I feel more relaxed already.
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Perseverance Rover sol 354
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, JPL, Mars, MarsPeserverance, NASA, science, Thoughts on February 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Happy Twosday!
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #justplaincool, Thoughts on February 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today’s date is 2.22.22. It’s a palindrome, which reads the same forwards and backwards, and for an extra level of cool it’s also a Tuesday.
Happy Twosday! Why numbers like 2/22/22 have been too fascinating for over 2,000 years
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Read, Read, Read
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on February 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it.
Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner
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Thinking Again
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, dessert, Thoughts on February 20, 2022| 2 Comments »
It’s easy to form an opinion and stick with it. It’s arguably one of the things humans are best at. This process allows us to categorize our experiences in ways that help us move through a complex world.
We all make judgements, snap and otherwise, about topics as varied as food, ideas, books, events and people. We’re also often wrong. A lot.
Perception Is Not Reality | Psychology Today
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Let’s take white chocolate as an example.
“It’s gross. It tastes like fat, and not the good kind.* It’s not even real chocolate.”
I have said all of this and more. Here’s the thing.
Sometimes white chocolate is gross. Sometimes it does taste like paste. And sometimes it bears little resemblance to what we think of as chocolate.
But sometimes, just sometimes folks, white chocolate can both surprise and delight the senses.
Once I started paying attention, I realized that my preconceptions had blinded me to something good.
Caramelized white chocolate does take more time but the flavor was a mini revelation. And now as a result I have a new ingredient in my arsenal and a new version of my tofu pudding recipe. It’s still not quite perfect but I’ll keep at it until it’s right. For me, this one’s pretty close.
Just one of the many benefits of keeping an open mind.
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Caramelized White Chocolate Tofu Pudding
(a.k.a. No Preconceptions Pudding)
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 349g / 12 oz. silken tofu, firm
- 200g / 7oz good white chocolate, caramelized
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Heat sugar and water over medium heat. Cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool slightly, then add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
- Blend all ingredients together until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary. Chill for at least 30 minutes, although longer gives a denser texture. Serve straight, or with Biscoff cookies crumbled on top.
Notes: I had leftover simple syrup so I used 1/4 cup of that, plus another 1/4 cup of juice from the fruit of Mr. Man’s orange tree. (He has a potted orange tree that produces bonbon-sized fruits with very sour yet flavorful juice. If you’re using regular orange juice tweak the sugar ratio accordingly.)
This version has a bit more chocolate than the previous pudding recipe which does a good job of hiding overwhelming disguising neutralizing that distinctive tofu flavor.
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* I’m looking at you, bacon.
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Note to Self
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #notestoself, cooking, Thoughts on February 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Note to self: Do not bake sweet potato fries, then put the half-sheet pan on top of Mr Man’s high-powered toaster oven and forget about it.
Today’s fun fact: “When oils or fats are heated in cast iron at a high enough temperature, they change from a wet liquid into a slick, hardened surface through a process called polymerization. This reaction creates a layer of seasoning that is molecularly bonded” to the pan.
Good for seasoning cast iron, bad for baking pans and the person who has to chisel scrape scrub off that bonded oil.
Go ahead, ask me how I know.
The fries were really good though.
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To Magic
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, Thoughts on February 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today and Every Day
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, kindness, Thoughts on February 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. I’m not sure what I’ll do, but we have a bunch of cat-related items that could benefit a local animal rescue.
Maybe you’re tired, stretched thin by the news and the pandemic and the climate and the effort it can take, sometimes, to make one’s way through life. Maybe you don’t think you have anything left to give.
A newsletter I read sent around a piece that referenced this story:
StoryCorps: In A Jail Sentence, A Veteran’s Redemption — With Help From A Fellow Vet : NPR
As the judge from the linked article said, “We all mess up, we all fall short.” Don’t let that stop you from doing what you can, when you can.
Because kindness always matters, today and every day.
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Fun with Facts
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, fun facts, inspiration, Thoughts on February 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Oh, I like this!
Real Size of Large Wonders of the World Are Put Into Perspective through Visual Comparisons
Ever wondered about the sizes of the Dionysus asteroid, B-2 Bomber, Titanic or a prehistoric scorpion? This series of images by artist Kevin Wisbith is for you!
The Death Star comparison is my favorite (of course) but all of these mockups make it much easier to grasp the relative scale of this (admittedly quirky) selection of items.
Although I won’t lie, I thought the Death Star would be bigger.
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Today, Climbing
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, work on February 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.”
― Tom Hiddleston
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And Have Fun
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on February 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.”
― Twyla Tharp
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