I am having the worst gay fever I’ve had in months, maybe years. My eyes are watering, I can’t stop sniffling, even the meds aren’t helping. Surely, I will soon perish.
So I'm reading The Spice Companion by Lior Lev Sercarz bc im a cooking nerd, most of it is very good (tho some puzzling bits, like failing to mention how important white pepper is to Chinese cuisine). But this part on saffron is bizarre.
Iran is the largest saffron producer in the world, by a pretty significant margin, and grows the best quality (imho). Mentioning it at the end of the list, as a little aside, is so weird. I guess bc of sanctions, he didn't feel it was relevant? I'd disagree
local mourning dove goes viral for show-stopping performance in may 19th dawn chorus. when asked for comment, the rising star simply said “hhhrrroooOOOOO hooooo hoo. hooooo”
imagine being sappho of lesbos writing some poetry abt ur gf and then 2000 years later ‘there are two common adjectives for love between women and you won’t believe who they’re named after!’ ‘by the delights of athena, you can’t mean that one of them is named after me?’ ‘no both of them are’