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  1. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    Only thing I can think of is I always end my text messages with a space, but this isn’t really an English thing. I mostly do it because I want to make sure the last word is autocorrected instead...

    Only thing I can think of is I always end my text messages with a space, but this isn’t really an English thing. I mostly do it because I want to make sure the last word is autocorrected instead of gibberish, but my friends have noticed it throughout the years

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Classic Indian Green Curry / Chicken Handi in ~food

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    We ended up putting them in the oven as little disc shaped patty things and ate them for breakfast the next morning. The dough was a bit too dense, which made for a pretty eh texture, but taste...

    We ended up putting them in the oven as little disc shaped patty things and ate them for breakfast the next morning. The dough was a bit too dense, which made for a pretty eh texture, but taste was it was quite good ! I’m thinking I’ll need to experiment a little more with that just to see if I can make something interesting with it...

    3 votes

  3. Comment on What 'classic' bands or artists do you think are overrated? And can you suggest any alternatives? in ~music

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    I've never really been a fan of classic rock styled music but I do believe Queen to be the most overrated of them all.... Dunno why, never managed to feel anything but slight irritation towards...

    I've never really been a fan of classic rock styled music but I do believe Queen to be the most overrated of them all.... Dunno why, never managed to feel anything but slight irritation towards their music lol.

    I do think King Crimson and Pink Floyd have some good cuts when it comes to old classic rock music, especially In The Court of the Crimson King and Meddle.

    2 votes

  4. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Classic Indian Green Curry / Chicken Handi

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    Hello hello, sorry for being a bit late recently with these, been real tired hahah. Alas, I am still keeping the tradition and making these once a week, every Friday ! It's my little escape time,...

    Hello hello, sorry for being a bit late recently with these, been real tired hahah. Alas, I am still keeping the tradition and making these once a week, every Friday ! It's my little escape time, anyways :P Since I missed the writeup for last week, I'll be putting both on the same post for extra goodies for the fellow readers of this !

    June 5th:

    this week for my curry dish I have prepared a green indian curry ! Which, frankly, I didn't know existed in this form before.... If you know me, you know there are two foods that I really hate the most when raw, those being cilantro and yoghurt. So, when my dad sent me a green curry based on cilantro and yoghurt, I was a bit skeptical at first. I mean, surely combining both of my least hated ingredients together would make for a sensory disaster ! But, to my surprise, eating this was not as much of a pain as I thought it was going to be. No no, instead of being an awful pile of green mush, it ended up being quite nice chicken with a rich and tasty green sauce on top. Honestly, one of the most confusing and fun times of my life ! Cooking it was a bit of a hassle tho, since it did smell awful for me. But it was well worth it ! :P

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/LNV3nAl
    Recipe: https://www.scrambledchefs.com/classic-indian-green-curry/

    June 12th:

    Hello hello, sorry for being a bit late recently with these, been real tired hahah. Alas, I am still keeping the tradition and making these once a week, every Friday ! It's my little escape time, anyways :P

    This week, I have prepared a dish I found on the channel Get Curried: Chicken Handi! It's a dish traditionally made in a special pan called a Handi, which I do not own! So I just used my trusty dutch oven pot. The recipe was a pretty simple curry, consisting of a mostly cream/yoghurt based sauce with a little tomato, varied spices, onion, and of course, chicken ! I think by it's own it was a pretty good recipe, but for me, what made it stand out was the fact that I used ghee for the first time in one of these. Took me 6 months to finally do it, but I bought a tub of ghee for this just to try it out. And...
    Oh My God.

    Ghee was an absolute game changer !!! The nutty, creamy flavour really propelled this dish into fantastic territories I didn't even know were possible ! I haven't been this ecstatic for a single ingredient in a while, but god damn. I truly believe ghee to be irreplaceable after this experience, I'll have to see if it impacts other dishes I've made a lot or not. But safe to say, this was such a great addition to my cooking ingredients. Will have to use again.

