Sorry if there is a misunderstanding, but what I meant is that I feel like manga has not hit the mainstream in the west so generally people will not hear about any particular manga unless they have a friend who is really into mangas.

You might have a different experience. I basically don’t know anyone who frequently reads mangas. Some people might follow one or two mangas because they watch the anime (eg. One piece) but they will usually not read any other mangas.

Bed bugs… and possibly roaches (only the species that infest homes).

If you ever had to deal with an infestation, you know the psychological damage it can give you. I’m sure it can give you PTSD as well.

This is cooking advice.

If you struggle with cooking or find that you mess up often, try preparing all of the individual ingredients before you start cooking. Eg. measure, wash, cut every ingredient. Apparently this practice is called mise en place.

If you ever watch a cooking video and it looks so effortless this is probably why. It was a game changer back when I was learning to cook. Suddenly it felt like I could make every recipe with ease.

This practice has drawbacks as it could dirty more dishes and increase cook times but it allows you to tackle most dishes at your own pace. I definitely recommend it whenever you make something new for the first time.

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It’s a manga so if you are in the west it’s already going to be obscure. It’s also pretty messed up so it might not be for everyone, but if you are able to stomach it and read it, man is it amazing. It has very little anime bs that a lot of anime/manga suffer from; it’s not a shonen, it’s aimed at an older audience. It is very well written. The art is amazing. I could go on, but I think it’s best enjoyed blind.

It’s 13 volumes, but you can binge it in a day (not recommended). It has a lot of dialog so a lot more reading than most manga.

If you are not sure about the manga, read the first chapter. I think it sets the tone well for the rest of the series.

Like a lot of great things, I wish I could read the manga again for the first time.

Yeah but are large rocks bad to the head? Are small rocks bad to the head? Can we draw a clear line where a rock is no longer considered small?

This experiment only showed that more experiments are needed for rocks to the head.

Finite time is trivial /s

I dont wear pajamas to bed but I wear it at home out of the bed because its cold and pajamas are more comfortable than wearing outdoor clothes.

For instant noodles with soup (my go to is shin black) you can also just dump any left over anything in the soup. My favorites are frozen veggies, green onions, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, any leafie green and broccoli.

Nice way to get rid of leftover veggies too.

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Costco, Credit cards (assuming you can get your moneys worth).

On the nerdier side, Nabu casa, VPS.

And on the mundane, internet.

Not only will it get you through this presidency, it will get you through every presidency ever. What a deal.

I’ve been cooking for over 10 years now. It takes a lot of time and consistency. You just have to keep at it. I believe in you!

This is a tricky question for me to answer because of how I plan my meals.

I don’t usually buy random ingredients and then decide each day what to make with the ingredients. Instead I usually plan 1 or 2 or even 3 things I want to make and then shop specifically based on that.

This has some pros and cons but one large pro is that basically I am fortunate enough to live by several grocery stores that all specialize in different things such as stores that carry more Italian, Japanese, Chinese or Korean ingredients. What I plan to prepare will help me choose which grocery store to go to since I have a rough idea of which key ingredients I can find where. Eg. if I’m planning on making a lot of Japanese curries for the week I am not going to the Italian grocery store or else I’m not going to find my ingredients however I can choose to go to the Chinese, Japanese or Korean grocery stores because the ingredients are general enough that any asian store would have them. But if I needed something really specific such as fresh perilla leaves for something like pork bone soup then I will need to go to the Korean grocery store because it’s that specific.

So because of this I don’t really have a dish that I just cook whenever I’m lazy because I would have had to shop for it in advance. That being said I do have “emergency rations” in the form of frozen foods or meal kits (Jamaican patties, dumplings, pizza, instant noodles, etc) that I can make in a pinch.

However I do have dishes that I plan to make for the week when I’m lazy because I can make several days of the stuff and basically have no prep time other than microwaving leftovers.

