machiabelly [she/her]

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Cake day: November 1st, 2020

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  • You realize there is a difference between derragatory and slur right? Boomer is meant to be an insult. That doesnt mean it should be put in the same category as words like the F, N, or T slur.

    Boomer is used to point out an outdated mindset or way of thinking in an insulting way. Slurs are usually a way of drawing upon a history of oppression or pain to hurt someone. They arent comparable.

    All someone has to do to avoid being called a boomer is to not say some boomer ass shit. By comparison Fa---- and tr---- are slurs that will follow me no matter how successful I am or how insightful and well meaning my words are.







    • Here are some youtube channels with good recipes: https://www.youtube.com/@PickUpLimes https://www.youtube.com/@RainbowPlantLife (check out her video on how to make crispy tofu) https://www.youtube.com/@thenarddogcooks (I don’t use this one personally but he seems good) https://www.youtube.com/@YEUNGMANCOOKING/ Aaron and Claire, and Chinese Cooking Demystified and both good channels with lots of easy recipes to make vegan, but few totally vegan recipes.

    • Vegan diets are great at getting most types of nutrition. The only major exceptions are omegas and b12. There are plenty of vegan ways to get both, but they might not be things you eat every day. And you want to get those every day. Especially b12.

    • I still eat bivalves because they don’t have central nervous systems. So if you have oyster sauce in your fridge feel free to keep it there.

    • Asian food is much easier to make vegan than western food. Western food is typically 1 part hunk of animal product, 1 part carb, 1 part veggie. In East Asian cooking meat is typically used to season a dish rather than be the dish. The core of most Asian dishes are rice/noodles, veggies, and a small amount of meat or tofu.

    • Umami seasonings! Buy gochujang. Also buy chinese black bean sauce. Better than boullion or Asian mushroom boulion powder are good too. Lee Kum Kee is a reliable and omnipresent brand in Asian cooking.

    • If you put love and attention into your Vegan cooking it will taste better than haphazard omni cooking. And, in time, even your haphazard cooking will. The food I make is incredibly rich and flavorful.

    • This brand of toasted sesame oil. If you can afford it it will elevate your dishes immensely.

    • Meat often adds a lot of salt and fat to dishes. Replace the salt and fat with something else and you’re golden. Omnis typically put a ton of salt onto meat without thinking about it, even if the meat itself is unsalted. So replacing the meat with more veggies or something will make the meal seem underseasoned overall.

    let me know if you have any questions this doesn’t answer.












  • Sorry, but I came into this thread to brag about being trans-vegan

    Recently, I learned to simmer tofu in extremely salty water for 2 minutes to dry it out. Drip dry. Then toss it with cornstarch, oil, and black pepper. I put it in my toaster oven at 425 for 14 minutes on each side. Or just sauté it in a pan for a lil bit. Comes out crispy as hell. Then I toss it in a sauce made from green onion, garlic, ginger, oil, gochujang, xaoxing wine, Chinese black vinegar, Sichuan chili bean paste, and soy sauce. Then I add some cabbage for extra veggie goodness. And toasted sesame oil.

    For breakfast, you could do a simpler sauce with just soy, toasted sesame oil, and rice vinegar. Or something western like pesto.

    Anyway, tofu slaps, and you can get an organic brick of it with 70g of protein for like 3$