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8.) sometimes you'll want to break the dish up into component parts as opposed to freezing it altogether. for instance: you can make a single soup base (just the soup/veggies/herbs) and then send along dumplings, matzo balls, or homemade noodles, all separately frozen. DIY soup! — PolitiTweet.org

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7.) for inspiration, consider cookbooks (i have and love 'it's always freezer season') and the stuff you see in the freezer case at the store. if they can freeze a lasagna, so can you. if costco can freeze a pizza, a chicken bake, or a bowl of soup, so can you. — PolitiTweet.org

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6.) what can you freeze? a lot of things! some things you want to freeze post-production (i.e., bread -- a loaf of fresh bread can be frozen and just as delicious defrosted) and others pre (for instance, cookie dough -- fresh, hot cookies anytime!) mains can often be frozen. — PolitiTweet.org

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5.) if you're freezing stuff, make sure you know how to get it defrosted, so you can include defrosting instructions. i put a strip of masking tape on the tupperware and provide oven temp and preferred defrosting method with directions, so there's no fuss. — PolitiTweet.org

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4.) once you know what you're going to make, figure out if you're going to deliver it fresh (i.e., ready to eat out of the pan) or frozen (to be eaten at their leisure.) for fresh, make surer you've got a good delivery system -- i use tupperware and disposable pans. — PolitiTweet.org

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2.) check with the person to make sure there are no dietary restrictions, and be extremely mindful of allergies. 3.) consider the person's living situation. are they looking after a family? then make lots! are they alone? focus on easy-to-prepare and portionable things. — PolitiTweet.org

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new moms are often nursing, and certain herbs are helpful -- fenugreek, for example -- while certain ingredients, like caffeine, can pass through the breastmilk to the baby. so just try to do a little recon to get a sense of what might be maximally helpful/not harmful. — PolitiTweet.org

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1.) different situations call for different foods. if the person is sick, what kind of illness is it? people going through chemo can have serious digestive trouble, so think rice pilaf, homemade bread and butter, etc. for covid, brothy soups with ginger, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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one nice thing you can do for people who aren't feeling well or are temporarily out of commission is to take food to them. so here are some tips and considerations toward that end if it's something you'd like to try out. — PolitiTweet.org

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it's been a tough year. on top of all the disasters that happen in the ordinary course of life — a baby arriving unexpectedly early, a fender-bender, a bout with the flu, getting legionnaire's from a hot tub in los angeles — lots of us have friends/family dealing with covid19. — PolitiTweet.org

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taking food to people: a thread https://t.co/r0Vc5WgiHj — PolitiTweet.org

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@HamersleyAndrew <3 — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrischristers inshallah — PolitiTweet.org

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being on twitter is like being on a neverending episode of Finding Your Roots with skip gates only everyone investigating your family tree is illiterate and fresh out of a 72 hour psych hold — PolitiTweet.org

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>not even vaguely true, the man worked for lockheed for a year, i think, in 1998 >other things my dad doesn't do: call me — PolitiTweet.org

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@Maghielse @jbenton uhh — PolitiTweet.org

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@moderconserv79 @itdbitd @CindyLouella @sullydish but im not exhausted — PolitiTweet.org

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but i never said i'm exhausted, i'm not exhausted. i'm chipper. perky. upbeat, hip, happening, planting creeping phlox, finishing my embroidery projects, making popsicles and watching the punisher — PolitiTweet.org

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i have to go now. my home planet needs me — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hanktrill13: @georgeordavid73 @ebruenig https://t.co/uMulDezliW — PolitiTweet.org

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@hanktrill13 I’m done for the day — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hanktrill13: @ebruenig https://t.co/twVYipQAQq — PolitiTweet.org

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@OutDoinInMyHead @sullydish Having worked in an office with Woodward... — PolitiTweet.org

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@moderconserv79 @sullydish I didn’t say I’m exhausted tho. I’m chipper as a chipmunk — PolitiTweet.org

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the famous bruenig family forklift driving fortune — PolitiTweet.org

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@sullydish surely different people mean different things by it; it’s a very common sentiment — PolitiTweet.org

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want to know more about whales property — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JHWeissmann: This seems good/like maybe a historic medical achievement but can we still annihilate mosquitos with CRISPR? Asking for Wa… — PolitiTweet.org

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@TeawithTolkien Praying for you 🙏🏻 She knows what it is to grieve as a mother — PolitiTweet.org