of course that's cooking! i can make instant ramen, and i call that cooking; i have set the bar in place and you are drifting high above it!

You changed the temperature of a food product and/or prepared it for (presumably) human consumption.

what Mekatra said. :p-nod:

I mean the definition of cooking is to prepare food by mixing, combining and heating ingredients, so technically making fancy sushi isn't cooking but Makin boxed macaroni and cheese is. XD

-U- and salad???

No heating, not cooking. Unless you have a heated component. XD them's the rules as laid out by Websters

:/ *snap* darn.
I guess the only things I know how to make are pastas,
eggs,
and fish filets I guess. <x}

Anything I cook though I make with stress.
I call it stress cooking tho, because half the time I'm rushing everywhere putting ingredients away and washing hands and tossing things and getting things, and muttering to myself, "aaa what am I doing?? What am I doiiing? I don't know what the hell I'm doing! Iiiii need to LOWER that flame and not paaaanic!" <x'D

I am considered by my family to be a good cook and that sounds fairly similar to my ummm... Creative process...

i'm the cook by virtue of being the least shit at it x''D

i usually don't cook without a recipe precisely because i'm prone to panicking. everyone is keen to get me out of that habit of always referring recipes, but i'm rigid.

just learn better recipes so others will warm up to them?

I only use recipes when baking or using an unfamiliar ingredient. I am a big fan of just combining things I Kno taste good together an hoping for the best.

i combo it. i get the recipe then i modify it to suit

banana bread is pretty much impossible to fuck up as far as i know.

Unless you accidentally put salt instead of sugar. Or forget the bananas.

Not that I have..ahem...ever done either of those.

:{ Awwhh banana bread calls for butter as an ingredient??..can I not have it though?? Or would I just use a substitute?

You can use applesauce, coconut oil, Greek yogurt,or even mashed avacado a a butter replacement.

One year for Chanukah, I used an old recipe (from my grandmother I think) for apple latkes and I did not check to see if I had any eggs that year, so instead of eggs, I used a mashed banana in the recipe.

They were good.

I don't celebrate Chanukah, but my grandmother was Jewish. She wasn't in my life for too long, though, she passed away when I was like three or four? Apparently she was my best friend though. She visited us every winter and stayed for months and months.

I was there when she was dying, I don't remember it well, though.. My mom said that when my grandmother was dying, she was telling the family that she felt I was her daughter and was telling everyone, "take care of my baby".

I wish I could say I miss her, but I can just barely remember her...

It is beautiful that you keep her memory alive by talking about her and using her recipe.

Awww, what matters is remembering the feeling of being loved.

By leaving memories behind so others dog forget us, that is immortality.

She was really the glue that kept that side of my family together.

We've been having so much familial drama from both sides of my family these days...

If nothing else, at least I understand now how important friends are. They are the "family" you have control over, the family you can choose. And half the time, they're so much better than actual blood family anyway!

Amen to that, Ava!
I'm already dreading tomorrow |D

e~e;...ewwh..
now I'm just thinking about divine Jesus placenta.
o_o;
And now I'm thinking about how many people would pay money for what they think is a divine Jesus placenta on Ebay.
e_e; And now I'm thinking about how many people buy regular placentas.
e~e; And now I'm thinking about people ingesting those placentas..or a vial of blood.
………..ewwwhhhhh..

What was happening (then) tomorrow? :(

New Years Day? D:

I'm so sorry I've been really absent lately..
Not just here, but all over the internet. :(

I've been getting forgetful with my medication,
I don't know what exactly is really going on, but there's been so much drama and I guess it might be having a negative impact on my mental health.

I do care about my friends,
And it makes me feel bad sometimes because I tend to hide my situation or make it seem like it's not a big deal because I have lost so many friends when it comes to serious stuff...

I'd rather my friends online remember me as someone who is fun and cool to talk to.

'Tis okay Ava. <:/
You take care of yourself.
It's important to make sure you're feeling alright and to be sure to get the right help and the right medicine you need to feel better.

<:] I've been kinda off Trisphee and the internet for a bit too, but I come on if I feel like I want to. I'm trying to keep myself fed and hydrated and getting vitamin D, and breathing better. <:/ Also prevent myself from getting sick.

I know what it's like to worry too much about others and friends especially. <:c And feel like you've let them down by simply not being there to chat with them. But don't feel too bad about losing friends that way. <:] Serious stuff is usually always uncomfortable, but sometimes friends can help out and comfort in any way they can.

Honestly, I too would rather be remembered like that.. <.<; since I'd always skip my feelings and my hurt and get straight to the funny memes and nonsense I'd rather focus on. But feelings and pain are important to heal. <:] Take your time.
No rush. -u- And don't beat yourself up if you feel upset. <:c
You can always recover and re-turn whenever you wish. :]

Hello again, friends. :)

How is everyone?
I think I need to take a break from my RL and get into someone else's world today...

Not mine. Mine’s being weird and shitty.

What's going on, Espy? :(
Anything you want to talk about?

Eh. I’m just trying to sort out my feelings about some stuff, and not being too self-destructive.

My DMs are always open to anyone who ever wants to vent.

I hope your days get better, Mekarta and Espy.
My mom has been sick too lately and it's been rough....

My mom is also a big baby sometimes, though. lol

It seems like the flu has been going around.
My mom has been sick for a few days now. :/

I hope everyone feels better soon!
Being sick sucks' >:T

> coronavirus outbreak in china
> the flu can apparently kill people

i may or may not have been learning a little too much today.

one of my rp friends is an early education teacher, and there was an outbreak of flu in her class. she bleached everything lol

I talked to a friend at the gym and she said that there have been several people out sick with the flu...

It's becoming more and more obvious that my mom has the flu.
I hope she gets well soon because my mom can be hard to be around when she's sick because she gets cranky and oversensitive...

The flu has been going around all over the place, it seems!
I guess this is flu season?

It is and the CDC on the USA says it is one of the worst flu season w have ad in over a decade.

okay so the coronavirus is apparently worse than the flu. there's a 0.1% fatality rate from flu.

coronavirus strain is 3%.