Recipe kindly requested…

What was the hardest part? What was easier than you thought? Anything you can do to prepare the night before? Can it be held in the refrigerator before cooking?

I’m kind of coming up with a template for some straightforward pieces of information that a cooking community might enjoy sparking into a conversation.

This looks delicious.

So many different kinds of stitches to use and learn. I love the Henson stitch. Yay Muppets!

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Just wanted to share that it’s possible that RISUG or Vasalgel (I think they rebranded as PlanA) will become available this decade. Look into it and see if that works for your needs (no idea how active you are). I’ve got kids that I’m hoping will never have to worry about a surprise (funny enough they are the very first planned offspring on either side of our families).

Best of luck to anyone facing this choice at any age.

This is the way!

There’s a Vietnamese restaurant in Redding, CA (or near it, can’t remember) that serves Belgian beer with the food. The right pairing makes both things better. Also pretty sure I’ve read some studies about what alcohol does to our tastebuds and general olfactory system. Can’t be bothered to look them up. Food and drink pairings are legit though. But an alcoholic beverage does not work miracles.

There’s also something to be said about a celebration where food and alcohol are served creating fun times and memories that could cause things to be remembered more fondly. Great food is great without alcohol. Great food with rot gut is no better and often worse.

I do like my fish tacos better with a beer.

I hope this idea of protesting at golf courses takes off. Doesn’t impact almost any working class people. Annoys the rich. Risks only trespass charges. Easy optics against the golfingest president that ever did golfident.

I agree that OSC is a POS. I don’t really think the way the book and series are received by readers suggest any excusing of genocide. Songs and books and art in general can have an intention from their maker that is wildly different from how the work is perceived by their audience. If OSC intended to turn us all into humans willing to accept genocide as necessary… well… he missed the mark in this reader who actively protests genocide.

Oh yeah… there is that, lol. It’s weird being from America where violence isn’t viewed through a puritanical lens, but the human body very much is. I easily forget where the line is drawn with what level of violence is acceptable. The message of Parable stuck with me now more than 20 years more so than any memory of the specific gruesomeness they endure during the travel north. Thanks for reminding!

Cory Doctorow’s ‘Little Brother’ only has 1 sex scene and it’s a pretty good model for sex positivity, I guess. That aside, it’s definitely near-future dystopia. Not far off the mark from today.

Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ may be a bit above their level, but I could see 13 and 14 year olds devouring it none the less. Hmmm… there might be a steamy sex scene in this one too.

Technically Ender’s Game is a dystopian sci-fi novel. The film omits some insanely important content like a video game that the cadets all use during downtime that explores their psyche.

It’s old, but was my first introduction to dystopian concepts: The Time Machine by HG Wells

Oh, my wife loved Z for Zachariah at that age and reading it as an adult was enjoyable for me. A classic post-nuke young adult book.

I would also accept a dramatic table read. Whoever portrays “footnote” is going to have to be next level.

Great username!

Formatting goblins. Apologies. FiXED

Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz

Guster - Ganging up on the Sun

Amiina - Kurr

Mono - You Are There

John Allison Weiss - New Love

Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within

The Helio Sequence - Love and Distance

Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You

Lettuce - Crush

Wild Ones - Keep it Safe

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Without sounding accusatory or negative in any way, it’s important to remember that this may be coming from a position of privilege. There are folks who won’t be able to participate in this boycott. It’s for those with the means to do so.

This reads like an Improv exercise and I LOVE IT! Unfortunately I can only get so hard.

Yay!!! I’m so happy I’m not the first to mention Becky Chambers.

Octavia E. Butler is right up there too if OP has never read their stuff.

After having it in New Orleans, I find a little in the brew (10-15% of total weight of grounds) takes me back to that very lovely trip. Additionally I read that chicory is good for those with diabetes… and then stumbled upon something that blew my mind which is just how many different names and varieties exist that humans cultivate and eat regularly. Wild endive, radicchio, frisée, puntarelle, Belgian endive, and escarole are just the most popular. It’s also a prebiotic as I’ve been told.

I understand there’s social stigma around chicory in coffee because many considered it something only poor people used to stretch their coffee. I went into it blind of any history or context and found it enjoyable, so I’ve involved it in my coffee routines frequently. But everyone’s tastes are their own.

I do not understand it as a pure coffee replacement. A 100% chicory brew was not enjoyable for me personally.

Yes! I was hoping someone would mention the Tiny Tina DnD campaign. Tiny Tina is my favorite in general, but that DLC made me appreciate her character in subsequent play throughs even more. Her laugh kills me.

“Did I leave the oven on?”