UmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them]

I’m real slow at signing up to bring food to gatherings too - so it’s also a niche often I find myself in, and relish nonetheless.

Too many “baby’s first veganism/gluten-free/etc.” experiences with friends (and myself at one point) who want to eat plant-based/other diets (moral, health, etc), but have no idea how to approach veggies/non-meats/atypical ingredients and their flavors. Trying to prevent french fry veganism as much as I can lol (which i totally understand given how overwhelming relearning food practices is - i.e. planning, buying, testing, tasting, and improving - for ‘new’ ingredients). Plus I’ll never pass up an opportunity to make tabbouleh and say tabbouleh (I’ve found midwesterners of all stripes go bonkers for the stuff).

My cooking motto is “be the reason there are vegan mashed potatoes* at the function”.

*latest fad.

Basically I volunteer and go all in on making varieties of dietary restricted items, because I’ve seen too many friends have to settle for missing out on the food part of festivities. And tbqh I enjoy the challenge/new techniques.

Also because I’m a stick in the mud, and care more about supporting others than the sanctity of great aunt Muriel’s culinary legacy

Lmao. Great bit.

Damn. That’s a really good metaphor and I hate it.

Also when I wrestled, it was split by weight class but otherwise open, and there were a few girls that would regularly win tournaments. So it’s literally just a skill issue. Riley literally just needs to “git gud”. 😂

And it’s so easy because it’s only chuds who care and they’re entire ethos is based around “winning”, so any hint of them being the absolute fucking losers they are completely short circuits them