#waiting for the yams to roast

[discworldwitches]

i have been making roasted yam & braised arugula and poached eggs for breakfast/lunch and the difference from being overstimulated in the last few moments to how i feel after i have eaten is so major and makes the cooking worth it

[sevenines]

i find out more and more that a lot of people hate sweet potato T_T why

[queensharotto]

Brittle Doughie’s Cookie Run x Reader Masterlist (Part 8: Summer 2024)

A masterlist of @brittle-doughie’s Cookie Run stories organized by month.

Genre Emojis

😞 is for angst, 🎃 is for Halloween, 🎄 is for Christmas, 🍪 is for Cannibalism, 💗 is for Yandere, 💝 is for Valentine’s, 👻 is for Horror, 🎂 is for Birthday, 💚 is for Yandere!White Lily Cookie, and 😈 is for Ancient Beast AU (Inspired by Cuppajj’s Beast Ancient AU)

The Indents are related to the featured cookies. If there are numerous cookies (Over 10 Cookies Featured), I’ll make a note on that as well. Additionally, I’ll categorize various cookies if they’re associated with a specific hobby, location, food etc.

Also, the ⭐️ will indicate a story featuring one of Brittle’s OCs while ✨ will indicate someone’s interpretation of Y/N Cookie.

Additionally, many people proved art to showcase to Brittle, which will be indicated by this: 🖌️. I will also mention who provided the art.

June 2024 ☀️

• “Lethality” ⭐️

Featuring: White Lily Cookie and Brittle’s OCs

• “Get Along”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie

• “Back to Your Tree NOW”

Featuring: White Lily Cookie and the Five Beasts

• “Mothers of the Republic”

Featuring: Madeleine Cookie, Clotted Cream Cookie, Light Cream Cookie and Grand Madeleine Cookie

• “Pearly Contemplation”

Featuring: Peppermint Cookie and Oyster Cookie's Envoy

• “A Warm Welcome”

Featuring: Strawberry Stick Cookie and Mint Wafer Cookie

• “Yin and Yang”

Featuring: Peach Blossom and Affogato Cookie

• “Can’t We ALL Just Get Along”

Featuring: The Ancients and the Beasts

• “Walls of the Baker”

Featuring: The Ancients and the Beasts

• “I Don’t Remember You”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie

• “Fishing Season”

Featuring: The Five Beasts

• “Cuddles”

Featuring: The Ancient Cookies

• “Corruption”

Featuring: White Lily Cookie

• “Stepparent”

Featuring: Clotted Cream Cookie and Light Cream Cookie

• “Auntie Time”

Featuring: Madeleine Cookie’s Aunts

• “Embracing the Purple Warrior”

Featuring: Purple Yam Cookie

• “Peach Kisses”

Featuring: Peach Blossom Cookie and Dark Cacao Cookie

• “Marriage Ensembles”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and White Lily Cookie

• “Reunited”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie

• “The Ivory Prophet Joins the Kingdom”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie

• “The Ancient Beast Order” 😈

Featuring: The Ancient Beasts (AU Tag)

• “Bad Endings” 😈

Featuring: The Ancient Beasts

• “The Prophet of Salvation” 😈

Featuring: Beast Pure Vanilla Cookie and Black Raisin Cookie

• “The Manufacturer of Darkness”

Featuring: Dark Enchantess Cookie and Red Velvet Cookie

July 2024 🎆

• “Fork This! I Quit!”

Featuring: Timekeeper Cookie

• “The Lover of Passion” 😈

Featuring: Beast Hollyberry Cookie, Tea Knight Cookie, Pitaya Dragon Cookie and Wildberry Cookie

• “Illusion of Dreams”

Featuring: Clotted Cream Cookie

• “Ancient Heroes Roast”

Featuring: Shadow Milk Cookie

• “Mermaid to Cookie”

Featuring: Crimson Coral Cookie

• “Volition’s End”

Featuring: Mystic Flour Cookie and Cloud Haetae Cookie

• “Amigurumi”

Featuring: The Ancient Cookies

• “Ticklish” 😈

Featuring: Beast Pure Vanilla Cookie

• “Return to Sender”

Featuring: Strawberry Stick Cookie and Mint Wafer Cookie

• “It’s Gonna Be A LONG Ride”

Featuring: Numerous Cookies

• “Hissy Fits”

Featuring: Pure Vanilla Cookie and Shadow Milk Cookie

• “Gwimbly Cookie”

Featuring: Strawberry Cookie

• “Aerokinesis”

Featuring: Gingerbrave, Snakefruit Cookie and the Five Dragons

• “Heartfelt Unison”

Note: Y/N Cookie’s Skill

• “Thank You Y/N Cookie! Your Princess ISN’T in Another Castle” ⭐️

Featuring: Crowned Cupcake Cookie

• “Cookie Flipside”

Featuring: Light Cream Cookie

• “Soda Adventure 2: Draw Your Blade”

Featuring: Cream Soda Cookie and Cherry Cola Cookie

• “Superstar! The Cookie Olympics Event!”

