Inheritance - well, there’s a decent one planned by my father and step-mother, which I’ve been told is going to be split pretty evenly, with a bit more to me than my brother (60/40 or close to that) because he’s wealthier than I am as a Medical doctor, and neither of us had any concern about that. There was an unspoken (until I brought it up and made it explicit) thought though that anything I didn’t use up in my life could and should go to my niece and nephew, since I don’t have any kids, so it’ll all stay in the family as it were.
My mother doesn’t have much in the way of assets, but my brother and I agree it should go to our half-brother, rather than to us two, since our father’s assets are more noticeable. So I’m 99% certain that even if the will disappeared, we’d manage in much the same manner.
4th of the July is complicated. I don’t want MAGA to finish their takeover of anything considered patriotic, but it’s been a losing proposition since at least 9/11 here in the states. I’ve decided to bow out of the normal JUL4 events with my mother-in-law’s family this year. Most of them are Republican, including a few semi-sane MAGA types, but the booze will flow freely, and I don’t want to see them at their worst. I have a good excuse, we’re expecting one of our out-of-state friends to come visit for a few days over the holiday and I’ll stay to keep them occupied, but the wife will likely have to go to the event.
Right now, I feel like the fourth should be more of a wake for a nation that died when Felon47 won the popular vote, showing that of those who could be bothered to vote, a majority felt that democracy was overrated and voted for a man who openly planned to be a dictator.
July 4th is a Friday this year; which means I’ll be busy doing farmers’ market harvest.
I’d have mixed feelings about celebrating it. On the one hand, it’s my country too, damn it, and I haven’t entirely given up on it yet. On the other, reflexive displays of patriotism haven’t seemed like a good idea to me for years, and seem even less so now.
And, moving on – while I voted “claustrophobic”, that’s more because it’s a city than because of the specific street or architecture. My reaction’s actually more “if I had to be stuck living in a city, that looks like it might at least be an interesting one; but I’m extremely glad that I’m not stuck living in a city.”
I don’t get not celebrating Independence Day if you wish. Me and my wife will be working so it’s not an option but if that wasn’t happening I would go to a BBQ without a second thought if invited.
Even though there are two normal ones (me and my sister) and two not quite normal ones, we all cooperated well during that time. I can imagine how someone could try and make things difficult for everyone but it would be hard to legally win anything other than an even split.
I assumed that both the salt and pepper questions were about adding them as ingredients when cooking the meal. They are both part of almost all my recipes, so that’s how I answered. I almost never add them at the table, because they are already in the food when it is served.
I assumed that, too. At first I thought it was ambiguous, but then I saw the third question about turmeric. Turmeric isn’t something one would traditionally add at the table, so I took the salt and pepper questions to be in the same context – something that would be added as an ingredient when cooking.
This. I didn’t vote, because it really depends on what else is there. Are there lots of cozy cafes, restaurants nearby? Is there a park nearby? How’s the traffic noise? I’ve stayed in hotels in similar areas and I really enjoyed it. But I knew that there were places to go.
As neither Independence Day or Canada Day are holidays where I am, I will not be celebrating either of them. I voted, “Good idea”, but just changed it to “You could celebrate both”. What July 4th means to the US is still there. The flag’s still there.
I assumed salt and pepper would be added at the table, because there is salt in a lot of foods already, such as cereal. If that’s the case, then I have salt almost every meal.
Are there people who put Turmeric on food as they would use salt and pepper? It wants to stain everything, so I make sure that it stays in the kitchen. And it’s spelled Kurkuma on my spice bottle, because that’s the German word. So I didn’t notice there was a “r” missing.
I had a bag of Skittles on Friday. I noticed the purple is black currant flavor, instead of the U.S. standard grape flavor. They seemed less sweet than what I remember, but it’s been so long since I’ve had them in the U.S., I can’t be certain.
Sometimes I want sweet and other times I do not. Most of the time I drink tea without sweetening, but when I’m sick, I’ll add honey.
I voted that there’s too much sugar added. I am also diabetic. That poll needs to allow more than one choice. I thought most things were made too sweet long before I became diabetic; the answers aren’t related. – occasionally I do want sweet, but I don’t want everything sweetened, and things like pie I usually want a whole lot less sweet than most people make them; I generally cut the sugar in half or less when using recipes.
I didn’t notice that turmeric was misspelled, so didn’t vote in that one.
I voted medium for the toast. I often don’t toast bread before eating it; but in that case it isn’t toast. “Raw” toast isn’t really a thing, it’s just bread.
I didn’t notice that turmeric was misspelled, but once the poll pointed it out, it bothered me a little. So i voted. But i would never have noticed.
I never add turmeric at the table. It tastes better when it’s been cooked. But i add it to a lot of food i cook, and my husband probably uses it with most meals he cooks. I buy about a pint of the stuff at a time. That was the poll that inspired my poll about what the others meant.
I struggled with the sugar question. Most things have exactly as much sugar as i want. Because i cook a lot of my own food, and a bit products i like. So… I have bought some granola that doesn’t have much sugar (and has no added sugar, all the sugar is from the dried fruit.).
It’s true that while i love homemade muffins, i don’t care for commercial muffins because they taste like cupcakes. It’s true that lots of commercial products are too sweet for my adult palate. (I liked sweet more as a kid.) But… Naw, the foods around me aren’t too sweet, they are pretty much what i want them to be.
I said well done for toast. I like my toast darker than almost anyone. I’m the one who says, “don’t throw that toast away just because the edges are singed, I’ll scrape off the char and eat the rest”. That was one of the few polls here i can answer easily.
I also usually prefer well done toast. If I’m having toast, I want toast. I don’t want to taste bread. Make sense? I don’t eat a ton of bread so if it’s not absolutely fresh and soft, I’ll toast it for a sandwich. Most sandwiches for me are better on toast.
I don’t add any salt any more. My form of heart failure was caused by fluid retention, and I don’t want to be hospitalized again, so I avoid it as much as I can. And that means avoiding processed foods and eating out rarely.
Most processed foods are too sweet for me. I never sweeten my tea or coffee, so I’m not used to that either. Last night my sister gave me a bite of her frozen lasagne, and the tomato sauce tasted sweet to me.
Tomato sauce is often sweetened. I was cooking for a group that included a diabetic, once, and she reached out to me and asked me to check the labels and use a tomato sauce without added sugar.
Spelling- here is the thing- can I recognize and read the word without any issues? If so, great- IMHO the word isnt misspelled. What does annoy me is when another poster corrects it- that to me is a jerk Move.
I really do not like burnt toast so i make my toast a tiny bit underdone to avoid that.
Yes, I know. Any acidic sauce typically has sugar added to round out the flavor, but it doesn’t overall taste sweet. And this sauce was noticeably sweet.