Post AnRc2GkiPS2JfqRksi by John@socks.masto.host
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(DIR) Post #AnQv2QB74JsysWcVUm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T13:37:16Z
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I wish we'd adopt the notion of "fancy gift fruit" as I've seen in Japan in the US. The idea is for a gift you can buy someone a really exceptional perfectly ripe carefully selected strawberry, or a peach. And of course one could also hunt one down on their own. It's more memorable the jewelry and more exciting than chocolate.
(DIR) Post #AnQvr6FKw0BZpUlFIW by scoutie@famichiki.jp
2024-10-27T13:45:48Z
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@futurebird @savvykenya there is Harry and David—which i've always wanted to get!—but just like here in japan, it's tres expensive, so i never had a subscription to pears 😢😅
(DIR) Post #AnQw5o1MyguLeHEy92 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T13:49:02Z
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@medley56 @scoutie @savvykenya The US "gift fruit" options have been more about looks than taste IMO.We have Oshi berries in NYC and I have a problem and am going broke.
(DIR) Post #AnR06qG6Xks8h8skim by memory@m.blank.org
2024-10-27T14:34:04Z
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@futurebird amen. Gift fruit is brilliant: you’re basically guaranteed to enjoy it, you have to enjoy it _now_, and it will never clutter up your apartment.
(DIR) Post #AnR1mALEsfJQo8YJ6G by trachelipus@masto.ai
2024-10-27T14:52:45Z
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@futurebird A while back I found someone online offering a subscription to unusual banana varieties. It was very tempting. I like bananas and I've rarely tasted anything that isn't a Cavendish. Plus, ya know, support commercial growers who are diversifying away from blight prone varieties. Alas, I had just gotten a layoff notice and didn't feel comfortable signing up for a several hundred dollar subscription.
(DIR) Post #AnR4rumZwQp69Um0BM by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T15:27:24Z
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@futurebird in the abstract it sounds like a wonderful idea, but in reality, I find I often turn down most of the fruit I'm gifted because ... evolutionary fact here: fruit evolved to make you poop, and I already poop 3 times a day, and I don't need to poop more frequently than that, and it doesn't take much fruit to force me to make extra visits to the toilet.
(DIR) Post #AnREYC8ihJDxjaMhCy by LockEx@ioc.exchange
2024-10-27T17:15:51Z
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@futurebird Harry and David gifts come to mind. Exceptional fruit, but also exceptionally expensive.
(DIR) Post #AnRRE0qCIMZcIvPM0W by Laplantgenetics@spore.social
2024-10-27T19:37:49Z
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@futurebird The Asian groceries in LA (especially H-mart) have gift boxes of fruit that is reasonably priced. But it is more special varieties (e.g. citrus grown on Jeju island) than exceptionally perfect, although sometimes the fruit is individually wrapped.The one time I brought someone 50 pounds of unusual avocados, they were just confused (but apparently they had never had mayo-free guacamole or even an avocado before).
(DIR) Post #AnRRHJtptMI8HZgedk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T19:38:31Z
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@Laplantgenetics To be fair that *is* very confusing. But in the best way.
(DIR) Post #AnRWwKoft6MAlleKYa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T20:41:57Z
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@josh0 @mym @Laplantgenetics Nothing. Is. Sacred. Didn't we learn that from the incident with the raisins in the coleslaw?The lives that were changed forever by the time that someone used black forest ham to make collard greens?We have strayed so far from God's light.
(DIR) Post #AnRXBFjL50hvL5GdA8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T20:44:39Z
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@josh0 @mym @Laplantgenetics This is hard for me to talk about but... it... it. it was *crunchy* ... like a salad...
(DIR) Post #AnRYdluN8W5LCRagV6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T21:01:00Z
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@josh0 @mym @Laplantgenetics alienation from the ancestors
(DIR) Post #AnRYpvpU4kBlRd6QYy by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
2024-10-27T20:36:42Z
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@mym @Laplantgenetics @futurebird Wait, what is _non_-mayo-free guacamole? I know avacado is often used as a mayo substitute, but hasn't it always been one of the main ingredients in guacamole? Or am I getting totally confused here somehow?
