If they converted them into self custody Bitcoin then they'd have keys to their wallet!
I don't know if he believed this way when he was in Germany, but he only studied there and came back to the USA after for the rest of his life. But I agree he's a special kind of stupid.
My Dad is a Hitler supporter and Holocaust denier and he has a bachelor's degree and even studied in Germany. Wild how he can believe such things, so it's not just the ones who can't read who believe this crap. 🫠
My initial thoughts exactly.
Just do a walk in? You don't need an appointment it just saves time if you can plan ahead
Sure. If you want to spend more time making rice that has a high chance of burning or being overcooked or undercooked, and that you'll have to put leftovers in the fridge right away, and that you have to remember to turn off when it's finished etc. Then yeah, a pot and lid works fine. To me, the time savings and the improved quality of the rice together make the premium rice cookers more than worth the investment. Every grain is perfect, not undercooked and crunchy or overcooked and soggy. No burned rice. Just set it and forget it and have perfectly cooked fluffy warm rice ready to eat all day long.
When rice actually tastes incredible every time, you tend to eat it more often. I know I make way more rice now than I did before I got mine.
Actually, while regular bread makers do work, the zojirushi models, when tested head to head with cheaper models, come out ahead every time.
Rice in the instant pot is fine, but it's a bit more hands on. The rice cooker makes it perfect automatically every time after you put the ingredient in and just press a button. You can also keep the rice warm the entire day so you can make some for breakfast and just use it throughout the day, hot and ready to eat! The convenience of not needing to babysit the rice, put leftovers away right after making it, no chance of burning the rice, every individual grain cooked perfectly etc. It's worth it. When you have equipment that makes something, normally mediocre, exceptional every time you end up eating it way more often.
Edit: I realize the instant pot has a keep warm function too, but I often make something in my instant pot to go with the rice so it's better to have a rice cooker for that reason as well.
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10: Dehydrating anything (air fryer).
Air fryers are dehydrators too! Dehydrate fruit, or make fruit leather. Or dehydrate mini marshmallows to mix with Cheerios for homemade lucky charms!
Make a balsamic reduction.
No doubt you can even easily make your own beef jerky even. I definitely need to try that. So many possibilities.
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So there you have it. 10 major things that you can do with these 5 appliances!
5 home appliances that will change your life and allow you to cook tons of gourmet food extremely easily and at a low cost.
I own a Vitamix, a Zojirushi rice cooker, and a Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme. I also own the instant pot max, and an air fryer by Sur la table. Between these appliances they help me make 90% of my food at home. The food is relatively easy, especially once you get the hang of the recipes, and they taste incredible!
Now for full disclosure up front: I sell Vitamix machines for a living. But that's not the reason or focus for this post. Heck, I would recommend y'all get a used one or refurbished over buying one from me. I just love them too death and use it way more than most people or even other employees lol.
So anyway, aside from obvious things like air frying frozen foods, what do I make with these kitchen tools? You name it.
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1: Indian curries and masalas over perfect basmati rice. (Instant pot and rice cooker)
Even though the rice cooker is not made for basmati, it can make it! Just add more water than for Japanese rice and it's incredible. Curry is also tasty with Japanese sticky rice.
Butter chicken curry (Instant pot): https://littlesunnykitchen.com/instant-pot-butter-chicken/#wprm-recipe-container-19632
Photo of curry made as meal prep: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ub6wETH8VuHv2zJv5
Paneer masala (stovetop or instant pot, and Vitamix): https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/paneer-butter-masala-restaurant-style/
Basmati rice in the rice cooker: https://www.teaforturmeric.com/perfect-basmati-rice-in-a-rice-cooker/
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2: Homemade mixed no-filter nut milk (Vitamix).
I've been making this so much lately. It's my own recipe I developed and it's amazing. I use 40 grams of nuts/seeds and 40 grams of sweetener blended with water and ice for 2 min on high speed for a qt/liter of finished delicious nut milk. It's so smooth I don't bother filtering it! You can even make it extra dense and just mix with water afterwards! Even better if the nuts are soaked overnight but that's optional. Literally tastes better than any other milk beverage to me. Animal or plant based. It's heavenly. I really like a mix of hemp/cashews/walnuts/almonds with honey and monk fruit sweetener. You can change the ratios to your preference if you want unsweetened or extra sweet. And nuts store in the cupboard for months so you have virtually unlimited milk ready to enjoy without needing to run to the store!
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3: Homemade bread (bread maker).
