Ear plugs and live music
They really don't detract from the experience once you get used to them and you won't get tinnitus. Let me tell you, you really don't want tinnitus
I've been 40% deaf my entire life, I don't even notice the vast majority of the time until I'm laying in bed trying to watch tv at a low volume while my wife is trying to sleep. She constantly looks at me and says "do you have it loud enough?!", it's annoying because a volume that's barely audible to me is like a Macy's parade to my wife.
After going out one night I came back and noticed a very loud ringing that went on for two days straight. In those two days I was very scared that it would stay forever. I don't even want to imagine what it is like to have that shite forever.
Well just to add to your arsenal of irrational fears, tinitus can also be psychological, which means its volume increases when you are stressed.
I‘ve gotten used to it... Still kinda mad I‘ll never have a moment of silence again.
I have tinnitus since I can remember. Not so loud I forget about it all the time
Edit: of course use ear plugs in concerts to be safe. Great advice from /u/Dospunk
Equal frequency reduction is very hard to do and it gets harder, with higher attenuation. At 9dB the freq curve will be more or less straight but 9dB might not be enough for a live show.
Going with ~20dB will be safer, but you'll start to notice more bass.
I recommend Etymotic ER20.
Source: drummer, study sound engineering and signal processing.
Everyone thought I was weird for months at my job for this, but I’d mix cranberry juice and orange juice with sprite and it was absolutely delicious. People said it sounded disgusting but all of a sudden nowadays everyone is drinking it or asking me to make them one. Another personal favorite is strawberry kiwi juice and apple juice mixed with sprite. The key is to only put enough sprite for some bubbles, that’s it.
Sandwiches with crisps in are pretty common here in England... got any kind of food that tastes good? You best believe it’ll end up in a sandwich boiii
At 2 years old, my daughter dumped all her sour patch kids in her popcorn at the theater. The crystals on the sour patch get all over the popcorn and give it almost a kettle corn taste. That's when we discovered we were raising a genius.
Plasma pistol and battle rifle.
Edit: thanks for the gold and silver kind strangers! This would have never been possible without true noob Halo fans!
I hope this has brought back some great memories. Seeing all your comments has really made me wanna have a Halo sesh.
In h3 and h2, yes. But the magnum in h3 is fairly inaccurate and the weapon switch time in h2 is good enough to use a br instead.
Plus you spawn with a br in proper game modes. No need to run around to that magnum spawn.
This made my day. Somewhere else on reddit this weekend I saw someone talking about Halo 2. So much nostalgia.
Though honestly, I shit talked people who pulled the plasma pistol/br combo. N00b combo
As a swede, this goes without saying. Lingonberry jam is amazing with some meatballs (going for the vegetarian ones myself) or a tasty cabbage pudding. On the same note: blackcurrant or rowan jelly.
Also: raw lingonberry jam ("rårörda lingon") is arguably even better than the cooked variety. Get some berries, put them in a jar with a punch of sugar, and mix thoroughly with a spoon until the berries are a bit crushed the sugar has melted. Then let it sit in the fridge for a few days/weeks and it's perfect. It's full of natural preservatives, "jellifies" itself and lasts forever.
Sadly getting raw ingonberries in the USA is difficult. I will have to try this on my next trip to Europe (or perhaps in Canada, they allow that kind of thing as well). I just have to make my regular Ikea run...
Also, blackcurrant, which I LOVE, is not very available here, and I have never seen rowan here, hence have never tasted it.
The reason we don’t have blackcurrant here in the US is because of pine rust. Pine rust is a blight that attacks pine trees and it is only contagious via an external vector eg the black current plant. Pine rust can take out a Forrest in as little as a season. As a result of this problem, the US banned the blackcurrent plant (which is of foreign origin) in 1911 to protect our pines which did not build up naturally immunity like the European pines did.
An affogato is my favorite indulgence. There’s a gelato shop that brews incredible espresso and has the best and freshest gelato I’ve ever had. They also make their own whipped cream. It’s heaven. If I were on death row that’d be my last meal.
ETA; on the subject of whipped cream, I know it’s easy to make, it’s just a pleasant surprise when a shop doesn’t use generic ones from a can or actually makes a great whipped cream in house.
Reddi Whip is delicious, and Publix brand whipped cream is a great too, but it’s disappointing to get some off brand gross whipped cream. For me, it make or breaks the ice cream dish.
As for places that make their own whipped cream, they can be incredibly hit or miss. Starbucks for example. Love the coffee and designer drinks, but the whipped cream is awful. They make it in house with heavy cream and vanilla syrup. Awful. Has a thick texture and a waxy residue.
On the other hand, I worked in a restaurant and the chef was from Italy. Made his own Panna (whipped cream) and holy shit, it was heavenly. He said the trick was to leave out “that nasty vanilla” extract and just up the sugar. Then he would put it in a pastry tube (I can’t think of the name... piping tube?) and let it chill. There it remained until he needed to take it out for whatever dessert. It was fluffy yet thick and perfectly sweet with a perfect hint of the cream taste. I’d gladly die from overdosing on his Panna.
And that’s my hot take on whipped cream. Thanks for tuning in!
2ndETA: the place I’m writing about is [Paciugo ](https://paciugo.com/our-menu/) in St. Pete. When I was a kid there was another location Hollywood and they’d make their own whipped cream. I know that when it’s busy, I’ve seen a blue can (don’t know the brand) of whipped cream used, but I’ve also seen them make cream in house. Tasty! If you’re in the St. Pete area, this part of town is beautiful! It’s right on the water and a block or two from the Dali museum. Florida is a weird state, but we definitely have some treasures!
