#glitterask

I've been really into wrestling lately... or maybe that's not quite right. More like I got attached to Rhea Ripley ever since I got introduced to her, because holy fucking hell have you seen her?

I wanted to answer this yesterday, but at some point completely forgot 🙈

Idk if this is just an Eastern European thing or if there's variation of it everywhere because I haven't spent holidays anywhere else, but basically food prep for Christmas or Easter begins days in advance and there's lots of dishes traditionally done for each holiday

My family, as a family, don't really have one signature dish, since we all really enjoy cooking and finding new recipes 👩‍🍳

However my friends did go crazy for a kind of cookie that we make called "piersici" (tr peaches) which are two cookie, hollowed out in the middle then stuck together with chocolate cream... and the thing that makes them look like peaches is food coloring - and then you roll them in sugar ✨

I tried looking up Shiva’s wiki to find out, but it didn’t say anything in the first several paragraphs and my ADD kicked my ass off the page after that, lol.

This was a lot of fun, thank you Sandra

You better prepare for a lengthy answer, since you asked this to a coffee snob.

So, most of the time I drink coffee at home. Mostly because coffee shops are not only bloody expensive, but most of them are inept at brewing a good cup to boot. If I do go, it's one of the independent shops where you can pick out what specific coffee drink you want your coffee made with. It's either an espresso or a cappuccino made with oatmilk. Never anything sweet in it, ever. In the summer I like to order iced coffee, again with oat milk. And for a special treat, an affogato. That's the only sweet thing I'd drink with coffee in it.

At home, I buy whole beans to grind them myself. I like to try different varieties of coffee, so I seldom buy big bags of it. My favourite go to roast is light roast arabica. The fruity notes and depth of flavour is something else compared to a darker roast. Never robusta though. Haven't had any luck with it so far, and I associate it with overpriced coffee drinks from Starbucks and the like. I weigh out my beans and my water on a scale for consistency, and let it steep for a good while. Steeping time can be a good 10-15 minutes. I use a French press, and it's served me well.

The ratios I use per cup:

15 g coffee

250 g water

If you want consistent good cups of coffee, it's important to know what you did to get there. Otherwise the experience can wary wildly, and you wouldn't know how you got to that great cup you just had.

As for tea, I like getting oolong or green tea. Spiced tea is also nice, and so is herbal. Not a big fan of fruit tea, but I'll drink it to be polite if I'm offered.

I'm fairly polite when it comes to getting hot beverages whenever I visit someone. I dont want to be rude just because someone doesn't make it the way I would prefer it. Hell, I'll even drink your sugar nightmare with a straight face if that's all you've got left. Who knows, maybe this is the time I'll like it? Probably isn't, but I'll still drink it.

Overall I think I prefer hot drinks. I live in a colder climate, so maybe that suits my answer quite well. I could also drink hot coffee in 40° weather no problem.

Guess who also lost track of reality and time? If it wasn't for my sporadic work schedule, I'd forget what day of the week it is all the time.

Okay well, you already know how I used to live in Madrid. For the 6 months I was there, I lived with a family. Sort of. I rented a room there. I found the place like 4 days before I flew into Madrid. Super last minute.

When I first came to the city, I was in a hotel with my mum to see some sights, when I got a text from my new landlord that I couldn't move in the day I had planned. She was at a conference, so wouldn't be home until a day later. No big, I'd stay one more day in the hotel while my mum went home. I got another text that said one more day. Sketch af. I was beginning to think maybe I'd been scammed or something. I didn't tell my mum about the second delay. I'd figure shit out on my own if I had been fucked when it came to the small deposit I had paid.

After two delays, I did get to live in that place. The lady I was going to be living with was super sweet and patient with my less than stellar Spanish. Was €400 a month too much for a smallish room in La Latina in one of the more run down places too much? Probably.

Glædelig jul Sandra! Og godt nytår ✨️

The holidays are a bit drab due to the plague but we move on. At least I have all the hallways of the dorm to myself. I could go sledding through them on one of those wheely boards and no one could stop me.