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28 Oct, 6 tweets, 1 min read
Be honest with me: does the bay leaf even do anything?
I've been putting these things in soups my whole life and I could not begin to tell you what 'bay leaf' tastes like. I'm tired and I want answers.
So far I've learned that a bay leaf is a dried aromatic you add to certain foods in order to have long online arguments
Ten years of thwacking internet beehives and this is the thread where I'll get ratioed
Deep vein of spice snobbery I'm discovering among certain followers is turning me into a bay leaf truther. I'm sure a hair plucked fresh from the wild Moroccan thistle badger's asshole imparts an unforgettable flavor to soups and stews, but real American spices can handle storage
Business idea: reusable rubber bay leaf, too big to accidentally swallow. Maybe you could keep it on a chain attached to the cookpot, for easy removal. Similar in spirit to the Lucky Iron Fish luckyironfish.com

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29 Oct
Ranked choice voting is an amazing electoral innovation that lets you mark one of the two major party candidates as your “first choice” instead of voting for them outright.
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A thread on how record fundraising has crippled a bunch of Democratic campaigns, which also ties in to people's question "can candidates do anything useful with donations a week before the election?" TL;DR no one can afford to pay for pre-reserved ad time because of Senate races
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A thread expressing some concerns I have, too. I think a lot of the articles about the genius of Biden's low-key approach to campaigning are being too clever by half, and the vital lessons of Brexit and 2016 (things can move quickly in the last week) have not been absorbed
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27 Oct
It's a week before the election! A thread on where your money is still useful: First off, two House races in rural Maine and northwest Iowa with a record of overperforming in rural votes, both in states where we need every vote we can get to win the Senate secure.actblue.com/donate/great_s…
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A nice thing about agricultural areas of Nebraska and Iowa is that the grocery stores have the usual timid "ethnic foods" aisle with ramen noodles and the like, but also a separate and well-stocked "EXTREMELY MEXICAN" section, both in the produce and dry goods departments
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