CULTURAL QA 08-2021-18 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Whydo chefs burn new pans with salt before their first use? A1 Tara Neal Studied Fine Art atVirginia Commonwealth University (Graduated 2004)February 7, 2018 Short answer: this is part of the seasoning process,to create a nonstick surface on the pan. Longer answer: new cast iron and carbon steelpans often have a protective coating on them that keeps them in good conditionon the store shelf, but is not good for cooking. This must be removed beforeyou can cook well with it. It takes a bit of heat and scrubbing with soap tolift the coating properly and expose the pan’s material. Sometime salt can evenbe used at this point as an added abrasive. Once the surface is uncovered, you can season thepan (create that nonstick coating) by burning a mixture of oil and salt in itover high heat. The salt helps to pull any remaining water moisture out of thepan and the oil will begin to degrade under the heat (smoking) and form apolymer bond to the pan metal. This bond leaves a much smoother surface thanthe metal, which has microscopic texture, and the smoother a surface is, theless food can cook in and be gripped by the pan. The oil is a food safecoating, and you will want to wash gently so as not to remove it. In subsequent uses of the pan, you may want to ruba little salt on it as it comes to temperature because it will continue to pullmoisture from the minute cracks as they expand in the heat, creating thatsmooth cooking surface. (Toss out the seasoning salt before cooking though!) Q2 Howcan we install a water heater? A2 Harshita, m.com from SardarChilderns School (2014)Answered 27m ago A2 The process of installing a waterheater isn't challenging, but you ought to master it well to avoid makingmistakes. Here may be a guide to the whole process. Follow the steps Plan Well An averagehot-water heater lasts for 10 to fifteen years. If your heater has lasted forthat long, then you almost certainly need a more modern one. you'll also planto install a replacement heater if your old one has shown signs of wear andtear and tear. Get the Equipment Collect all theequipment you'll need during the installation. Some vital toolsthat you simply might need include a voltage tester, a plumbers tape,electrical tape, a torch, safety glasses, and a tube cutter. you would possiblyalso need some materials like the piping, the valves, the connectors, andwater. The exact toolswill depend upon the sort of water you'll be installing. Disconnect the Utilities Water is that themain utility that you simply should cut before you begin the method. If you putin the hot-water heater when the valve remains on, you would possibly have amessy experience, and you would possibly not achieve your installation goals. Drain the hot-water heater Now that you simplyhave disconnected the utilities, your next step should be to empty the cistern.That water is of no use because you plan to eliminate the old heater. And inany case, you'll have a smoother time replacing the heater when it's empty thanwhen full. Disconnect the Old hot-water heater Carefullydisconnect both the recent and cold water piping. If the pipes are made fromcopper, then you'll need to use a hacksaw and cut 3 to 4 inches from thehot-water heater unit. But if they're galvanized, then you'll only got toloosen them well and disconnect. Inspect the Wiring Don’t rush toexchange the new hot-water heater. Maybe, the wiring is faulty, and that‘s whyyou had a problem together with your previous hot-water heater. There couldalso be other issues too that you simply must sort before you put in the newhot-water heater. Reconnect the Gas, Water, and Electricity Lines Add your newhot-water heater. If your house is susceptible to earthquakes, add straps orbrackets which hold the hot-water heater into place. you'll also add specialvalves and fittings. Seek assistance on the way to Install a hot-water heater It’s essential tounderstand the way to install a hot-water heater on your own. However, youought to not force things. Ifyou don’t know what to try to do, ask an experienced plumber to assist you.an honest plumber can guide you to make sure that you simply don’t causemistakes or cause further damage. Do you have anurgent plumbing issue? Do you need help with water heater installation? UrbanRepairing in Pune is a reputable 24/7 emergency Kitchen Appliances Repair andinstallation firm. My note- Best entrust a good plumber. They carryout the work more efficiently and in lesser time. Q3 Howis it that Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace had the same ideas, neatlypaired, nearly parallel? Is there a "potential discovery field" inscience which develops organically out of base premises in the collectiveunconscious? A3 Claire Jordan Active in UK SFfandom and fanfiction since 1981, mod of Potter discussion group Mon The vague generalidea of evolution, including that humans were primates, had been known aboutfor a couple of thousand years. Ancient Greek and Mediaeval travellers regardedother great apes and baboons as types of human. The 14th century