@ljwrites i dont know, i definitely hit 100+ over the summer while i was busy, but im currently in the under 10 club (and probably the most common answer for me would be around 20 or so)
@Betty mildly horrifying concept
@pamela i have not been but i bet it is!
@pamela also putting in a vote for Mt Cuba for anyone traveling by car, it’s another bonkers DuPont garden estate but they specialize in local native plants 💚
@pamela i can indeed (reasonably, depending on how public transit behaves) easily get to southeastern PA! Esp if you are ever looking to meet up near Philly definitely ping me :)
@yesterdaychild what indeed
@alpine_thistle @Cyborgneticz one of the real ones!!
@Cyborgneticz off the top of my head: Ella Baker, Pauli Murray, Angela Davis, the Combahee River Collective, Dorinda Moreno, the Brazilian Afrolatinas Institute (they founded the Festival Latinadades which might be more searchable), Diane Nash, the Montgomery Women’s Political Council, Claudia Jones
@Cyborgneticz @platypus @bright_helpings marx, engels, and the spectre haunting europe is my new poly triad costume
Beautiful jewelry, Fediverse artist
@compostablespork @Tzipporah oh i love the chevron pair! both sets look really swishy and fun to wear
@montag oh v nice!
@twistylittlepassages i would be riding that high all day, never have i beaten a horsefly in an intimidation challenge
@montag hows the color?
@rowyn time to go mix up some new clarity potions 😬
@asya yeah its a struggle! no great options tbh
@asya i just avoid eating out as much as i can these days
@asya alas, capitalism
@asya mood 😭
Food & alcohol, kinda long oops
@pixouls there are a bunch of different kinds of eggnog, so vibe and how you get it can v much depend!
Personally I’m a fan of coquito, which is coconut milk based, very rich and creamy (and also usually has a *lot* more rum than you’d necessarily realize from the taste, drinker be warned!) which you might find at a spanish grocery but is also p simple to make yourself — its uncooked so you just whisk everything together and then let it chill overnight (you can find versions with or without egg, if raw egg is a concern for you — i think most modern recipes dont use it anymore?)
i’ve only had old school homemade eggnog once, i think, with the beaten egg whites. It’s much fluffier than a lot of other types of egg nog and works best in smaller wider glasses, where you can enjoy the texture instead of half of your drink getting trapped at the bottom of the glass
i’ve made and served flip cocktails a few times — the primary distinction from eggnog being the typical lack of cream/dairy in flips, and the fact that they’re less seasonally associated. They’re very old school, but fun and can be modified to be low ABV if desired which is always a bonus in my book
i’d argue that the recent trend for boozy milkshakes is very much in line with the egg nog tradition — the ingredients in most egg nogs not being too far off from those of an ice cream base. Not my favorite drink tbh, but lots of people like them for good reason!
grocery store egg nog differs from its older homemade counterparts in that: it is almost always fully cooked (older recipes often left the eggs entirely raw or just cooked the yolks while whipping the raw whites) and it often uses other thickeners to cut down on the number of eggs. Often as a mixer (which is to say, not containing any booze, but with a design expectation that you’ll be adding some upon serving) but can be drunk without, though in that case it will be especially heavy and sweet
very possibly what you had at starbucks was an egg nog latte (with or without the espresso)? in which case no eggs, just the spices traditionally used in egg nog (nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla). Still a very good holiday treat, and probably much more accessible to the average person than a lot of the drinks i’ve mentioned here 😆
@kevinkevinson @pastelsinmysky Hobi has *excellent* ideas 😳
sleepy af
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