#no-mans-steak🥩

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placid terrace
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this is still ground

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it's just, it has that taste that coffee has when it's been sitting in a warehouse for a month or more

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so whatcha really having for dinner @vale kelp

zealous crown
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Hahah

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That’s a very specific smell to remember

placid terrace
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I'm good at remebering smells 🙂

vale kelp
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Chinese food leftovers. ablobwaggle nyaNoodles

placid terrace
vale kelp
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Oh wait and also dumplings.

zealous crown
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So am I actually. A lot of associations my brain builds revolve around scent and smells.

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Steamed or fried, Red?

tired stump
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Sanzbreez

placid terrace
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@zealous crown at the end of the day though, some coffee is better than no coffee 🙂

zealous crown
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All coffee are equal, some coffee are more equal than others.

placid terrace
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Am hoping good coffee turns up tomorrow though

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Seems like I've not had any post in a couple of weeks so :x

zealous crown
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Hah, how is that possible? I get inundated by a barrage of crap all the time.

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Btw that coffee you drink at costa, is it available everywhere?

placid terrace
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Yup

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The blend changes a few times a year though

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the current one is good

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you just need to say "with the winter roast" after your order

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it's 15-20p more

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I just aggressively make sure I'm not subscribed to marketing junk

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If I get any I make sure I go and tell them to fuck off

zealous crown
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Haha should I repeat that phrase in your voice and accent? Or will it work anyway? :p

placid terrace
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It should work anyway 😄

zealous crown
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Hehe good. No brown envelopes?

placid terrace
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Just need to remember that it changes

tired stump
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Lots of apostrophes

placid terrace
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Otherwise the barista will be like

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"Ma'am it's July"

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No brown envelopes 🙂

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Brown envelopes are all email now

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Cause I'm a millenial

tired stump
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Ew

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Color bro is millennial

placid terrace
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I am 😦

zealous crown
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Wait, what.

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HMRC doesn’t bother you?

placid terrace
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naw

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I'm a simple tax payer

zealous crown
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Tbf they keep returning me 50quid

placid terrace
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I've not got any offshore accounts, or second income streams

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So I just PAYE

zealous crown
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Ah. Of course.

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I’ll let my WMO know yous gots ££££

placid terrace
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where? 😛

zealous crown
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Also, baristas are always nice to me. I smile.

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checks your savings three fiddy

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Okay, nvm

placid terrace
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It's not quite that bad 😄

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I live comfortably

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And I probably have about a years runway if I decided to stop turning up to work

tired stump
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Smiling is worth so much

placid terrace
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I might be smiling. I wear a mask, they don't know.

zealous crown
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It is. People underestimate kindness.

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Oh you can tell from the eyes.

placid terrace
zealous crown
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Unless yours don’t reach your eyes. :x

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Yeah, totally smiling thar.

placid terrace
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Paralyzed from the nose up 😄

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Nah, I'm nice to service workers, cause I've been there

zealous crown
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Sainsbury’s?

placid terrace
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No, tesco

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There wasn't a sainsburys back then in the town

zealous crown
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Damn. You tough.

placid terrace
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ikr

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I was vaguely competent too

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So was trusted with the tobacco counter

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The smells :x

zealous crown
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Heh, might have bought b&h silver from you.

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You’d card me. You seem the kind. =_=

placid terrace
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I doubt it, this was waaaay long ago 😛

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I was 16

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soo

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2003-2004

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The policy was anyone looking under 25 could get carded, so definitely 😉

zealous crown
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You like the smell of smoke or tobacco, or both?

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Hah, I am 30 and I got carded last month. Fml.

placid terrace
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Some of it was ok, I didn't mind the smell of most fresh tobaccos, except some of the rolling ones

zealous crown
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Rolling tobacco smells nasty to me.

placid terrace
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Drum and samson in particular smelled particularly acrid

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And the smell of burned tobacco...

zealous crown
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I have bought any but a few colleagues smoke roll ups and it stinks.

placid terrace
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Let's just say a lot of customers had some hygiene issues

zealous crown
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Heheh. Aight.

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Need some of my bodybutter.

placid terrace
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So not a fan of the smell of burned tobacco at all

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Worst were the gambling addicts though that came for scratchcards

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As gambling addiction and alcohol dependency go together frequently

zealous crown
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Mhm, and they are positioned right near the tills. Lovely.

placid terrace
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Yup

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Then of course there's the rare combination of all of them

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Stale smoke, not showered for a month, and on their second bottle of vodka

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tl;dr I don't smoke, rarely drink, don't gamble, and shower often 😛

zealous crown
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That, is one of the worst smells after rotten milk imo

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I had to suffer that on the tube every weekend.

placid terrace
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Ew

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I couldn't do it

zealous crown
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Take the tube you mean?

placid terrace
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Every day

zealous crown
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Ohgod no. I’d move back home instead.

placid terrace
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Last 6 months I got to work in the petrol station

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that wasn't so bad

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smelled goooooood

zealous crown
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Okay, I have always been curious about something at petrol stations

placid terrace
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Go for it 🙂

zealous crown
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Is there only one bathroom?

placid terrace
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None at my one

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they were in the main shop

zealous crown
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So you’d have to hold it in? :/

placid terrace
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the only thing out the back was a tiny little store room

zealous crown
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cough fry

placid terrace
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It's not something i considered tbh

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I'd only pee on breaks anyway

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My male privilege is showing a little I guess 😄

tired stump
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Mhm

zealous crown
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And dat bladder. Oomph.

placid terrace
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That;'s the second time you've complemented my bladder.

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You're not having it, it's mine 😄

zealous crown
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I complement your bladder?

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Lmfao

placid terrace
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You did, yesterday

zealous crown
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I mean I am flattered but wow.

