2020-Aug-02, Sunday

dorchadas: (Azumanga Daioh Chiyo-chan cooking)
I've written before about Shoujo Kageki ⭐️ Revue Starlight, back when I first saw it at an Anime Chicago sampler two years ago and when I went to a panel with the designers and director at ACEN 2019, but one thing I haven't mentioned before is banana miso soup. Daiba Nana (punning on Dai-Banana, "Huge banana") makes it in one of the episodes, and it turns out it was weirdly popular on the Japanese blogging site Ameblo around the time that Shoujo Kageki ⭐️ Revue Starlight was being made. I've wanted to make it for a while, but usually I didn't have any bananas, or I didn't want to try it. But today was the day! I found a recipe on cookpad (the title is, "Is it dangerous to eat lol? Banana miso soup lololololol"), made it over [instagram.com profile] sashagee's objections, and tried it.

ExpandBanana nice. Bananice! )

I also had to perform a bit of home repair today. When I went out to the Middle Eastern Grocery Store to pick up more hummus and pita, rain blew in and [instagram.com profile] sashagee had to close the windows. Two of the windows in my home are on sliding levers and one detached from the lever, so when I got back I removed the blinds, unscrewed the holders for the blinds, detached the screen, and then put the lever back into place. After celebratory handpies, I put it all back together and then we sat down just as a stormburst blew in, so I got it in the nick of time. Those windows open outward toward the west, and all storms in Chicago come from the west, so there would have been a lot of water on the floor if I hadn't fixed it in time. And thanks to [instagram.com profile] sashagee for trying to do it herself and figuring out how the blinds attach to the wall.

Now, to play more Chrono Trigger and beat Magus.