Sphynx87

Hey, I'm a chef / food scientist and I had a couple questions.

First off what types of vendors do you use for your primary suppliers? Do you use a vendor for a lot of the "chinese food place" stuff and then a separate vendor for your wholesale produce and meat or do you buy from one company?

I read some of your other responses in regards to prep, particularly what you mentioned about bulk prep. Do you rely on tools as often as possible (mandoline, food processor w/ attachments) to speed things up or is everything done with a big ass chinese cleaver?

I've worked with commercial wok stations before, they use a ton of gas. What's your gas bill like usually?

Have you had any questionable issues with health and safety inspections? (On your part or theirs).

Do you experiment with cooking a lot outside of what you cook at your restaurant? Do you have any kind of desire to work in different types of kitchens or make different types of food?

Thanks for doing the AMA. I love cooking on a real wok burner btw, it's like cooking on a jet engine.

Hey Tom, I love the work that you do.

My question is relatively simple, can you explain your workflow (or flows) when making a track?

Do you start with drums, a bassline, a melody? From other stuff I have read I know that you stick pretty much with hardware. Do you use sequencers often for your synth tracks or play most of it live while recording?

There's just so much to your sonic goop that seems impossible to capture.

MSG isn't bad for you when it is used appropriately. If enough was used to cause you any kind of harm you would taste it. Saying MSG is bad for you is like saying salt and water are bad for you.

I commented elsewhere but I've gone through every biologic available too in the last 15 years and I'm out of ones now and I'm at the worst I've ever been (was clear just 2 years ago) and covered head to toe. Usually I become resistant to a biologic after about 2 years, Stellara probably worked the longest for about 3 or 4.

I can see where OP probably lost his will to deal with the system either through not understanding it or being frustrated by it. I've switched insurance companies about a dozen times, dealt with specialty pharmacies that would put me on hold for 3 hours for refills, all sorts of stuff.

I mentioned in my other comment but it's also pretty common to be able to get sample doses of biologics from dermatologists if you are suffering this bad, on top of the assistance programs (several of my insurances basically forced me to use the co-pay program for coverage).

The past year I did methotrexate and cyclosporin and both just got me really sick without improving my psoriasis much. I'm just doing coal tar soaks and light treatment now but it just keeps things barely tolerable. The biggest impact for me has been the amount of sleep I get, which in turn has been affecting my general mood and how I interact with other people.

Right now I'm just waiting for bimekizumab to get approved in the US so that I can try it. It's being held up by FDA approval though even though its available elsewhere in the world. I'm just taking it a day at a time but this past year has absolutely ruined my life. But I know how quick I can recover when something works so I'm trying to stay positive, and also not think about how long a new biologic will work. I really hope one day there will be some sort of permanent gene therapy treatment.

If you watch the In Search of General Tso documentary on Netflix they don't specifically mention that urban myth, but they do talk about how a lot of places experienced different forms of racism around WWII. My guess is that it's a small holdover stereotype from those days.