What's your secret ingredient that makes your version of a common dish better than anyone else's?
Both. Although dried ones stay longer and are easier to crush by hand.
What's your secret ingredient that makes your version of a common dish better than anyone else's?
Asafoetida and curry leaves. Not exactly secret, but skipping these will make my food taste bland. Also chopping curry leaves will add more flavour.
Is there a way to browse Twitter without creating an account?
You can use guerilla mail to create a temporary email address, which you can use to register on twitter.
Your username has suddenly become your only means of staying alive. How bad is it?
At least you have a pi(e).
I feel like I'm missing out by not distro-hopping
If you don't have any issue with mint, don't bother changing distros. Distro hopping is not necessary to enjoy linux.
"move on to something else" once I got comfortable with the OS.
I would suggest moving on to another distro if you're not comfortable with Mint. The whole purpose of distro hopping is to find which distro is comfortable for you.