Now it's been a while since I've had any bread maker at all. I didn't enjoy the bread my Mom made with hers when I was a kid. So I was turned off of getting one. But someone here recommended one to me and so I did some research and ordered a used Zojirushi bread machine off eBay for about $120. Less than half the price of new! Works great! I was blown away by how homemade fresh bread tastes an hour after baking when it's cooled but still warm. It's like a cloud. So chewy and soft with a crunchy crust. Best thing ever! I enjoy the 10-grain multigrain recipe the most. Incredible toast (air fryer). Incredible PB&J sandwiches. I even grind my own whole wheat flour in my Vitamix. Though it's optional of course, but a big advantage of that is whole wheat berries (that's what the whole seeds are called) last way longer in the pantry than ground flour does. So the bread is fresher every time you make it.
I spent some personal free time combining the zojirushi cookbooks into a single document that gives deduced amounts for 1, 1.5, or 2 lb loafs. Fair warning though, I haven't tested all of these and one time I made a "1.5 lb loaf" and it was over 2lbs lol. But overall the recipes work well otherwise.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MPlgoXD-uhJgIgdFiOeyBR9B5XQRa-nH/view?usp=drivesdk
Photo of bread: https://photos.app.goo.gl/RRsq4CCP6SZSx96n8
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4: Japanese sushi style poke bowls (rice cooker/air fryer).
Okay guys. I love sushi rolls. But they're expensive. Making sushi style poke bowls gives almost all the flavor of sushi for a fraction of the price! I love California rolls and crunchy rolls (basically California rolls with fried shrimp added). So I just buy a sheet of imitation crab (like 2lbs for 10 bucks), portion it out and freeze it in ziplock bags in 8oz portions. When I want a poke bowl I cook Japanese rice in the rice cooker, thaw a fish portion in the microwave, chop some ripe avocado/cucumber, air fry and chop up some fried shrimp (I get mine from Costco) and layer them all together before drizzling Japanese mayo, Sriracha (you can premix the mayo with the Sriracha but that's optional), and hoisin sauce on top. Delicious! Easy! Economical! Decently healthy! Especially healthy if you use quinoa or brown rice instead of white!
Here's a picture of one I made without the shrimp: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KNVnYKbAKnzp6gbCA
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5: Homemade probiotic cultured dairy products (instant pot).
Let's face it. Store bought yogurt sucks for many reasons. It's expensive when it's well made, and it sucks when it's not. So why not make your own? Think it's too hard? It's freaking easy! The instant pot with the yogurt function makes it easier than ever! Get 4 wide mouth pint mason jars and leak proof plastic lids. Wash and sanitize them and a spoon in the instant pot on high pressure for 1 min. Pull them out while hot with tongs. Let them cool. Open a new plain 6oz yogurt with live cultures (I like fage), put a single spoonful of yogurt in each jar and fill just a little with a freshly opened bottle of UHT dairy (milk, half and half, heavy cream) and stir to make a sauce like texture before adding the rest of the dairy. Put the lids on and place the jars in the instant pot. Fill the pot with water at least halfway up the jars before putting on a lid. Turn on yogurt mode for at 8 - 12 hours and come back to yogurt that lasts MONTHS in the fridge unopened. About 2 weeks once opened. Use in smoothies, on top of pancakes (especially the cultured heavy cream), you name it! Delicious!
Here's pictures of what mine looked like when I made it last year. 7.5% milk fat because I mixed whole milk with cream. It is solid enough to hold upside down! 😄
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bf6o2DHnuXoZRUY49
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6: Pasta dishes (instant pot).
The instant pot makes one pot pasta dishes easier than ever! I like making a lasagna flavored dish with regular short cut noodles. I'll saute and drain the ground beef and empty it into a bowl. Then add a can of tomato sauce, spices, frozen (thawed) veggies, add the meat back, dry noodles, and enough water for the noodles to absorb it all. Place the lid on top and let it rip! Hi pressure for about 5 - 8 min is usually enough. Then open it and give it a stir, add in any cream or cheeses now or layer them in a dish for presentation. Either way is delicious! The veggies on bottom are important though as they help prevent burning.
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7: Breakfast smoothies/juices (Vitamix).
I grew up with a cheap blender and a juice extractor. It was alright. I didn't really care all that much about the texture so the cheap blender was okay. I hated the juicer though as it was so much work to make it (so slow), and to wash it. And it was so wasteful with all the pulp!
These days I care a whole lot more about having perfect texture in everything and the Vitamix does that for me for smoothies. Frozen or fresh ingredients, with or without liquid, large or small pieces, seeds or seedless, doesn't matter. And juices are so much easier. Instead of 30 min to an hour juicing/cleaning and throwing away so much of the produce as wasted pulp, I can throw in 20 oz of fruit with a few oz of greens, some seeds, lemon/jalapeno/ginger, and a ton of ice and water. Blend that for 90+ seconds and it's so light and tasty and smooth. Feels great to eat healthy and not be wasting food or my time making it.