Featuring: Ice Candy Cookie, White Choco Cookie, Choco Bar Cookie, Skating Queen Cookie and Muscle Cookie

• “I’ll Wait For Your Return”

Featuring: Caramel Arrow Cookie, Black Raisin Cookie, Stardust Cookie and White Lily Cookie

• “Raspberry Rose”

Featuring: Raspberry Mousse Cookie and Rose Cookie

• “La Resistance”

Featuring: Black Raisin Cookie

August 2023 🌅

• “Love You or Not” ⭐️

Featuring: Royal Icing Cookie

• “Lines”

Featuring: Royal Margarine Cookie, Pastry Cookie, Parfait Cookie, Twizzly Gummy Cookie and Licorice Cookie

• “Spice and Zest”

Featuring: Crushed Pepper Cookie and Lemon Zest Cookie

• “Keeping Friends Close and Best Friends Closer”

Featuring: Cream Soda Cookie and Cherry Cola Cookie

• “Compliments”

Featuring: Dark Cacao Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie

• “Tale of the Mansion” 🍪

Featuring: The Juice Bar Regulars

• “A Little Help”

Featuring: Star Coral Cookie

• “Feathered Envy”

Featuring: Blue Slushy Cookie, Red Panna Cotta Cookie, Sugar Swan Cookie, Pilot Cookie, The Cookiemals and Whipped Cream Cookie

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[buffetlicious]

For the Braised Fried Fish Maw Seafood Treasure Soup, the staff portioned it into ten smaller bowls before serving it to us. Not sure if it is because I am holding a camera, but my bowl came with more chunks of crab meat and fish maw. Basically, a seafood soup thickened with starch so the ingredients seem to be suspended/frozen in the soup. Black vinegar and white pepper accompanied this soup so feel free to add some to it.

Well, the Roasted Crispy Chicken with Prawn Crackers was warm and tender to eat, it however wasn’t crispy at it. And just like everywhere else in Singapore, they referred to this deep-fried chicken as a roasted chicken. Sprinkle a bit of the salt & pepper before putting it into the mouth. A lacklustre dish but thank goodness, the prawn crackers were crispy though.

This Steamed Hybrid Garoupa in Hong Kong Style was cut into sections just before they served it to us. This hybrid grouper is probably a cross between the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) and brown-marbled grouper or tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) and given the Dragon Tiger Grouper (龙虎斑) name. The fish got to be very fresh to be steamed and cooked with just a simple condiment of soya sauce, julienned spring onions and cilantro leaves for garnish. The end result, sweet springy flesh with collagen like skin that is so good to eat.

The Braised Whole 10-Head Abalone with Sea Cucumber and Spinach was up next but the process of waiting for the next dish to be served was a long one as in-between the hosts are showing us video stories of the newly married couple and plus the live singing by the friends and band. Ten pieces each of the abalone and sea cucumber sitting atop a bed of blanched Popeye’s favourite green vegetable. Why 10 you may ask? Because a table usually seat ten people so the food portions are divided equally so each get a piece of everything (for the expensive ingredients that is). The only complaint for this dish is that the spinach is on the bitter side.

Like an overturned basket or nest, spilling out Deep-Fried Prawns with Black Truffle Mayonnaise Sauce. If there is anything to change for the presentation, I would move the red and green coral lettuces from under the eatable nest and placed it in the nest for a more dramatic effect. Anyway, these truffle gratings lend an aromatic and earthy fragrances to the classic mayo prawns topped with orange flying fish roe. My colleague and I detected a mild spicy hint of wasabi in it but another colleague said it is from the truffle and mayo combo. Differences aside, this is one dish I won’t mind having again.

I always love this noodle served at the end of the dinner courses just before dessert. The Braised Ee-Fu Noodles with Yellow Chives and Straw Mushrooms is a usual staple at wedding due to the fact it is also known as longevity noodles (寿面). Normally, I would consume more than a bowl of the yi mein (伊面) but that night I was already quite stuffed from the dishes served and I was leaving room for dessert. :D

By the time the last dish was up and the clock was ticking closer to 11pm. The warm Teochew Yam Paste with Gingko Nut and Coconut Milk with its gooey and smooth yam (taro) paste and whole gingko nuts smothered in thickened coconut milk is bursting with sweetness and a great comfort to many of us Singaporeans. I liked the fact that the chef tuned the sugar level to just sweet enough as I preferred mine not too saccharine. Anyway, I just had to ask for another bowl as it was just too good to pass up.

Dinner is now over and after shaking hands with the groom, bride and their respective parents, it is time to head to the train station to catch the train home.

[wispstalk]

What would your idea of a Dunmer feast be like? What spices would they use? This could be set in Morrowind or somewhere else!

A Velothi party is a long affair, and if you tap out before midnight you're considered kind of a dick. Dinner cannot begin until a heaping plate is made up and offered at the waiting door-- this is usually done by any children present. But it's common to put out a few snacks so people don't get too grouchy waiting for the main event. Fried ash yam croquettes and charred mushroom caps with bittergreen pesto are common choices.

