Yoooo this came out really well! Exactly how I envisioned it!

I maaaayyy be working on an entry for a local zone~

Ramen, at its core, feeds the body. However, getting an understanding of how it's made feeds the mind, and the practice of perfecting it into an art form feeds the soul.

Today's a good day to just throw a bunch of old meat in my freezer into a pot of old sauce from my fridge and season it with a bunch of old spices in my cabinet. Hoping like hell it tastes good on a bowl of rice.

I view this random pair of boots as a synchronicity more than anything. But I can't help but chuckle at the thought of someone being abducted by the fae in these woods. 🤣

@kasettetape.bsky.social hit it right out of the park with the new refsheet! Absolutely stellar work!

Huh... I was out on a walk and a crow directly above me shed a feather. Wound up catching it mid-air and taking it home.

Made a Yokohama-style Iekei ramen tonight~ A dense tonkotsu stock with a Shoyu tare, some extra pork fat, and blanched spinach. The only thing that would make it better is if I had some ajitsuke quail eggs.

Pffff. Omg. A cicada hitched a ride on me and I didn't notice until I took my shirt off. The sound of it screeching scared the hell out of me. 🤣

I decided to make a tonkotsu miso ramen tonight. As is typical of most miso ramen types, I had to throw in that pat of butter.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli

Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."

Left my frozen burrito in the air fryer for so long it became a chimichanga. xP

There we go~ All seasoned up with a fresh patina.

Yoooo I just scored a vintage dutch oven for $10!

Omfg. 🤣

Was in the mood for a simple yet fatty Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen tonight. Made use of lard from my Jiro style ramen that has bits of back fat floating around. Made it suuuuper rich. @..@

A lot of us fall back on cheap fake "maple syrup" when it comes to waffles and pancakes. But did you know you can make it yourself? Just about every brand has this stuff in it. Mapleine extract. The instructions to make your own faux maple syrup is right on the bottle, and it's SO much better.

Running low on my personal chashu stash. Since country style ribs are just pork shoulder? May as well jump on a marked down price~

Decided to try boiling those Aussie-Chinese dim sims and added them to some homemade chicken stock I seasoned up. Omg... It's been a while since I've had anything akin to wonton soup. This definitely scratches that itch. @..@

For dinner I went for something light. Yang Chun Mian. A simple noodle soup that involves stir frying scallions until they're toasty, then pouring water or stock into the wok and simmering for a smoky aromatic broth. I followed the recipe in this video here. youtu.be/9f5iUsFWqoo?...

Was in the mood for a simple old school Shoyu ramen for lunch today~

One thing I do like about where I live is that my complex's garden has blueberry bushes on either side of the driveway.

I stopped by Frank's Noodle House near the Powell's Books in Downtown and it immediately became my new favorite Chinese restaurant in all of Portland. Noodles made in-house, and that smoky wok-hei wafting from that pork belly stir fry was absolutely heavenly~

Had some clear broth left in the fridge, so I made myself a hearty helping of egg drop soup. With a whole can of Kirkland chicken~

Okay, this is absolutely amusing to me. "You had no single strongest type of intelligence" because three of them are maxed out, another four are over 75%, and one is just a hair below 75%. That's fucking nuts. 🤣 Test: www.idrlabs.com/intelligence...

Steamed some of those Aussie dim sims I prepped a while back and made something akin to a Chinese wonton noodle soup. HUFF. This is exactly what I needed. @..@

I had a pack of 26 tortillas I got from the CFT camp kitchen. I just meal prepped about 22 burritos. @..@ I'm eating one of them because I ran out of foil, but I stuck the rest in the freezer. Between this and my usual homemade ramen, I won't be starving anytime soon.

A dapper Bulbasaur appeared!

Rawr!