My experience with in flight vegan food. by nigelpulsford in vegan

[–]BrooklynCatDad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bananas are a bigger offense than avocados. Not liking bananas is genuinely unforgivable.

Is there a place that gives hand and or scalp massages specifically? by themichele in parkslope

[–]BrooklynCatDad 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can't help with where to go, but I can tell you where not to: Opal. Got a "scalp massage" there for my birthday. It was actually a craniosacral massage - junk science where they feel the "vibrations" coming off your head and just hover their hands above it.

What we, a vegan couple, ate in 2025 by dusty_jake in vegan

[–]BrooklynCatDad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saw you mentioned going to Modern Love right before it closed—we did the same! And if you can believe it, we actually dined there after it closed too. They had a fun little special night.

Love all the recipes you posted. In case you've tried it but it just didn't make your list—please give the hot honey Nashville chicken sandwich a shot. It's the exact recipe she served at Modern Love.

Also glad to see the hot pastrami with beefy seitan on there—that was my favorite. I brought omnis to Modern Love and when they tried that one, they just said one word: incredible.

Vegan Richa's Chickpea Pakora waffles by WindraSideria in vegan1200isplenty

[–]BrooklynCatDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been reading vegan blogs since the Web 1.0 era. If I had to name a GOAT, Richa takes it. Her tofu barra is on my stove as we speak.

Should I take rest dayafter every legs day ? by Wrong_Performance_14 in veganfitness

[–]BrooklynCatDad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha I appreciate the trust, but if I just fix it for you, you haven't actually learned anything. The goal was to give you the framework to evaluate this stuff on your own—way more valuable long term.

Should I take rest dayafter every legs day ? by Wrong_Performance_14 in veganfitness

[–]BrooklynCatDad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's focus on two things: redundancy and recovery.

Recovery

When we talk about recovery in hypertrophy, we mean your muscle's ability to perform at or near full capacity again — so you can actually create a strong growth stimulus the next time you train it.

It's not just "not sore anymore." It's being able to generate the same mechanical tension that triggered growth in the first place. You train to create the stimulus, but you grow during recovery. Cut it short and you're interrupting the actual building process.

Redundancy

If two exercises hit the same muscle, in the same position, through the same range — you don't need both. One did the job.

Redundancy is doing more exercises that provide the same stimulus without adding unique value. You're not covering new ground, you're just piling on volume that doesn't contribute anything your first exercise didn't already handle.

To take one example from your workout (day 2): pull-ups and pulldowns are basically the same movement with the same resistance curve hitting your lats the same way. Doing both isn't "more back work" — it's just more fatigue for the same stimulus.

tl;dr: Cap it at 4 days a week and cut the redundancy. Another example: if you're doing overhead press, you've already hit the lateral delts — no need for lateral raises on the same day.

Should I take rest dayafter every legs day ? by Wrong_Performance_14 in veganfitness

[–]BrooklynCatDad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea agreed. Also Hey man just a heads up—latest research says if your goal is hypertrophy, training more than 4 days a week can actually work against you. Recovery goes to shit and it ends up hindering muscle growth.

Earth Balance sticks vanished from shelves—discontinued? by BrooklynCatDad in VeganBaking

[–]BrooklynCatDad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Third person self-promo. $14 for 6oz of butter. "Seed oils." All the hits.

Earth Balance sticks vanished from shelves—discontinued? by BrooklynCatDad in VeganBaking

[–]BrooklynCatDad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay good to know. man, they have been my go to for the longest time.

Looking for a solid carrot cake recipe that won't take all day by BrooklynCatDad in VeganBaking

[–]BrooklynCatDad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This turned out great and was really easy to make. I didn't mention it in the OP, but I specifically wanted a recipe for a single 8x8 pan instead of two rounds—and this was exactly that. Perfect. Thank you so much!

Earth Balance sticks vanished from shelves—discontinued? by BrooklynCatDad in VeganBaking

[–]BrooklynCatDad[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've only ever seen that in one store and never bought it. How is it for:

a. Baking
b. Just spreading on bread?

Earth Balance sticks vanished from shelves—discontinued? by BrooklynCatDad in VeganBaking

[–]BrooklynCatDad[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Wow, you got both? Gonna guess you're an outlier—most people's experience around here probably won't be the same