I love those too! It’s very difficult for me to source them however… I’m lucky to live near a bunch of supermercados that have mayocoba but they don’t have the more ‘exotic’ beans beyond that

All beans are tasty, indeed!

I noticed Edamame was missing from your list, and are delicious just slightly steamed and sprinkled with a little salt.

Also, when it comes to southwestern eatin’, I always prefer a mayocoba to a pinto anyday! It’s a tiny bit larger and as creamy as can be. Use exactly the same way you would a pinto or a black bean!

Gotcha, moving to Western New York to live parallel to the lake now. Thanks!

Where do you live so I can move there.

Kicking my way through Ultima I, a partner gave me two more weeks to beat it and I think I can probably do it in one… day… if I get my mind into it.

Also trying to beat Guardian Tales in the same two weeks since it’s been on my phone so long. I want to get it off my phone so I have more room for other things, but I feel like I’m far enough into it I shouldn’t just toss it away without completing it.

The classics are good, Crazy 8’s, Go Fish (which is better reversed, where you can see other people’s hands but not your own), Egyptian Ratscrew, President/Scum, and so on, but I genuinely enjoy Mao the most.

Between the simple quality of the base rules and the fascinating depth, deduction, and memory puzzle as the game progresses… It’s wonderful. Sadly, too many people choose to play the game as an inside joke or gatekeeping game, whereas the game is best played with a more teaching role at heart. Still penalize for failure to follow rules, but enunciate why and be deliberate about it, so they have a chance to learn from their mistakes, or others’!

Huh, that’s an interesting route to take. I worry it’ll become too similar to the trap of “pink isn’t a girl’s color, it’s actually a boy’s color and they switched in the XX’th century and it’s the color of blood so it’s manly” that I’ve seen a lot of people fall into (kicking myself because I was one of them). It’s not a bad step to be in, in that it helps normalize normally “feminine” actions/dress/etc. as things men can wear, but it’s also just… still gendered unnecessarily?

To be clear, I haven’t watched it yet and still intend to, I just worry about that from your description of it.

The disappointment approach is my jam! It’s what helped me turn things around, and it’s what has worked so far with this kid. I’m just calling it out here because this was way better worded than mine, and needs the ups so if anybody else is looking for ideas they know this one is great!