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  1. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    You might want to start experimenting with making your own dressings, maybe keep a batch of a tried and true recipe around, but every week make a small batch of an experimental dressing. This...

    You might want to start experimenting with making your own dressings, maybe keep a batch of a tried and true recipe around, but every week make a small batch of an experimental dressing. This article goes over some basic formulaic stuff, but it's basically just

    • 3:1 oil (olive, canola, mixes, etc.) to vinegar/acid (try lots of different vinegars! Have extra limes/lemons you didn't end up using? Add them as an acid to your dressing)
    • 1 tsp-tbsp of an emulsifier (dijon mustard or other mustard, egg yolk, mayo, honey, garlic, tahini, lots more)
    • herbs/alliums/other flavorings
    • salt and pepper

    You can make surprising amount of flavored dressings just from this formula. Also, don't worry about whisking, I just put mine in a jar and shake before dressing salads. With vinaigrettes, so long as your dressing is refrigerated I would feel comfortable eating most dressings for at least a month, probably more like 2, but ymmv.

    Regarding your vent, not sure if part of the issue is lettuce availability, but you may want to consider switching to slaws instead of salad. You don't have to make slaws creamy, you could do something like a quick curtido or vinegar based slaw instead. You can also look into things like carrot salads or things that use other root veg as bases.

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  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tv

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    I’m incredibly surprised that no one has mentioned Mad Men in this thread at all. It’s definitely my most re-watched show and favorite of all time. It’s a slow paced, but an incredibly rewarding...

    I’m incredibly surprised that no one has mentioned Mad Men in this thread at all. It’s definitely my most re-watched show and favorite of all time. It’s a slow paced, but an incredibly rewarding character study of advertising executives, workers, and their families spanning from the late 1950s to 1970.

    why is this show so unpopular in this thread? Has its recent exclusivity to AMC+ (a streaming service that seemingly no one has) killed interest/access to the show? Or is it not a “bingeable” show? I watched this show as it was released on a weekly schedule, but I could definitely see how some of the more bizarre storylines could shake turn off some people if they were watching it all at once.

    Could also just be the age range/demographics of the commenters. I watched this show as it was released and I’m guessing most people here were too young for it at the time.

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