#microwave pressure cooker

[incookingspace]

Get Fast And Delicious Meals With A Microwave Pressure Cooker

Do you want to cook delicious meals quickly and easily? Look no further than a microwave pressure cooker. This innovative kitchen gadget allows you to prepare rice, chicken, pasta and other meals in minutes, all while retaining essential nutrients and flavors.

The microwave pressure cooker is perfect for busy families and professionals who want to prepare healthy meals without sacrificing time or quality. With its compact and portable design, it's also ideal for small kitchens, dorm rooms, and camping trips.

One of the benefits of using a pressure cooker is that it's incredibly easy to use. Simply add your ingredients, lock the lid, and microwave. The cooker's sealable design ensures that moisture and nutrients are retained, resulting in food that's not only fast but also flavorsome.

Additionally, this type of cooker is also able to cook meals evenly, which means no more burned or undercooked food. Unlike other cooking methods, the pressure created by the cooker minimizes the possibility of uneven cooking, which guarantees a great meal in every use.

The versatility of a microwave pressure cooker is what makes it such a popular tool for everyday cooking. You can quickly whip up a batch of rice, pasta or soup for a last-minute meal, or slow-cook a casserole or pot roast for a hearty family dinner. If you're tired of the same old meals, try out these new ideas to amp up your recipe book!

The microwave pressure cooker is also incredibly cost-effective. Compared to traditional pressure cookers, which can be expensive and require stovetop use, using a microwave pressure cooker is an affordable and efficient option that can save you both time and money.

[szczylpierdolony]

keeping a list of things that would make theodor adorno kill himself in my head

[gloomlet]

Gloomlet’s TS4 Script, Gameplay & Replacement Mods

So I decided to compile a list of all the script/gameplay mods that i use or have used in my game. This was mainly made for my personal use, but i’m sure it could be helpful to other people too!

UPDATE! PLEASE READ!! This list is no longer up to date - use the Google Doc! - 04/25/24

Basic & Recommended!

TS4 Mod Manager ui cheats extension mc command center Carl's Sims 4 Gameplay Overhaul Relationship & Pregnancy Overhaul Wonderful Whims The Mood Pack Mod First Impressions Contextual Social Interactions Simulation Lag Fix Teleport Any Sim Better Exceptions

CAS Mods

Stand still in CAS More Traits in CAS Tidy details in CAS More CAS columns Lifetime Aspirations Child Aspirations Set Housewife - Aspiration Unlimited Likes + Dislikes Preferences Plus Homebody - Preferences 100+ CAS Traits Resized Facial Piercings

Replacements & Retextures

Fan Art Maps Map Replacements Overhaul Clean UI Sims 1 & 2 Font LIS Fonts Fluffy Clouds (Ghibli Clouds) Feet replacement Hand replacement Bra + Panty Default Replacement better babies + bottle replacement Another baby bottle replacement Default Cutlery! Cute Kitchenware Replacement Boxing Gloves Aquarium Fish Recolor Ceiling replacement paint it up mod A brighter mop Selfie Override

Objects Phone Replacement Smaller dollhouses Switch Controller + console Game controller PS1 console pc game override Remote control sponge & spray override Another Sponge & Spray override

Electric Toothbrush Razor Bassinet override infant rug +  infant tub child drawing replacement weather controller Cats & Dogs Fireplace Headphone/earbud override Old-fashioned Suitcase The slightly nicer Tree House Fireplace Lil Campers Light

Replaced + more Interactions Bed Cuddles Better Woohoo Reactions Realistic Reactions Brush Teeth From Toothbrush Holders Wake-up animation Greetings

Visuals & effects No overhead effects No zzz No object highlight no plumbob please Smaller Mosaic Minimalist CC Icon More Holiday icons

Gameplay!

