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Hossenfeffer

@ Hossenfeffer @feddit.uk

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Look, you get born, you keep your head down, and then you die. If you're lucky.

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  • What was sexual education like for you?

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  • Can confirm, hedge porn was a thing in Scotland too.

    As for sex education, our chemistry teacher once showed us how to put a condom on a banana. That was about it.

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  • Well, strangling animals, golf and masturbating.

  • I mean... I don't see the problem?

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  • Is your brain wearing a shell suit as it does that?

  • What home-cooked meal do you frequently make and still enjoy?

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  • Yeah, you could easily just stir the spinach through immediately before serving the rice. I might try that next time. Like I say, always tweaking!

  • What home-cooked meal do you frequently make and still enjoy?

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  • Za’tar Salmon And Spinach Rice

    • Make a thick dressing from mix a tbsp of sumac, 2 of za'tar, and 1 of olive oil.
    • Season skin on salmon fillets with a little S&P (bearing in mind za'tar also has a little salt in it) then spread the dressing over the salmon. Not too thick, you don't want a crust, but you do want the salmon covered.
    • Bake the salmon in a 180'C oven for, maybe, 10 minutes and check it for doneness. It'll vary depending on the fillets you have.

    I like to serve this with a West African spinach rice.

    • Toast some cashews and set aside.
    • Gently fry some onion and garlic then add some washed rice, crushed vermicelli, a little curry powder (an African blend if you can find it, or a Jamaican blend if you can't), and continue to gently fry until the rice is starting to get a little toasty and the curry powder fragrant.
    • Add twice as much chicken stock as you had rice, bring to a simmer, cover, and set it as low as it'll go.
    • After 10 minutes, most of the liquid will have been absorbed. Take the lid off the pan and quickly cover the rice with chopped spinach then recover the pan, turn off the heat and leave it for 5 minutes.
    • Mix the now-wilted spinach in with the rice, fluff it up and serve with the toasted cashews on the top and a good wedge of lemon per person since both rice and salmon love a good hit of lemon juice.

  • What home-cooked meal do you frequently make and still enjoy?

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  • Bit of both. Generally what happens is that I come across a reference to a dish that makes me want to try it, then look up a bunch of recipes to get an understanding of how to make it, mix and match from the recipes I've found, then write up what I did. But I could probably buy the ingredients and cook at least half of these dishes from memory.

    I also maintain a spreadsheet of what I cook every day which helps me not repeat dishes too often (e.g. I can tell you that it's only been 21 days since I last cooked the Za'tar Salmon and Spinach Rice someone else asked about in another comment, so I'll probably give it at least a month before I cook it again.

    I also score (and get the wife and kids to score) each meal when I first cook it (to my satisfaction - sometimes it takes a couple of goes to tweak it). The ones I listed here are all ones which worked out ok and which I enjoyed. The kids inevitably score veg-based meals low but I mostly ignore them!

  • What home-cooked meal do you frequently make and still enjoy?

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  • You hope his wife is significantly younger than 15?

  • What home-cooked meal do you frequently make and still enjoy?

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  • Er, I feel like this is my time:

    African Chicken And Jollof RiceAsparagus And Crayfish Tail TagliatelleAubergine LaksaBaked Salmon W. Lemon CouscousBarbecued Spatchcock Chicken With Potato SaladBlackened Chicken And Dirty RiceBlackened Salmon And Dirty RiceBurgersButter ChickenCajun Chicken Thighs And Dirty RiceCaldeirada - Portuguese Fish StewCarbonaraCarnitasChicken AdoboChicken And Butternut Squash Tray BakeChicken And Mushroom CasseroleChicken BiryaniChicken Caesar SaladChicken EnchiladasChicken Fried RiceChicken Kebabs And CouscousChicken KyivsChicken MilaneseChicken PaprikashChicken RamenChicken ShawarmaChicken TaquitosChicken Thighs - Greek StyleChicken Tikka KebabsChilli Con CarneDoner KebabsFish PieFish, New Potatoes, AsparagusFish, New Potatoes, SamphireGnocchi And Green VeggiesGrilled Chicken TacosJamaican Chicken CurryJambalayaKedgereeKofte Kebabs And Koshari RiceMac ‘N’ CheeseMediteranean Chicken And Cous CousOklahoma Onion BurgersPaneer Curry WrapsPasta Alla Norcina (Sausage & Cream)Penang CurryPenne Alla VodkaPeri Peri ChickenPesto PastaPortuguese Baked CodPortuguese Green SoupRagu Alla Bolognese TagliatelleRagu Alla Genovese TagliatelleRed Beans And RiceRed Salmon PastaRisotto – Chicken And AsparagusRisotto – MushroomRoast ChickenSalmon, Asparagus, And Crushed PotatoesSausage And Potato Tray BakeSicilian Chicken SpaghettiSmoked Salmon, Lemon And Garlic SpaghettiSteak/Chicken And ChipsStir-Fried TofuTandoori ChickenTortellini Soup With Chicken & SpinachTuna Pasta BakeTuscan Chicken, Bean, And Spinach SoupTuscan Pork PastaVeggie ChilliWhite ChilliZa’tar Salmon And Spinach Rice

    Edit to add: I can dig up my recipe for any of these if anyone is interested.

