May 15, 2016 at 04:04AM

Yesterday I Learned: 1) How to make Chipotle's sofritas! More or less. Actually, they were *even better* than Chipotle's sofritas, probably because of the effort and investment that went into them (and the extra lime (and maybe the triple dose of garlic)). Basically, the key is lots and lots of ancho chile sauce and cumin powder. Thanks Erik Jue, Anders Knight, and Andrey Shur for putting those things together with me! 2) It's quite possible that the harvester ants I'm keeping have one of the more painful known (and catalogued) stings, according to the Schmidt pain index. Fortunately, I have been able to avoid finding out for sure with some basic caution. Henceforth, I will use some extra caution as well. 3) You can buy wingless fruit flies online, and they're *really cheap*.