Carbs and condiments are the real backbone of the meal. It isn't a feast without piles of wickwheat flatbreads flavored with caraway, and a big pot of saltrice studded with cumin, coriander, groundnuts, and dried comberries. Various chutneys: marshmerrow and mint, garlicky scrib jelly, pulped melon with black pepper and hot chilis. Raw hackle-lo is also served plain-- it eases digestion and refreshes the palate between dishes.

At a smaller scale the accompaniment will be a couple different stews, and one of these is likely to be spicy as all get-out. In large or wealthy households, where multiple cooks can provide, you'll see more labor-intensive dishes: kwama egg tarts, scrib pan-fried with mustard seed and asafoetida, bantam guar roasted after marinating in comberry wine and paprika.

Cheydinhal Dunmer have access to some imported goods from home, and have incorporated Nibenese curries, leavened breads, and pies into their feast tables. In Solstheim's harsh landscape, where few things can grow, one centerpiece ingredient is prepared several different ways to showcase the versatility and resourcefulness of the cook(s).

[changelingsandothernonsense]

Wip Whenever

It's the first day of spring kids! I want winter to come back... Tagged by both @mareenavee and @orfeoarte <3 I get to this really late so I imagine everyone else has been tagged/ I probably shouldn't be a bother with my art wips lol. Anyway, we have art and writing... I've been doing a bit of costume design. That and we finished Josh's hair in the render and we will start with that.

Josh fucking about in his big, fancy warlord tent before assaulting Red Mountain. That man built an army and is choosing to be a tart about it. Let him be... also probably the longest extent of his hair. :P This is long so under a cut the rest goes!

Next, I've been playing with two concepts the first is Josh's Twin Lamps persona Molag’shaln. Oh, it's a whole arch.

And the next is Josh's appearance as of 4th Era 199. Complete with Ashlander ritual scaring. These symbolise atonement (yes Yani has the same style, he got them as atonement for familial mistakes, Josh's is Red Mountain related). Oh and the mullet stays, I can't help myself. It's too him.

Josh is done with everyone ever for the reasons below... Writing! Been working on Serious Mistakes again and yes...its a Josh chapter. Josh is in a fight then he gets tired.

Hang on.

“What?” He hissed under his breath.

Something whizzed past Teldryn’s right ear, the sound vibrating the hollow helmet. He felt a heat erupt behind him and smelt the stench of burning fabric, wood, roasting fish, ash yams. He turned to face the bazaar and saw the canopies had caught alight, the flames spreading through the marketplace with a ferocity that suggested an accelerant. He realised that he hadn’t smelt anything but sulphur, ash storms... Surely, he hadn’t missed something that obvious! He rushed back towards the marketplace. A small group of well-armoured mercenaries were clashing with a growing contingent of Redoran Guard. He scanned the battle scene, searching for the Argonian who stole his belongings earlier that day. Nothing! Wait! Scales!

The scene was a blur as Teldryn rushed in. Golden moonstone sword clashing with blades of iron, steel. He moved between the mercenaries like a dancer, skewering one particularly persistent one who would just not fall to his sword the first five times he slashed at him. He hastily pushed the dying Nord off his blade with the heel of his boot.

He looked around the scene before him, the shadows from the fire were disorientating and the smoke was beginning to choke the air from his lungs. No! He can’t have lost that bastard yet! Not when he was so close! There was a sudden movement. A peculiar figure in dark leather armour was racing north up the main street towards the city gates. Slight, his tail bobbing in rhythm with his gate. He’d found his man! 

He heard a woman scream.

He looked behind him, attempting to locate the out-of-place noise. Not far from the entrance to the Netch was his answer. A Khajiit was tugging a slight dunmeri woman by her hair. His clawed hands unsheathing his sword. Time seemed to stand still for several moments. Teldryn looked back towards the fleeing Argonian. Then towards the Khajiit. He watched as the Dunmeri woman reached for the small weapon at her belt. The Khajiit moved his blade towards her abdomen. Shit! He ran towards the mercenary, sword in hand. He grabbed the fucker by the throat and plunged his blade through the cat’s spine. Bone cracking and giving to his blade, the slightest smell of burned flesh and hair wafted on the wind. The Khajiit gurgled as his body finally went limp against the blade.

They really just make it too easy?

He let out a breath and looked over the mess before him. The Dunmeri woman had landed on the ground. Auburn hair fell wildly over her face. The front of her terracotta tunic now soaked a dark red. She stared back up at him with those same wide, amaranth-coloured eyes he’d first noticed at the corner club weeks ago. What was she still doing out here? Practically unarmed and totally underprepared!

What was she thinking?

Why do you care?

“Damn Outlanders, never paying attention! You’ll get yourself killed!” He scolded. Teldryn pulled his blade from the now lifeless mercenary and dropped the sod to the ground before the woman. He lightly flicked the errant blood to the side and watched as the woman before him smiled and tilted her head to the side. 

He didn’t mind that. He also didn’t have time for this.

Don’t lose him!

