Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 24 Aug 2023

My dinner tonight was fabulous

Image of a plate with Mediterranean chicken drumsticks, lebanese rice, hummus, toum,spicy roast pumpkin and a piece of lebanese bread. 5/5 yum yums.

Components look delicious but also scared of eachother
- A place for everything and everything in its place.
I need more details on that Lebanese rice 👀
- This is probably the closest to what I make.
  https://amiraspantry.com/lebanese-rice/
  I just use 1/2 cup of noodles, 1 cup of rice, 2 cups of water.

Yup I'm definitely in middle-America...

I have and could have taken so many more photos of stuff like this

Imagine spending your hard-earned money on merch that features people you despise.
The political merch grift is something I can never understand.
- The people making those shirts have a very good hustle though, make a shirt with trump on it and now all the MAGA types are basically throwing their money at you to get their hands on it, and then make one mocking trump,and the people really against trump will do the same
- My ex-stepdad would be one of those people.
  I mean hey a grifts a grift.
Oh man...
I was there during the 2016 elections and couldn't believe the amount of "political merchandising":
- I actually wouldn't mind a Hilary Nutcracker.

So my wife just told me that shortly after I went to the office, one of the cats parked herself on top of her.

With her butt right up her face.

Apparently she also just took a shit moments before.

And then she just stared at my wife like there she didn't do anything wrong.

This is why I get fluffy cats. You cannot see their bum.

I have a throat infection or a cold or flu and man it is fucking me up baaaaadly. Tomorrow is eofy work dinner at a really nice place. I just want to be able to go.

It is brutal. I was even 100% recovered and I'm back in it again. You should hear some of the kids coughing and spluttering in daycare.
I had that or not dissimilar from when I went OS 3m ago. Rude upper respiratory it lingered.
Yuppp I'm on the arse end of one. It's going around. 3 days of torture.

Tried to convince my manager that we should shut the office for the afternoon and go for a trip to one of the chocolatier places as a team bonding experience. It didn't work today... but I'm sure I'll try again tomorrow.

Because you were let down I think you need a basket of office support kittens and/or puppies.
- behold Casey in all his fluffy glory ::: spoiler spoiler
  :::
- Yes, yes, I do believe you're correct!

Oh it's breakfast time so I can show you all my breakfast from this morning. Humungous breakfast burrito from that same diner I went to last night. Fork for scale. That's their home made "green chilli" on the side, which was not green but was delicious.

Breakfast burritos are actually the best burritos. I hope it was excellent!
- It really was. It had egg, sausage, cheese, onion, hash brown and peppers in it I think. Only thing was it was so chonky I had to use a fork'n knife!
I must admit I'm quite jealous of you Bull... How have you found the portion size to price ratio? The food there does look gigantic, but is it actually as good value as it seems once you convert the freedom eagles over into dollarydoos?
- It hurts the wallet. It's not a good time to be an AUD wielder in USD land at the moment. They are having their own cost of living crisis and a lot of places food items look like our prices, making them mega expensive when you convert to AUD. Plus you have to add tax and tip.
That looks delicious and as much food as I eat in a whole day

Been to pub. Mildly inebriated (this word took me three attempts on the phone keyboard)

15 years in prison for Malka Leifer somehow doesn't seem enough

Apparently she'll be put in immigration detention and then deported as soon as she's done the minimum sentence of 11 1/2 years. abc article

more floofiness , Oscar ( blue himalayan ) with totoro

I'm gonna put my money on the cat if things escalated between those two.
- He was a great cat beloved by all. 💗

Hi kids. I’m about to start work and I don’t want to

Hi not kid, I feel you. It's cold and early and working sucks
Hi mum, we are hungry and we gratefully wait for you to put bread on the table.
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Din dins tonight - pork shoulder chop marinated in nostimini, mashed spud and brussells sprouts dressed in dijon mustard and butter.

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And a knob of butter in the crater of the mash. Yes I know that little trick. I know it well.
- The classics never date.
TIL a new word: nostimini, thanks, looks delicious 🙏

Maybe with the assistance of a glass or two of something.

Chicken and cashew tonight.

With that magical bull's eye carolina reapr hawt sauce. only a few mls left which makes me sad.

