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It's just a small thing but I had some eggs and toast the other morning and remembered a friend's suggestion to mix fresh basil into my scrambled eggs... so I literally walked onto my balcony and harvested some basil! Mind = blown. I grew that basil! I've been lovingly tending to it on my balcony for weeks and weeks and now I get to EAT it!!

It was delicious, in case you're wondering. The eggs are fresh from my neighbor and went so nicely with the basil c:

EDIT: my neighbor's chickens I mean

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[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

That's going to be the big scandal of 2030, isn't it? Some high up guy at a chain of IVF clinics secretly making nasty little omelettes.

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