Notices by Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io), page 10

@TheBreadmonkey the time zone variation in this country is so huge, I’m only going to get to eat and thank people in 4 hours

And here’s my pineapple saga

https://buttondown.com/skinnylatte/archive/a-pineapple-saga/

My wife and I were talking about creating our own holidays, as a queer interracial couple. I take issue with my cultural traditions (lunar new year and Christmas) as I’m deprogramming evangelical Chinese Christianity from my life. So I decided that for lunar new year every year we will have a Pineapple Festival.

I will make pineapple tarts, then tepache, then pollo en chicha.

I started this last year:

https://buttondown.com/skinnylatte/archive/year-of-the-dragon/

Pineapple (Ong Lai) in Hokkien means prosperity

#Food #Chinese

I also really enjoy a recent thing I’ve been seeing of famous ramen restaurants in Japan doing co-branded instant ramen. Probably made by one of these producers but tweaked to taste just like the ramen they’re known for. They tend to be a bit harder to buy but I always enjoy it when friends bring them for me from Japan or Singapore

Reddit comment with a good list of instant ramen that surpasses the average quality of regular ramen (stuff that comes quite close to restaurant ramen), and where to buy them online

I firmly believe most of these products are better than the expensive and not great ramen restaurants in cities without a thriving ‘fancy ramen’ scene

https://www.reddit.com/r/ramen/comments/16v03hs/comment/k2qaxwz/

#Food #Ramen

@LeafyEricScott i love madhur jaffrey, but curry leaves are prevalent more across south indian cooking, which i personally prefer (especially chettinad and kongunadu style food)

https://www.kannammacooks.com/category/recipes/kongunad-recipes/

is my fave

3. And 4. Go together for me

Lemongrass and pandan chicken is a thing
Lemongrass and pandan tea
Lemongrass in a grilled fish
Pandan wrapping a whole chicken or fish then grilled whole

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/pandan-jelly-iced-tea/

2. Turmeric

I love turmeric rice. Not only is it delicious it is also beautiful

Turmeric fried chicken is also a thing. And if you have a whole turmeric, try burying it in the soil and waiting for turmeric leaves to grow and then using them to make any type of curry. It has a delicious fragrance you can’t get in anything store bought

https://whattocooktoday.com/nasi-kuning.html

1. Curry leaves

A really easy way to use them is to make these Tamil Nadu street style masala omelette

Next time you order Indian takeout, leave a tiny bit of gravy from any dish.

Mix it with your eggs and beat it well.

Add curry leaves to some oil and warm it up together then scramble normally

Curry leaves and eggs are a flavorful combination I’m obsessed with

https://www.kannammacooks.com/muttai-kalakki-egg-kalakki/

Bird version

https://www.reynspooner.com/products/endangered-species-pacific-island-birds-spooner-kloth?pr_prod_strat=pinned&pr_rec_id=1ffe6072b&pr_rec_pid=7487536988244&pr_ref_pid=7201466155092&pr_seq=uniform

Monterey Bay "Hawaiian" shirt (has sharks)

https://www.reynspooner.com/products/monterey-bay-spooner-kloth?variant=41009695621204

#Monterey #BlackFriday

I clicked on a photo coz it said it was a pic of a dog with her grandma and I was expecting to see a grandma dog but no it was a human grandma

@greycat if you ever get whole turmeric, bury it in pot of soil and wait until they grow leaves too. Use turmeric leaves alongside curry leaves. Delicious

@ben ooh yeah those too

@rebelwarrior screwpine leaves. Has a vague flavor of vanilla but grassy and better to me

Four ingredients that taste like home:

1. Curry leaves
2. Turmeric
3. Lemongrass
4. Pandan

#Food #TootSea

@halla it’s v good!

Guardian – China reels from spate of suspected ‘revenge against society’ attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/22/china-deals-with-violence-amid-revenge-against-society-attacks

@tezoatlipoca there are marathons that’s about running around the entire country!

@tezoatlipoca it’s 32C all year round and 99% humidity, so no

The people who are into hiking and biking do it before sunrise or after sunset (and it’s still v v hot)