links, summertime sauce, how to brown butter
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I watched the Idris Elba/Tilda Swinton collab Three Thousand Years of Longing and really enjoyed it! If you like non-scary fantasy and/or the magic of storytelling, this is the movie for you. For more surrealist stuff on Prime, I also recommend the Australian series Class of ‘07.
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If you are pregnant like me (and want to be) and anxious, this Miscarriage Odds Reassurer has been helpful for me.
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a recipe
We made a really delicious Ghanaian-inspired fresh pepper sauce this week, courtesy of my bff and first/favorite craigslist roommate, Anna. I recommend you make it immediately (it’s good on lots of things, we ate it with boiled then air fried yuca). Blend up 1lb of tomatoes and half a medium red onion. Add half a habanero (seeds removed) and salt to taste (more than you think - taste before committing to a final product). Blend it again, and that’s it. Store in the fridge.
a baking tip
how to brown butter:
Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and stir with a rubber spatula until the butter looks golden brown (not dark brown!) and smells nutty, stirring often. Watch it carefully and remove it from the heat as soon as it reaches a deep caramel color.
my current fave pic of Otie
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