Tunisianpolymath, Ibn Khaldun, wrote that humanity stemmed from “the world of themonkeys". >From the 17th C onwards printing became affordable andcommon, including >printing of illustrations, andpeople started to share descriptions of fossils, >making scientists more awarethat life had been different in the past. Then in >the 18th C Linneus formallyclassified humans as a type of primate, and showed >that life-forms in generalfell into discrete groups, which paved the way for >the idea of life forming abranching tree, and Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of >Charles) wrote a book calledZoonomia which speculated about evolution by >sexual selection. In the early 19th C Lamarck published his ideas about evolutionby a form of natural selection, although he gotthe mechanism all wrong, and in the mid 19th C Patrick Matthew worked out themechanism for natural selection by superior reproductive success, although hethought it so self-evident he just dashed off a description of it in anappendix to a book on commercial forestry. By the time Charles Darwin and Arthur RussellWallace came along, it was become both feasibleand fashionable for upper middle class young men to join voyages of explorationto far-off lands, where they where both able to make detailed biologicalobservations which had not previously been available to European scientists. Q4 Whatdid Lord Krishna do with the gem that he removed from the forehead ofAshwatthama? A4 Tarun Yadav Interested in SanatanLiterature June 21 It was not Krishnawho removed the gem off Ashvatthama. It was Ashvatthama himself who was made to do this.After Ashvatthama slayed the relatives and sons of common wife of Pandavas, sheexpressed her desire to have his gem and see him dead. Bhima, Arjuna,Krishna and Yudhisthira then proceeded towards Ashvatthama. On seeing them, hereleased Brahmshira weapon. Arjuna also released the same weapon to counter it.Vyasa intervened betweenthe two and asked them to withdraw their respective weapons. Arjuna knowing thewithdrawal did it. Ashvatthama didn't knew the withdrawal. So he released it on the womb ofUttara. Vyasa then himself ordered Ashvatthama tooffer his gem to Pandavas. That gem was then shown to the common wife ofPandavas after which she decided it to be fastened on Yudhisthira's crown. For more detailsand excerpts from the critical edition, refer the below answer. Q5 DidDraupadi insist Pandavas to kill Ashwatthama? A5 Tarun YadavHave read BORI and GitaPress June 7 After the commonwife of Pandavas received the news that her sons and relatives have been killedby Ashvatthama, she said these words to Pandavas O Pandavas! Listen to me. If, in an encounter today, you do not exhibityour valour and destroy him and his followers, and he remains alive inthe encounter, I will resort to praya here. Drona’s son must be made to reap the fruits of hiswicked deed. Note - Praya heremeans fast until death. She further expressedher desire to have the gem of Ashvatthama after he is killed. She said - I have heard that Drona’s son possesses anatural jewel on his head. I wish to see that jewel brought to me, after thewicked one has been slain in an encounter. She then approachedBhima and once again told him that she wished to see Ashvatthama dead. She said- O Bhima! You shouldremember the dharma of kshatriyas and save me. Slay the one whose deeds arewicked, like Maghavan against Shambara.12 There is no other man who is equal invalour to you. All the worlds have heard that when the Parthas confronted agreat calamity in the city of Varanavata, you were the refuge.13 When we sawHidimba, you were the refuge again.14 In the city of Virata, I was severelyoppressed by Kichaka. You saved me from that calamity, like Maghavan savedPoulami.15 O Partha! You have performed many other great deeds earlier. Odestroyer of enemies! Slay Drona’s son now and be happy. >From these excerpts, it is very much clear that the wifeof Pandavas was >revengeful and wanted Ashvatthama dead.She also wanted to have his precious >gem. Misconception - Now there is amisconception that she spared Ashvatthama's life because of the followingnarration - Draupadi said, "I desired to only payoff our debt for the injury we have sustained. The preceptor's son is worthy ofmy reverence as the preceptor himself. Let the king bind this gem on his head,O Bharata! Point to be notedis that she said these words to Bhima after he explained to her that he let Ashvatthama go tohonour brahmanas. Bhima said We have defeatedand released Drona’s son, so as to honour brahmanas. Also, some peopleclaim that she wanted justice and was not revengeful. But she herself toldBhima that she wanted revenge. The Gita Press tranlates the shloka beautifullyas - Note that the wordused in translation is pratishodh and not nyaya. So it was more of a revengethan justice against what Ashvatthama did. So final conclusion - She wanted him dead at any cost. She wasrevengeful. For this, she even threatened her husbands with fast unto deathultimatum The wife of Pandavas never sparedAshvatthama Ashvatthama cannot be killed because of the curse