How to Harness the Placebo Effect When You Have a Cold

A cold being a viral infection, there’s not much you can do to make it go away. That means most of the remedies people swear by—think vitamin C, essential oils, elderberry syrup—are only making you feel better, not literally fighting your cold. But since feeling better is kind of the point, here’s how you can get the…

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Invite Corn Nuts to Thanksgiving Dinner

Usually, when drawing up the guest list for a dinner party, one tries to minimize the kooks and troublemakers, but one does not have this luxury with Thanksgiving, as most of the guest list is made up of family members. You may have to invite your nut of an uncle, but you can also invite a different kind of nut—the…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

Cook Fresh Corn on the Cob in Your Microwave

Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t eat corn on the cob. In fact, it’s a great way to add a little summery flair to your next meal and make it feel more like a picnic. You can even enjoy fresh corn on the cob at work by covering the corn with wet paper towels and cooking in your microwave.

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Author: David Galloway

How to Keep a Whole Turkey Submerged in a Sous-Vide Bath

A specter is haunting Thanksgiving—the specter of dry turkey. One of the easiest ways to prevent this horror is to cook the big-ass bird sous-vide but, thanks to a large hole where its insides used to be, keeping a whole turkey submerged is usually quite the challenge. To overcome the buoyancy, you could chop the…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker