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Girth_rulez t1_iupfep0 wrote

Reply to comment by dissolutewastrel in ‘Julie & Julia’ Author Julie Powell Dead at 49 by dissolutewastrel

Their weight or just all of the flour and fat?

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briefbriefs t1_iupj28c wrote

I’m friends with a handful of chefs and their lifestyles, for the most part, are atrocious. Late nights almost every night, drinking all night, often coke is involved, high high stress work environments, overworked, high blood pressure, usually shitty diets, no outside relationships, sometimes prostitutes, live to work and nothing else, etc etc.

It sounds like hell. The chef industry seriously needs an overhaul.

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Girth_rulez t1_iupk597 wrote

I am not talking about chefs here but regular restaurant work. My buddy wants told me if I ever need drugs and I'm in a strange town just drive to a restaurant and wait for the cooks to go out back to take their break. They can always hook you up.

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dissolutewastrel OP t1_iupg2jx wrote

It's all the added salt and sugar that catches my attention. Then, like the weirdo that I am, I look at their face and body to see if it looks like they're ok, or if they look old for their age. By nature I'm a worrier and a dipshit

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Girth_rulez t1_iupghc0 wrote

You are on to something there. I recently went whole foods plant-based and have cut drastically back on my sodium. The increase in energy and general sharpness was immediate.

I am more against processed foods than anything else. That shit will send you to an early grave and keep you sick on your journey.

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Lychee-Lover t1_iuq35n6 wrote

Me too. My kids hate mummy's new desert - chia pudding.

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Girth_rulez t1_iuq6ve3 wrote

For me chia seeds are like medicine. Just chug that shit down and ignore what it tastes like.

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Lychee-Lover t1_iuq8m5i wrote

I eat them plain by the teaspoon, they're tasteless to me. Also really good mixed into peanut butter with crushed nuts, pumpkin seeds, coconut and a drizzle of honey. It's the new Tim Tam!

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Girth_rulez t1_iuq8uf3 wrote

I tried Tim Tams a little while back. Sorry I was not too impressed. Lychee on the other hand...heaven.

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Lychee-Lover t1_iuq8ygi wrote

Tim Tams hit the spot for me in terms of sugar heaven. I want a lychee farm.

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Girth_rulez t1_iuq93mj wrote

I live part-time in Asia and sometimes my wife just hands me a bowl of lychee with the outer skins peeled off and the fruit peeled off of the pit. It feels like love.

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