#it's -7 celcius

[shilohta]

Maybe I need to get a gym membership

[cooking-with-hailstones]

Look y'all I'm just thrilled that it finally feels like the temperature it's supposed to be right now.

[gingerbreadgodofhyperdeath]

I want the Matt Sturniolo Celsius (ik that’s not what it’s called but that’s what I’m calling it instead of “Cosmic Vibe” 😇🤭)

[bundlebrent]

It’s 45 and raining but I couldn’t be bothered to put my work jeans back on so I’m wandering around town doing errands in swim trunks

[learnyouabiology]

Fun Fact: Many Frogs get through Winter... Underwater

Many people have heard of the legendary frogs that are able to freeze solid and survive the winter. (if not, I did write a whole post about it. so.)

This post is not about those frogs. Though amazing, they are the exception rather than the rule. It is much more common for frogs to overwinter in other ways!

The most common strategy to survive winter is to simply live somewhere that does not have winter!

(you’ll notice there are more species of frog closer to the equator. this is not a coincidence. image source)

But some frogs don’t HAVE that luxury! SOME frogs have to deal with a winter that lasts close to 6 entire months! 

(im suffering)

The majority of frogs that face this threat survive by either digging underground, or by finding a permanent body of water and just... chilling 🥶😎.

(I will not apologise for my excellent jokes. image source)

Ice is less dense than water, which is why ice burgs exist, among other things. Water is at its densest around 4°Celcius. The 4°C sinks, which means that, in the wintertime, the unfrozen bottom of the pond will (generally) not get colder than 4°C.

Additionally, frogs are ectotherms, aka “cold-blooded”, and as their body temperature drops, so too does their metabolism. This makes it so the frogs can go a long time without food, and also allows them to get by without much oxygen. 

(i love them. image source)

Frogs still need some oxygen, though, so it’s a good thing that frogs are able to absorb oxygen through their skin, just like most amphibians (all amphibians? i can’t think of an exception, but there are so many frog species that I don’t want to commit to a big word like “all”).

Generally, they’ll stay at the bottom of the pond, in a spot that has enough water flow to provide sufficient oxygen for the frogs’ diminished metabolic needs! They generally don’t bury themselves in the mud, though. That part of the pond is nearly devoid of oxygen, and also where the turtles are hibernating!

Here are some pictures of frogs overwinter underwater:

(image sources, in order: mink frog, Green Frog, Bull Frog,  fire-bellied toad, marsh frog, siberian wood frog, northern Leopard Frog.)

was this an excuse to show y’all a bunch of pictures of frogs that I like? Yes. 

(also please note: second last frog is a siberian wood frog, NOT an american wood frog, and they DO overwinter underwater (Berman et al. 2019). They’re special because they can survive months with very little oxygen, or maybe even no oxygen at all! Good for them 😊)

This has been Fun Fact Friday, letting you know that when the frog gets cold, the frog goes to bed for 6 months. Honestly same.

Sources under the cut!

Berman, D. I., Bulakhova, N. A., & Meshcheryakova, E. N. (2019). The Siberian wood frog survives for months underwater without oxygen. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-7. [PDF]

Jenkins, C. N., Pimm, S. L., & Joppa, L. N. (2013). Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(28), E2602-E2610. [PDF]

How do frogs survive winter? Why don't they freeze to death? Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-frogs-survive-wint/

[the-fell-family]

How's everything and everyone today? Crowley not keeled over from the cold yet?

It's fucking cold. - Crowley

-7 celcius here! It's awfully cold. - Aziraphale

[4narecipes]

Apple Pie Cookies (12 Servings) -

Ingredients -

1 cup - apples, finely diced (65)

1 1/4 tsp - cinnamon (7)

1 cup - oat flour (420)

3/4 tsp - baking powder (2)

1/2 tsp - cornstarch (5)

1/4 tsp - salt (0)

2 tbsp - butter, melted (204)

2 small - egg whites (26)

1/2 tbsp - vanilla extract (18)

1/2 cup - sugar (387)

calories in brackets

total calories - 1138

calories per serving - 95

Instructions -

Peel and chop your apples (very small, about the size of chocolate chips), briefly fry them in a pan with 1/4 tsp cinnamon and a little water so they don't stick. Cook for 5 minutes or until they've softened and the juice has evaporated from the pan. Then let cool completely.

Whisk together the butter, melted, egg whites and vanilla in a bowl.

Stir in the sugar.

Sift in all the dry ingredients including the rest of the cinnamon.

Fold in the cooled apples.

Add each cookie into a piece of greaseproof paper (split the mix into 12) then flatten gently with your fingers.

Bake at 180 degrees celcius for approximately 10-12 minutes then let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

Done xx

Note - These can taste better with a little glaze, sometimes I add glace icing, which is just a little icing sugar and water x

[vanilla-bean-buttercream]

Weather read by my alarm clock in Pennsylvania in September: "Hey, it's 60° and sunny today. Gonna be 45° and windy tomorrow. The next day it's gonna be 70° and sunny. Then 40° and raining. Good luck figuring out your wardrobe lol."