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Also, definitely eyeing it for black market.

placid terrace
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oh shit

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compliment *

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😄

zealous crown
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Heh I don’t mind. So long you drink plenty of water.

placid terrace
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Coffee is a kind of water right?

zealous crown
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It is indeed

placid terrace
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then yes

zealous crown
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Which reminds me, Imma have a cuppa now

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With some nice shortbread

placid terrace
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Sounds like an excellent plan

zealous crown
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Mhm. I’mma try bake shortbread this weekend

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Last 6 attempts ended up in the bin

placid terrace
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Oof

zealous crown
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So much waste 😔

placid terrace
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Here's hoping attempt 7 produces delicious results then

zealous crown
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Sweet of you to say..

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But if I can’t have your bladder, you can’t have me shortbreads

placid terrace
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... maybe arrangements could be made.

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bartering is always possible

tired stump
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What all do you put your special sauce on Donna

zealous crown
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Ohhhh

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Tamarind sauce!

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Heh, smh, uhm, mostly with bean burgers. It’s why I make it, but it even goes with falafel wraps. Mains, it goes nicely with lamb tagine.

tired stump
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Yum

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I need a sauce I can put on everything

zealous crown
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How about mango chili?

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Ketchup :p

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Altho I hardly ever have ketchup.

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Btw, smoosh, have you ever tried good quality brown sauce? I remember you dissing it once, heh.

tired stump
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Something like a lighter version of gochujang maybe

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Yeah hp <> good quality

zealous crown
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Hmm how about shatta then?

tired stump
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No

zealous crown
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Haha why?

tired stump
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Tell more

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I don’t know what it is

zealous crown
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Also, nah I don’t like HP. Has an aftertaste. The gardening centre I visit during summer sells some really good fruit and malty brown sauce. I usually grab a couple of bottles.

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Artisan inni’t

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For shatta sauce I use dry red chillis, garlic, lemon and tomato. Salt to taste ofc

tired stump
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That could work

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Brown sauce yeah but less sweet than bbq

zealous crown
tired stump
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And no aftertaste

zealous crown
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So mine looks more like that, but some people like it more pastey

placid terrace
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looks goood

zealous crown
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Hehe stock photo fyi

placid terrace
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still looks good

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I assumed it was anyway, as having a photo of sauce is one thing

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but artistically staged sauce photo ready to go? nah 😛

quiet mesa
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you don't have that ready

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oh boy you are unprepared

zealous crown
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Hey, you never know, I can be quite artsyfartsy

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Yeah, bad baddd girl guide.

placid terrace
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You can, but I don't think you're quite "pre-stages food pictures in case someone asks" artsyfartsy

zealous crown
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I do have that wooden spatula.

placid terrace
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Yet, anyway... 🙂

zealous crown
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Ha. Hey! Never, pls.

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I’d rather read than spend 10mins fussing over food decor.

placid terrace
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No interest in becoming an influencer then? 😛

zealous crown
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Hah sorry, have we not met yet?

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I can’t even share my art in public. >_>

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in/with

tired stump
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Y tho

zealous crown
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Insecurity? Not sure.

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It’s probably because the subject matters feel intimate, and I feel.. bare? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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dun wan ppl peekin into me noggin

tired stump
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I know that feel

placid terrace
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It'd scare people tbh. The things I've seen...

zealous crown
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Haha

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Or done.

placid terrace
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😮

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What exactly are you accusing me of 😄

zealous crown
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They will be like, ‘oh wow, Adam, you have done absolutely nothing. Spooky!’

placid terrace
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Exactly.

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Donna knows what's up 🙂

zealous crown
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With you, yes.

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Still clueless as to ‘sup with me

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But that’s for #philosophy I guess

placid terrace
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I am a male, simple and predictable

zealous crown
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You have presented undeniable facts, and I must accept it.

placid terrace
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You don't have to, you could tell me how complex and unpredictable I am 😛

tired stump
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Complex

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So complex that we are related

zealous crown
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Good thing you’re not lovers.

placid terrace
zealous crown
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Omg that was such an odd film!

placid terrace
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It was 😄

zealous crown
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The massage looks heavenly tho

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I needs

placid terrace
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We watched in art class when I was like, 13

zealous crown
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Wth, hahah why!

placid terrace
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art teacher had a hangover

zealous crown
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And she couldn’t find anything else?! Goodgod

placid terrace
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Maybe not a story for fry 😄

zealous crown
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Even Final Destination II would have been better

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True

tired stump
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Even Traffic was better

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Oof

vale kelp
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I need a brother like that.

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I'm very pro massages.

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I don't judge.

tired stump
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Eep

placid terrace
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Is anyone anti-massages?

hidden quail
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They gave me a scalp massage when I got my hair done and it freaked me out

tired stump
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I only like for one person to touch me

vale kelp
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@zealous crown this All of the above PikachuShocked

placid terrace
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I'm not anti-massage

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I'm just

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Anti people

weak mantle
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massages are good

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especially lasagna massages

placid terrace
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There's a short list of people I allow to break the 'no touch' rule

weak mantle
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ur mum

zealous crown
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Damn, zug.

placid terrace
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Fancy 🙂

zealous crown
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Heh much needed

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Morning

placid terrace
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Mornin'

zealous crown
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Hope you slept well. 🙂

placid terrace
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I did actually!

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I should get out of bed >_>

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Laptop was nearby so I started working

zealous crown
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Hehe, I had similar plans til 11:00, but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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It’s raining and miserable =_ =

quiet mesa
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food

zealous crown
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Yes, a necessity

quiet mesa
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It’s raining and miserable =_ =
sounds like hot chocolate

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maybe some background music

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a book

zealous crown
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I’m at the office >_>

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Thank you for reminding what I am missing out on tho, HE

placid terrace
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A nice idea, but us wage slaves got stuff to do 😦

quiet mesa
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well hot chocolate won't run away

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but the rain might

zealous crown
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True, but things will start piling if I don’t get back

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But prospect of hot cocoa at the end of the day makes it more palatable I s’pose

tired stump
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i am sort of sequestered until my mum and auntie wake up, so no tea/hot chockies for me

zealous crown
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Awh, are they visiting you?

