#food for our grandmothers

[branwendaughterofllyr]

Every time the Ballerina farm discourses comes by, it sends shivers down my spine. For like personal reasons.

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

after a night of boisterous fun i just got back from the local cemetery for some more solemn contemplation. said prayers for and made offerings to not just my own ancestors who are buried here but to the ancestors of my people in general.

[crowrelli]

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[chekovsphaser]

The problem with USAmerican recipes is that most of them call for ingredients that don't exist outside of the US and/or ready mixes. If I wanted to use a ready mix I would read the instructions on the box. Ergo functionally useless to me.

The problem with Brazilian recipes is that most of them are written as if they are just reminding you of how to make something you already know how to make. As such, information like how long to bake something, or what temperature the oven should be on, high or low fire on the stove, or even on occasion what kind of spoon (table or teaspoon) to use is deemed extraneous. Which is also functionally useless.

I end up using the Brazilian recipes while checking English-language ones for baking time/temp and verifying spoon sizes. And also just a healthy dollop of doing whatever the hell I want anyway, because in the end I am Brazilian after all.

[say-al0e]

Dealing with the remnants of someone else’s life is fucking impossible.

[here-there-were-dragons]

every time i think the "staff can do no wrong and any form of complaining or expressing literally anything other than "yaaay love it <3" with no further comments is bashing and literally evil we should never say anything that could even potentially be interpreted as mildly critical ever because ~some artist who worked hard on this is probably reading the forums and might feel bad if we ever express anything but praise~ also we must be constantly positive at all times unless we're passive-aggressively shaming someone for having an extremely polite and apologetically worded criticism and if you ask the staff for literally anything you had better be prepared to preface it with 3 paragraphs of apologizing for breathing air" attitude is bad on tumblr, i take one look at the forums, and holy fucking hell is it SO much worse on site

[drumlincountry]

Mmmmmm it's very tricky trying to communicate with my neighbour. We visit each other occasionally but she:

Does not speak English or French or Irish - the languages I can make myself understood in.

Does not speak any language I can find decent resources on learning

Speaks only Sorani Kurdish, a language which Google translate does not have a, u know, robo speaky voice for. A language no online translator seems to give pronunciation guides for.

Cannot READ Sorani Kurdish nor English. I thought translate & reading would be our solution but this is not so.

There are no great sorani resources available online. Nothing with a pronuniciation guide or audio that I can find.

If u have any ideas pls let me know cause I am ALL OUT.

[dirtytransmasc]

(personal vent about my sack of shit father ruining christmas again)

me, my fathers only "daughter"/child:

helps my grandmother for weeks to prepare for his christmas party that neither of us wanted (he goes way over the top. invites his friends that are all loud drunks. cooks food we don't like. keeps the whole house up partying into the early hours of the morning. makes a mess and refuses to clean up after himself. doesn't spend time with us and instead hangs out with his friends, even for family holidays and events. etc.

me and my grandmother are disabled, constantly in pain/have stomach issues, and generally just want to be left on our own for holidays, so the whole event is just awful for us)

has been up since 6* in the morning, continuing to prepare for his party so he doesn't throw a hissy fit, running on only a few hours of sleep*, running around from store to store, cleaning, cooking, decoaring, etc.

spends hours trying to wake him up.

after doing everything I am capable of skill/strength wise, I took a two hour power nap before guests come.

helps serve dinner, makes drinks, fulfills every task my father gives me to maintain the delicate peace in the household, cause my grandmother wants to murder him*.

does all of this with no complaint.

my father:

promises his full and undivided attention and help the day before the party (this is the only day he's offered the slightest help outside of making a huge dinner no one but he and his friends wanted), he then breaks this promise, does nothing, delegates every task my grandmother has given him to me, and then leaves at 6 at night to go party, ignoring the amount of cooking he needs to finish.

doesn't come home for almost 12 hours (he came home at 6am), waking me up*, sleeps till 1, leaving me and my gradnmother do 90% of the things that needed to be done today (as his guests are coming at 4).

invites more friends than he originally told us about, ditching us after dinner (which we served) to go hang out outside and blast music so loud it shakes the house.

and then complains that I "slept all day" and "did nothing" so now I need to clean the whole kitchen and all the dishes of over 15 guests, not him, the reason there's such a mess to clean.

he continues to demand this even after something he cooks, knowing I hate it and it makes me feel ill, and stinks up the whole kitchen, making me go lie down because it made me nauseous and gave me a migraine.

