i am not joking we need to force teach cooking in schools. like. it is an essential thing for survival. do you know how easy it is to make things if you know even the bare bones shit about how cooking works. we need to teach teenagers how far you can take an onion and some other veggies it’’s sad that people grow up not knowing how to prepare literally anything. and i’m not talking about oh this home ed class taught me how to make chicken nuggets at home i’m talking about learning the balancing of sweetness and acidity and saltiness and bitterness and shit like that and techniques and oil temperatures and how meats cook. it needs to be taught because it’s literally not even that difficult and it matters so much
i truly believe that knowing how to cook is a basic survival concept and the fact that so many people can’t even make simple dishes is depressing as hell this is the sorta thing that should be taught at a young age. being able to take the ingredients you have around your home and turn them into a meal is like, essential and will make life so much better. you don’t need to be a high end chef you just need to understand some things that can be easily taught… but then again maybe the education system is playing a roll against this and ultimately they want you to grow up to rely on mcdonalds for dinner. i don’t know. please learn how to cook for yourself if you’re able. i’m not asking you to hunt for specific ingredients to make some expensive youtuber’s “best” recipe but if you know the basics of cooking you can do a lot with cheap canned ingredients. cooking can be affordable i promise you just need to learn how to make do with what you can get
Can anyone point me towards resources that teach those basics cus I would LOVE to teach my child this stuff but i dont know how to cook
kitchen tools (although the specific suggestions are pretty expensive even with the lower end scale items the basic categories are solid, and you can evaluate what items you will realistcially need - eg. if you dont need to read temp for steaks etc the temp reader will not be relevant) &
the western supermarket playlist of chinese cooking demystified (more recipes available but these are accessible if you dont have “specialty” ingredients)
cooking with boris (bear with me here i know he does it exaggeratedly humorously but a lot of them are actually solid and beginner cook friendly. mostly slavic/russian)
you suck at cooking (also falls into the intentionally humorous category but most of the recipes are pretty solid anyway)
how to cook that (baking, also does debunking videos of viral cooking hacks - breaks down the reasons the hacks dont work, pretty important to understand those basics imo)
i REFUSE to recommended joshua weissman because he is fucking insufferable but if you want you can try if you can deal with it, the techniques/recipes seem fine for the most part
again definitely not a comprehensive list but it touches on most of the basics
I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.
dude.
$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.
I used to work in patient billing and can confirm most hospitals will have these programs. Depending on the hospital, it changes how much they will write off. For example, one of the hospitals I worked for would write everything off except for $200. Then you could put it on a payment plan if needed. We once saw a bill for over $300,000 go down to $200. The patient cried on the phone with me as the weight lifted off of their shoulders. So if you need help, please please please look into these options!
However, each place is different. Just a few things to look out for in each hospitals policy:
Can the FA be applied to all services in your outstanding bi or just one?
Does the FA work backwards for the entire year and cover services and bills you may have already paid for? (Sometimes they do and you can actually get a refund!)
If you have any additional services provided after the FA is approved, will those be written off as well?
Is the FA option limited to a certain amount of times? (Sometimes hospitals will limit FA to once a year, just be sure to double check and be aware if you think you are going to incur more bills)
If you do not fall under the poverty line, do they still offer a partial FA? (Some hospitals will write off a percentage of your bill instead of the full intended amount if you make a little more over the poverty line)
These are some important questions for hospitals and bills in the US. Unfortunately I do not have much knowledge on other countries billings…
this plot twist is so poorly written I refuse to believe that Asher would turn on Annalise … he’s ride or die for her since season 3. It’s such a poor regression to his character and I hate when writers think shock first logic second. Gabriel should’ve been the informant. An “I KNEW IT” moment is ALWAYS better than a ‘WHAT THE FUCK???” moment
