I’ve finally reached the point that I can answer the kids question without crying. My hope is that my answer of “my son was stillborn on his due date” makes people realize what a fraught question that can be so that they never ask anyone else ever again. I had to learn quickly that trying to keep the simple answer of…

It’s worth pointing out that not all farmed salmon is problematic. Unfortunately, unless you know your local businesses that do the farming, it’s tough to tell who reared their salmon in sea-cages (super problematic) and those who do in-land aquaculture (the absolute best way to go).

There’s just so many people in your country, I can’t help but wonder if everyone would benefit from actually being two countries. That might likely be a radical sentiment but it just seems like there’s nothing what will unite two sides that refuse to listen to each other. My heart hurts seeing what the US is going…

Benefit Roller Lash is the jam, and stays on better than some waterproof mascaras for me (Dior can suck it), and I’ve recently discovered that Maybelline’s Lash Sensational is basically the perfect drug store version :)

A friend inherited a house that had one. It’s handy enough, but you still gotta drain that pot of water. That’s the fancy option I want. Something that drains large pots of hot water without me nearly getting second degree burns.

I dump this into my batter for savoury waffles! Slather that waffle with cream cheese and sliced tomato and that’s a happy weekday breakfast.

Came to check out the lovely wedding photo *and* I got to learn to stop confusing Tony Robbins with Tim Robbins. I bet Tim’s rave would be more fun.

When cooking a roast beast (pork or beef) my grandmother always taught me to glue a few bay leaves to a thin layer of mustard on the top of the beast before roasting. Always delicious, but you’re right - hard to describe that flavour.

I’ve never had beef Wellington. I always thought it was just boring beef wrapped in pastry and who cares because more exciting things can be wrapped in pastry. I’m now salivating at this and realizing the error of my ways. And I learned that the thing I do with mushrooms has a fancy name! Today is a good day.

What’s too bad is that the diclectin is more expensive than weed - not everyone’s drug plan covers all the cost :(

Here’s some hope from a Canadian perspective. Before Trudeau we endured many years of a robot man who served only to push industry self interests that didn’t help the people much. He cut social programs, muzzled scientists and made us look rather terrible on the world-wide scale. He got full power because at the time…

I often try to give people I dislike the benefit of the doubt, and muse about what they’re like in real life. I just can’t with Michael Cole - in my heart he’s a sniveling yes-man that can’t retire soon enough.

I haven’t had an abortion that was a medical procedure, but I have had a miscarriage, which is medically called ‘spontaneous abortion’. I was completely unprepared for the amount of pain, which felt exactly like my body committing violence against itself. Pain worse than what I experienced in childbirth.

There’s a group in my town threatening clowns this Friday (for real). Police are on it. Could this problem not be solved by throwing rocks and garbage at the clowns? They’re just looking for power through fear, right? I feel like treating them with disdain and rock throwing could make the assholes rethink their…

Oh man, thank you for that advice. After writing my comment I decided to check Amazon for the Anova and near pooped a little at the price. I was expecting pricey, but not ‘fancy Kitchen-Aid mixer pricey’.

Not sure if it was your point or not, but these sous vide installments are finally convincing me that maybe I need this kitchen apparatus in my life, if only for the jarred desserts.

Is that why I love it?? I thought I was a weirdo because shaved chests have been deal breakers for me. Glad to see I’m not alone.

And I’m not just referring to BPA - there’s a tonne more of plasticizers out there that I’m willing to bet we haven’t looked too closely at that are used in food wraps. I’m not saying this to be a hippie contrarian, I just think that we humans haven’t gotten it all figured out yet :P I’m curious now about silicone…

I’m late to this sous vide game, so forgive me if this is a dumb question. Cooking things in soft plastic squicks me out - has the process been tested to ensure there’s no leaching of plasticizers? Some researchers I’ve worked with in the lipids field don’t even like samples stored in plastic, so cooking things with…

Mostly real question: where’s the lines between people dressing as clowns to scare people/terrorism/free speech?