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So American cheese (the real stuff) is actually real cheese. It's basically just cheese with an emulsifying salt added to it, usually in the form of sodium citrate or similar. This salt is what makes American cheese melt so well, you can actually buy it and melt it into other cheeses to make them melt like American cheese. Or you can make it yourself by mixing baking soda and lemon juice

Beard oil and beard balm are why I don't look like a crazed mountain hermit. They're really phenomenal stuff!

I don't smoke anymore, but back when I was working as a line cook I used to smoke like a chimney. I'm real happy I stopped, my sleep took a while to get better but now it's way more restful then when I smoked. Weed is chill in moderation, not if it's your only way to relax after a long day of too many hours under high pressure.

Still get a bit of a craving every now and then, but I think it's just when I'm bored.

Mise en place is essential in my mind and one of the most important skills I learned early on in culinary school. At home if you don't want to dirty a ton of dishes, you can organize ingredients (veggie ones anyway, still need bowls for spices/liquids) into small piles on your cutting board. Then just grab a bench scraper or the side of your knife and toss the ingredients in as needed.

Also, get a kitchen scale. You won't need it all the time but it's so much easier to just stick a pot on top of a scale and add 500 ml of chicken stock than it is to have to measure 2 cups in a separate container. This is especially good if you're looking to blanche/simmer something in a flavorful liquid like stock or broth

I've dealt with brain cancer on and off for most of my life, and for a while things were looking pretty bad. I'm good now, but I think I came to terms with my own mortality pretty early on (around when I was 16). As someone now rapidly approaching 30, if I were to go tomorrow I feel I'd be OK with that, though I would worry about how my fiancée would take it (or not, I'd be dead so I wouldn't care about much of anything). I'm still looking forward to many more adventures but when my time is up, so be it.

Barrett, for starters. Nominated 38 days prior to the 2020 election, and confirmed just 8 days prior.

My parents still have these! Lots of nostalgia there

Dude, I wish I lived in a civilized country. My cancer treatment would have cost somewhere in the range of $5 million without insurance. Healthcare is a human right

You're missing a few zeroes there I think

Png is cool, but have you considered .cr2?

Bro, I'm 28 and I feel this way. It's like I became uncool overnight

That was a really good read. I never realized men taking their queer kids to hooters was a thing, good to know at least the servers had the kids' backs