Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@Lady ah i’d thought you were just parodying the novelists

@Lady i highly doubt you’ve stopped writing

@Lady in theory it snows here in December too

@Lady yeah you gotta save the partying for January bc its even worse

@Lady but you gotta do it extra during advent

@Lady but yeah it is kinda interesting how ‘we will have a big party of the first day of ____’ has shifted to ‘you must spend a month preparing for _____ before immediately moving on to the next thing’

@Lady and then you will enter a period of reflective contemplation?

@netkitty *gives you treats* what a scary halloween cat!

@welshpixie which is why we have utilities in the first place, instead of expecting everyone to build their own private infrastructure!

@welshpixie yeah i imagine pretty much anyone can afford to would be trying alternative power sources, etc

@welshpixie but also wow that all sounds really rough! I hope that the government is able to step up and work on finding a solution

@welshpixie kinda amused by the prominent “now read: how much it costs to escape Eskom and load shedding for good” link at the end of the article, which sends you to an article on converting your home to solar

@Anke
Usually if i’m using butter, i’ll add herbs (mostly thyme) otherwise garlic cloves that have been poached in olive oil (and then using the oil as the fat for the mashing)

I also tend to leave the skins on the potatoes when I mash, which makes it a lot less bland

Colcannon (mashed potatoes mixed with a winter green) is also good