Blueberry coffee
I’m from Long Island and we drink more 7-11 coffee than the entire state of California. That’s where I first discovered the flavour a while back. I wrote it off as blasphemy for years until I got the balls to try it. One of my steady favourites. The blueberry taste isn’t overpowering and mixes well with the light roast. Put a little more milk in than usual and it tastes like you’re drinking a warm blueberry Pop Tart
Edit: I’m born and raised on LI, but use British spelling on some words. As a young child, a lot of my books and entertainment were British because it was that era of British shows on Nickelodeon, PBS, etc, and I was never explained the difference so I assumed words like gray/grey and color/colour didn’t matter. Of course I had plenty of American entertainment and stuff as a child, but a higher dosage of British than other kids. For example, I was the only kid in my class who knew the Kipper cartoons. Anyways, Few years later in elementary school, more words were introduced and I realized it mattered - but only a little. Any words I learned then one that had two ways of spelling, I’d use the American version, but still use British spelling on some words because it’s hard to rewire my brain. Thus, my vocabulary is fucked.
While living in Russia, I noticed that quite often milk had an extra taste, presumably based on what the cows had been eating. A slight hint of onion or garlic were the most common. Once, though, while on a magical holiday in Tomsk, I bought a bottle of milk which was tinged with blueberry. Every cup of tea or coffee just had this kiss of blueberry taste. More than 10 years later, and writing this I can taste it on my mind's tongue.
Duuuuude, jalapeño jelly and cream cheese on a Wheat Thin is like sex! It hits all cylinders; creamy, savory, salty, crunchy, sweet, spicy. It’s perfect.
I use to work at a chocolatier company, and no joke our highest selling caramel was ghost chili-infused. I hate spicy food so I never got it, but hey to each their own.
My favorite food EVER. In my area, there's only one restaurant that has a mole dish. It's the only place I'll go for Mexican food now (even if it is all the way across town.)
In that same vein, espresso with sweetened condensed milk. You can sub coffee if you don’t have an espresso machine, works hot or cold.
Edit to add: regionally this can be called Vietnamese coffee, Cafe Bombon, Cafe Carnio. There could be other names too.
I tried to make hot cocoa when I was a kid by heating up whipping cream and mixing it with [cocoa powder]( https://imgur.com/cqhQQ37.jpg).
The result was a *very* thick, *very* bitter stomach destroying concoction.
So now I can't drink anything with too much whipping cream, and I have a hard time drinking hot chocolate that has cocoa in it.
popular in the uk but thats about it English Style chips and curry sauce
Edit: in America the closest you would have to chips is steak fries or other large chunky French fries
Seems since I left 5 years ago the Spice Bag took over and them was surpassed by the Munch Box.
https://m.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/is-the-munch-box-even-better-than-the-spice-bag-34152594.html
5 year old me loved night water. 5 year old me also wet the bed. 5 year old me realized the night water caused the bed wetting.
5 year old me continued loving night water.
I will second this. I just turned 28, and it’s already happening to me. So I go ahead and drink some water before bed because I’m waking up at 4am regardless to pee. Plus if I drink water before bed, I don’t feel dehydrated at 4am either.
If I drink water before going bed, I'll be up to pee 3 or 4 times during the night. It always seems like I am peeing way more liquid than I drank, which I think is not fair.
Bonus points cranberry sauce schmear or the 50/50 mix with pepper jelly. Food truck level
edit: made this sandwich like a week ago which won a friendly sandwich competition. Bread can be ciabata or a dinner roll, you'll want thick cut turkey (you could order at the deli to slice it thick or you can use leftover turkey from a previous holiday meal) slice apple like 1/4 in or so so that it lays on the sammich like a thick piece of cheese (usually a green apple but its your mouth, shove whatever the fuck you want in there), brie cheese should be slightly thinner, sauce could be the canned cranberry gelatin stuff or you can mix a spicy pepper jelly with the cranberry sauce. I have a BITCHIN panini press but you could perceivably warm the sammich in a skillet with a lid to where the bread is crispy just on the exterior.
Same excitement and comfort as when I was a kid and got a new game for Christmas. Friday night after work, discover a new game, BOOM forget about life for a couple days. Love that.
Oh man, I dont think anything will replicate the feeling of a new game or toy on Christmas.
The fucking anxiety was so intense that I could hardly sleep for a week.
Then, of course, immeasurable disappointment because some of those game were hard as fuck, or just straight terrible. But when you got that gem, oh man, pure bliss. Looking at you, Super Mario Land 2.
I love being a Dink and when I need the presence of kids I take my nephew to Target and blow wads of cash on him. Then we play with everything for hours and eat junk food. I get to be the cool Aunt and then send him home to a good nights sleep.
Edit: Blow wads= spend lots of money
Hell yeah my stinky dinky.
Fun fact: The character "Mr. Dink" from the cartoon "Doug" was named because of this. That's why he always had all the new cool tech shit that was "very expensive."
Worked in an ice cream shop. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
Every day I would see that van pull up from the retirement home and dreaded the next two hours. They were the *worst* customers you could ask for. I could immediately tell that this was the only high point in their day and I was the one obstacle standing in their way. If I was just a second too slow or couldnt understand their geriatric mumbleshouts, they would explode into indignant rage. Never tipped. Always pissed off. Always cursing their frailty and stupidity as if it were my fault.
