I keep looking for cheap but usable yogurt presses. Ever since I saw that "Greek Cake" brand yogurt press in that YouTube video… I am obsessed.
Ever since I saw her with those perfect cake-wedge pieces of yogurt cheese, that’s what I’ve been looking for. Yet all anyone’s selling are presses that don’t look half so useful or cool.
I want to make Greek Cake!
Perfect giant Laughing Cow-style soft cheese wedges.
I want to make cheeseballs out of yogurt cheese. I want to make cheesecake with yogurt cheese. I want to make wraps with a spread of yogurt cheese rolled up with sliced lunchmeat, lettuce shreds, diced tomatoes, and a dipping sauce.
My life is full of wants.
And maybe that’s what life is and always should be.
There should always be things you want but have to work around to get. Because if you have everything and anything you want… then what do you have to look forward to when you wake up everyday?
Like, unless someone likes to read or watch movies and TV, their lives of too-much will lack all meaning. And then they turn into like a Nazi or something.
It’s why I believe that people reading books is good. Not summaries of books, but actual books. From start to finish, through a whole well-written story. A beginning, a middle, and an end, all with characters that are engaging and fleshed out enough that it creates a connection of empathy between the reader and the protagonist.
Reading books allows someone to "experience" the life of someone that comes from a completely different background and active living situation. And even if they’re a totally awful person, if the book is written well enough a reader can enjoy the story.
If you read a book and don’t have an opinion about it when you’re done, then it wasn’t a well-written book. That, or you didn’t really read it.
And that’s what I’m worried about. That I’ll get the substandard yogurt press and the yogurt cheese I make will be so bland and bodiless that I’ll eat a whole batch of it and just be like "Meh" about it afterward.
And yes, I am still on about the yogurt cheese.
I’ve read a lot of books. I have a lot of experience with reading books. But yogurt cheese… That’s something I’ve never had.
But I want some.
Yogurt cheese spread on a toasted bagel topped with some smoked salmon, a glass of lemonade, and a good book to read. That sounds so good to me.
Because now is the time to enjoy the little joys.
Terrible things are happening in the world. Hard choices are going to have to be made. The people will have to raise their voices and ensure that they’re heard. And in the between moments, people need to remind themselves of what happiness is.
- The soft fur of a friendly cat.
- The soulful eyes of a loving dog.
- The song of birds.
- Breathing in clean air.
- The joy of a fruit popsicle on a hot sunny day.
- Having a song play and knowing all the words as you sing along.
- Nachos that are just the right temperature.
- A polish sausage and a cola straight from the hotdog cart.
- Getting dressed and feeling spiffy.
- Biting into a bagel sandwich that has cream cheese, lunch meat, lettuce and/or alfalfa sprouts.
- Having a good conversation with someone.
- Choosing to duck under a sprinkler on a hot day or deciding to stay out in the summer rain for a while.
- Tasting a delicious food for the first time.
- Comfortably lounging around in bed with nowhere to go and nowhere to be, not needing to use the toilet and experiencing no hunger or thirst.
- Eating popcorn while watching a good movie you’re seeing for the first time.
- Sitting down on perfect grass, just long enough, not damp or too dry, and without bothersome bugs.
- Waking up from the perfect amount of sleep and feeling wonderful.
- Dancing alone and feeling like a ballerina from a sport’s movie.
- Perfectly cooked French fries dipped in cold ketchup.
- Sniffing flowers that smell wonderful.
A lot of little joys can add up to make a big sense of joy. A quiet contentment you can feel everyday versus a single moment of glee that doesn’t last for very long, or that can be derailed by events not going absolutely perfect to plan.
A lasting happiness is better than brief experiences that might not be as fun as expected.
I like yogurt and I like cheese, so if yogurt cheese can fulfill both of those cravings… That would make me so happy.
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