Notices by Das (srdas@mastodon.online)

@skinnylatte I truly, deeply miss long train journeys. By long I mean 36+ hrs, some even 2 nights.

@skinnylatte were you the only one on the bus? :)

@skinnylatte @nihilistnomya I have super fond memories of a meal in Madurai - so many things, soft soft idlis, kotthu paratha, but most of all an incredible crab "omelette" - kid2 was 8 or so then, she asked for and we got more, as she kept eating, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Aah good times

@nihilistnomya black peppercorns, green chilies, curry leaves (perhaps some fennel seeds) - that's why I adore S. Indian - Chettinad spicing and flavors

Dong Po (or Kakuni) style pork belly lunch many days in the making (well started with breaking down, portioning and setting up last week Sunday). Blanched with ginger and scallion, marinated in (light + dark) soy, sake, ginger scallions and a bit of rock sugar; 76 ⁰C sour vide for 16 hrs, then put away. Saved one pack for today, froze the others, the gelatin in the bag made a super stock. Steamed to warm through and enjoyed with rice

Pic CW #Food meat

@skinnylatte wait wha!!! Jollibee couldn't open?! That's just silly (of SF) (or corrupt as you said). Either way loss for SF

@skinnylatte we've been wanting, longing to get on the Zephyr!

@WarnerCrocker is this the stuff of gop wet dreams?

@skinnylatte The Thai thick/sweet soy is too sweet? I usually have that (Healthy Boy brand) at hand - it's the thick molasses-y kind (but sweet too)

@skinnylatte oh thanks for that YT link. I've seen a lot of that yeast here in the Chinese/Asian stores too. I think you mean used to make, not made with fermented rice wine. I bought some a while ago and tried once not very successfully to make amazake type fermented rice. Probably because I didn't do ratios and temp right. Switched to koji for amazake - and that turn out well.

@msbellows @paninid it's 2025, I believe the phrase you are looking for is
Flaming Cybertruck

(Unless I'm a little off and that is the manifestation of the patronus you called)

@carolski one from my bookmarks after I heard about it. If I ever make it to Spain and near Barcelona (and L'Estartit) in Figueres is a typewriter museum! It's also next to the Dali museum - so it'll be a great two-fer

Technical Museum of the Empordà
Museu de la Tècnica de l'Empordà
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6k4zecXmPfQukh3G6

Some pics from last year/this year [2023→2024] NYE that we could celebrate in Kobe*
Still so grateful for that opportunity and time 🙏🏽 #DiJP
Kids learned to put on their own kimonos (and researched and bought their own with their allowance 😭)

*Pics and short thread from when we were there:
https://mastodon.online/@SRDas/111676508336952636

@skinnylatte you're trying to cut down?

@skinnylatte this (at restaurants) must be for beginners. I'd up the dishes count per person by 1, and by 2 when 4+ people 😄

More spot-on 🔥 from Cory @pluralistic [see the thread]

"Musk is a billionaire welfare queen"

"Musk is a billionaire welfare queen who hates workers and unions and has a long rap-sheet of cheating, maiming and tormenting his workforce."

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113647128246987235

#SilentSunday

@paninid @skinnylatte if you need to look up expense ratios, then skip it.

https://mastodon.online/@SRDas/109355840040195381

If you haven't thawed your turkey yet, no worries. You can't brine it, but you can cook straight from frozen - at about 325 °F, it will take longer than a thawed 🦃, about 6hrs for 18-20 lb.

#TurkeyTalk

#SilentSunday