Playable Pets Slower infant needs Expanded Mermaids Who's Knocking More Visitors No Bad Microwave Buffs Memory Panel Smarter Pie Menu: Searchable Smart Sim Randomizer Play Chess on any computer Strangerville Story toggle

Careers & Jobs Career Overhaul New Careers Simdeed Recruitment Services Flex Part-Time Recruitment Agency Game Developer Career Ultimate Nursing Career Modeling Career Tumbling Tots Daycare Career Shear Brilliance - Cosmetology Seasonal Odd Jobs - Autumn Odd Job Overhaul Modeling and Makeup Odd Jobs Babysitting Gigs Freelance Chef

Education Uni Tweaks Education Overhaul Uni Application Overhaul University costs more Choose Your Roommate Long Distance Learning No Uni Housing Restrictions Uni Aspirations School Lunch Override Longer or Shorter Degree Requirements

Cooking + Food Food Retexture Pack 1, Pack 2, Pack 3 Breakfast Retextures Pizza Retexture Grannies Cookbook Chef Buffet S’more Options Srsly's Complete Cooking Overhaul Dine Out Reloaded Delivery Services Sims Eat and Drink Faster Porto Luminoso Market Cutouts Buyable Cakes Functional Mixer HCH Mixer & Cookbook Functional Air fryer Functional Blender Functional Cookie jar Another Cookie Jar Functional Toaster Functional Cake Stand Functional Rice cooker Functional Pressure Cooker Boba Tea Add-ons Functional Beer Functional Frozen Ice Cart

Pregnancy Realistic Pregnancy Cherished Moments - Pregnancy Science Baby Tweak

Services & Apps Sim National Bank “SimDa” Dating App Exchange Store

Interactions Meaningful Stories Cute Romance Drama Mod Autonomous Go Steady and Propose Autonomous Break Up and Divorce Dynamic Teen Life Parent-Child Relationships Let's Get Fit Modpack Sumba Fitness

Functional Items Playful Toddler Pack Toddler Play Telephone Little Chef’s Toy Kitchen Void Critter Tablet Functional Pool Slide

Functional Toy Bin Functional Hopscotch Functional Broom Functional Paper Sketchpad Functional Drumkit Functional Spiral Staircases In Your Safe Piggy Banks Film Reaper Movie Theater Left End Counter Dishwaser

Random Small mods

Loading and CAS screens

Free Sims 4, Free Loading Screen Bonehilda Loading Screen Custom Color loading screens Lights Out Loading Screen The Blues Collection Loading Screen Lin Sims Loading Screens San Sequoia Loading Screens Abstract Art + Landscape Loading Screens H-O-B & Sulani Loading Screens Autumn Loading Screens Pink Kitten Animated Loading Screen Life is Strange Loading Screens Cloudy TS2 CAS Background Ocean Waves CAS Room Old School - CAS Room Modern Minimalism CAS Room Plumbob replacements Crystal Loading Screens

lighting mods

sunblind lighting + installation Milk Thistle Better in-game lighting Gentle CAS lighting

[macgyvermedical]

suggestion for post topic: list of improvised first aid/medical supplies & uses from things commonly found in a kitchen

The following is, as usual, not medical advice:

What I like to call "Severe" Hot Chocolate: Do you have asthma? COPD? Don't have your inhaler with you? Severe Hot Chocolate might help! In a sauce pan over low heat, combine 1Tb sugar and 3Tb unsweetened cocoa powder with a little water. Once its combined into a sludge, add a cup of milk or milk substitute of choice and stir to combine and heat. Then drink. It will be bitter, but not too bad if you like dark chocolate.

An Entire Head of Lettuce: Need to poop? Wanna do it tomorrow morning? Eat an entire head of iceburg lettuce in one go (with or without dressing).

Lite Salt: Need electrolyte replacement or a cheap sports drink? Dissolve 1/2tsp Lite Salt (half sodium chloride and half potassium chloride) in 2 cups of lemonade or other flavored drink. Sugar actually helps with the absorption of the electrolytes, but if you need a no sugar drink you can do that too.

