[–] 2 points 10 hours ago

Dogs have a much different idea of what a good smell is. We have caught our dog trying to eat cat poop straight from the litter box. My husband had a dog who would roll in poop. They apparently think shit a delightful and delicious smell.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 hours ago

    The most boring, I dunno. My most boring unpopular opinion? Licorice is absolutely delicious.

    Also - music now is certainly as good as at any time in the past.

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  • [–] 3 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

    Yes. Two & three year olds are blisteringly cute, but take so much attention, you are right.

    Around 7 is the age of reason, so that's when it really eases, you can explain more and control less, and teenagers can be legit helpful. But even 3 years old is easier than 2 because they can speak better, so are not so frustrated.

    I remember with my first, she was truly a terrible toddler, just so much will and energy, had tantrums. On more than one occasion I had to remove her from a store or other public place. Put her in gymnastics and all that energy got focused on sports, was a good thing eventually.

    I had 4 and married into 5 more - one day you will be thinking it all went by so fast, it's crazy. Hang on, you will make it. I won't say it gets easy soon, but less exhausting soon. Do you have a partner? Can one of you do more of the morning work and the other the evening shift?

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    My favorite was Wizard's welding and hair salon, sadly closed now.

    The Catholic gift shop near me that's open like 8 hours a week. Maybe it's money laundering.

    Envios a Cuba, some shops here just send items to Cuba for you. Only to Cuba, only from here

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  • [–] 5 points 19 hours ago

    What does she like to eat, and why is she demanding you cook only on one day as some bizarre test?

    If you make a kale salad and she doesn't like kale, it won't work. It could be amazing and she might still say it sucks.

    Personally I'd be inclined to not play that game at all. If you like your own cooking you are fine. But if you are going to play, consider your audience.

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  • [–] 0 points 21 hours ago

    Since you are getting a lot of hate in here, let me say you smell great. I do enjoy when I'm coming through the entry door at work and whoever went through it before me smelled good. I think the smell intolerant have to win in the office - it's an enclosed environment and some people have actual allergies. But personally I do love it when I, say, walk into the bathroom and smell perfume not shit, it's a surprise and a welcome one. And perfumery is olfactory art.

    Basenotes is a nice site if you are into perfume. It's the only social media forum I use besides Lemmy.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    LSD is mind bending and a joy IMO, though I don't do drugs anymore that's the one I would do again without worry.

    Dreams have been trippier for me than any drug though. I have had prophetic dreams, mind altering dreams, lucid dreams - seem to be able to achieve states of mind while I'm asleep that I can't get while awake.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    If it doesn't work as bread, dense doorstop bread makes great bread crumbs.

    And I think the first go after a long rest never rises well, the starter will be more robust next time and your hands will remember how to shape it

    Beautiful color.

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    Ok so my garden is basically a watermelon patch right now, so I was interested in this as it uses one whole mini watermelon, but this says the juice lasts one day, the drink once clarified lasts months.

    I guess I could freeze the rest, or simply make less, or since the final version keeps well, make more of that - but why does the recipe say to make so much more of the watermelon juice than one would use, if it doesn't keep?

    Has anyone on here done milk clarifying, is it very fussy?

     

    My coworker went to renew her driver's license.

    They sent her back, said she needed a birth certificate because she didn't have the star on it yet. She's old and from some small town up north so this took 6 months plus another to get another DMV appointment.

    She went back yesterday and they said no, you also need the marriage certificate from your first marriage, the divorce documentation, the marriage certificate from your second marriage and the divorce documentation from that too.

    So now her license is expired, and she can't renew it until some tiny vital statistics department far from here responds to her with paper copies of all those items.

    I am wildly infuriated.

    Frankenstein (thelemmy.club)
     

    This was a test-and-adjust drink. I was looking for something with Fernet & Mezcal and everything I saw were stirred very boozy things, I was not in the mood for. I saw one though with cachaca and lime so tried a margarita approach.

    Started with these, shaken:

    1.5 oz tequila

    .75 oz each Fernet and Mezcal

    Juice of one lime.

    Nope. Too flat, too sour. Added about 1/2 oz Pineapple Amaro, and a squirt of Agave, shook again and THIS is a keeper. I guess Fernet does like sweeter drinks more. This one is balanced and I can taste all the ingredients but they did cocktail into a new taste. I usually don't taste the pineapple in the pineapple Amaro but it's shining in this drink - I may try another Fernet-Mezcal-Pineapple Amaro variation (when I am in the mood for stirred and boozy) as I think those together are the magic here.

    Small modifications (lemmy.world)
     

    Just made a penicillin with a splash of banana liqueur - it's not really perceptible as banana but makes it rounder, fuller.

    When I make a paper plane I like double bourbon but also replace some of the Aperol with Campari - less sweet and extra bitter is better.

    What small changes do you always make to a standard recipe?

    Green mango (thelemmy.club)
     

    So, I saw this recipe that inspired me.

    https://punchdrink.com/recipes/green-mango-martini/

    But don't have mango eau de vie and not about to make it, and I think as written it would be too sweet for my palate. And of course everything needs ice here in the summer. I did make the green mango tequila.

    So far I can vouch for tequila, green mango and sauternes - it's a surprisingly good combination.

    This is:

    2.5 oz green mango infused tequila

    1 oz Sauternes wine

    .75 oz lemon

    .25 oz Giffard Apricot (because I have no mango liqueur right now and did you hear Chinola is making a Guava liqueur? I am excited for that.)

    Squirt of honey.

    Shaken with ice.

    My thoughts - the green mango tequila is tart and I think the lemon sort of muddies the flavor. I would try this again with more Sauternes and a splash of mango liqueur, leave out the honey and if it was too sweet adjust with citric or malic acid not lemon.

    I would also like to try the green mango tequila with ginger beer but not today, this is a one and done.

    And I was thinking to convert the recipe into a punch or sangria, a pitcher cocktail using a whole bottle of Sauternes, but I think that it might need to go in a different direction. Again, I do love the combination of the green mango with the Sauternes, and tequila - the main flavor combo is good. I've tried amchur and tequila - the green mango infused tequila worked so much better to get that flavor.

    Beach Cruiser (thelemmy.club)
     

    1 oz tequila blanco

    1/2 oz each mezcal, Campari, passion fruit syrup, ginger syrup and lime.

    Squirt of fire tincture

    Shake these together and add 1-2 oz IPA beer.

    I had to substitute apricot liqueur for the passion fruit and it's really good so I suspect anything fruity would be fine. Beer I used is Jai Alai and only 1 oz, I don't like it but as an ingredient in here can't taste it, must add something though. This is bitter in a great way, somehow not too sweet, I went a little heavy on the lime but close to the 1/2 oz. If you do like beer I think you could safely increase it past the 2 oz and still have something really nice.

    The rainy season is finally here too. So happy to be out here watching the rain.

    Suggest a mocktail? (lemmy.world)
     

    I am halfway through the Dry July and would like to celebrate but at a loss. I have the following ingredients, and define non alcoholic as non intoxicating not completely alcohol free, so splash of something ok.

    N/A liqueurs:

    Pathfinder

    Seedlip Spice

    Other:

    Coffee

    Coconut water, coconut cream

    Tepache de piña

    Enough pineapple to make a little pineapple juice

    Strawberries

    Tonic water

    Yuzu lime tonic water

    Ginger, lemon, lime, bitters

    A pretty full bar, and a small amount of good red wine.

    Considering just Pathfinder in tonic, that ends up like Chinola soda. But with all this I just feel like it could be more interesting!

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