My vote is for a 10-12" traditional cast iron pan. I've used every type of pan out there, and the one I leave sitting out on my stove is my trusty cast iron skillet that was my great great grandparents'. It will oulive me too!

Buying:

I would recommend to not buy new. Buy an old used one that ideally has a smooth surface, not a rough one. (The newer ones have a dimpled surface due to how they're molded and they take longer to season up in my opinion.) Check the old pan for bulges, cracks, and extreme rust (like the whole thing is orange). If there's a few rust spots, that can be fixed with a good scrub, a thin coating of oil, and an hour in a 400 degree oven. That's it! If you are cooking with the same pan a lot, you don't need to worry about it rusting ever again. Just always coat it in a thin layer of high heat oil. (I prefer avocado or safflower.)

Cooking:

Never put food in a cold pan! Let it warm up first. Put a bead of water in to check if it's ready, it will sizzle when the pan is hot. If food sticks, add liquid or oil and scrape the bottom good with a metal spatula. You don't have to be gentle with cast iron!

Cleaning:

After cooking, turn off your burner and immediately remove all the food (do not leave it in the pan to cool! Harder to clean) and run it under blazing HOT tap water (I wear kitchen gloves for this step!) The temp change won't be high enough to damage your pan. Scrub it out with a copper chore boy or very stiff brush all over, then put back on the still warm burner (if you use electric) or turn the burner on low and wait for the water to evaporate off, it'll only take a minute or two. Then rub the pan lightly ALL OVER, every bit, with a high heat cooking oil. I keep a small rag in some oil for this purpose. Done! It takes me like 3 min to clean the pan, tops.

This cleaning method is sooo much easier than having to deal with any of my other pans. If you wash it hot and keep it seasoned, nothing will stick and it'll last forever!

Tonka beans are illegal to sell in food, but you can get them shipped online and use them in your home kitchen. I'm in the US and I have some in my pantry right now. I've tried them in cookies but I'll try them in ice cream too, thanks for the tip!

Ahhhh nothing is better than a cute dog who feels safe and loved enough to ask for belly rubs. 💜💜💜💜

That's a possibility...I am disappoint 🥲

I and my lil dog would also like to know! I would love to be able to snug her on the flight.

A few extra tips: don't put any cruciferous veg into your stock bag, like broccoli, cauliflower, brussels, etc. They will make your stock smell sulfurous. Bread pudding is another great use for stale bread and dairy.

My newest scrap discovery is using the liquid from canned fruit and leftover yogurt to make homemade popsicles.

Historically antique pockets are very similar to this, tied around the waist instead though. So modern pockets are 'pockets with extra steps' not the other way around.

Baby's first loaf

My brain:

• I want to eat cheese.

• Shit, I accidentally made eye contact!!

• When I make my stuffie chair/coat/abomination, precious blahaj will be prominently featured.

• etc.

How much is it, if you don't mind sharing?

I hope you feel up to rocking that satchel sometime! It's unfair that a lot of masc folks can feel limited in how they dress/accessorize.

Yes, the needle and thread has come in handy twice, once a button popped off, and a friend's skirt seam started splitting in the back. I actually need to reload some black thread.

Wow I've never heard of these types of toys!! I just went down a rabbit hole looking at people playing with them. They look very elegant. Do you have a fave?

Thanks! What's your 'old faithful' bag, if you have one?

Thank you! I am always curious about what other people have in their bags and pockets. REI is the best!! Unfortunately I got my bag over a decade ago at a thrift store, but I did find a similar one on poshmark. Mine is an earlier iteration of this one with a stitched logo, but everything else looks the same. It's indestructable, the only wear is the coating on the innermost pocket is beginning to peel, and the printed design on the front has faded off.

An omniverous plant that also eats garbage?? Sign me up! 😂

He looks positively putrid! I would like a Festus to protect my garden from rodents.

Thanks so much for sharing!! ;) ;) IMO I think a much more useful and important carry everyone should have is tampons. After all, almost everyone has someone in their lives with a menstrual cycle, and menstruating happens roughly once a month. They can also be used in non-menstrual situations, such as getting badly cut, nosebleeds, or plugging other unwanted leaks. I find O.B. tampons to be the most space saving and eco friendly, as they don't have an applicator that takes up unwanted space. That does mean that you have to use your finger as an applicator, but if you also carry some wet wipes that'll take care of that issue, no problem. Make sure you carry one of each variety, as not only can each hold varying amounts of blood, but using a tampon that is too large for the amount of flow can cause toxic shock syndrome. Subscribe for more tampon facts!! /s

The first obvious post by someone with a vag here and I get condom comments. Can't say I'm surprised.

I'm ace 🙃

No washing, the boiling water sterilized anything nefarious on the eggs. I don't wash my cast iron either, just rinse and kill it with fire on the stove.

Yeah if someone actually wanted to do all this, they would run thier own business 😂

Thank you!

Lol no, but I'm curious what you edited out

Could you link the original?

For me, romantic attraction means I have all of the warm swoony fuzzy feelings for another person, where I want to spend time with them, do things for them, have a deep, emotionally close relationship with them...the only things I don't want to do with them are sexual things like get naked and touch each other's genitalia and stuff.

Yeah most of what he says is based on nothing but his own flawed logic. Cass Eris has some scathing videos debunking a lot of his 'research' from a cognitive psychologist perspective and they are both densely informative and hilarious.

I've used them for a couple years now and love it. They have the full suite, calendar, storage, tasks, document editing the works.

I was trying to degoogle and permanently remove the google shit, and at the time this model had just come out and there wasn't much about it. I may try again on this phone when it starts to go.

Yeah this seems like the equivalent of a normal person offering their server a piece of gum as a tip. They couldn't even spring for a laptop? Or better yet, actual cash money?

I couldn't unlock my bootloader on my oneplus 9 pro. I also tend to need DETAILED instructions for things, so there is a chance I missed a step and didn't realize it. I also didn't know that there's a difference between rooting and running a different OS...I thought they were the same thing.

I believe the only rule atm is that bigotry will get you permabanned, but if anyone knows differently please correct me.

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GIVE

Oh my lard soylanka is my absolute favorite soup! I love to add pickle brine and sour cream to mine. I never thought of making it into a stew, great idea to switch it up.

Omg that gameboy micro is so cute, I'd probably go blind playing on that tiny screen tho 🥺

This reminds me of the cottage garden aesthetic. More haphazard and cozy!

I had two cats from the same litter who had opposite personalities, just like your two. They were both fixed as kittens. The male was very aggressive with play and dominant, he would try to hog everything. The female was very calm and gentle, though she would fight back if the male was being a brat. I had to feed them in separate rooms, also play with them separately. They occasionally played together, but not much, even as adults. I used a spray bottle to deter bad behavior like biting. I got a big glove to use when rough playing with the male. They eventually worked out a heirarchy amongst themselves for cuddles, but they were always very different personalities. The male calmed down as he got older, but it took time.

Point being, yours may never gel and get along to the point of you being able to have them do everything together, and that's ok. But I think your intuition is right, he will calm down as he gets older and is fixed.

Good point! Yeah I couldn't even unlock my bootloader on my Oneplus 😭 so i disable what apps I can these days

The path to privacy is a long and arduous constant fight, full of inconveniences.

You got that right! Especially when rooting your phone is the best option. I never did figure it out, that shit is hard!

That's so odd! I've refreshed a bunch and nada!

Seconding Fairemail! It's great, though it was a bit challenging for me to set up as a newb to foss apps. I also use signal, bitwarden, aegis, and newpipe a lot.