Happy New Year!

It's that time of year again where I write the wrong year on some form, cross it out, and write the new one in. For once, I actually did something this year other than fall right asleep and went to have hot pot at a friend's place. I, of course, brought the beer (3 different kinds of stout - oatmeal, chocolate, and Guinness) and my rum banana cake. I haven't had hot pot in forever (we did Chinese hot pot this year) and I actually did kind of miss it and this time try all the different kinds of spices from different regions.

New Year's resolution? I'm probably going to try to get out of my comfort zone and bake other things. I started out with cheesecake then brioche and now banana bread but this year, I'd probably start with peanut butter cookies (I've never baked cookies!) and I really want to do those egg tarts you find in Hong Kong bakeries.

Hope you all had a good time too! I read all the comments so I'd genuinely be interested in knowing what you all did for New Years so I can live vicariously through you lol.

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Sosha-kun
#1
Hi hello, it's been too long since you posted this but I don't know another way to speak to you. Is there a guide on how to modify the tiers on a crowdfunding page? I'm trying to delete some tiers but I don't see the option when I try to update it.

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janie6789
#2
Hi Jason, long time no talk! I hope you remember me.

It sounds like you did some wholesome activities for New Year's!! That's great. I hope you had a nice time. I was working New Year's-- I work at a hospital now! This week felt really long, but I got to visit my family the next day, which was nice.

It was really nice to sign on and see that you're still caring for this site. I hope you have a wonderful 2023! 😊🍾
NeverNinaa
#3
Hey Jason! I hope you've been doing well and that you got to enjoy your new year's eve 💞
I've been facing this issue for months now. I can't see the tags of a couple of my fics when visiting the tags page/section for some reason. I can see other writers' fics tags and all but only mine don't show up and idk if it's a glitch or something. I remember it happened the first in on Nov and it continued happening each time I update my fics.
MustMakeIt
#4
HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR to one and all on this happy planet called AFF. More drabbles from me in 2023 I guess! < >!
SkyeButterfly
#5
I'm late to this, but Happy New Year! It sounds like you had fun (now I want hot pot because it's been foreverrrr since I had any 😭).

For New Year's, a few of my friends hung out together at their house. It was supposed to be a chill "gathering," but someone brought alcohol lol. It was my idea to watch some horror movies, so we did! We watched Hereditary & The VVitch. Afterwards, we played video games until it was midnight.

I hope you complete your resolutions! That sounds so fun. I wish I knew how to bake, but I'm the type of person who tries to "make" something but ends up forgetting how tablespoons and teaspoons work lmao. And I don't have any "resolutions" unless you count "goals." In that case, two of my main goals are to graduate and write one poem a day!
MidnightOnyx
#6
I had to work New Years Day so yeah, didn't do much the day before other than recover from wrenching my back, bleh. I'm ready for a fresh start though, a whole new year to attempt to get it right, it'll happen...eventually!
Shrysea
#7
I wish you to enjoy getting outside of your comfort zone for this new year! I'm a cook but I'm nit quite into pastry. What I prefer cooking/baking for dessert is customized chocolate mousse (mix different type of chocolate, texture and flavor, for example 1/3 black 2/3 milk chocolate and add sour cream in which I have infused chocolate mint (type of mint having the same smell and taste than "after eight" chocolate if you know it)) and various crumble too (ananas caramelized in rhum with white chocolate and vanilla or spices in the crumble paste) Those two because maybe I can actually change the ingredients and recipe as much as I want when a lot of dessert recipes are so strict and needs to be respected aka :boring for me XD.



We were supposed to watch avatar this year with friends and have lunch with my parents for the first of January but I fall (happy new sinusitis! ) so my husband enjoy the movie alone and we had a simple lunch with my parents. Since I lost my sense of taste and smell and keep binge watching Korean drama I'm craving for Korean food to regain some sensations like spicy fried chicken, kimchi, fried chili tofu, kimchi jeon... literally dreaming of those ! I hope to get well enough very soon to go to my favorite restaurant 😩 which is at 45 minutes by car ...



Oh dunno if you know this tip but for cookies 🍪 try to do them with a less thin flour (I don't know if you have the same classification than my country but most of cake use a very thin flour but the thinner the flour is the less crunchy the biscuit including cookies are. So instead of a T55 or T45 use a T100 or Whole wheat floor and lessen sugar and they will be extra crunchy like a sablé. Well just if like them that way instead of soft ;)
Moon-Walker
#8
Happy New year 🎉
MochiOppa
#9
happy new year bro
FantasyQueen
#10
Happy new year to you too, bro.
raystar003
#11
Happy new year buddy...
IncognitoShark
#12
Happy new year! I'm glad you had a good time. That sounds amazing. Not gonna lie, never heard of chocolate beer?? Sounds fascinating. We need an update next year on the things you have baked. I love it!
wonpokemon
#13
Sounds way better than my tbh!!
Baking is fun and hope you do a lot!! Peanut butter cookies are delicious!
I've just recently been making various cereal crispy treats with and for my niece lol
I mainly worked, and did price changes for new year's, but i did take a shot of Jaeger with my siblings to ring in the new year lol
Other than that, hot pot sounds good and need to go with my sis to eat it. Hoping for 2023 good wishes this year!! Happy new year to you and everyone else on AFF!
brithistorian
#14
Happy New Year! I just stayed home today and cooked traditional southern New Year's foods: Black-eyed peas and stewed cabbage (not together - two separate things).