OMG challah. also art. lots of art.

[tsuki_no_bara]

so mexico city was hit by a massive earthquake last week and the pictures of ordinary folks helping rescue workers move debris and conduct search and rescue operations and generally helping out in every possible way are heartwarming and heartbreaking. also there are of course rescue dogs. meet frida. she works with the mexican navy, she was

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[donutsweeper]

Ooh challah. I should make challah, I haven't in forever.

Egg yokes you can use in most baked goods, although often things need whole eggs too (the America's test kitchen chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for 1 egg + 1 yolk, I've seen lemon bar recipes that call for eggs plus yolks as well),or there's things like french toast or other things involving dipping or brushing yolks on things. Or can make a conditioner for your hair. Lots of possibilities.

[tsuki_no_bara]

you should totally make challah. :D

i put the yolks in the freezer so whatever i make with them, i have to thaw them first. usually i use a whole egg for egg washes and french toast, tho. i didn't know i could make conditioner with egg yolks, tho. neat!

[nomercles]

Clove cigarettes do not smell like a jar of cloves. They smell kinda...okay, they smell like the patchouli version of a jar of cloves. Like, take cloves smell and add a hippie, and you have clove cigarettes. Which is not super helpful

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is sort of helpful? you're right, tho, smells are hard to describe.

[nomercles]

And it doesn't really help, that as I was reading it back, I seemed to have gone all synesthetic about it, either. I often relate to smells that way, who knew? Lots of colors and shapes. I'm still amused by "jar of cloves, plus add a hippie", though. :D

[anigo]

I watched the Kingsman movie on an airplane just by chance and loved it enough I'll go out of my way to see the second one.

One of these days I will try challah. First I guess i need to find it. (Or find a recipe. And learn to cook.)

[tsuki_no_bara]

i'm looking forward to kingsman 2, partly because i assume the pug is going to be in it, because he went to the premiere wearing a little velvet suit.

challah might be easier to buy than bake, altho i guess that depends on whether or not any stores near you carry it. it might be easier to find now than a couple weeks from now, on account of the high holy days when jews tend to eat more of it.

[jimbobjoe]

I'm pretty sure egg yolks + cream + sugar = custard. Four yolks might be two servings?

[tsuki_no_bara]

well that sounds easy! also very comforting.

[mackiemesser]

Clove cigarettes smell like goths. Or, I suppose it's really that goths smell like cloves.

It's a little bit smokey, kind of sweet, but with a sort of sharp muskiness to it.

[tsuki_no_bara]

q: what do clove cigarettes smell like?
a: goths.

hee! that's actually what i was thinking, but i don't know what exactly goths smell like. (aside from a touch of aqua net.)

[mackiemesser]

Yeah, the Eau d'Aqua is a factor.

If burgundy crushed velvet had a smell, it would be a lot like clove cigarettes.