agar agar

concretizing delight, just beyond your comfort zone

pulverized cell wall, undulous

convenes moisture with the texture of skin

this feels forbidden, and exciting

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a restriction widens the comfort zone

“bring something vegan”

(but I’m not vegan and don’t know how to make vegan things, yet)

so agar agar meets aquafaba

hibiscus powder from the Fayoum oasis in Egypt meets cardamom extract

the gooey mix fixes faster than you can make the vegan Peeps® look good

(feel a bit betrayed by the recipe)

but the flavor blasts any visual bias into the next galaxy

oh my god these are good

Pink Peeps® looking like pink Poops®, but you know what?

<astrolegese CW>

when the Sun is in the bounds of Venus, and she’s in her exaltation in the bounds of Mars (I literally used a bright red stand mixer I borrowed from a neighbor – exaltation, it’s not mine, but i get to use it) heading toward yet another conjunction with Saturn (putrefaction), you will find yourself making cute gourmet poops that taste like heaven and look like shit and teach you a thing or two about how you can make GLORY with “missing” ingredients (replace gelatin horse hooves with agar agar seaweed goo and egg whites with aquafaba – chickpea juice) so you can show your friends you love them and include them in the vibes rather than just bringing something non-vegan and not stretching out to see if maybe just maybe there is a way to bridge what you don’t know to show love and be in better relation to all…

there is a way, and right now we can find it.

Go find it.

(it’s probably in the kitchen and probably best shared with neighbors and friends and friends who are neighbors)

See you again on Sunday April 27, 2025 at my favorite time, 5:55pm.

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Cover photo by Shane Stagner on Unsplash.