#i want cornbread

[sarcosmiiic]

HE'S NOT BALD??????????????????

[milfzatannaz]

I just saw a Korean food influencer make an entire soul food spread for her parents to try for the first time and I was SO awed and flattered. she specifically used recipes from black chefs and her food looked gooooood. I love cross cultural exchange man

[radioisntdead]

Accidentally waterboarded myself and passed out [not from the waterboarding I just hadn't slept] editing right now, fic will be uploaded in like two hours??

[chaneajoyyy]

Vampires are a@$holes by nature. Like why would Cornbread disrespect Annie saying that she uses old grease for frying fish?😭

[daisies-on-a-cup]

will graham probably makes a mean cornbread

[cornbread-but-minecraft]

minecraft should have like a reverse sponge block or something. like, a creative-only block where you pick a different block for it to fill in an area with, and then it just fills it. kinda like the /fill command except you aren't limited to cuboids. you know what i'm saying?

[slippinninque]

Saw Sinners last night and y'all it was so so so so so so so SOSOSOSOSO GOOOD!

Spoilers beneath the cut!

I haven't been moved by a movie in a while and I have a looooot of thoughts.

The music, the imagery, the VOICES, it was all such a wonderful blend of spirit and history and heart that I NEED to see it again to bathe in it lol

The ending felt bittersweet to me but maybe that was the point? I'm so happy Smoke and Annie got their peace with their baby at the end. Annie was on POINT the whole movie. When she came from downtown with that picked garlic, I nearly whooped in the theatre lmao

She was the good sense. She was the truth and she was the vision. Annie was not afraid of death, but only being apart from the people she loved. She knew that the vampires couldn't have her, couldn't take what she knew. Annie was selfless in the sense of giving her all to protect who was left and FUCK did that hurt.

Now Mary....may be my only hang up 🤷🏾���♀️

And I have to ask, why didn't Mary live as a black woman if she didn't want to be white? She had a support system through Smoke, Annie, Stack, Cornbread, etc (probably way more) and with the way the one-drop rule worked back then, she only had to say something and she could have been with the community that she really wanted to be with. Unless the secret was too running too deep in her family and she would have risked her immediate family's safety?

We saw how Grace and Bo made a living in town. How they were still connected to their community and offering business to others. Why couldn't Mary do that?

I know it's complex and nuanced but to see her be so assertive and open with how she felt about Stack (yo, that train station scene had me fucking scared especially after we heard about how Delta's friend was lynched not too long ago) but somehow be forced to live a life she didn't want and marry a white man...it's giving Passing by Nella Larsen. I don't know if she was literally forced or if she "inherited" the need to pass for survival. I know it couldn't have been easy for her but, honestly, from this first watch, I don't feel that badly for her either.

I'm more annoyed than she talked all that shit to go outside and was acting like she was afraid to fire that fucking gun tho....😑

I don't know, to be honest, I have a lot of layered feelings about Mary but I may just need to journal about it unless y'all wanna hear them lmao

The twinnnnsssssss were so good. Smoke is my favorite because he ran that shit lmao! I loved how Smoke was the right hand and Stack was the left. They picked up on what the other needed, they had each other's back, they bickered and came together and even a little death couldn't kill that bond.

Sammie, my darling darling Sammie, he was the piece of our hearts that we have to protect. Where we keep our joys, our sorrows, our song--we have to protect it but it can't be by smothering it. Sammie was the heartbeat of the movie. He was the eyes that could see the silver in every sinner he met, meeting them with kindness and curiosity.

I'm so happy that Sammie went on and lived his dream (naming his place after Pearline 🥹)

I have a lot more to say but I still need to digest. Over all, 10/10! Got me in my feels, obviously, so it did a good job lmao!!

