jeff-franklin.bsky.social
I am not cool
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@orchids.bsky.social what macro lens are you using?
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"run" seems kind of optimistic, but yeah
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Sasha
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Modified gai pad kaprow. Original recipe: thewoksoflife.com/thai-basil-c...
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There's a name for this, but I'll be damned if i can remember it. Chicken, chiles, and aromatics with Thai basil, fish sauce, soy, and lime juice
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Acquire a passion for something you have to do anyway. I lived alone, but had to eat, so I learned to enjoy cooking. A lot of big city people are similarly passionate about how best to get somewhere across town.
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Nah I just read the recipe, and it's dumb.
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Right? I'll report back!
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I bought a bread making machine at Christmas--the recipe book comes with a hands-off recipe for meatloaf. I can't see it working very well, but I might give it a try, for science!
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She was a mean spirited, bigoted crusader!
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Awesome!
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Fair point, I hadn't thought about freezing it! So it can be made in bulk!
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They aren't delicate, so you can err on the side of leaving them in there. I'd say an hour at 350/400 degrees is fine. They will occasionally leak, so I've learned to put parchment paper on the baking dish or sheet pan. Also, sometimes you can find "candy cane" beets that have swirls of color.
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Roasted beets. Hear me out: wrap them individually in foil and throw them in the oven for an hour. Skin slips right off, then you can cut them up and put them in salads or whatever. My favorite is beet/olive/orange/shaved fennel. Or classic borscht.
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Totally get that my experience is not everyone's experience, but it's like anything else--to get good at something, we need to practice, and it's hard to practice something you don't like...
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So, it took effort and lots of practice, but it turns out I _like_ to cook. I'm fortunate that my partner a) hates to cook and b) tolerates my "experiments," so I've been happy to put food on the table for my family most nights of the week for about 15 years now.
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1) You gotta eat, might as well make it something tasty
2) I'm gonna be broke, so no going out
3) I like to read, so lots of books have been written about cooking
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Then I kind of started my life over, in a new city, determined to at least get a job in the air conditioning. I didn't have many "inside people" skills, so I knew I was going to get a job with low pay. I made a conscious decision to Learn How to Cook.
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Fancy!
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thanks for reminding me I was going to make a pot of beans today!