Shit! Right again! Teldryn looked back towards the main gates, the faint shadow of his mark disappearing amongst the darkness. He was right, the Raven Rock Gaols were the target. He took off in pursuit, all his focus on reaching those cells before that fuck could disappear into the tunnels. He moved through the dying chaos, certain that the rest of Veleth’s men could handle whatever mercenaries were left. Teldryn sprinted back through the main street slowing down to a light jog as he approached the Bulwark. He can’t lose him down those tunnels. Not now!

He reached the shabby wooden door that led to the town’s gaols. It had been left wide open.

Teldryn quickly entered the narrow passageway, carefully closing the door behind him. He didn’t need anyone else following him. Not when he was so close! He stomped through the dimly lit corridor towards the singular cell that lay at the end. The barred gate had been unlocked and left wide open. The room before him was empty save for the small, extremely uncomfortable cot that lay in the corner. He had spent more nights than he cared to admit on that thing. And yet, as exhaustion began to settle in his bones once again that old cot seemed just as inviting as his bed back at the Retching Netch.

By Azura had he really wasted this much energy?

[stunie]

Ahhh thank you so much for my match zevie!! You're such a sweetie and it's so so nice of you to take the time to think all these out and type them all out for us!! I'm the gal you matched with Narumi hehehe. I've only watched the anime for now but I do want to read the manga in the future! So I don't know too much about him except he's kind of a prickly troll who plays video games? And has beef with hoshina my one true love? If he pisses me off maybe I'll threaten to leave him for soshiro let's see how he likes that lol

Out of curiosity and if you're still bored enough to answer who would you pick for me in wb? I haven't watched it but I thoroughly enjoy absorbing all my info about the anime from fandom haha

AH IT WAS YOU YAM !!! HEHEHE I WAS GIGGLING READING YOUR ASK. i can’t wait for u to get to him !! he’s great and he’s definitely a character ^ ^

for wind breaker, it would have to be suo for similar reasons i gave w narumi !! i want to see chaos and fire. roasts and sarcasm with suo as a love language? pleaseee let me see it > <

[intheclearblueskies]

Favorite Fall Activities

| Masterlist |

Tanjiro:

Both of you love growing things, and so fall is the season for you both to reap what you've down (literally). Tanjiro especially loves the recipes you have for some fall favorites, including pumpkin soup.

Nezuko:

Ever since you were young, you'd had the hobby of pressing especially pretty leaves. Come the fall season, you had a large sample size to choose from. Nezuko usually sits beside you at night while you look through the fiery-golden leaves, helping you choose which ones to press.

Zenitsu:

Zenitsu got you into the habit of raking up leaves from one of the big trees at your home, but it usually devolves into the two of you making a big pile and jumping into it, giggling like children.

Inosuke:

Two words: Fall food. Inosuke loves it when you take him out to the street vendors so that you can both look through and try different fall dishes. His current favorite is the udon with grated yam and slices of roasted chestnuts.

Giyuu:

Giyuu loves sitting with you beside the fire, just reading or basking in each other's company. It's a far cry from the usual bustle of pillar life, and it feels nice to just take time to be with each other on crisp nights.

Kyojuro:

Kyojuro loves it when you hang out with him and his family at his estate. Senjuro is always so excited to see you, and it soon devolves into you helping him with his chores and playing with him (or perhaps sneaking in some meditation or lessons in your Breath style). It just gives him a happy glow to see you getting along with even his crochety old father (Shinjuro would never admit it, but he enjoys your company too).

Muichiro:

Even though it's more of a chore than anything, he appreciates it when you split wood with him. You're so graceful as you wield the axe, he often takes time just to stare at you. If you catch him, he just smiles, making your cheeks heat up.

Shinobu:

She enjoys it when you go with her to find rare herbs and extracts. Sure, you can do this in any season, but the fall is especially beautiful and peaceful; some of your best dates have been while you two walk through the forest, admiring the colors of the leaves and inspecting mushrooms.

Gyomei:

Sitting alone with him on fall nights, talking late into the night and sipping tea is what he enjoys most. The two of you share roasted, spiced apples and just... talk about whatever comes up. The future, about the state of things, even about your pasts. It's a quiet serenity that just feels like him.

Sanemi:

He would never publicly admit it, but he likes going apple picking with you. There's an orchard in the nearby village that he likes to go to that he'll take you to. The two of you make a day of it, picking as much as you want (and allowing him to show off how high he can reach, allowing you to get a glimpse of his skin as his shirt rides up).

Akaza:

On especially cool fall nights, you might sit outside, light a fire in your pit, and wait for Akaza. He almost always shows up, ready to sit at your side and just watch the flickers of ash reach for the sky. Even though he doesn't eat human food to survive, you still offer him roasted meat (you have your own) to eat with you.

Douma:

Sometimes on pretty fall days, you'll bring your orphans in to see Douma. You'll share whatever you've got on you; sometimes it's roasted meat, sometimes it's an extra jug of blood (disguised as red wine so your kids won't be too curious), sometimes it's fragrant pouches of spice to decorate his main room. He doesn't mind your kids, though he loves it when you come to him with presents.

