Cookie got a clean bill of health from the vet, who saved her when she had a close shave last month! She said Cookie is doing really well, though her issues are still ‘a ticking time bomb’. We are hoping we can manage them medically and keep her happy and comfy before that happens. I’m really glad to have extra time with her.
@skinnylatte regularly making chicken stock at home was a gamechanger for me.
Made much easier with a pressure cooker. I use chicken necks, backs, and feet. Sometimes I can't get feet and I'll use wings instead for the gelatin.
Homemade chicken stock just has body that store bought can't match up to. And it keeps for a good long time in the fridge or freezer. I use it for everything including making instant noodles lol.
The library posted a video of them receiving a book that had been loaned out for 70 years. The person’s family returned it after they passed. Now when I procrastinate about returning a book, I think about that video.
(Yes, I know about Saigon sandwich. I’m explicitly not listing them for a reason: I don’t like that style of banh mi, but it’s the best banh mi for everyone else and you should def still go there)
After 6 years of wondering ‘why am I much more depressed in SF than in Singapore / Malaysia / Indonesia’, I’ve done everything, seen everyone, done all the therapies, but I’ve just realized that the difference is ‘I don’t eat noodles for breakfast every morning’ in only one of those places.
So, I rectified that today and it’s looking like my theory has legs. And noodles. And happiness.
Growing up in Southeast Asia means that on the hottest day of the year, all I want to eat is the hottest (temp) food I can get. So, pho for breakfast it is.
In general all breakfast foods should have reached boiling temp for me, and be eaten with as much chillies as possible; never ever sweet
@skinnylatte I know right????? I use a lot of Korean chili flakes, but even though they warm, that's not the same. I too want hot drinks and hot food in hot weather.
@skinnylatte I had my dna mapped a few years ago and found according to them something like 2% dna "association" with Japan. They never defined that for me. That was years ago, they more than likely do very different kinds of mapping now.
A local bakery I follow posted a pic of a nudist standing next to their shop (with consent). All the comments are about ‘fun buns’ except for the one single kink-shame
No kink at Pride people are exhausting, worse when they are queer
We adopted a 11yo cat thinking we’d give her a comfy retirement. This was 6 years ago. She’s found a new phase of life: yelling at birds from the couch while cuddling a human.