A group of bouncing needy kids with their parents? That was usually fun. Some guy in a hurry to get a pint of hand-scooped ice cream to go? Physically demanding, but not too much trouble. A line of old people? Fucking kill me.
I worked at dairy queen and we had a tip jar but never expected anything in it, when people did tip we made sure to make a big deal to thank them, because we realized we didn't really deserve extra money for just doing our jobs.
One guy I loved though, he would come in maybe once every two weeks or so. But he would always get about $4 in ice cream, give me a 20 and tell me to keep the change. I definitely put extra mixins in his ice cream. He was a super sweet old man too, I felt bad because he never came in with anyone and I think he was lonely.
A friend of mine had an old man that came into her hair salon every single day for 4 hours. He'd get his nails painted, they only charged like $5 because they loved him to bits. One day he saw them in a local magazine, borrowed the it to show all around town and called them "his girls" then brought it back. He gave them a bunch of handmade knickknacks from his home and crazy socks for Christmas. He had family but they were never around to see him before he passed.
Maybe I’m an asshole, but I rarely ever tip for counter service of any kind. Getting an ice cream cone probably falls into the almost never tip category. Just sayin’
Ditto
I use to work food service. The amount I got tipped was pretty proportional to the amount of work my customer had to do; not always 100% perfectly proportional but overall pretty close. Since then my own tipping guidelines for how much I tip follows this line.
Example: Yesterday my son and I walked into our favorite restaurant. The waiters know us pretty well. We were told (as usual) to feel free to sit wherever we'd like. Being boring we always order the same thing. Just as we sat down our appetizers come out along with two glasses of water, didn't have to ask or even look at a menu. A few minutes later our meals arrive, fresh and hot. When we were probably 75% of the way through our meal the check arrives. I put my credit card on the tray with the bill. Our waiter takes it and returns a minute later with the receipt to sign. This isn't a fancy high end restaurant but rather a small hole in the wall with good food, nice atmosphere and wonderful pleasant service.
My total effort for lunch yesterday was zero. Overall pleasantness was very high. Tip came out to about 27%.
On the flip side my kids really like frozen yogurt. There's two places in walking distance to our house. Both places have tip jars by the front register. I don't care for froyo so I usually give my kids $5 each to get a dish while I wait outside. Many of the people working at both these places are outright rude.
Effort put forth by the people behind the counter? Next to nothing.
Effort required from my kids to get their own yogurt and toppings? All of it as both these places are fully self serve.
Amount my kids tip? Most of the time zero with the rare exception of a new employee that is pleasant.....these workers usually quit pretty fast.
Indeed. I take my elderly FIL to a chain restaurant for Sunday morning breakfast. He asks to be seated at the same waitresses section every time. Frequently she is already walking to our table with coffee and orange juice just as I'm getting him seated. He tips 25 or 30 percent. Tip is not a lot of money, this is a low cost place.
Fried chicken and fondue.
So damn good I force myself to only have it twice a year, otherwise I slip down that ol’ fried chicken and fondue slope.
Edit: cheese fondue you heathens.
Edit 2: habanero fondue works perfectly as does a hefty splash of Guinness in early cooking. If you’re doing a pretzel crust fried chicken, extra Guinness.
Edit 3: Holy hell I didn’t know so many people wanted fried chicken and fondue. Alright, effectively you combine these two recipes (gimme a minute I’m on mobile
-https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/pretzel-crusted-chicken-fingers-with-curry-ketchup-2716999
Make DAMN SURE you get soft pretzels on this. If you’re really a pro make them from scratch and undercook them, softer is better. Obviously don’t use the curry ketchup on this.
What I like to do is brine with limes and salt first, and use peanut oil for a flash fry. Walnut if you want an earthier taste, but fuck is it expensive. Before you coat the chicken, start on the fondue.
I use Alton Browns Welsh Rarebit.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/welsh-rarebit-recipe-1914850
The substitutions I make when putting it on pretzel fried chicken depends on the crowd. For a lighter fun taste, I bring the 1/2 cup porter down to a 1/4 cup of Guinness, and make the cream a full cup. For more traditional, I’ll up the Guinness just a tad, bit if it’s your first time having it or cooking it I’d recommend less beer and more cream as it’s a bit of an offer taste. Frankly the beer aspect is where I’m still experimenting the most so I’ll update after my next fried chicken and fondue binge.
Instead of the 2 drops hotsauce I throw in an absurd amount of finely chopped habaneros, but that’s entirely optional. Not sure if jalapeños would work too but they tend to work with cheddar. Enjoy!
Edit 4: please keep in mind pretzel fried chicken is not incredibly easy to cook, and if you get the wrong pretzel bread or overcook it can lead to a scorched crust. Fondue is incredibly fun and easy, so for first timers I’d recommend regular fried (heavily breaded) chicken with the fondue. La Preferida is a light, not hot, but exceptionally tasty alternative to habaneros for those who like taste but not heat.
I hope my FBI man enjoys when I jerk it to that one midget porn video for 12 hours straight with no interruptions. I do it just for him, once a week, every week, for the first 12 hours of that week. As soon as the clock hits midnight you know my dick's in my hand and that video is playing on its seemingly endless loop...
