Sherclod Holmes @wallhackio@cat.family

@coriander hades to me felt like an action roguelike made by people who didn't like the genre

I liked the game fine but for everything surrounding the core gameplay loop

@The_T its not a large quantity of soup, whatever pot you're going to use for chili would certainly be large enough

I used my ordinary stock pot and it was more than enough. Even a deep skillet would probably be fine

If I weren't using salt I would add lots of garlic, maybe another onion, way more green herbs, more black pepper, and maybe even a little bit of vinegar (add in 1/2 tbsp increments, a little vinegar goes a long way). and more oil

@The_T yeah you can just get in there and mash. or just smash tomatoes to the side of the pot with your cooking spoon

@The_T you don't need one! you can just mash the soup with your soup or a potato masher if you want. or just leave it chunky

@The_T

• 2 cans tomatoes (whole peeled tomatoes is best, crushed tomatoes is also good)
• garlic (I used, like, 8 minced cloves? That's equivalent to 2.5-3 tbsp jarlic)
• 1 diced onion
• Any combination of oregano, basil, parsley, bay leaf, rosemary, dill. I used a large quantity of dill because that's what I had. It's hard to add too much of any of these unless its rosemary
• Salt, to taste
• Black pepper, to taste
• Red pepper flakes, to taste (I made it very spicy)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• 1 tbsp flour

• Add enough oil/butter/lard to the pot to cover the bottom. Add the onion and stir occasionally until the onion is translucent.

• Add the garlic and flour and stir for 30 seconds or so.

• Optionally add some water/wine/stock and scrape the flour + garlic from the bottom. Then add everything else.

• Bring to a boil.

• Cook for 15 minutes.

• Turn off the heat and stir in cream.

You can also use a stick blender, or an ordinary blender, after the final step to blend everything and give it a smooth consistency. Not doing that gives it a rougher texture that some find desirable.

I'm kind of angry at how easy and tasty homemade tomato soup is

i am an artist. and like every artist, i have my muse

@lapis the iron pencil statues yearn for the farm mines

my stardew math wonkery has devolved into haleyposting. as it should

@lapis she has videos on every marriage candidate, say goodbye to 30 hours of your life

@lapis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlCAOJKTC80

she has a three hour video on shane and it is only part 1

@lapis have you ever seen Fiona Sangster's stardew valley character deep dives? they're quite enjoyable and made me like most of the characters a lot more

Personally I think Haley at the beginning of the game hadn't learned what empathy is yet. She genuinely doesn't understand the world outside of herself. Her character arc is her interest in the player causing to learn to start thinking about how other people work and that differing perspectives are valid.

I don't think she realizes her comments at the beginning of the game are kind of cruel.

Also my experience with Haley was unusual. I didn't have the usual dialogue you are supposed to have where she insults you when you first meet her. My time ever talking to her was when she takes pictures in Cindersap Forest and the game says "she does not seem to notice you are there." And I was like "oh cool, we stan a queen who is autistic about her hobbies"

That being said, if you don't like Haley because she is an ass when you first meet her that is fine. Ignorance is not a defense for cruelty.

@cam @lapis if demetrius didn't have that two-heart event he would be one of my favorite NPCs in the game

@lapis I'd be pretty surprised if I end up liking sandy more than haley, after marrying haley I am very Normal about haley

@cam @lapis reported.

@cam @lapis i'll concede that one

@lapis @cam reported for emily slander

@lapis to get perfection you need to buy four items from the wizard which cost, in total, 12,500,000 gold. so you need some kind of late-game money source

ancient fruit isn't the only viable late game money source, i admit. its just the most popular one