Note 1] Though rare, it was not an unknown occurrence. Imbers [Note 2] who had found themselves befogged, reported finding their way back only by luck. Sometimes, Blades [Note 3] came for them later. It was best to keep quiet about what one saw in that #mist-shrouded landscape.

[Note 1] Wandering-Worlds: A liminal space affected by the imagination of wanderers. It serves as a shortcut between the floating continents.

[Note 2] Imbers: Individuals born with the power to walk the “Wandering-Worlds.”

[Note 3] Blades: Individuals tasked with hunting down and executing Imbers who break the law. They can suppress an Imber’s ability to walk the Wandering-Worlds.

“The Imber” only knew these things through rumors and stories told late at night. That was also forbidden, but when it was dark and no one could see the teller, stories would pass from speaker to listener. It was difficult to tell how distorted the stories had become as they passed from one Imber to another. “The Imber” doubted the stories of silver cities and feral undead monsters. But the fog was a thread that wound through all of them.

Now, “The Imber” knew that the fog was real because she was lost in it. The road she followed dipped downward rather than ascending. No matter how hard she tried to envision the road differently, it soon slipped back into its descent.

The road took a sharp turn, and she stood before a stone arch. Engraved words adorned its smooth white surface. The writing used an archaic form of the Shaw alphabet. “The Imber” studied the arabesque runes. Most of them were indecipherable. But scattered among the #sprays of flowers, she made out the words “History,” “Clay,” and a few common words.

Rather than enter the arch, she turned, looking to see if she could return the way she had come. However, the fog #snaked in heavy coils through the tumbled blocks that had once paved the road. Stories of undead monstrosities returned to her.

To be Continued

[Note 4] #FanFiction for a yet-to-be-published book, “Soul Fire” by Jesse Sprague.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Serial #Fantasy #NMPrompts #NMTTA #NMV366 #NMMP

𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗼𝗰𝗵𝘁, 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗴: 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮

Er is een run op zelfverdedigingsproducten in Nederland. Na de gewelddadige dood van de 17-jarige Lisa in Duivendrecht merken producenten en verkopers van dit soort middelen een enorme toename, blijkt uit een rondgang van RTL Nieuws. Zo is de 'smurfenspray'...

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binnenland/artikel/5524687/run-op-zelfverdedigingssprays-na-dood-lisa-duizenden-verkocht

#Sprays #Zelfverdediging #DoodLisa

The #Glosser®️ gives your #car a #quick, #shiny finish with just one #swipe. Designed with 3 layers, two for #cleaning and one for #waxing, it lifts #dust, #bugs, and #roadgrime, leaving a #polished look #without needing #water or #sprays. Safe on all finishes and perfect for #doors, #hoods, and #trunkjams. Keep a 5-pack in your car for fast, easy touch-ups anytime. Don’t wait for a full wash to make your car shine.

To know more: https://cleantools.net/products/the-glosser

Predicting Droplet Sizes

Squeeze a bottle of cleaning spray, and the nozzle transforms a liquid jet into a spray of droplets. These droplets come in many sizes, and predicting them is difficult because the droplets’ size distribution depends on the details of how their parent liquid broke up. Shown above is a simplified experimental version of this, beginning with a jet of air striking a spherical water droplet on the far left. In less than 3 milliseconds, the droplet has flattened into a pancake shape. In another 4 milliseconds, the pancake has ballooned into a shape called a bag, made up of a thin, curved water sheet surrounded by a thicker rim. A mere 10 milliseconds after the jet and drop first meet, the liquid is now a spray of smaller droplets.

Researchers have found that the sizes of these final droplets depend on the balance between the airflow and the drop’s surface tension; these two factors determine how the drop breaks up, whether that’s rim first, bag first, or due to a collision between the bag and rim. (Image credit: I. Jackiw et al.; via APS Physics)

#atomization #bag #droplets #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #physics #science #sprays #surfaceTension

In a local gardening group someone is asking how to kill Johnson grass, which is considered a weed in these parts. The irony of this response went unremarked, but I am still laughing about it:

"Use Roundup carefully and spot treat. I have used it for nearly 50 years with great success."

Such great success that after fifty years, you're still doing it! 🤣

#Roundup #Sprays #Poisons #Weeds #InvasiveSpecies #JohnsonGrass

Was wirklich gegen #Mücken hilft

#Sprays, #Ultraschall, #Duftstoffe: Auf dem Markt gibt es einige Anti-Mücken-Mittel. Doch wie wirken sie? Und welche sind am ef­fek­tivs­ten? Zwei Ex­­per­t*in­­nen geben #Antworten

Von Katharina #Federl
https://www.taz.de/!6031420

Calling #glass wearers that use #cleaning #sprays

What brand do you use?

I really like the one from #Spex4Less as it has a good aroma.

The only other experience I have is one from #SpecSavers (okay, but not as good an aroma).

Both of these work as well as each other. And they work much better than just water, and more convenient than washing at a sink.