burned myself so i took a half day off of work and now i feel like i just want to slack XD

When my daughter was little and we wee dependent on WIC and commodities, they would provide s with potato flakes and powdered milk. I would only use the powdered milk with the potato flakes, since it was undrinkable just as reconstituted milk.

I have since learned that dried potato was a staple of Native American food storage, so we were incidentally using the traditions of our ancestors -- my family is Choctaw.

oh, god, mashed potatoes in primary. those were not good.

you either use butter with mashed potatoes or milk.

"Or bof" Derpy chimes in.

That's very interesting!
My mom also grew up using powdered milk!
She and her family were poor, so I guess it was a staple for her back then?
That definitely makes sense to use powdered milk in potato flakes!

My mom is a really, really bad cook. :(
I don't know why. My grandfather remarried like three times, and each wife was a really good cook.

And I tell my mom all the time, "Mom, I'm not a master chef or anything... I just follow the damn recipe! It's not that hard!!"

I don't know why my mom sucks so bad at cooking?!
Like, just follow the recipe! You can't mess up if you follow the recipe!

ALSO!

Tomorrow is the first day of Kwanzaa!
I hope to celebrate with all of you!

sounds like he followed his stomach not his heart XD

Yeah haha.

My grandfather was a tall, thin man, but it seemed like every woman he ever married was a good cook... Like, it was a requirement for marriage for him; she has to be a good cook.

My mom's mother passed away when she was seven, so my grandfather would tell her, "You had a good life. You had 4 mothers!"

xD what a positive man.

Kwanzaa is coming! What is the virtue of the first day?

Heri za kwanzaa everyone!

Today is

Umoja (Unity)
-maintaining unity as a family, community and race of people.

Lets all do what we can for the rest of the day to embrace all of those from different cultures, backgrounds and walks of life!

We are ALL ONE!

:)

I do that every day in my circle of friends, we're very intersectionality oriented.

nice, the world is needing unity right now

I feel very united with my cactus clan.

i dunno, you look like you are struggling there XD

CCC : Cute Cactus Clan!

Today is my favorite principle day!

Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
: defining, naming and creating and speaking for ourselves.

Learn to speak for yourselves! We don't need a mouthpiece to say what we think or feel. It's hard, but being brave and setting your OWN goals is healthier than staying in the path chosen for you by society.
We all have goals and hopes for the future, no matter where you come from, you can still choose your own destiny !

Okay, this one, I confess, will be more of a challenge. Speaking up for myself is rather frowned upon in this family. But the fact remains, I am the only one who can make such a determination, it's right there in the front = Self.