Kit's Kitty Korner [happy CNY]

[Kitalpha Hart]

Sadly I live in a 95% white/4.8% Hispanic/0.2% everyone else area so the most exotic thing we have is 395969371719405 shitty pizza joints

[Lemon Cheesecake]

ahhh I am sorry!

We don't have great Asian food places like they do in the cities but we at least have some.

Time to try out your own recipes? I have a simple but delicious one for wonton soup broth if you want it- I actually got it from someone else. (I don't make the wontons because I don't like them). And our local stores do carry potstickers so I pan fry those but they can be added to the broth instead of wontons.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Yeah to get to the Not Chain stuff in regards to anything ethnic we need to drive for an hour
Like the place my friend and I went to thinking Japanese steakhouse and it was hibachi. Great eating. Expensive tho

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Chinese food tends to be less expensive them Japanese.

For Japanese broth I like to get the miso in the small tubs. I can freeze it after I open it & mix a tablespoon in a mug with hot water for a soothing drink, especially when I am sick. Fortunately our grocery stores carry it in the international section but I think it can be ordered online. If you haven't tied it I recommend it. You can add tofu & stuff to it if you wanted. I like soups.

[Kitalpha Hart]

90% of the exotic aisle stuff is Italian stuff, the other 10% being Stuff in Spanish
If there even is an exotic aisle
Ramen is with the soup and it's starting to have something other than the Dirt Cheap stuff but that is single serve more expensive ramen

[galled]

Yep, Japanese food is pretty pricey around here, but the show of the "cook in front of you" kind of justifies it at those kinds of places.

[Gingerale]

I like hot & sour soup.

[Kitalpha Hart]

I still need to take the tree down. Maybe this weekend

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Sometimes its fun just to leave the tree up & enjoy the lights at night.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Kinda need the space it's in

[galled]

Just putting/keeping lights up (around the room -- not on a tree) gives me 80% of the vibe all year round.

I found some cheap LED ones on Amazon that work great--multiple brightnesses and patterns.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Yeah I've got a bunch somewhere. Just need to hang them up

[Gingerale]

Hanging small lights near the ceiling along the door frames works to change the atmosphere for sure.

Christmas tree is gone. My poor poinsettia plant has died. Well, it was fun while it thrived. Maybe it was the glitter on it that killed it? <or my lack of watering>.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Or both. Plus if it was bought in a store it's likely the pot was really bad for it

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I don't always think of the pot being bad for the plant.

I keep my orchids in the pots they come in & they seem to rebloom if I am careful to let them get enough south facing sun in a day. if they get too cold or are overwatered they die pretty quickly.