u/brajahdarker

I've been fairly serious about cooking for the past year, trying to cook an involved 2-3 hour recipe each week. I need a new flavor profile though!

Many of the countries I try to cook from have (generally) given me 3 different profiles:

1: basic Americano (garlic, onion, paprika, cayenne, nutmeg)

2: countries that are Indian inspired (ginger, cardamom, coriander, turmeric)

3: Frenchie stuff (rosemary, onion, thyme, wine)

But I'm looking for some new flavor profile that fall outside this. I love flavors made from reductions, but I'm willing to buy whatever spices for my rack so I can branch out!

Edit: Thank you so much for the recommendations! I posted this in the middle of work, and am surprised I got so many replies. I'm making a big list in note pad, and I'm saving it and gonna use it to research new dishes, as well as try many that you have all recommended

HEAR ME OUT. I'm only 2 episodes in, and I'm sure people have complained about this before too. But let's address the elephant in the room: Season 2 is definitely p*dophilic. In only 2 episodes, this 13 year old character has had some "haha, my naked body is exposed in the bath" or "I'm being groped because you thought I was a boy" garbage.

Season 1 is such a stand-out incredible series. The story is self contained, mature, and badass. And the story is a seinen, so it doesn't have the excuse of trying to appeal to young teenagers. Season 2 adds a goofy tone out of nowhere, and starts sexualizing a child character. Season 1 was SO GOOD, I was going to suggest it to all my anime loving friends. But now I can't because I have to say "It's so good. But out of nowhere the anime tries everything in its power to get your horny for a young teenager." end rant

If I can give one compliment, the action music is banger after banger.

Not really looking for hentai obviously. But a good story that isn't afraid to delve into the explicit nature of relationships. Show me a nip here and there!

I'm sort of making the assumption that I'll only really like one written by a woman, but I'm open to a dude somehow having his finger on the pulse of sapphic life. I guess my real request is a sexual story that isn't created solely for dudes to jack it to.

I'm trying to avoid manhuas (edit: meant to type "manhwa"), because (crucify me if you must) the way they write women is so weird and off-putting a lot of the time.

Okay, background on my cat: I own one cat (Lyle, 6 years old). When I got him, he lived with a semi elderly cat which he got along with, loved playing with him. He has passed since, and then I got a room mate with 3 cats. It was hell for him because 2 of those cats HATED him, and he hated them. They weren't worryingly violent, but they scrapped, and it was always tense for my cat

After 2 years, those cats moved away. Lyle has no cat peers to live with! Something crazy happened though. He seems much more comfortable in a few ways:

• he lets people pet him, who previously he would swat at
• he cuddles with me everywhere, which used to be limited to the couch
• he's overall more loving to everybody

I think having the house to himself, without conflicting cat territories, has been a load off his mind

BUT. I do think he's much more lonely. He comes to me begging for attention 5X more often (which is fine for me, just noting behavior), and sometimes he howls a few times after eating, or late at night, which he has never ever done before

I think he needs a little cat friend, and I'm thinking that a kitten (post nursing but pre-demon phase) would be a positive non-threatening addition to the house. I don't know if I should get one/two kittens, or if I shouldn't get a new cat. He seems much more calm now, being free of those previous cats... but he has shown love to other cats before them, and I do think it is healthy for cats to have cat peers. I'm just worried they won't be stoked about each other. but also I don't want my cat to just live around humans

Any insight? Thank you

First off, They are my favorite band, by far! I cannot glaze them harder if I wanted to. But Every Album after 'Together' is getting less and less energetic, specifically with the vocals. There's always at least SOME high energy bangers in all their albums, but this newest one has none. Every song is vocally softer than "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk" or "Whiteout Conditions"

Now, every album has a couple of softer song, gotta mix it up! And I don't expect them to make every song as hyped up as "Broken Beads" or "The Electric Version." But their albums are usually 10/10s for me. They're still good! They're unique and complex. But part of what made The New Pornographers perfect to me were the high energy vocal harmonies, and switching frantically in-and-out of falsetto.

I know they're getting older, but I just saw them live, and they've still got it! One of the best shows I've ever seen live!

Am I alone in this? Do other people think their albums are getting a little more 1-note? This happened to the band Destroyer as well, with the exception of his newest album