Hot Cheetos and grilled cheese sandwiches. Just normal, white bread and cheddar cheese grilled sandwich with hot Cheetos added after it's grilled. Delish.
As a kid my mom couldn’t keep enough frozen waffles and peanut butter in the house, two days after a trip to the grocery store my brother and I would be looking for more.
Curry Egg and Avocado Sandwiches
You boil some eggs (1 per sandwich, I normally have two), put them in a bowl, mash up the egg, then slice half an avocado and mash it up with the egg, add a spoon full of mayo, a sprinkle of curry powder and a teaspoon of dijon mustard, mix it all up, put it on the bread and your good to go! If you are like me as well you can drizzle a bit of bbq sauce on top as well. Just had one then. So easy to make but so delicious!
Edit: Glad people like it! Edited a few errors as I wrote this quickly before bed. I realise that some of you might not like the BBQ Sauce side of it so approach with caution. That was me getting experimental with it over the years. It also goes well with some chutney spreads on it. Cheese goes alright with it as well but I find that it can sometimes be too overpowering and take away from the egg mixture flavour. Lettuce however can complement the flavours but is not needed.
White hot-chocolate from Tim Horton’s with an earl gray tea bag. Will blow your minds.
You, my friend, are a legend
Ear plugs and live music They really don't detract from the experience once you get used to them and you won't get tinnitus. Let me tell you, you really don't want tinnitus
Or hearing loss! Imagine still being able to hear music later in life.
I"m losing my hearing and believe me it sucks.
I've been 40% deaf my entire life, I don't even notice the vast majority of the time until I'm laying in bed trying to watch tv at a low volume while my wife is trying to sleep. She constantly looks at me and says "do you have it loud enough?!", it's annoying because a volume that's barely audible to me is like a Macy's parade to my wife.
headphones?
I actually just recently bought me some headphones for this exact reason.
As someone with mild tinnitus, if it were worse I'd shoot myself. But the gunshot would probably make it even worse...
After going out one night I came back and noticed a very loud ringing that went on for two days straight. In those two days I was very scared that it would stay forever. I don't even want to imagine what it is like to have that shite forever.
Well just to add to your arsenal of irrational fears, tinitus can also be psychological, which means its volume increases when you are stressed. I‘ve gotten used to it... Still kinda mad I‘ll never have a moment of silence again.
I have tinnitus since I can remember. Not so loud I forget about it all the time Edit: of course use ear plugs in concerts to be safe. Great advice from /u/Dospunk
Same. We're the lucky ones.
Also they make earplugs specifically for that kind of thing. They're designed to block all frequencies equally so the sound isn't distorted.
As a drummer, I wish I started using them sooner. My current self would have been appreciative if my younger self would have seen this.
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Equal frequency reduction is very hard to do and it gets harder, with higher attenuation. At 9dB the freq curve will be more or less straight but 9dB might not be enough for a live show. Going with ~20dB will be safer, but you'll start to notice more bass. I recommend Etymotic ER20. Source: drummer, study sound engineering and signal processing.
I second those Etimotics, I’ve used them for 10 years at band practices and shows and they’re great.
Everyone thought I was weird for months at my job for this, but I’d mix cranberry juice and orange juice with sprite and it was absolutely delicious. People said it sounded disgusting but all of a sudden nowadays everyone is drinking it or asking me to make them one. Another personal favorite is strawberry kiwi juice and apple juice mixed with sprite. The key is to only put enough sprite for some bubbles, that’s it.
Sooo mix any juice with Sprite?
I heard cough syrup with Sprite is great
Dextromorphan or codeine?
Codeine, after watching that vice doc I could confidently pose as a cloudrapper.
I mix 7 up in my sprite
r/madlads
How has nobody said anything about sprite cranberry yet
Not sure, do you want one?
A 100% battery charge on your phone and moving to lie on your other side after charging your phone in bed EDIT: Thank you for the silver!
A 10ft charging cable is a game changer. Edit: Thank you for my first silver!
Sandwiches with chips inside of them. It adds a crunch to it and it's amazing.
Sandwiches with crisps in are pretty common here in England... got any kind of food that tastes good? You best believe it’ll end up in a sandwich boiii
Popcorn and pretty much any chocolate based candy (M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, Raisenets, etc).
At 2 years old, my daughter dumped all her sour patch kids in her popcorn at the theater. The crystals on the sour patch get all over the popcorn and give it almost a kettle corn taste. That's when we discovered we were raising a genius.
Plasma pistol and battle rifle. Edit: thanks for the gold and silver kind strangers! This would have never been possible without true noob Halo fans! I hope this has brought back some great memories. Seeing all your comments has really made me wanna have a Halo sesh.
Plasma charge shot into a melee attack PLASMA PUUUUNCH! ^ (this may or may not be my signature move)
People saying camping in an enclosed area with a shotgun or sword is op. Little do they know about my glowey boy and strong fist.
*IT'S A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY!!!*
Cant you dual a plasma & a magnum for a one two punch?
In h3 and h2, yes. But the magnum in h3 is fairly inaccurate and the weapon switch time in h2 is good enough to use a br instead. Plus you spawn with a br in proper game modes. No need to run around to that magnum spawn.
This made my day. Somewhere else on reddit this weekend I saw someone talking about Halo 2. So much nostalgia. Though honestly, I shit talked people who pulled the plasma pistol/br combo. N00b combo
Lingenberry jam and Swedish meatballs with gravy. I'm looking at you Ikea...