My favorite recipes:
Coconut pineapple banana smoothie: https://joyfoodsunshine.com/pineapple-smoothie/
Blueberry Grape smoothie: https://www.worldofvegan.com/grape-smoothie/
Spicy green juice: https://lifeisnoyoke.com/green-juice/
Ginger delight smoothie: https://makeitperfectly.com/blend/recipes/0610ec25-4470-11e6-9451-737e7b3299f1
Blueberry apple vanilla smoothie: https://makeitperfectly.com/blend/recipes/052c4872-4470-11e6-9451-aba68ee12963
Blueberry ginger smoothie (I prefer it with almond butter and plain water): https://makeitperfectly.com/blend/recipes/0610ec11-4470-11e6-9451-4358a187685f
Mighty mango imitation (personal recipe): https://makeitperfectly.com/blend/recipes/17cf02cc-592f-11e8-8aca-0f9073a3583b
Watermelon juice: No link. Just watermelon!!! Freeze about 8oz of watermelon and blend with 24 oz of cold fresh watermelon for 1 min on high speed. Increase the ratio of frozen to fresh watermelon for a more icy texture!
Photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ASxnYG4cTVMFPbqN8
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8: Soups (air fryer/Vitamix).
I don't really need to say much here. Roast the veggies in the air fryer. Blend them with water, cheese, milk and flavorings for 6 min until hot. Optionally instead of waiting for the Vitamix to heat it, you can use a kettle to quickly boil water and add that with dry milk for the same thing but much quicker, done in 1 min. Then optionally add more roasted veggies and cheese and pulse to give it a nice texture.
Broccoli cheddar soup: https://www.vitamix.com/us/en_us/recipes/broccoli-cheese-soup (Remember to roast the broccoli and add extra after for texture. Also try mixing different fancy cheese's, or more than one type of veggie!)
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9: Seasoned rice (rice cooker).
Rice cookers aren't just amazon for plain rice. Make a seasoned rice recipe, optionally with some frozen veggies/meat mixed in!
This can be a meal on its own and it's SO GOOD.
https://www.africanbites.com/seasoned-rice/
Literally just toss every ingredient into the rice cooker with or without adding veggies or chicken and press start. It's almost TOO easy!
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Why not put Tuvix in the pattern buffer, copy his pattern to storage, separate one copy of the pattern into Tuvok and Neelix, then transfer the Tuvix pattern back before rematerializing him thus saving all 3?
I have billions of Zimbabwe dollars and I picked up litter for 2 hours a few weeks ago. So there's at least one!
To bypass the paywall: https://archive.ph/GO7mu
Were you paid $2/hr aside from your tips like is the minimum wage for tipped workers in the US? If not, you didn't need to worry because you weren't relying on them to pay your bills. American tipping culture sucks and ruins the experience for both customers and service staff, but it saves BUSINESSES money! So here we are.
Carbs metabolize into sugar, so the meme is kinda misleading lol. The donuts would spike blood sugar way higher.
If you need a new compact 45w USB c charger, the new Anker 313 45w is the same size as the Nano 2 but it's $10 cheaper (for prime members).
I just got a new phone and wanted a new compact 45w charger to replace the 20w Anker nano I use at work. My phone supports 68w with the original charger but I noticed it usually hovers around 50w so I figured 45w is not a huge drop to be able to get a faster but still smaller charger.
This review at around the 8 min mark shows the old Nano 2 side by side with the 313 and they're identical in size. He also says they've improved it a bit. So this is a slam dunk as far as I'm concerned. Just wanted to share!
Not sure if Amazon links are allowed so just search "Anker 313 45w charger."
How I think about bills. Am I alone?
When I think about bills, I annualize them. $30 a month? That's $360 a year. $5/mo? $60 a year.
I use this to help me grasp the long term cost of all my decisions, but nobody else I know does this.
For instance, my brother and I are moving soon into 2 separate apartments (we currently share a 2 bedroom) and the new complex doesn't have Google Fiber Internet. I complained to my brother that on top of everything else I'll have to pay $5/mo extra for Google extended storage I was getting for free.
He said it's only $5/mo, just get and don't worry about it. I was like, that's $60 a year which is basically a Costco membership. He said "oh hmm, good point yeah"
So I'll work on reducing my storage usage on Google to be able to stay on the free tier, but am I alone in thinking this way about everything I buy?