@keirFox I get teased sometimes by my partner that I'll eventually be invited to the Partner program on Twitch, and the idea kinda terrifies me. I sometimes get it showing me stats on "Path to Partner" and it's like... I don't really care. I don't want to have to beg for audience or work harder to maintain viewers or whatever.

I just wanna have fun baking and sharing my knowledge and learning more in the process as well. I just want to have a nice time and make other friends who've wanted to bake but have been unsure to jump in and do their own thing.

The day I have to work for it is the day I'll hate doing it.

@heathen_cat @keirFox Something fun streaming baking on Twitch introduced me to was the greater Twitch baking community. A subset of that runs a monthly cooking challenge called "Kitchen Gladiator", primarily baking, but other cooking too.

I got asked if there was a prize for 'winning' and I was like "I...don't think there's winners." The point of a challenge is just to complete the challenge to be able to say you did. And in this case, maybe learn something new in the process -- like learning about making pasta some when making chocolate pasta, or even moreso making Irish brown bread and then turning that bread into the best bread pudding I've ever had in my life. The challenge for that month was just "Make Irish brown bread (flexible) and transform it". One person did Boston brown bread instead, other folks did other takes or boules with a stew. I liked the idea of bread pudding because I'd never really made it 'right' before.

@KayOhtie @heathen_cat @keirFox a non competitive food challenge? sounds fun!

I poured my heart and over $100 into a pot of charro beans for a work competition with like 10 people and did not place. It really soured the whole experience of introducing Ohioans to this particular Tex-Mex dish.

@heathen_cat @KayOhtie @keirFox I don't have a recipe! I winged it! It's about having a sense of what you like, what flavors mix well, what the original tastes like, and then looking up recipes and basing a little bit of it on that.

But I'll list some stuff!

Knorr beef bouillon is a key ingredient, I loved that shit back then. I currently put garlic powder in everything I make, or use minced garlic. Spicy stuff if you want it, both sauces and powders.

Bacon, ham, whatever meat you want.

Pinto beans, of course. I also used pico de gallo.

TIP: Test flavor combos and proportions out in a small bowl before you add it to the recipe!

@heathen_cat @KayOhtie @keirFox oh yeah, and msg. (make stuff good)

I do remember using cumin! Also paprika. I didn't use chipotle powder, but I would if I did it today.