[Tiste Simeon]

 TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 01 May 2025 - 08:18 AM, said:

I found out yesterday I'm going to be promoted!

Manager has set a couple of criteria to work towards and we'll have regular meetings to discuss those, but she asked for next year and the powers that be have said if I meet the criteria it can be whenever at her discretion.

It's a bit of a shock - I'm very early in terms of length of time doing the job to make Senior, but our team situation is a bit unique and my attorneys fed back that I've basically functioned as second in command to manager for a long time now despite that.

Hasn't really sunk in yet but what a lovely surprise!

Ah massive congratulations! You'll be full lawyer before you know it

[QuickTidal]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 01 May 2025 - 08:18 AM, said:

I found out yesterday I'm going to be promoted!

Manager has set a couple of criteria to work towards and we'll have regular meetings to discuss those, but she asked for next year and the powers that be have said if I meet the criteria it can be whenever at her discretion.

It's a bit of a shock - I'm very early in terms of length of time doing the job to make Senior, but our team situation is a bit unique and my attorneys fed back that I've basically functioned as second in command to manager for a long time now despite that.

Hasn't really sunk in yet but what a lovely surprise!

Amazing! Always great to be recognized and to grow in your job! Congrats!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

I've discovered that even though I don't like ordinary Uzbek suzma (that I've had so far at least) very much---not even with the luscious crisp juicy radishes they serve it with---if I put it in the freezer for a day, so that it forms ice crystals... then I love it.

They do also add a light sprinkling of some red spice to a part of it---could be a tiny bit of paprika?---maybe more of that would also make it tastier... the burning yoghurt, fire and milky ice crystals...

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: Yesterday, 03:42 PM

[worry]

Oh here we go again with the Uzbek suzma. Can we go a single day without all the Uzbek suzma talk?

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 01 May 2025 - 03:37 PM, said:

Oh here we go again with the Uzbek suzma. Can we go a single day without all the Uzbek suzma talk?

Yeah, it's tiresome to see chatter about *checks notes* a tangy yogurt cheese? so regularly.

[amphibian]

This suzma cheese sounds delicious and also a set-up for a ligma situation.

Azath, you might like churpi (often used as dog chews because they're so hard). https://en.m.wikiped...rg/wiki/Chhurpi

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

It also tastes better if you've been fasting for five days. Prolonged fasting reduces gut microbiome diversity but might make it more feasible for probiotics to cause long-lasting changes in the gut microbiome. (Pickled vegetables are also an option; but there's a strong association between pickled vegetable consumption and stomach cancer in studies on East Asian populations; OTOH the results of observational studies on non-East Asians have been mixed so far... although rates of stomach cancer are also significantly higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe, and pickled vegetables are consumed more frequently in Eastern Europe. A disadvantage of fasting is that---at least in rodents---there's an increased risk of carcinogenesis during the recovery period if exposed to carcinogens.)

Suzma is very similar to chakka, labaneh, and Greek yoghurt, though I see some suzma recipes suggest straining Greek yoghurt to produce suzma, so I'd guess that suzma is actually strained more. It's interesting how they're served differently---an acclaimed local Lebanese restaurant serves labaneh topped with olive oil and mint, to be eaten with pita... instead of topping it with paprika (if that's what that sprinkling of mysterious red powder is---could also be powdered beets?), to be eaten with radishes. (But they're really good radishes!)

I prefer Uzbek chalop as usually served (it's a watery chilled yoghurt soup with chopped cucumbers and spices), but suzma is strained and aged and so almost certainly has a higher density of bacteria. Mmm, bacteria... if "cheese is the corpse of milk", suzma is the zombie... or the lich.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: Yesterday, 08:01 PM