Sixth Post!

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"The thing about illegally breeding fire-breathing possums is that you gotta keep a bucket of water handy."

*Those fools! Fire-breathing possums are greasy; water will only feed the flames! Oh, if only I could tell them of my empire...*

(Context: https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/1839.html?thread=2678831#cmt2678831)

Talk fandom! Making things! Reading, writing, drawing, whatever! Miscellaneous life chatter! Meme's happy to see you again!

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Re: Random Internet Misc

[(Anonymous)]

Monroe now suggesting baffling craft projects:

https://twitter.com/HackneyTerven/status/1610245079851225091

My attitude with this stuff is a kind of morbid fascination. What kind of bizarre headspace do you have to be in to think "what would a poor person do if they didn't have egg rings?" and arrive at "wash an anchovy tin, cut it apart and sand the edges down"??? (And wtf are egg rings?) I don't bear her any ill will, I'm just mystified.

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[(Anonymous)]

SA

Lmao they're things to keep fried eggs round wtf

who does that

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[(Anonymous)]

SA

Answer seems to be "rich people" lollll

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[(Anonymous)]

My mother bought some of those (but in fun shapes) and she said they're a total scam. If your pan is even slightly uneven or if the rings are a bit warped, they won't line up properly and the egg liquid will just leak out.

Maybe rich people have expensive ones that don't have those problems.

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[(Anonymous)]

Fun shapes makes more sense. Tbh, we did buy a teeny tiny frying pan, mostly because it was cute, but I think it is supposed to be used for a single egg. So that's my contribution as a person who has money these days but didn't always. Egg rings do seem like junk you only get as a (re)gift. Will have to ask bf if his parents have them (they're rich ppl who compulsively buy kitchen gadgets until they use up all their money, at which point they panic and fling themselves out of retirement for a bit)

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[(Anonymous)]

Lol nope he didn't have a fucking clue what egg rings were either; they're not THAT fancy. xD

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[(Anonymous)]

I've seen cooks use them in restaurants for making breakfast sandwiches. Seems they'd be convenient in that case, if you were frying a bunch every day and didn't want to worry about them spreading out too big for the bread while you did other things. Didn't know you could buy the rings for at-home use.

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[(Anonymous)]

SA

Also lol, what poor person would decide to ruin a knife every they want a tin of beans instead of buying a £4 can opener that lasts half a century.

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[(Anonymous)]

Nonny-who-had-just-opened-can-with-knife-before-this-book-came-out

Do not as I do and all that, since it's dangerous, but mostly I was confused at wtf the hammer was for. If you want to stab a tin with a knife you can just stab a tin with a knife freestyle. You *shouldn't*, but the hammer seems like it would make everything worse.