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Friends. I would like to share my favorite food and drink discoveries from last year, many of which only came about because of the pandemic. Restaurants demonstrated their resilience and creativity month after month. Crappy photos courtesy of my phone. Long thread alert:

 .@TheGreenZoneDC still serves some of the most interesting cocktails in D.C. To get them delivered, you have to purchase one food item. That's how I continued to fall in love with their muhammara (red pepper, walnut, and breadcrumb dip with pomegranate). https://t.co/22lf4iRjib
.@SUSHITARO_DC shelled out for great to-go packaging worthy of what's inside. Like this tuna-only chirashi (tekka chirashi). https://t.co/U51mtcFWIn
.@BombayClubDC is becoming one of D.C.'s longest tenured restaurants. When you're really hungry and craving Indian, try their dinner tiffin with tandoori salmon, lasooni palak, dal makhani, lemon cashew rice, and naan. The lentils are so rich and smoky. https://t.co/r6GxIW64sJ
Whenever we celebrated a special occasion with a pair of friends in the backyard, we ordered a paella feast for four from @jaleo. Comes w/ a paella of choice, gazpacho, salad, bread, tortilla Española, and flan. You can keep the paella pan! https://t.co/LTnSBUi4nN
Tried out @CentrolinaDC's house-made pasta and sauce kit that can be delivered throughout the country. Made eight meals out of it! The fresh pasta freezes well. Even tried to recreate my favorite dish (neri with barely cooked tuna). https://t.co/y4VpE4fTNG
Rice on 14th Street NW opened a market during the pandemic. I've made good use out of their bottled curry sauces. Note that each one has a vegan twin. Used them for marinades, dips, curries, salad dressings, etc. https://t.co/olYZtwNWYJ
HERE COMES THREE GOLDEN FRIED SNACKIES! Sure, @FightClubDC1 from @BeuchertsSaloon has sandwiches. But they also have hushpuppies stuffed with chunks of half smoke! Get this side. https://t.co/Ww7J3DDGdE
Just look at these batata tots at Yellow The Cafe. They come with ufra mayo and shawarma spices. All the layers of thinly sliced potatoes make them the most labor intensive tots I've ever scarfed down. https://t.co/sFfQ8g7HNc
.@dc_roti serves an appetizer called pholourie. They're soft and squishy channa fritters that come with a tamarind dipper. I like that they're not greasy at all. https://t.co/dVDqHmrfHV
The build-your-own red pork bao platter @maketto1351 is so fun for a date night at home. Travels really well. So many toppers and condiments! https://t.co/RdYiwryZQ0
.@St_Vincent_Wine was the most exciting bar to open in 2020. Its expansive outdoor garden inspired by New Orleans' Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits keeps its tables far apart and has plenty of heaters and fire pits. You can pick up wine & charcuterie to go. https://t.co/UnNCuI0PBB
.@BaanSiamDC bravely opened during the pandemic. It's Baan Thai reincarnated, but with a bigger kitchen for Chef P'Boom to absolutely crush it. Enjoyed ordering this spicy chicken in banana leaf via @skipthelineus along with all of my old favorites. https://t.co/X2ZSrqb5LX
Quickly became a fan of @theroostdc. You can dine outdoors at Shelter and order food from any stall inside. Nate Anda's carnitas taco with a slice of melty cheese on the tortilla reminds me of Anna's Taqueria in Boston. https://t.co/R6QMomMo49
And finally, what may be the best bite: @melange_dc's spicy doro wat style fried chicken sandwich with kebe aioli, turmeric slaw, and a fried egg from Chef Elias Taddesse. Can't wait to see what he does with his full-service restaurant. https://t.co/7AzRaE3AT6
And, the place I ordered from the most was Muchas Gracias. Their tacos travel well because the tortillas are packaged separately. Tack on an order of queso and any of the seasonal specials. https://t.co/MkX46HZy7x
If you've tried any of these, let me know what you think! Cheers. Here's to a happier and healthier 2021. Thanks for reading.

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First broccoli cheese soup of the new year. I’ve made a pot almost every week since the pandemic started. Maximum comfort food.


I don't follow a recipe, I'll try to recreate what I do here.

3 heads of broccoli
1 onion
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Chunk up the cheddar and whiz it in the food processor. You want it to be little bits that will melt fast. I've tried using pre-shredded, but I think they put something in it to prevent caking and it makes a grainy cheese sauce.

Chunk up one of the broccoli heads and whiz it up.

Rough chop the remaining broccoli into bite size pieces.

Chop up the onion.

Prep the ingredients for the cheese sauce (two tablespoons flour, salt & pepper, mustard powder) in a little bowl so you can dump them in when needed.

OK, you want everything prepped ahead of time because the timing here is a little tricky (for me).

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"What's a dish universally known and eaten in your country but virtually unheard of outside it?" is a question that makes the rounds on Twitter every few months but I can't be bothered waiting for the next one.

It's "főzelék".


The word itself looks as simple as the dish: "főz" is "to cook" and "-elék" is a suffix roughly meaning "the result of", so "the result of cooking".

Thanks for nothing.

The official definition is "any kind of boiled or parboiled vegetable"; closer, but still a load of bollocks.


So here's mine: "főzelék is made of vegetables and it has a thick sauce".

What kind of vegetables?

Practically any: potato, cabbage, bean, pea, chickpea, spinach, squash, carrot, but usually only one veg at a time.

There is a mixed abomination called "finomfőzelék" but we don't talk about it.

Most of us have been scarred for life by school dinners featuring the pallid little harbingers of death suspended in a beige gel of doom.


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Apa aja manfaatnya?

Lanjut....


1. Baking soda digunakan utk mengetes tingkat keasaman (Ph) tanah. Ambil sesendok tanah dr kebun dan basahi dengan air minum dan percikkan segenggam baking soda ke bagian tanah yang basah. Jika tanah mulai berbuih, artinya tingkat keasaman tanah kebun Anda lebih rendah dari 5.

2. Lenyapkan hama siput dari kebun dengan menaburkan baking soda. Siput akan mengering dan mati.

3.Jamur di tanaman juga bisa diusir dengan baking soda. Cukup campurkan 4 sendok makan baking soda ke dalam 1 galon air yang akan digunakan untuk menyiram tanaman. Lebih murah dan kandungan zat kimianya lebih rendah ketimbang pembasmi jamur yang lain.

4/ Untuk Anda yang suka membuat kompos dari sampah basah, masukkan baking soda ke dalam wadah kompos Anda untuk mengurangi baunya.
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Going to fill this thread with the updated final numbers

Prior threads are here –

➡️ Foodraiser history thread: https://t.co/Hz0jxFrswF

➡️ Initial 6th Annual data thread: https://t.co/XkK4oWE9iT

➡️ 6th Annual results photos + video thread:


You'll recall that we had to buy a sh*tload of grocery bags that were not included in our initial data thread

And then had to buy another sh*tload the next day 🤦‍♂️

Those paper bag runs added $386.94 to the expenditures ($193.47 x 2)

That put the grand total spent at $55,426.68:
➡️ $10 for cashier's check
➡️ $55,029.74 for food
➡️ $386.94 for bags

The Bag Fund donations exceeded what we needed though, so we capped 2020's #'s at actual expenditures and will hold the rest for 2021 (more on that down-thread)


Counting the new donors who contributed to The Bag Fund, and de-duplicating the folks who'd already donated to the main fundraiser, we ended up with 825 total donors
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