Brews I've attempted so far:
1. Apple juice + orange juice + water + sugar + bread yeast
> About 3 weeks in and it's ready to sample.
> The apple notes give a pleasant taste. Without a hydrometer, I estimate this brew to be ~10%. It would be very drinkable, but fermented orange juice (at this stage) adds an unmistakable vomit flavor to the brew. 6/10. It's getting me drunk on the cheap and tastes better than Steel Reserve.
2. Sticky rice + "rice wine starter"
> Those Orientals have a special ball you can acquire with the enzymes to convert rice starches to sugars, which yeast can readily turn to alcohol. Put warm (not HOT) cooked sticky rice in a jar, sprinkling in the magic powder, and seal the container; after enough time, delicious liquids will magically arise. No bubbles after about 2 weeks time. After extracting the liquid and refrigerating, it naturally separated into 2 layers. 8/10. The clear liquid on top was the superior beverage but both were tolerable with good flavor.
I freezejacked >>2 drink #1 and mmm. That hits nice.
Latest big batch of apple cider (roughly 8 liters) turned out well. After it was essentially done bubbling and the balloons deflated, they went in the fridge. Roughly 16% each. Adding a bit of cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, and artificial sweetener and additional time in the fridge really helped with flavor. Used EC-1118 yeast.
2L of grape juice with no added sugars and bread yeast turned out fine, fermented to 6%. Fridge jacked it to boost it up to 14% or more. A lot better. Flavor more intense. The grape juice is a mix of red and white grape juice, which makes it pretty interesting.
My attempt to mix vanilla syrup with water didn't turn out so well. Maybe fermented to 4% before it refused to ferment any more.
1KG of sticky rice produced ~1.5L or so of rice wine. It's starting to separate in the fridge between cloudy and clear rice wine. Historically, clear rice wine was for nobles and the cloudy stuff was for peasants, or so the story goes. Definitely more labor intensive
Hello. My name is Jonathan Rail. I have a website at http://johnrealgamer.com/ Anyway, in all my years, I have seen a resurgence in Japanophilia, and many don't know where to start. I have compiled 8 items that will help YOU become a social reject.
Check out my webpage if you enjoyed this! Happy Japanesing!
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Hello. My name is Jonathan Rail. I have a website at http://johnrealgamer.com/ Anyway, in all my years I have seen a resurgence in Japanophilia and many don't know where to start. I have compiled 8 items that will help YOU become a social reject.
1. Use an anime profile picture on every internet account you have access to.
2. Change your internet account names to something Japanese-like. If you don't feel like copying random Japenese text, simply add -kun to the end of your name.
3. Keep a text file on you at all times containing kawaii emoticons. If you lose your text file you can always resort to simple emoticons like uwu.
4. Always periodically say uwu and other related kawaii sentences on your internet accounts. Do this even if you interrupt someone.
5. Make yourself only interested to Japanese women. If you are gay (you probably are) then only be interested in Japanese men.
6. Start purchasing random crap from Japan. Be sure to have more items from Japan than your own country where you reside.
7. Always praise and worship anything Japanese. If you think your peers (if you have any to begin with) have forgotten about how good Japan was, be sure to remind them again!
8. Always replace more activities with the Japanese alternatives. If you liked watching tv or movies, then only watch Japanese produced tv or movies.>>11
You forgot
9. Defend and support Japan's activities during WW2 despite the fact your probably a white American.
>>14
I sometimes deliberately misuse kaomojis to annoy my co workers and have put up a bunch of random underage anime girls up as profile picture on work accounts. I’m beginning to use random Japanese words in my emails and have made public comments praising Pearl Harbor attacks and 9/11. I purchase random crap from Taiwan and pretend it’s Japanese. I’ve considered putting up a picture of Bin Laden on my desk and some giant mecha anime toys but they’ve yet to arrive in the mail.
>>15
I hope this isn't a troll post. What kind of job is it?
>>16
Oh I work as a technician at a regular shitty office, nothing special. I’m desperate to get out of this fucking contract though, so I’m trying everything to get them to fire me without actually breaking any rules. So now I have lolis plastered all over my desk and online profiles and I’m looking for a nice fitting frame for my Bin Laden portrait which is really kawaii. Thankfully, my bastard team mates have stopped talking to me already and there’s talk of complaints to HR. Well fuck em.
Hello, I just started getting into HAM Radio, and I wanted to know what would be a good radio to start off with. Should I just stay with a relatively low-powered handheld until I get at least General class certifications, or should I save myself the trouble of replacing the radio for a suitable one later and get one that can access Extra-class level frequencies now?
Tell me your thoughts.
Get a baofeng, look up local repeaters, learn how offsets work, and steal FCC callsigns from public databases if you're in the US. Worked for me for >5 years without issue.
I just started to look at this site and decided this place might be a good place to ask a serious question with anonymity. I have a small problem. I'm 23 and my two main interests, video games and anime/manga, are started to become boring to me. After so much exposure, more than enough for a lifetime even, I think I should truly move on and look for something new.
I talked with some of my friends and a couple ideas sparked my interest. Here's a short list of ideas I have that I've liked so far:
Target shooting w/rifles
Archery
Beer brewing
Boxing
I've thrown out hobbies like photography and music(anything related) due to general apathy. I'd like something that would keep me somewhat active (why archery and boxing are there), but would like something that can be truly affected by changes that I can make (why rifles and beer brewing are there). I tend to like the idea of messing around with something to make it better, which is why I liked playing some cRPGs and some racing games with tuning. I like beer and wine, but I'm not exactly sure I'd want to suffer through the experimentation of making my own. Boxing sounds fun, but would be tough to find space for the stand and bag. Rifle shooting sounds like the best option, but I don't have the money for what I want yet (I liked the feel of the Ruger Mini-14 which is ~$600).
Walk a lot.
Masturbate
If you're looking for board games, I recommend chess:
I got into it a couple of months ago and am really enjoying it.
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wonder if op ever found his new hobby?
perhaps he became a beer swilling target archer/boxer
>>94
lol wondering the same. maybe when he gets sick of his new hobby he'll revisit this thread for another suggestion.
HEMA (historical european martial arts).
It's just every kind of swordfighting grouped into one.
Longswords, rapiers, sabres, arming swords and more of all styles and eras. Try to find a local club. A (training) sword is $200 and the safety equipment is a few hundred, but you only need that once you move onto sparring.
Hey OP. Definitely try archery! It's a very fun hobby. All you need is a target and now.
For a target, you can buy something like old hay bales and old rug (so the arrows don't go through and kill anyone) set against a fence or wall. But ideally, you can order a target off of Amazon or somewhere.
For a bow, you determine what kind you want. Modern? Traditional? Recurve? Then you find the size and what is called the weight. Search online for more info on this. I personally use traditional Korean horse bows, one from Kaya: https://horsebowshop.com/collections/kaya-korean-traditional-bows
It's hard at first and takes a while to learn how to properly shoot. You'll miss a lot. But in time you'll become the best archer in the land. You can also join an archery club at some point where you'll have access to a lot of targets to use and can get pro tips for shooting. Have fun if you decide to try it!
When I was a kid, I played the standards like Monopoly(does anyone ever read all the mortgaging rules?), chess/checkers, or battleship. Then I got a PC and largely ignored them for a long time. I recently learned about Go and Settlers of Catan, and have had a lot of fun playing online. It's piqued my interest in board games again, and I've found several that look interesting but it's so hard to find someone to play with, especially for the quirky games like the ones from Cheapass Games.
Remember to use games with a hexagon board.
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Battleship
B4
covid delayed all my board game kickstarters from 2019-2020 and now they're all arriving at once and I don't have shelf space
Lockdown killed my mahjong club and it never really recovered
>>29
I play riichi mahjong in person with a few friends on a weekly basis, and that started BECAUSE of lockdown. I think that while it does take a while to learn, it always feels fresh to play.
Other games I enjoy are History of the World, Hanamikoji and Galaxy trucker. I love tabletop RPGs, but we only ever really play d&d 5e and 3.5e. I want to try cyberpunk at some point.
>>30
I've only played riichi by myself with computer in PC-98 games and I still don't know how to play despite beating a few opponents. The best I could do was count.
Not knowing how to play mahjong is a good thing. Knowing why you shouldn't play mahjong is a better thing. Real mahjong is usually played by 4 people, and you can never know if the 3 people playing with you agreed to prioritize you. Even without actually cheating they can "rob" you.
>>32 it's pretty difficult to engage in a coordinated attack in mahjong without agreeing on it beforehand. There's a 1/27 chance that every player deliberately targets you if they are choosing randomly.
Even if they did agree to target you, if you are playing "real" mahjong like hong kong old style people don't have much control over the flow of the game. In Riichi, which is the main ruleset played by enthusiasts on the internet nowadays, defensive choices like Beatori are your friend if you are paranoid - there's almost no way to deliberately target players (why we have rules like headbump, temporary furiten, kuikae, etc).
Cheating is also very difficult if you have a somewhat decent play environment (and practically nonexistent if playing online). In fact, if you're worried about players acting maliciously at all, I would recommend finding new people to play against.
But what this all really means, though, is that you, >>32, should just stick with Rummikub.
I like to make Kraft-style mac n cheese at home with my own resources. It comes out much better than Kraft, Annie's, etc. imo, and you can control my serving sizes much easier than with boxed mac n cheese. I use red lentil rotini (any pasta is fine but red lentil pasta's delicious, try it), dried cheddar cheese powder (I use whatever I can get on Amazon with government gibs, usually - Hoosier Hill is good, Anthony's is bland but not bad), salt and protein powder.
Cook 1 serving of your preferred pasta. While it's cooking, mix about 14~15g of cheese powder with an equal weight of protein powder (you will need a scale.) 1 or 2 grams of table salt depending on your taste. Add a little bit of filtered water and stir it up into a paste - a little water goes a long way, but I've never bothered to measure how much I use. If the mixture's thick but well-mixed, that's about what you should aim for, but if it's a little thin it won't hurt anything.
Once the pasta's done, drain it, turn off your stove, return pasta to pot and stir in the cheese sauce. Be careful about applying further heat to it, because heat can ruin the protein powder.
Another easy recipe I love making is carnitas. If you have a slow cooker, just take a fatty piece of pork, rub it down with your choice of seasonings, and throw that shit in the slow cooker for 8-12 hours depending on the weight of the pork. If you take it out when it's shreddable, it's almost impossible to screw up. After that just shred the pork and broil it until it's crispy enough for your liking. I like to make tacos with guacamole, lime juice, sour cream and green onions.
Recipes without photos of result feel so wasteful.
>>36 not everyone has a camera, mr web 2.0!
>>37 I HATE IMAGEBOARDS, I HATE IMAGEBOARDS
Making sandwiches is also cooking!
You'll need:
2 slices of whole bread
2 tomato slices
Semi-hard salty cheese
1-3 mint leaves
(Optional) Some black pepper, if you prefer your sandwiches slightly spicy
Put them together like this:
[BREAD]
MINT
TOMATOES
CHEESE
[BREAD]
I just found out lettuce goes really nicely with chicken :)
I just wanted to share a little cooking tip with you. If you get a tin of soup (this works with any kind of soup) and put it in the microwave for 2 minutes (based on 800W microwave - you may have to adjust the time if your microwave is more or less powerful), take it out and sprinkle in some ground black pepper. Give it a stir then put it in the microwave again for 1 minute. Then let it settle for a minute or two before eating. The black pepper really gives it a nice little extra kick!
>>41 Please stay on-topic when posting in threads.
Special goyslop recipie
Take meat, it can be chicken, sausage, pork, or tuna
Make a bowl of rice fresh like always
Fry your meat in a pan with some korean barbeque sauce and sesame oil
Put the meat into the rice
Add some kewpie mayonaise and okonomiyaki sauce
Mix it all together and optionally add a fried egg to the top
it will look gross but taste great
This is a recipe for "Belgium cake", which as far as I know was made by my great-grandmother. It's a soft, sticky and sweet fruit cake. No, I don't know what it has to do with Belgium.
Ingredients:
Directions:
I ate the Cinnabon Cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory, and it was definitely worth the thumbprint of shit that was in my underwear by the time I got home. The Fried Mac and Cheese was good too, but not enough to justify the pain on their own. I do have to say that it tasted more like regular cake than cheesecake, but cake tastes good, so there are no worries.