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Hey, @placid terrace

placid terrace
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That;s quite the collection

zealous crown
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Arrived earlier, wanted to check what my colleague ordered. Lots of Stormios for me! I should remember to get her smthing nicer this Christmas

placid terrace
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So you have a favourite? Noted. 🙂

zealous crown
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Heh too kind

tired stump
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@zealous crown i am visiting them

placid terrace
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Are the cheese strings yours @zealous crown ? 😄

zealous crown
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Yush 😳

placid terrace
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Awesome 🙂

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Haven't had one in at least 20 years myself 😛

zealous crown
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Fine. I’ll share. mumbles under breath

fair siren
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Is that a work fridge?

zealous crown
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Heh yes.

fair siren
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How is it so clean 😳

zealous crown
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They are scared of me. :x

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Tbf the lot here mostly store their energy drinks in there

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@tired stump that sounds lovely! I wish I could be with mine. Haven’t seen ma in over a year now. 😔

tired stump
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aw

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this is my third visit since christmas last year

zealous crown
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Way to rub it in, buddy =_=

vale kelp
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I'm so proud of you with work snacks @zealous crown blobheart

placid terrace
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There were some delicious looking cookies sneaking into frame earlier as well 🙂

vale kelp
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Cookies?

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I want cookies.

fading latch
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Great job with the snacks @zealous crown!!!

placid terrace
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sneaking in on the left side

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pistachio and almond 🙂

vale kelp
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Omg pistachio almond

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Omg

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Omg

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I want!

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Good catch, A'am shocked

zealous crown
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Hehe, someone liked Find Wally as a child.

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I get these and the oaty ones every other day. Monsters go through them in half a day sometimes.

placid terrace
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You buy them for the office?

zealous crown
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Mhm. Gotta keep my peeps well fed

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If you haven’t picked up on it yet, I love feeding people

placid terrace
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I may have noticed 🙂

zealous crown
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Most of the stuff I cook at home, like cheese buns etc, end up here

fair siren
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What are a good go-to spice(s) that go with mushrooms for like a mushroom sauce

placid terrace
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I need someone like you where I work

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There's occasional cakes, but nothing regular

tired stump
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Cookies?

zealous crown
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Egads, almost slipped :/

placid terrace
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You.

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Take care.

tired stump
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Ten cuidado

placid terrace
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Otherwise you'll have to endure more mockery. blobfrowning

tired stump
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Nobody wants that

zealous crown
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Thena, depends on what you are having it with. I usually love pepper, five spices, garlic salt, onion salt. Be careful tho, needs very little to give mushrooms flavour.

placid terrace
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As long as you're not seriously injured ofc.

zealous crown
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And salt goes always at the very end or it will become chewy.

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Mock away! No rain is going to stop me from wearing heels. =_=

placid terrace
fair siren
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@zealous crown thank you! This helps for sure

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Its a sauce that goes with a pasta dish

tired stump
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Rosemary

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Or thyme

fair siren
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Luckily only ill actually taste it so I can be bold

tired stump
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Btw where is deef cheef to answer these questions

zealous crown
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@fair siren pleasure. The better the mushrooms, the yummier ofc. I love button ones, but they don’t go well w/ everything

tired stump
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Cremini tbh

zealous crown
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Altho don’t draw his attention, I still haven’t bought heart

fair siren
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Ill have to see what I have; tbh I'm just finishing a dish my dad was gonna fix

zealous crown
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Haha, what is it?

fair siren
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Its like a spinach mushroom chicken pasta

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But it was too dry

zealous crown
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Ooo sounds nice

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I love me some creamy spinach and mushroom pasta

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I use a bit of chicken stock for extra flavour, but end up making it too salty smtimes. 😔

fair siren
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I may need go try it without the sauce first to see what's missing

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Hard to communicate it

tired stump
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Frankly I would use beef stock

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Typing slow since I’m on my phone

zealous crown
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Tell me ‘bout it. My hands are freezing and shaking as well >_>

tired stump
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you should go inside

zealous crown
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I am sort of inside the warehouse bay, but the shutter is open

placid terrace
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I have some gloves that conduct the skins charge

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can use a phone while wearing them 🙂

zealous crown
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Are you offering or showing off? 🙂

placid terrace
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Yes 🙂

tired stump
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so i would put a pot on low heat, add the rosemary dry and toast it for about 30 seconds

add butter or ghee and toss in the sliced mushrooms, with salt and pepper

sautee the appropriate amount

add beef stock, bring to a simmer

mix 3T of beef stock with 1T of cornstarch

drizzle in the cornstarch while stirring, simmer for 2 min

placid terrace
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But, I suspect by the time I got there you'd be back indoors anyway

tired stump
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just drive the gloves over

placid terrace
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Also I just made coffee

zealous crown
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Rosemary! Yesss

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Well, I could use them tomorrow.. but given that you already made coffee, I guess I’ll just have the one I’d have made for you. And the biscuit.

tired stump
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🍪

zealous crown
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Smoosh, I was disappointed your stroganoff didn’t have beef stock :p

tired stump
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it probably should have

zealous crown
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And Barbara stirred in the mushrooms and flour together :x but sokay, given her state of mind, I’ll forgive her.

placid terrace
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Last time I had a stroganoff it tasted a little funny.

