Notices by Jeff Smith (sumisu3@mastodon.nz)

@skinnylatte for us it seems hotpot or 餃子

Big son came up from Wellington and that night was dumplings. And making them is a whole family affair of course.

On the other hand, summer heat and hotpot is something I always found fascinating in Singapore and Malaysia. It made more sense up in the Cameron Highlands though. I was introduced to hotpot in Japan, in the winter, and always associated the first turn to cool weather with the first hotpot of the year.

@skinnylatte that is a sadly long time to be a colony

@skinnylatte just came back from Japan on Friday. My wife had a very specific request that I dare not forget - to buy three boxes of the Royce dark nama.

I can’t decide if I want to share this recipe with her. At least my travel schedule has some control over consumption and required rationing.

@skinnylatte the only way that I can see being successful while living in NZ has been to have an Asia Pacific or global role, at a minimum having an NZ role in a global company (at least for tech which is my space). Local roles, even in IT, are not world class in all but rare cases - and I say that after having a local gig for a while last year and knowing plenty of people in local company IT roles, IT consulting, etc.

Current government announced incentives for digital nomads, though haven’t seen much about it since.

Or if you are Peter Thiel you buy your citizenship with only a few days of being in NZ. :(

Finally watching K-Foodie meets J-Foodie. This Korean guy, Sung Si-kyung, has amazing Japanese skills. Yes, the grammar is basically identical but - wow

And I’m constantly hungry watching this show - though the desserts aren’t really my thing.

When I was in NYC the other week there was a Yemeni coffee place near my hotel. Only had a chance to get a coffee on my way to the Port Authority bus station to get to Newark airport. Glad I bought a bag of whole beans and asked some questions on how they were making their coffee. I’ve made Turkish/Greek coffee at home a fair amount but now adding cinnamon, cardamom and clove with a touch of sugar is a special happy place.

Wish I could find Yemeni green beans in NZ so I can roast my own. Will keep looking.

This is the place/chain - https://www.qamariacoffee.com/cafes

#coffee #yemen

And that post must be followed by

Blues Brothers
Theme from Rawhide
https://youtu.be/S7CU5PR-Hf8

#JukeboxFridayNight #CountryMusic

Just having a bit of fun

Blues Brothers
“We got both kinds - Country and Western”
https://youtu.be/vS-zEH8YmiM

#JukeboxFridayNight #CountryMusic

@skinnylatte I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Cavalier with such short hair. They always look like they have such long ears with their hair. That said mine is due for a serious trim now that our weather is warming up. But mostly I need to trim his fuzzy butt.

@paul_ipv6 @steter I’m thinking Bond villain style - retracting barn to reveal a rising platform

Was looking for another Finnish movie to watch and found Light Light Light. What a fabulous movie.

https://tubitv.com/movies/100030204/light-light-light

@botvolution the reality is that I’ve been paying GST for NZ to folks like AliExpress and it just works. But that is the seller, not the postal system. Postal carriers and shipping companies haven’t been setup to pay duty/tariffs from the sender’s side historically. Customs clearance is done at the destination country where that country is responsible for their own collection and adherence to their own rules. So maybe some are adapting - until the orange dude has another tantrum and changes things again.

Trumps latest tariff tantrum reinstated tariffs on small value parcels (<$800), but the US doesn’t have systems in place to process and collect tariffs for this massive quantity of shipments. So they have told other countries that they are responsible for collecting the tariff at the point of origin. Of course, that isn’t how tariffs work so postal and shipping companies are just not accepting parcel shipments to the US

#tariff #post #NZPost

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570844/small-business-at-risk-of-closure-after-nz-post-suspends-shipping-to-us

https://yle.fi/a/74-20178678

Well basically everyone will simply stop allowing shipment of parcels to the US

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/european-postal-services-suspend-us-packages-shipment-tariffs/

@aral profound!

@skinnylatte oh, and if you want to have good biscuits and gravy (and grits) in SF - if it is still there the Pork Store put in the Haight was the best I could find on the peninsula

@skinnylatte I get many of the Kiwis and those of British origin just saying “those are scones” without knowing that biscuits like this even exist. Maybe they call the ones at KFC scones also for all I know.

Finally made my own biscuits and gravy. Found a recipe for the biscuits that freezes the butter and then grates it into the flour. Genius! Pork mince with tons of sage, thyme, garlic, black pepper and chili flakes.

Made this for myself as my birthday breakfast.

#cooking #BiscuitsAndGravy

For anyone who says “ah, scones” - they are not. Consistency is quite different. Hate to make the comparison, but what people may know are the biscuits at KFC (which are sad versions of a baking powder biscuit)

@skinnylatte that must be the inspiration for this
https://microlino-car.com/en-ch/microlino