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Kitḫ

08:00

@Mahnax Well, "curry" doesn't mean anything in particular. It's just a spice blend, so there are lots of different recipes.

Mahnax

We have a farmer's market, where they bring fresh produce, baked goods, etc. and sell them to the townsfolk.

Not in the winter though.

@Kitḫ I suppose so.

Cerberus

How about specialized Asian shops?

simchona

We have lots of farmers market year round

Cerberus

By the way, is there anything you call simply a market?

Mahnax

@Cerberus Edmonton has Chinatown (never been to that area) so yes.

Kitḫ

08:01

Usually you'd have coriander, turmeric, cumin, garlic, hot peppers,and maybe ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon, depending on what you want it to taste like.

Mahnax

I think we have most of those.

Cerberus

@Mahnax OK, but nothing nearby?

Mahnax

Hi @Gigili!

@Cerberus Nope.

simchona

I feel so slow and encumbered

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Great! Then you can experiment!

Gigili

08:02

Hey Mahnax.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Fish too, at least in Thai curry paste.

simchona

Food talk is making me hungry

Mahnax

@Gigili Eeeeek!

Cerberus

Hi Gigi.

Mahnax

Fourth person to spell it wrong.

Cerberus

08:02

Oh man, it's 9 am.

Gigili

Hello Cerb.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Not in my Thai curry paste, and it tastes just fine. (I put fish sauce in the curry though)

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Yay!

Gigili

Spell what worng?

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Ah OK, that probably amounts to the same thing. I should buy fish sauce anyway.

Mahnax

08:03

Never mind, now.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Just cook and then pulp the peppers and garlic, then add the powdered spices until you get something you like.

Gigili

Hum? It wasn't me.

Mahnax

@Gigili It was, but it got changed.

Cerberus

Dammit now you've made me hungry too. Again.

Mahnax

@Gigili chat.stackexchange.com/messages/2924433/history

Cerberus

08:04

Who ever brought up baking powder?

Mahnax

Kit.

Kitḫ

And the different color curries depends mostly on the kind of peppers you use.

Cerberus

shakes paw

Mahnax

I tried Jamaican goat curry the other day. Yum!

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Huh? But they often taste very different.

Kitḫ

08:04

@Cerberus It's your fault! You're nauseous from too much drink!

Mahnax

It was green.

simchona

@cerb we can go run over to a restaurant that serves animals.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Okay I fold.

simchona

I packed extra dog treats

Cerberus

@simchona Yay!!

I like to be served animals.

Especially dogs.

Kitḫ

08:05

@Cerberus It's mostly the peppers, but the spices can change a bit too.

simchona

Cannibal.

Cerberus

How am I a cannibal if I'm not human?

@Kitḫ Hmm OK.

simchona

Own-kind-ibal

Kitḫ

Now I want to make curry paste.

Then curry.

Gigili

@Mahnax D'oh, I'd pronounce it so if I haven't written it without @-function.

Cerberus

08:06

I want everything!

Then curry.

simchona

I want cuddling.

Then sleep.

Cerberus

Aww.

Kitḫ

cuddles @sim

Cerberus

I thought you had a personal cuddler?

simchona

Yay! snuggles

Mahnax

08:07

@Gigili I see.

Kitḫ

Hey @Mahnax, if you want something delicious, add a tablespoon of peanut butter to red curry, and voila, masamun curry.

Mahnax

Ooh, cool.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Interesting!

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Unsalted peanut butter, or the edible kind?

simchona

@cerb don't ruin the moment. You can come too.

Kitḫ

08:08

I like to make it with crunchy peanut butter. Yummy,

Cerberus

@simchona Yay!

simchona

@cerb though I thought you only went for other dogs

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Ideally salted, real peanut butter. Not that crap that they add sugar to.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Is that somewhat like sateh, but the really good pro kind?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Okay.

Cerberus

08:09

@simchona Yes, well, I've already done that tonight.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus No, satay is a thinned peanut butter. Masamun is really curry with a touch of peanut.

simchona

@cerb so you resort to cats?

And fennecs

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Well, I don't think real sateh/satay is just that. There's lots of spices in it.

@simchona If need be, why not? Boredom lurks.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Satay is peanut butter thinned with soy sauce or fish sauce and coconut milk, with some brown sugar.

Trust me, I make a lot of Thai food.

simchona

@cerb as long as its just cuddling I guess.

Cerberus

08:11

@Kitḫ But it is supposed to be hot!

@Kitḫ It is Indonesian!

simchona

Don't want to take you away from other doggies.

Cerberus

No worries.

They'll get their treats.

simchona

I like doggies too. I would say we can like doggies together but that might not work.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Well, it is in all my Thai cookbooks. Anyway, it occurs to me that the marinade is very spicy and similar to curry, so I take it back.

@simchona That's hot.

Mahnax

I feel like I'm on the wrong side of YouTube again.

Cerberus

08:13

@simchona I...think we'd have to ask the dog.

simchona

@kit I think it's fundamentally difficult though.

Kitḫ

That reminds me, I was going to see if I could find tamarind.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Woohoo!

Kitḫ

@simchona I could draw you some diagrams...

