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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by vnatale » Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:11 am

joypog wrote:
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I guess she’s not making Chinese pork stew with carrots anytime soon then. Too bad.
I met some Buddhists in Taiwan who don’t eat garlic. That was new.

I used to go to an indian vegetarian buffet and they made a note of the dishes that didn't include garlic and onions.

Its been years since we moved out of that town, but I assumed it must have been some prohibition against pulling out root vegetables? But then again carrots....

Google is my friend. If you experience garlic and onions as stimulants...well damn, you're living on one super-sensitive plane of existence!



Why is that?

I have a friend who is part of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity

She told me that they proscribe NOT eating onions and garlic.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:39 pm

joypog wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:09 am
dualstow wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:55 am
I guess she’s not making Chinese pork stew with carrots anytime soon then. Too bad.
I met some Buddhists in Taiwan who don’t eat garlic. That was new.
I used to go to an indian vegetarian buffet and they made a note of the dishes that didn't include garlic and onions.

Its been years since we moved out of that town, but I assumed it must have been some prohibition against pulling out root vegetables? But then again carrots....

Google is my friend. If you experience garlic and onions as stimulants...well damn, you're living on one super-sensitive plane of existence!
I was told that the “fire” from garlic produces lust. O0
I guess your link about them being almost an intoxicant is pretty close.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by joypog » Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:58 pm

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I was told that the “fire” from garlic produces lust. O0
Hmm...I know what I'll be cooking for dinner. >:D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:30 pm

dualstow wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:55 am

I guess she’s not making Chinese pork stew with carrots anytime soon then. Too bad.
I met some Buddhists in Taiwan who don’t eat garlic. That was new.
Yeah, that won't be on the menu any time soon I'm afraid. :P When she eats mooncake she won't have the kind with the yolk inside either.

On the bright side, she uses a lot of mock meats (Beyond, Impossible, etc.), and they're getting so good now that I don't necessarily miss the real thing anymore.
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Post by Smith1776 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:45 pm

Also, yeah, no garlic and onions in our tradition either.

It's a shame because those are two of the tastiest things you can add to pretty much any dish. :D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:13 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:30 pm
dualstow wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:55 am

I guess she’s not making Chinese pork stew with carrots anytime soon then. Too bad.
I met some Buddhists in Taiwan who don’t eat garlic. That was new.
Yeah, that won't be on the menu any time soon I'm afraid. :P When she eats mooncake she won't have the kind with the yolk inside either.

On the bright side, she uses a lot of mock meats (Beyond, Impossible, etc.), and they're getting so good now that I don't necessarily miss the real thing anymore.
I like some of that stuff. I’m also looking forward to lab grown meats even though it creeps some people out. do we have a thread on lab grown? We should.
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Post by dualstow » Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:26 pm

P.S. There’s a reddit thread. Of course there is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comme ... onsgarlic/
{ actually that’s one of many }
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Post by Smith1776 » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:49 am

Life pro tip: always buy an extra mooncake that you can hide from your family and keep to yourself. 🥮🤤😋
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:51 am

dualstow wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:13 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:30 pm
dualstow wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:55 am

I guess she’s not making Chinese pork stew with carrots anytime soon then. Too bad.
I met some Buddhists in Taiwan who don’t eat garlic. That was new.
Yeah, that won't be on the menu any time soon I'm afraid. :P When she eats mooncake she won't have the kind with the yolk inside either.

On the bright side, she uses a lot of mock meats (Beyond, Impossible, etc.), and they're getting so good now that I don't necessarily miss the real thing anymore.
I like some of that stuff. I’m also looking forward to lab grown meats even though it creeps some people out. do we have a thread on lab grown? We should.
Since it’s lab grown… does that mean we can also ethically find out what human meat tastes like?

I’ll see myself out now.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:25 am

If someone wants to put in the time, yes. Eh, let’s focus on the other white meat first. O0
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:46 pm

Another life pro-tip: always make sure your terminal is actually in the right directory before you start complaining that your code isn't compiling. ^-^
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Post by joypog » Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:09 pm

Often, under the influence of wine, Liu Ling would behave in a completely free and unrestrained manner, sometimes even stripping off his clothes and sitting stark naked in the middle of his room. Once, when others saw him in this state and chided him for it, Ling famously retorted, "Heaven and Earth are my pillars and roof, my house and its rooms are my trousers and jacket. Pray, what are you gentlemen doing in my trousers?"

From John Minford's commentary on "8. Water" of the Tao Te Ching.
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Post by dualstow » Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:14 am

O0
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:32 pm

Desert wrote:
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The influence of wine has been remarkably consistent for thousands of years!
Even more consistent than the PP!

Maybe wine is the true simple, safe, and stable investment.
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Post by Smith1776 » Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:05 am

Nacho night!


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Post by dualstow » Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am

Best laid chips
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Kbg » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:47 pm

We may ask you for a man card check...what's with the scented candles!?

P.S. The jalapeno density is a bit low, please up your game.

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Jack Jones » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:00 pm

dualstow wrote:
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Best laid chips
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:08 pm

Kbg wrote:
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We may ask you for a man card check...what's with the scented candles!?
They help cover up my smelly man farts... are those purposes manly enough?? ;D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Kbg » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:36 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:08 pm
Kbg wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:47 pm
We may ask you for a man card check...what's with the scented candles!?
They help cover up my smelly man farts... are those purposes manly enough?? ;D
Excellent response...certified man card holder, check. :D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by joypog » Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:48 am

from Zhuangzi, Section 2 (Burton Watson Translation)
There is a beginning. There is not yet beginning to be a beginning. There is not yet beginning to be a not yet beginning to be a beginning. There is being. There is nonbeing. There is a not yet beginning to be nonbeing. There is a not yet beginning to be a not yet beginning to be nonbeing. Suddenly there is a being and nonbeing. But between this being and nonbeing, I don't really know which is being and which is nonbeing. Now I have just said something. But I don't know whether what I have said has really said something or whether it hasn't said something.
a total keyboard tongue twister.
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Post by dualstow » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:00 pm

And he probably said all that in 5 characters of wenyanwen (文言文) O0
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:38 am

The Walmart Great Value brand is indeed, well, a great value. Only three some odd bucks Canadian and it makes like... a billion cups of coffee. It tastes surprisingly decent, too.


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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:36 am

Nacho variation number 2!

This time with extra cheese, prosciutto, and cooked a few minutes longer. Way yummier than the first time (which was pretty damn good to begin with).

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by boglerdude » Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:23 am

Swap in fake meat and I'm down. Vinny mirite
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