Purple sweet potatoes are a fun ingredient. I think I remember my dad made a really nice pie with ube and haupia one time when my folks were living in Hilo for a bit; I should repeat that one sometime.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Purple sweet potatoes are a fun ingredient. I think I remember my dad made a really nice pie with ube and haupia one time when my folks were living in Hilo for a bit; I should repeat that one sometime.
In Australia they seemed to call all of the orange hard winter squashes "pumpkin", even totally different varieties like butternut and acorn and kabocha. I'm not even sure.
(In news that I suspect you'll find very unsurprising, I have Opinions about which squash varieties are best for what uses.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
In Australia they seemed to call all of the orange hard winter squashes "pumpkin", even totally different varieties like butternut and acorn and kabocha. I'm not even sure.
(In news that I suspect you'll find very unsurprising, I have Opinions about which squash varieties are best for what uses.)
Yes, I agree with all of you. It was <great> when child poverty halved & everyone had large income spikes in 2020-21. We should make that permanent. But you, too, can imagine the debt hysteria & SOCIALISM hysteria in the media if Biden/Harris/The Democrats had made that their platform in 2024.
It's clear now that what we really meant by "Recession" & "Suffering From Inflation" in 2022-24 was "folks liked the large income spike in 2020-21 & wanted more stimulus checks & welfare spending like what came with the ARP, perhaps permanently," but we are clearly not ready for <that> discussion.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yes, I agree with all of you. It was <great> when child poverty halved & everyone had large income spikes in 2020-21. We should make that permanent. But you, too, can imagine the debt hysteria & SOCIALISM hysteria in the media if Biden/Harris/The Democrats had made that their platform in 2024.
I am aware that scattered trees in grassland is just the natural landscape in some parts of the central valley, and not devoid of ecological value. But the question is not “do you want solar panels or sheep ranches?” so much as “where do we put the solar panels?”
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I am aware that scattered trees in grassland is just the natural landscape in some parts of the central valley, and not devoid of ecological value. But the question is not “do you want solar panels or sheep ranches?” so much as “where do we put the solar panels?”