We can get yuzu fruit here (Florida) but couldn’t get the seeds to sprout, not sure how the trees are propagated. Anyway - the fruit is underwhelming, the zest is divine, I made a yuzu kosho, it is delicious.
I think it grows in colder places and isn’t popular enough to get imported here, I can get so many fruits that are exotic elsewhere, but apples and potatoes are expensive here, and rhubarb I just never see.
I saw a recipe on.Bon Appetit for an orange juice and coffee drink, my initial impression was “no way” but I modified it a little and really liked it.
Cold brew, fresh squeezed orange juice, and Topo Chico fizzy water, poured over ice.
I also like the salad that is fennel, oranges and olives and onions, and also the Mexican fruit salad that’s pineapple, mango, jicama, onion, with citrus juice dressing and cotija sharp crumbled cheese.
I think that’s it for combinations that sound awful to me but taste good to me.
The legal investigation started because their +1 partner accused the husband of raping her. Not because of the consensual play. She is only getting roasted for being hypocritical, not for having a girlfriend. And the legal investigation is about the rape, not the consensual sex.
I don’t mind guys being awkward if they are at ease with it - I know this sounds like a contradiction but it’s not. I have dated guys who were, by the world’s standards, not outgoing or social or great at conversation, but who were clever as fuck, good in bed, and thoughtful, and not so entirely wrapped up in themselves.
Employment though - my personal experience is that guys (the ones I have known) need to work or they get focused on threats, real or imagined, to the exclusion of all else.
Plain salt, kettle cooked, most brands are good. Chips/crisps are my favorite junk food but really the plain salt flavored ones, potatoes, oil, and salt are the best.
Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...
It’s silly. And 5’10" isn’t short for a guy, and I say that as a tall lady. I don’t think most guys like feeling short, that’s problematic in itself but yeah, as you say, I would feel “short king” a backhanded compliment.
In general I think worrying about things people didn’t choose and can’t change is the worst. I feel slightly different about worrying about weight, but that’s my own baggage.
So in the whole anti-natalism/pro-natalism conversation (which I’m mostly agnostic/undecided on, currently), my friend who is a pro-natalist, argued that the success/stability of our world economy is dependent on procreating more children each year than the previous year, so that we not only replace the numbers of the people...
No, you cannot keep the population infinitely growing just to maintain the pyramid the economy is built on. I think greed clouds our vision, it would and will be possible with automation and AI to have a rich and technologically evolving economy with fewer people, the problem is people seem to feel they need to exploit other people or it’s not a reasonable economy.
This is my feeling as well. Let people decide to have children or not and make that choice possible with widely available, cheap and healthy birth control methods and support for parents.
I’m working on a side project studying variations in human facial features. It’s been helpful to study celebrity faces because it’s easy to find numerous reference photos. I’ve actually got a fairly good range of weird looking white men, turns out Hollywood is pretty flush with those, but it’s been harder to find...
Sure that’s a joke but I cannot overstate how quickly this would have slammed me straight back into anorexia if I’d seen it back when I was closer to it.
Also - Castelvetrano are the olives that non-olive people often like. The flavor is mild and buttery, not as sour as most but without the metallic edge the black olives have.
I think it’s because they are old foods that civilizations grew up around, and also they have complex and strong flavors. People who shy away from strong and complex flavors are seen as less cultured with foods, right? I have a very “cultured” palate for foods but have trouble liking wine, so I say my palate for drinks is uncultured - I do like cocktails a lot, but wine I just usually tolerate, some is ok, none do I find delicious.
Usually people who dislike olives are picky eaters in general. Not always, but if you don’t like them you probably just get lumped in with the picky eaters.
None of it matters, eat what you like, or grow your palate if you want. I have a challenge this year with my coworker who loves wine but is a ridiculously picky eater - I will try wine and he will try foods. We are challenging each other to expand our palates.
Sometimes employees aren’t empowered to do whatever it is you need done, but it is possible and allowed. That is when it’s better to ask for someone who can.
The population has tripled, downtown is no longer dead on weekends, housing cost has increased by a factor of 25. Crime has dropped precipitously, we went from one of the toughest areas in the country to average. No improvement in public transportation so traffic is much worse. My kids did not know the boredom that leads to hanging out drinking in empty lots, there aren’t many empty lots anymore.
The biggest problem I have with the gentrification here is that if all the housing is expensive, the city will suck because the people who work here can’t live here. We still have all the little places for now, all the restaurants and coffee shops and the pay is not good here (for all jobs) compared to similar sized cities elsewhere. Like, do we really want cops to not live where they work? Do we expect people to commute to work at the fast food places and grocery stores, the bodegas and botanicas?
Saturday drink, what are you having? (lemmy.world)
I’m having a bourbon and amaretto sour (inverted Morganthaler recipe, basically). Are you having a Saturday drink?
What vegetables and fruits do you wish were commonly available in the US?
What is the weirdest flavoured thing you've had?
Was it good?
Riff on Pas de Loup (lemmy.world)
Not much to look at but tastes good....
Explosive police report reveals how Moms for Liberty co-founder arranged bisexual threesomes (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Who would win: Marine animals or Humans?
Since whales are teaming up with each other to take down yachts and teaching others how to do it I thought this would be a fun question....
anon is sus (discuss.online)
Chip Enjoyers - What's your favourite brand/type of chip?
What do you think of the term "short king" as a term that's supposed to champion body positivity for men?
Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...
If you were Jesus, what would you get God for Father's Day?
Do we need to create increasingly more children for a stable economy?
So in the whole anti-natalism/pro-natalism conversation (which I’m mostly agnostic/undecided on, currently), my friend who is a pro-natalist, argued that the success/stability of our world economy is dependent on procreating more children each year than the previous year, so that we not only replace the numbers of the people...
What is a song you wanted to find again for a long time, but it gave you no clear clue about how to search for it?
I would also be curious to hear how you eventually found it again!...
Most unique looking celebrities?
I’m working on a side project studying variations in human facial features. It’s been helpful to study celebrity faces because it’s easy to find numerous reference photos. I’ve actually got a fairly good range of weird looking white men, turns out Hollywood is pretty flush with those, but it’s been harder to find...
Anon catches his wife (sh.itjust.works)
An oldie but a goodie picture (i.imgur.com)
"Don't Be Weak and Gay," a Missouri GOP Candidate Tells Voters in a New Campaign Ad (www.them.us)
Do you like olives?
I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross....
When should you in fact: Ask to speak to a manager?
In what subtle (or significant) ways has your hometown changed since your childhood?