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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Prequel to Wall-E.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can boil them to extend shelf life. Once a food is cooked, you have another week (approximately) to use it before it goes off - maybe a little longer for eggs still in unbroken shells. Boil them, store them in the fridge, and add them to meals over the next week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just finished Dragonsteel Prime. I read Way of Kings Prime when it was released (so: not recently). Dragonsteel (canon) hasn't been written yet, so I'm not sure what you want to compare DP to?

Brandon has commented that Dragonsteel (Prime) never got published because the story didn't really work. Some elements of it eventually turned up in Stormlight, of course.

I enjoyed both Prime books as a look at early versions of characters, settings, and magics. Reading WoKP after several Stormlight books, it was a little jarring to have a character die in Prime who is very much alive (as of SA4). DP didn't do that to me; and as much as Brandon says there's an early version of Shallan in that book, it felt like a wholly different character. I quite enjoyed getting to know Frost a little bit, and seeing early Hoid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

My first smartphone was a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. I'm a woman with all the small pockets that entails, and that phone was a great size. Sony was one of the last manufacturers making a smaller version of their flagship phone without sacrificing performance quality. I would have stuck with this line of phones if it hadn't been discontinued. Alas.

My current phone is a OnePlus 6, a gift rather than something I chose. It's not huge, but it is the biggest phone I have owned. And had I been choosing, I likely would not have considered this model because one of my criteria is that the phone fits comfortably in my pockets.

It was a happy surprise that the current phone actually does fit well enough (mostly). And this has shown me that I can be more flexible than I thought when it comes to phone size.

Not sure what direction I'm looking when it comes time to replace this phone. Truthfully, I'd still probably prefer something a little smaller. But in a limited market, you take what you can get.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If you already have the cheese on hand, do an experiment. Cut off a piece and freeze it overnight. Next day, defrost it and see how it is. Because the issue you're concerned about is change to texture or taste after freezing and thawing, you only need to leave it long enough to be fully frozen through - not as long as you normally would for storage.

(You wouldn't want to buy a bulk size piece of meat/cheese just to experiment, but if you already have some on hand it's worth trying for yourself to find out if you'll find the result satisfactory.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shipping costs for the set bundles are listed on the campaign page. If you want add-ons, that will be extra and calculated later.

It does say somewhere that Dragonsteel will cover import duties for all international backers.

So really, the only unknown is shipping for add-ons. If shipping cost is a stress, maybe stick to the bundles with fixed shipping costs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This weekend? Already?

Boo. I don't know if I can get there.

Thank you! Definitely would have missed it without the heads-up. Now I have a chance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The comet would be super cool. Haven't seen one of those in a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Well - unless I am having a major mental blank, Mistborn and Stormlight are the only two series in the Cosmere. Some of the books which are currently standalone may get sequels eventually.

I think this link is actually pretty close to what you're looking for: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Category:Books It's just that the table format is a bit "wall of text". But you only need the top portion which is the Cosmere works, and they are grouped by series (or by planet, if it's not a series).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It might depend on where you live. For example, basil is frost sensitive, so where I live it won't survive outdoors in winter. Coriander races to seed in heat, so even staggered plantings won't help a whole lot in a hot summer. Parsley might do okay with a few planted at different times of year; at least it seems less driven by season than the other two, in my limited experience.

You could have more success with indoor pots, if that's an option for you (that said, I've recently had a parsley plant going to seed in my kitchen, so results will vary).

And if the plants start flowering you can prolong their usefulness by pinching off the flowering stems - though that only buys you some time, rather than preventing the process entirely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Coriander goes to seed quickly in warm weather. Let it self-sow and you'll get new plants.

Parsley likewise will self-sow if you let it.

It's not really possible to have a continuous plant to pick from due to the life cycle of these plants. But if you let them self-sow, you'll probably end up with surplus, which you can dry or freeze for use when you don't have productive plants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did VegeSafe last year after reading an article about the potential for lead concentrating in homegrown eggs and veggies. Our house (and neighbourhood ) date from the era of lead bring in paint and petrol, so I wanted to check.

Thankfully the only area of this yard that came back as a red flag was the dripline (i.e. next to the house), so we should be okay as long as we grow our food away from the building.

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