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Lunches here tend to be collections of what's available, deviled eggs definitely show up when there's hard boiled eggs around. If it's a party situation, I assume 2 to 4 halves per person depending on the crowd. For big parties, my eggs box holds 36 halves, that's the most I'm bringing somewhere.

If I make more than one flavor, I make sure they're visually distinct. Different colors of yolk paste, different toppers like an olive or pepper ring, a bit of dill leaf, a pinch of a deep red spice powder.

Flavor note - add a little bit of something vinegar to the yolk paste, It can be pickle juice, the vinegar in a mustard or other additive, or a splash of whatever you have around. It'll make the flavors you add pop and background the heavy yolk taste a bit.

My mother called them "iced tea spoons" but I prefer to use my grandpa's term for them. "The long-uns"

When you're trying to get the goodies from the bottom of a tall jar, nothing beats a long-un and a fondue fork.

Art supply shops can be dangerous to the wallet!

People do often have always and never colors. That pile of black tubes might make for good trade. People into pastel or high saturation colors might be delighted to trade away their ochre colors.

Sounds like your pigs have been recruiting!

For me it was when pyrex changed their formula. I was used to anything with that name being like the chemistry set glass, but the new stuff wasn't. I poured some water into it and BANG it was in bits.

Food grade silicon melts around 250C / 480F. I'm guessing things get hot in your kitchen?

Epigenetics! There's not a lot of understanding out there about how that first year or two a lot of the change going on is because of genes switched on or off that get passed in that state to future generations. When all your seed comes from a different climate, the state of those switches may not be in your favor for a generation or two.  Things that limp along the first year, but then are stars next year? That's likely due to epigenetics.

I hope you don't remove all the tasty carotene mentions. Nothing wrong with reminding people that it's great to pick for traits for personal enjoyment too. I've picked things based on scent, or color (snow peas are so much more fun to grow when the pods aren't green!) or how easy it is for me to work with the fruit.

I have no issue with people using AI to generate a starting point. But I believe it needs a careful human eye run over the results. It tends to generate a lot of filler that needs to be trimmed. And then there's the hallucinations.

If it was mine... I'd take a bunch of reference pictures.

And then I'd have some fun. With a story like that, I'd want some kind of trophy or talisman warning foolish raccoons! Maybe some twine or wire, beads, bells, feathers or bits of glass, who knows? It could end up as a wall or post decoration or something hanging like a wind chime.

I'm not sure how common it is, but it's less common than people who don't react to poison ivy? I have several people who I can ask to remove poke for me, but they all come to me for the leaves o three.

There's several leads on the net. I really liked this one. It includes methods, fermenting ink, how the color changes over time, ink stability, talk about pH, and adding iron.
https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/120765-making-fermented-pokeberry-ink/

I'm kind of fascinated by pokeweed, I'm one of those lucky people who gets creeping numbness if I touch the stuff. I'm not sure if I'd touch your card or not!

They can run deep. I wouldn't put them close to any underground lines myself.