The pandemic and seeing just how much my fellow Americans truly do not care about the lives or well-being of others.

I wish we could just kick Texas out at this point.

Sounds like the Philippines.

Topical zinc helped me.

China is the most destabilizing force in the South China Sea. It steadily tries to steal territory and build on territory that is not theirs to build on, even within territory which is closer to its supposed allies like Vietnam.

Then there’s the whole attacking Philippine fishing vessels thing, recently.

I think most people here might be looking at a higher price tag. Maybe you should try c/asklemmy

And everyone was very surprised.

Fucking holly. Invasive and fast-growing where I am.

Targets.

That’s nearly a dead even split and it was mostly not the younger ones who voted for him.

Not the young ones.

The far right is also big government, just in a very different way.

Oh yeah, I should have mentioned that. Making a huge batch and freezing them is always the way to go.

If you want a big, muscled butt, what you want to do is deadlift. Extremely effective. But make sure you learn to do it with correct posture at relatively low weight or you can easily hurt yourself.

If you think I’m crazy, you should know that some people even make tea out of thistle.

They really didn’t spread much.

I used to have them in my own yard. My newer place doesn’t have any and I wish I did!

I’m not sure, but I live in Washington, and we are at least as progressive as California is.

I also love the flowers on thistles.

If you’re interested in Asian style dumplings, you can get premade wrappers. I tend to do that. I’m also disabled, with my disability affecting my muscles in general. I have mostly stopped making homemade dumplings, but I do sometimes manage it.

If you really want western style ones where you need to make your own dough, you might want a stand mixer to do the kneeding for you. Then you can use a pasta machine for rolling out the dough. This is a lot easier than doing it by hand and with a rolling pin, but still some work.

One thing that helps me is separating tasks so that I can have a break. For example, if I want to make pierogi, I will make the dough, then leave it alone and rest myself up a bit, then roll it out into flat sheets, rest a little bit again, then finally put it all together and make the dumplings. Then wait a bit before cooking so I can rest up again. Covering the dough and dumplings with a damp cloth or paper towel is essential to that process.

You might want to look into molds for sealing the dumplings rather than doing it by hand as well. You can find these for pierogi and pot sticker style dumplings and some really good ones for ravioli. There are probably more that I’m not aware of.

Oh, and none of the doughs that I have ever made or used required dairy.

I hope any of this is helpful. I’m not sure if I’m answering specifically what you’re looking for.