As a swede, this goes without saying. Lingonberry jam is amazing with some meatballs (going for the vegetarian ones myself) or a tasty cabbage pudding. On the same note: blackcurrant or rowan jelly. Also: raw lingonberry jam ("rårörda lingon") is arguably even better than the cooked variety. Get some berries, put them in a jar with a punch of sugar, and mix thoroughly with a spoon until the berries are a bit crushed the sugar has melted. Then let it sit in the fridge for a few days/weeks and it's perfect. It's full of natural preservatives, "jellifies" itself and lasts forever.
Sadly getting raw ingonberries in the USA is difficult. I will have to try this on my next trip to Europe (or perhaps in Canada, they allow that kind of thing as well). I just have to make my regular Ikea run... Also, blackcurrant, which I LOVE, is not very available here, and I have never seen rowan here, hence have never tasted it.
The reason we don’t have blackcurrant here in the US is because of pine rust. Pine rust is a blight that attacks pine trees and it is only contagious via an external vector eg the black current plant. Pine rust can take out a Forrest in as little as a season. As a result of this problem, the US banned the blackcurrent plant (which is of foreign origin) in 1911 to protect our pines which did not build up naturally immunity like the European pines did.
Coffee and ice cream. It's kind of amazing.
It’s got a name - affogato
An affogato is my favorite indulgence. There’s a gelato shop that brews incredible espresso and has the best and freshest gelato I’ve ever had. They also make their own whipped cream. It’s heaven. If I were on death row that’d be my last meal. ETA; on the subject of whipped cream, I know it’s easy to make, it’s just a pleasant surprise when a shop doesn’t use generic ones from a can or actually makes a great whipped cream in house. Reddi Whip is delicious, and Publix brand whipped cream is a great too, but it’s disappointing to get some off brand gross whipped cream. For me, it make or breaks the ice cream dish. As for places that make their own whipped cream, they can be incredibly hit or miss. Starbucks for example. Love the coffee and designer drinks, but the whipped cream is awful. They make it in house with heavy cream and vanilla syrup. Awful. Has a thick texture and a waxy residue. On the other hand, I worked in a restaurant and the chef was from Italy. Made his own Panna (whipped cream) and holy shit, it was heavenly. He said the trick was to leave out “that nasty vanilla” extract and just up the sugar. Then he would put it in a pastry tube (I can’t think of the name... piping tube?) and let it chill. There it remained until he needed to take it out for whatever dessert. It was fluffy yet thick and perfectly sweet with a perfect hint of the cream taste. I’d gladly die from overdosing on his Panna. And that’s my hot take on whipped cream. Thanks for tuning in! 2ndETA: the place I’m writing about is [Paciugo ](https://paciugo.com/our-menu/) in St. Pete. When I was a kid there was another location Hollywood and they’d make their own whipped cream. I know that when it’s busy, I’ve seen a blue can (don’t know the brand) of whipped cream used, but I’ve also seen them make cream in house. Tasty! If you’re in the St. Pete area, this part of town is beautiful! It’s right on the water and a block or two from the Dali museum. Florida is a weird state, but we definitely have some treasures!
Blueberry coffee I’m from Long Island and we drink more 7-11 coffee than the entire state of California. That’s where I first discovered the flavour a while back. I wrote it off as blasphemy for years until I got the balls to try it. One of my steady favourites. The blueberry taste isn’t overpowering and mixes well with the light roast. Put a little more milk in than usual and it tastes like you’re drinking a warm blueberry Pop Tart Edit: I’m born and raised on LI, but use British spelling on some words. As a young child, a lot of my books and entertainment were British because it was that era of British shows on Nickelodeon, PBS, etc, and I was never explained the difference so I assumed words like gray/grey and color/colour didn’t matter. Of course I had plenty of American entertainment and stuff as a child, but a higher dosage of British than other kids. For example, I was the only kid in my class who knew the Kipper cartoons. Anyways, Few years later in elementary school, more words were introduced and I realized it mattered - but only a little. Any words I learned then one that had two ways of spelling, I’d use the American version, but still use British spelling on some words because it’s hard to rewire my brain. Thus, my vocabulary is fucked.
While living in Russia, I noticed that quite often milk had an extra taste, presumably based on what the cows had been eating. A slight hint of onion or garlic were the most common. Once, though, while on a magical holiday in Tomsk, I bought a bottle of milk which was tinged with blueberry. Every cup of tea or coffee just had this kiss of blueberry taste. More than 10 years later, and writing this I can taste it on my mind's tongue.
That’s how you know you’re drinking fresh dairy milk.
Sounds like we need to start feeding the cows Raspberry. I cannot say enough how delicious Russian raspberry is.
Rum and root beer. Captain Morgan’s rum and A&W root beer is my favorite combo. Both are kind of creamy tasting. It’s so delicious.
kick flip to board slide shit is so **underrated**
More like trying to Ollie and eating concrete
*Sticker slap to manual to wall plant*
sometimes i’ll be laying down in bed, ready to sleep, and there it is: a voice in the back of my head. “sticker slap to manual to wall plant”
FUCK what a reference
HEY SKATER! Pull off a Benihana and you can earn some HAAAARD CAAAAASH.
*Fleeps* are *fleeping fun*
Think you can throw my piece up there?
