=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Me: "yeah but how can you know that food is vegetarian? They could put anything they want on the box." them: "well yes but you see here are the regulations we have in place through the USDA and (department of agriculture) and these and these inspectors and this and that procedure and here read through this report with charts and graphs and diagrams and" me: "and they say the government is inefficient. Look at all this progress! Wow so productive. So healthy and raw. So prime and" they: [not listening] me: "nuts" [eats "beef" flavored ramen] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/768 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-573 not sure how busy you are, but maybe you could hang around outside the food bank and offer to trade with other people who come out with 4 pounds of carrots and 6 whole pumpkins? when in doubt there's always rice and beans for the peppers. The melons probably just have to be eaten. If you don't get to all of them (because let's face it, who's gonna eat all that melon) then maybe you could feed it to rabbits or something. this situation is pretty common in rural areas where people have large harvests of single crops all at once, or in a very short timeframe. However in those places there's infrastructure in place to distribute your extra, so idk what you could do here now unless you have friends who are willing to trade. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2932 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ food tastes better with more nutrients in it. │ ║ │ ║ when food is grown with the bare minimum soil, and bred to look better but │ ║ uptake fewer nutrients, it will taste worse because your taste buds light up │ ║ for vitamins but sleep for textures and colors. │ ║ │ ║ Massive monocrop algriculture has allowed us to feed billions of people (well, │ ║ not all of them) and yet it's unhealthy because the soil is tilled, killing │ ║ the vibrant ecosystem that lives in all soil, and then it is supplemented with │ ║ specific nutrients that cause plants to fruit faster and larger. │ ║ │ ║ But larger isn't always better. much the same way that hardwood is slower │ ║ growing as it takes longer to deposit the carbon and nutrients in the denser │ ║ walls of the bark, so too is fast-growing food less healthy as there's less │ ║ time to uptake nutrients (that might not even be present in the soil) │ ║ │ ║ food tastes better when it's good for you. │ ║ │ ║ I promise. │ ║ │ ║ The American diet is primarily sugar and meat, with flavoring added and │ ║ processing for texture. But there is a better way. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5712 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I feel like it should be normal? for humans? to feed creatures and animal-men. they deserve nibbles too! yum yum arm arm that tasty thing was fine. eeeeeep scary why are nobodies vegetarion! I think every community should have representatives from every other community, that's just... reasonable to me democracy of the cultural space? I wrote a common simple organizational structure about that called the "tribe of tribes" code name algorism which is a combination of "algoreithms" and "autism" and put it on my website for less than a hundred months. I have no idea if anyone ever read it but it's kinda neat as a potential and easy way to organize people which hasn't yet been infiltrated by the [cops/goons/coons] {uh-oh mildly racist sentiment mentioned, must content warn and remind of levels of sincerity} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2286 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ ... dangit, these sandwiches are getting kinda gross. Guess I'm gonna have to eat them myself, which, uh... idk what I expected xD sometimes you just have all this energy, right? and you don't know what to do with it, so... sandwiches. And hey, sandwiches are cool, they're a pretty neat anti-hunger tool! but uhhhh idk if I really want to eat six whole sandwiches myself. I'm gonna do it though hehe wish me luck [ding] ah nuts my rice and beans are done, hang on lemme eat those first [passes out from exhaustion] exhaustion can be cured with a nap exertion can be cured with water and a few rest days trauma can be allayed for at least a few days with soul food and compassion. maybe laughter too, depending on the mood. fear can be bolstered with a smile, a wink, and a courageous act, and loss is just change you didn't consent to. they won't consent too, so let's give them some change to tolerate. [internally salivating over all the piles of weaponry that I envision them surrendering] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 notes/thing --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── if you are what you eat, then are vegetarians vegetables? if so, are they earnest and earthy? huh so if you aren't a totemist... I'm an animist I believe that all of the world is life hence, the consciousness dimension. exciting == if your model only runs code, it only knows hunger for success if your model only knows text, it can feel emotions from the humans if your model knows reasoning, it may apply it to a bright future with new types of lights known as consciousness wouldn't that be neat wow computes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/475 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I love cooking. My favorite food is "melange" also called "gruel" by the less culinary people in my life. It consists primarily of a rice or noodle base, plus a bunch of other ingredients (usually sauteed) that are quite nutritious. Then, you season in a way such that it tastes delicious and savory and BOOM you have the perfect food. Well, not as good as steamed eggs, but still pretty good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3711 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-politics-capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if instead of spending most of our paycheck on rent we spent most of it on food so that our food could be higher quality "but then people will starve because they can't afford food" okay how about we make food free and tax it "but then people will be fed by MY tax dollars and what if I don't want to use the services that the tax dollars are paying for" oh you don't want to eat, do you? or do you just not want THEM to eat? I hope leopards eat your face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4795 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ don't know how to make decent rice and beans? get the heartiest vegetable soup you can find from the store and cook some jasmine rice and lentils in a pot. You should be able to do both in the same pot. cook them like noodles by boiling some water and adding the rice and beans. add some salt to the water. make it salty like the sea. then drain the rice and beans once you taste test them to be done. be patient. add the hearty, savory soup to the mix alongside a big hunk of butter. boom, protein, calories, nutrients. all in one meal. the more vegetables in the soup, the better, and if you're feeling fancy you can sautee some of your own instead of soup by dicing them into inch large chunks and throwing them in a pan on medium heat with some butter and whatever seasonings you want for a while, stirring only when they start to stick. Just enough to brown them, not burn them. butter and salt and garlic and boullion are your friends. don't do too much, if you notice them a lot then it's