i would love to make you a bowl and bc i love you, i’mma share how i made it. i’m going to preface this by saying that i haven’t measured anything (besides most baking recipes) since i was like 17 and i don’t intend to start again now so i am really sorry but i suggest everyone season everything to their personal tastes and experiment with flavors cuz that’s what cooking’s all about! yay!

okay so i started like... four days ago when I bought some sliced (bone-in) pork belly and marinated it in soy sauce, garlic chili paste, mirin, and a little rice vinegar. I might’ve added a sprinkle of chicken bouillon, i don’t remember. anyway, it sat in a bag in my fridge for like a few days and then i cut out the bones and skin and hopped it into 3 big pieces. 

i used Marutai brand Tonkotsu instant ramen just because i really like their noodles and the broth base they provide, i can live without the oil tbh. the base broth powder went in hot water with green onions, a little sesame oil, chili paste, ginger, a little mirin... i think that’s all i added. brought it to a boil and then added the skin and bones from the pork and let it boil for maybe 3-5 minutes. after it was done, i brought it down to a simmer and then added the pork and let it cook slow. 

the noodles from the pack just needed like 2 and a half minutes in boiling water and then i drained them and tossed them in the bowl with some sesame oil and more green onions. once the pork was cooked, i laid the pork on the noodles and cut up EVEN MORE GREEN ONIONS on top and then took out the skin and bones and poured the broth over the whole thing and topped it with MORE green onions and a little bit of chili paste and this garlic and onion seasoning thingy i have. 

if you don’t wanna buy the Marutai pack, you can honestly use regular top ramen noodles as long as you don’t overcook them (or buy the noodles alone like here or here if there’s no asian specialty stores in your area) and make broth by starting with water and soy sauce and chicken bouillon + all the other stuff i added above.

  it’s gonna rule if the UK can’t figure out a way...

American pharmaceutical companies wouldn’t know what to do with the NHS if it landed in their lap in a red bow it’s a dream scenario but it’s also something that would be so far outside of the scope that it just wouldn’t be worth the headache

the scope of the American health care industry goes beyond ‘big pharma,’ It can include private hospitals:

[Hospital Corporation of America], with a market capitalisation of more than $28bn, is known as one of the biggest healthcare facility companies in the US. The company’s UK arm is part of the Private Hospitals Alliance, a lobbying group that supports the role of private company participation in NHS services.

and the process i’m describing is just a ramped up version of what’s already been started:

It’s not just US companies focused on hospitals and clinics that partner with the NHS. Optum, the health management arm of the US health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, works with the NHS to provide services such as contract negotiations and medication management.

meanwhile kaiser is already working on propaganda to promote further “integration” between the US health care industry and NHS:

The US insurance-based healthcare system is often cited for its high expenses, its unnecessary procedures and its failure to provide healthcare to all of its citizens, but that hasn’t stopped one US insurance company, Kaiser Permanente, from crossing the pond to advise the NHS how to run itself better.

As a non-profit that focuses on managing patients with chronic conditions, Kaiser is known for its high quality of care and for preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital for very sick patients. The California-based Kaiser is often held up as a gold standard of fiscally responsible quality care in the US, and a number of studies, with titles such as Making the NHS more like Kaiser Permanente, have touted its good care. But it has also been accused of patient dumping - passing homeless uninsured patients to other agencies – and has clashed with staff unions. Kaiser has said a 2006 patient dumping incident was an “isolated case”.

now that’s just one source, the guardian. so what about the libertarian shit-rag the economist. they say,

And there is a prior question: would American companies actually want to invest in the NHS? Public health-care systems in western Europe are among the only ones in the world where the money involved is enough to make investment worthwhile for American firms, if they could gain access.

Despite this very obvious reason for American interest in investing privatizing the NHS, they bring in An Expert to convince you that,

At the moment, however, there is little enthusiasm “in America or anywhere” to invest in British health care, says Richard Murray of the King’s Fund, a think-tank. 

We know that’s a lie though, Kaiser is very public about its enthusiasm to restructure NHS in its own image. So who’s this King’s Fund he represents? A think tank that publishes Very Serious and Scientific studies on why NHS needs to start charging people

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What did youmake?

Youre tall?

What do you carry now if anything?