Plastic Wrap: Stabbed in the chest? Unfortunate. Get a piece of plastic wrap to put over the wound and tape it down snugly. The sucking chest wound will still be there but it will buy time to get to a hospital.

Ice/ziploc bags: While ice doesn't help things heal, it sure makes them feel better. Put some ice in a bag and wrap that bag in a towel and put that on your musculoskeletal injury for pain relief.

Instant Pot: Need to sterilize something made of metal? Don't want to use a chemical? Put it on a shelf in your pressure cooker and add some water to the bottom. 10 mins on high pressure should do it.

Rice (in a sock): Fill a sock with dry white rice. Microwave it for a minute or so. Use it for cramps or back pain.

Fresh Coffee Grounds: This isn't so much a medical thing (though it is frequently used in hospitals) as it is a good-to-know. Coffee grounds absorb biological odors. Just put a little bowl of them in a room with a poop or BO-type smell and it will absorb it.

[karliahs]

i finished season 6!! i have...many thoughts. arguably too many. and please be aware that unlike my last screaming session, there's a fair bit of discussion here that isn't wholly positive! if negativity/criticism of this show is going to bum you out (genuinely no judgement if so), please don't click this readmore!

organised into a numbered list to pretend i'm capable of coherency. okay.

i am extremely biased and you shouldn't listen to me probably

there is a sense in which this show cannot win with me once it starts changing the status quo beyond approx the cultural festival, because i'm in the weird position of having spent literal years living mentally in this space that's like vaguely post-kamino to just post-overhaul. that's my comfy cozy little status quo zone and i like it there a lot. so when this show necessarily, very legimately wants to move its plot and characters forward from that point, there is always a part of me that feels a little like someone just ripped a big wall off my favourite playhouse - it's a legitimate story development but also hey :/

that said! when i was looking ahead at the stuff i knew happened from the point after i stopped watching, i kind of thought "huh, it sure does seem to escalate pretty intensely and become Just All War after a certain point." and i kind of thought that perception might be a function of my knowledge being all from spoilers, bc naturally that will focus on big plot developments and leave out quieter in-between moments. but uh... nope! again i cannot be trusted with perceptions about pace but...my feeling when watching is very much that at a certain point horikoshi decided he was barreling this thing right to the finish line

and that's fair! a lot of what's going on here with this status quo shake-up is like the objectively competent storytelling move where you don't give the audience time to slow down so they're feeling the same sense of overwhelm and fear that the characters are. basically it's me not them but boy would i have liked...space. for characters to slow down and react and feel things.

2. midnight was fucking robbed

she was robbed!!! why even kill her if you aren't gonna give it...weight. i know she's a minor character but best jeanist is a minor character and i feel like his fakeout death was borderline given more screentime and gravity than midnight's real actual death. and i know this show isn't about aizawa but fuck!! she had a big big place in the young aizawa arc, she mattered! to mic and aizawa! they were friends for 15 years! and they just don't really...do anything with it. i feel like if they'd killed mic off there'd have been...something. something that wasn't here. and she's not that much more minor a character than mic

3. the dabi reveal ruled

we all knew but christ. dance with your son in hell! the wilder and more bloodthirsty he gets the more i'm here for it. go for it you funky little maniac. love that he was animated like a weird little marionette while talking about shouto being a puppet. it's genuinely impressive that even with 0% surprise factor this still hit so good. i'm rotating him in my head like a microwave

and i say often that this show is better at creating problems than solving them for me but it sure is good at creating problems like. that fucking house. the pressure cooker of misery. tiny little touya soaking it all in. harrowing

4. the thing where dabi is a foil for shouto does not hit for me

i know i just said a bunch of good things about the dabi stuff but. okay.

i was conceptually never here for the concept of endeavour redemption arc and i will say! i was at times pleasantly surprised. the ep that basically concludes that the best thing he can do for his family is to stay the fuck away from them had more maturity than i expected. and again i genuinely enjoy the drama! it's very good drama!

but there is just. something about the thing where dabi is specifically there to be like. this is what shouto needs to try not to turn into with his anger towards his father, this is the path that could lead him down that just... for me it rings too much like vilifying the anger of an abused child. after they went so hard and so explicit on the domestic abuse angle.

i'm not saying you can't tell good interesting and valuable stories about anger after abuse, and even about how it's easy to become consumed by hatred when you've been wronged and let that take away your future. probably this story is that for some people. it isn't for me.