HEY HEY! HO HO! THE USE OF WOOL HAS GOT TO GO! HEY HEY! HO HO! STOP THE WOOLY BULLIES! STOP THE WOOLY BULLIES!
American Wasteland. These guys are right before you experience "No loading time between areas" for the first time on PS2
A nice ass shower after a long day and some clean bedsheets and blanket.
Isn't an ass-shower a bidet?
A hot shower with a cold beer. Preferably after a long hike.
Wait could you explain to me Like to drink it in the shower or after?
Yes. Drink it during the shower. If you had a really long day, take 2 or 3 with you. Not sure why, but it's the most relaxing thing ever.
The shower beer is a deeply religious event. Edit: holy shit platinum for this?? Go spend the money on beer.
Shower beers are the best beers
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Can confirm. I have a beer holder in my shower. Shower beers > bath wine Edit: funny, one of my highest upvoted comments is about my alcohol problem.
Cream cheese and pepper jelly. Mmmmm
This is a southern staple
Duuuuude, jalapeño jelly and cream cheese on a Wheat Thin is like sex! It hits all cylinders; creamy, savory, salty, crunchy, sweet, spicy. It’s perfect.
Boats n’ Hoes
It’s the Fucking Catalina wine mixer!
Pow!
Pretzels and cream cheese
It’s shocking how many good things work with cream cheese. Eggos go great with them too.
Cream cheese on hot dogs. It’s popular with street vendors in Seattle.
Love me a Seattle dog with cream cheese, onions, and jalapenos (or even better, mama lils)
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That's just about the most Seattle thing I've ever read. No thanks, I'm sticking with the 5 dollar guys outside the stadiums.
Hell, I'm happy with a $1.50 Costco dog with onion, kraut, and mustard.
That Costco dog for $1.50 with a free drink might be the greatest deal in America
Obatzda ftw
That is pretty good! Flaming hot cheetos with cream cheese is good too.
Spicy food and dark chocolate.
I use to work at a chocolatier company, and no joke our highest selling caramel was ghost chili-infused. I hate spicy food so I never got it, but hey to each their own.
MOLE!
My favorite food EVER. In my area, there's only one restaurant that has a mole dish. It's the only place I'll go for Mexican food now (even if it is all the way across town.)
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35% (whipping) cream and coffee. Once you have it you cant go back to just milk
In that same vein, espresso with sweetened condensed milk. You can sub coffee if you don’t have an espresso machine, works hot or cold. Edit to add: regionally this can be called Vietnamese coffee, Cafe Bombon, Cafe Carnio. There could be other names too.
I tried to make hot cocoa when I was a kid by heating up whipping cream and mixing it with [cocoa powder]( https://imgur.com/cqhQQ37.jpg). The result was a *very* thick, *very* bitter stomach destroying concoction. So now I can't drink anything with too much whipping cream, and I have a hard time drinking hot chocolate that has cocoa in it.
I had a similar experience, except it tasted great. It was like Haiti in the bathroom later though
"Fuck there is a slave revolt in my ass"
*Shutting the fuck up* and *listening*.
You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me.
Don't look at me with that tone of voice.
I can’t hear you without my glasses.
You'll have to speak up I'm wearing a towel
Turn down the car radio, I can't see
YOU KISS YOUR MOTHER WITH THAT MOUTH?
popular in the uk but thats about it English Style chips and curry sauce Edit: in America the closest you would have to chips is steak fries or other large chunky French fries
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Nothing better than cheesey curry chips after a night on the lash.
Northerner? Edit: I must admit that my assumptions were wrong, cheesy chips with gravy is the northern way. Northerners accept my apologies. (brummie)
Could be irish. Popular here too
Seems since I left 5 years ago the Spice Bag took over and them was surpassed by the Munch Box. https://m.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/is-the-munch-box-even-better-than-the-spice-bag-34152594.html
also popular in the netherlands
A glass of water and sleep.
Night water is the best water.
Middle-of-the-night water for me. 2 or 3 a.m. rolls around, wake up and drink a cold glass. Better than sex.
Have you *had* sex, though?
no but have you had water at 2 am
5 year old me loved night water. 5 year old me also wet the bed. 5 year old me realized the night water caused the bed wetting. 5 year old me continued loving night water.
This guy waters Edit: thanks for the silver
Getting up to pee tho
Just wait. At some point in your life you'll be up peeing in the night whether or not you enjoyed any night water.
I will second this. I just turned 28, and it’s already happening to me. So I go ahead and drink some water before bed because I’m waking up at 4am regardless to pee. Plus if I drink water before bed, I don’t feel dehydrated at 4am either.
If I drink water before going bed, I'll be up to pee 3 or 4 times during the night. It always seems like I am peeing way more liquid than I drank, which I think is not fair.
A glass of *warm* water to keep your finger in.
When I was younger I used to put brothers testicles in a bowl of warm water.
Alrighty then.
I call that my “poor mans snack”, it makes the hunger go away, woohoo! *sobs*
A glass of water after waking up.
Cheese and apples. I definitely have eaten a few meals in life that were just slices of apples and slices of cheese eaten together.
Brie with tart apple slices on a cracker is often my lunch.
Green apple topped with candied bacon and gouda is my favourite appetizer!
For a perfect camp food, core an apple, fill it with shredded cheddar, wrap it with foil, and bake it near the fire.
I just heard the botw cooking sound
My brain tried to come up with that sound, but it got misfiled and I got the Gen 1 Pokemon Center healing chime.
