Quote:Today, pasta is generally cooked by boiling the dough. The first evidence of pasta being boiled comes from the Jerusalem Talmud. The Talmud includes a discussion on whether or not boiled dough should be considered unleavened bread under Jewish law. Pasta was likely boiled before the Talmud was written, but this is the first text reference to the cooking method.

(12-13-2019, 06:10 AM)Kain Nobel Wrote: I recently bought a PS1 to play FF8 again the old fashioned way. Originally, I tried emulation but that was a headache. The entire game was brand new 4 discs inside a jewel case; never been opened prior to 2019, always placed somewhere safe and out of the way. Regardless of being brand new discs, it seems the data isn't so easy to read; spots of the game don't always load so I have to reset and retrace my steps and hope I'm lucky in the next session. Not a huge deal, I'm on disc 2 and going strong aside from the game CD's hiccups.

Old games have a limited shelf life and fragility. I wonder if the game is suffering from digital "bit rot" or something because there are no scratches (aside from the one I just made not even a second ago.) I hate touching, let alone handling, old black PS1 discs because their sensitive nature. Its one of those things where I feel need to be in a laboratory clean room wearing specialized gloves and a white chemical jumpsuit before I load it in the lid.

In reality, I'm wiping grease from my eyelids and rubbing it onto the surface of the disc because there is a micro scratch. Hey, it works!