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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#Foodsky #Gnocchi #Roasted #Peppers 🫑 Pan-fried potato gnocchi in roasted red pepper and shallot cream sauce, baked with ricotta, Pecorino Romano, Parmesan Reggiano, marinated mozzarella.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The 'before' and 'after' of my orange-cranberry scones with orange icing, and the trick to enhancing the orange flavor in both.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Rest in peace, precious, beautiful girl. Lucietta 2010 - 2025.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Took a bit of a break from social media but thought I'd pop back on here while I recuperate from this brutal flu bug. While I was away, I had some fun decorating for Halloween 2024. Here's a little vid of the "dress rehearsal" the night before Halloween: youtu.be/vlot4voHiwU?...

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R & B's Pre-Halloween "Dress Rehearsal"

YouTube video by Ron “Ronnie” Rodriguez Jr

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

May everyone in the path of the California wildfires be safe... ... ... ... ... ... ...except my Trump-supporting, faux-Christian, homophobic Aunt Gracie that refused to give me my sister's contact info because she's "protecting the family". UNrest in ashes, bitch. ☠️🔥

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frankstertiki.bsky.social @frankstertiki.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

This is an excellent ad parody made by Adam McKay (don't look up). A good way for touching humans pride youtu.be/K3gibPWnVZQ?...

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ExxonMobil Ad

SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/YellowDot-SubscribeThere's a world we all want to live in again. Here at ExxonMobil we believe in that world. And we're working har...

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

To my Gaymer compatriots: What's the most LGBTQ+ Friendly 'world' for U.S. servers in FFXIV? Currently on Primal - Levi, but would like a more lively, friendly environment.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Apparently it's tradition for top Texas "leadership" to bail at the first sign of an extreme weather event. First we had 'Cancun Cruz', now what? Asia Airways Abbott?

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

🍽 🍜 I would up going the taco salad route.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

What is a "foodie"? I see that term applied in a variety of ways, and now I don't know whether to cringe when I see it used in some bougie pedestrian manner or if I'll be wowed by some new culinary revelation. I think I adopted the title for five to ten seconds before giving it the big 'Nope!'

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

🍽 🍜 I was too eager to dig in when this used to be TWO homemade BBQ Western Bacon Cheeseburgers and a pile of homemade home fries. I couldn't eat the second one. **food belly** **BURRRRP!**

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Facial hair's never worked for me. I tried growing a mustache and beard out once long ago... I wound up looking like an extra in a spaghetti western.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

I'm living my own little psychological horror moment as I peruse various skeets under the Discover header and realize just how many other people are experience the same shitty symptoms I've been going through for the past week.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

🍽 🍜 🍝 It's second batch made this week because we tore through the first batch turning it into breakfast burritos. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the potatoes are tossed in butter, grapeseed oil, cumin, chipotle chili powder, garlic, onion, salt and pepper, then roasted at 425F for 35 minutes.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

🍽 🍜 🍝 Organic Golden Yellow Potatoes (simmered in sea salted water) + Organic Red Bell Peppers & Organic Sweet Onions (with herbs and spices) + Chorizo Sautéed w/ Crushed Organic Garlic =Whole Lotta Deliciousness.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Feelin' pretty happy with the new haircut.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Whenever people talk about boneless chicken 🍽 🍜 🍝 I always think of this old 'The Far Side' comic: P.S. The first time I ever saw this comic, I laughed for an unreasonably long time.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

After baking at 425 F for 14 minutes, I finish the pizzas with roughly chopped fresh cilantro for a bright herb finish that perfectly compliments the other toppings. 🍜🍽🍝

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Home-grilled Sriracha BBQ sauce-basted chicken breast makes an amazing topping for my BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza.

Flatbread crusts glazed with mixture of butter, olive oil, crushed garlic, crushed chile pepper flakes and sea salt before being brushed with Sriracha BBQ sauce.

Next step, topping the crusts with a blend of pepper jack, 2-year aged white cheddar, and mozzarella.

Third step, spreading diced BBQ'd chicken breast that had been marinated in Sriracha BBQ sauce, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, sea salt, and olive oil before being added to the grill. Also topped with minced red onion.

Final step before going in the oven: sliced spring onions and another light layer of the cheese mixture to secure the toppings in place.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

I don't know if every Trader Joe's is carrying them but the one near us currently has fresh San Marzano tomatoes, perfectly riped, full of flavor. I halved them lengthwise, tossed them with fresh crushed garlic, freshly ground black pepper, sea salt and olive oil, then roasted at 425 F for 25 mins.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

🍽🍜🍝 Flatbread pizza with rosemary/garlic olive oil glaze, chevre, marinated mozzarella, oven-roasted San Marzano tomatoes, and minced rosemary.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

I like Presidential candidates that haven't been found guilty in a court of law.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

Looks at number of "Guilty" verdicts vs. "Not Guilty". Wait... where are the "Not Guilty" verdicts?.... Bueller?

