I've just realised I don't have anything Christmas-y ready to post, but I'm sharing this intriguing dessert, which seems like a spin on tortoni? I would make it for Christmas.
Tomorrow I'll post a cognac cake recipe, because Christmas also personally makes me think rich, aromatic flavours of alchoholic beverages and spices being used in recipes
Originally published in The American Home magazine in 1954
The finished how-to video that I had to do for my Graphic Communications class that I thought I would also share with everyone. I had a lot of fun with this assignment actually, and it was fun getting to see the reactions of people trying this cake for the first time.
For those wondering it tastes like a spice cake/gingerbread cake, and multiple people finding it actually really good.
I'm shaking god by the collar why did you make me this way. Why is preparing a meal so difficult for me that I end up eating bs or supermarket food which makes me feel gross and "unhealthy" so I don't want any food until I'm so hungry my decision centers shut down and I stand there, yet another day, with an empty fridge, no plan and no energy to feed myself.
Jamie becomes the captain - I'd love to see him in that kind of leadership role where he has to be responsible for other people (that's why I'd also like to see him become a coach someday) or
Jamie wins some kind of award so I can see Roy and the rest of his family be proud of him :))
In the hours since you have sent this to me, I have devised a fic that somehow combines both of these things -- but in a way that no one but me has ever asked for.
How do we feel about Jamie winning a Webby?
At age thirty-three, Jamie Tartt takes a bad tackle on his right ankle, slamming the door on a career that’s been nothing less than show stopping.
He takes the news that he’ll never play again like a champ--which is to say he takes it better than Roy did—and only spends a week sobbing into Roy’s couch cushion that his life is over.
On the eighth day, he clomps and crutches his way into the kitchen. He fires up the live feed on whatever app he’s obsessed with now. With three days worth of stubble and bags under his eyes from crying, he announces to the world at large that he’s about to try, ‘Every damn TikTok recipe that I've missed out on because it's been outside of my meal plan for the past twenty-fucking-years.’
And so his new career as ‘obnoxious wastrel who tries to burn down Roy kitchen’ is born.
I feel that Vulcans would have a space equivalent to the tortilla. Or naan. Something like that. Regional variances of course. And they would tear the tortilla apart and use it as a utensil for certain meals
50 Tea Recipes from the Duchess - By Lee Jiha (8/10)
There are alot of different versions of this. It was a novel. It's under a couple of different names on a couple of different websites, and it's almost one hundred and fifty chapters long. The yandere moments are few and far between, but if you enjoy slow burn this is a good choice.
Chloe Battenburg is kind of a loser. She's got intense anxiety. A shit family too, but a fairly good family name. She married a Duke named Alphonse, and there's no love between them. None. Even the maids don't respect her, because well...she's a disrespectful weirdo. I don't mean to say that she deserved to be abused, but Chloe was madly in love with the prince of her nation. It was embarrassing for the Duke, and his servants grew to dislike her because she was immature and she adored someone that wasn't her husband publicly.
Loudly.
Cringe.
I'm sorry but this is a reincarnation story. It does add drama in this case. Alot of drama. I feel like I can heartily recommend this to otome isekai fans because it's slow. New Chloe actually has to learn shit. She has to earn her husband's respect before he falls for her.
Ew cringe wife basically.
Alphonse is very likeable. You understand why he disliked Chloe. He didn't think his wife was ugly or stupid or annoying. He was just disappointed and he didn't want to jump through hoops to earn her affection. Especially since old Chloe was afraid of him. It made their relationship awkward. Alphonse isn't a very romantic guy at heart, so he just gave up. When his wife starts asking for tea and baking ingredients he is delighted...after he realizes it is not a phase. He reaches out to her. He is genuinely interested in her hobbies, and when her love becomes her business she has his full support. The Duke has his hands in alot of businesses, and having a capable wife makes him feel proud.
However, that takes time. First, new Chloe learns how to brew tea in a Fantasy world. It's hard. It takes a ton of work and skill.