Some examples are:

• Any stew/curry (Japanese curry, green curry, butter chicken, chicken korma, Chinese-style beef stew are some of my favorites)
• Any fried rice (Mexican chicken rice, kimchi fried rice, nasi goreng are my favorites. But also pineapple fried rice, or a classic chinese-style fried rice can also be good here)
• Beef broccoli
• Spaghetti and meat balls. Although the spaghetti sauce takes a while to make, I usually make ~2 - 3L of it at a time so per meal it’s a lot less effort. (You can also just buy the sauce)

One pattern you might notice is that all of these meals have both veggies and a protein. This reduces cook time since I don’t have to make multiple things. Eg. if I make cumin lamb, I will feel compelled to pair it with a veggie dish as well. More dishes = more cook time.

All that said, I can also come up a different list of examples where I think you can prepare the entire meal in 1h or less from start to finish with cleanup time included

They are:

• Baked salmon (you literally just make a spice mix or buy one, season the salmon and bake), while the salmon bakes you can make a veggie (eg. salad, bok choi + garlic, broccoli + garlic) to pair it with + a starch of your choice (rice for me)
• Spaghetti and meat balls if you buy all the ingredients premade (eg. the pasta, sauce and meatballs).
• Green curry (back in college when I first started cooking and sucked at it, I used to buy these cans of green curry that basically had the “soup” premade so all you have to do is heat the “soup” chop some meat and veggies and boil and you are done)
• Any indian curry that you can get the sauce for in the store (same as green curry)

Basically if you want to reduce cook time significantly, you either need to parallelize and make multiple things at the same time (eg. by baking) or buy premade stuff from the store to skip the prep.

Try the 1 hour recipe. In my opinion is likely far better than any stock you can get from a grocery store. It is more work but it’s worth it.

Cumin lamb

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VVjD3Jm9jVwKLGFnjE7EaAFNlq9RERjz3h8RPPj_URk/edit?usp=sharing
• My major note here is to not over cook the spices. For years I’ve been frustrated because I can’t get the spices to taste “right” until I learned to add the spices in last and stop cooking right after.

Nasi goreng

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1umhwxcInCJ1KUXDnxTccPHDUs1MkS77tQCIzn-qhaqU/edit?usp=sharing

Butter chicken

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QF2iXpz9MSydPjIolqkmp7cWDSD9woYXGq9EZcJ7_Lo/edit?usp=sharing
• My main note here is to use greek yogurt and tomato paste instead of regular yogurt and fresh (or canned) tomatoes for a tastier result

Hot and sour soup

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TcF_bgHwwQQ_HUblSQpWcalAy3FtFrxx2y64vQUlobk/edit?usp=sharing

Pho

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OjeslHUgzhRip4NUvcOb9vcMHwbsLHGTQStKBX3S_I8/edit?usp=sharing
• General notes here is I used to add the fish sauce when making the soup base but I found that the taste of fish sauce really changes when it’s cooked so these days I only add fish sauce when assembling the bowl. Although if you don’t like the taste of fish sauce, add it when making the broth instead.

The pho recipe is probably my worst recipe because I make pho so often I usually just wing it these days. The recipe I wrote is sort of a mess since it attempts to combine random notes from each time I make it. I can give some general guidance which are:

• Based on which ingredients you end up gathering for the broth, look up the cooking times of each ingredient and layer the ingredients so they all end up cooked at the right end time, that or set a timer and fish the ingredient out when you need. For instance beef can disintegrate after some time after boiling so if you want to serve that beef with the pho later, you will need to figure out how long to boil it before it disintegrates so you can remove it and cut it up for serving.
• You can pre-roast any of the meat and/or veggies and/or ginger in the oven before starting the broth. For veggies/ginger it can change the flavor while for meats I’m not exactly sure of the food science here but it seems to help with soup clarity and also seems to cut down on the cooking time for meats.

It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be taste wise. Like I finished all of it no problem. But amongst all breakfast foods its pretty mediocre and nothing to write home about.