hellooo everyone.. well hasn't this been a busy thread and some good stuff that caught my attention but iI'm not organised enough to nicely format it all in one post. Someone mentioned cooking... oh yes.. @Smc, @Former-Member @Appleblossom I think. Forgive me if I missed someone.
I'm a purely intuitive cooker. If I try to follow a recipe I meander off it anyhow so I just get into the kitchen and follow my "gut".. hey is that a pun? 😛 So @Appleblossom... I'm one of those types. My sis is the exact opposite, she absolutely has to have a recipe . The downside of my way is things rarely taste exactly the same twice so if I make something uber sensational I savour it because it's unlikely to turn out exactly the same ever again. 😛
@Former-Member Indian.. yum! love playing with the spices, and there is so much you can do with the same spices and create so many different dishes. it depends on how much of wht you use.
The yoghurt sauce with the dahl... hmmm mmm Raita,
Crisp the cucumber with salt, toss in a smidge of garlic and some fresh mint... and now you have a perfect dipping sauce and complement to so many dishes from hot curries to wraps. There's the option to add so many extras to it too . Lemon juice, cummin, black pepper, chilli just for a few. (I don't like the green part of coriander. I do crush the roots afor a number of things nd I grind up seeds particularly for my pastes but I don't really like the leafy stem part. Strange, but I just find it overpowers everything)
Lots of versions of that though. Tzatziki being the greek version of course.
Okay... you can tell I love it. 😛
Hello @Former-Member. You definitely deserve to be here! If you don't I don't. Well maybe I don't lol but anyhow... you do. I think it is important to set boundaries and understand we can only be vigilant but we are also here to heal and learn. That's why the forum is here, at least as I understand it.
I have no doubt I'm going to stick my foot several times before I leave here. I probably already have! But I know it won't have been deliberate and I know it will always have been with good intent even if misguided.
So don't you dare say your wonderfully brave post is anything but that... wonderfully courageous. We are all at different stages, we all have our own experiences, and we all need to respect each other. That's all we can do and if someone is at a different stage that is nobody's 'fault' that is just the nature of the predicament we find ourselves in.
Now stop that not deserving stuff and come back some time to have a hot chockie and a muffin 💜
