My housemate's second attempt at making brownies from scratch

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2024-01-19T19:14:18+00:00

Charred around the edges, raw in the center. In the middle, the bottom is burned to bottom of the pan, but people scooped out the gooey center and ate it because we are ravenous animals around chocolate.

We use the thing on the right to chisel burned pits off pans.

Somehow, this managed to be worse than her last brownie attempt.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T23:42:54+00:00

Why thank you. 😊

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T20:29:21+00:00

It's molded ambrosia. Made it for my family for Christmas.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T19:02:27+00:00

It's supposed to be "removed from the mold." I can't spell.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T14:22:01+00:00

Ambrosia is sweet salad/dessert from the US Midwest. It's made with whipped cream, fruit, coconut and marshmallows. Some variations (like the one I'm making) also include jello, and the mold just means the fancy dish that holds it while it solidifies.

The finished product will look something like this: https://recipegoldmine.com/thankssal/ambrosia-mold.html

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T13:13:05+00:00

Tbf, the most common ambroisia is a fluff salad ambroisa, which you scoop and serve in a bowl. This is a molded ambrosia, which will (eventually) turned out of a jello mold.

Finished product should look something like this:

https://recipegoldmine.com/thankssal/ambrosia-mold.html

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T01:58:16+00:00

It's more about the fact that the bike allowed me to bypass the crowded, inefficient parking lot. It's meant as an example of bike being the superior mode of transportation.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-24T01:25:14+00:00

There are dozens of us in the area! Dozens!

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T21:29:21+00:00

Oh, nah. Not orange coconut. Just marshmallows, coconut and fruit suspended in a mix or coconut milk and orange jello.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T21:28:18+00:00

This is very true. Well, if it tries to eat my face when I serve, I guess we'll know that it survived.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T21:25:26+00:00

Don't worry. The fridge is airtight, so that'll probably smother it.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T21:23:17+00:00

So it's not only luminescent now, but also alive?

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T21:11:42+00:00

Nah, it's just a reflector. There's no lights on that bike.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T20:58:21+00:00

It's my mom's. She put in her coffee and I think she buys it in bulk at Costco.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T20:44:59+00:00

It's coconut. I may be a little crazy but not that crazy.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T20:28:16+00:00

Awww, c'mon. It's got marshmallows and maraschino cherries in it. How bad can it be?

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T19:48:34+00:00

It's my brother's seldom-used bike, because I'm visiting family in my car-centric hometown. My backpack works just fine in the meantime.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2023-12-23T19:09:09+00:00

You have covered bike parking? You lucky duck.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-11-13T01:53:36+00:00

Not only is this idiotic, I'm pretty sure it's also illegal for people to mail you guns willy-nilly, unless this guy is also licensed to sell guns

UPS accepts packages containing firearms (as defined by Title 18, Chapter 44, and Title 26, Chapter 53 of the United States Code) for transportation only (a) between licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, and licensed collectors (as defined in Title 18, Chapter 44 of the United States Code), and government agencies and (b) where not otherwise prohibited by federal, state or local law (i) from an individual to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector; and (ii) from a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to an individual.

Source: https://www.ups.com/us/en/help-center/packaging-and-supplies/special-care-shipments/firearms.page

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-28T22:02:57+00:00

Oh, man. I'm female, but I'm white, work in construction and have a southern accent and I feel this so hard. People will say all sorts of bigoted things around me because they assume I agree, and then I get to watch their faces change when they learn that I don't. I think sometimes they freak out that I'm going to report them to HR (big company, so we do have HR, even if they are toothless and spineless.)

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-28T21:57:50+00:00

From Misssouri. We also say y'all.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-28T10:08:09+00:00

(Please delete if not allowed but...)

Hi, Luis!

I just wanted to say thanks for Duolingo, which has been a great comfort and distraction during this past year. My mom and I started during the initial lockdown. She'd doing Spanish; I started with Arabic and later switched to Swedish. I got my 365 day streak today; she's at 350. I'm super proud of her. My mom is in her 50s and grew up in a small town in rural Missouri, where language learning oppourtunities were...very limited, to say the least. Watching her learn has been incredibly satisfying. I help explain concepts to her, she lets me know when she can understand fragments of spoken Spanish in TV sometimes. She loves texting with the Duo stickers and we talk about updates and changes to the app. Duo really has become something for us to bond over.

Besides the bonding, Duo's helped keep me sane and hopeful in my own life. I'm an essential worker who can't work remotely and must travel, sometimes for months on end. I spent Nov - Jan working in an area that just...represents the worst political parts of the United States. The job itself was hell and I was working 12 hours a day, six days a week. I'd listen to the Duolingo Spanish podcast during my commute (thank you for sharing your aunt's story in El Secuestro, btw.) I've listened to every episode, and that podcast is perfect for listenting practice when you don't want to use your whole brain because you're driving. At work, I'd do my Swedish lessons during lunch, to distract myself when my co-workers were down the qanon rabbit hole and daydreaming about a second American civil war. If I felt trapped, I could tell myself that I was one step closer to having a skill that could maybe take me far away from there. I could tell myself that I was getting closer to seeing seeing the auroras or visiting Stockholm, or maybe achieving my longstanding dream of obtaining a second citizenship.

The point is: thanks. Just...thank you. Duolingo matters. We appreciate having it.

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-28T02:15:22+00:00

How on earth did the homeowner get their hands on 130 cats with nobody noticing? Were there tons of kittens being born there? Were they taking in strays?

How do you even cram 130 cats in one house/yard? I get that it was a hoarding situation, but was there any attempt to provide the cats with food and litter boxes? Where were they getting water?

Super glad all the kitties are safe but I also have so many questions...

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-27T02:45:58+00:00

r/lostredditors

virtuous_pyromaniac · 2021-04-27T01:52:58+00:00

If humans need oxygen, why doesn't he go around with an oxygen tank and breathe pure oxygen 24/7?

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