Constancia Wiweru

Just came to say that I love this idea and wish you many blessings!

I worked at a residential home for sex-trafficked women. I focused a lot on economical, "intuitive" cooking, using what was on hand and not running to the store for things that weren't necessary.

We used rice and spice, and it was always good.

Spice was soy sauce or salt and whatever else, like black pepper, red pepper flakes, granulated garlic or onion, whatever.

"Meat" was whatever protein we had on hand, or egg. Sometimes both. I've done shrimp.

Veggies would be garlic, onions, peas, carrots or whatever we had. You could also used canned veggies that are often found in Asian cuisine, such as baby corn, water chestnut, sprouts, etc.

I see there are so many good ideas for you already. We keep gochujang on hand, but I never thought of using it in fried rice. I'm going to try, though!

T Bate wrote:
I didn't know hostas were edible. I'm going to have to remember this.

I just found out last year and sacrificed a few. Not bad, but not a once-a-year thing that I crave (like garlic shoots). I probably won't mess with it next spring.

Alina Green wrote:Hah, I was just talking to a friend last night about guinea pig...
What do you think it tasted like, or why did you have an aversion?  I'm interested, especially since I've gone back to eating flesh foods again after being a vegetarian for decades.

The skin was tough and hard to get off of the bone. When I got to an actual piece of flesh, it tasted...garbage-y? Like what rotten broccoli and milk would smell like. LOL Sorry.

We raised them, too, for someone else, but I never cooked one. You might be one of those who likes it, but I hated it.

Fried guinea pig. We lived in Peru and my husband worked at a carpentry shop behind a neighbor's house. As a perk, the guy's wife would feed the workers because the wages were low (about $5 a day in 2021--yes, we had my hubby's military retirement check as well).

Anyway, my husband would generally run home for lunch. Since we were friends, the woman would sometimes invite me to join them, so I'd run down there instead of him coming home. She was a good cook.

After about the 3rd time, she served guinea pig. My easy-to-please Army husband managed to eat it but I held back the gags. I know I was visibly struggling because the guy across the table kept looking at me with the biggest expressions of compassion. LOL. I ate a few tiny pieces and then tapped out, more due to taste than aversion. I'm a meat lightweight, though.

I agree with Inge. My husband and I call this method of getting rid of illness "cooking it out". LOL. We put on warm jammies, a thick sweater or a sweatshirt, pile on the blankets, and drink hot stuff--in our case, that's tea, garlic soup or hot and sour soup.

It's comforting that day and the next morning we feel way better and the fever is generally gone. It's never gone past 103, that I know of.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:100 minutes of focused guitar strumming, twice a week, spread out. I need to get back in shape. Accompanied by focused voice work, for the same reason.

Same: guitar, ANYTHING. Just pick it up! Voice, SAME! And go to the gym I pay for!

Those and pray/worship God first thing. Pour boiling water on the weeds in the driveway. And write something and post it to the Instagram I have with gardening devotionals.

I literally could tie most of them together. I need a more predictable job.

Greg Martin wrote:

Does this look ok ...

I signed in just to say that those look splendiferous! How do you not have snal/slug/other holes?

Can you do a small extension and have an elevator or dumbwaiter at an exterior point?

I like it! The only thing I see is that your lines don't seem to be sure of themselves. They seem hesitant, if that makes sense.  If they were steadier, smoother and perhaps bolder, I think it would look better!