Stock up while it's available!
- Now you're scaring me. This better not be another sriracha type sitch.
Thank you for the inspiration, I just had some chicken and cashew

My culinary experiment today was very successful. I took one microwave sausage roll, heated it as per instructions, then took it out of its sleeve and air fried it for 5 minutes. It went from a 3/5 yum yums to a 4/5 yum yums.

(Please note that 5/5 yum yums is reserved for homemade sausage rolls only).

Oh golly, I could go for a basic sausage roll.
Going to do some low level food shopping today, trying to figure out what I want.
I think I'm going to pick up some 2 minute noodles and some cocktail frankfurts. Not sure what else to be honest. Wouldn't mind some party pies or sausage rolls but not sure I could fit them in my freezer at the moment.
- Always wait for the party pies and sausage rolls to go on special then you pounce. Also Mrs Mac,'s microwave sausage rolls are half price every few weeks. Something like $1.25 - $1.50 compared to $3. Aldi also have microwave sausage rolls that are exactly like Mrs Mac's.

Everyone's got that one co-worker who doesn't bloody listen, right?

TWICE today I've tagged something as "need to discuss with team lead, leave this alone and I'll come back to it when I have an answer"

Twice today he's ignored that tag. He's done the work as though I hadn't said anything...and his answers have proven to be the wrong ones.

Twice today I've had to go back and fix his mistakes, on work he shouldn't have been doing because I specifically said I was investigating something about it and needed to confirm I was right.

DAMN IT, DUDE, STOP TOUCHING MY STUFF

how else can he show he is a GO GETTER
- Can he go get something else
I understand this is bad timing but the hammer was right all those years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo

Brains trust. I somehow have inherited 5 heads of broccoli that I need to use this week.

Recommendations? (Other than soup which is sorta my last ditch option...)

Make a gratin. Blanch the rest and then freeze them.
How to freeze broccoli
- I've never made a gratin in my life and I haven't been having that much dairy recently so wondering if I want to go down that route. But blanching and freezing looks like a winner - that way my friends can use some when they come back too! Thanks for that link
- I've definitely got broc and tuna pasta on the list for one of the heads... I couldn't do more than one head with pasta though. Reckon I'd get sick of it
Bit of stir fry broccoli with maybe some garlic and soy sauce?
You could make a broccoli frittata. My favourite pasta has broccoli fried with bacon, onion, pesto and a dash of cream, all done while the pasta is cooking. You could do those Indian style vege Fritters. Or a chicken and broccoli stir fry with hoisin or cashews.
I vote for doing some cheese and cauliflower style pies, as they freeze well.
I’m not experienced with making pies and the online recipes look annoying. But I’d probably steam the veg, make a roux cheese sauce with garlic and onion powder, mix, then either use a pie maker or do pastie shapes with premade pastry sheets. It’s uh… a hand pie. Yeah.
Wait shit it is
Edit: You can also make a few different meals with it, it doesn’t have to be just one
shiitake, chinese cabbage, vermicellii, red bean curd, and really just any vegetables capable of soaking up juice, for this: https://en.christinesrecipes.com/2010/02/braised-vegetables-with-red-fermented.html
- Ooh thanks for that rec. The place I'm staying at has plenty of East Asian ingredients and condiments so braising might be very much on the menu.
Wait, didn’t Smeg or someone have a broccoli pasta they really liked? A while ago a few DT regulars were cooking it for dinner. Broccoli was cooked down into a liquidy looking sauce, I can’t find it.
But Tin Eats is a very popular DT recipe site so maybe it was theirs https://www.recipetineats.com/quick-broccoli-pasta/ It uses two whole heads
- Ah yes now that you mention it I do remember! That would actually be a perfect use of this broccoli glut. I think maybe it was styled off this https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/broccoli-and-anchovy-penne-20140310-34gsq.html
  Where the broccoli is grated to help it become liquidy
Roast broccoli with a little oil and chilli is delicious
This is my all time favourite salad and so easy to make!
https://thedesignfiles.net/2013/12/tasty-tuesday-char-grilled-broccoli-with-chickpeas-almonds-lemon-and-chilli

Hoping today will be the last day I need off due to sore throat. Can't work with no voice. Can't risk making throat worse until it's healed. Feeling better today but still sore and swollen lymph nodes. This week has sucked

- Rum or Brandy also work in a hot toddy.