    On another note, here's a little anecdote about the whole cooking process from that day. Dad and I went to buy some yoghurt to make naan (which turned out quite amazing in the end), and he saw a tub of yoghurt that was on sale. Quite cheap, too. So without hesitation, he bought it. Once we got back home, he realized it was skim yoghurt, which wouldn't make for the best naan, but it's alright anyways. Once he started kneading the dough, he soon quickly realized that he had gotten... Vanilla yoghurt. So now, we had a whole batch of sugary naan dough which would definitely not work well with our curry and no yoghurt left for anything. In retrospect that was quite funny, lol.
    He did end up going for some yoghurt, though. We ended up making some pretty great naan, as I said before :P

    Anyhoo, great recipe that I'd REALLY recommend doing, especially if you're using ghee! But maybe don't use too much, we made the mistake of adding a bit much, which made a really big grease pool on top, which could be unappetising. But hey, you ain't hearing me complain about it :P

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/uEi00Q9
    Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO0issT0Rmc
    Question of the day: what foods have had a "click" in your lifetime? Perhaps something you have once hated, but then suddenly just finally understood. It's happened to me a few times, curious to see if anyone else has gotten that feeling hahahah.

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    7 votes

  5. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

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    Hello ! Fellow Montrealer here. I have lives here for almost all my life, albeit I might be a lot younger than most people are in the Tildes demographic. We as a city are quite welcoming to most...

    Hello ! Fellow Montrealer here. I have lives here for almost all my life, albeit I might be a lot younger than most people are in the Tildes demographic.

    We as a city are quite welcoming to most types of people and generally represent a vast amount of different cultures and peoples. Depending on where you go, Montreal could easily feel like multiple cities in one! It's definitively not a perfect city in that regards (I mean, what city is anyways?) but I do believe it's quite remarkable how nice and welcoming we are as a city for the most part.

    Living here without knowing french is also, surprisingly, not the hardest thing in the world! Sure, learning it can help IMMENSELY, but people who can't speak it is something that montrealers are accustomed to seeing. Plus, since you speak English, it makes it even easier, since most of Montreal is quite open towards that specific language, ESPECIALLY comparatively to the rest of Quebec. I do recommend it though, it's quite nice to learn and makes you appreciate the culture here a lot more.

    I do think Montreal has rich culture, if that's something you're interested in. Nothing huge or jarring (except for maybe some kinds of foods we eat) that I can think of right on the spot, but I'm sure it would be noticeable for someone foreign.

    Food here is quite nice. Decent ratio between fast foods and local stuff. As mentioned by @arghdos, The farmer markets here are awesome hahah. the one I live closest to is the Jean-Talon market, which I quite enjoy going to. Might get more expensive when it comes to meats and other such produce, but the whole vegetable/fruit side of it goes for similar to regular grocery stores, but in a nicer environment !

    To be fair, I don't have much to compare the city to since I've lived here forever, but I am quite proud of it and I do love most parts of the city. West island is kind of boring, but everything else has great places, especially for families! Going to the Vieux-Port is still fun to me after all these years, The Mont Royal is still a really beautiful place, the people remain kind and grateful, etc. Let me know if you want any more info that I couldn't really think of in the spot, and I hope to see you arrive here in the near future !

    Tomi

    5 votes

  6. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Bon Appetit's Chana Masala

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    hello hello dear friends ! I am here once again a little late on my curry posting this week... the whole world is just so in shambles right now! It's a bit of a heavy subject so I'll refrain from...

    hello hello dear friends !

    I am here once again a little late on my curry posting this week... the whole world is just so in shambles right now! It's a bit of a heavy subject so I'll refrain from talking too much about it, but it's certainly affected me personally if I am honest. Might be a factor in why I decided for something so simple this week hahaha.

    Anyways, we've got another Chana Masala this week ! Yes yes, the third week I do this recipe, and it's still quite a kicker ! This time, I used a recipe from the trusty ol' Bon Appetit, which was honestly probably the easiest one of all the ones I have made. Just put some tomatoes on some onions and add curry powder and chickpeas and BLAMO ! a delicious, hearty meal ! It's still crazy to me that such things like this exist... It took me like, what, a few minutes to dice and brown an onion ? then wait 20 minutes ? and then I get to have such a nice and happy time with my parents eating at the table together and cherishing moments together... all from something as simple as this! it really is a marvel, I tell ya.

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/MORtjiv
    Recipe: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/chana-masala
    Question of the day: What is a food that you absolutely adore that is also quite healthy ?

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Protests over death of George Floyd disrupt Minneapolis, and beyond in ~news

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    Thinking of donating to some fund about all this with my first paycheck but I’m not too sure which one... I think the funerary one is already fully payed for, any tips? I’m absolutely heartbroken...