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

The fucking black hole in people's memory about the shit that went down during the Trump Administration. The wreckage he left behind. He thought he'd have four more years to continue the downward spiral into full authoritarianism. But yeah... tell me about your protest vote, fuckers.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

I stopped playing FFXIV almost 10 years ago, I thought they had wiped all my characters. I created a new Xbox account to play the free trial, but I thought I'd check on my old account. It's all still there! Moochi Mangoberry lives! P.S. The Xbox Series X port is surprisingly solid.

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CELEBRITY DIRT #4 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

I wrote about Taylor Lorenz, ambulance chasing in the face of trans trauma, and why articles about dead trans kids should probably actually be about those dead trans kids. It's a lot to say but I might as well fucking say it all: jude-doyle.ghost.io/i-dont-care-...

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I Don’t Care About Your Brand

Nex Benedict, Taylor Lorenz, and why trans trauma is not your goldmine.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 22/02/2024

Another data privacy win: four years after I sounded the alarm on Avast selling users' private browsing data, the FTC has officially ruled this browsing data is sensitive personal information that can't be shared without permission and has fined Avast.

A screenshot of a 2019 Vice article with the headline “Senator Wyden Asks Avast Antivirus Why it Sells Users' Browsing Data”

A screenshot of the heading of a FTC press release that reads “FTC Order Will Ban Avast from Selling Browsing Data for Advertising Purposes, Require It to Pay $16.5 Million Over Charges the Firm Sold Browsing Data After Claiming Its Products Would Block Online Tracking”

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

🍽 🍜 Served with grated Pecorino Romano, made a side of garlic cheese bread to dredge up the sauce. IT'S CHOW TIME!

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

I must admit, I cheated and bought prepared Italian sausage ravioli for this (so embarrassed). 😱 *SHAME!* I've added the pancetta, sausage, and ravioli back into the sauce. I'll slowly simmer it until the pasta is cooked and absorbs the flavors in the sauce, hence all the flavor layering. 🍝 🍜 🍽

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

🍜 🍽 Added a little tomato paste to the pureed tomatoes for a bright, rich finish. It's almost ready for the last ingredient before I add the meat back in: homemade Arrabbiata sauce from my huge tomato haul last summer. 🍅🧄🌶

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

🍜 🍽 Once the garlic is cooked, I'm adding peeled tomatoes then pureeing the mix with an immersion blender. Then I'll add the last secret ingredient.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

🍜 🍽 Pancetta and sausage cooked off. Blooming red chile flakes and crushed garlic in the remaining pork fat along with olive oil.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

🍜 🍽 Removed the pancetta from the pan. Used the drippings from the Italian sausage to deglaze. Cooking off the sausage in small, bute-sized morsels. Fresh crushed garlic incoming.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

The pancetta is crispy and browned. Mixing New Mexico chile powder, paprika, garlic, crushed chile flakes, fennel seed, salt, and olive oil into Italian sausage. This is going to be fun and full of flavor.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

🍜 🍽 Just going where the spirits move me. Browning some pancetta and rendering the fat so I can sautee some garlic (I know where I'm going with this 😁).

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Justice Alito takes aim at marriage equality again, warning that Obergefell means "Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct" are being "labeled as bigots and treated as such" by the state and "society." www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

In this case, the court below reasoned that a person who
still holds traditional religious views on questions of sexual
morality is presumptively unfit to serve on a jury in a case
involving a party who is a lesbian. That holding exemplifies
the danger that I anticipated in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576
U. S. 644 (2015), namely, that Americans who do not hide
their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be “labeled as bigots and treated as
such” by the government. Id., at 741 (dissenting opinion).
The opinion of the Court in that case made it clear that the
decision should not be used in that way, but I am afraid that
this admonition is not being heeded by our society.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

This happened here in West Seattle, an eclectic, mixed bag neighborhood of artists, queer-friendly store fronts, boutique shops and restaurants, and creeping gentrification. The forum replies have been most illuminating although sadly not surprising. westseattleblog.com/2024/02/abou...

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About the Trump-merch tent in The Triangle

Several readers texted Sunday to ask about the story behind that tent set up in the triangle at Fauntleroy/Oregon known as Fauntleroy Place Park. We weren't able to go over and talk with its operators...

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

@trans.bsky.social @estrogenempress.gay Got another one. Looks like same person jumping into random convos earlier, different account.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

I just woke up from a dream where I was rushing to find a shopping cart inside a Spirit Halloween store so I could grab the last marked down animatronic, some real life talking cat guided me to a cart, then Barack Obama tried to steal my cart, in case you're wondering how my morning is going.

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🦇 The Grumpy Vampire Chef 🍽 @rajrjr.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

I really need it to start warming up. My poor, barren tomato plots now vs. last summer:

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