# Be skeptical of advice, particularly free advice and unsolicited advice.

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**Created:** [March 26, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/be-skeptical-of-advice-particularly-free-advice-and-unsolicited-advice/30476 "2022-03-26T12:52:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/be-skeptical-of-advice-particularly-free-advice-and-unsolicited-advice/30476/1 "2022-03-26T12:52:46Z")

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I note two sub-populations posting here on ANOVA’s Food Nerd Forum; those hewing to professional standards, and those cooking for home entertainment and not so concerned about standards. (I recall the image of a senior gentleman macerating his feet in an Epsom Salts bath heated by an immersion cooker; just as I was learning about macerating strawberries.)

I fall into the latter subpopulation. I am aware of such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point - HACCP - food safety guidelines, and spent twenty-five years practicing As Low As Reasonably Possible risk mitigation. Indeed, I have searched for HACCP For The Home Cook, to no avail.

On point; I grew up near Gilroy, California - Garlic Capital of the World and cut onions and garlic for a couple of summers with the braceros. I suppose that if I was cooking commercially I might be careful of garlic, but as a home cook long enjoying every version of ‘garlic’ I am not so concerned.

When ‘professionals’ offer direction and advice remember that they are responsible to their professional standards organization / employer.

Apropos nothing, also in 1966, my first job out of HS, I made a major fraction of the world’s prunes from plums grown in my neighborhood and dried in huge dehydrators operated by me.

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/be-skeptical-of-advice-particularly-free-advice-and-unsolicited-advice/30476/2 "2022-03-28T21:01:30Z")

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on _Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness._

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T3ScFshhhnU/maxresdefault.jpg "Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ScFshhhnU)

> **[Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets...](https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto/dp/0812975219)**
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> Buy Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/be-skeptical-of-advice-particularly-free-advice-and-unsolicited-advice/30476/3 "2022-03-28T21:10:33Z")

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On garlic, fermented garlic

> **[6 Impressive Health Benefits of Black Garlic](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/black-garlic-benefits)**
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> Black garlic is raw garlic that has been fermented. It has a different flavor and health benefits than raw garlic. Here are 6 potential health benefits of black garlic.