Final night of night rotation and then it's back to the land of the living, thank goodness. Thinking of doing a spot of antiquing this weekend, I need to find another nice tea set for the tea party I'm throwing.

The crash of the Aussie dollar means buying books from the US is now very expensive . And no, most of what I want ( non fiction technical books ) are not available here in dead tree nor available on audible

Have you tried libgen?
- It's russian and there is no way in hell I would go there or install the app . There appears to be some safe mirrors of the site, I'll have a look at those.
  But now you mention it I should have a look at internet archive to see what they have.

Pleasure! I'm often at Woolies so I can check them quite frequently.

Enjoy!

Edit: dammit, this was meant to be a reply to Force about Kippers. Not sure how this happened.

I see you. Let me know if you see King Oscar Briesling sardines on sale!

Goddamn it I hate it when podcasts fade an interviewee in and out and you only hear about half a sentence before the host starts talking again. My brain is working overtime trying to follow what's being said with such an unnatural alternation of voices

Sounds like really bad editing or technique.
They’d be better off just leaving it alone and it would be perfect.
Fade in and fade out interviewees actually sounds really silly and amateurish.
- Hm well I shouldn't say interviewees but one of the subjects of the podcast. So the host will be narrating something and the pre recorded interview is playing at a very low volume in the background and will pop through when a relevant point is made (for dramatic effect) - and then that person continues talking so you're primed to expect something more, but they are quickly faded before the host comes back to talk over them and continue the narration. I just find it so distracting.
  But it's actually seemingly common on big, professionally made podcasts like This American Life and this CBC podcast I'm listening to

Ordered a home delivered rat test. Fingers crossed it's not covid...

So I'm still thinking about that planner, I probably will get it and do it on afterpay since it'll be like $25 every two weeks (I also want some pens from the shop that I really like, Zebra Sarasa!). But I went to see if I have a notebook available so it can tie me over until 2024, and I found my 2020 Bullet Journal, I did Bujo-ing since like 2016 maybe 2015 so I was in the deeps with this thing. But because 2020 was well... 2020, I stopped using it because there wasn't really a point to it. But around March I started journaling essentially, and I'm reading through my thoughts and I'm so thankful for past self doing it because, yeah. Though the ADHD really shown through in 2020 because I'm talking about my stint with rollerskating (I wanna get back into it but chronic pain 😭

But in April, I said "I'm not too sure what else to put here. Most of days are at home but I guess this is for me when I'm older, if they look back at it. To you, I hope you're safe <3" and I cried. Sorry this is so long, but I have a lot of feelings.

I did journalling in 2020 so my kids would have something to remember what it was like.. not that they'll probably want to lol
- I don’t remember much about that year, and from what I do remember… that’s a good thing. The only good part of that awful time was getting my kitty and being with her
If you do get it, please let us know how it is. It looked like an amazing journal, I’m still thinking about it too 😂. My bujo is more planner than journal, I use lots of stickers to brighten it up. I find it’s a good resource to look back on, hopefully you will have a great memento to look back at 2024.
- Will do. Apparently they sell out fast, but hopefully with this year they've made more copies. I'm just going to wait and see how much my new glasses will cost me. Yeah my Bullet Journal was kind of a mixmash of both, but definently more planner than journal, it wasn't until 2020 where I started journaling. It wasn't a lot but yeah. I love the idea of bullet journaling, and while making new spreads was a form of self care, I just think now like, the idea of sitting down and creating a whole thing just feels so daunting. And yes, I know I don't have to make it look pretty, but I like to do it.
  With this planner I do plan to make it look pretty, but the fact that everything is already laid out for me makes me happy.

Arghhh I decided to be all healthy and go for a walk last night, but unfortunately the circuit I picked out took about 2 hours when I was expecting it to only take about 30-40 mins. But by the time I realised, it felt pointless to start backtracking so I kept going. It's been a while since I walked that much, and it was nice, until I ran out of energy 😭

@CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone

I went to Aldi for some groceries today.

Bought a little bit too more than I bargained for and had to cut back on some stuff.