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I think the chef must have used laughing stock.

tired stump
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-_-

zealous crown
tired stump
fair siren
placid terrace
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🚪🏃‍♂️

weak mantle
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😀

neon grove
tired stump
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catato

neon grove
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Burrito bowl thing for lunch was good

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But extortion on the guac

vale kelp
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Guacamole!!! ablobattention

neon grove
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SOBs

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I was like

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Mo Spice Bebeh

vale kelp
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I want guacamole.

neon grove
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And she looked at me

tired stump
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Guacamole Extortion

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true crime series

neon grove
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Yeah it should be

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It's beyond true crime

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Daylight robbery

vale kelp
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Are those black beans at the bottom?

neon grove
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Ofc

tired stump
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suffocated beans

neon grove
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I had brown too

vale kelp
neon grove
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Both beans

tired stump
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(pinto)

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not "brown"

neon grove
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That's it

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Thank you 😊

tired stump
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yw

vale kelp
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I love beans. Just not refried beans eyes_sus

neon grove
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I saids I wanted all of the salads I saids

tired stump
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i am here to field all of your bean related queries

neon grove
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Bean Connoisseur

vale kelp
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Colombia has at nice variety of red beans alone.

neon grove
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I like refried beans but only from a proper Mexican place here

vale kelp
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Propah

neon grove
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Colombia is known for many things

vale kelp
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I like full beans I can chew.

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Cuz I still have teeth.

neon grove
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Yeah I prefer that in the bowl

tired stump
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🦷

neon grove
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Need to taste the fresh vegetables too

vale kelp
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Refried beans feel like a food for a baby or an old person lacking teeth to chew on a proper bean.

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Fresh veggies ablobattention

tired stump
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u bb

neon grove
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Just replace it with guacamole

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Then it's sandwiched in Avocadoey goodness

vale kelp
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I do like avocados more as an adult.

neon grove
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Same

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But avocado toast is still overrated

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It's just fucking toast

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With stuff on it

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I wasn't born in the 90s they can't try that shit with me

vale kelp
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If you spice if up. Gotta add some flavor.

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Lmao

neon grove
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Avocado toast with bacon and egg

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It's good

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But it's not life changing

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If you don't put Tabasco on it you've failed

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On the egg too

tired stump
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avo toast eh 😉

neon grove
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Or some sambal

vale kelp
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Just need to add flavor to the avocado. And then you're golden. Like even adding salt and pepper makes it yummier. I dunno, that's how I feel about avocado. It's about its texture and its nutritional content.

neon grove
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I usually add chilli flakes

tired stump
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add bacon

vale kelp
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Like avocado in a protein fruit and veggie shake. Nom!

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Cuz texture.

tired stump
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crispy bacon

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not flop bacon

neon grove
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I made banana ice cream once

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It was ok

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I like crispy bacon

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I bake it between two trays though

vale kelp
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"Flop" bacon. pokiEars

tired stump
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ye

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two tray bacon is gud bacon

neon grove
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And I crumble it into milkshake

tired stump
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nice nice

vale kelp
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Oooh banana ice cream! Nom!

neon grove
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Because if you know you know

tired stump
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cookies n cream (n bacon) milkshake

neon grove
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OMG

tired stump
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brings all the boys to the yard

vale kelp
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Nooooo. Please noooo.

neon grove
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Or vanilla malt with bacon

vale kelp
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Noooooo ripNooo

neon grove
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Yes Red

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Why not

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It's just a little bit of saltiness

vale kelp
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🚪 runback

neon grove
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Salted Caramel is the same

tired stump
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oh they messed up the caption

neon grove
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But when you get to the end of the shake

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And eat the bacon

tired stump
neon grove
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With the ice cream on it

vale kelp
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I can't.

neon grove
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Oh

vale kelp
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I don't love bacon that much.

tired stump
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shake & bake(n)

neon grove
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I didn't think I liked bacon that much

vale kelp
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I just enjoy some bacon. With my eggs.

neon grove
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Then I had it in a milkshake

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I want bacon n eggs now

vale kelp
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Referring to Murican bacon.

neon grove
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With tea

vale kelp
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The crispy kind.

neon grove
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Yeah I prefer that bacon

vale kelp
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The dyed one.

neon grove
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I buy that here too

vale kelp
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I like it with eggs. Sporadically. For the flavor. Extra crispy. No fat.

neon grove
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Yesss

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Then use the fat to fry the egg

vale kelp
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That's smart.

neon grove
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Then soak up the rest with some bread and toast it in the pan

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Shiiiiet

vale kelp
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Using the fat. For a purpose.

neon grove
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Who needs a heart

vale kelp
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I can't eat actual fat though.

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I do not enjoy the texture.

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My mom used to love that stuff.

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I never understood it.

neon grove
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Not a fan either, has to be rendered

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Like chicharron

vale kelp
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She literally enjoyed chewing on all fat.

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I like the meaty part of chicharron.

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Not the fat.

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So gross to me.

neon grove
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In some places they give cured meat with the fat on it for teething babies

vale kelp
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But some ppl love that stuff.

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So cute.

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Re: teething babies.

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Makes sense.

neon grove
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I love all of chicharron

vale kelp
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Lmao

neon grove
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All for me

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I even put aji on that too

vale kelp
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Yesss. You have it. The fatty part.

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Aji is yum on anything, right?

neon grove
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Yes

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With the rice too

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And chips

vale kelp
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Yessss ablobnod

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Chips lmao So cute how you guys say that.

neon grove
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I am gonna prepare things this weekend for empanadas

vale kelp
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I'm still getting used to it.

neon grove
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Cute!

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It's the right bloody word for it young lady!