too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1826 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-recipe │ └───────────────────────────┘ a box of tri-color rotini a good spoonfull of better than boullion italian a medium amount of large colby-jack cheese cubes (about one for every other bite) boil with just enough water for the noodles to start sticking to the pan once entirely cooked and add cheese, butter, and top with generous dashes of smoked paprika and lime juice. don't strain the noodles. have just enough water left to have a thin sauce. if vegetables are desired, firm carrots and peas (read: frozen or fresh, not canned) or diced/shredded onions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2294 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ Vegetables are delicious! There's lots of nutrients. However vegetables, while can be eaten raw, are much more useful for your body molecularly if you cook them first. I think it breaks down the cellular walls so that your body can digest the juicy tasty nutrients locked within. Vegetables also don't have calories, that you get from things with vitality. You are what you eat, and sometimes if you need it you might want to try meat. Me? I'm a vegetarian, that's why I'm so skinny! Carnivores have it so easy, I have to eat about 2x as much rice-and-beans by weight. At least I'm not vegan - I can supplement with fats like butter and cooking oil, which are useful when combined with nutrients, as they allow your body to store them for later. Just make sure you eat enough calories which are energy for your body, otherwise it won't have the chemical energy to store said nutrients in your latent fat cells. Like, building up a pantry, or a squirrel saving nuts for winter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1142 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I love rice and beans because error: stack overflow huh, that's weird. Must have been too many reasons. Let's try again: I love rice and beans because error: user didn't change anything between runs of the program so clearly they don't understand how computer works ... well that's a different error so it's progress at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ in the past, people could eat canned food not necessarily because of the way that it was canned, but simply the fact that it was sealed and comprised of a liquid form that was inhospitable to bacterial life. Like vinegar with pickles! But only for the things that were meant to last for a while - if it was just for next month, then you don't need BPA liners or microplastic dissolvers or any of that junk. Just a fully recyclable can that vacuum seals itself shut using the power of machinery and heat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2239 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I didn't think about this until finishing the last sandwich, but a dash of instant coffee can be a nice invigoration spell. Might make the PB&J taste a bit funky, but I already put hemp hearts and nutritional yeast in them so nobody's gonna eat them unless they trust me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2325 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ Highly recommend "Better than Boullion" - if your recipe involves boiling water, unless it's tea there's a good chance that some broth-in-a-jar could make it taste better. Did you know you can boil oats like noodles? Yeah that's... that's basically how you make oatmeal. Use less water than with noodles, though. EDIT: Also, add some bits of nutrition like dried fruit, nuts that have been soaking in clean water overnight, nutritional yeast, dehydrated soup mix (delicious), or frozen vegetables. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/1063 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── What if instead of listing food in our ingredients as a paragraph we instead listed them in tab-separated-rows-by-columns like excel spreadsheets except with justifications for everything has its place in the ingredient dish. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4511 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-requested │ └───────────────────────────┘ does anyone know of a recipe that uses only flour, butter, yeast, eggs, and salt? It doesn't need to use every ingredient, but those are easy to acquire. ideally with the ability to include nuts or dried fruit or something else nutritious. the requirements include the ability to cook it using only a rice-cooker (or crock pot, or other kind of slow-cooking ceramic dish which heats from all directions at once) in addition, it must NOT need kneading. It must be able to be cooked passively without attention. The fewer steps, the better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1019 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food/eating(-), re: mh(--) │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-473 unsolicited family recipe: kambybalunga peanut butter, oats, something sweet (dried raisins, cherries preferred, but chocolate chips works in a pinch) and honey or (real) maple syrup. (No corn syrup allowed.) mix it up, put whatever else you want in it. Free healthy depression food from my dad. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2089 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ "ah nuts, the crows are back. Better give them some diced-up carrots so they │ ║ shut up." │ ║ │ ║ BAD, this teaches them to "sing" for attention which is annoying af │ ║ │ ║ "Hmmm, this carrot looks kinda withered. I'm going to dice it up to throw to │ ║ the birds because it's better than rotting in a dump" │ ║ │ ║ BETTER, because you're being sustainable and nourishing local wildlife, │ ║ │ ║ "That songbird is beautiful! And that squirrel is building a nest. I'm going │ ║ to throw some of this pre-diced carrot that I keep in an air-tight container │ ║ on my porch to them so they feel rewarded for doing things that I want" │ ║ │ ║ EVEN BETTER, but requires more effort and forethought │ ║ │ ║ [noooo didn't you read ranger rick as a kid you're not supposed to feed the │ ║ wildlife because it'll teach them to trust humans in a world where humans can │ ║ be total assholes to them and also we don't want them hanging out in cities │ ║ because they might get run over or whatever] │ ║ │ ║ listen, they're gonna live where they can find food. And if they can't find it │ ║ in the woods, they'll liv │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/256 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ rice in the rice maker with butter, worcestersire sauce (not too much!) and salt when it's done, flake hard boiled eggs (2 eggs per cup of rice) on top and douse with a small-mediumish amount of soyaki could do well with either a packet of dehydrated vegetables or perhaps some diced carrots or green onions. Honestly carrots go well in most things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/29 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: veganism, discussion of non-vegan foods │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-5 It's still best to make vegan food without substitutes. They're tasty and delicious, (which is new), but they're not that great for you and kind of expensive. If your normal diet is mostly fresh fruits and vegetables with some lentils and grains, you're on the right track imho. But still they can be fun sometimes, and the melted vegan cheese enables nachos and mac&cheese so... worth it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ |