Lol

In case it helps any, I made a post with a giant number of spoiler-free short reviews of SF and fantasy books, including most of the ones mentioned here (might have to click the links to the earlier posts for a number of them.

Correcting your correction, it’s Pohl, not Polh.

Big upvote for this, though his last name is Tchaikovsky , or alternately Czajkowski. He’s become my favorite author currently writing.

Such a good show

One of the things I consider when choosing a new recipe is how many different pots and bowls are involved, and how many things have to come together at the end; I like to minimize them to keep the amount of work and cleaning low. My wife has a knack for choosing ones that maximize those things, and there’s always so much more to do. I love a one-pot meal.

I completely agree. I’m a clean-as-you-go type guy, but sometimes you still end up with a mess, especially if the meal has multiple components that come together at end.

Oh, you mean the translucent part is white, not the pithy thing in the middle. It’s not completely ripe.

Yeah, they pretty much always are. They’re seeds and the white part is the actual seed part. Sometimes the white part is bigger or smaller.

If by “pretty clear” you’re saying his intent was to arouse people by showing the lamp up the guy’s butt, I disagree.

Yeah, it’s one of those things where there really is an easier way, and it’s not completely intuitive. We had a pomegranate tree at our last house and that method was life changing - it went from being ornamental to well consumed.

Worse, I’ve noticed that a lot of the hotter stuff doesn’t even have a good flavor.

For regular jarred Mexican salsa, I like Herndez. The hot isn’t very hot and it would be completely fine for me with chips or whatever, but the flavor of the medium is so much better. I don’t really get it.