#kayquimi

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fyi, since last night, when I click on your direct page, I only see about 1/2 a dozen posts from the last 24hrs, then I start seeing random posts from 1, 2, 5 years ago. And it changes up a bit; earlier I could see your username spreadsheet post, but now I see your Subway article link instead. Dunno if I'll even be able to see if you reply to this, but I thought I should let you know, in case others are having a similar issue. Augh, man. Augh.

What…the fuck.

Not only are a lot of posts missing only from my public page once you get about a day’s worth of posts back, a lot of the most recent posts are out of order. Nothing’s been marked sensitive that I can see, or been converted to private, but when I cross-compare my personal dash (tumblr.com/blog/copperbadge) to my public tumblr page (copperbadge.tumblr.com) it gets real weird real fast.

I can’t really demonstrate to anyone because none of you can see my personal dash but yeah, shit is missing AND moved around. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for any of it. 

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kittywings01 replied to your photo “Dinner is certainly not a giant bag of kettle corn from the sweet corn...”

You look so pleased with yourself! I love it! :) I am forever pleased with my ten dollar bag of fresh kettlecorn. It was still hot when they gave it to me. It’s the highlight of the festival every year. If I have to sit at my troupes booth in a shitty location, not being able to hear, I’m going to do it with the largest bag of popcorn possible.

kayquimi replied to your photo “Dinner is certainly not a giant bag of kettle corn from the sweet corn...”

My breakfast/lunch was a bag of cheddar-caramel popcorn so you'd be in good company. ;)

Oooooo chicago style, good choice

littleblueartist replied to your photo “Dinner is certainly not a giant bag of kettle corn from the sweet corn...”

YOU. STUNNING. HUMAN.

It’s the blue hair, isn’t it? The blue hair is fabulous and work doesn’t care at all!

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ferrousferrule replied to your photo “Some days your WHOLE ASS JOB gets redesigned and the world seems...”

Do you also greet such displays with coos of "bellybellybelly"

Close! We sing the “BellyRUBS! BellyRUBS she wants bellyRUBS” song. :D 

magic-gps replied to your photoset “Post office bounty! I am slowly working through them all, I promise....”

So I'm starbit. Sorry for not mentioning it in the card

Oh my god I even KNEW THAT, somewhere in my brain, I just didn’t make the connection when I was making the post! Imma go edit it. :D

raziya63 replied to your photo “Some days your WHOLE ASS JOB gets redesigned and the world seems...”

Um. Thanks. This is exactly what happened to me 5 minutes before I was supposed to leave for the day, today. Kitteh belleh helps.

FUNNY, that was five minutes before I was supposed to leave, too :D 

kayquimi replied to your post “ordinarytourist replied to your photoset “Post office bounty! I am...”

I wanna see what happens when the basketball player learns he actually has to impress DJ to get those sweet pizza shares

So many shoulder rides! I was thinking this morning that it should be someone from superhero canon. Maybe Colossus. 

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brilliant-starlight replied to your video “I’m torn between “humanity has taken a wrong turn somewhere” and “I...”

I'm pretty sure that sentence describes your entire food aesthetic, Sam.

Well, you’re....you’re not wrong....

rsfcommonplace replied to your video “I’m torn between “humanity has taken a wrong turn somewhere” and “I...”

I find myself grateful that the only KFC I can get to requires more walking than that is worth. And doesn't have fried cheese curds, because it isn't paired with A&W. Temptation only goes so far.

We are probably all fortunate in that it only is being sold in Singapore.

I mean, except for all of Singapore. They’re not so fortunate. 

theahole replied to your video “I’m torn between “humanity has taken a wrong turn somewhere” and “I...”

kentucky fucking christ.

HAHAHAHA I’m calling them that from NOW ON FOREVER. 

kayquimi replied to your post “I don’t normally have a ton of trouble titling my work, but this...”

You keep saying what's not the point of the story here. What IS the point? What's it really about? Maybe that will give you a better idea for the title...

I....I feel like it’s bad that I can’t vocalize what the point is.

This is the problem with writing a novel based on a dream. They don’t make sense.

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kayquimi replied to your post: copperbadge: hellenhighwater: cameoamalthea: ...

Do you take reservations?

Oh, I wouldn’t worry about it, we’re pretty dead most of the time. 

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arsenicjade reblogged your photo and added:

Get yer meat pies, savory and sweet pies.

DID YOU COME HERE FOR A PIE, SIR? 

(We used to yell this at each other in grad school. I’m not sure why. Someone walks into the room unexpectedly and boom, Mrs. Lovett.) 

blackhaireddemon replied to your photo “drgaellon: nookienostradamus: alixsinclair-emt: It is Whole Foods...”

Ha, did you live in JP?

I did! I was in one of those jillions of three-flats, right at the top of Center Street near the roundabout. 

Oh shit, the Hi Lo is a Whole Foods now. Wow. 

HAHAAHAH BUT THE FOOD WALL IS STILL THERE

kayquimi replied to your photo “I BEEN DONE MAKING SOME COOKING.  Pork broth from pork shoulder...”

this all looks amazing but i've been meaning to ask, wth is pork floss???