Kokushibo:

He doesn't mind it when you sit with him on rooftops, gazing up at the moon and stars. You'll sit there, running your hands through his hair and talking softly about things. He doesn't mind affection as long as you're alone, and even accepts forehead kisses from you. He'll preen at your praises of how handsome he is, though he'd probably never tell you outright.

Muzan:

Muzan (as a woman) often accompanies you to small night festivals dressed in the most beautiful fall kimonos, lips painted that same cherry red. Sometimes you feel that s(he) outshines you, but he's quick to reassure you that his eyes don't wander; if anything, you should be lucky that he's paying attention at all (his words, not yours). He'll buy you something like a pretty kanzashi to wear in your hair and watch over you, painted hand clasped tightly in yours.

Yoriichi:

He loves taking long walks through the woods with you, hand-in-hand. Sometimes you'll stop in a particularly scenic location and sit together with a snack or two before returning to your home, but he just loves being with you and watching the colors with you.

[sunriseverse]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

tagged by the ever-wonderful @lucientelrunya (thank you!!!!)

3 ships you like: right now nanqiu are drilling holes into my mind, but my other two would be pingpangxie and yan wei/xu youyi (i have less than zero idea what their shipname is rip)

First ship ever: i know i've probably said something else on a different one of these but the one that comes to mind is sandfire (i didn't know what gay people were at that age)

Last song you heard: training season because of this fabulous nanqiu amv

Favourite childhood book: the his dark materials trilogy and the inheritance cycle. i attribute much of my writing skill to how much those two series fucked my poor little baby mind up and reordered everything within it

Currently reading: disorder under heaven: collective violence in the ming dynasty and kaleidoscope of death as well. disorder under heaven i picked up thinking it was about violence AGAINST the collective, not BY the collective, so while it's still interesting, it isn't giving me the information i want regarding state punishment of the citizenry. kod i am reading very, very slowly because i want to finish it so i can write all the fic but i keep only reading it late at night and then i fall asleep like one or two chapters in. oh, wait, i just checked my libby app—i'm also reading she who became the sun which i've wanted to read for a while and hadn't realised was set during the yuan dynasty era? which makes me extra excited about it.

Currently watching: zmyx/the spirealm and very slowly making my way through jue ze/stand by me (i was supposed to be done with it by now :') but unfortunately some real life shit happened)

Currently consuming: banana!

Currently craving: i want roasted chestnuts and roasted yams so bad T^T

tagging....... @mispronouncing-michaelangelo @loverboygf @thatswhatsushesaid @hilsoncrater @missanthropicprinciple and anyone else who wants to play!

[stardewremixed]

First Day of Fall

a little late on this... 1st day of fall... what are the Stardewies doing? 

Abigail - pumpkin spice cookies, pumpkin creamer in coffee, pumpkin pie, pumpkin colored wool scarves, pumpkin socks, pumpkin bread, pumpkin biscotti, pumpkin spice candles, pumpkin everything!

Alex - IT’S GRIDBALL SEASON! Tell your friends. Busting out his jersey and face paint, ready to toss the ball around in the yard or on the beach with anyone who happens by and in front of the TV the moment a game starts with pizza and popcorn and snacks. 

Elliott - watching the sunset over the ocean, admiring the changes in the season

Emily - sewing her Spirits Eve costume and inevitably making Haley’s also 

Haley - taking photos of all the fall foliage 

Harvey - an apple a day keeps the doc... oh wait! Apple season is delightful anyhow. 

Leah - sculpting a turkey piece for the Valley Friendsgiving celebration 

Maru - daydreaming about an fall dance in the fixed-up Community Center 

Penny - reading spooky stories near the graveyard

Sam - raking leaves in the yard, jumping in the pile with Vince, and then starting all over again

Sebastian - playing a video game (what else?) slupring back pumpkin soup until forced to go on an autumn hike with his family 

Shane - helping Marnie bake pies in the kitchen (taste testing is fun) and he doesn’t have anything better to do 

Caroline - perusing magazines for fall recipes and activities  

Clint - working... but a nice autumn ale at the Stardrop sounds nice 

Demetrius - observing the changes in fall flora and fauna and taking notes for his scientific findings 

Evelyn - picking fall flowers for a small arrangement on the kitchen table 

George - complaining that it’s a day like any other day, but secretly glad kids are back in school as it’s quieter 

Gunther - setting up the new display of harvest traditions in ancient times at the museum/library 

Gus - rotating to the autumn menu - cinnamon apple butter pancakes for the Sunday brunch is a town fave! 

Jas - searching for butterflies, toadstools, and little fairies in the Cindersap Forest 

Jodi - offering up prayers to Yoba for a good harvest to bless the town 

Kent - roasting hazelnuts in the backyard firepit 

Lewis - yay! It’s Autumn’s Bounty season again. 

Linus - looking for root vegetables like yams... nothing like a fire-roasted yam and a bit of butter. 