    Thinking of donating to some fund about all this with my first paycheck but I’m not too sure which one... I think the funerary one is already fully payed for, any tips? I’m absolutely heartbroken by all of this and I want to do the best I can as a white Canadian.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Bon Appetit's Katsu Curry in ~food

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    Honestly I just use my pixel 3 XL camera hahahah, pixels always have been renowned for its amazing cameras, so that can explain it well. And yes! Anything with butter always makes for something...

    Honestly I just use my pixel 3 XL camera hahahah, pixels always have been renowned for its amazing cameras, so that can explain it well. And yes! Anything with butter always makes for something super delicious next to a dish, especially saucy stuff. Whenever I make the kenji naan recipe I feel like I’m in heaven... so good !

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Bon Appetit's Katsu Curry in ~food

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    Yeah I’m guessing this Recipe is more of a “fully homemade” idea, which isn’t too much in spirit with the original idea hahaha. I do agree the tonkatsu was a bit extra work, but I think it was...

    Yeah I’m guessing this Recipe is more of a “fully homemade” idea, which isn’t too much in spirit with the original idea hahaha. I do agree the tonkatsu was a bit extra work, but I think it was worth it in the end :P Btw, I did put in celery ! Gave some nice flavour to it. I do agree the chunks could’ve been a little smaller, but I do like me some chunky curry.

    2 votes

  10. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Bon Appetit's Katsu Curry

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    Hello hello people ! Hope you are all doing well today :) This week, I have prepared possibly the most complex dish I have in this whole curry thing I started at the beginning of the year ! (side...

    Hello hello people ! Hope you are all doing well today :) This week, I have prepared possibly the most complex dish I have in this whole curry thing I started at the beginning of the year ! (side note, it really has been 5 months I've been making a curry dish every friday huh? that's insane hahahah) A Katsu Curry completely by scratch ! The process started on Wednesday, where I had to make a broth with a few spices, beef stock and mushrooms ! It took me a while to find some shiitake mushrooms... they always come in huuuge portions and I only needed a little bit lol. Now I have a bunch of shiitake mushrooms lyin around and I dunno what to do with them ! I guess I'll see :P After making the broth I chilled it for 2 days until friday where I started the curry prep. Curry was quite a simple dish to make, but the fun part was making katsu to go with it. Definitely a combination of flavours that go real well together ! As for the curry, it's a weird tasting thing. It definitely tastes like curry, but almost tastes like it in a branded way, you know? It's like the taste of a generic "Curry" dish. From my understanding that was kind of the point, but still, find it rather odd.. not that it's any bad though ! You can't really go wrong with curry powder :P I found that curry with calrose rice is actually quite phenomenal... calrose has such a distinct texture that it's barely even replaceable with any type of rice. Delish ! Overall, I think everything melded in together quite well and made for a real good sensory experience. I do think I could've salted the curry a little more, but my parents said it was fine so I left it as is hahahah. Definitely recommend this one if you have the patience to make a broth a few days early !

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/EwrKmqR
    Recipe: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/katsu-curry
    Question of the day: What do you think is the best accompanying dish (i.e. crunchy bread, naan, rice...) ever? What do you usually have alongside your dishes?

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    11 votes

  11. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Tesco Real Food's Chicken korma recipe in ~food

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    Hm those are quite weird hahahah... I don’t really like bananas or pickles so if I ever try thst it’ll probably be something real strange. And usually I do eat bigger portions but as of late I’ve...

    Hm those are quite weird hahahah... I don’t really like bananas or pickles so if I ever try thst it’ll probably be something real strange. And usually I do eat bigger portions but as of late I’ve realized that I can chow down 3-4 portions per night and I really think That is way too much ! So I’ve been keeping it to small portions lately.... except for my dad’s homemade bread hahahha. I should really lower my consumption of that too tho, even if it’s so delicious !