Pork floss! It’s dried, seasoned pork shredded super fine. 

loinca replied to your post “How heavy is a pressure cooker with food in it? I'm thinking of...”

Re: the underutilized kitchen floor - I worked on Top Chef for several years and they were CONSTANTLY cooking things down there. Always seemed mildly unsanitary but it does make sense from a stability perspective!

I mean, it does feel unsanitary but it’s not like any actual food prep is happening on the floor itself. I just don’t like bending over, which is why I don’t keep more stuff on the floor, but especially with restaurant-standard floor cleanliness it’s not really a huge deal. 

petronellarose replied to your photo “I BEEN DONE MAKING SOME COOKING.  Pork broth from pork shoulder...”

Your cooking posts always make me delightfully hungry (and not just because of the picture at the top). Beef Bourguignon going on here this afternoon.

Oooh, I hope it came out well! 

geekgirl76 replied to your photo “I BEEN DONE MAKING SOME COOKING.  Pork broth from pork shoulder...”

Oooh, that much fat in scalded milk would make nice soft buns (And now I'm craving pulled pork and baps)

Yeah, it did come out really nicely! I actually drained most of the fat off of it, but some definitely did get in there. 

ravenreyamidala replied to your photo “I BEEN DONE MAKING SOME COOKING.  Pork broth from pork shoulder...”

Sam you might like aloo parantha, which involves potatoes steam cooked in a pressure cooker, mashed, and put into a flatbread and cooked

I like the sound of this! I’m a big fan of flatbreads in general and it feels like putting potatoes in them would just make them super soft and amazing. I’ll have to see about getting my hands on some and/or making some. 

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kayquimi replied to your photo “Pressure cooked turkey roulade with mashed potatoes and onion-rosemary...”

do you have a recipe for the onion rosemary gravy because that sounds DELICIOUS

Mum and I pretty much made it up; it cooks in the pressure-cooker with the turkey. You could probably modify it to a stove. 

So, step one is make a turkey roulade (butterfly a tenderloin, pound flat, cover with a layer of stuffing, roll up, tie in a roll) and brown it, either in a frying pan or on the sautee function of your pressure cooker. Set aside. You could also just get a couple of turkey tenderloins and brown them, it adds up to the same thing, or use some turkey or chicken breasts, or even chicken thighs. 

After you’ve browned whatever you are browning and set it aside, put the pressure cooker on the “sautee” function and pour in some oil (maybe like 2-3 spoonfuls; you can use the oil you were browning the meat in if you want). Add chopped onions (about a cup, probably half a large onion?) and sautee. Once they’re mostly translucent, stir in some chopped/mashed garlic, continue cooking, and add two spoonfuls of flour. Stir until it makes a kind of paste and the flour is a little bit golden. 

Add 3/4 cup chicken broth and 1/4 cup white wine. Stir until bubbling, then turn off the sautee function and add a few rosemary sprigs or a few sprigs’ worth of leaves if you don’t want to pick the stems out later. Add pepper if desired but wait on the salt for now. Place the turkey roulades in the pan with the mixture and close the lid. For two turkey tenderloin roulades we cooked them on high pressure for 25 minutes. Natural release (wait ten minutes, then release the rest of the pressure). 

Scoop out the roulades and stir a few spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar into the gravy, then turn it to “sautee” again to thicken if desired. Mum also added about a tablespoon of butter for richness. Cook to desired consistency, pick out rosemary stems if necessary, salt to taste, and serve! 

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POST OFFICE BOUNTY. OH man I am so late posting some of these.

Top, we have a package of the amazing and the strange from @221squee, who sent me cash, chips, and cards from Thailand, including an amazing “ghost card” with the legend of a ghost woman on it. Also that white packet with the squirming centipedes on it is centipede cough drops. Not gonna lie, I was nervous to eat them when I thought they were some kind of snack, now that I know they’re cough drops I’m even more hesitant. That said, I swear to try them for science. Thank you so much for the wild gustatory adventure I’m about to have! 

Middle photo, clockwise from top left: 

a lovely holiday card from @kayquimi which by request I am pretending got lost in the mail for a few months :D Proceeds from the card go to ODIS, which provides legal services for immigrants, so hooray! 

The red and gold print, which I believe is of a Kabuki actor, and the mystifying but charming little owl envelope and polaroid snap of a beverage case, come from a random Tumblr follower -- glad the packing spreadsheet helped you! 

The postcard of the buildings is from my own dear Chicago, the Riverview Condos, which are not far from where I used to work! Thank you @ntro9, I’m so glad you enjoyed Russian Tea Time and Pret.  

And the superheroes going on strike is from UNION AGITATOR @scifigrl47, who points out that the Atom’s protest balloon merely reads UNFAIR. 

AND FINALLY, bottom photo, thank you very much @superqueerpasta for sending me the astounding Tom Of Finland rubber stamps you came into possession of. I plan to make a lot of art with them :D :D Tell your ma I’m grateful. 

I mean look at those glorious stamps, you guys. I may make postcards and send them to people in return for fundraising donations when I do Proud To Run later this year.