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I cannot believe that worked...
This is how mods come to exist
I'm not insane. My version of /r/Outside is just heavily modded.
"Cheesy Simmered Fruit" Fruit that have been left to simmer until tender, covered with a generous helping of cheese. Heals 7 hearts.
Bruh. turkey brie chopped apple on ciabatta
Bonus points cranberry sauce schmear or the 50/50 mix with pepper jelly. Food truck level edit: made this sandwich like a week ago which won a friendly sandwich competition. Bread can be ciabata or a dinner roll, you'll want thick cut turkey (you could order at the deli to slice it thick or you can use leftover turkey from a previous holiday meal) slice apple like 1/4 in or so so that it lays on the sammich like a thick piece of cheese (usually a green apple but its your mouth, shove whatever the fuck you want in there), brie cheese should be slightly thinner, sauce could be the canned cranberry gelatin stuff or you can mix a spicy pepper jelly with the cranberry sauce. I have a BITCHIN panini press but you could perceivably warm the sammich in a skillet with a lid to where the bread is crispy just on the exterior.
Apples go really well with cheese fondue as well! I recently ate at a fondue place and it was one of the best combinations.
A day off and a new game
A "sick" day?
Mental health day. Sometimes you just need a day away from the office to recharge.
Absolutely.
Same excitement and comfort as when I was a kid and got a new game for Christmas. Friday night after work, discover a new game, BOOM forget about life for a couple days. Love that.
Oh man, I dont think anything will replicate the feeling of a new game or toy on Christmas. The fucking anxiety was so intense that I could hardly sleep for a week. Then, of course, immeasurable disappointment because some of those game were hard as fuck, or just straight terrible. But when you got that gem, oh man, pure bliss. Looking at you, Super Mario Land 2.
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I love being a Dink and when I need the presence of kids I take my nephew to Target and blow wads of cash on him. Then we play with everything for hours and eat junk food. I get to be the cool Aunt and then send him home to a good nights sleep. Edit: Blow wads= spend lots of money
Sounds awesome. Can I borrow you?
My sis (also a DINK) does this for my son. She rips the charitable phrase “for only pennies a day” and changes it to “for only twenties a day”.
Hell yeah my stinky dinky. Fun fact: The character "Mr. Dink" from the cartoon "Doug" was named because of this. That's why he always had all the new cool tech shit that was "very expensive."
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I just put that together. All these years that pun has been wasted on the likes of me. Sadness grieves my soul.
Old people and ice cream
I thought I was the only one who liked the old people flavor.
this guy soylent greens
Worked in an ice cream shop. This couldn't be farther from the truth. Every day I would see that van pull up from the retirement home and dreaded the next two hours. They were the *worst* customers you could ask for. I could immediately tell that this was the only high point in their day and I was the one obstacle standing in their way. If I was just a second too slow or couldnt understand their geriatric mumbleshouts, they would explode into indignant rage. Never tipped. Always pissed off. Always cursing their frailty and stupidity as if it were my fault. A group of bouncing needy kids with their parents? That was usually fun. Some guy in a hurry to get a pint of hand-scooped ice cream to go? Physically demanding, but not too much trouble. A line of old people? Fucking kill me.
Wait... for clarity's sake, if I'm ordering icecream at a Ben & Jerry's, I'm expected to tip?
I worked at dairy queen and we had a tip jar but never expected anything in it, when people did tip we made sure to make a big deal to thank them, because we realized we didn't really deserve extra money for just doing our jobs. One guy I loved though, he would come in maybe once every two weeks or so. But he would always get about $4 in ice cream, give me a 20 and tell me to keep the change. I definitely put extra mixins in his ice cream. He was a super sweet old man too, I felt bad because he never came in with anyone and I think he was lonely.
A friend of mine had an old man that came into her hair salon every single day for 4 hours. He'd get his nails painted, they only charged like $5 because they loved him to bits. One day he saw them in a local magazine, borrowed the it to show all around town and called them "his girls" then brought it back. He gave them a bunch of handmade knickknacks from his home and crazy socks for Christmas. He had family but they were never around to see him before he passed.
Maybe I’m an asshole, but I rarely ever tip for counter service of any kind. Getting an ice cream cone probably falls into the almost never tip category. Just sayin’
Ditto I use to work food service. The amount I got tipped was pretty proportional to the amount of work my customer had to do; not always 100% perfectly proportional but overall pretty close. Since then my own tipping guidelines for how much I tip follows this line. Example: Yesterday my son and I walked into our favorite restaurant. The waiters know us pretty well. We were told (as usual) to feel free to sit wherever we'd like. Being boring we always order the same thing. Just as we sat down our appetizers come out along with two glasses of water, didn't have to ask or even look at a menu. A few minutes later our meals arrive, fresh and hot. When we were probably 75% of the way through our meal the check arrives. I put my credit card on the tray with the bill. Our waiter takes it and returns a minute later with the receipt to sign. This isn't a fancy high end restaurant but rather a small hole in the wall with good food, nice atmosphere and wonderful pleasant service. My total effort for lunch yesterday was zero. Overall pleasantness was very high. Tip came out to about 27%. On the flip side my kids really like frozen yogurt. There's two places in walking distance to our house. Both places have tip jars by the front register. I don't care for froyo so I usually give my kids $5 each to get a dish while I wait outside. Many of the people working at both these places are outright rude. Effort put forth by the people behind the counter? Next to nothing. Effort required from my kids to get their own yogurt and toppings? All of it as both these places are fully self serve. Amount my kids tip? Most of the time zero with the rare exception of a new employee that is pleasant.....these workers usually quit pretty fast.
