Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Saturday, 18 January, 2025

• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m probably going to make stir fry noodles tonight with the massive amount of eggs and ham I have left here with hokkien noodles that I bought from aldi as a test.

  I haven’t done stir fry in ages apart from yesterday when I got inspired.

  How are you spending this Saturday afternoon and evening and are you doing a stir fry as well?

  I’ve got the tennis on as Alex de Minaur is playing at 2pm.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh nice. You’ve reminded me I do need to go to the regular shops for eggs and carrots and soy milk, maybe when it’s cooled down. I’m surprised you don’t do stir fry often, is it because you’ve had the good stuff and can’t be satisfied with what you make at home? I love a good stir fry though sadly my current place has just a wimpy electric stove that doesn’t quite do the trick. Might do a bit tonight with the veggies I bought from the market. Though it’s more of a saute I guess.

    I’ve been catching up on messages for a few hours, teed up a catch up tomorrow with someone I haven’t seen in over half a year, very excited for that. Made an iced chocolate and gonna enjoy that with more Severence binge watching today. Cook dinner and that’s it.

    Today is just 100% chillax/me-time. I realised I haven’t had a solo day with zero obligations or expectations for nearly a month, what with all the traveling and working in between. I’ll do my chores tomorrow afternoon.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I sort of go through phases with food at times. I’ve been big into chicken schnitzel and veggies and gravy the last few weeks.

      I was looking up a sauce recipe for hokkien noodles yesterday and just thought thought why not? And tossed everything in adhoc.

      If I had planned it better I would have had some onions added to it and green onions.

      I’d definitely go today for your stuff, tomorrow is going to be a lot hotter forecasted to be 33.

      Is there a trick with stir fry? I didn’t have the heat on very high or anything. Just enough to cook the eggs and warm everything up without searing it.

      This is what it looked like yesterday

      Noodle stir fry.

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      Oh that’s awesome that you’re ducking out tomorrow to spend some time with a friend. I’m sure you’re going to have a great time out.

      I think you need more iced chocolate tomorrow, is Severence any good? I’ve been binging movies nonstop for the last week, almost thought about watching Silo but I think I’ll do Shogun.

      A zero obligation day needs to happen more often! I think you need to pencil in a few more of those when you go out to the market and then duck into a cafe to relax for a little.

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      • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That noodle stir fry looks gooood, love hokkien noodles!! Honestly the best stir fries are the ones you can make with whatever you have on hand. I love their flexibility. My understanding of stir fries is if you can get the wok really hot that imparts a smoky flavour that makes it more authentic. You need a sufficiently strong gas burner though, I’ve never lived in a place that had one close to it.

        Severance is amazing but not for everyone, it can feel claustrophobic and unsettling because of the premise and they do a really good job with the cinematography to convey that awkward, discomforting sterile office setting.

        I’ve got to stock up on onions too! Better go now despite it being rather warm outside. Onions, carrots, eggs, milk. It’s only 3 minutes in the sun before I get into the shopping centre, I can do this…

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