    1 vote

  12. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Tesco Real Food's Chicken korma recipe

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    this week's curry was a simple chicken korma recipe I made that I found on tesco foods' website, last place I'd expect to get a recipe for a curry hah. I'm quite happy with this experience because...

    this week's curry was a simple chicken korma recipe I made that I found on tesco foods' website, last place I'd expect to get a recipe for a curry hah. I'm quite happy with this experience because it's the first time in a while I've had significant leftovers after eating one of these, which means I totally ate less than I usually do. In fact, we had leftovers for over 2 more breakfasts left ! It makes me happy because I'm trying to lose a bit of weight out here... means I'm doing the good first step :P Anyhow, as it comes for the recipe, it was a quite simple recipe with not a lot of complexity to the spice mix. I do believe the added 'extra spices' it tells you to add at the bottom are real crucial for it to be extra delicious comparatively to what it would've been with just the main spices. One thing I did have to change tho was the usage of Chicken drumsticks instead of breasts as the recipe calls for, which ended up being alright as well. Honestly chicken dishes can pretty easily interchange the cut of chicken without it affecting the quality of the dish much, which is pretty great ! Another touch I found quite appealing was the use of toasted flaked almonds as a garnish, the crunchiness of the almonds made for a real nice textural contrast. Overall a simple dish and pretty by the books I think, but that doesn't mean it's any bad ! Def recommend if you're in the mood for something simple.

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/L7Ix8T9
    Recipe: https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chicken-korma-curry.html

    Question of the day: Any recent culinary discoveries you'd think people should know more about?

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Ultimate Chicken Curry (Tamatar Murghi) from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded' in ~food

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    ohh wow that does sound quite delish... haven't had vindaloo in ages (mostly because my mom doesn't like spicy food!) Someday I shall make this recipe. Thanks for the rec ! :]

    ohh wow that does sound quite delish... haven't had vindaloo in ages (mostly because my mom doesn't like spicy food!) Someday I shall make this recipe. Thanks for the rec ! :]

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Ultimate Chicken Curry (Tamatar Murghi) from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded' in ~food

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    well hahahah to be honest I don't have much of a comparison........ I have eaten a lot of these chilies I have at home (which I have no idea actually what chilies they are.. my dad didn't label...

    well hahahah to be honest I don't have much of a comparison........ I have eaten a lot of these chilies I have at home (which I have no idea actually what chilies they are.. my dad didn't label them when we got em) in some dishes and I don't really find em that spicy. I mean, 1-2 of them is usually what we intake and I think it's mildly spicy... some recipes count for like, what, 15 of those chilies?? which might be too much for me... oh well... I'm planning to go on a trip sometime when I get out of high school to India for a sort of culinary escape. Whenever that happens, I guess I'll see the final test of my spice tolerance :P

    2 votes

  15. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Ultimate Chicken Curry (Tamatar Murghi) from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded'

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    So this week I made another serious eats curry (which I actually think comes from another cook book but whatever I found it on serious eats hahahah) and it was a pretty simple chicken curry with a...

    So this week I made another serious eats curry (which I actually think comes from another cook book but whatever I found it on serious eats hahahah) and it was a pretty simple chicken curry with a tomato and cream based sauce. It tastes a lot like a pseudo butter chicken made at home that I found to be quite great! Also, I might've accidentally made it a little more spicy than I imagined it would've been.. which to me is such a lovely accident! I've been liking spiciness in my food a lot more lately and I always feel underwhelmed by low hotness levels in my food.... So whenever I get to eat something super spicy it feels really great ! So, if you follow this recipe properly and make it a teeny bit spicier, I think you'll have a nice night :P overall quite the stellar recipe. I do believe it would go quite amazing with some naan which I didn't make ... So I'd recommend that too !!

    Picture of the dish: http://imgur.com/gallery/3rZxujG
    Recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/08/raghavan-iyer-ultimate-chicken-curry-from-indian-cooking-unfolded.html

    Question of the day: do you prefer your food spicy or not spicy?

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    7 votes

  16. Comment on How are you doing? in ~talk

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    Been doing alright. My mom’s having a quite severe depressive episode right now and I’m trying my best to help her stay Intact during these hard times, and personally I am quite bored and have no...

    Been doing alright. My mom’s having a quite severe depressive episode right now and I’m trying my best to help her stay Intact during these hard times, and personally I am quite bored and have no idea what to do. Though I am taking my time to learn a little more about cooking and being able to organise myself personally more... never really been the organized type. I do feel super tired though, more than usual. With the constant staying at home and being left with basically nothing to do it gets quite tiring sometimes. Oh well, what can I do about it? At least I have animal crossing and my weekly curry tradition to keep me afloat :)

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Rogan Josh + Bonus Shakshuka in ~food

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    Glad to hear I can make an impact on this community with the humble love I have for food <3 thank you for reading these posts !