Too much beets in one setting turns your pee pink.
too much green tea makes for green pee
Cinnamon toast & sweets
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i have a good stomach so i dont get tummy sick and no food is worth getting a tummy ache for however if i had to get sick o one food i would go with ice cream. chocolate strawberry coconut mango sherbert lemon etc.
Everything gives me a stomachache. I have an ulcer disease
I don't get stomach aches.. my gut has over 5 kilos of bacteria.
Not a particular food, but if I eat too quickly my stomach starts to hurt
Once I went to Białystok and drank a whole bottle of buza (fermented bread drink, think kvass but sweet). I was not prepared for the gigafarts, but it was very tasty.
Hello. I apologise if this is misplaced, my first time on this forum. I like birdwatching and I was wondering if there were any sites that have tips for birdwatching and pictures. Thank you
I'm sure there is some info on various birds on wikipedia, and various channels about birds on youtube, plus many books on this subject. Or do you want something more specific?
I think birdwatching forum refers to forums that are very very slow, is this the joke you are going for?
Through surface searches I find a few good channels, but I ask here to see if there’s any more obscure ones people would recommend. Or just good ones in general,I didn’t mean for the birdwatching forum joke, but that is kind of funny haha.
Searching for the underground birdwatching tips, if that is a thing that exists
I got my birdwatching badge at scouts, one thing I learned is that those guys can fly, so you've got to keep an eye on the sky as well on the ground and in the trees
My favorite birdwatching site is my windows 2022 in-home edition
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Hey ya'll.
I've been playing guitar for about two years, but I am not very skilled at all. I need some fairly easy, but good sounding songs to learn.
And how much would a bass guitar cost? Would I need a seperate amp just for it? I have a good amp for my Electric.
Don't use an electric bass on a guitar amp. My advice is don't think it won't happen because it will. You'll ruin it.
You can use a electric bass on a guitar amp. just don't use it too loud, because THAT is what fucks up the amp. using your guitar amp for gigs and such is completly out of the question.
If you're buying a bass to begin learning how to play, I guess you could slightly wreck your guitar amp trying to find out whether you want to play it or not. After a few weeks, if you find that you like playing bass, I suggest that you invest in a bass amp. It's the frequency of the sound of the bass that ruins a guitar amp; volume affects this but is not the only factor. Just because you turn down the volume does not guarantee that the guitar amp will not be destroyed.
Incidentally, in buying a bass, I recommend a 4-sting passive, preferably secondhand as you are not yet sure whether you will pursue this hobby.
And for the record, learning how to play the bass is quite different from the guitar. The strings are thicker, the techniques (slapping, popping, tapping, etc.) are different, and plucking is different as well (and is not a very common technique).
The best way I've improved was by listening to many different styles of music. For 4 years, I've played nothing but punk and some mainstream rock bands, and I had never really gotten better. It wasn't until I started listening to and playing blues, classic rock, and heavy metal that I got better, quicker.
Although learning these songs may help improve your technique, looking into learning scales, chords, and basic music theory is very important. Out of these, I'm most knowledgeable on learning scales (my failure as a rhythm player is due to my lack of knowledge on more complex chords and most music theory). Start with the minor pentatonic scale (http://www.jamcenter.com/minorpentatonic.html). There are a number of sites that provide lessons on becoming more familiar with this scale (http://www.worldguitar.com/warmup2.html). Once you know the scale through the fretboard (not necessarily mastered), you can start learning to improvise. This takes a lot of time and practice. The best way I learned to do this was by listening to a lot of blues musicians (I listened to a lot of B.B. King, Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan) and learning guitar licks. I use these licks in my playing, but I eventually learned to create my own which would eventually shape my own style of playing. These things will sort of come naturally to you once you get started on it. Also, don't be afraid to jam with other guitar players. I learned a lot from a man who I met and jammed with at Guitar Center. He was one of my main inspirations for playing the blues.
Explore the Jam Center website. It has a lot of free lessons that you can use.
If you decide to learn bass, get ready for lots of painful blisters on your fingertips if you get serious. They hurt like crazy, but they're the fastest way to get calluses, which make your fingers more resistant to blisters and pain.
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If you can play a bit of guitar already, bass is really easy! Also, guitar amps aren't designed to handle the bass guitar's lower frequencies, don't risk it!
