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petermorwood:

unbossed:

boonbucks-city-beach:

crows-cats-and-cackles:

grossrabbit:

grossrabbit:

fucked up how cooking and baking from scratch is viewed as a luxury…..like baking a loaf of bread or whatever is seen as something that only people with money/time can do. I’m not sure why capitalism decided to sell us the idea that we can’t make our own damn food bc it’s a special expensive thing that’s exclusive to wealthy retirees but it’s stupid as hell and it makes me angry

bread takes like max 4 ingredients counting water and sure it takes a couple hours but 80% of that is just waiting around while it does the thing and you can do other things while it’s rising/baking plus im not gonna say baking cured my depression bc it didn’t but man is it hard to feel down when you’re eating slices of fresh bread you just made yourself. feels like everything’s gonna be a little more ok than you thought. it’s good.

bread is amazing and it’s also been sold to us as something really hard to make? Every time I tell someone I made a loaf of bread I get reactions like “you made it yourself???” and “do you have a bread machine then?”
I haven’t touched a bread machine in probably 10 years.
You CAN make your own bread, folks, and it’s actually pretty cheap to do so. I believe the most expensive thing I needed for it was the jar of yeast. It was about $6 at the grocery store and lasted me MONTHS (just keep it in the fridge.) The packets are even cheaper.
destroy capitalism. bake your own bread.

You can also make your own yeast by making a sourdough starter, so that cuts cost even more.

But you have to feed the starter daily/weekly and that means it grows quickly, but there are tons of recipes online for what to do with your excess starter. Cookies, pretzels, crackers, pancakes, waffles, you name it!!

Here’s a link to The Home Baking Association’s site. It has recipes and tips.

Make it even easier - “No-Knead Bread”. All YOU do is mix the ingredients together and wait until it’s time to heat the oven. The yeast does all the rest.

Here’s @dduane’s first take on it and the finished product. We’ve made even more photogenic batches since.

Kneading is easy as well; either let your machine do it, or if you don’t want to or don’t have one, get hands-on. It’s like mixing two colours of Plasticine to make a third. Flatten, stretch, fold, half-turn, repeat - it takes about 10 minutes - until the gloopy conglomeration of flour, yeast, salt and water that clings to your hands at the beginning, becomes a compact ball that doesn’t stick to things and feels silky-smooth.

Here’s what before and after look like.

My Mum used to say that if you were feeling out of sorts with someone, it was good to make bread because you could transfer your annoyance into kneading the dough REALLY WELL, and both you and the bread would be better for it.

Then you put it into a bowl, cover it with cling-film and let it rise until it doubles in size, turn it out and “knock it back” (more kneading, until it’s getting back to the size it started, this means there won’t be huge “is something living in here?” holes in the bread), put it into your loaf-tin or whatever - we’ve used a regular oblong tin, a rectangular Pullman tin with a lid, a small glass casserole, an earthenware chicken roaster…

You can even use a clean terracotta flowerpot.

Let the dough rise again until it’s high enough to look like an unbaked but otherwise real loaf, then pop it in the preheated oven. On average we give ours 180°C / 355°F for 45-50 minutes. YM (and oven) MV.

Here’s some of our bread…

Here’s our default bread recipe - it takes about 3-4 hours from flour jar to cutting board depending on climate (warmer is faster) most of which is rise time and baking; hands-on mixing, kneading and knocking-back is about 20 minutes, tops, and less if using a mixer.

Here ( or indeed any of the other pics) is the finished product. This one was given an egg-wash to make it look glossy and keep the poppy-seeds in place; mostly we don’t bother with that or the slash down the middle, but all the extras were intentional as a “ready for my close-up” glamour shot.

I think any shop would be happy to have something this good-looking on their shelf. We’re happy to have it on our table.

Even if your first attempts don’t work out quite as well as you hope, you can always make something like this…

can we have more posts like this in future please? this is really useful and could help those who are struggling

profeminist: millennial-review: Believe it, and use your privilege to DEAL WITH IT.

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:31:00 -0400

profeminist:

millennial-review:

Believe it, and use your privilege to DEAL WITH IT.

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Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:25:40 -0400

Noxious - Single by Niks Emos

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:22:36 -0400

Noxious - Single by Niks Emos:

niksemosmusic:

Get out your gas masks! My new single “Noxious” is here!!! Available on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp (more stores to come).

