Sonya's Patates Braavos: Edition #34 💌🥔

TLDR: 365 days since 10/7/2023. also: recipes

welcome 👋 

Hello, brave patates! 🥔 Hope you are enjoying this crisp fall weather.

melting pot of recommendations

• currently playing 🍂🎶

• YouTube ambiance for your Sunday

• easy breakfast idea: cheddar & jalapeno Costco bagel + smoked salmon + cream cheese + thinly sliced red onion + crunchy lettuce

• this week, I made my own pumpkin spice syrup from a real pumpkin 🎃 (it was $2 or $5 at Parkdale Market). I added maple syrup, honey, pumpkin spice blend (nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger cloves), and some pea protein milk for creaminess. it’s good both in coffee and as baby food lol

• TV: Nobody Wants This lived up to the hype: hot rabbi (Adam Brody) dates a sex podcaster (Kristen Bell). Inspired by the true story of the show’s creator, Erin Foster, who does have a podcast with her sister. I’ve seen some comments calling the portrayal of Jewish women in the show “antisemitic.” I don’t actually agree with that at all, especially when there are truly antisemitic things to worry about. Yes, Soviet families really are that intense. And how do you think a Muslim mother would’ve reacted if her (only) son, an imam, brought home a white woman? Organized religion of any kind can be exclusive. Especially, if he’s a rabbi… Obviously, her not being Jewish is a point. And all of the women in question were friends with the dude’s ex… It’s less about being Jewish and more about human nature lol. I thought it was actually a very cute show that shows Judaism and its rituals in a more modern light than traditional Orthodox.

• 10/7: speaking of the Jews, tomorrow marks one year since the horrific premeditated terror attack by Hamas on Israel. It was the biggest killing of Jews since the Holocaust. Around 100 hostages still remain in captivity today. They are either in “civilian” homes or in tunnels under Gaza. The Red Cross has not visited them once. We don’t know if they are dead or alive. It’s heartbreaking. I attended a meditation & yoga practice in their honour today. They are in my thoughts.
  
  How do you rescue them while fighting a multi-front war with Iran and its proxy groups, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, and Hamas in Gaza? Iran’s brazen attack this week constituted 180+ ballistic missiles, the largest assault of this kind against a country in world history. Any condemnations?
  
  Iran’s extremist regime must go. For the sake of Persians, Lebanese, Palestinians, Israelis. You know who was the only person that died from Iran’s attack? A Palestinian Arab. Or when Hezbollah killed those 12 Arab Druze kids. They don’t care who dies to accomplish their mission: no Israel on the land. Beyond geopolitics, there is one simple truth… Organized & recognized terrorist regimes must be dismantled. Read more here.

If you got this far, thanks for reading ❤️ cooked something yummy? lmk. went to a cool event or read a fun book? lmk. see you on the flip side 🥔