    Glad to hear I can make an impact on this community with the humble love I have for food <3 thank you for reading these posts !

    3 votes

  18. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Rogan Josh + Bonus Shakshuka

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    good day Tildees ! sorry for not posting according to schedule recently... been having a hard time doing most things in my life so it's a bit easier to leave this to a side for a bit. But alas,...

    good day Tildees ! sorry for not posting according to schedule recently... been having a hard time doing most things in my life so it's a bit easier to leave this to a side for a bit. But alas, here I am with another weekly post! I like this community a lot, so I'll try and keep posting to at least keep in touch with the people here, it's great fun :)

    Anyways, today I will present two dishes I made last week: Rogan Josh and Shakshuka !

    The Rogan Josh recipe had so so many spices in it! I know that's basically the whole curry gimmick lol, but it's still quite shocking. Lotsa powders n whole spices I had to put here... Which ended up making for a quite nice flavour profile ! Not sure if it's quite authentic enough or whatever, but I found it nice !

    Then the shakshuka came along which honestly blew my mind. I've been eyeing shakshuka for a while, kept seeing it on a really funny advertisement I used to get often and it looked quite tasty. Obviously, seeing as there was a Kenji recipe available for it, I had to try that one out ! Very delicious end product... nice contrast between the pepper and tomato flavours ! though I like my food a little spicier usually :P I've been discovering that red chili flakes are probably my new favourite condiment hahahah.... red chili flakes and black pepper go on basically everything for me nowadays !! they're such a great flavour boost, I love em to bits.

    Anyways, good recipes! I recommend them; quite simple and delicious for any meal of the week :)

    Picture of Rogan Josh: https://imgur.com/a/YZ3DeX8
    Rogan Josh Recipe: https://imgur.com/a/zA87PnR
    Picture of Shakshuka: https://imgur.com/a/nxPa2ad
    Shakshuka Recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/09/shakshuka-north-african-shirred-eggs-tomato-pepper-recipe.html

    Question of the day: Who is your favourite chef and why?

    Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    10 votes

  19. Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Serious Eats’ Chana Masala + Homemade Naan!

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    Hello, sorry for no posting Friday, got distracted with animal crossing hahahahah. I've had quite the rough week honestly, haven't felt this tired in a really long time. But I'm always happy to...

    Hello, sorry for no posting Friday, got distracted with animal crossing hahahahah. I've had quite the rough week honestly, haven't felt this tired in a really long time. But I'm always happy to have a Curry dish waiting for me on Friday to make!

    This week, I decided to tackle chana masala again, but with a more complex and intricate recipe! Chickpeas have always been one of my favourite ingredients, so I'm always glad to eat a dish based on them. It was quite a delicious dish, but what I was most proud of was the naan bread! It was the second time I tried making this (and this time I managed to do it all by myself). The recipe calls for grilling but I used a pan + blowtorch instead, which works quite well to be honest. It ended up being super delicious and very very similar to the taste of actual restaurant naan, which, again, makes me super happy. I think I was eating with too much happiness yesterday, my dad said I was eating a bit gross hahahah. A cool thing I found with this and last week's dish was how serious eats asks to put baking soda in the onions for them to completely disolve. Really strange technique but it's actually white genius, I should experiment with that in other dishes !

    Chana masala remains one of my favourite and most comforting dishes, so I'd definitely recommend you give it a shot!

    Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/5dsBSl1
    Chana masala recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/04/channa-masala-recipe.html
    Naan recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/08/grilled-naan-recipe.html

    Question of the day: what is your comfort food?

    Have a great day <3
    Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Let's talk equipment in ~music

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    Usually when I’m on PC I use mp3-320kbps/FLAC files, with ATH-M50x’s going through a Scarlett 2i2 ! But since I’m mostly on my iPad nowadays I usually just use Apple Music alongside the...

    Usually when I’m on PC I use mp3-320kbps/FLAC files, with ATH-M50x’s going through a Scarlett 2i2 ! But since I’m mostly on my iPad nowadays I usually just use Apple Music alongside the ATH-M50x’s. They do the job pretty well, I’d def recommend them, esp for their price !

    2 votes