New Chloe is a pretty damned ideal Duchess...but uh...old Chloe did a shit ton of damage. She has zero friends. Zero fashionable clothes. A bad reputation. Her husband warms up to her pretty ok, but uh... remember the prince thing? That's actually a big deal. It does not get swept under the rug. Alphonse wants to have faith in new Chloe, but she was completely obsessed with following the prince around. That makes him insecure and jealous and even a little bitter towards his wife. It's nice. It feels human. In the beginning Alphonse doesn't want her to ever meet him again, but that's unrealistic. He's a prince. Chloe is a Duchess.
The drama will come.
Alphonse is not an immature brat. He does not explode with rage at the slightest provocation. I thought he was more of a possessive lover than a yandere, but he is quite extreme. To be clear. In the beginning he has zero love for Chloe. When it happens and his wife is just perfect and popular and a star baker and businesswoman he becomes very devoted. He develops a cute side that is a bit suspicious. He begins to get jealous of other men in general.
He's so lucky.
His wife turned over a new leaf.
Everyone is envious of him.
That means other men like Chloe.
He really doesn't know how to handle her growing popularity for a long time.
When he admits that he's in love with his wife it's always so emotional. This is a slightly less...sparkly noble setting. There's alot of miserable marriages and cheating etc. Alphonse swears to never take a mistress. He becomes more and more devoted. When Chloe does like... anything he lavishes her with praise...in his head...the guy has trouble expressing himself sometimes. Literally Chloe gives him a flower and he's internally like "My Darling wife, I never thought I would have this kind of love an affection. Any gift from you is a treasure" etc. It's...intense. Chloe doesn't fall in love with him for a REALLY long time, because of the whole silently devoted and jealous thing, but she eventually likes him too.
Chloe studies hard on her own and they eventually start going to real balls. It's huge gossip because the Duke is known as an unromantic workaholic...and Chloe has to deal with her bad reputation wherever she goes. Alphonse has to defend her honor multiple times.
(Sometimes the art is a little meh. This panel is a good example. Long faces. Twig waist. Proportional issues but overall it's nice looking.)
Alphonse grows into his puppy side. When their feelings are mutual things escalate. Like...in bed. Alphonse suddenly has a huge sexual appetite, after he fully confirms that she loves him too. Multiple times. He says some classic yandere stuff about wanting to mark her. Everything is consensual here by the way.
Here we goooo. This is Prince Arthur. Alphonse hates Prince Arthur. Alphonse used to have no problem with Prince Arthur. Apparently Chloe almost did marry Prince Arthur before. Alphonse is freakishly jealous of Prince Arthur in a really unhealthy way. He threatens the prince multiple times.
Arthur is an average douche character. He's not evil. He develops a crush on Chloe after she becomes popular and pretty. Like everyone else he knows about her old flame for him. He keeps trying to bring it up, which is super awkward for new Chloe. Alphonse continues to lose his shit until Chloe has to step in and say her husband is better.
So awkward, but again there's this slow atmosphere. A nice, slow atmosphere. Half of the chapters are dedicated to Chloe growing her business. Sometimes Alphonse is just her clingy accessory, and that's cool! Chloe is the cool one after she earns her money. Alphonse is obviously also handsome and well known, but Chloe eventually becomes the face of the Battenburg family. It's a nice dynamic. Alphonse occasionally begs for love in really ardent, sometimes desperate, ways because he thought he was doomed to a loveless duty marriage. Chloe saved him from a live of monotany.
He's obsessed but this is like the most healthy obsession on my list.
Recommended for yandere newbies.
Yeah, if you think you like possessive lovers start with something like this.
man ok so you know the spiciness scale on menus that show you how spicy a dish is so you can order based on your tolerance. can we have that for sauces too please
Hey i bought a cookbook and i decided to try each off the recipes and post them here.
It's called 50 things to bake before you die, and it's by allyson reedy.
So. That will be a thing i am doing. I don't really have an upload schedule planed, but i will try to not go forever without posting something about it.
I know we all want gardening and fishing but I need you all to remember that pet site gardening and fishing is clicking a button to plant a berry and getting a timer that tells you to come back in 12 hours. I know the mods try their best to treat us well but they will not dedicate an entire team to give us the club penguin fishing mini game, it's just gonna be a button that you're gonna forget to press 80% of the time