  • Rubik's cube

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  • I learned how to solve them from a book when they first came out in the late 70s. I can still remember enough of the moves to get two layers, but not the third.

  • Do any of you keep a lawyer on hand? Like made a deposit and have him/her ready to call?

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  • I mean, I have a lawyer I've used for a few things over the last decade or so, and they'd be my goto, but they're not on retainer.

  • What's your hot sauce of choice?

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  • You can broadcast a single thought to everyone alive. What thought would cause immediate chaos everywhere?

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  • "The other religion is the true one."

  • What is the meaning of life?

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  • What, cannibalism?

  • What's your plan for the Zombie Apocalypse?

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  • Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

  • Those in relationships with someone with whom they share a notable 'mismatch' in attractiveness, what are some of the craziest/most offensive things people have said about it?

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  • At my best I was a seven, I guess, but for a while I was going out with a model who was a compfortable nine. We were walking through town and bumped into a friend of hers I hadn't met before. She said: "Oh, this is the new guy?" My girlfriend replied in the affirmative, and this other woman paused for a moment, looking me up and down, and then just asked in an incredulous tone of voice: "Why?"

    [My girlfriend later explained that the other woman was bi and into her (unreciprocated), so that took the edge off it.]

  • What's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?

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  • Perfect except for ‘Thoughts?’ Instead of that it should be an appeal to the speaker’s boss: ‘Chris, do you have any builds?’

  • Since it won't happen the other way around, how do I get people to approach ME in public?

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  • My sister literally tried the first one in high school. She lay in wait, probably for hours, on the country road she knew the guy she fancied lived down. Once she saw him in the distance she dropped her bicycle so it lay across the road and hobbled around for a bit until he got there.

    I can't say it worked. He stopped, helped her get her bike up off the road, then went on his way.

  • What's your favorite fake band name?

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  • Toad The Wet Sprocket, of course!

    "Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad The Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant, ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney on hearing of the accident. Plans are already afoot for a major tour of Iceland.

    "Divorced after only eight minutes, popular television singing star Charisma changed her mind on the way out of the registry office, when she realised she'd married one of the Donkeys by mistake. The evening before, in LA's glittering night spot The Abbatoir, she'd proposed to drummer Reg Abbott of Blind Drunk, after a whirlwind romance and a knee-trembler. But when the hangover lifted, it was Keith Sly of the Donkeys who was on her arm in the registry office. Keith, who was too ill to notice, remained unsteady during the short ceremony and, when asked to exchange vows, began to recite names and addresses of people who also used the stuff. Charisma spotted the error as Keith was being carried into the wedding ambulance, and became emotionally upset. However, the mistake was soon cleared up, and she stayed long enough to consummate their divorce.

    "Dead Monkeys are to split up again, according to their manager Lefty Goldblatt. They've been in the business now ten years, nine as other groups. Originally the Dead Salmon, they became, for a while, Trout, then Fried Trout, then Poached Trout In A White Wine Sauce, and finally, Herring. Splitting up for nearly a month, they reformed as Red Herring, which became Dead Herring for a while, and then Dead Loss, which reflected the current state of the group. Splitting up again to get their heads together, they reformed a fortnight later as Heads Together, a tight little name which lasted them through a difficult period when their drummer was suspected of suffering from death. It turned out to be only a rumour, and they became Dead Together, then Dead Gear, which led to Dead Donkeys, Lead Donkeys, and the inevitable splitup. After nearly ten days, they reformed again as Sole Meunière, then Dead Sole, Rock Cod, Turbot, Haddock, White Bait, the Plaices, Fish, Bream, Mackerel, Salmon, Poached Salmon, Poached Salmon in a White Wine Sauce, Salmon Meunière, and Helen Shapiro. This last name, their favourite, had to be dropped following an injunction, and they split up again. When they reformed after a record-breaking two days, they ditched the fishy references and became Dead Monkeys, a name which they stuck with for the rest of their careers. Now, a fortnight later, they've finally split up."

    Monty Python

  • what's something from your job that could kill a horror movie monster/villain?

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  • TPS report cover sheet.