5. i love mirio but the missed potential of his temporary quirklessness fucking haunts me

idk if i can even say more about this like. i love him. i was happy to see him again. i long ago accepted that this show will never dig into quirklessness in a way that would satisfy me (and yes i know about Future Events and will be pleasantly surprised if that proves me wrong). but i truly cannot get over the missed potential of doing nothingggggg with this character who explicitly had a power that only let him be an incredible hero because of WORK. and effort. and training. and then having him lose the power but not the work and effort and training, and then shoving him gently out of the narrative until he just gets the power back one day. when your protagonist grew up quirkless!!! the opportunity for reflection on that is so obvious!!

okay apparently i could say more about that. sorry. read pez dispenser debris

6. hawks man

i already yelled (positively) about the twice stuff last time but it's worth yelling again because fuck!! again it's wild to me that after actively encouraging and seeking out spoilers, i still managed not to know this. and it fucking hit. toga's line where she goes "if [heroes'] purpose is to save people, did they not think jin was a person?" hit so fucking hard i had to pause the episode and put my hand over my mouth and stare at the ceiling for a while. it's...genuinely damning

and i think they did a really incredible job building hawks' character to the point where he does this. like. it's one of those perfect tragedy things where you can see all the pieces spinning into place. make someone into a weapon and they're gonna draw blood.

and then as always. i just vibe way more with the creation of those problems than their solutions. i'm sure they will do at least a little more with hawks but. idk. i feel like horikoshi is so good at breaking stuff and then he kind of hastily glues it back together and i'm like wait please. the wreckage was so fascinating. fixing it would be so long and hard and also fascinating. this is what fanfiction is for probably

7. lady nagant!!

i knew nothing about her going in and i liked her a lot. the music worked so well, there's this one specific kind of circussy little riff that i liked almost as much as AFO's theme, my other fave piece of music from this show

and again it's like...genuinely damning! holy fuck! and i'm trying to just enjoy the parts where they launch extremely cutting criticisms of hero society without remembering that my vague amalgamation of spoiler knowledge suggests we will not be....doing a whole lot with that

8. iconic yellow scarf era of sadness! at last!

in some ways i am the ideal audience for this narrative and in other ways i am again hopelessly biased. bc i have been craving content that addresses the fact that my boy is like this for so long, but also it's so My Favourite Subject that i have seen done well so many times that i'm like...would anything ever really be enough for me, an addressing midoriya's self destruction guy for literally 5 years now

in my head i expected this arc to be izuku going fully rogue so i was surprised when this was like...a semi-sanctioned thing, at least at first. but makes sense so you can then build to him being basically totally rogue. and oof the build. i really liked the visuals! let my son be fucked up and scary and haunted

and god when he admits he can't go back because he is so scared. i feel like the mall scene hit way harder for me this rewatch because there are so many horrible aspects to it, but particularly the thing of looking at these people all around you and knowing if you cry out too loud they will all get hurt. and it will be your fault, if you can't bear it quietly enough. and you are fifteen fucking years old. so the moment at jaku when izuku looks around at all the evacuating civilians and you can see him realising that him being anywhere near them could doom them. because they're near you, and this person with impossibly destructive power wants You. you're next...that inversion. that pressure. i love him forever and ever...

