30.12.23

If y'all think it's crazy...

Give your regards to Ignaz Semmelweis and Galileo Galilei, and Lynn Margulis. 

Ignaz Semmelweis - died in a mental hospital after being forced out of his obstetrics practice for daring to claim that hand-washing before performing C-sections or other surgery drastically increased the rate of survival among mothers of pregnancies with complications. We know who was on the right side of history here.

Galileo Galilei - put under house arrest for "heresy" by the government for daring to claim that the Earth goes around the Sun not the other way around and that Jupiter has moons. Died in agony in confinement. His dearly beloved daughter starved to death in a convent because he was unable to provide for her.

Lynn Margulis - Ridiculed by the man-child "scientists" of her generation, including the "esteemed" Richard Dawkins," for daring to claim that the entire Earth, that is to say Gaia, is an integrated living organism and that we are symbiotic with bacteria, archaea, fungi, and everything, everything is alive and we cannot live without one another.

And then listen to this song.



Free your mind.

Blue Pill

 Do you need a refill on your prescription?





It's vegan :D


We Are Stardust

 


If you don't wanna listen to us, listen to Imai-san, and 44 herbs and spices and a pint (two pints!) of beer. And this song.

We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the Devil's bargain
And we got to get ourselves back to the Garden

I don't know who I am, but you know, life is for learning ;)

Peaceful winter holidays.

25.12.23

That Mysterious Vocal Guy

You knew it was gonna be Maru.

It has now been 100% unofficially not announced but you just know it's gonna be that because it had to be.

And nope no live reports if you thought we were gonna go to that shit you clearly don't know us as well as you thought you did jeez who do you think is playing keyboards Imai can't play keyboard theremin sing backup and stand up at the same time using a cane kids the dude is only 93,000 million years old sry kidz kthxbai.


Meanwhile, we recommend ham & eggs, a hearty draft of craft beer, and some artisanal Catalan sausage with 44 herbs and spices as a topping-off to your Christmas meal, if you couldn't find lamb.

Tootle-oo.

Happy Christmas! Lamb and Asparagus for Christmas Dinner

Happy Christmas, folks!

Nope, this recipe isn't vegan, but if y'all are not of a vegan persuasion we recommend this one as a hearty, easy recipe for your winter holiday get-togethers.

Most cooking blogs tell a person's entire life story before introducing the recipe, but as y'all know, we prefer our recipes short and sweet (also, we have no life). The long and short of this recipe: we invented this one day as we browsed supermarket shelves and found some delicious lamb and asparagus and wondered how we could cook it up in a very simple yet delicious fashion.

Lamb and Asparagus Sautee

Ingredients (quantities are up to you, we don't know how many people y'all are cooking for or how garlicky you like your food):

- Lamb

Pork if you can't get lamb

- Beef if you're halal and can't get lamb

- Fresh asparagus (baby asparagus if you can get it)

- Spinach, komatsuna or water spinach if you can't get asparagus

- 2-3 cloves of fresh garlic, minced

- Extra virgin olive oil 

- Salt and pepper to taste (we recommend sea salt and fresh ground black pepper but whatever suits your sensibilities)

- Sesame seeds (for garnish, if desired)


Cookware Required:

- A skillet (cast iron if possible)

- A spatula

- A knife

(Please remember to cut your meat on a non-wooden cutting board, and wash your knife thoroughly in hot water between cutting meat and cutting veggies. If you will be handling meat directly, make sure to wash your hands in hot soapy water for hygiene.)

Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes

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How to Prepare:

1. If you can find thinly-sliced meat at your local market, that's ideal, but if you can't find thinly-sliced meat, slice the meat as thinly as you can. This is a stir-fry, not a roast.

2. Prepare the asparagus. Wash, then break off the tough bottoms of the stalks (should be about 1/3 of the stalk that you break off, saving about 2/3 of the stalk to cook). Chop the asparagus stalks into 1-cm segments, leaving the florets intact. If you are using spinach, komatsuna or water spinach instead, wash and chop finely.

3. Prepare the garlic. Peel, then mince, grate, or press as you prefer. Get all your ingredients ready before you cook - this recipe cooks FAST.

4. Set your skillet on LOW heat. This is an olive-oil based recipe. High heat will cause the oil to burn, so avoid high heat. Ideally use a cast iron skillet but any will do. Add a generous helping of olive oil. Wait until the oil is smiling, that is to say, moving toward the edges of the pan. This will happen a lot faster if you're using a cast iron skillet on a gas range vs. a non-stick pan on an electric range, so use your judgment (if you still have any lol).

5. Toss your meat into the pan and add the salt and pepper to taste. If you are using very thinly sliced meat, add the asparagus immediately (if you are using spinach, etc. wait about 30 seconds to 1 min before adding). If you're using thicker meat, you may want to let it cook 1-2 minutes before adding the asparagus or other veggies. Spinach generally has the shortest cooking time, while mature komatsuna and water spinach cook at about the same speed as baby asparagus.

6. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chili powder optional if you like spicy, but we recommend going easy on the chilis in this one.

7. Add your garlic, if you like a nice spicy garlicky taste. If you prefer a more roasted garlic taste, add the garlic before you add the meat.

8. Sautee the meat until cooking through, stirring carefully with a spatula constantly to make sure that the meat doesn't stick to the pan. If anything looks in danger of sticking, add a very small splash of water to the pan (if you're using a non-stick pan, you won't need this, if you use a cast iron skillet, you might). Do not overcook. As soon as the dark coloring is gone from the lamb, you're done. Turn off the heat immediately.

9. Toss your yummy stir-fry out of the skillet onto a plate and serve with rice, bulgur wheat, pita bread, or any other side dish you prefer. We recommend Eastern European or Middle Eastern inflected side dishes with this dish.

10. Bon apetit and Merry Christmas!

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Love from Cayce's Kitchen. We promise we'll be back with the vegan food soon.

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22.12.23

Idol

 Y'all want me to blog, eh.

Happy Solstice.

Dance into the fucking mirror kiddos. Watch this video or leave the blog now. Released on April 11th, same day as Izora, broke all records. Listen and *actually listen*.

We'll be back next year with more healthy vegan recipes to whet your appetite for 2024, the dimensional shift, the aliens, and everything else related to unicorns and sparkles. 



Recommended watching: YOASOBI (you can see them live at Zepp KT Yokohama and Zepp Haneda on January 25-26 if you live in Japan!)

Recommended reading: 

The Gray House, by Mariam Petrosyan

Catwings, by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Sign for the Sacred, by Storm Constantine

The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern

Cayce, over and out.

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24.10.23

Lunar Eclipse

Sunday, October 29th, from 3:03 AM JST until 6:06 AM JST. If you can only join in for ten minutes, join between 4:07 and 4:22, centering on 4:11 AM JST.

A mass meditation. 

For your dreams.

Reality is no object.

Reality isn't really real anyway.

Believing in faeries is free.

For few sweet minutes, believe in faeries with me.

No sadness, no negativity, only the desire to birth a miracle.

If you want to wail and tear your hair, that's fine, but that's not what this meditation is for. One way ticket passengers to the New World only.

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No comments on this thread. I will delete them. Either join the meditation, or don't, as you see fit.

Consider this blog and NGS on indefinite hiatus until further notice.

Thanks to you all for your support and friendship.

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Bye for now.

Unless you want to join the eclipse.

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