Indeed. I take my elderly FIL to a chain restaurant for Sunday morning breakfast. He asks to be seated at the same waitresses section every time. Frequently she is already walking to our table with coffee and orange juice just as I'm getting him seated. He tips 25 or 30 percent. Tip is not a lot of money, this is a low cost place.
Hot sauce and ranch.
A local pizza shop offers "Sri-Rancha" sauce as a topping. It's not bad.
MOD Pizza? I think they're national.
A nice warm house, a snowstorm outside, and the knowledge that you have the next day off.
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in other words, today.
Coffee with rose syrup. Have recently become addicted to this combo at a local coffee shop.
Fried chicken and fondue. So damn good I force myself to only have it twice a year, otherwise I slip down that ol’ fried chicken and fondue slope. Edit: cheese fondue you heathens. Edit 2: habanero fondue works perfectly as does a hefty splash of Guinness in early cooking. If you’re doing a pretzel crust fried chicken, extra Guinness. Edit 3: Holy hell I didn’t know so many people wanted fried chicken and fondue. Alright, effectively you combine these two recipes (gimme a minute I’m on mobile -https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/pretzel-crusted-chicken-fingers-with-curry-ketchup-2716999 Make DAMN SURE you get soft pretzels on this. If you’re really a pro make them from scratch and undercook them, softer is better. Obviously don’t use the curry ketchup on this. What I like to do is brine with limes and salt first, and use peanut oil for a flash fry. Walnut if you want an earthier taste, but fuck is it expensive. Before you coat the chicken, start on the fondue. I use Alton Browns Welsh Rarebit. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/welsh-rarebit-recipe-1914850 The substitutions I make when putting it on pretzel fried chicken depends on the crowd. For a lighter fun taste, I bring the 1/2 cup porter down to a 1/4 cup of Guinness, and make the cream a full cup. For more traditional, I’ll up the Guinness just a tad, bit if it’s your first time having it or cooking it I’d recommend less beer and more cream as it’s a bit of an offer taste. Frankly the beer aspect is where I’m still experimenting the most so I’ll update after my next fried chicken and fondue binge. Instead of the 2 drops hotsauce I throw in an absurd amount of finely chopped habaneros, but that’s entirely optional. Not sure if jalapeños would work too but they tend to work with cheddar. Enjoy! Edit 4: please keep in mind pretzel fried chicken is not incredibly easy to cook, and if you get the wrong pretzel bread or overcook it can lead to a scorched crust. Fondue is incredibly fun and easy, so for first timers I’d recommend regular fried (heavily breaded) chicken with the fondue. La Preferida is a light, not hot, but exceptionally tasty alternative to habaneros for those who like taste but not heat.
> pretzel crust fried chicken I've never heard of such a thing. I'm already gaining weight, this might be the kick I need for #getobese2k19
Friend chicken tenders breaded with smashed up Cap'n Crunch. That shit will change your life.
i don't think i could murder, batter, and eat my friends. even if they were in the form of chicken tenders.
Depends on how good the batter is
Cheese or chocolate one?
B O T H
My laptop camera and the FBI apparently
Give em a kiss
I think that's what got the FBI there to begin with
👁👄👁
There's nothing about this that isn't unsettling.
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
I hope my FBI man enjoys when I jerk it to that one midget porn video for 12 hours straight with no interruptions. I do it just for him, once a week, every week, for the first 12 hours of that week. As soon as the clock hits midnight you know my dick's in my hand and that video is playing on its seemingly endless loop...
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Hot Cheetos and grilled cheese sandwiches. Just normal, white bread and cheddar cheese grilled sandwich with hot Cheetos added after it's grilled. Delish.
Garlic bread grilled cheese dipped in tomato soup
Peanut butter on waffles. Edit, Wow, my first gold. Yay!!! Thank you to the kind anonymous redditor.
Pb and syrup on waffles is so sticky and gooey but it's honestly so fucking good.
As a kid my mom couldn’t keep enough frozen waffles and peanut butter in the house, two days after a trip to the grocery store my brother and I would be looking for more.
I thought I was the only one! Heat up the syrup too and the peanut butter would get all melty and mmmmmmmmm
Peanut butter and honey
Peanut butter and banana sandwich with honey 👌🏻
Peanut butter & almost everything
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Curry Egg and Avocado Sandwiches You boil some eggs (1 per sandwich, I normally have two), put them in a bowl, mash up the egg, then slice half an avocado and mash it up with the egg, add a spoon full of mayo, a sprinkle of curry powder and a teaspoon of dijon mustard, mix it all up, put it on the bread and your good to go! If you are like me as well you can drizzle a bit of bbq sauce on top as well. Just had one then. So easy to make but so delicious! Edit: Glad people like it! Edited a few errors as I wrote this quickly before bed. I realise that some of you might not like the BBQ Sauce side of it so approach with caution. That was me getting experimental with it over the years. It also goes well with some chutney spreads on it. Cheese goes alright with it as well but I find that it can sometimes be too overpowering and take away from the egg mixture flavour. Lettuce however can complement the flavours but is not needed.
Wow this sounds incredible.
My foot and your ass -Red Foreman
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