Mahnax

@Cerberus You come out the victor even in your dilapidated state.

Cerberus

08:14

Yay!

It is what I do.

Oh God, the sun came up.

simchona

@kit a dog who likes dogs and a cat who likes dogs probably can't like the same dog. Possible though.

Cerberus

And it is fucking winter.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus It is so annoying when that happens.

Mahnax

@Cerberus It burns.

Kitḫ

@simchona Pish posh, perfectly possible.

Cerberus

08:15

I have a friend who has liked fellow dogs since forever, until recently, when he came home with a cat.

simchona

@kit. Need to find the right dogs.

Kitḫ

Depends on what you are looking for.

@Cerberus Must have been one barking cat.

simchona

True. For a cuddle it might work fine.

Cerberus

I don't know. I met the cat, and it was actually quite nice.

He took it places.

Kitḫ

Besides, it is always about finding the right dog or cat or fox or fish to meet your needs.

Cerberus

08:16

Doggy places. And they were both fine with it.

@Kitḫ Especially fish.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Cat probably liked dogs and doggy kind of dogs. Sounds perfect.

@Cerberus No, you're no fish person.

Cerberus

I mean, I wouldn't want to serve fish sauce based on Tetraodontidae.

Kitḫ

You need a nice friendly dog. Maybe a bull mastiff!

simchona

I don't know what fish are.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Wait, which cat?

Kitḫ

08:18

I still think if you cared about our friendship, you would have gotten in good with that baron.

Cerberus

@simchona I don't think anyone does, except that they are in curry dishes.

@Kitḫ What? Why?

We were never introduced.

Mahnax

@Cerberus I was worried.

simchona

I need a good dog.

Kitḫ

No, no, we've discussed fish people before. Fish people are neither cat people nor dog people.

Cerberus

@simchona I thought you had one?

@Kitḫ Hmm ahh. I suppose their eyes betray them.

simchona

08:20

I'll be back in a bit if you're here

I left my dog.

Cerberus

Hehe.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus So that I could have society connections in the Nederlands, duh.

simchona

A few months ago.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus I can't believe you missed that one.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ You already have them.

Kitḫ

08:21

@Cerberus What? Where?

Cerberus

@simchona Hmm sorry to hear that.

Kitḫ

Are you a baron?

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Here.

simchona

Talk to you in a bit.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ As good as.

It's not titles that count here.

Kitḫ

08:21

@Cerberus Woohoo!

Cerberus

@simchona OK later!

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Oh. Never mind then.

Cerberus

Good.

Kitḫ

giggle

Cerberus

In fact my father's family is quite humble.

But the other side makes up for it.

Kitḫ

08:23

So not so much high society?

Oh.

Intriguing.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Are you nobility of some nature?

Kitḫ

giggles

Cerberus

@Mahnax Not quite.

Are there several natures?

Kitḫ

Cerb the Aristocrat.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Alrighty then.

@Cerberus I don't know. Maybe.

Cerberus

08:24

*aristodog

Kitḫ

I picture you with a short cape and brass tipped cane.

Mahnax

AristoCats! Best movie ever!

Cerberus

@Mahnax Not really: either you're it, or you're not.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Okay.

imdb.com/title/tt0065421

Kitḫ

Maybe a cup of tea...

Cerberus

08:26

Mahnax

Darn! Now I am hungry and I want tea. But I cannot fulfill either desire.

Cerberus

You see the little woman in front row?

Mahnax

Yeah.

Cerberus

I never knew her, but she was great, and family.

Mahnax

Hm, what was she?

Cerberus

08:27

A suffragette.

Mahnax

Hmm, interesting.

Cerberus

Yeah, sorry, I thought that was a Dutch word.

Kitḫ

What was? I miss everything.

Mahnax

Not a problem at all.

There, now my message doesn't look silly.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ I explained what suffragette meant, which was patronizing in retrospect.

Kitḫ

08:29

Well, I expect no less when the aristocracy deigns to interact with the little people.

:-P

Cerberus

@Kitḫ If you were a dog, I'd kick you hard.

Little or no!

Kitḫ

Bring it, kitty cat!

Mahnax

Sick beaks.

Kitḫ

(or other endearing term for felines)

Cerberus

hiss

claw

Beaks?

Mahnax

08:31

It's a stupid word for "insult".

Cerberus

Ah.

Mahnax

I feel like a ninny every time I say "sick beaks".

Cerberus

How delightful.

Mahnax

Yeah. And overused by members of my age demographic.

Cerberus

I see.

Like like?

Mahnax

08:32

Very much so.

Cerberus

Oh, well.

Mahnax

I am going to try to stop saying 'like' from now on.

Cerberus

Wise.

Mahnax

Well, it's a nice replacement for "feel as though I am".

Kitḫ

"I find this cola so refreshing."

Mahnax

08:34

Are you drinking cola?

Cerberus

Hmmm.

Kitḫ

I suppose it will force you to describe what actually pleases you about things as well.

Cerberus

But what about Matt's joke?

Kitḫ

@Mahnax No, I was giving an example of avoiding 'like.'

@Cerberus What's that?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ I am trying to think of a way to say that with 'like'.