I then get to spend the rest of my christmas eve cleaning, doing dishes, while barely holding back tears.

thanks dad, for ruining an already awful christmas, you fucking asshole.

[feral-and-or-horny]

Cotton candy and cookie dough!✨

cotton candy— do you prefer savory or sweet food more?

I almost said sweet for this, but tbh as I was typing I realized that's not actually true anymore, lol. I still have a major sweet tooth, but I've started leaning more towards savory food lately.

cookie dough— do you prefer jewel tones or earth tones? (so, do you like cool toned colors more or warm, earthy colors more)

I usually prefer cool tones, but my general preference really just boils down to "I like black"

[bromantically]

uncle just ate the last of my bread without asking. i literally put it in a different cabinet so he wouldnt eat it and he still fucking found it. we could barely get anything to eat this week and i was relying on that for like a third of my meals for the week.

[bxnyi]

[terrasu]

TODAY I LEARNED A BACTERIA, pseudomonas syringae, CAN (possibly) CAUSE IT TO RAIN + IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR IT TO POTENTIALLY BREAK DROUGHTS

[martyrbat]

you guys won't believe how many times ive had my hand shoved in a birds ass today

[solemnrosary]

Don't boil fresh eggs.

That's literally just it! Eggs don't go bad in room temp (unless they're broken!) and the only thing you might encounter eventually (I'm talking closer to 4-5 weeks) is that the yolk gets stuck to the side as it dehydrates slowly. *then* they'll go bad. So you have plenty of time to use them all, the membrane of the egg protects it. If you see those world-end preppers oiling eggs to preserve them fresh, the oil prevents the egg from drying. They'll stay good in the pantry longer than you'd think.

I don't boil any eggs until they've been in the pantry for a few weeks. Like, 2 or 3, at least 2. If I feel like eating lots and lots of eggs, I'll buy another carton just for boiling later, cause otherwise they'll be too fresh to peel and you'll just waste half the egg.

If you have a hard time doing hard-boiled vs soft-boiled by counting minutes, you can get those timers you can place in the boiling water that change colour.

Boiled eggs (non-peeled) stay in the fridge (1-4 degrees celcius, I keep mine around 2-3) just fine for a week or so, the yolk's outer most layer just oxidizes (the same way an apple turns brown). There's no taste difference to oxidation it's just aesthetical.

Fried and peeled things dry very quickly and are a drag to eat, so do those when you're ready to eat. Or not, if the dryness isn't a deal breaker for you. Microwave things with a tiny dash of water on the plate to steam some moisture back into food as you warm it.

You could pickle eggs, but admittedly I've never tried.

When it comes to art, just let it cook. Go loose and refine later. if it's not going and warm ups don't work, your mind needs more rest. You might want to try another medium for a change. Sometimes the rest just takes a long time. You can still find avenues to spend energy and feelings in in the meantime. Especially if you're "bad at resting" that's just your body eventually taking the rest whether you like it or not.

Treat the soft beast that is you gently, you are a human, not a production line <3 (and let eggs sit in the pantry before boiling. enjoy!)

you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble

[alphadogmp3]

hm

[butterflyemporer]

I would get rid of December because I fucking hate the holidays. Like, yeah? You want to celebrate the supposed birth of Christ? Uh huh? You're going to FORCE the entire family to not only decorate but travel to a place they barely have been for god knows how long only to spend a morning awkwardly opening presents no one wants? Yeah! Sure! Why not! Let's go ahead and throw some terrible traditions on there too! So that way NO ONE IS HAPPY!!!