Oh yeah, it definitely hard to: keep on track, keep everyone’s feelings safe, keep everyone alive, and not go broke, all at the same time. If you don’t mind sharing, what complications did you run into? Do you plan on trying again? What was the project going to be and what’d it turn into? are you still in touch with the cast and crew?

The closest thing we ever made as a series, we all got assigned a project to either give a presentation or make a film for chemistry class. Okay all but two of us. So the group got together, and we planned out a series of “educational filmstrips” that would probably vaguely remind you of “Look Around You” if we’d not been trying to push the envelope of propriety and intentionally making it bad: bad camera angles, bad mic placement, bad lighting, the oldest super 8 film we could find, everything to make it seem filmstrippy. We had to show them in class so we couldn’t be too risqué, but we stomped across the line a few times. We aired a few of them privately (the episodes we made just for fun because those members of the group had a different Chem teacher) and those episodes were intentionally more awful. Fun, but awful. Bad enough that when it got to my episode, the finale, the teacher was sick of them, left the classroom while it aired, and gave me a B for completion (I should have gotten less for completely ignoring the rubric and ripping off Dr Strangelove)

I have to say, making something intentionally bad teaches you a lot about how to make something good. Doesn’t mean you’ll absorb it all, but you do pick up a bit. Couldn’t have done any of it without the friend who was director when it came time to do film tho, he was the one who knew what he was doing. The rest of us were just there to have fun and support our bestie.

I want to try out David Chang’s crispy chili. How do you think that compares?

LGM is my fav. I get a new jar about once a month at this point. But I keep it in the fridge after I buy it

toasting seeds before grinding them is really nice.

My problem with LGM is there is no date on the jar. I don’t know when it was made or when it will go bad. So it could have sat on a store shelf for years and taste like rancid cardboard when I first open it.

Cinnamon, easily, though cumin is a close-ish second. I put cinnamon in my porridge, in chilli and dahl, on beans, over cornflakes, and so much more.

Cumin

I buy cumin seeds in bulk and grind them as needed.

I also use turmeric and ground mustard a lot too.

Garlic and thyme. Where thyme is, there is garlic. If there is garlic, most of the thyme there is thyme.

Cinnamon goes great on roasted mushrooms. I really didn’t appreciate how savory cinnamon could be before.

Both herbs, not spices.

I just looked it up and found out there ist a difference, who would have guessed. I’m with you on the thyme part, but since garlic is growing as a root, it should be a spice, or am I missing something?

Since thyme is out I’d like to replace it with cardamom. 2~3 pods per person with every rice dish is amazing.