ofKrishna Moreover, Bhimahimself explained that Pandavas spared Ashvatthama as he was a brahmana. The quotations usedin the answer have been taken from the critical edition of Vyasa Mahabharata. Q6 DoesQueen Elizabeth II has a mobile phone? A6 Geoffrey Thorndyke Lived in the UKsince 1944 August 9 Indeed she does. however she does not actuallycarry it or answer it. It is in the hands of one of the Equerries,who in recognition of this new and important task has now been officiallytitled as “Greymantle Smartphone Pursuivant” by the Royal College of Arms. Q7 Canthe activated carbon in "used water filters" be used for garden soil? A7 Meg Osterby, formerChemistry/Biochemistry/Chemical Safety Instructor (2000-2017)Answered September5, 2020 What are yougrowing? If food, not a good idea. Used carbon filters are full of all the harmful or notharmful chemicals they pulled out of your water. For example, if youlived in Flint, MI they might have a lot of lead in them. Putting that on yourvegetable garden could conceivably cause the vegetables you grow to be toxicfrom absorbing the lead. Or, if you livewhere there is chemical contamination of your water supply, say nitrates from anearby farm, or organic industrial chemicals from nearby oil distillery orchemical plant, then those toxins could be absorbed by the vegetables and thenyou would eat them. What you don't seem to understand is that a usedfilter contains the chemicals it removed, and youdon't want to add those back into your diet, so using the charcoal that'scontaminated for growing food or even for flowers if you're going to cut themfor vases in the house, is NOT a good idea. Q8 Is cleaning a greasy mark from a plastictablecloth with washing up liquid a chemical change? A8 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered 54m ago It is only toughcleaning. Using wet cloth, two or three times also it can be removed Q9 Canyou get covid-19 by sitting on a toilet seat that someone else sat on? A9 3 Answers Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant GeneralManager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 1h ago Possibility is lessif well cleaned by the one who previously used it. In Many homes in India thereis only one toilet and used by all. If a home has fourtoilets and if members are four, it is advised to use separate toilets If you have takentwo vaccinations there is lesser probability of getting disease. 2ND ANSWER Liang-Hai Sie , Retired generalinternist, former intensive care physician.Answered 4h ago Trolling? Covid-19is transmitted by aerosols/droplets containing the virus entering our upperrespiratory tract, can be through our mouths/eyes as well. 3RD ANSWER- Joyce Bullen,Support Worker (2015-present)Answered 5h ago In theory yes youwill have touched numerous surfaces to get to the toilet handle door etc so ifthe person prior to you has covid you may get covid Q10 Howcan nobody be in good health if he does not have fresh air, sunshine, and goodwater all the time? A10 4AnswersTeja BobAnswered 9h ago By mainting properdiet , yoga and by going places near to Nature 2ND ANSWER Soreiyo Kasomva, Social Impact Head(2020-present)Answered 9h ago Well If you live ina metro cities, you won’t get fresh air, Good water and not enough sunshine.That means one is not getting enough requirement needed for the body either forgrowth or development so that needs to be filled or made up by either foodconsumption with proper diet or by taking vitamin or nutrient tablets. True,we are hardly in any good health. That is why whenever there is any weatherchanges we become sick as our body immunity becomes low. As our body had beenfighting against air pollution, water pollution and so many others. Due to allthese most of the new technology are now being used as an essential items inmost of the household. 3RD ANSWER- Urvi Kasar, MA Psychology, Preventive and PrimitiveHealth Care from Appollo Hyderabad, Barkatullah University, Bhopal (1…Answered6h ago See , every humanbeings adopt the situations in which they have been living for manygenerations. We get clear water, germ free water but poor people do not , they do not get fresh air atleastwhile sleeping because their surroundings are dirty we get such examples inslums of different countries and yes they can sit in sunshine if they wishbecause they are illiterate so they do not understand it's importance but theyare living and many of them are healthy. And we peoplehaving better food in comparison to those people , having all facilities thatwe don't want to trouble our hands and legs and want to live comfortably , wetake too much stress in comparison to poor people so we get victims oflifestyle diseases where as poor people do not have if we make comparison. 4TH ANSWER- Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered 1h ago Even with all theitems mentioned, still one can get diseases. All the above QA are based on Quoradigest on 17-08- 2021/answered by me. Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 18- 08-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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