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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
Ive finally gotten a mixer, a standing one to be precise so ive been having a lot of fun baking and making doughy stuff in general. I made cinnamon buns and cookies and want to experiment more with cinnamon bun flavours, as well as Polish brioche doughnuts.
Additionally, ive been interested in Chinese foods so i made scallion pancakes as well as sesame shao bings! I made bao buns too with some leftover braised pork filling and the gelatinous liquid from the braise, though to be fair ive made those a few times now.
Very simple stuff:
Breakfast: Peanut butter sandwich
Lunch: Yogurt & granola
Dinner: Chicken breast thawed in the Instant Pot sauteed with frozen vegetables, sometimes with rice
I've also been drastically bringing down my coffee consumption since it's been bothering my stomach a little for the first time ever. It could also be a combination with my meds, who knows? Also, with these improvements with my eating habits I've lost a few pounds which is nice.
if coffee is killing you, join me in a 200mg caffeine pill with 250mg theanine to smooth it out, then tea to cover the drink ritual portion. it isn’t so bad and, in a lot of ways, feels extremely futuristic.
Tea-wise i’ve pretty much settled on a rotation of Genmaicha, Hojicha, Lapsang Souchong, and some random greens that aren’t bad, but not good enough to make the rotation. A 5g/500ml pot in the morning is nice and mostly satisfies that lust for coffee.
A Russian lady recently told me that in Russia, they drink hot drinks in the summer and cold drinks during the winter, claiming there's some type of health benefit. I remain skeptical, but in her honor I picked up some ice cream for the first time in years. In the course of typing this comment, I've eaten about 2/3 of a pint of my new flavor discovery - sea salt vanilla. I've never been a fan of vanilla anything, but this is good.
This isn't entirely true, hot tea and other drinks in the winter is absolutely normal in Russia.
However, I was surprised that street vendor ice cream sells very well in the winter. They don't need freezers so it's easy to set up a table to sell it. It also doesn't melt on you while you're eating it!
Slamming daily 500ml Solo Energy's.
Fishermans Friend mint packs daily.
Amazing.