Weather read by my alarm clock in Florida in September: "Hey, it's going to be 90° with a chance of thunderstorms today. Tomorrow is the same thing. The next day is also the same thing. This is Florida I don't know what else you're expecting."

Celcius translation for my non-USA friends:

Weather read by my alarm clock in Pennsylvania in September: "Hey, it's 16° and sunny today. Gonna be 7° and windy tomorrow. The next day it's gonna be 21° and sunny. Then 4° and raining. Good luck figuring out your wardrobe lol."

Weather read by my alarm clock in Florida in September: "Hey, it's going to be 32° with a chance of thunderstorms today. Tomorrow is the same thing. The next day is also the same thing. This is Florida I don't know what else you're expecting."

[makiitabaki]

Today I have a lot of time, so longer recipe it is (Look under the cut this time, it's worth it).

Day x1

"Guinea fowl in a sour sauce"

Ingredients [for 4-5 people]: 1 medium sized guinea fowl, 1 onion, 100g of chicken stock, half a glass of white dry wine, olive oil, around 1.5 tbsp of butter, cream, salt, pepper, 20 fresh basil leaves, 10 small [collected as early as possible] potatoes, mustard.

How to make:

1. Gut the guinea fowl and divide it into pieces. Salt and brush it with olive oil.

2. Cut the onion and cook it for 10 minutes. Then drain.

3. Transfer the onion to a saucepan. Add two tablespoons of olive oil, a tablespoon of butter, the chicken stock and half a glass of wine. Simmer over a low heat for 15 minutes while being careful not to burn it. Towards the end, add two tablespoons of cream.

4. When it slightly thickens, blend everything it together.

5. Add a teaspoon of mustard. Add salt. Stir over low heat. Set it away [from the stove].

6. Fry the guinea fowl pieces in a Teflon pan.

7. Reduce the heat, add a teaspoon of butter and flip it a few times being careful not to burn the butter.

8. Transfer it to a saucepan. Mix half a cup of cold water with the excess oil left after frying and pour it into the saucepan with the guinea fowl. Pepper it and let it simmer, under the lid, over a medium heat until tender (about half an hour).

9. Meanwhile, boil the 10 potatoes in their skins. Drain it. Let it cool. Then cut them in half.

10. Finely chop the fresh basil leaves.

11. Add five tbsp of excess oil from frying to the previously prepared sauce, then mix it together and add basil.

12. Preheat oven to 250 degrees Celcius. Place the sliced ​​potatoes in a saucepan with the guinea fowl, mix with the remaining excess oil. Place the whole thing in the oven for 15-20 minutes; without a lid. Serve with green beans cooked "al dente". Sauce can be served separately.

"Vacation adventures of Wojciech Pszoniak" Exerpt from probably Wojtek's first film, directed by him also. Probably also the vacation where he saved Tadeusz Różewicz and 4 Frenchmen from drowning. Lmk if anyone wishes to hear about it.

[aropride]

im actually going to do smething that willget me put on the fbiwatchlist. ivev been trying to go grocery shopping since NOON.becaude i need my fucking items.and also to keep me occupied because if i get too bored for too long substance abuse and self harm start seeming like fun hobbies for a tuesday afternoon. so i was like okay. i'll take the bus that comes at 1:02. and gets back at 2:02. and i try to get out to the bus stop 7 minutes early bc our bus comes early fairly often and the elevator is slow. so i get to the bus stop at like, 12:55. and for the record it is approximately 9 degree out. celcius warriors that's -12 for you. so i sit there on the freezing cold metal bench. for 30 minutes. (1:25 btw) and everyone tehre is like/. wheres the fucking bus this is ridiculous it wasnt cancelled where is it. and a lady walks by and is like. btw theyre delaying the bus til like 1:45. and we said. okay <3 yay <3. so i went back to my room. and checked the transit app. andn it said the bus would be there at 2:02. and i went. okay. i'll wait for that then i trust that more. well. i get back to my room. i sit doen on my bed. it is 1:32. approximately 3 mintues pass . THE BUS GETS THere. i go. man what the fuck. and i get ready to go at like 2. because. i havehope in my hear.t. and i go down at like 1:57. and i sit there. until 2:19. and someones like. i just checked the transit app it says 3:02 now. so we're all like.fuck it. whatever. people start calling their parents and i decide im now too pissed off to tolerate a 15 minute bus ride + 15 minutes in the store + 10 minutes waiting outside in fucking. freezing cold weather. + 20 minutes to get back home . and also my ipod died. so im like. wahtever its not gonna fucking come anyway. it is like. 2:20pm now btw. so i go back to my room. i close my door. and the SECOND i close my door . i glance out my window. and i see and hear the fuckingbus go by. I amgoing to slam myhead into a brick wall until ifujcking die

[alkeneater]

any character from the Clone Juvies (Mussolini, Stalin, whatever :33)

