My husband blows on his soup to cool it so it doesn’t burn his mouth … Intelligence is also attractive.

As a heterosexual cis woman, soccer players always have the sexiest physique. One of the only sports I look up for, just to check out the players, not because I ever care.

But you have no meme for that, so how can we believe you?

Your comment made me look up the way Maryland does it, and yes, it varies a lot by county.

Have you received care from EMS without being taken to the hospital? The case posted by OP did not involve going to the hospital, and so I used an example that did not involve going to the hospital. I had a vague impression that if you require transport to a hospital, you are more likely to be billed for it.

It’s not that I disagree that our system is shit, it’s more that it seems puritanical to require the US to be totally standardized across all 50 states. We’re 50 different states because we don’t like each other, and the animosity is growing. It’s enough to maintain the union with crazy red states trying to role back rights and illegally imprison people.

I don’t see Europeans standardizing social programs across all the different countries within the EU. Germany was loathe to even lend money to Greece following the 2008 recession.

I am not going to defend the US Healthcare industry, but EMS is often? usually? a service of your local government in the US.

Here in Maryland, our ambulance are stored in the firehouses next to the fire engines and staffed by the firemen… Paid for by the county.

When I went to Austin for a bachelorette party, one of the girls passed out and hit her head and the ambulance that came to check her out was also free of charge paid for by the city. Now, their dismissive paternalism was also free of charge because it was Texas, but my point is: emergency services are frequently not part of the predatory American healthcare industry.

I mean, I did see that the source was the BBC, but they should really quit using that as a crutch at this point.

Or a kerb, for that matter (wtf is that spelling?!)

Oh this is so surprising. I typically use corn starch to thicken sauces. Have you compared xanthan gum head-to-head with corn starch?

I was never a huge baker before the diagnosis, so now we mostly stick to quick breads and cookies when it comes to baking. Those types of recipes usually suffice with either baking soda or baking powder if using an all-purpose GF flour like the King Arthur mix. The best tasting GF flour I’ve tried though is Bob’s Red Mill, and they do specifically recommend (and sell separately) xanthan gum for various types of baked goods. Even when I follow their (Bob’s Red Mill) recommendations though, the dough is still typically a bit runny.

Celiac here. I get so annoyed when companies try to combine all dietary restrictions into a single food item, e.g., the GF cookie is also the vegan/ dairy free cookie. It’s hard enough to make something edible with a single restriction, but when they try to lump all the restrictions into a single product it is almost always disgusting.

You mean Russian asset Edward Snowden?