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Fries my arse

vale kelp
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Omg you gotta take pics! Vids! The works! Empanadas!!!

neon grove
#

Yeah I will

vale kelp
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Papas fritas

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So yeah, fries ablobwaggle

neon grove
#

Have to makes sure I can get all the ingredients first because supermarkets might be dicks

vale kelp
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Translation works purrrfectly

neon grove
#

Patatas fritas in French 🤣

vale kelp
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I just call them fries

neon grove
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Patatas bravas 😻 😻

vale kelp
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No need for the French

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We say papas fritas in Colombia

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I'm about to have lentil salad, with turkey bacon and sauerkraut for lunch...

neon grove
#

That sounds pretty damn good

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I don't mind turkey bacon

vale kelp
#

Sauerkraut healthy for the gut

neon grove
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Gut yah

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Güt

vale kelp
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This is nutty...

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Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802. The expression "french fried potatoes" first occurred in print in English in the 1856 work Cookery for Maids of All Work by E. Warren: "French Fried Potatoes. – Cut new potatoes in thin slices, put them in boiling fat, and a little salt; fry both sides of a light golden brown colour; drain." This account referred to thin, shallow-fried slices of potato (French cut) – it is not clear where or when the now familiar deep-fried batons or fingers of potato were first prepared. In the early 20th century, the term "french fried" was being used in the sense of "deep-fried" for foods like onion rings or chicken.

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So the French term comes from the concept of deep frying foods. Fascinating. I never knew why North America used French to refer to fries. TIL.

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If we look at the basic English definition of chips...

a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
Hence why casinos would define their playing chips as such. Sooo yeah, potato chips makes more sense for "usually thin and flat" potatoes. ablobtonguewink

neon grove
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Well well well!

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So I was right all along

dusky solstice
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@vale kelp The French Fry thing came from Belgium soldiers that Jefferson was eating with. He called it "potatoes served in the French manner" because they were speaking French and so he thought it was a French dish. Belgians were making them for a long time before that (in fact is in writing well before Warren's book), but the name came from an assumption by Jefferson.

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and the dinner at which he had them, was known to have had the Belgians there

fair siren
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so they were waffles; gotchya

dusky solstice
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😂

placid terrace
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Chips are waffle holes confirmed

dusky solstice
#

funny enough my Roommate spent a bunch of time over there and said that other countries did the waffles better than them, but nobody comes close to their fries

placid terrace
zealous crown
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That lunch looks so goooood, Nate.

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Only thing I miss about London. Good food.

neon grove
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Lockdown was great, made me cook more than usual

zealous crown
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Haha, I remember when there was a flour shortage around Jun/Jul when everyone was home baking.

dusky solstice
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I got a bunch of theorycrafting to do by end of day tomorrow. Working on a new dish that is a coconut and roasted butternut squash filled dumpling, in a ginger-soy-turmeric broth. Need to fill it out a bit more. Currently thinking horizontal slices of spicy braised bok choy stems (with their greens sliced up and wilted), and maybe some carrots

zealous crown
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Coconut and squash! Ohmy. Let us know how it goes! Bet it will be delicious. Mm bok choy.

dusky solstice
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I need to figure out texture still

tired stump
zealous crown
tired stump
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hey @dusky solstice now that you have resurfaced can you fact-check my basic mushroom sauce recipe that i suggested to thena? #no-mans-steak🥩 message

zealous crown
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Tell him it’s garbage!

dusky solstice
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reading it now

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it depends on what kinda mushroom sauce you going for, regardless you need to switch up steps 3 and 1

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you gonna want to dry-sautee the mushrooms and seasoning

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they'll release liquid after a bit, then re-absorb it

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the re-absorb phase is where you'd add the butter if you want or soy sauce or anything

tired stump
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hm hm ok

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oh yeah soy is a good shout for umami uppage

dusky solstice
#

If you are going for a really serious mushroom sauce, take the mushrooms when done cooking up that way (or just roasting them), pureee them, then back into a pot add a splash of stock

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beef, chicken, whatever

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let it simmer a bit and develop, shouldn't need to thicken

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you can leave it near mostly mushroom puree for thickness

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so basically you use the stock to thin it out to the texture you want

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as opposed to adding then thickening after

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also, depending on how you using it, some cream won't hurt

tired stump
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all makes sense, thena probably made her dish already so it's just an intellectual exercise for me

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it was a chicken pasta dish

dusky solstice
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your process, was sound

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and would work

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even just switcing up to a dry-saute though would elevate it quite a bit

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let that flavor of the mushroom come out more

tired stump
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cool cool thanks!

dusky solstice
#

A general though for many sauces is try to build it up in a way where you need to thin it rather than thicken it if possible, that way you can keep your primary flavor as forward as possible

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you can also tone it down by thinning it out to the point it lesser, then thickening with starch slurry

zealous crown
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That is a solid tip! Ty

dusky solstice
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though, if you are doing a sauce that is something you can't really puree, yeah you gonna wind up needing to thicken the slurry way. And, IMO, avoid using a roux (flour/butter) for thickening unless you doing a red/brick roux. Flour takes ~20 minutes to properly thicken, and can affect flavor (though in a positive manner for a brick roux). A starch slurryy will thicken quicker and not affect flavor.

neon grove
vale kelp
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You're able to get it??? ablobattention

neon grove
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Out of stock

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But I'm still looking

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I can't use regular cornmeal

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Ordered from here now

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Let's see

placid terrace
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Bad news @zealous crown

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They were rearranging the confectionary aisle

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But

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I did find something even more exciting

tired stump
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Glutinous rice flour

placid terrace
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It's not even on the website yet...

zealous crown
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😮

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Shomishomishomi

placid terrace
zealous crown
#

Omaigahdddd!