No party pies sadly. Their single frozen sausage rolls are 1.99 each. Almost tempting but I went for t-Rex chicken nuggets and guess what I found?

Hash browns! Mislabeled and all but I grabbed a bag of those too. 1kg for $4.69.

Also frankfurts went up by 40 cents a pack :(

Ooo. I'm so happy about the hash browns because they are the best. Thanks for that update 👍

Dinner for me tonight.

Potato salad and air fried southern seasoned chicken.

Yum yum

I think I’m getting crook again. I’m not even completely over the last one. Somethings clearly doing the rounds.

I went to the GP this morning for med cert for sore throat/congestion shit and he confirmed that something like that was indeed going around a lot atm
same 😢

I think I need to bake something tonight (not myself). I want to make lasagne. Or cupcakes. Both! All of the things.

I've got a massive zit where one would have a moustache if one should choose that lifestyle.

Disco music is becoming a real dirty pleasure of mine lately. Started with the movie The Martian of all places. Feel strange walking around listening to a bit of Boney M.

- the amount of times I look at my watch and I see this is bizarre. And, no, I don't mean once or twice a day...like, I don't see it's 1:23 or 3:45 all the time...

to me it says lunch time :(
I am a simple person.
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Same! Or 11:11 as another has said. I'm wondering what a science type explanation would be. Like if it's a form of confirmation bias, where because our human brains are good at finding patterns then that's what we see more or something. Idk, I'm not science type person, just potat.
- It does seem a bit like a kind of frequency illusion aka Baader Meinhof phenomenon... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- The Synchronicity Theory is an interesting one, basically it's the belief that meaningful coincidences are more than just chance. Say you're thinking about a friend who you haven't seen or spoken to for years, and then they call you out of the blue. It also covers seeing the same numbers repeatedly, including the time on a clock or watch.
It's 11:11 for me
Hey thanks for posting at !alternativenation@lemmy.world !
- No problem. May have doxxed myself as I get around in one of their t-shirts quite often.
  But then again, Lemmy is tiny.
Glad it's not just me that experiences this - it's 9.11 for me
- 11:11 for me!
that does look like a confusing watch face.

I don't have a photo but you can totally put lemon garlic broccoli in an cashu chicken.

Broccolui recipy:

https://rasamalaysia.com/garlic-broccoli/

chashu chick is nagi's.

If I were veg I'd just do shit takes .

Idea is you're 3/4 way there for the cashoo, your mind turns to broccoli and then you just throw the whole thing together and the lemon actually compliments the dish you're butchering.

Marmalade remade, lemon juice added and a bit of pectin. Put some star anise on top and it smells like a German cake shop. yum

Slept like a log, but ground my teeth so my jaw hurts and I have a slight headache ugh

I'm being quite whingy but I'm not overly bad off, just extremely bleeeehhhhhhhgghgghhhh

- I try to fall asleep with my mouth open or with my tongue between my teeth; sometimes it works. I just need to get my shit together and go to the pharmacy for a mouthguard. I've just been so epically lazy

I’m so annoyed that I don’t have the energy or appetite to cook anymore.

I’m still going to look at your food pics and chime in though

I definitely went through a 2-3 week phase of regaining my appetite and cooking heaps. Seems to be waning though as I've more recently burnt up a lot of energy on cat stuff, moving, fast paced work stuff. After being up up up my body is starting to sink into relaxation (even though I kinda can't for another two weeks). Super grateful I have a heap of stuff in the fridge and freezer to last me a solid week.
Same.
I have the mental energy and there's so much I want to do today, headache tells me no.

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Something I can taste please. I got up at 7:40 last night after not eating all day and attempted a can of soup. Normally love me some pea and ham but couldn't taste it :(
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Bathtub of dirty chai latte please? Woke up at 4:30 and between nature bellowing and the cats never got back to sleep, 😖
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Bring on the warm weather, I am sick of wearing jumpers and ooodie.

Felt actually hungry for the first time in a couple of days. Ordered Chinese food. I couldn't taste it except for the spicy soup, which I could almost taste, but which inexplicably had chunks of pineapple and raw tomato floating around in it. Not sure what kind of Chinese food that is lol. The steamed dim Sims looked like a couple of brains. The chicken satay skewers were done in a batter, which I haven't encountered before and hopefully won't again.

