hell this is still happening today. how many times have i seen old expired meat being sold at grocery stores in black neighborhoods? whole ass studies have been done on this. smfh the more things change the more they stay the same.

How could you hate. Veg table....... what did vegtable ever do to you.....

Headcanon:

So with Astarion living off of blood for a ridiculously long amount of time, I like to think he'd end up pretty sensitive to taste and/or texture if he ever ended up cured.

Maybe not permanently, but he'd probably have to work himself up to really strong/complicated flavors or end up needing to experiment with food a little. Start with small stuff like simple broths, a couple of lightly seasoned meats/breads/veggies/sweets on their own to get used to each thing's individual flavor before trying to combine foods/flavors into some overwhelming chaos of everything at once. I'm not sure how he would do around strong/smelly cheeses, but he'd probably be okay with them since vampire smelling didn't lead to suffering.

Granted, the opposite may also be true because taste and smell are closely linked and he could still smell. The main idea is that taste and smell also differ

Diner

An unflattering photo of some good food. I made roast duck breast with pear, orange, and mint. Paired with citrus garlic butter scallops and parsnip puree.

Since Red uses an old prototype Daycare Attendant model as their body, they actually have both Nighttime and Daytime functions, they just prefer the Nighttime mode. But their sun rays will come out if they’re startled or if they’re trying to look more intimidating, like how a cat puffs out its fur.

Lunar and Lilac find this out when they both rush up behind Red to tell them about something and startles them so much the rays shoot out.

why is it that every time i eat anything my belly hurts >:( i'm gonna need you to stop doing that right fucking now.

everytime I see his back in the lobby my gremlin brain is keep saying

“I want to lick it”

and I’m always wondering if the open wound is raw and fresh or scabby

and what it’d feel like to touch the exposed spine

At what point is bad cooking an assassination attempt? Asking for a friend

USUALLY YOU CAN'T POISON SOMEONE UNINTENTIONALLY... BUT YOU CAN MAKE THEM VERY SICK.

IT BECOMES AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WHEN YOU NEGLECT HANDWASHING, CLEANLINESS AND CARE.

A CHARCOALED MUFFIN IS NOT AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT; "MEDIUM RARE" CHICKEN OR ANY FOOD THAT WASN'T PREPARED IN A SANITARY KITCHEN IS.

I hate that when you say certain meats are dry (fish, certain leaner poultry, game meats, etc) in discussions about food preference people will automatically be like "only if you're cooking it wrong." NO. Some meats are just objectively drier than others because they have lower fat content to keep them tender and moist as they cook. If you've ever had something like duck then leaner poultry like chicken and turkey are dry in comparison no matter how well they're cooked. Likewise, compared to fatty mammal and poultry meat most fish is dry af. It has nothing to do with overcooking it, and I'm not even saying it's a bad thing in general. Just for me personally I don't prefer drier meats and I'd appreciate it when I talk about my food preferences if people didn't just jump right to "you're not cooking it right then". I'm allowed to not like the same foods and textures as you for reasons other than preparing them incorrectly.

my families top 3 rated meals i made for them this month o7

OOC//What is Roman’s favourite kind of food and why? Does he have a favourite place to get that food or does he prefer home cooked?

Anything with meat or pasta, especially if it’s fine cuisine! One of the only enjoyable parts of his childhood was dining out at established restaurants and on rare occasions when he was allowed to order his own meals, Roman greatly enjoyed meat. His father was fully Italian so it wasn’t unusual for the family to order pricey imports such as Bistecca alla Fiorentina. As an adult, Roman doesn’t eat out much anymore (due to his appearance and criminal status) but he loves a good steak, particularly when it’s served with decadent seasonings such as black garlic or truffle butter. He prefers his food made with quality ingredients and has his meals prepared by his own personal chefs, trusted not to poison him or otherwise contaminate his plate.

I heard you're hungry, would you like steak

er það hrátt.

[Is it raw.]

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Ghost Kitchen (brought to you by criminal entrepreneur, Red Hood)

Danny’s got the easiest job in Gotham.

He works as a fry cook at a shoddily-run, independent burger joint. Hardly anyone comes in, despite prices being criminally low, and portions insanely large, and while the manager looks like the average tough-as-nails ex-con, he lets Danny mess around in the kitchen whenever the place is empty. (Which is often. This place has to be the city’s hidden gem or something!)

Mr. Manager’s the only one ever there with Danny, except for sometimes when his buddies come over to smoke and play cards. Danny would find it shady, except part of his job is not to ask questions. Literally, he was told during the interview.

(It was a weird interview. Why would they need to hire someone who’s been in a gunfight before? Like, he has, but Gotham’s idea of “hirable qualities” is so bizarre.)

So instead he whips up some killer burgers with the frozen ingredients, and basks in the praise as the guys tell him he shouldn’t have, he does too much for this joint, ain’t that friendly!

Now, Danny’s a chef on the newer side. As a teen he’d preferred the look of Nasty Burger over anything with Michelin stars, and he only really took up cooking after Jazz moved out for college. But just like ecto-exposure used to turn the groceries sentient, Danny’s low-level ecto signature imbues all his food with something historically haunted Gothamites just love! And Danny’s never been one to half-ass a job when it makes people happy.

With fresher produce, real meat, Danny’s sure he can take his dishes to the next level. It takes a couple months of badgering, but his manager finally agrees to contact the mysterious store owner, who keeps the place going, despite profits Danny knows have to be in the red.

Danny spends the morning prepping. He pours his heart into his food, eager to impress. The big boss will be here soon, and he wants to prove that despite the dangerous location, this place has real potential!

It isn’t until the Red Hood shows up that Danny realizes he’s been working for a money laundering scheme.