The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

My mind took me off piste today. Got to thinking about how it's weird in Asia they tend to be reasonably good about trans rights but shit with gay rights. This goes for the Muslim world, Sinisphere, and Indoesphere.
I remember once hearing this explained in terms of how they're naturally collectivist cultures and being gay breaks the established rules whilst being trans is merely switching your category and otherwise leaving the order as it is.
But, to this... Are not conservatives in west traditionally very collectivist too?
Sure these days the liberals with their negative liberty tend to dominate... But if they're really devoted to that they tend not to be the most anti lgbt of conservatives. It's the small town traditionalist, often very religious, who really do have a hate boned for trans folk... And these people are unquestionably also collectivist in nature.
Especially given the Islamic worlds outlook you'd think there would be a commonality in Christianity there that would see side switching as not awful.

[celedhring]

For something I'm writing... I need the name of a relatively posh French grocery store chain (say, the French Whole Foods equivalent).

Biocoop

Or Naturalia, another comparable possibility.

Looked it up, this is what I was looking for. Thanks.

[Admiral Yi]

It speaks more to the abject failure of the Argentian political class, than any, "let's start some pogroms and torture leftists" ; So as you say, that's probably the desperate attitude of many voters there.

Peronism predates the military junta.  Argentina is a failure of the voting public.

[Sheilbh]

Peronism predates the military junta.  Argentina is a failure of the voting public.

The great thing about Peronism is you can use it to discredit basically anything: mlitary juntas/coup regimes, democracy, left, right - it's all there

Edit: I mean for example  Milei, far-right anarcho-capitalists, has said his favourite President is Carlos Menem - a Peronist; and is running against the "parasitic, larcenous, useless caste that is sinking the country", who are also Peronists. It's pretty amazing.

[viper37]

[HVC]

Still makes me laugh

[garbon]

Still makes me laugh

Some people should not go rogue on recipes. I keep trying to teach my husband that.

[HVC]

My mother follows the recipe the first time she makes something, then each subsequent time she tinkers with the recipe until she messes up enough to ruin it. She takes a break, sometimes years, and then the routine starts again

[Sheilbh]

My mother follows the recipe the first time she makes something, then each subsequent time she tinkers with the recipe until she messes up enough to ruin it. She takes a break, sometimes years, and then the routine starts again

I always follow a recipe until it's memorised. No improvisation - I don't trust myself

I might be too far the other way.

[HVC]

The only thing I really mess with is salt. Years of overly salty food (portuguese thing, not my mom specifically ). I prefer less salt now.

[Josquius]

I rarely follow recipes. They always ask for things I don't have. Maybe don't even know where to buy. And the precise measuring is time consuming.

[viper37]

My mother follows the recipe the first time she makes something, then each subsequent time she tinkers with the recipe until she messes up enough to ruin it. She takes a break, sometimes years, and then the routine starts again

I sometimes tinker with the recipe, but not blindly like that.  I try it for myself first.

Once, I got distracted and put too much spice in my soup recipe, before serving it to my invitees.  Spent a few hours trying to correct it, but to no avail.  My stomach was burning and my family barely touched the stuff.

And there was this time where my aunt insisted I pre cook my turkey instead of doing it on time like always, and having it boiled in its juice (something I despise because it's not dry meat) before serving.  Yuk.  I ended up with half a turkey that was too moist and half a turkey that was way too dry.

Never again did I follow the advice of others.  Everyone liked my turkey before for New Year's Eve, but because of this time when my meddling aunt's insisted on changing my cooking method, I got the reputation of overcooking my meat.    Well fine.  They did it their way the next few years and I barely touched the stuff, going for more meat pie and rice instead.

And the time when my other aunt decided to mixed my wine bottles and ended up disliking the bottle she paid because they were mixed and out of order.
Even though I do miss the family gathering, I think I don't miss the stress associated with it.

[garbon]

I rarely follow recipes. They always ask for things I don't have. Maybe don't even know where to buy. And the precise measuring is time consuming.

If only we had a way to figure out how to purchase things we have never purchased before.

[Sheilbh]

If only we had a way to figure out how to purchase things we have never purchased before.

Yes. I am a cooking nerd so I go shopping specifically for ingredients, have a list of the spice jar and also have signed up for Eat Your Books so I can search my cookbooks for the ingredients I have.

Also it depends slightly on the type of food I'm cooking but generally I prepare everything first (including measurements).

Again maybe too far the other way

[celedhring]

My general policy with recipes is "no substitute ingredients, everything else is flexible", particularly if I can come up with a lazier way to prepare the dish