Marnie - baking a million pumpkin pies for everyone in town, and then putting an autumn leaf in her hair when she heads to the Stardrop 

Morris - raising membership prices now that people are flooding in for pre-baked apple pies, candy corn, popcorn balls, and caramel apples

Pam - looking for Linus to try and bum some of the man’s yams to make glazed yams... maybe Penny will come home and eat dinner tonight.  

Pierre - arguing with Caroline about his refusal to stock corn in the store (he has a whole conspiracy theory about the horrors of corn syrup) 

Robin - leading everyone on an autumn mountain hike (”forced family fun” as Sebastian likes to call it) 

Vincent - playing in a leaf pile with Sam (giggling when his mom asks why there are leaves in his hair) 

Willy - decorating his shop with a fall theme - pumpkins right outside the door - and whipping up a fish dinner with julienned squash, carrots, and zucchini (mmm... I’m eating dinner at Willy’s house tonight)  

[renee-writer]

Harvest Festival

Mood board and idea are from the brilliant mind of @farmerscats . Happy Thanksgiving everyone

AO3

He proudly carries it in by it’s feet. Bree follows, smiling.

 

“Did you really shoot that Roger Mac?” Jamie can’t quite believe it. His son-in-law isn’t known as the best shot.

 

“Aye truly, Jamie. All of Brianna ‘s lessons are finally paying off.”

 

“Very good before Jemmy gets old enough to hunt, his dad learns.”

 

“I shall clean it. We will need to get it baking,” she takes it from him, “it is a good twenty-five pounder.” Bree carries the turkey into the kitchen. Adso, the cat, follows.

 

Claire and Marsali work in the vegetable garden, gathering up the last of the harvest.  Most will be canned, but some will be used for a harvest celebration, their own Thanksgiving.

 

They have a lot to be thankful for. A great harvest, the courtship of wee Ian and Rachel, a growing family with Marsali and Bree expecting again, with the extended family of Murtagh and Jenny with them.

 

Sorrow follows too. Life isn’t all sun without the rain. They lost Ian Sr. to a stroke earlier in the year. That is the reason Jenny is with them.

 

A harvest festival, Thanksgiving celebration is what is needed to remind them all they have to be thankful for.

 

Germaine, Jenny, Jane, and, Felecia are out gathering colorful leaves and pinecones for a centerpiece for the table. Potatoes will be mashed, corn roasted, turkey baked, and fresh rolls made. Pies of yams and pumpkin will be baked.

 

Rachel works alongside Jenny. The younger lass keeps her head down, intimidated by her future mother -in-law. They are removing the pulpy seeds from the inside of the pumpkins.

 

Beside them, Claire and Marsali work on yams, while the turkey is prepared by Bree. The men, meanwhile, are building a fire to cook in. Rollo runs around them, barking at the blowing leaves.

 

“Your hound is insane.” Murtagh remarks to Ian.

 

“Nae, he knows something is different. Can sense it.” Ian whistles and Rollo stops, trots over, and sits by his side, “good boy.”

 

“Claire says they call this time, Thanksgiving, in the future” Jamie says. The fire pit is roaring hot.

 

“Thanksgiving, ouí. It makes sense.”

 

“Showing thanks for the harvest.” Ian says, “and all our other blessings.” His instinct has him looking to the house, where Rachel is.

 

His uncle laughs. “Are you going to marry her, Ian?”

 

“Aye Uncle Jamie. Just waiting for her brother to return so I can ask for her hand.”

 

“A grand thing, that will be. Will lift some of the sorrow from your mam.” Murtagh comments. They all sadly bow their heads.

 

They women work smoothly together. Once all is prepared, it is carried out to the fire. The men help them place the turkey in the middle, with the corn and pies around them. Photos are roasted to be mashed.

 

The big table in the big house is full of food and family. Jamie smiles at them as he stands.

 

“What a blessed man, I am, with such a large family gathered around me. Claire calls this time, Thanksgiving. So, I give thanks for her, for the love we share, for our children and grandchildren. I give thanks for my sister being here, for my Godfather. I thank God for my nephew and his lass, Rachel.  For the harvest bounty before us.”

 

Murtagh, as the eldest man at the table, says Grace. They pass around the bowls and platters, filling plates. The children whisper together between bites. Rollo and Adso are handed bites under the table. Ian and Rachel hold hands under the same. The presence of her family lightens Jenny’s  grief.

 

It is a grand first Thanksgiving at Fraser’s Ridge.

[vaultsixtynine]

we were talking favorite restaurants in the dnd group and i'm now thinking abt zari's diet and it's fucking abysmal.

she gets paranoid about food made by other people. she also is not Used to strongly-flavored food, rich foods, pretty much food as any source of joy in life, and she's only learned how to cook like 5 things in her free time. on top of all of that: she just doesn't eat very often, and getting food down can be a gargantuan task that she'll put off until the last possible minute.