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More cocoa!

placid terrace
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I know right

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I'm so hype

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Going to make toast right now

zealous crown
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Don’t forget peanut butter!

tired stump
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Don’t forget Nutella

neon grove
tired stump
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Nice shirt

placid terrace
#

this is so good @zealous crown

dark spade
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Thought that was mashed up sardines for a second

placid terrace
#

It's like nutella, but with a subtle cocoa undertone

dark spade
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was about to call the KGB

tired stump
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Een muzza Russia toast eat you!!!

zealous crown
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😌

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I was a little jelly tbh, but at least one of us gets to have it.

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Lots of medicine on that counter

placid terrace
#

I'd be happy to share but the odds of making it to you without being assigned a job are pretty much zero 🙂

tired stump
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Peanut butter toast with a little jelly 🍓

placid terrace
#

Nothing exotic unfortunately 🙂 the leftmost one is coffee, too

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rightmost just vitamin D

zealous crown
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Hehe, fair enough.

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So it’s just a slight hint of cocoa then?

placid terrace
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a bit more than slight

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but it's not like, 90% cocoa

zealous crown
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Hmpf, marketing

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What else did you get?

placid terrace
#

bread

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peanut butter

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apples

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peppers

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oh and petrol

zealous crown
#

That is a very random list if I may so

placid terrace
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It is 😛

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As I go through the week I add stuff that runs out to my shopping list

zealous crown
#

No haribos tho. That would have brought it all together nicely.

placid terrace
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I needed bread cause I had none.

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so picked up the other bits while I was there

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it would 😦

zealous crown
#

What kind of bread do you usually prefer? White, brown, seeds, no seeds?

placid terrace
#

Fresh

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that's pretty much the only qualifier

zealous crown
#

Ha

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And how quickly do you go through the loaf?

placid terrace
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About half a loaf a week, unless I'm making sandwiches

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So this one'll be going in the freezer

zealous crown
#

Now that I think about it, I don’t eat a lot of bread. Usually for sandwiches, or baguettes for subs.

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I do like me some tiger bread.

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Ahh, you freeze them. Makes sense.

placid terrace
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I do too.

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Tiger and Sourdough

zealous crown
#

Wait, that’s not fresh..

placid terrace
#

I mean, not mass produced

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Bakery counter

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I only freeze it if I'm not making sandwiches

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If I am, it'll get used

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before it goes mouldy

zealous crown
#

Ah that’s good, then. All the uncool kids waste. According to my mother.

placid terrace
#

They are very uncool 🙂

zealous crown
#

I usually end up using mine as breadcrumbs or croutons. Love homemade croutons because I get to add a dash of basil infused olive oil.

placid terrace
#

mmmm

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You're much more prepared than I am 😛

zealous crown
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Hehe, nah, I just spend less of my downtime in front of the computer. 😋

placid terrace
#

-.-

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Yeah that's fair 😄

zealous crown
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S’cool, as long as it makes you content. 🙂

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Gonna walk the dogs, but it’s kinda dark and foggy outside. >_>

placid terrace
#

Yeah gets dark so early now 😦

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Stay safe.

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No heels.

zealous crown
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<o yessir

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Hehe, okay, fine. Boots it is then.

placid terrace
#

Catch you in a bit 🙂

zealous crown
#

falls

placid terrace
molten crypt
#

I'd be all up in Nutella's shit if they removed palm oil.

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It's so nice.

placid terrace
#

it's the human suffering that makes it taste good :x

molten crypt
#

😩

vale kelp
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I'd be all up in Nutella's shit
And this whole time I thought it was chocolate agooglepoop

placid terrace
#

did you see the nutella I got tho 😮

vale kelp
#

Yessss! I want!!!!

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🤤

placid terrace
#

Come visit and you can have some 🙂

main cargo
#

Got the soda slushie thing to work

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It was pretty good

tired stump
#

:noodles:

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there is no noodles emoji...this is a travesty

vale kelp
tired stump
#

there i am

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lol

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either tbh

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maybe more the second one 😄

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ooh they hot

vale kelp
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I just had dumplings.

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All gone.

tired stump
#

mmm gyooooza

vale kelp
#

In my tummy.

zealous crown
#

What to make for dinner!

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My puzzle is almost finished

rough jewel
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Gek milk

weak mantle
#

mcdonalds fries

tired stump
#

sudoku puzzle?

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we have leftover pizza from delivery last night

zealous crown
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Nah, sudoku is reserved for work.

tired stump
#

heh

zealous crown
#

If anyone challenges this is not a food post, then I will eat a piece.

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rough jewel
#

It is not a food post

tired stump
#

shine bug

zealous crown
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Your opinion counts as half, soary

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Full when you get the right to vote

rough jewel
#

F

atomic olive
#

that is not a food post

rough jewel
#

Someone else challenge her please

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Thank you

zealous crown
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As a SE asian elderly person, I demand you show me some respect!

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Okay, I ate one.

rough jewel
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Even if that person is a minor half plus half equals 1

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Pics or it didn’t happen

zealous crown
rough jewel
#

That is not a food post

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Somebody second it so she eats it

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Second my vote that it is not a food post

zealous crown
#

Tsk tsk. Such a yertsy thing to do tbh

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Just when I was starting to relax around you. Smh

rough jewel
#

Don’t speak the name of the y guy

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:(

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Sorry

tired stump
#

til donna is elderly

weak mantle
#

what about the m guy

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or the c

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how bout the a guy?

rough jewel
#

Who are those people

zealous crown
#

zug, you alright there?

weak mantle
#

YMCA

rough jewel
#

He was playing 4d chess while we were playing 2d chess this whole time

weak mantle
#

haha

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used to do that in Rocket League when people would go 'y?' and it annoyed the heck outa people

zealous crown
#

Hehe I chuckled.

rough jewel
#

used to do that in Rocket League when people would go 'y?' and it annoyed the heck outa people
why would that annoy them

weak mantle
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idk, probably not very original

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that's why it's fun

tired stump
#

yerts mca

rough jewel
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Y*rts ‘Murican Congressman Alabaman

