josie

This is more of a vent than anything but this happened last night and honestly I'm still pretty shaken up and mad over it.

I went out for a walk late last night (about 9:30-10pm) as I normally do when I have a lot on my mind. I was staying with a relative, they live in a decent-ish neighborhood and I have never experienced anything like this here before so it made it even more of a shock that this happened, plus I never go out within a five minute radius of the place of residence at this time of night for safety reasons.

I was walking around the area, was about ten minutes into the walk when I decided to sit on a bench for a breather. This car slowly drives by and approaches a parking space, but then exits it and just... stays right in front of me. I felt pretty uncomfortable and got up from the bench. Then the car started slowly following me.

I was practically shitting myself at that point and began walking faster, the car caught up with me and the driver rolled down the window and asked me if I was alright, saying I look lost, if I live in the area etc. I told him I was fine, that I live nearby. He asked me which house I lived in. I obviously refused to answer and just repeated that I lived nearby (again, a lie but I wasn't telling this creepy man anything about me). He told me that I was lying, that I don't live in the area, and I just repeated that I do and began to walk in the opposite direction. The car kept driving in the direction I was originally walking in and I thought that was it, but then he made a U-turn and continued to follow me.

After that I ran back to my relative's house and immediately locked the door behind. I don't think he saw which house I went into but I've been pretty shaken up since.

Why do creeps have to exist in the world.

Backstory: I am a vegan musician. I recently had a conversation with another user on here after I had mentioned musical instruments and how they have historically used animal products. A lot of manufacturers have now switched to all plant based components but it is very very unclear as to who exactly is vegan friendly or not.

I have decided to attempt to create a spreadsheet detailing which instrument manufacturers are vegan-friendly or not.

These are the ones I have found answers to:

Fender - Seemingly yes

Bedell - Yes

Martin - Not vegan, uses animal-derived glue

Taylor - Yes

Moondot - Yes

Fishman - Some models are definitely vegan, have not found a definitive answer for their entire range

Steinway - Yes

Baldwin - Yes

Ludwig - Seemingly yes

Evans - Yes

Remo - Yes

Gibson - Not sure, I have found something about them using oysters(what?) in their guitars but this is about 20 years old so not sure if anything has changed

Incredibow - Yes

Cardiff Violins - Yes

Franz Hoffmann - No

T Sonada - Yes

If anyone has any knowledge of other vegan/non-vegan manufacturers to add to the sheet, preferably with a source, please let me know. If you find that any of the info above is incorrect then again please let me know.

Exactly what it says in the title pretty much. A feijoada inspired dish with pão de queijo.

Feijoada:

2 cups black beans

1/2 cup chopped carrots

1 chopped bell pepper

2 chopped potatoes

About 1/2 of a tomato

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp coriander

3 cups veg stock

I cooked the black beans in a pot then added the bell pepper, carrots, and potatoes, then thr tomato and spices. I let it simmer for about an hour however it didn't thicken that much so I'm assuming I added too much water/stock to the pot, no big deal I'll just use less next time. I served this with brown rice.

Pão de queijo:

1 cup tapioca flour

1/4 cup nooch

1/2 tsp saly

1/2 soy milk

1 potato

I preheated the oven to 190 then mixed the tapioca flour, nooch, and salt in a bowl. I added the soy milk and stirred until doughy before adding the mashed potato and stirring until combined. You are supposed to roll the dough into balls but I couldn't be bothered so I just scooped it out onto the tray lol, for that reason the presentation is off but it tasted just as good so again it's whatever. I baked for about 25 minutes.

Looong time lurker, first time posting here. I used ChatGPT for soybean recipes and this is one of the dishes it came up with:

1 cup soybeans

1 inch piece of ginger, grated

2 pureed tomatoes

1 tbsp curry powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 cup coconut milk

Recipe also listed onion and garlic as ingredients but garlic causes my GERD to flare up and I don't really like the taste of onions so I left them both out.

I pre-cooked the soybeans before preparing the curry paste. I cooked the tomato puree, cumin, ginger, turmeric, and curry powder in a splash of water for about 5 minutes until it thickened and then added the soybeans, stirring them until completely coated. I poured in the coconut milk and let it simmer for about 10 minutes before seasoning and serving it.

Not pictured is the brown rice I served it with.

Overall a relatively quick, simple and nice tasting dish.