zari cuisine:

oatmeal (gets the job done and she doesn't mind the flavor or lack thereof but the 'mush' element has unpleasant memories attached that she sometimes is okay with and sometimes Very Much Is Not)

potatoes and yams (learned how to roast these early on in her quest to Not Straight Up Die - potatoes happened first, but she discovered yams afterwards and LOOOOVES them. these 2 tubers are like 90% of her diet)

eggs (she can cook these herself for the most part, they travel well if they're hardboiled, and it's the most reliable protein + fat source that doesn't make her stomach tie itself in knots)

plain bread (doesn't know how to make this herself but she will wait upwards of three months until buying baked goods of any kind from a baker she's decided will be Her Source. she does also like sweet pastries but they're often sooooo rich she immediately gets sick)

mangoes and bananas (she can just go pick them off the tree herself; she can't eat too many or she gets sick. she's eaten unripe fruit unknowingly before and also had a terrible time with that.)

dried fruits (painstakingly tested various dried fruits from local sellers until she was certain none of them would make her sick - her favorites are apricots, cherries, and pineapple. dried mango makes her sad)

granola bars (good travel ration, she Can make them herself if she has the foresight to buy all the ingredients, the grains part is filling enough so that she can eat a small amount and be sated, she likes it sweetened with dried fruit and nuts but will take it unsweetened and plain if that's all that's available)

[081098]

sdv gifting

Listing this out for my own reference! My approach to gifting is to prioritize gifts that I don’t need to go out of my way to get. Basically I prefer using gifts I get while mining, whether it’s gems or enemy drops. My next go-to is forage items.

Bolded items are my preferred gifts Starred items (*) means that I use higher quality gifts when possible

Gems/Mines Items

Amethyst: Abigail, Clint, Dwarf, Emily

Diamond: Evelyn, Gus, Maru, Penny, Jodi, Krobus, Willy

Frozen Tear: Sebastian

Crab Cakes: Elliott

Miner’s Treat: Maru (Mummies)

Void Essence/Solar Essence: Wizard

Forage

Coconut*: Haley, Linus

Cactus Fruit*: Sam

Daisy/Sweet Pea/Crocus*: Sandy

Grapes*: Vincent

Leek*: George

Purple Mushroom*: Wizard

Wild Horseradish*: Krobus

Saloon/Store items

Beer: Shane, Pam

Cranberry Candy: Vincent (Gus on Ginger Island)

Coffee: Harvey

Crab Cakes: Elliott (Available after Willy’s 6-heart scene)

Ice Cream: Demetrius (Ice cream cart)

Miner’s Treat: Maru (Can buy from the Dwarf)

Pizza: Sam, Shane

Roots Platter: Penny (Volcano Dwarf, 50% daily chance)

Salad: Leah

Spaghetti: Robin

Super Meal: Harvey (Volcano Dwarf, 50% daily chance)

Crops/Fruit trees

Cauliflower*: Maru

Fairy Rose*: Jas

Hot Pepper*: Lewis, Shane

Mango*: Leo

Melon*: Penny

Orange*: Gus

Parsnip*: Pam

Peach*: Robin

Pomegranate*: Elliott

Poppy*: Penny

Pumpkin*: Abigail, Krobus, Willy

Strawberry*: Demetrius, Maru

Summer Spangle*: Caroline

Sunflower*: Haley

Tulip*: Evelyn

Cooked Foods*

Generally I don’t bother cooking meals for NPCs, but it's sometimes more convenient than waiting for crops to grow (looking at you Jas and your stupid Fairy Roses. Easier to keep a few plums in the fridge). Most of these are things you might get from treasure rooms or crates. *Use Qi Seasoning for gold-quality cooked foods*

Autumn’s Bounty: Lewis

Bean Hotpot: Demetrius, Emily

Complete Breakfast/Salmon Dinner: Alex (Fuck this guy tbh)

Dish of the Sea: Linus

Farmer’s Lunch: Marnie

Fiddlehead Risotto/Roasted Hazelnuts: Kent

Fish Taco: Caroline, Gus

Fried Calamari: Pierre (Fuck this guy too)

Fried Mushroom: George

Ginger Ale: Vincent

Glazed Yams: Lewis, Pam

Pancakes: Jodi

Parsnip Soup: Pam

Plum Pudding: Jas

Pink Cake: Haley, Jas, Marnie, Vincent

Rhubarb Pie: Jodi, Maru

Roots Platter: Penny

Super Meal: Harvey

Vegetable Medley: Jodi, Leah, Lewis

Animal Products/Artisan Goods

Duck Feather*: Elliott, Leo

Goat Cheese*: Robin, Leah

Green Tea: Caroline, Lewis

Rabbit’s Feet*: I save these for Alex, Jas, Kent, and Pierre

Wine*: Harvey, Leah

Fish

Super Cucumber*: Wizard

Sea Cucumber*: Willy

[changelingsandothernonsense]

Last Lines

Hey! Thanks to @rainpebble3, @mareenavee, @thequeenofthewinter for tagging me! Rules: Share some of the the last lines you wrote for your current WIPS

Doing three because I have three. Under the cut for sanity.\

The first is from Chapter Six of Serious Mistakes. Teldryn POV of Chapter Three. Something whizzed past Teldryn’s ear, the sound vibrating the hollow helmet. He felt a heat erupt behind him and smelt the stench of burning fabric, wood, roasting fish, ash yams- he turned to face the bazaar and saw the canopies had caught alight, the flames spreading through the marketplace with a ferocity that suggested an accelerant. He realised that he hadn’t smelt anything but sulphur, ash storms...no there was something else.  Surely, he hadn’t missed something that obvious! He rushed back towards the marketplace. A small group of well-armoured mercenaries were clashing with a growing contingent of Redoran Guard. He scanned the battle scene, searching for the Argonian who stole his belongings earlier that day. Nothing! Wait! Scales!

