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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:23:41 JST Adrianna Tan

   It’s funny watching my mom try other foods. She can’t eat anything even slightly sour at all. I was like this for a long time. This is also we both hate Sriracha.

   A lot of salt fat acid heat didn’t track with the foods I knew from my part of the world.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:26:06 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Thai sour is fine, it’s balanced by a ton of chilli and other heat

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:28:53 JST Adrianna Tan

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     As a general rule unless it’s some kind of Mediterranean or W European style food I’m not often going for ‘balance’

     I like my food wildly over seasoned and I think it works for a lot of the cuisines I love haha

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:30:24 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I also think wildly over seasoned has a bad rep. We’re not out there just slaying with spices with no order to it.

     It takes a lot of skill to learn how best to do it for various cuisines

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:47:57 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Asta [AMP]

     @aud try tempering them (put some ghee or oil and heat it up, and crush whole cinnamon / cloves / cardamom etc and warm them up in the warm oil or ghee. Brings out diff flavors

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     Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:47:58 JST Asta [AMP]

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     @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io I will, and have, eaten spices directly from the bag just to feel something see what it tastes like, and you better believe I am not shy when it comes to putting spices in my food.
     
     I think coming from like, a bland background, I find the “this is over seasoned!” complaint to be grating and annoying. “Can’t you season your own plate” can’t you cook and eat your own bland paste!? Sorry my cooking reminds you that you’re alive!