9. i knew aizawa would not be in this arc but i felt his absence so keenly

like i know i know. he's a minor character. he was busy not having a leg anymore. but i would have killed a man for anyyyy kind of OFA reveal reaction/one of his kids running around the city with a target on his back from the world-ending villains reaction. please. please. i knew i wouldn't get it but i still wanted it very bad

[tightwadspoonies]

Dry Beans on the Stove, in a Pressure Cooker, and In the Microwave

Do you know how to use dry beans?

It's an important life skill. Not only do they taste better than canned, but they are significantly cheaper and lower in sodium (if you're watching that).

Before you cook your beans, you have to do a couple of things. First, you want to rinse your beans and pick out any that look shriveled. Sometimes there are small stones in dry bean packages and you should also pick these out.

You also need to soak your beans. This is especially important if you are using a stovetop or microwave to cook your beans. The easiest way to do this is to combine 2 cups of beans (1lb) and 10 cups of water in a container and let sit for 8 hours.

Stovetop/hotplate: Once your beans are soaked, drain them and put them in a pot with fresh water and salt to taste (optional). You're going for about double the amount of water as beans. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium, and simmer, covered, for 45-120 minutes. The larger your beans, the longer they will take to cook. Try them periodically to see if they are your desired level of tender.

Electric Pressure Cooker: Generally you can put beans into a pressure cooker dry and unsoaked. Cover with water (again about double the amount of water as beans). Cook on high pressure for about 45 minutes and quick release.

Microwave: Put 2 cups of soaked beans and 6 cups of water into a microwave-safe dish. Microwave on high 15-20 minutes, or until your beans are your desired level of tender.

[rottenpumpkin13]

Angeal got badly hurt on a mission and is placed on bed rest, with Genesis, Sephiroth, Cloud, and Zack around to take care of him. How long does he survive before he has to beg the doctor to clear him for duty?

Angeal lays on his bed with a broken leg, two broken arms, a cervical collar and a bandaged mouth (he tore his tongue and can't speak). Genesis sits beside him. He's read Angeal Loveless 232 times now.

Genesis: ....To spare the sands, the seas, the skies, I offer thee this silent sacrifice. The end.

Make that 233 times.

Genesis: You know, dear friend, I think books are the best kind of medicine. You'll see. The more I read to you, the more your mind will be moved and inspire your body to heal itself.

Angeal: ...

Genesis: What's that? You want me to read it again? I'm touched. Alright then. Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess...

There's an explosion from the kitchen. Angeal flinches. His eyes dart toward the door, where Zack stumbles in covered in soot.

Zack: Did you guys know that you can't microwave tinfoil?? Yeah! Apparently it's flammable! Who would've thought!

Genesis: Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul. Pride is lost...

Sephiroth walks into the room carrying a giant glitter canon.

Sephiroth: Director Lazard says we should try to turn Angeal's incapacitation into a joyous occasion to lift his spirits.

Genesis: My friend, do you fly away now? To a world that abhors you and I?

Sephiroth shoots the glitter cannon and the room fills with rainbow glitter. It's everywhere. Everywhere.

Zack: Pretty! But won't it be hard to clean up?

Sephiroth: I didn't think this through. I shot another one in the living room earlier and now it's covered in blue glitter.

Genesis: My friend, the fates are cruel. There are no dreams, no honor remains.

There's another explosion from the kitchen. This time Cloud stumbles in covered in egg.

Cloud: Bad news, guys. You can't make hard-boiled eggs in the microwave either. It explodes.

Zack: Nice!

Sephiroth: Why aren't you using the stove?

Cloud: We misused the pressure cooker and it exploded and broke the stove.

Genesis: My friend, your desire, Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess.

Sephiroth shoots the glitter canon again, covering the room in even more glitter.

Sephiroth: Oh! There was still some glitter left in there.

Zack: Uhhh...Guys? Where's Angeal?

Everyone looks at the empty bed, then slowly turn to the window, which is wide open.

