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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by granshaw »

aniforprez wrote: post #195
diehunde wrote: post #180

Trying to eat something different everyday is an American obsession that I'll never understand. It's just so stressful and inconvenient. I grew up in a small town where eating the same for dinner everyday was extremely common. Tea or coffee and bread. The only variable would be what you put in your bread. Some days it would be butter, some days it would jam. Some days it would be honey, some days it would be avocado.

Eating something different every day is not "an American obsession". Heck most people I know would want change and something different in their routine of food. I personally have 10-12 breakfast recipes that I cycle through and regularly try stuff I find online

Yeah I grew up in Southeast Asia and it’s no different.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by nemo44x »

timeon wrote: post #340
medium_burrito wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

one must imagine Sisyphus happy

Some people do enjoy grass mowing.

When we bought a home, mowing the lawn became my responsibility. I knew I could look at it as a chore that needs to be done but eventually a task that annoys me and could make me bitter about the whole thing.

So I decided to learn all I could about lawn maintenance, which tools I need, and how to use them. And it became a point of pride for me and a challenge rather than a chore.

So mowing the lawn, the very act of it, is now a joy and something I look forward to. All my work (de-thatching, aerating, seeding, fertilizing, watering, pH balancing, edging, etc) pays off when I mow the lawn now and it makes mowing something I look forward to and never have to be bothered to do.

It was a shabby lawn when I took it over and now it’s a thick, lush carpet that I enjoy very much.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by Tddddd »

lukeck wrote: post #460
Tddddd wrote: post #395

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How much do you rally know and remember from your ancestors which is more than a handful and always the same stories? How did that really influence you? We can look back, we are not a magic generation unique to all the other generations before us. We know what's going to happen with us and our legacies.

One difference between the current and previous generations is just how much information is recorded by and about us. There will be a lot more evidence of the existence and experiences of people alive today than people of a century ago. Whether people will care to look is a different matter.

True and that makes it even more visible how little the future cares for you.

My mum is the only one who likes to look through our holiday pictures.

They will be there and no one will care.

Only some ml tool to potentially tell my future Familie members that I might have been depressed based on pictures and the ml notes it down for potential medical relevant information.

No one will know what I liked and disliked. No one will see that my life had ups and downs.

I really thought Facebook would be a great thing. Sharing and seeing what my Familie is up to but no one is using it for sharing family pictures. And I myself I'm sometimes annoyed by too many WhatsApp pictures.

I do get why it is like this but realizing and accepting it took a bit

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by matwood »

noir_lord wrote: post #434
irjustin wrote: post #248

Happiness - he's found it. Sure, he's an extreme and very few want to emulate it because there's a mild element of delusion. But, he's found the thing so many of us work our entire lives for only to never find. Part of life is letting happiness find you, part of life is finding happiness, and part of life is pushing away things to find happiness in what you have. I say, well done.

Happiness is a terrible word because there are different kinds. I think contentment is closer to what he's found, his world makes sense in his context and is comfortable and familiar. Happiness is what you want when you are young, contentment is what you get if you are lucky later. I think that is how it should be, it's a good progression since too much contentment when you are young would have made me less driven an…

Happiness::Contentment as Motivation::Discipline

Searching for happiness or thinking that one needs to be happy all the time is not the path to any sort of lasting happiness. Contentment, much like discipline, is what has staying power.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by busymom0 »

voidfunc wrote: post #157
sethjgore wrote: post #149

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and whats the recipe?

1 onion 2-3 carrots 2 potatoes 2-3 celery sticks 1 fennel heart 1 red pepper 1-2 tomatoes (optional) Canillini beans 2 bayleaves salt and pepper suit to taste. 2qt water cook/simmer for 1-2hr I muck around with it sometimes... thrown siracha, hot peppers, sausage in it to varying degrees of tastiness. I generally sauté the onions, celery and fennel together then add the rest. It can all be done in one pot for conveni…

It reminds me of this recipe:

https://youtu.be/3DxS-CIJFj8

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by busymom0 »

sethjgore wrote: post #149
voidfunc wrote: post #142

Im nowhere near the extreme of this guy but I cook a vegetable soup and eat it 4-6 days a week every week for dinner. I save the calories and good (edit: interesting) cooking for restaurants. I mess around with the soup occasionally trying new flavoring or techniques but its the same damn soup and I like it. Its easy to make, keeps well, costs nothing relative to output, and leaves me time to think about other things…

and whats the recipe?

Here’s another similar recipe:

https://youtu.be/3DxS-CIJFj8

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by DarknessFalls »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #485
jim-jim-jim wrote: post #452

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Are you talking about European or Australian magpies?

Grouse only exist in the northern hemisphere so it will likely be some type of Euro-Asian magpie.

What if he grips it by the husk?

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by matwood »

medium_burrito wrote: post #170
montenegrohugo wrote: post #7

There is value in finding your place in life and being content with it. Yes, you might be able to change it, perhaps to conform to more traditional standards of 'success', but why bother if you're happy as you are? If we humans optimize by happiness, then we should have nothing but envy for a life like Wilf Davies leads.

one must imagine Sisyphus happy

On a long enough time scale all the tasks we do are futile. Either we find contentment and purpose in the task itself or we live a miserable life.

You know that you have reached a level of understanding that if you ever did get the boulder to the top, you'd push it back down.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by voidfunc »

mongol wrote: post #304
voidfunc wrote: post #142

Im nowhere near the extreme of this guy but I cook a vegetable soup and eat it 4-6 days a week every week for dinner. I save the calories and good (edit: interesting) cooking for restaurants. I mess around with the soup occasionally trying new flavoring or techniques but its the same damn soup and I like it. Its easy to make, keeps well, costs nothing relative to output, and leaves me time to think about other things…

Do you eat something together with the soup?

No, not really. I usually eat a pear or apple afterwards depending on season. And then a granola bar for dessert.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by voidfunc »

pelario wrote: post #273
voidfunc wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1 onion 2-3 carrots 2 potatoes 2-3 celery sticks 1 fennel heart 1 red pepper 1-2 tomatoes (optional) Canillini beans 2 bayleaves salt and pepper suit to taste. 2qt water cook/simmer for 1-2hr I muck around with it sometimes... thrown siracha, hot peppers, sausage in it to varying degrees of tastiness. I generally sauté the onions, celery and fennel together then add the rest. It can all be done in one pot for conveni…

Do you just keep it on the refrigerator for the whole week or do you freeze it ?

It keeps fine in the fridge for two weeks.
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