[9fruit]

i went to trader joes this weekend for the first time and genuinely something came over me while i was in there. i completely blacked out and left with a massive tote full of shit like i could not even remember what i got or why i got it

[randomwords247]

Cooking and baking

A small pet peeve of mine with cooking and baking is when recipes say the container rather than the amount

Like, instead of saying "500ml of cream" you say "a pot of cream". Or "a whole can of corn". Like okay which kind of can??? What amount???? Corn comes in more than one size you can't just tell me a can. PLEASE i am begging you tell me the WEIGHT

This is especially a problem with recipes from different countries, for example America. Because your stick of butter is different to our butter. STOP SAYING STICK OF BUTTER TELL ME THE QUANTITY IN GRAMS PLEASE I HAVE A FAMILY

that being said I feel like I see this crop up in like american recipes in particular. Idk if I've ever seen a recipe in one of our cookbooks that does this....

anyway please just tell me the gosh darn weight I am dying here I have a family I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE WEIGHT

[cozier-than-thou]

femme dyke comes home after dinner to take a hit and bat her eyelashes at you (you’ll never guess what happens next!)

[floororangejuice]

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dollex posting

live laugh love losers in love

i need them both dead and gone by tommorow

[carsickcrow]

got a bunch of comics!!!! the x files and star trek!!!!! (and a copy of frankenstein) i am so happy right now this is a true autism win

[quietlyblooms-gone]

i think I’ve only ever had savory cornbread, but as someone with a big sweet tooth, maybe sweet cornbread would be up my alley…

[kipowolfton]

so glad I don't have a sweet tooth bro I used to have such a sweet tooth when I was a little kid because my dad spoiled me but I'm so glad eating maggots fixed me

[sideflorfauna]

I love camping, but trying to keep the fire alive long enough for me to leave it unattended without burning out and rendering my food uncooked has rendered me a useless heap on the futon

[madegeeky]

Minnesota trip thoughts, day 2 (posted on day 3):

Keys Cafe and Bakery (brunch) - Unfortunately, the food in this restaurant wasn't good enough to make up for my annoyances with several other things. Luckily, I wasn't expecting much anyway (it was chosen for its location), so no biggie.

Snake Discovery: This was the impetuous of our trip (well, that and Mars asked very sweetly because we hadn't done an overnight trip that wasn't visiting family in quite a while). It's a small zoo, reptile rescue, and store run by the youtube channel Snake Discovery. Mars has been obsessed with the channel since we found it. But not only was it a really cool zoo, you get tokens to hold three animals! Mars got to hold a large snake, medium sized lizard, and a large lizard (I remember the name of this one! A monitor lizard!) There were turtles you could pet and she spent a ton of time just petting turtles. We also got to meet the two youtubers (Emily and Ed) and watch someone feed three snakes. Mars was enthralled and, as soon as we were in the car, declared it the best trip we've ever taken. No matter what else happens, this already made the whole trip worth it.

The Lexington (fancy dinner) - I should clarify that when I mean fancy, I mean most items are $50 and there is a dress code. This was Mars' first fancy dinner and she got to pick out her own fancy dress and was ecstatic to wear fancy shoes. Mr. Geeky had the swordfish and I had the scallops. The scallops were so. fucking. good. They were perfectly cooked. I talked Mars away from chicken strips and into a fancy seasonal charcuterie board (originally an appetizer) by using pickles. However, upon finding out that it was pickled onions, she almost went back to chicken tenders but, bless our waitress, she offered to bring out pickles in the side. Ironically, she ended up eating a good chunk of Mr. Geeky's swordfish while he finished off my scallops (the portions are really generous).

The Lexington (drinks) - I am putting this as it's own thing because, ohmygod, I had one of the best drinks I've ever had here and I'm weeping at the fact that I won't have it again (possibly ever, at the least not any time soon). They had this whole list of various takes on an old fashioned, one of which was Sconnie Style which was brandy, cherry, orange, cane syrup, and angostura bitters. Y'all, it was so warm and smooth and it seemed like it should be overly sweet but it wasn't. It was the drink equivalent of snuggling under a warm fluffy blanket on a cold autumn morning. It was amazing and I would absolutely pay someone money for the recipe.