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YMCA

tired stump
#

gross

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so many gross things in that acronym

weak mantle
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Alabanana

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using alabama to return to food topic

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i think i might make simple egg fried rice.

vale kelp
#

Omg egg fried rice! Nom! Yes.

tired stump
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omurice

Omurice

Omurice or omu-rice (オムライス, Omu-raisu) is an example of yōshoku (Western-influenced style of Japanese cuisine) consisting of an omelette made with fried rice and thin, fried scrambled eggs, usually topped with ketchup. It is a popular dish both commonly cooked at home and ofte...

weak mantle
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wow not a bad idea, besides the ketchup

tired stump
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heh

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if you had some gochujang sauce etc. you could substitute i'm sure

weak mantle
#

definitely.

vale kelp
#

I had half a burger and half a hot dog. Nom. Nom. From The Burger's Priest.

quiet mesa
#

combine the 2 into the hotdog burger

tired stump
#

One of our burger places has a piggyback burger

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Which is a hot dog on a burger Patty with jalapeños

weak mantle
lunar gulch
#

😋

placid terrace
weak mantle
#

haha

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i rinsed the rice for the first time ever, uncle roger would be proudish

molten crypt
#

I do it weird but I ruin fried rice if I don't do it weird.

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I boil > Cold water > Frying pan / Wok.

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Boil > Frying pan / Wok I can't make work for some reason.

weak mantle
#

ah interesting

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i boiled and put right on the frying pan

neon grove
#

That's some good looking rice

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He will make you nephew now

vale kelp
#

Zuggg! That looks scrumptious!!!!

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Nom nom nom

weak mantle
#

was good for my first time.

zealous crown
#

Show us your weekend meals, people!

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C’mon..

fair siren
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i dont have anything yet :c

zealous crown
#

Hehe, you should before you get reflux.

fair siren
#

fair

quiet mesa
#

i would show pictures but i am not gonna pull out my phone at the dinner table with my family

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just to take a picture of the food

red herald
#

I ordered wraps from subway

vale kelp
#

I just ate some chocolate. But it's gone. No picture ablobsad

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If lunch meal looks picture worthy, I'll post.

placid terrace
#

You're blue @vale kelp 😮

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What happened!

vale kelp
#

Red turned Blue. That's what happened. blegplant

placid terrace
#

ah, an admin removed your nitro role 🙂

vale kelp
#

Eggplant is a fruit.

placid terrace
#

rofl

vale kelp
#

Imagine eggplant pie.

placid terrace
#

thena memeing in the food channel, tsk tsk 😄

vale kelp
#

Lol

fair siren
#

i removed red's role because she stopped boosting

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i could easily add a Thena's favorite if i wanted to abuse my position

vale kelp
fair siren
#

(also i don't wanna rip off Bee)

placid terrace
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Thena's army.

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tbh

vale kelp
#

Omg I love that.

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Sounds super badass tbh.

placid terrace
#

all this talk of bacon this last week made me buy some.

vale kelp
placid terrace
#

had bacon sandwich for lunch

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was good

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cleanup... not so much

vale kelp
#

Ooh floppy bacon, aka Nadian baconv

placid terrace
#

now I remember why I don't eat bacon much

red herald
#

i could easily add a Thena's favorite if i wanted to abuse my position
yeah please dont do that I will end up fighting for that role

placid terrace
#

wasn't floppy 🙂

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was crisp

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but not burned

red herald
#

I think its probably to do with bad imports, but I disliked bacon

vale kelp
#

Oh wow. You had fake bacon! Nice! Proud of you. For being open minded, A'am.

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Which bacon? Murican bacon?

placid terrace
#

nope

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just regular back bacon

vale kelp
#

Typical artery clogging bacon?

red herald
#

the two times I tried, it was very very chewy to the point it was just hurting to eat

placid terrace
#

just cooked properly

red herald
#

and not much of a taste

vale kelp
#

I'm asking anout Sohell's experience I meant.

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Which bacon he disliked.

placid terrace
#

oohh

vale kelp
#

Since we had a whole convo on trying to differentiate the types before.

placid terrace
#

but you said a'am 😄

red herald
#

idk if it was american or what lol, I saw it in the menu of the restaurant

vale kelp
#

But Sohell wasn't here.

placid terrace
#

so I was confused

red herald
#

added bacon bits to a cold cut platter

vale kelp
#

Ooh yeah, that was for pre-Sohell msg. Sorry.

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Yeah, that's prob Murican bacon.

fair siren
#

crispy!

vale kelp
#

Let me find pic to show difference...I posted before.

placid terrace
#

like that

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not floppy

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not burned

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crisp

vale kelp
red herald
#

yeah it definitely did not look like Adam's image

fair siren
#

how is THAT crisp adam

vale kelp
#

Bottom in that linked pic is what I'm referring to Murican bacon.

red herald
#

looked like the bottom one in your image

placid terrace
#

that is crisp 😛

vale kelp
#

Yeah, that one's the one Adam doesn't like. And which some of us prefer crispy.

placid terrace
#

not cremated

red herald
#

also just remembered there was a time I used to enjoy pork roasts for a while

vale kelp
#

Not always crispy though. Some ppl don't make it crispy, and that's when Murican bacon is kinda gross. Sorta. I remove the fat.

red herald
#

was in a nice 5 star hotel, I'd order that every time we'd go there

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that was probably the most meat I had that was not chicken

fair siren
#

cremated is ash adam

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i already this discussion in my life before and i also lost but she was cuter than you

placid terrace
#

it curls as it cooks, so the edge is slighty carmelised and crispy, and the band of fat is crunchy.. the centre bit is firm, but not the texture of leather