[kyra45]

Keys beef stew

(Keys beef stew)

What you’ll need:

A bag of pre-sliced carrot ‘chips’

A bag of microwaveable potatoes (the small ones)

A small bowl of cut onions (roasted if you don’t like raw)

Beef stew seasoning mix

Meat (I used a cut up deer roast that was lightly cooked before use and seasoned well)

Pack of onion/mushroop soup seasoning

A pressure cooker (I don’t have an oven)

To begin with, cut the carrots up alongside the potatoes. Roughly a small pot full of them, and mix it with the cut up onions nice and well. I used the entire small bag of potatoes.

Fill the pot with water until it reaches the point where the maximum is for pressure cooking. You may need to remove some water in the next step.

Pour in the cut food and the lightly roasted meat chunks. See if you need to remove any extra water to keep it at the limit and then add in the beef stew mix and onion/mushroom seasoning and stir well before placing the pressure cooking lid on it once checking to make sure the water is still within the max limit.

Set the timer to roughly an hour or so, then once it’s done let off the steam and enjoy!

Please note that with an oven the time may vary itself and you are free to use different ingredients or add more.

[mcytblrconfessions]

boiling/steaming tommyinnit's voice in a rice cooker has the same result as cooking gnf's voice in a pressure cooker :/ british accents don't do well with microwave ovens though.

[psudopod-art]

Green (ish) And Orange Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

I first thought of making this when I accidentally got Murasaki sweet potatoes instead of the classic orange at Trader Joe's. They don't taste noticeably different from the orange kind despite looking so different, especially after being drenched in sugar for this recipe. Full recipe, more photos, after the cut!

Ingredients

1 lb classic orange sweet potatoes

1 lb Murasaki sweet potatoes

1 egg

⅓ cup of sugar

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Cook both sweet potato varieties whole with the skin on until the inside is soft. Timing and temperature depend on the size of your potatoes and cooking method. I put mine in a pressure cooker streamer basket for 30-45 minutes.

Start preheating your oven to 350°f

Separate the sweet potato varieties into two different mixing bowls and peel the skin. It should fall right off with even a gentle manual pull. Discard the skin.

Divide the sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla extract half and half between the two bowls. Whisk the egg separately the whites and yolk are mixed and slosh half in each bowl.

Whisk the Murasaki potatoes with an electric beater or hand whisk until soft and fluffy, then whisk the orange potatoes.

Spoon or pipe the potatoes in a fun decorative pattern into a 2-quart ungreased baking dish

Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

Add marshmallows to accentuate your design and then broil until the marshmallows are golden brown.

Serve warm!

Photos

Chef Says

Find a recipe to cook your whole potatoes online. Sorry. It just doesn't matter for the recipe. Baked, steamed, pressure cooker, microwave, just make sure they are soft even in the very center.

The Murasaki oxidizes from white to grey-green after you peel it. So weird.

They really are so very easy to peel. This is a good recipe for a child sous chef to help out with. They can help peel, mix, experiment with the design, and scatter marshmallows. Very safe, no nasty germs or sharp knives.

I think you could add any kind of pumpkin or winter spice mix to this, ginger, clove, orange peel, go wild. This recipe is very "white Midwestern" mild and mushy, that's the recipe I based it on, so there's a lot of room for more spice.

Stay tuned for just a minute, I'm gonna add a couple more pictures in a reblog. Thanks for reading ♥️

[skittybot]

no microwave. but... pressure cooker?

definitely not pressure cooker safe

[aching-tummies]