(DIR) Post #AnRYpwZZJP3HkYfEOW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T21:03:11Z
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@kechpaja @mym @Laplantgenetics I am not an expert but isn't the point of guacamole to crush up avocado? In a little stone bowl? With the garlic?
(DIR) Post #AnRYz9MX84u41TxNqq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T21:04:52Z
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The word guacamole means basically "mashed avocado"@kechpaja @mym @Laplantgenetics
(DIR) Post #AnRZZvY3S8r5tSsmLw by WardMB@twit.social
2024-10-27T21:11:31Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja @mym @Laplantgenetics I have had guacamole with and without mayo. Love them both.
(DIR) Post #AnRZcC5YvWqNlvdW1A by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T21:11:57Z
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@WardMB @kechpaja @mym @Laplantgenetics The radical centrist has entered the chat.
(DIR) Post #AnRbbTb2Y2MNgq94hE by regordane@mastodon.me.uk
2024-10-27T21:34:11Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja @mym @LaplantgeneticsAvocado, garlic, chilli, lime juice and olive oil. In my opinion.A lot of recipes include tomato, but I hate that.Mayonnaise has its uses, but does not belong anywhere near guacamole.
(DIR) Post #AnRc2GkiPS2JfqRksi by John@socks.masto.host
2024-10-27T21:38:59Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja @mym @Laplantgenetics growing up guacamole was always avocados mashed with whatever was the preferred salsa picante. I stick with that, although now I prefer to crush somewhat more crudely. For a two ingredient recipe you can get a lot of variation with your choice of salsa, salsa brava, tapatio, sriracha, or whatever.
(DIR) Post #AnRh3Tjo7D3s0XPyme by gay_ornithischians@sauropods.win
2024-10-27T22:35:17Z
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@futurebird what kind of gifts do ant ambassadors bring
(DIR) Post #AnRxTYTeiOXFVEJrV2 by Laplantgenetics@spore.social
2024-10-27T21:18:12Z
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@josh0 @mym @futurebird It's a Midwestern US thing.
(DIR) Post #AnRxTZvLKwHDzOHUIK by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T01:11:54Z
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@Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym @futurebird My Midwestern aunt used to make "pizza" using dinner roll dough that came in a tube (poppin' fresh or something?), ketchup, and American cheese. She also called carbonated beverages "pop" so we knew she was sus.
(DIR) Post #AnS3iRVTVte7x6eW48 by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T02:17:28Z
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@sbourne @Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym @futurebird sounds like a recipe from a church lady cookbook
(DIR) Post #AnS3iSmAnIb5tBTMjQ by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T02:18:12Z
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@BLTpizza @Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym @futurebird They have some real gems!
(DIR) Post #AnS3iTpOsmlz9TzSOu by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T02:22:07Z
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@sbourne @Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym @futurebird lots of Campbell's condensed soups and boxed yellow cake as primary ingredients in those Midwest 1950s-'70s cook books.
(DIR) Post #AnS3iUdjrd2TfbXerY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-28T02:49:12Z
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@BLTpizza @sbourne @Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym bomb shelter food
(DIR) Post #AnS5PK07OZX550znX6 by TofuRobot@gaygeek.social
2024-10-28T03:08:09Z
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@futurebird Given that cocoa pods are fruit, is chocolate not a form of "fancy gift fruit"?Personally, I'd rather not give our grocery store oligarchs any incentives to market fruit as a luxury item or to raise prices further. It already feels like a luxury item at times.
(DIR) Post #AnSI3moms6itUKl0sa by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T05:29:54Z
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@futurebird @sbourne @Laplantgenetics @josh0 @mym ha! I grew up eating all of that and we didn't have a bomb shelter . I feel like I missed out. We even drank Tang.
(DIR) Post #AnSmwIWYCfbA5J8W92 by Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social
2024-10-28T11:15:55Z
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@futurebird I have gifted an Asian pear to someone I liked. That fruit that is sort of like a cross between an apple and a pear and is incredibly juicy and crisp? She had never had one, trusted me enough to try a new food, and the look on her face as she bit in was priceless.Giving people new experiences or sensations is the most incredible gift of all.