Teldryn launched into the fray.

The next is from a Teldryn/Veleth hell prompt that I'll hopefully have finished soon.

“Like clouds,” he muttered to himself and took another drag, shorter, he coughed. What a dull night this was shaping up to be. Teldryn fiddled with his scarf, another hole? Really? Well, the thing was ancient. He exhaled and took another drag before trying to blow smoke through his nostrils. It burned and he found himself sneezing instead. He could never manage that trick, pity, would have made that party more fun. He tried the trick again only to produce the same result, though the burn sent him into a coughing fit. Dammit!

‘Why do you keep trying that?’ And finally the dungeon prompt.

“I’ll figure it out, I’m not helpless you absolute ass,” she hissed at him, her voice straining, “you’re forgetting that I’m-“

“I’m forgetting nothing,” he exhaled and began to fiddle with a latch on his armour before looking back towards her, “I-I’m staying, I don’t trust a Daedra to keep you safe Sydari!”

“Oh save me your bullshit!” Sydari hissed as she began to venture further into the mine.

[putonmyfavoriteshow]

Since you joke a lot about Gastòn b2inh dump in yoir rewatch... give us a hot take about him

My little dumb dumb. Much to say here after I'm about to wrap up s1 rewatch.

This boy is such a little weirdo. An absolute dork. What is wrong with him (affectionate)???

First off he has a collection of varsity sports jacket he's styling all time...but as far as we know this man doesn't play sports besides roller skating?? And even that he says he only does for fun and isn't that serious about it like the others. And S1 he's got bleach blonde in his hair like he's some 90s boy band member.

He also is such a pretentious art guy. He loves to read, dissect cinema, and photography. He's the snobbiest art snob to snob. And when he performs/sings he's always got to be dramatic because I mean he does have the range, but it's just so funny to see coming out of him.

But he idolizes Matteo for some reason?? I respect his loyalty to his boyfriend bestie but the fact that he thinks Matteo is "the man" just is so ridiculous to me when Matteo is the clown of all clowns.

Also the way he flirts shows this, because he acts like an absolute baffoon when he's dating anyone that's not Nina. Calling that one girl Felicity and getting annoyed at her because she only reads magazines? His disastrous relationship with Delfi (even tho a lot of that is her trying to create something that's not there). Trying to hit on resident girlfriends Jim and Yam who both roast him constantly?? Actually, the Jam vs Gastón rivalry was something I wasn't expecting in my rewatch but iconic - the way they love to bug him about Felicity are are obsessed with HER and not HIM, it's just comedy gold.

Also his whole romance with Felicity...help this man he's lucky he didn't get catfished!

He's just a fool. But then when he's with Nina idk the best parts of him comes out? He's so kind, and gentle towards her? He hangs on every word she says, constantly encourages her but without overstepping or mansplaining, and always is honest about his feelings when he's starting to like her but also still thinking about Felicity. Even he himself realizes she's the only girl he can talk to and be himself around. Suddenly he's Mr. Introduce Me To Your Parents

Anyway he's insane. Can't wait to watch his absolute bafoonery in S2 again.

[formeryelpers]

Tel Aviv Authentic Chef Kitchen, 17630 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles (Encino), CA 91316

This is the fourth Tel Aviv location that I’ve visited. I love Tel Aviv! The Tel Aviv inside Super Sal Market is different – the menu is different (e.g., they don’t have shawarma) though there are some similarities. You’ll find a greater variety of dishes including several “daily stew” items. They don’t have a daily stew at the other locations. The rest of the menu includes schnitzel, kabab, chicken thigh, chicken breast, falafel or sabich in a pita, on fresh challa bread, on a baguette or on a plate.  They also have a daily dessert.

Falafel pita ($13.50): The falafel is cooked to order and tucked inside an extra thick Israeli style pita. The rest of what goes into the pita is up to you. Mine had cabbage salad, peppers, fried eggplant slices, a spicy schug sauce, lots of creamy, extra thick tahini sauce, pumpkin puree, Israeli salad, etc. He also adds things on the side. I wanted pickles and he gave me like 30 pickles. I also got roasted potatoes and yams on the side. The falafel was crispy on the outside and moist/herbaceous. Portions are generous!!! Wish the pita had been warmed up.

Place your order and pay. Then wait in line and they’ll assemble your order with your input on the sauces, salads, and sides that you’d like. It’s a little confusing because nothing is labeled.

There’s a covered patio area if you want to eat it there. And check out Menchie’s HQ across the street!!!!

All their food is Glatt Kosher.

5 out of 5 stars

By Lolia S.