My brain was fried enough earlier that I thought working off a reference recipe might be a good plan.
A lot of the time when I’m looking for comfort food type recipes, adding “Southern” to the search turns up results that are closer to what I want. In this case, apparently at least one Southern style of hot dog chili involves tons of ketchup, which is really not what I had in mind.
Amusingly enough, this food blogger mentions also being from SWVA–and the ingredients were pretty much what I would expect 😅 No ketchup involved.
I’ve never used cornmeal in hot dog chili, but the little bit of thickening might work well. I know a little cornmeal or oatmeal can be great in taco meat. It would be fine left out; maybe just cook the chili down a little thicker.
Today, I actually ended up making a vegetarian version, subbing about a cup of whole lentils cooked like rice with 2.5 cups of veggie broth. (Long story.) Used to do similar a lot for veggie chilis. Lentil varieties that stay firmer are even better for texture, but regular brown lentils work fine to my taste. I also added about ½ tsp. of smoked paprika and some red pepper flakes to taste. But, this base recipe worked pretty well for the veggie adaptation.
Especially with only two people eating, I usually like to make a larger batch and freeze leftovers in single meal sized amounts to microwave later. Considering that if you want hot dog chili here, you’d better make some, I wasn’t sorry to get more into the freezer.
Okay but do you realize how good this is for cancer patients?? People with scars who can’t grow brows??? People with alopecia??? (Sp? ) like… pls stop hating the beauty industry.
people with trichotillomania
Yes to people with trich. One of my roommates reblogged this saying they didn’t even know they made these until they met me. And the sad thing is, I didn’t even know they made these until I did a Google search one night in a fit of desperation. I’ve gone to so many therapists for trich, and instead of providing me resources like this, they would often leverage the fear of looking ugly as motivation to stop. If anything, it only ever made the problem worse.
These save me so much time in the morning. Before I discovered them, I would have to meticulously pencil my brows on every day just to feel normal enough to leave the house. By contrast, I can keep the fake ones on for about three days at a time, and gluing them in place takes only a few minutes with a bit of practice.
I’ve been getting mine from headcovers.com for over three years now. They’re a bit pricier than the ones offered on other sites, but they last 3-4 months if taken care of properly (meaning to buy the site’s adhesive remover as well and clean them after each use). They also look very natural. Everyone who’s talked to me about them told me they didn’t even know my eyebrows were fake until I alluded to such or took them off in their presence.
This sounds like it could be quite useful for some of my readers!!
of course something ignorant was said about this product by the original tweet poster, but
reblogging for the false eyebrow site^^
really thinking about purchasing some.
Going bald during chemo didn’t bother me nearly as much as losing my brows. I’m not sure if it was because I had adorable wigs or just because I was prepared for that part, but nobody tells you how much the color, thickness, and shape of your brows affects your face.
I didn’t even know eyebrow extensions were a thing. Reblogging for my followers with trich and alopecia
good morning everyone my pig stole a box of top ramen out of the pantry, ate 11 bags, then laid in the noodley carnage how are you all doing
omg i am getting a ton of comments and messages worrying if he’s okay so here’s an update:
he is totally fine! he tears the plastic open and ate only the noodles, didn’t touch the flavor packets either. then he slept it off all day. he actually went to the vet on monday for a check up and they said he is very healthy, just a little fat (150 pounds!)
Thank you all for your concern his royal highness is a-okay he just does what he wants
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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