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I TAKE IT BACK, GO BACK TO FUCKING THE HOUSE!

(https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/2511.html?thread=3560655#cmt3560655)

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Fooooooooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Meme's a hungry, hungry caterpillar.

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Ordered Dominos because I am weak.

The first thing that popped up when I paid was a feedback form asking how many people I was ordering for. I don’t need this kind of judgement.

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[(Anonymous)]

Once I ordered alcohol over DoorDash. The delivery person met me at the door and told me they hoped I had a good time at my party.

It was all for me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Took another trip to the store that sells lesbian feta, bi corn, and straight salad mix. This time, I encountered 'ABO Miso.' Glad to know that even fictional sexualities are being properly represented in the produce department.

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[(Anonymous)]

These crisps are deeply disturbing:

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-specially-selected-german-beer-hand-cooked-crisps-150g/4061459997675

They somehow have a foamy aftertaste! D: And they make you burp beer. They don't taste that bad at first bite, but after mere moments you are sure to discover that they are the worst crisps ever!

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[(Anonymous)]

Finally picked up English muffins from the bakery. They're fluffy and bouncy. Idk how else to describe them. Dan is eating peacefully with pine honey and cheese.

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[(Anonymous)]

Are you toasting them properly, though?

A muffin should be torn open, toasted, then buttered while piping hot. You can get away with toasting first, then tearing open and buttering the soft white insides. But the cragginess of tearing is important.

The older I get, and the more I learn about other cultures, the more I realise Elizabeth David was right about other cultures not understanding the joy of toast.

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[(Anonymous)]

I went to the market to buy vegetables, and I thought I would buy a little bit of purple sprouting broccoli as a treat, but they wanted to give me all the broccoli they had left in the box for cheap. So now I am mostly eating PSB this week.

Suggestions on meals, other than “boil/steam it lightly, salt pepper and butter, eat on the side”? I guess at least one meal I should boil an egg and dip the broccoli in the yolk. I like it, but the quantity is intimidating.

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[(Anonymous)]

Is purple sprouted broccoli functionally similar to broccolini? I usually stir-fry/saute it until it's a bit softer. Cut it into inch-long chunks and cook it with something else long and floppy, like marinated braised tofu or pork slivers, or dice it with other similarly textured vegetables. Also, stir-fry noodles.

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[(Anonymous)]

We do broccoli with rice and fish a lot (usually salmon or mackerel). The broccoli is cooked with lemon and chilli, but idk the details, for I'm not the one cooking it, I just eat it. It's nice! I assume it'd also work for psb. Meal tends to involve sriracha, but that's optional.

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[(Anonymous)]

https://smittenkitchen.com/2024/12/invisible-apple-cake/

Saw this recipe and I'm dying to try it. Unfortunately am home for the holidays and banned from the kitchen until I get back to my apartment, but it's coming.

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[(Anonymous)]

Ooh that looks good. Time to get out my mandolin again!

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[(Anonymous)]

Finally got around to making the invisible apple cake. Slicing and arranging the apples took one whole TV show episode, and like the other dan who tried this recipe out, I also couldn't be bothered to peel them. Had two different apple colors, though, so I was getting picky about getting the colors evenly distributed.

Recipe was just the right size for my loaf pan, but I hand-cut all the apple slices and a lot of the loose ends and smaller pieces ended up in my stomach instead of in the batter.

Probably wouldn't make this again except for special occasions because of how long it took, but my mother has a very similar lazy man's apple pie recipe that's pretty similar (less sugar, more yogurt). If I can remember where she stashed it I'll probably share.

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[(Anonymous)]

chilli olive oil is so good. recommended butter replacement.

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[(Anonymous)]

Went back to a bar I haven't been to in a while and noticed they changed their entire cocktail menu. Right now, this is what they've got on offer:

> Green Nemesis (lime, matcha, vermouth, gin)
> Pocket Lifeline (lemon, orange blossom, curacao, becherovka)
> Rampart's Sheila (lemon, ginger, chai, mezcal)
> Bangalore (lemon, watermelon, tequila)
> Triple Take (lime, coconut, wine, rum)
> Pathfinder (lemon, passionfruit, vodka, green bell pepper)
> Mango Mirage (lime, cinnamon, mango, whiskey)
> Pink Horizon (lemon, guava, gin, egg white)
> Peacekeeper (lemon, blackberry, amaro, whiskey)

Why the fuck is this an Apex Legends-themed cocktail menu. Who the fuck is playing FPS games and going 'Man, this would make a great alcoholic beverage!'

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[(Anonymous)]

GONNA HAVE REALLY GOOD RAMEN TONIGHT

UNLESS THE PLACE IS FULL

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[(Anonymous)]

Had a Penguin for the first time in a while. Found myself wondering if penguin-nonny knows of their existence. (If not: they are biscuits. Well, they're biscuits either way. They are chocolatey and have penguin facts on the packets, along with a penguin-themed joke.) In my head these are the stereotypical primary-school-event biscuits, but I just realised this association is not universal.

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[(Anonymous)]

Made a matcha and white chocolate cake! You can't really taste the matcha. But at least it made it go bright green! The outside is toasted brown, with the green visible where it's cracked, so it looks like a cake for a gnome.

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[(Anonymous)]

IT'S PANCAKE DAY TODAY WHAT

Sneaks up on me every year!

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[(Anonymous)]

Went out for AYCE hot pot. I am so full.

Is March too early to start hibernating?

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood - Supreme energy drink?

[(Anonymous)]

My vote's Rockstar.

Red Thunder comes in second. Also like Boost.

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[(Anonymous)]

https://www.thekitchn.com/hawaiian-butter-mochi-recipe-23147549

I made this butter mochi recipe as cupcakes instead of a sheet cake, and then I put down cupcake liners because I am an idiot and a fool. Now the mochi is stuck to the cupcake liners and I can't eat the edges, which are the best part. :<

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[(Anonymous)]

I am snuffly and full of cold. Rather than prepare any of the fresh fruit and vegetables in the house, or cook pasta, or eggs, or heat up soup, or even prepare bread or crackers, I find I made up a packet of instant mash with powdered cheese, freeze-dried vegetables, and onion powder, then ate the whole thing.

I assume my body has some deep medical insight and that this was exactly what I nutritionally needed, because otherwise this is inexplicable. It tasted fine. I was happy to eat it all.

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[(Anonymous)]

Sorrowfully remembering the days when deliveroo's USP was that it only listed decent restaurants. I knew it had jumped the shark, but jesus, I just saw it listing Dixy Chicken. You don't go Dixy's to get food; you go Dixy's to get shot.

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[(Anonymous)]

I really like tasty small oranges, but I'm rubbish at sourcing them. They always taste of nothing. How do you find the good ones?

Contrary to popular opinion, this post was not brought to you by a spidermite (or by a roomba).