Cerberus

08:35

I don't remember, except that it was about Facebook and Like.

Mahnax

Oh, wow. Never mind.

Cerberus

And it was very good.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax "I like this cola."

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Different meanings though.

Cerberus

And this is going to be a beautiful day, with sunny, blue skies. Dammit.

Mahnax

08:36

Slightly.

Kitḫ

1 min ago, by Kitḫ

I suppose it will force you to describe what actually pleases you about things as well.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ I didn't even see that. But I see your point.

You could say that you enjoy this cola.

Cerberus

"Hello fellow Facebook user. I find you sexually attractive."

Kitḫ

Like.

Mahnax

I think I will delete my Facebook now and go to the hidey sack.

Cerberus

08:37

@Kitḫ Hmm your method is more efficient.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Still slightly different meaning.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ I suppose.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Really? You know you will be just an icon in my tray...

Mahnax

@Cerberus Tray?

Cerberus

System tray.

Kitḫ

08:38

You delete your FB?

Mahnax

Oh.

Cerberus

Kit was going to be there in a grey sack.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Nah.

Cerberus

You may have the brown one.

Kitḫ

I was rescued.

Cerberus

08:39

Alas.

Now what am I going to do without you in my system tray? Need moar icons!

Kitḫ

Heer haf mine. dumps truklod of ikons

Cerberus

Yay.

Do they mess up my PC?

Kitḫ

shrugs How would I know?

Cerberus

Otherwise, what am I going to use them for?

Kitḫ

I must finish these Goldfish crackers so that I may put my teabag in this bowl.

Cerberus

08:41

Haha.

My favourite kind of dilemma.

You know what I hate?

Kitḫ

Cats?

Cerberus

Having to put my teabag on my saucer.

No, I love cats.

Kitḫ

Postal workers?

Mahnax

shivers

Kitḫ

Uninvited guests?

Cerberus

08:43

@Kitḫ Huh, why would I hate them?

Kitḫ

(things dogs hate)

@Cerberus Oh yes. That is so gauche.

Cerberus

Ah.

Mahnax

@Cerberus As Leonard once conveyed to Penny, they are underpaid, and therefore likely to be angry and antisocial.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Only happens in Hollywood films.

@Mahnax I don't know who P and L are, but I suppose that is true.

Mahnax

@Cerberus They are from an American television show called The Big Bang Theory.

Kitḫ

08:44

@Mahnax Quickly runs through cultural memory, and successfully identifies these characters!

Cerberus

Why not call them postmen, by the way?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Good job!

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Because some of them are women.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Oh! Oh! I know that one!

@Kitḫ In plural!

Kitḫ

A show I actually watch sometimes.

Mahnax

08:45

Yeah, me too.

Kitḫ

And ~~like~~ enjoy.

Cerberus

Leonard is Darlene's boyfriend from Roseanne, right?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yes.

Mahnax

I don't watch much TV at all.

Cerberus

OK.

Kitḫ

08:46

She's on the show too, occasionally.

Mahnax

Except for TBBT.

@Kitḫ As who?

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Oh! Oh!

I like her.

Mahnax

I don't know the actress, so…

Kitḫ

Um, as his ex-girlfriend, I think.

Cerberus

I have seen a few BBT videos on YT.

Kitḫ

08:46

Also a physicist.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Haha, no way.

Mahnax

Stephanie? No, she was a doctor.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yep.

Cerberus

She is the perfect cynical character.

Mahnax

OHH. Her!

Lesley Winkle.

Cerberus

08:48

Kitḫ

I was getting there.

Cerberus

Like.

Mahnax

I believe she just called Sheldon a dumbass in that scene.

Cerberus

Aww.

Kitḫ

Aren't they siblings or something?

Cerberus

08:51

►

Kitḫ

Let me rephrase that. Didn't Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Sara Gilbert (Leslie) play siblings in some show or movie?

Mahnax

No idea.

Cerberus

I just love both of them.

I could just eat them.

Whole.

Or chew them to pieces first.

Doesn't matter.

Mahnax

Seasoned?

Cerberus

Hmm perhaps a teaspoon of curry sauce...

Kitḫ

08:55

Yes. Yes. No. Yes.

Licking.

Mahnax

licks dead bodies tentatively

2

Kitḫ

Right. Well.

Mahnax

Hmm, not a fan.

Kitḫ

You are a bit young.

A bit inexperienced.

It's an acquired taste.

Mahnax

True, my necrophilia really isn't at a high level.

Hi @sim.

Kitḫ

08:57

Nor should it be!

Don't rush these things.

Mahnax

Okay, fine. I'll let it be for now.

Cerberus

Starred.

Kitḫ

shakes head

Mahnax

Bah.

Kitḫ

Why am I still awake?

Mahnax

08:58

Because I'm so interesting?

Cerberus

You're asking me??

Mahnax

Nah, that can't be it.

Kitḫ

Yes.

Cerberus

Could be.

Kitḫ

Why are you still awake?

Mahnax

08:59

Me or Cerb?

Kitḫ

Yes.

simchona

Ok all caught up

Cerberus

You're in a loop. Everything you say is used against you.

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