jacob

internet shaquille’s basics but especially:

making rice

making scrambled eggs

making oatmeal

levels of cooking meat

using & storing vegetables with recipes in the description (this one has a bit of Sassiness directed at people who dont like vegetables but the content is solid)

food safety + a recipe to demonstrate

how to learn to cook (just a list of subtopics, no actual tips)

cooking techniques playlist

how to cut x

basics with babish s1 & 2, but particularly:

freezer meals,

weeknight meals,

kitchen tools (although the specific suggestions are pretty expensive even with the lower end scale items the basic categories are solid, and you can evaluate what items you will realistcially need - eg. if you dont need to read temp for steaks etc the temp reader will not be relevant) &

kitchen care (mid-high advanced home cooking)

basic knife skills

picking the right pan for each recipe

j. kenji lopez-alt’s tips and tricks playlist

egg recipes

a little more complicated, involved, and longer than any of the rest of these but good breakdown of flavor & how and why to use the basic seasoning/flavor profiles

and then recipe channels representing various cuisines:

j. kenji lopez-alt (various)

marion’s kitchen (southeast & east asian, western/asian fusion)

maangchi (korean)

future neighbor (mostly korean)

the western supermarket playlist of chinese cooking demystified (more recipes available but these are accessible if you dont have “specialty” ingredients)

family recipes playlist by made with lau (chinese)

not another cooking show (various)

cooking with boris (bear with me here i know he does it exaggeratedly humorously but a lot of them are actually solid and beginner cook friendly. mostly slavic/russian)

you suck at cooking (also falls into the intentionally humorous category but most of the recipes are pretty solid anyway)

how to cook that (baking, also does debunking videos of viral cooking hacks - breaks down the reasons the hacks dont work, pretty important to understand those basics imo)

internet shaquille (various)

babish culinary universe (various)

i REFUSE to recommended joshua weissman because he is fucking insufferable but if you want you can try if you can deal with it, the techniques/recipes seem fine for the most part

i thought too much about what meanings in-universe players would give to colours. enjoy my rambling!

Red: the most notable red thing in minecraft is redstone. for this reason, red represents energy, tech, and power. it also has correlations to the nether, with the red netherrack and crimson plants.

Orange: orange is seen in acacia wood, copper, lava, and flames. orange is heat and creation, colouring raw materials and worked metal, as well as the glow of the furnace.

Yellow: many yellow things glow or shine, like the sun, glowstone, or gold. yellow represents light. it is also the colour of protective totems, and of wheat ready to be harvested. it can symbolize happiness and safety.

Green: green represents the cycle of life and death, being the colour of the experience lost when things die. green colours living plants and deadly mobs and poison. it may also represent chance, being the colour of the villagers currency and the subject of their randomized trades.

Blue: soulflame, lapis, the vex, the shine of enchantments... blue often has magical correlations. blue is also the colour of value and greed, with diamonds, powerful magic, and the ever-greedy vex taking on this colour. And the darker blues, those that colour the deep oceans and hidden depths, bring symbolism of mystery and curiosity.

Purple: the colour of nether portals and dragons breath, as well as many ender things. purple represents other dimensions, and possibly travel as a whole, since elytra are also a purple-y shade. a notable exception to these correlations is amethyst- is there a reason for that?

Pink: pink is the colour of pigs and axolotls, as well as the rare natural pink sheep. it colours friendly creatures, with even the piglins being willing to trade. pink is friendship and community, it is the safety of a peaceful place. it is rare things and good luck- finding a pink sheep in the wild is a lucky occurrence for sure.

Black: black is the void, the darkness of night, the wither and its skeletons. it is death. but the withers poison doesnt stop until you are dead, the darkness is everpresent, the void cannot be conquered. obsidian takes forever to break. black does not give up, it is endurance, willpower, stubbornness.

Gray: the colour of stone, everywhere, unnoticed. gray is neutral. but it is also deep caves and the hidden treasures within, the dangerous illager raids that bring valuable loot. it is adventure and hidden value.

White: snow and bones, sheets of paper and the quills to write on them, the quartz used in important redstone machines. white is cold, and also intelligence and knowledge. clouds are white, as are shulker bullets and phantom membrane. white is associated with air.

Brown: dirt is brown, and so is wood, and leather. the basic tools and the ground itself are brown. it is stability, and the earth. it can represent beginnings. brown can also mean home, like the wooden starter house that nearly all players have made.

In summary, without all the fancy wording:

red: energy, power, tech, the nether

orange: heat, creation, fire and lava

yellow: light, happiness, safety

green: life and death, plants, chance

blue: value, magic, mystery, curiosity and greed, water

purple: other dimensions, travel, the end, whatever amethyst is

pink: friendship, rare things, community, safety, good luck

black: the void, death, darkness, endurance, stubbornness and willpower

grey: neutrality, caves, adventure, hidden value

white: cold, air, intelligence/knowledge

As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized – you don’t have to be suffering some great trauma, something unusual and particularly damaging, to feel pain. You don’t have to have lost your entire home in a hurricane to have lost something you truly valued and miss a lot. You don’t have to have had toxic parents to have been denied some things you wanted because they just didn’t have the money, or the resources, or the health.

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