#Mine is cider

[masterkitchenwizard]

Buying your significant other their favourite food or drink is an act of true love

[samwisethewitch]

Grocery Store Fire Cider

I try to always have fire cider on hand during the colder months. Fire cider is vinegar infused with warming, expectorant (mucus-clearing) herbs to help clear out gunk from our respiratory system. It's great for clearing up congestion and helping with wet coughs. Since pretty much everyone in my house tends towards wet cold symptoms (congestion/runny nose, coughing up mucus, etc.), we go through a lot of this stuff every cold and flu season.

I take a shot of fire cider as soon as I feel congestion or a wet cough coming on, or if I've been around someone I know is sick. While it doesn't always keep me from getting sick, I do think it helps speed up my recovery and keep my symptoms less severe.

A lot of fire cider recipes online and in herbalism books call for less common herbs that need to be purchased online or from a speciality herb shop. This year, I decided to make a batch with only herbs you can buy cheaply at most grocery stores. Here's the recipe for my fellow herbalists on a budget!

You will need:

A quart mason jar

1 whole head of fresh garlic, peeled and roughly chopped, OR 3 spoonfuls of pre-minced jarred garlic

3 knobs of fresh ginger about the size of your thumb, roughly chopped, OR 3 spoonfuls of store-bought ginger paste

1 package fresh thyme OR 2 tablespoons dried thyme

1 package fresh sage OR 2 tablespoons dried sage

1 quart apple cider vinegar

There are two methods I've used to make this cider. The traditional method is a slow infusion that takes 2+ weeks, but I've also developed a fast infusion method for when I feel a cold coming on and need a batch of fire cider ASAP.

Traditional Method:

Add your herbs to a clean mason jar. Pour the vinegar over the herbs and fill the jar to the top. Put a lid on the jar. (Vinegar will corrode metal lids, so either use a plastic lid or place a square of parchment paper between your jar and the metal lid.)

Place the jar in a cool, dark place and allow it to infuse for at least 2 weeks and up to 1 month. You can strain the herbs out to store at room temperature, or you can do what I do and store the whole thing in the fridge, herbs and all.

If you leave the herbs in, you can keep this batch of fire cider going all winter by topping the jar up with more vinegar every time it gets below halfway full.

Fast Infusion Method:

Add the herbs to the mason jar like you would for the traditional method. Instead of adding vinegar, fill the jar halfway with boiling water. Let sit for 2-3 hours.

Once the water has cooled down to room temperature, fill the jar the rest of the way with vinegar. Let it sit overnight and then either strain the herbs out or store the whole thing in the fridge.

To use the fire cider, take a shot glassful whenever you feel cold symptoms coming on. If you made your cider with the traditional method, you can dilute it with water if your stomach doesn't handle acid well. You can also mix in some honey to improve the taste.

Please note that fire cider and other folk remedies are not a replacement for medical care. I highly recommend staying up to date on your flu and COVID-19 vaccines in addition to using remedies like this.

[fyeahyoshizakimine]

October's Shōnen Ace including Keroro cover and VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire bookmarks

[mhango]

Nothing like a pub night

[lake-lady]

Rainy day apple cider rainy day apple cider rainy day apple cider 🍂😈⛈️🍎

[robinwaaaaa]

Behold…Chipspeech (colourised)

[wormboytrav]

okay so about misa's lifespan. she was supposed to die in march 2004, roughly 19 years after she was born, but she ended up dying in february 2011, almost 7 years later.

she presumably made the eye deal and cut her lifespan in half when she met rem in march 2004, and then did the same with ryuk in november of that year. so if half her remaining lifespan was november 2004 - february 2011 (a little over 6 years, or 72 months) then her original remaining lifespan as of november 2004 would have been 12 years.

right?? wrong. because when rem died for her, her remaining lifespan got added to misa's as well, and because rem killed L and watari first, their lifespans got added to hers too. so as of november 5th 2004, misa's lifespan was 1/4 of gelus' and all of rem, L, and watari's remaining lifespans. so 1/4G + R + W + L = 72 months.

what i find interesting about this is that it means, regardless of the Kira case, both L and Watari had a combined remaining lifespan of less than 72 months (which is unsurprising, but still kind of sad)

anyway. happy light's death day

[dandelioncore]

Happy solstice, everyone! we've almost made it through the darkest days of the year

[luna-the-cretar]

One of my favorite ways to explore a character is how they like their coffee or tea. As in; which one do they prefer, or do they like both? How much sugar and/or cream do they add, if any? Hot or cold? It’s something so niche and minuscule that you probably wouldn’t ever think about otherwise, and yet imo it can tell you a lot about a character.

(Examples below)

1) Mollymauk prefers coffee. He tends to add a lot of sugar and creamer—to the point where it’s more cream than coffee—and prefers it iced rather than hot (my explanation for this in my fic was bc tieflings run hot, they need iced drinks to level it out). Essentially, the way I see it, he likes his coffee the way I do lol.

2) Caleb prefers tea. He adds a bit of sugar to cut the innate bitterness, but no cream, and almost exclusively drinks it hot. This being said, he is known to switch to apple cider on occasion, if he wants to switch it up.

3) Shepherd prefers hot black coffee. Ik this makes no sense considering my logic for Molly drinking iced coffee, but…idk, I can’t see Shep drinking iced coffee. He does drink iced tea if he can get it tho (yes I am implementing my southern roots onto him, what of it)

4) Sarnax almost exclusively drinks hot tea (don’t remember the name of the specific type he carries). No sweeteners or cream or anything, just the pure tea.

5) Skrimm likes apple cider. I mean, he prefers booze, but if there’s no booze available, then he’ll subconsciously go for the cider if given the option

6) Gricko likes apple juice. I can’t really explain why, but my brain has latched onto this idea and won’t let go. So yeah. Gricko likes cold apple juice.

7) Torbek also likes apple juice but like. Room temperature apple juice.

[faaun]

procrastination is starting to have its consequences finally

[grunklestanbignaturals]

I'm stan and I was wrong im singing the stan wrong song I shouldn't have taken that chance now heres my remorseful dance

[trobairitzposting]

francois cooking for gilbert is an act of love but francois willingly eating gilbert's cooking is an even greater one. ah cheri, plain boiled potatoes and sausage with mustard? again? you shouldn't have! (he's weeping inside)

[smoshidiot]

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37/50 - dixon cider

"there's no need to panic. you know that shit's organic"

[punkbakerchristine]

apple cider bundt cake with a spiderweb-y sugar glaze 🍂🍎

[themoonunderstoodmydadjokes]

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[home-ward]

Felt the need to share my all time favorite apple cider

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