My earworm right now is

my neck my back lick my pussy and my crack

And it is all that is getting me through this snotty nose and sore throat.

You're unwell too! God we're all going down like flies! How you feeling this morning?
- I could be better lol. I picked it up from a friend I think haha.
That's far more exciting than mine, which is the line from David Bowies' Ashes to Ashes, "I'm happy, hope you're happy too".
I get that earworm ALL THE TIME

Based on the number of enquiries about my outdoor furniture I think I underpriced it 🤣 It does mean it should be gone this afternoon, and I will have 1/3 of the estimated garden project cost covered, so that is a good result. Once it's gone I'll be able to make a start on pulling up some paving.

This shit is WILD. International secretive art dealing and tax dodging!

I read the whole story. What scum but it didn't surprise me at all.
These cunts make Getty look like an angel.
TBCRBRS (too bad, couldn't read because requires subscription) summary?
- https://12ft.io/
  Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder.
  Slap the link into this website and it will remove the paywall :)
- If you open the link in Safari or Firefox and hit the X to stop it fully downloading, you should be able to bypass that kind of paywall.
I can't seem to ummm legally read that article. 12ft and the hold x didn't work...
- I can’t seem to get it either sad.
- If you open the link in Safari or Firefox and hit the X to stop it fully downloading, you should be able to bypass that kind of paywall.

The newspapers are looking good today.

I bought the book Legends and Lattes on Saturday and I'm a little over 100 pages and it makes me so happy. It's so cute. I've heard people really love it or really dislike it. I hope I like it by the end. But so far, really enjoying it! I highly recommend it to people who like fantasy settings similar to Dungeons and Dragons, or cozy murders (so far no murder but it's called a cozy fantasy). I'm not even a fan of fantasy myself and I'm enjoying this.

If you can pace yourself, the sequel is due out in November. Ha! Who am I kidding? I devoured Legends and Lattes in like a day and a bit.
- I'm super keen for it. I also found out way too late that the author has a Kickstarter for a hardcover copy. Only available slots were like $145AUD.
I loved Legends and Lattes so much so that I bought the physical copy after listening to the audiobook, which is something I never do
- Yeah, I heard (heh) that the author does the audibook version because he's done audiobooks before and he's very good at it apparently.

@Duenan@aussie.zone I loaded up on the discount herring today, thanks for the tip!

Strange, I thought I replied to you but I'll keep an eye on it quite frequently and let you know when I see them on sale.

I'm hoping the snuffly feeling is two days consecutive lawn mowing (ours yesterday, next door's today) plus the wood fire + burning old documents and not What's Going Around...

Already went to sleep but woke up, apparently to listen to: The Roots - You Got Me

Could all the people on the tram who have a low level constant sniffle, please blow your noses properly. I get that cold weather can cause a minor nasal drip, but please I'm over it. It just wasn't that cold today.

Have been guilty of this. I didn't have tissues.
- One person I can live with so I'll forgive you. But when it's most of the passengers ...

I've always worn my Minnie Mouse costume with pants but was planning to wear it with stockings and shorts tomorrow only to be told by my mum that it's too short. I would ordinarily just brush it off but it stuffs up my whole plan for tomorrow as I'm leaving from work to go to dinner and I was planning to change into a dress, but now I'd have to go to work in pants and a top, carry my costume to wear over top and carry a dress, stockings and shorts (to prevent chub rub) and my brain just can't compute that. Also not even sure what dress I'm wearing tomorrow night let alone what shoes/boots to wear that I can just wear all day and there's no dress code. So basically I'm on a spiral and instead of coming up with a solution I'm sitting on my bed paralysed by the indecision and uncertainty.

Here's a photo for reference. Lol.
Edit to add: I work in long daycare with young children, so always conscious of being appropriate.
- Nothing wrong with wearing that with stockings. I wouldn’t say anything if my teenage goddaughters wore that. Tell your mum to get a life ;)
- That doesn’t look too bad. If you’re worried you could put a petticoat, slip or slightly longer skirt under it.
  Just chuck all the stuff in a backpack
You look adorable. 💗 Stop worrying and just wear it. Lay out 2 outfits and pack one in a bag. (and with tights it's perfectly fine )

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