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I desperately need your distraction

What're you into, what're you looking forward to, what're you happy about?

Please

I am feeling terribly self-harmy in advance of my birthday next week

I got to the point of making a pros and cons chart

give me something to be vicariously happy about or something to look forward to, please

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  • i got mint, so i either will make cookies with ginger and min or try it with chili pepper (for science). Also its great in tea

    . But my genius will have to wait till the weekend

    • Ooh mint tea is very nice ^^

      Also partial to mojitos

      • its also (surprisingly) nice in red tea

        • Mhm, mint is very versatile. Also grows easily of you plant it by itself. It's also nice if used sparingly with rice also, coconut & mint rice with a hot curry for example

    • I've had mint tea and mint chocolate cookies, but ginger and mint cookies?! Maybe with chili pepper?? 🤯 I would love to know more. What texture are you going for? Are you working from a recipe or inspired genius?

      Thank you for telling me about your intriguing cookie project ❤️ would you please post about them when you make them this weekend?

      • Oh, no , chili with mint is a separate thingie, I just wanted to test how hot and cold food feels together.

        Figure chili would be too weird in a cookie. Although black pepper might work

        I’ll keep you updated

        Nah usual ginger cookies, but because I have a small oven, I have to bake in 3 goes, so I try some stuff with them

        • your experiments sound fun, I'm excited to see what happens this weekend – thank you!!

          • Cookie report card:

            Black pepper works, surprisingly nicely actually, feels like different heat than ginger. (A-)

            Mint - kinda meh, cooling effect isn't felt. Althoug smell of mint is felt in breath/roof of mouth, dunno how to describe it, like after minty candy or toothpaste. Maybe i should dump a whole load of it, dunno. But very complicated taste. Maybe if i lost clove and got fresh leafs (or very strong ones) it could work.

            (B, needs some work, likely complicated balance to find)

            • Have you created a whole new genre of cookie here?? I've never heard of a pepper cookie, but it sounds awesome and I'd totally try one.

              🤩 I'm impressed with your ingenuity! I would never have thought of trying that.

              • I don't think so, in some recipes i've seen mentions of ginger cookies with pepper

                but it makes sense, ginger has some hotness, different from other hot thingies. Peppermint does as well, so its like

                two spicy things, but differently spicy

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