• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    DAE think LinkedIn is kinda stupid? My sister has networked with people through there and had job offers as a result. You do have to sell yourself when you go for a job and LinkedIn is like a digital CV. However, it just seems like a glorified form of social media where people are obsessed with climbing the corporate ladder and flaunting themselves. But the posts, man, the posts.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    FUCK IT FEELS GOOD TO PLAY GUITAR!!!

    It’s been a week. Any question I had about needing music making in my life is answered.

    Wooooooooooo!

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    I made the dal makhani after 7 hours of soaking and an hour of boiling the pulses. Alas, it didn’t really turn out like I expected - granted, it’s not a dish I grew up with or ate enough of to be really familiar with. Neither do i have much experience with these ingredients. Bought the wrong kind of urad dal (no skin) and followed recipes with too high a ratio of urad dal:kidney beans to my tastes. The end result was a bit too mushy and bland for my liking although it was no fault of the cashew cream, which I can report to @dumblederp worked well despite all the other problems. It reduced the slimy texture of urad dal and gave it a lovely creamy mouthfeel.

    Ended up adding way more spices and eating it with copious amounts of lime pickle. Would try cashew cream again but need to change a few things if I try this dish again.

    Not particularly inspiring pics:

    Kidney beans I can use in other dishes, but man I have a lot of urad dal to go through.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      4 days ago

      Great to hear about the cashew cream. Most of my “dal” is based of 1kg dry pulces and 150g spice mix. Sometimes add veggies, sometimes add chicken/stock.

      A diced apple or pear and some microwave’d pappadums can zhoozjh it up a bit.

      Also, the Instant Pot absolutely smashes out the dry pulces for no fuss cooking.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        4 days ago

        Hard no on the fruit but the pappadums definitely help. Had a more flavourful side of zucchini dry curry that lifted things up.

        I really wanted to get an instant pot but there’s no space in this tiny unit - I barely have space for a microwave; I have to keep putting my rice cooker away and I’ve never even used my toaster since moving here.

        When I move to my next long term place I’ll definitely be getting one given how many pulses I eat.

        But yeah. Cashew cream for the win. It’s really easy to make too, just hot water, cashews, 15 mins soaking time and a blender.

        Nothing still beats my favourite masoor dal though :) the easiest and tastiest, my comfort food

        • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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          4 days ago

          If the rice cooker dies, replace it with an instant pot. IP does great rice.

          I should really read some dal recipies and make something specific rather than the flavoured pulces that I’m living off.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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        4 days ago

        I discovered with microwave pappadums is that if you give them a light painting with oil then they come out a lot better. It’s like they’ve been deep fried. I use the small ones because they’re quicker.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    Turns out someone else likes dim sims.

    She’s so sneaky and brazen but never pushes the limit.

    She ignored the wine thankfully that is off limits.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    Inspired by the aldi camping sale this weekend I was looking up gear because I want to get a basic camping setup (ex had all the gear when we got together and I left it all with him). Aldi was a good start but then I made the mistake of looking on Facebook marketplace and now my internet experience is just tents all the way down…

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The litter of cats have all been fed. I’ve doubled the amount of dry food for the strays, so now they have 2 fairly large containers.

    My personal fluffball has had her afternoon treats.

    Time for some zonk and hoping the crack head next door doesn’t yell and scream all day and night.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    So I woke up at like 1pm. One beer and two glasses of prosecco last night and I was out like a light.

    I feel good though today, not depressed or anything. I could still sleep, but I’m having a coffee and cuddle with Mickey :) all is well.

    On another note, I am so proud of my partner: his first week at his new job went really well! And he discovered that the building his new work is in, his OLD workplace has moved to as well! So he has reconnected with a couple of people from the call centre he used to manage! They’re stoked that they can hang out with my partner during lunch! I’m stoned for him and them!

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    I’m going on an adventure to Footscray. Haven’t been for years. I hope I don’t get killed. 💀

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
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      4 days ago

      It’s changed a lot, the signs of gentrification all over but the old Footscray is still very much there. It’s a unique place.

        • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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          4 days ago

          Used to go there a bit when I was a teen (over 30 years ago). It was very Asian and cool back then, not a worrying place to be. Some of those shops were grouse, not at all like the plastic-filled $2 shops of now, with exotic and niche goods. It was the only place you could get certain things in the west at the time. The only time I went there recently with the kids we were on the tram that goes through there and a messed up guy (drugs) got on and asked every person on the tram for money while intermittently ranting. Other people got on and off the tram who were of a similar disposition. Kids were not impressed. He then got off the tram at an intersection and I had to distract the kids from looking out the window because he weaved over to a light pole, pulled out his Richard in broad daylight and started peeing on it.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    Crossing the road at Bourke Street Mall:

    • A man in an Australian flag shirt holding an Israeli flag shouts at the crowd waiting for the tram
    • Magician busker asks people to stop to watch him perform so he can go home and sleep
    • Homeless man shouts UGLY BITCH at no one in particular
    • Violinist busker plays Ludovico Einaudi. He is the only one getting any attention.
      And that’s on top of all the usual leaflets people

    It never gets boring.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 days ago

      My favorite there was a good few years back - skinny longhaired teenager playing New York State of Mind on transparent vinyl bagpipes. And he did a stompin good job of it too.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

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