As I walk in from another day of work I see you once again working when your supposed to be resting. Your doing dishes again making sure every single pot and pan is in place. I'm surprised there's any dirty dishes to do with how little you've been eating this last week. As I quietly walk into the kitchen I can tell your definitely still sick. Your tummy still looks visibly bloated even from where I stand. It's like a balloon that's slowly been getting bigger this last week despite how hard it's been to get you to eat anything. I also see your chicken soup sitting on the dinning table. It looks like you've barely had any! "Hey honey I'm home. What did I tell you about letting me do the housework while your sick?" You slowly turn to me and I can tell by the blush on your face your running a fever. You don't say much just "I'm fine" as your tummy let's out an audible groan. "Your belly thinks otherwise you must be hungry" I say as we both sit down at the table. You try and shake your head no but by then I've already got a spoon of soup in your mouth encouraging you to swallow. Slowly but surely I feed you the rest of the soup despite your protest. Just as we finish you let out a wet sounding belch and another moan. I help you stand and see how firm and bloated you belly is. Filled to bursting with soup and everything else it's refused to digest. "I think someone deserves some rubs for finishing all that soup" I wrap my arms around your tummy feeling the rock hard lump of your stomach. "Baby your hands are putting to much pressure on my tummy it doesn't feel good" but I keep rubbing anyway enjoying the groans you and your tummy are making a little to much.

The following is almost exactly how I imagine such a scenario would go in real-life. I'm not exaggerating how I felt when I was sick--my belly really did feel so insanely bloated that I was literally swallowing back sour liquid all day when I was sick. It didn't help that I was so congested and had such a sore throat that the thought of vomiting terrified me because it was a surefire way to suffocate. My bloated belly was taking up too much room and I couldn't get enough air so I was constantly short of breath...had a partner actually tried anything with my belly, I absolutely would have spewed and likely suffocated/drowned due to all that liquid flooding the one path I had left with which to breathe.

You walk in to our shared apartment an note that I'm at the dish-washer, carefully trying to place a stubborn pan with an awkward handle.

“Hey, honey. I'm home. What did I tell you about letting me do the housework while you're sick?”

Even with the obvious fever, it's clear that I'm glaring at you. I quickly grab the pen and notebook on the counter that's been my primary means of communicating since the sickness robbed me of my voice.

'The less you handle my used cups, the better.'

I quickly open the fridge and point out the packed lunch I've set aside in the usual spot for you. I then gesture at the slow-cooker with a singular portion within it on the keep-warm function on the kitchen counter.

“I'll eat now.” You inform me.

I nod and begin plating up your meal, ladling the curry over a portion of rice and setting the plate on the kitchen table. I move to remove the cooled bowl of chicken broth that I gave up trying to eat some time ago. My stomach grumbles angrily, sickly and bloated despite the fact that I have yet to eat anything today.

“Was that your stomach? Sit.” You call out.

I shake my head, but you're already tugging on my arm, dragging me to sit in one of the dining chairs. I set the cold soup back on the table to avoid spilling it. You quickly whisk it away, setting it in the microwave to reheat.

“ N-Not hungry.” I protest, my voice barely sounding beyond the congestion and sore-throat I'm speaking through. I palm at my belly, feeling no give beneath my palm.

“That's just the sickness talking. Appetite or not, you need to eat.” You mutter, coming back with the re-heated soup.

Before I can grab the spoon to feed myself, you've already taken it into your hand and are bringing a spoonful to my lips. I squirm away from it and pat at my tummy, hoping you'll get the message. I wince at the slight jostling to my bloated belly. My stomach is visibly distended and it feels completely full despite the fact that the soup is still in the bowl. I feel very water-logged, as though the soup is already in my belly despite it very clearly being in the bowl. My stomach grumbles angrily at the patting and I quickly stop, swallowing back against the sudden nausea.

I gesture to your dinner, ignored on the other end of the table.

“You first.” You say, leaning closer to continue spoon-feeding me the unwanted soup. “You must be hungry. It's dinner-time, babe. You made this for yourself at 1PM—you sent a picture. Same bowl and everything.” You had left a note, instructing me to text you when I got up and when I got around to eating. Had I not sent proof of being awake and eating, you would have gone out of your way to pick up something on the way home with which to feed to me.

I gag more than a couple of times before the bowl finally empties. Every breath comes with a wet little 'slap' lapping at the back of my throat as I swallow back against the hot liquid trying to escape my bloated tummy.

