I also dislike the look of the plastic water cooler, but it’s resourceful should you have the water cooler jugs anyway. I don’t and I don’t have access to em. That said, I bet I can fashion something similar out of other materials, though I’m curious if the transparent-ness of the plastic is helpful for the plant.

It looks sorta similar to a terracotta pot I’ve seen someone use for growing strawberries on a patio.

As someone who eats a lot of green onion, can you tell me a bit about your set up?

It looks like a water cooler bottle you’ve cut openings at regular intervals, filled the bottom with dirt, then I’m guessing you’ve put the butts of scallions in the dirt in a ring close to the outside so the plants grow out the openings as they reach for sunlight. I’m interested in making something similar, so I’m curious if I’m missing anything. I can’t really tell what’s going on at the top (former bottom) of the water cooler and I’m not sure what the rope is for besides carrying it.

Space Noodles, of course! 😘

Pasta specifically refers to Italian durum wheat noodles. There’s a huge variety of noodles outside of that, far too many to list, but soba, da xiao mien, and fensi being some examples.

Here to second the utility of electric pressure cookers, Instant Pot or other.

Best rice cooker I’ve done used and it speeds up cooking so many things. I cook a LOT of curries in it and it seriously reduces cook times and therefore I’d assume energy use. Get a bigger one if you do meal prep. I can make a month’s worth of sambar in one go, quarter the batch, freeze 3, and defrost 1 week’s worth at a time.

I make one curry like this every other week or so I have a variety of meals ready at any time.

I’ve found that some noodles can be cooked by sitting in hot water for longer, but this doesn’t work well with wheat noodles or pasta.

You can soak beans in an hour by adding a pinch of baking soda to the hot soaking water by the way.