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oh good you already lost 😄

vale kelp
#

So going back to the idea of Thena's Army 🥺

fair siren
#

yes but i still like my american crispy bacon blobpout

placid terrace
#

I can spend the valuable minutes drinking coffee 😄

vale kelp
#

Thena, can we have a Thena Army? ablobgrin

fair siren
#

omg you realize how much hate i'll get for that?

vale kelp
#

True

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I don't want hate for Thena

placid terrace
#

yeah, let her get her feet properly under the table 🙂

fair siren
#

plus its gonna override your current roles

placid terrace
#

then we can be demanding

fair siren
#

wait till you're all legend

red herald
#

yeah it'll be a joke among us but others will think there's some cult going on

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actually that sounds even more fun now

fair siren
#

ok actually i need to dm this one

vale kelp
#

Omg the Thena Cult lmao

#

I love it.

red herald
#

"what's with these NMS people and worshipping a mod for?"
"if you want to know, then join us and read our bible!"

quiet mesa
#

read our own personal Bible

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trust me the cult member in front of your window is there for your own protection

red herald
#

back on the topic of food, so this subway wrap I ordered I DEFINITELY asked for multigrain wrap, but they gave a spinach wrap (probably ran out) and wow I do not ever want to eat that again

tired stump
#

@placid terrace are you ready to hug it out bruv 🤗

red herald
#

spinach is a complete failure now, I can only assume its some shitty pesticide or just the quality of spinach in general has dropped

quiet mesa
#

or both

red herald
#

yeah both

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spinach was one of the few leafy veggies I liked, sucks that its gone so bad

placid terrace
#

You're fine smoosh, I muted you so thena wouldn't ban me 😄

fair siren
#

if you wanna hug tho, by all means

vale kelp
#

I'm always here for the hugs! As long as they're BO-free ofc. CuddleCat

fair siren
#

peppermint scent here

tired stump
#

BBQ scented hug

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Sorry if you are vegetarian

#

Although I did order a seitan sandwich for waifu

tired stump
#

The first one is the seitan

vale kelp
#

Seitan! Nom!!!

zealous crown
#

Goodgod that’s sinful af, smooshie.

#

Love any sandwich that has more meat to bread ratio.

vale kelp
vague crow
#

Oo

tired stump
#

Flrt

main cargo
#

Did it again

tired stump
#

Slosh

#

Do you saw through the top?

quick root
#

@vague crow I don't think you understand just how much cheese this is

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it's like

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an inch thick of cheese

vague crow
#

I've been craving a pizza with a ridiculous amount of cheese for months

quiet mesa
#

well i mean, call domino's

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and put in what computerman has put in

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there you go

vague crow
#

If I could get delivery here, I would call them

quiet mesa
#

slide them 5 buck's and tell them to make it happen

vague crow
#

Pfff

quick root
#

reminds me of people that used to try that with me

#

back at my service job

quiet mesa
#

didn't you work in a warehouse?

quick root
#

I did, and I also worked at at an electronics store as a repair tech

#

if you know Fry's, that's where I worked

quiet mesa
#

what did they want you to do for 5 buck's

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i don't know frys

quick root
#

I don't blame you for not knowing, they're going out of business

quiet mesa
#

i also live in Germany

quick root
#

THAT would explain it, they're US only

#

as for what people would try to slip me money for, well, it depends

#

usually it was people trying to bribe me to try and get me to do something I wasn't allowed to do

#

I never accepted

quiet mesa
#

yeah risking a job for a bribe sounds like a bad idea

quick root
#

ye

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we weren't allowed to check people out there and we didn't carry cash, so if they tried it was very obvious

quiet mesa
#

hmm

unique rover
tired stump
#

Chipception

#

And you got a bug on your hand

unique rover
#

it’s pen lol

main cargo
#

All mine

#

I am ashamed

keen jacinth
#

Do you try to pour as much into your mouth as you can and try to chew it?

zealous crown
#

And some pickled korean chili, random but they would have gone bad otherwise

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neon grove
#

@zealous crown that challah looks amazing!

fair siren
#

maybe next weekend i'll bake bread; itd be such a lovely smell to have around the house

neon grove
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Notes down homely candle fragrances

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Bread, bacon, coffee

quiet mesa
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did you see the post about bacon candles someone made?

neon grove
fair siren
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😬

zealous crown
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@neon grove thanks! Tastes nyommie.

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Mmm scented candles. My favourite changes according to season, last night I had mulled wine burning.

fair siren
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they need to make sauteed onion and garlic xD

zealous crown
fair siren
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ooo that might not be bad

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"last nights pizza" gives me concern haha

neon grove
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NY Hot Dog scent please

weak mantle
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buttered yams scent pls

tired stump
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Omg that challah

solar pond
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Yankee candle wit no brim :/

stuck palm
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I love garlic bread but my stomach hates it :(

amber kelp
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Lame

zealous crown
solar pond
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Getty

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Y

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Metbawls

quick root
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I made sporget

weak mantle
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spaghetti sucks without meatbal

quick root
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note: adding a touch of pesto to spaghetti sauce makes it taste much better

zealous crown
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it do, it do

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❤️ sundried tomato pesto

weak mantle
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meatball

solar pond
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Made from sausage cause all of the commercials are forcing me to make everything with sausage

tired stump
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did you eat it with challah

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@zealous crown

placid terrace
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That does look good

zealous crown
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You look good.

placid terrace
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You've never seen me :6

zealous crown
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No, smooshman. Just as is. Challah is on the sweeter side this batch, so I had it with fresh cream and honey.

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And whose fault is that. >_>

placid terrace
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Boris'

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Literally illegal for you to see me :p

zealous crown
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Heh this reminds me of a funny comic

placid terrace
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Do share 🙂

zealous crown
placid terrace
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Ha

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That's good

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Who is who though tangerine_think