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Any dog that wants to say hi to me
I have a history of addiction and lack of self-control in general when it comes to anything that can be addicting (which turns out to be a hell of a lot of things).
spoiler: It would be easier for me to answer what can I say no to?
Healthy food and cooking
I’m a big fan of noodles, but one kind in particular is a “can’t walk away from” variety: 刀削面 (dāo xiāo miàn or “knife shaved noodles”). Where most noodle types around the world (including China) are pulled, cut, or extruded, 刀削面 are shaved from a noodle mass in strips. (This takes a significant amount of skill to do well; 刀削面 made by someone good at it can be pricey.)
So what makes them special?
The way they’re shaved makes them of uneven thickness, usually a bit thick (like, say, lasagna thick) on one side but shaved down to a knife’s-edge thickness on the other. This gives them a unique texture and mouthfeel. Further, the thin edge, when cooked, tends to “ruffle”, making it hold onto spices and sauces better.
Traditionally these are shaved straight into a broth, cooked in seconds, and served as a soup. However they can also be served as “dry noodles” (noodles in sauce instead of a soup broth: Ragù alla Bolognese/spaghetti Bolognese would be classified as “dry noodles” in Chinese nomenclature), stir-fried, or used in any number of other creative noodle dishes.
I can’t resist them. If they’re an option in a restaurant, they are not optional.
I shouldn’t have checked those 6AM. Now I’m hungry - they do look delicious.
Oh, you have NO idea. 😬 And there’s a place literally a two minute walk away from my front door that makes them really well. It takes a force of will for me to walk past them when I go that direction.
I want to visit China so bad. Best cuisine in the world
Well, near the top for sure. There’s some areas of India whose cuisine I could live the rest of my life getting very fat on. 🤣
Just one more turn?
It’s extremely rare that I turn down a cup of coffee.
Sex
I’m with you here, if it’s someone I like.
“if the question was different”
yall weird
New plants or seeds I haven’t grown yet.
Chocolate and cake, I just can’t turn it down. If there’s some in the office I have to shovel it down me. I have to be really careful what I have in the house
Weird. I used to like chocolate fine, but it was never an obsession and now I can’t really say I like it much at all. If it’s VERY dark (like 80%+ cacao) then maybe, but most chocolate leaves me pretty cold these days.
Cake, on the other hand, if it’s the right kind? Yeah. I’m not able to turn it down. What’s the right kind?
You may be spotting a pattern in the cakes that turn my head, I think?
Thank you for the cake porn 😍
No troubles, mate.
Wow, I’ve never seen that middle one before…
Oh same. I’ve been trying to cut back on sweets but with Easter having the passed, someone’s always got bringing a bowl of clearance chocolates to work or D&D night. Heaven help me if someone brings in cupcakes.
Cupcakes aren’t my favourite cos I find so much icing overkill. Still eat them though…
I was having trial fasting (ramadan) days when I was a kid and another kid offered me some almonds, I ate them in a heartbeat and forgot entirely about the fasting. It was really early in the day. So yeah, healthy and delicious food gets me even when I am deeply committed to something.
I don’t care what anyone’s faith is and wish everyone well, but I can’t lie, I think Ramadan sounds awful. Not drinking water is not normal.
I think there are better places to discuss what science says about fasting and how applicable all of that to Ramadan. Neither my comment nor OP question are about that so yeah. Peace.
Cheeses - emmenthal, gorgonzola and brie in special.
I can do without the mouldy cheeses, but Emmenthal and Brie (yes, I know the dust is mould too, but you know what I mean) are great!
Delicious, delicious mould! 🤣
Serious now: I know plenty people who dislike blue cheeses. Mostly for the same reason I like them - they taste really strong. (And if you’re cooking with them, there’s definitively something like “too much cheese”, they quickly overpower everything else.)
I don’t mind strong cheeses.
…Limburger and Handkäse have entered the chat…
I just don’t like the “funk” of blue cheeses. There’s something about that scent that’s off-putting to me. (Which is weird because I love durian and “stinky tofu” which are often compared to blue cheeses.)
Listening music for hours or specific albums or sets again.
Tobacco. Anytime, anywhere
French fries/chips or crusty baguettes/bread rolls!
Receiving usd50million clean money* with no string attached.
* clean as in the mean of obtaining the money given me isn’t via robbery or any illegal activity that is mean to make me an accomplice.
Pizza, cheesecake, wife’s puppy eyes,
