It’s Wednesday! Did you know that? Wild, I know.
This week feels a little off. I did see Black Widow last night and I’m about to dive into the great discussion we had on it. I didn’t read it yet because of spoilers.
Hope you all had a great weekend, with another fantastic one in store for you in a few days!
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Yes, I won’t stop talking about Ted Lasso. The new season starts on Friday and I’m such a fan. What makes it even better is reading about the real life friendship between Juno Temple (Keeley) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham). This profile may be behind a paywall, but there are a few out there since they’re most likely doing publicity. Super sweet!
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Twitter may be a cesspool sometime, but there are also genuinely cool moments where I learn things, like why fossils found in Appalachia look so different from what we normally expect.
https://twitter.com/alexpetrovnia/status/1415665948355403778?s=21
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Speaking of niche history and interests! Sun-dried tomatoes had a big moment a few years back and now the fad seems to have disappeared. Want to know why?
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Lastly, let’s envision some of Mark Hamill’s classic fashions as moths! Hamill himself retweeted the thread and loved it.
Mark Hamill as moths.
A thread. pic.twitter.com/foIYakFric
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) July 15, 2021
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Good, authentic sun-dried tomatoes imported from Italy are still available. I like to buy the ones packed in olive oil—and one of my favorite things to do with them is add them to a wrap that’s been spread with hummus and covered with spinach. The sun-dried tomatoes add a great pop of flavor to a healthy lunch.
@DDD, Yes, I have a recipe for a black bean, roasted corn and farro salad that calls for oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes and relies on the oil as a kind of dressing. It’s worth the investment since each jar makes 3 full recipes or 12 servings.
@Kate: Yum! And, although it sounds totally late-1980s, angel-hair pasta mixed with sun-dried tomatoes, using the oil from the jar in lieu of butter, topped with freshly-grated Parmesan cheese, is always a quick & delicious meal.
Am I the only one who hates tomatoes, period? Everything about them – taste, smell, texture – grosses me out!
Those Appalachian fossils remind me of the Chalk in the Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett. Love it.
Years ago I had an incident, one of the first times using my bread maker. I was making a rosemary sun dried tomato bread, and I somehow got the flu within an hour of the bread maker starting. The smell of the bread baking when I was getting sick? Ugghhh!
I still can’t stand rosemary, but my husband started making flatbreads with sun dried tomatoes that are delicious.
@HeatherS-I don’t feel that about tomatoes, but I have the same reaction towards cilantro. It seems it is on everything, or mixed in with things I love, like avocado. It isn’t just like “oh, I don’t like it.”. More like I cannot STAND it. Servers always look at me like I’m a diva, I’m not allergic but I would never willing pay for food that has a speck of cilantro. I guess it isn’t a gross out, but more like I will never put one bit of that devil’s weed on my tongue 🙂
@Maureen: It’s likely that you have a common genetic aversion to cilantro. There is something about the scent that repels and causes it to taste soapy to your palate.
@Laura-I did wonder about a genetic aversion. After an article I read, I thought I was a supertaster (like bragging about your tastebuds, but doesn’t sound like fun)-because along with cilantro I despise blue cheese. I thought that was normal until other people were like “not my favorite’, but for me if a piece somehow shares airspace with a lettuce leaf in my salad, I can’t eat it.
Alas, I don’t have the other things that seem to catalogue supertasters, I hate adding salt, I love brussel spouts, broccoli, and spinach. It’s not a big deal, except seriously cilantro! Go away and leave my food alone!
@Maureen: I’m with you on cilantro. There are foods I don’t like (e.g., blue cheese) but which still taste like food. Cilantro tastes like soapy tin cans. It does appear to be a genetic thing. My only regret is that I love Indian, Thai, Mexican food, and they all use a lot of cilantro in ways that are hard to avoid. It takes careful reading of the menu and sharp eyes once the food arrives to avoid the herb.
Someone please tell me that Mark Hamill is wearing roller skates with that outfit.
The genetic aversion to cilantro has always fascinated me, because I love it and my brother and sister loathe it. The same thing goes for fresh basil — they’re both super not into it and find it soapy.
I always enjoy the Wednesday links, so thanks Amanda!
As a long time resident of East Tennessee, I enjoyed the Appalachian fossil bit, but the writer was mistaken about the lack of mammal fossils in the Appalachian region. About 20 years ago, when they were widening a highway, they found a rich fossil bed which included fossils from tapirs, rhinos, pandas and other mammals you might not expect in East Tennessee. Look up the Gray Fossil Site if you’re interested.
@Maureen et al. – Re:cilantro – agreed – yuck. I happen to like blue cheese, but I know plenty of people who feel the way you do about it.
@Diane Mark Hamill’s gold outfit demands bell bottoms and platform shoes, but roller skates could work too if they are shiny enough.
Those moths are so color coordinated to the clothes it’s uncanny. And his facial expressions are great – the one in the white Luke Skywalker outfit is my favorite.
@Katy L – thank you for the Gray Fossil Site info, that’s so cool!
A few years ago I visited this zoo in Asheville that had red pandas – they were once native to the area and the ecosystem is still a close match to their Asian habitat.
https://wildwnc.org/animals/red-panda/
That Mark Hamill thread is everything.
I trust that everyone who delved deep into the Mark Hamill/moth thread also found the Carrie Fisher/mushroom thread by the same person.
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Gray Fossil Site in East Tennessee: http://gfs.visithandson.org/