A short, sharp, and very wet sounding belch erupts from my belly, unbidden. I slap a hand over my mouth, willing myself not to be sick.

“Oh? Is your belly full?” You tease. I nod, one hand still clapped over my mouth and the other resting on the side of my distended belly as I feel the soup tickling at my throat. I feel like a thermometer in a children's science-class—with the liquid-y contents rising and falling rapidly, being manipulated by people that don't care to understand what's actually going on inside. I feel very much like an abused thermometer, like any second now something's going to crack and spew dangerous liquid absolutely everywhere.

“I think someone deserves some tummy rubs. You did so good, finishing all that soup.” You coo at me as you help me stand.

We slowly make our way to the couch. It's a short distance, but it takes us maybe four times as long as normal to reach it as I stumble, cradling my belly and doubling over every time I feel like I'm about to let everything out. 'Bloated' is an understatement for how ridiculously, painfully full my stomach feels. Imagine filling a glass of water to the absolute brim, liquid forming a meniscus just above the rim of the glass. That is basically how my belly feels in this moment—filled to the point of overflowing, with the liquid constantly threatening to spill over as we move across our apartment.

Your hand brushes across my belly and I hiss, moaning as my mouth floods with something hot and salty. You slide your hand over my belly, not really applying any pressure, but even that light touch is enough to disturb the delicate balance inside of me.

“B-Babe...nnngh...t-that really doesn't feel good on my—o-on my—ulp--on my tummy.” I murmur, stopping to swallow back some hot, sour liquid in the middle of my statement. “Ooooh...n-no rubs...p-please? Too much—urp---p-pressure.” I can't believe I'm refusing belly rubs...but I'm too full. My stomach is rock-solid beneath our palms even though it feels like it's full of liquid.

Even the idea of sitting down on the couch in front of us fills me with dread. Bending at the waist at all sounds like a very, very bad idea right now. My belly feels bloated enough to spontaneously rupture all on it's own and I really don't want to test the durability of my stomach. My own hand is barely skimming my clothed belly, careful to be there just to sort of guard my achingly full belly rather than actually touch it.

“Nonsense! There's nothing a little belly rub can't fix!” You exclaim, slapping me playfully on the back as you do so. The shockwave of the slap reverberates through my bloated belly and my mouth floods with hot soup even as you push your other hand incessantly on the achiest part of my belly as you apply what you believe is a sure-fire way to fix my digestive issues. Either way, my stomach has decided that it's done feeling so full-up. Something's going to give, and it's going to give very, very quickly.

[bluestockingsantababy]

hello chefs. I’m going to my boyfriend and his family’s house for thanksgiving and I want to bring a great side or dessert. I was going to bring deviled eggs but someone is already bringing those. If I bring a salad, I’m going to bring something else along with it.

Your challenge is to give me recipes for a great appetizer, side dish or dessert that doesn’t use an oven in case my unreliable oven unit from the 1960s somehow isn’t fixed by then. You may give me recipes that are no-bake, incorporate an insta-pot pressure cooker, a crock pot, or a microwave. What would you all make?

[gasstationsoda]

Top 5 household appliances?

Microwave. The goat. Changed the life of every depressed person and college student forever

Bread maker. I prefer to make it myself with my own two hands like a MAN but sometimes it's easier

Dishwasher. I'd kill myself without it

Coffee maker/kettle. Speaks for itself

Pressure cooker. Rice takes 12 minutes.

[chaoticallydanny]

Oh um, I have an air fryer/pressure cooker, microwave, pots and pans, dishes and silverware. Umm, waffle maker, pizzazz, slow cooker, rice cooker. Uhhh, screwdrivers, hammers, heat gun, reciprocating saw, jigsaw, dremel. Hmm, lawnmower, weedeater, tree trimmer. Stuff 🤷‍♂️

Oooooooooo pizazz!? Sounds fun! I’ll take it.