Now available on Deezer, Google Play, Spotify, Tidal, and Napster. 😘

I really like this band 😁

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:20:03 -0400

I really like this band 😁

mariagvogel: So I’ve seen the post he’s talking about around...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:17:24 -0400

mariagvogel:

So I’ve seen the post he’s talking about around tumblr and twitter, but haven’t seen this on tumblr. I think it’s worth sharing.

(Also remember: do *not* pet service dogs!)

tinker-tanner: whyisthisfrenchguymasturbating: edvardgrieg-offic...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:13:52 -0400

tinker-tanner:

whyisthisfrenchguymasturbating:

edvardgrieg-official:

neurophonic:

weloveshortvideos:

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what on earth

please if you do anything useful in your life, don’t scroll past this

watch it

PLEASE

tchaikovsky is proud

In case anyone is baffled by this, there’s a Tchaikovsky piece in which there’s supposed to be a loud sound but he never specified what you should use to make that sound. People have done all kinds of weird shit depending on how they think the sound should, well, sound. Hitting a large piece of wood with a sledgehammer is a relatively conventional one.

light-skinned-kanaka: captainino: light-skinned-kanaka: The housing epidemic in Hawai’i has...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:10:17 -0400

light-skinned-kanaka:

captainino:

light-skinned-kanaka:

The housing epidemic in Hawai’i has reached an all time fucking low.

Let me tell you a little story.

My landlord informed me that he’s in trouble with the building permitting office, and because I have a perfect rental history he wants to relocate me (with my husband and two kids) to another property. I’m like okay fine, I’ll go look at it.

But then I get there … and it’s literally a concrete slab with walls and cheap windows.

This piece of shit had:

No front door

No floor (just raw concrete)

No walls or insulation

No kitchen

No bathroom, shower, or toilet

No septic tank

No electricity

No water or catchment

They want $825 a month

I asked when they were going to finish the cabin. They said it was already done, and we would have to pay for everything else out of pocket.

Is this illegal? Probably. But in my area, there are over 800 displaced residents who are looking for rentals due to the Kīlauea volcano. Someone will probably be desperate enough to take this offer, but not me.

This is the type of housing conditions natives and Hawai’i locals are dealing with so foreigners can have their Air BnBs, vacation rentals, and retirement cabins. So rich politicians can have a second or third home somewhere tropical.

In normal conditions, I would guess that this violates all kinds of housing laws, but in a disaster, it’s doubly illegal, as it’s price gouging. You should report it.

Report any instances of price gouging by emailing ocp@dcca.hawaii.gov with the following information:

Name of business

Location of the business (island, city, area)

Item purchased (any specific information about the product)

Name and contact number of the consumer

During normal business hours, consumers can call the DCCA Consumer Resource Center (CRC) between 7:45 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday at 587-4272 or 587-3295 from Oahu. Residents on the neighbor islands can call the following numbers:

Kauai 274-3141 ext. 74272

Maui 984-2400 ext. 74272

Hawaii 974-4000 ext. 74272

Lanai & Molokai 1-800-468-4644 (toll free)

Q: What are the consequences if a merchant violates the law?

A: Violation of the price increase prohibition is an unfair method of competition, and an unfair deceptive act or practice under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 480-2, subject to civil penalties as provided for in Haw. Rev. Stat. § 480-3.1. Each item sold in violation of the law is a separate violation. Fines of $500, up to $10,000, per day, per violation, are possible.

Mahalo nui for this addition!

Noxious - Single by Niks Emos

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 08:17:04 -0400

Noxious - Single by Niks Emos:

Get out your gas masks! My new single “Noxious” is here!!! Available on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp (more stores to come).

acourtofwhitesandracism:I’m sorry but homophobia and racism aren’t opinions

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 08:15:06 -0400

acourtofwhitesandracism:

I’m sorry but homophobia and racism aren’t opinions

reverseracism: When a marginalized group is asked for peaceful...

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:13:59 -0400

reverseracism:

When a marginalized group is asked for peaceful protesting, what is really being asked is for them to “protest” in a way that those with privilege can actively and happily ignore.

🚨🚨🚨 NEW MUSIC!!! 🚨🚨🚨

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:53:04 -0400

Okay loves! I’m gonna give you a chance to purchase my new track Noxious on Bandcamp before it officially releases tomorrow. 😘So come and get it 😁

https://niksemos.bandcamp.com/track/noxious

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Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:46:58 -0400