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[tsuki_no_bara]

1 every morning i make tea and look in the pantry and think i'm running out of tea! spoiler: i am not running out of tea.

2 last monday i made easy southern biscuits which are made with flour, sugar, milk, and... mayo. the recipe makes ten. i baked them on monday and immediately ate five. >.< then four more on tuesday, and the last one

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[halfshellvenus]

Ooh, I loved Altered Carbon, but then, I also really enjoyed the book. And? You will love Poe. LOVE HIM. And while there is a character like him in the book, that specific flavor of character wasn't in the original source material.

mean, it's very blade runner in its grunge and very utopian in its shiny spaciousness. even the futuristic digital tech is vaguely familiar. That's kind of the thing with futuristic dystopias, though. Almost all of them fit one of three models, which kinds of gives you an appreciation for the visionary capabilities of the original directors: Blade Runner, Mad Max, and Brazil. There are probably a few that fit into the "Waterworld" model too, but I haven't seen it, so I can't really say

[tsuki_no_bara]

i love poe. poe is the best. i liked ortega too, and her partner (until he DIED, hmph).

dystopian futures tend to look the same - they're all kind of cyberpunky and blade runner-y - unless they're the "based on a ya novel" dystopia, i guess. i agree it's kind of a testament to the original vision, but by now it's kind of... boring. it's a look i really like! i'm just a little tired of it.

i totally got that the sleeves were previously-living people, and unless you had money you got the one you got, but the show definitely didn't do as good a job of showing it from the other side, from the pov of the friends and family of the sleeve. well, aside from ortega who wanted kovacs sleeved into her former partner. but man, if there was one thing the show really got across, it was the yawning chasm between the ultra-wealthy and everyone else. also, that clones are creepy as shit.

[ghost_light]

I've heard the mayo keeps baked goods moist

[tsuki_no_bara]

it's basically eggs and oil, so that makes sense, but it's a sandwich condiment! so weird to bake with it.

[amw]

I didn't like anyone in Altered Carbon either.

I think the point that the author was trying to make is that in a world where rich people can download their brains into any old body they like, they don't care if it dies, don't care about drugs, don't care about violence, the body is just a disposable scrap of meat. That said, it still comes across as distasteful to me, exactly the way rich people crashing their cars or setting fire to a million bucks would feel distasteful to me today. I also think both the book and the TV show present it in a bit of a misogynistic way, perhaps to get a cheap shock effect in a present-day reader.

I gave up after the first book but kept at it with the TV show because it's less of a commitment. I found the second season a bit more philosophical and more enjoyable, although i still think everyone is an asshole.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i liked poe and ortega, and after a while i kind of liked kovacs, but it took at least half the season. and yeah, the effectively immortal ridiculously wealthy were definitely distasteful in their disdain and carelessness for pretty much everything. if that's the point you're trying to make, fine, but it meant i didn't care who killed bancroft or why, and finding out kovacs's sister manipulated him was just... so what? their houses were gorgeous but "perverse rich people are assholes" isn't really a theme i enjoy.

i've started s2 and i can't focus on it! which is disappointing because i want to keep watching, because i like anthony mackie and simone missick.

[donutsweeper]

I've been making biscuits like that for years, although my recipe was called "mystery biscuits" and doesn't use self-rising flour and its proportions are a bit different. I also mix in some sharp shredded cheddar sometimes which adds nice flavor. Also if you like your biscuits with a bit of a more crispy top adding a dash of oil will add that. I've also found they can be cooked at nearly any temp so if you're baking the main dish you can just toss the biscuits in with them and adjust the time a little.

My recipe is 2C flour (all purpose or half AP/half whole wheat), 1 tbsp baking powder, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, dash of seasoning if desired, handful of cheese if desired - mix all together. Pour 1 c milk into a measuring cup and spoon in mayo until you have 1 1/4C total (or use water and add dry milk to bowl) and whisk with fork, adding dash oil if desired. Mix together and spoon onto cookie sheet (greased or lined with something) and bake 18 min at 375 (ish, adjustable as needed).

[tsuki_no_bara]

so what you're saying is mystery biscuits are versatile and forgiving. :D cheese would be a good addition but to be honest cheese is almost always a good addition.

[donutsweeper]

lol Cheese is ALWAYS a good addition (well for breads and bread type things, not cookies or donuts)