I will die on the steaks in a skillet hill. On the grill it’s all wizardry. In the skillet it’s all science. I just want a consistently yummy steak without having to invoke the winds or mumble prayers to the spirits of flame. Also I’m in Texas so mosquitoes are all up in my business while grilling.
My wife and I spent around 10 years looking for the best place to get a steak in Houston. We tried everywhere and the best steak we ever found was from a guy grilling them on the deck of a bar we used to go to. I asked him his secret. He told me it wasn’t a secret and that it was all in the quality of the meat. He used to be the meat picker for Taste of Texas back in the day and had tons of experience. As far as seasonings he only put teriyaki sauce on the steak while he was searing the first side followed by a quick shake of regular old Cajun seasoning. It was for real one of the best steaks I ever had. Good meat will taste great even if salt and pepper are your only seasonings. Learn to identify a good quality cut of meat.
I recently taught myself to cook steaks in a cast iron skillet and now I will never go back to grilling steaks for as long as I live.
The only thing that has ever brought me back to reading after a hiatus has been the prospect of a really good book. Since I was a child I have lived by the same rule. A book gets 3 chapters to get good or I put it down and find something else to read or do. I used to go long spells of not reading followed by periods I can only describe as binge reading when I would devour every book in sight and then I would eventually end up with a book that sucked and that would knock me out of my groove and reset the cycle. Nowadays I listen to audiobooks 50 hours a week while I work. Finding new books to listen to is almost a second job at this point. I can’t even remember the last time I read a book I had to hold in my hands.
Normally, I would point out that there are more books than a person can read in one lifetime and an immeasurable amount of short fiction you can read for free on the internet. However, since you are looking for Pokémon fan fic you are probably S.O.L. Good luck on finding something you enjoy.
Gen Z has a basic competence issue apparently because everyone complains about their ability to do everything. Weaponized incompetence or whatever they are calling it. The good news when it comes to being able to cook is that anyone can figure it out for themselves. If you can make instant ramen noodles then you can cook.
I highly recommend anyone who wants to learn to cook get a hold of the Fannie Farmers CookbookFannie Farmer Cookbook find a used copy somewhere because $50 for a book first published in 1869 is friggin ridiculous.
This book is basically a reference book as well as a recipe book. It explains just about everything from measuring to prepping to storing things in your pantry. It is stuffed with recipes for basic things and then a bunch of recipes that build on those basics.
My mom was a lifelong food lover and taught herself to cook because her mom couldn’t. She had a library full of cookbooks from all over the world and through the ages. The only cookbook she gave me when I moved out was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook which is a tome to be sure. She told me it was the only one I would ever really need. Everything else is just recipes.
Gen Z, millennial, Gen X it doesn’t matter who you are it is flat out cheaper to cook your own food. If you are single then soups and casseroles are your buddy. If you make a different one every other day and freeze the rest you will have a constant supply of a variety of meals you can reheat at will so you don’t get burnt out. If you are a couple just about every meal feeds four which is dinner plus leftover lunch for the both of you.
I live in Houston, TX which is one of the most diverse food scenes anywhere with some of best restaurants for every kind of food and I can’t find a steakhouse that consistently makes a better steak than me. The closest I’ve come was from a guy selling steaks at a bar I used to go to 15 years ago. No one makes better pancakes than I do. I’ve never been hesitant to order pancakes when I’m out but I’m always disappointed and feeling ripped off. The difference is staggering. Pancakes are cheeeap and making them better costs next to nothing. The only restaurant food I buy is food I don’t make yet.
Stop giving your money to people who really don’t deserve it. Learn to cook. One thing at a time. Every success leads to more success. The knowledge you gain is for life. You pass some of it on and one day far in the future every human will be a master chef because what else is there to do?
It’s were-stir-sure where I’m from. English language is nonsense. Which is why so many English speakers are absolute bonkers. How can anyone be sane when the language they think in is insane?
The operative word there is CAN and not the one you want it to be which would be WILL. There are many many many better ways to get you there.
If you like ducks already then you should not read up on them. Ducks are the worst!
Isn’t that like, a backwards way of just saying follow the law? Isn’t it already illegal for anyone to interfere with an election? We have got to put mechanisms in place to hold national referendums to remove people from office. Congress clearly can’t be trusted on its own since it can be co-opted. Something triggered from the bottom up if the people think there are shenanigans going on. I think we are coming up on the point of no return when it comes to taking back our power over government. If we don’t do it soon we are going to lose our ability to do it at all.
More LSD is always the answer. Sometimes more for them. Sometimes more for me. Solves most psychic issues.