=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ some of the best spaghetti sauces I've ever made have not been stewed for hours in a marinara. Instead, they were formed from tomatoes that had been locally grown within my own state. Helps that I live in a green place, but the most important part is not the climate but the proximity. Greenhouses are just as tasty as sunlight and warmth. instead, I seared them, or rather just cooked them for a short time, and the result was something that did not taste gross and watery, but instead fresh and fruity. Like putting mango in salsa, you don't initially think it'll work until you try it. That being said, you should cook canned tomatoes for at least 20 minutes on medium to low heat. In doing so, the flavor profiles will break down and meld together as the constituent forms of the sauce coalesce, and you'll be able to hide most of the fresh flavor. This is important for canned tomatoes because they also bear a hint of "tinniness", from the tin can they're delivered in. This flavor DNI well w / fresh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/236 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cooking-advice-butts-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ heat makes things squishy. it works from the outside in, and the longer you │ ║ cook it (meaning, the lower the temperature) the more the heat can spread │ ║ through - meaning if you want an even consistency, do lower heat for longer │ ║ periods. if you want a different texture on the outside compared to the │ ║ inside, do higher temperatures over less time. just make sure you devote extra │ ║ attention to stirring to make sure you don't burn it. │ ║ │ ║ seasoning is sorta like a coating / dusting that you can apply to food. the │ ║ longer it rests on the food (and the more the food is porous / cooked) the │ ║ more the seasoning can penetrate into it - meaning if you want the flavor of │ ║ the seasoning to be distinct from the flavor of the food item, then add the │ ║ seasoning toward the end. if you want them to combine into one combo-flavor, │ ║ then add the seasoning early. │ ║ │ ║ some seasonings degrade with heat though, especially herbs. so add them toward │ ║ the end. or add a butt-load of them. │ ║ │ ║ salt+(butter/oil)=yummmmmmmmmmmmm │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3622 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ nachos cast-iron skillet (or other deep pan) throw in some butter or vegetable oil (not olive oil) heat it up a bit crack four eggs in there cut some slices off of a hunk of cheese add some chips on top of the eggs add the cheese on top of the eggs cover it and leave it on the like, 2 or 3 out of 10 heat setting come back whenever it's done transfer to plate add salsa boom nachos (optional but recommended: beans): for the beans, if you want, throw a can of refried beans on the stove and add a TINY can of tomato chunks and a big hunk of butter let it cook until it's smooth consistency, stirring and such. Add paprika, cumin, and a bit of oregano. then put the beans on before the salsa, and BOOM even BETTER nachos. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1853 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ I really really love ramen noodles that are just a little bit old but still │ ║ warm and are slightly drying out a little bit but there's juuuuust enough │ ║ sauce down at the bottom to keep it coated │ ║ │ ║ that's the stuff │ ║ │ ║ (meanwhile my evil side says: it starts with "hey can you help me cook dinner" │ ║ and then suddenly you're working all day every day) │ ║ │ ║ (and then so are they) │ ║ │ ║ (and it continues.....) │ ║ │ ║ (... until.... ) │ ║ │ ║ (one day you wake up and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ (so then you're useless) │ ║ │ ║ (and demanding) │ ║ │ ║ (and that's hard to handle) │ ║ │ ║ (when your schedule is blocked, and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ ... weird, kinda drifted off for a second, anyway we should talk about │ ║ BIRTHDAYS! Birthdays are fun, theyre the day when you switch from being one │ ║ age to another. Like, rolling over a clock, or ticking-up a variable in │ ║ response to another variable which is at capacity. │ ║ │ ║ buffer overflows would be impossible if you put import/export controls on │ ║ registers │ ║ │ ║ not "you can't do that" but "wheres your cre │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3010 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: food-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ jasmine rice in a rice cooker │ ║ │ ║ lentils mixed in │ ║ │ ║ a good heaping of butter, │ ║ │ ║ and (trust me) a package of carnation instant breakfast, for vitamins and │ ║ sweetness. │ ║ │ ║ swirl the rice cooker pan to mix all the ingredients │ ║ │ ║ dice up some cheddar chunks, │ ║ │ ║ but keep them aside for now. │ ║ │ ║ and now the rice cooker turns on │ ║ │ ║ when it's fully done cooking, │ ║ │ ║ add cheese chunks. │ ║ │ ║ add can of cream of mushroom soup, and spread on-top of the rice. │ ║ │ ║ add can of canned american chile, the kind with beans and paprika, not the │ ║ chile-pepper type which is more like a sauce, but the kind with beans that is │ ║ more like a meal and spread on-top of the can of cream of mushroom soup. │ ║ │ ║ then, close the lid and let the soups warm up in the rice cooker heat and the │ ║ cheese melt a bit in the rice cooker heat │ ║ │ ║ when warmed, serve into a bowl-plate by imagining cake layers - use a large │ ║ spoon with a long handle to scoop out a "slice" of cake - lasagna might be │ ║ more accurate, but there's no noodles. │ ║ │ ║ ... now I want to try it with noodles, hmmm │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3538 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ if you're just learning how to cook, I highly recommend "Ms. Dash" and "Better than Boullion" - focus on getting the ingredients and mechanics right, and then work on seasoning them. Level 2 is paprika, garlic powder, onion flakes, lime juice, and red pepper flakes for spice. level 3 is learning the difference between basil, oregano, parsley, and other herbs. be careful with salt and pepper. They can do a lot, but they can also easily do too much. better to salt to taste. also, MSG is wonderful for savory dishes. Your body breaks it down into sodium in your stomach acid so imagine you're adding salt when considering MSG for healthy proportions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #11 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/301 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ If I ever own a set of weights I'm taping over the numbers and storing them in │ ║ a random order. I don't own a scale because nothing I do is precise enough to │ ║ measure in weight. Except my cat, of course, but I can tell when she's gained │ ║ weight. I cook for myself almost every day, and I never follow a recipe. Each │ ║ dish is different, because I like improvising with ingredients. Like a venture │ ║ to create a desired taste, different components will have different effects │ ║ when cooked in a certain order with certain actions taken to them for a │ ║ certain period of time under certain conditions and ugh it's just too much. I │ ║ prefer to pick a base, pick some vegetables, then pick a seasoning. Cook the │ ║ base, sautee the vegetables, and add the seasoning - bam, delicious meal. I'm │ ║ not much of a planner, more of a... problem solver. Someone who's sorta been │ ║ latent. I wish I could be a consultant. someone who works like, 10 days per │ ║ month. I think that'd be my most adapted schedule - every day would be either │ ║ a weekend or friday! