u/KudzuPlant

I am diagnosed with IBS, Hashimotos and likely something else the doctors havent exactly pinned down yet. Also dealong with sleep apnea with just compounds all the fatigue from Hashimotos.

Nothing is enjoyable anymore. Every piece of food that isnt bland and tatseless feels like a dice roll. No doctors have anything for me in terms of prescriptions, practical lifestyle advice or hope for improvement. This is the first week since December that I dont have any appointments because Im sick of doctors wasting my time to take my blood work and then just shrug and suggest "better diet and more sleep". If my partner doesnt force me out of bed, I will sleep for 12+ hours and still feel like shit. My diet is so tightly controlled as it is.

I used to enjoy cooking with a passion. I have a huge spice cabinet with rare and uncommon spices from all around the world that I used to wow my friends and wife with when I cooked. Now I feel guilty and like I am just inevitably making my life harder by cooking with things that are considered inflammatory.

More than anything, I cant get myself to make music anymore and that really makes me feel like life isnt worth living anymore. Everytime I sit down and try, my brain is in such a state of fog from fatigue that ir just feels impossible. Even when I get started on better days, it is inevitable that Ill end up stuck in the bathroom and not feel like doing anything after I am out.

For context I do not mean clubs that play Top 40 EDM tunes and I do not mean a renegade rave scene either (although if there is the latter, Id be very keen to get a foot in the door)

So I am an electronic musician who lives about 30 minutes south of Roanoke but grew up there. All my life I have wondered if there is some sort of scene for music that is kinda "alternative" Electronic music. What I mean by alternative is stuff more in the realm of Autechre, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada rather than something like Diplo or Skrillex.

When I was a youngin' about 15 years ago I stumbled into a few noise shows that took place above the old 202 Market Spot. I believe the space was like a unused Art Gallery. To this day I cannot find anyone who knows what I am talking about in regards to this venue or any acts that were associated with them. I would love to see a rekindling of whatever that was that I somehow found myself at as a kid. No clue who I saw at these shows but it changed my life.

The text on my Elektron Model Samples is slowly but surely fading away even with the lightest and most diligent cleaning methods. Oversynth used to be the go to for that but it looks like their domain expired. The alternative that I found is a site called mxpand and while I like their overlay, they are currently not available til possibly June.

So I am aware that venison (deer meat) is probably not that common in Indian cuisine. Regionally it may have its place but largely I have not found much evidence to support that venison is a common meat that is prepared in India.

That being said, I have a venison roast that I really want to slow cook with some ghee and spices. However, I am unsure of how to approach this. Generally speaking, venison tastes like a bit like mutton but with its own qualities.

If you had a 3lb roast you were going to slow cook, how would you season it? If all else fails I am going with Zataar which I know isn't Indian food but I feel would be a good fallback