WHAT WE HAD UNDER SOVIETS BUT LOST

1. FOAM PLASTIC WAS MADE OUT OF MILK CREAM. YOU COULD EVEN FEED CHILDREN WITH IT.

2. GRAVITY WAS 80% WEAKER. PEOPLE COULD TAKE A RUNNING JUMP AND LAND ON A COMMIEBLOCK.

3. PEOPLE LIVED 150-190 YEARS ON THE AVERAGE. THERE WERE NO DISEASES BUT BLISTERS FROM HARD WORK.

4. IF YOU STUMBLED WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND FELL, PASSERS-BY WOULD RUSH TO YOU, PUT MONEY INTO YOUR POCKETS, KISS YOUR LIPS, OFFER THIER VODKA AND SOON AFTER YOU BECOME BROTHERS.

5. HARES AND GROUSES WOULD JUMP RIGHT INTO OVENS BY THEMSELVES. IF YOU WENT FOR GROCERIES, THE CASHIER WOULD PAY YOU MONEY. IT WAS SCARY TO WALK NEAR RIVERS: FISH WOULD JUMP OUT AND ASK TO BE EATEN IN LOUD VOICE.

6. MY GRANDPA TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE USED TO WAKE UP AT NIGHT FROM HAPPY LAUGHTER. IN THE MORNING, EVERYONE WASHED WITH ICY WATER FROM IRON BUCKETS TO BE HEALTHY!

7. PREGNANCY WOULD LAST FOR 4,5 MONTHS. BABIES WEIGHTED 12-15 KILOS, ALL HAD BLOND HAIR, BRIGHT SKY-BLUE EYES AND WILLFUL SMART FACES - THEY IMMEDIATLY ASKED TO BE SENT TO A FACTORY TO WORK.

8. VOLGA WATER WAS AS SWEET AS HONEY AND YENISEY WAS FLOWING DARK ALE.

9. IT HAD BEEN -300 CELCIUS IN WINTER, EVERYONE WAS RUDDY-CHEEKED.

10. BERRIES WERE AS LARGE AS A CAT, CATS WERE THE SIZE OF A DOG, DOGS WERE AS LARGE AS COWS, COWS LOOMED OVER FACTORY BUILDINGS, INSIDE THE FACTORIES WORKERS PLAYED CHESS USING BOTVINNIK'S METHOD - CHECK AND MATE WITH KNIGHT IN ONE TURN!

[th1nblogs]

what i ate today ★彡

breakfast: 60

go gurt

celcius energy drink

lunch: 0

dinner: 540

broccoli & tuna helper

total: 600

i went kinda crazy on the tuna helper because i haven’t really eaten the past two days and holllly cow im so full ough

anyways ive lost like 7 pounds in the past week! oh em gee

[awesomehoggirl]

north carolina is fucking wild WYM its -7 rn and we just had two snow days and on tuesday itll be 20 and sunny. celcius i mean

[ihni]

what's your gingerbread recipe??

Oh what a DELIGHTFUL ask! Let me go and dig my recipe out ...

For one batch:

250 g butter 2 dl light syrup 4 dl sugar 2 tbsp cinnamon 1 tbsp ground cardamom 1 tbsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground ginger 2 dl water 1 tbsp baking soda (...bicarbonate? not baking POWDER at least) 13 dl flour Instructions: 1. Melt butter and syrup in a pot on the stove 2. Measure sugar and all the spices in a large bowl. LARGE bowl. 3. Add the melted sugar/syrup mixture and stir properly (at this point it's gonna start smelling AMAZING) 4. Add the water, and stir again. Let the mixture cool until it's room temperature. 5. Mix flour and baking soda, and sieve down in the other mixture. Mix well. The dough is pretty loose, but that's okay because now it's gonna rest for at least 1-2 days (I usually keep it in the fridge), and it will swell during this time! Once it's done (you can let it sit for longer than 1-2 days of course, too, no rush!), you take a piece of dough, roll it out onto a flour:ed surface and roll them to about 2-4 mm thickness. Cut out your shapes, put them on a cookie sheet, and put in the oven. 175 degrees celcius, for ... if you're making ordinary-sized cookies like gingerbread men or stuff like that, I'd say 7-8 minutes. (a bit shorter if the pieces are smaller/thinner, and a bit longer if they're bigger/thicker). Remove from oven and let cool. (If you want rounded shapes, place them onto a rounded surface immediately when they are taken from the oven, and let them cool in that shape. They're hot, so I recommend you wear painter's gloves or something to protect your hands, if you do this)

And then decorate and enjoy! :)

[andtosaturn]

it's 7°F here right now (a low of 0 and a high of 19 tomorrow) :'( maybe your heat should balance out my cold weather

it's 37 celcius where i am rn so that cold sounds nice 😭 scientists should be inventing individual climate controlled bodysuits so we can all be whatever temperature we like

[masgwi]

Its pouring rain outside

Its 7 degrees celcius