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3455 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-quartermastery-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ when you run out of an ingredient you use often (like butter, seasoning, or flour) put the container by your shoes. then, when you go to the store, look through all the empty containers and make a mental list. when you get home and are putting things away, if you forgot something just leave the old container by the door. everything else can be recycled / trashed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-cooking-opinion │ └──────────────────────────┘ the broth they sell at the store is way too thin. boullion is much better because it's so concentrated. think of it as "essence of X" when you have "broth of vegetables" or "broth of carrots and onions" or whatever... can help make it easier to cook something decent by using general flavors ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5033 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: tech-salaries-mentioned-abroad-repeatedly-as-a-method-of-directing-economic-power-internationally-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ relevant youtube videos if that's your thing. I put them here because I don't know many assembly resources nor do I have time to work on something in assembly. Just... you know, use your best judgement, decide what's important and on the "critical path" (which is a term from American project development industry culture) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0dPhqVsKt1Ni_46ARyiCGSq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU8MnZI0snA&t=659s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84Td36Tpys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj_xU0rSyY&t=495s I used to watch this kind of video when I was cooking and eating. I should have gone back and rewatched this kind of video when I was ready to type and follow along step-by-step. However, I consumed them like content, instead of looking at them like blueprints (in narrative form) the goal isn't to make what they show you, but rather to put yourself in a context where you can push forward and stand on your own feet. From a standing position you can walk anywhere you'd like... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/338 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-learning-to-cook │ └───────────────────────────┘ If you want to learn to cook, start with a sandwich. Then spaghetti sauce from a jar. Then sautee some vegetables and throw them on top of rice. Then go to the store, read the back of a tasty-looking package, and make the recipe it suggests. Then you know how to cook. Don't bother with online recipes. Also, more butter, more salt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 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 │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4701 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ what if you bought me a refrigerated semi truck and I drove it around to rural │ ║ communes and took their extras and brought it into the city to urban communes │ ║ and gave it all away for free and then took the stuff that the urban communes │ ║ scrounged from the trash and cleaned and repaired and brought it to the rural │ ║ communes along with their art and poems and artistic nudes and exchanged it │ ║ for their canned peaches and knitted scarves and drove it back to the urban │ ║ communes and exchanged them for vintage furniture and computer parts that we │ ║ didn't have room for because cities are dense and lack the space for keeping │ ║ historical artifacts and then took them to the rural communes to exchange for │ ║ jalapenos and goat cheese which I then brought back to the urban communes and │ ║ traded for a bunch of catgirls who visited a rural farmhouse and threw a │ ║ kick-ass rave for the rural people who are totally into that kind of thing │ ║ like, once per year because frankly they moved to the country to get away from │ ║ the noise thank you ve │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4283 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── whether you eat halloween candy by the handful or savor each and every bite, what matters most for tooth decay is duration 1 person who spends 2 hours eating a snickers bar is going to get more cavities than someone who spends 10 minutes eating 22. but your stomach doesn't care when you ate them, only that you ate quite a few. Meaning you're likely to either get sick, or put on a pound or twenty-two. I think it's better to try many different tiny little treats, but always remember that the time you spend consuming bits of the sugar dimension add up, and eventually your time will come to resign yourself to a fate with little candy remaining, for you've grown too old for such childish things as tasty yummy splendor. old, or fat. Heh heh heh, can you imagine that? your belly sticks out from under your hat! how cute. But dearie, dont you know that every pound you bear is another that you have to carry around with you? It can be useful sometimes to be so prepared, and othertimes not. I trust you know that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 notes/my-personal-linux-experience --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── for all those reading at home, I need to apply to a job and apparently they only really care about my experience with linux. Which is kinda like asking "hey can you tell me what are you favorite foods to eat with a spoon?" when someone is applying to be a chef. Um, okay, applesauce I guess? I usually eat mac and cheese with a knife and another knife, but sometimes I dip into the spoon for that extra shoveling experience points. anyway here's my linux projects: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ |