#Ginger Crab Cakes

[ladder-ghost]

Stardew brainrot

#see it’s funny cuz I can’t stomach crab but crab cakes are iconic #and I like my roots like I like my husband #ginger #stardew valley #procreate #digital art #elliott #Leah #Sebastian #Willy #Morris my capitalist king

[chermetro]

Deviled Crab Cakes on Mixed Greens with Ginger-Citrus Vinaigrette Fresh, lemon-scented crab cakes are pan fried to golden brown and served on top of mixed greens with a tangy vinaigrette and avocado slices in this elegant appetizer dish.

#vegetable oil lemon #avocado #vinaigrette #crab cakes #ginger-citrus #ginger-citrus vinaigrette

[daenystheedreamer]

some descriptions under the cut :)

 WINTERCAKE: "The taste of wintercake filled his mouth again, rich with ginger and pine nuts and bits of cherry, with nahsa to wash it down, fermented goat's milk served in an iron cup and laced with honey."

SISTER'S STEW: "The beer was brown, the bread black, the stew a creamy white. She served it in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf. It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. It was the sort of stew that warmed a man right down to his bones, just the thing for a wet, cold night. Davos spooned it up gratefully."

SNAILS: "Snails in honey and garlic. Sansa had never eaten snails before; Joffrey showed her how to get the snail out of the shell, and fed her the first sweet morsel himself."

BOWL OF BROWN: "...So thick you could stand your spoon up in the bowl, with chunks of this and that."

#asoiaf #polls #maybe the abundant food descriptions are for ME to salivate over #not sure on how kosher or halal this food is. the boar definitely isnt

[mugentakeda]

some random lighthearted hcs ^_^ 👍👍 cus all ive been posting is angst shit tralalalaaa

-iroh and lu tens biggest beef (satirical exaggeration) was always over tea preferences. they both love it- but in just wildly different ways. lu ten liked tea with milk and ginger and cardamom and sugar and black pepper and all kinds of other spices and shit (aka saffron chai). meanwhile his father is, as we all know, one of those snobs that dies on the hill of appreciating tea with its delicate and natural flavors alone. even if it just tasted like grass. one time, though, iroh was overjoyed to hear lu ten found a tea he liked just on its own (aka hibiscus tea), without add ons. but then was dismayed to immediately discover that lu ten liked it served cold (aka karkadeh). later, just to fuck with his dad, lu ten announced that he discovered its even better with the additions of citrus juice, honey, and mint. iroh just cant ever win with his boys

-azula is the youngest so its like instinct to be annoying. like shed get genuine urges to go and annoy zuko somehow someway. not all the times shes annoyed him are malicious- sometimes shed go in his room and if he was at his desk shed pluck the brush out of his hand and throw it across the room and take all the candles out and leave without closing the door behind her. or if he was laying down shed pull his socks halfway off throw his blanket on the floor and leave. she did it all wordlessly for comedic effect until he was like “why.” and then shed start cackling like a maniac

-lu ten enjoyed engaging in little kid activities with azula and zuko. hed sit on his stomach and kick his feet while finger painting. hed play whatever the fire nation version of hopscotch is with them, along with mai and ty lee. when azula covered his mouth before he said something to embarrass her in front of ty lee hed lick her hand and shed start screeching. hed make jokes about zuko being short even though lu ten could legally drink and zuko was like 10 so it didnt even make sense

-lu tens azula nicknames: lala (naturally), pumpkin, crab cake, sweetheart, baby (the last two only come out when its just the two of them or if shes upset. she has a reputation.)

lu tens zuko nicknames: zuzu (naturally), turtleduck (also naturally), princeling, squirt, shrimpmunk (note how most of these are a cute joke about him being Tiny and Small)

the kids called him lulu when he called them zuzu and lala. when he was teaching azula how to talk she called him baba for like a week to his dismay and panic, even if she didnt know what that meant, until he got it through her head that he wasnt the one to be called that. and ozai wasnt either because unfortunately he isnt the casual type

(he also called ursa auntie in front of anyone. to his great joy, ursa told him that ozai complained about it to her. thus, he continued to do it)

-lu ten made time for the kids not by ignoring his duties in their favor but by overachieving and overworking to stay as far ahead of his duties as possible. the faster he got shit done the more time leftover he had. his favorite thing to do with them aside from ember island was sneak them out of the palace and into the town during the evening, when they had all the best street food and outdoor theater set out

-roughhousing and chasing each other around was always a thing iroh and lu ten did before things got awkward and sour. their pai sho games- when they werent using it as a vessel for serious conversations- were loud, dramatic, and funny to witness. like iroh would be swearing and lu ten would be laughing hysterically. the servants would come and go with refreshments while giggling

-iroh and lu ten also engaged in Old Man Activities together. like you know how old folks just sit on porches for hours for no reason??? iroh and lu ten would do that together in the palace garden. they also did morning meditation and prayer at the ass crack of dawn

-before zuko was born and it was for the most part just ursa and lu ten, she got homesick a lot, and taught lu ten some of the stuff she did before marrying into the family. so lu ten knew how to make shit like jewelry, clay masks, and embroidered fans

-on ember island trips the three did a lot of cooking together. azula liked making sweet treats and fruit platters, zuko liked making kimchi and fried snacks. cleaning the mess is just as much a bonding activity as making the mess

-lu ten managed to keep whatever the hell he had going on with zhao a complete secret from iroh and ursa, zuko was just oblivious, but azula… is perceptive. and nosy. and protective. so one day when zhao leaves the palace azula approaches lu ten from out of nowhere and is basically like “(Katt Williams voice) You have an unnatural allegiance to losers and its not like you 😐”. he has no clue what to say to that

(it was not to azulas knowledge that zhao was harassing zuko constantly during his banishment. had she known, she wouldve done something about it. Not something that would inconvenience her father or the navy, obviously, but she wouldve definitely done something. #Trust.)

#atla #fire family #iroh #azula #zuko #lu ten #ursa #alicias writing stuff

[the-official-account]

Thinking about food that doesn't exist again. Classic shrimp spring rolls with a generous portion of shrimp and the peanut dip kept external in favor of a small amount of raising maybe just 3 carefully placed in each roll for a contrasting sweetness?

Thin rice cakes fried to a crisp and alternated with salmon and crab cake (that actually tastes like crab I hate over seasons crab cake so much. Disappointment every time) sprinkled with black sesame and drizzled with a bright avocado lime sauce? And if you laid out the cakes in a ring you'd have a perfect spot for a tine-steak salsa also seasoned generously with lime, red onion, MAYBE mango, just half of it. Because I could see the sweeter and more savory takes on this being controversial. And it's seasoned with bell paper and chili flakes to keep the actual veg taste sharp and mild while mimicking the burn of jalapeño in a more controlled and consistent way? A mind background hint of ginger and maybe very small pieces of shredded green apple would not be amis. Ah, the platters I would make!

#lush chats #meat hadnt been agreeing with my sensory issues or general vibe lately so ive been dreaming of sushi #....i should go get myself sushi

[columbosunday]

had ginger carrot soup and a crab cake and fresh soda bread for dinner

[disneythingsilike]

Twisted Wonderland at Tokyo Disney Resort

『ディズニーツイステッドワンダーランド』の各寮をイメージした特別なコース料理が、期間限定で提供されます！

[Twisted Wonderland] Special course meals inspired by each dormitory will be available for a limited time at Disney Ambassador Hotel! !

Here is the website for details about the location, the Empire Grill restaurant, as well as how to make reservations.

The price for each set is 13,000 yen, which is roughly $88. Starting at the beginning of the month of April, special courses will be offered over 8 periods that last a week each.

The first period ran from April 1st-7th with Heartslabyul being that period's theme.

The Heartslabyul Set details:

~Plate in the top center~ Strawberry scented gazpacho red snow crab brandade

~Big plate with the card suits on the left~ Galician style octopus Sardine and paprika confit Beef falsomagro Grilled scallop and salpicon salad Grilled salmon marinaded in dill sauce Beef tongue arancini

~Plate in the top left corner~ Green onion and scallop linguine with garlic and oil awa-odori chicken consommé soup

~Plate in top right corner~ Grilled domestic beef sirloin with fresh onion puree Peperonata and beef jus

The dessert plate at the bottom is a white yogurt rose with mandarin orange sorbet inside that you can 'paint' red with mixed berry sauce.

The set also came with a Heartslabyul Dorm charm.

The Heartslabyul Magical Drink costs ¥1,600 It contains apple juice, grape juice, iced tea, rose syrup, and strawberry syrup.

Coffee and tea are also available.

The second period will run from May 13th-19th with Savanaclaw as the theme.

The Savanaclaw set details:

~Plate in top center~ Cold fresh green onion soup and Parmesan tuile beef extract consommé jelly

~Big plate on the left~ Pear compote with prosciutto Spinach and bacon cake salé with semi-dried tomatoes Daisen chicken rillettes and gougères with Ras El Hanout accent Braised lamb and turmeric couscous Colorful pickled vegetables 3 kinds of port in aspic and mustard

~Soup Plate in top left corner~ Beef shank and chickpea potage

~Plate in top right corner~ Grilled lamb and roasted vegetables Chimichurri and thyme flavored beef jus

~Dessert plate on bottom right~ Mango mousse on banana confiture with lime and ginger sorbet.

This set also comes with a corresponding dorm charm.

The Savanaclaw Magical Drink looks like a yellow version of the Heartslabyul one. It contains grape juice, green tea, grapefruit juice, and pear syrup.

The third period will feature the Octavinelle Dorm and run from June 24th-30th.

The Octavinelle set details:

~Plate at top center~ Cassis jelly and mascarpone mousse Mini fishcake burger

~Big plate in bottom left~ Seasonal vegetable grecque and dried mullet roe Grilled octopus and mustard-flavored risoni consommé jelly Grilled marinated scallop with blood orange sauce with a side of caviar Flounder brandade and marinated angel shrimp on bamboo charcoal toast Escargot croquette with shellfish sauce aurore Herb marinated salmon with hibiscus pepper

~Plate at top left corner~ Squid ink spaghetti with seafood ragu Garnished with orange

~Plate in top right corner~ Grilled beef fillet with mushroom fricassee and purple sweet potato puree Ris de veau frites and spiced beef jus

~Dessert plate~ Blueberry mousse in blueberry confiture with apricot sorbet

This set also comes with a corresponding dorm charm.

The Octavinelle Magical Drink looks like a purple version of the Heartslabyul one. It contains grapefruit juice, lemonade, butterfly pea flower syrup and lychee syrup.

The website teases that sets for Scarabia, Pomfiore, Ignihyde, and Diasomnia will be "-Coming Soon-"

A "Secret" set is also teased. It seems that it will come after Diasomnia.

#Tokyo Disney #Tokyo Disney Resort #twisted wonderland #food #disney park

[azulashengrottospiano]

What are your thoughts on 7up, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, rootbeer, and ginger ale?

Also, how has your day been darling? Eat anything good? Remember to drink water! I love you! Muah! ❤️

ive never had 7up??? umm sprite is good, i dont think ive had dr. pepper before, i love root beer!! it was my fav soda for a while ^^ and i dont think ive had ginger ale.

my days been good!! i had a lazy day today C: and ate crab cakes RAHHHHHH i love you too!!! <33 thank u for checking in ^^

#🐚! cole

[littlecarnet]

For @starblue2406

Here are a few things I'll eat in a day. I typically don't eat a big breakfast, but I will have a big lunch. Dinners in my family are late, usually 6pm to 8pm, we typically walk after dinner, then I'll drink tea to relax before bed.

You'll probably notice a lack of beef and pork, I have trouble digesting them, so it's mostly chicken and seafood. My family also don't eat a lot of bread, it's treated more like a side than a meal.

And yeah, there's a quite a mix of cultures here. My mom's side is Greek/Egypt with Turkish influences from her great grandfather, my dad is Native American with some adopted local New Mexico flavors. Since I was originally born and raised by the ocean, seafood and sea vegetables are a big thing in my diet. They're hard to find in the southwest, but I crave them and they keep me healthy as I have low blood pressure, so I need a bit of healthy salt.

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Things I'll have for breakfast:

Apple cider vinegar mixed with honey or a fruit juice, usually pomegranate juice. Gets my digestive system prepped.

Oatmeal with dates, pumpkin seeds, and seasonal fruit.

Fresh fruit or fruit jelly with yogurt. I like Greek yogurt as it's more creamy and filling.

Seaweed soup with green onions or salmon

Kefir a type of strong yogurt drink

Crepe with fruit, pine nuts and honey

Omelet with spinach or dandelion greens

Eggs boiled in black tea and star anise

Shakshuka eggs with tomato and spices

Salmon with fried eggs

Fresh tilapia corn taco

Fruit smoothies

Green tea

Yerba mate

Lunch:

A Flatbread wrap with either chicken or falafel, lettuce, feta, red onion or tomato topped with tzatziki or Tahiti

Sardines with tomato pesto on ciabatta

Basmati rice with chicken or fish with garlic, oregano, basil

Tuna with red onion and chopped mozzarella

A salad made of lightly pickled cucumber and lato (sea grapes)

Rice soup - Made with leftover tea, seaweed, sesame seeds, fish

Baby octopus with chopped tomatoes, red onion, and oregano -

Dolma - Grape leaves stuffed with spiced rice and a meat then steamed, cabbage leaves are sometimes used instead

Ta'meya or Falafel - ground chickpeas or lentils mixed with spices and fried into rounds, topped with tzatziki or hummus

Grilled cheese with strawberry and sage

Jellyfish salad with sweet vinegar and red chili

Steamed cactus pads with watermelon rind

Blue corn bread with sweet corn

Fish cakes in a crab broth with five spice seasoning

Ful medames

Peel and eat shrimp

Mussels on ice

Shawarma

Dinner:

Grilled chicken with mixed vegetables like cherry tomatoes

Vegetable bake with seasonal vegetables

Eggplant lasagna with feta and sliced tomatoes

Cioppino - Seafood in a rich tomato broth

Risotto rice with mushroom

Shrimp with feta and tomatoes

Grilled catfish with spices

Mussels in butter and garlic

Seafood in spiced yellow rice

Crab cakes in scallop shells

Three Sisters soup - Corn, beans, squash

Spinach and cheese stuffed pastries

Squash and corn simmered in milk with pepper, garlic, and saffron

Pumpkin soup with garlic, apple, and sweet potato

Tuna steak with cranberries and feta

Zucchini stuffed with herbed rice and baked

Sayadeya - Fried fish with red onions on rice spiced with cinnamon, turmeric, and ginger

Venison chili beans

Fry bread tacos

Kushari

Chicken livers and hearts

Wild rice with elderberry and morel mushrooms

Lumpias - Like a large egg roll

Wild rice with sweet potato, pumpkin, and cranberry

Snow fungus soup with chicken bone broth

Chicken herb soup - chicken boiled with red dates, wild yam, astragalus, goji

Grilled chicken with butternut squash sweet potatoes

Mixed bean soup with chicken bone broth

Sweet and sour bitter melon soup

Between meals:

Tea with milk

Lots of different nuts

Dried fruit like dates and figs

Fresh fruit with a bit of sweet condensed milk

Jerky turkey or venison

Pickled sweet vegetables

Bruschetta with crackers

Fresh figs with goat cheese

Olives stuffed with cheese

Seaweed salad

Squid jerky

Horned melon

Naan with olive oil

Fried sardines in honey

Mushroom chips

Sweet potato chips

Crispy baby crabs

Fried sage leaves

Prosciutto

Frozen grapes

Zabladi

Cactus fruit

Quail eggs

Snap peas

Drinks:

Grape juice

Pomegranate juice

Hibiscus tea

Mint tea

Ginger tea

Anise tea

Yuzu tea

Rose petal tea

Barley tea

Flowering tea

Mountain herb tea

Water infused with fresh lemongrass and fennel

Water with basil seeds with honey

Roasted milk tea

Yerba mate

Corn silk tea

Rice milk with cinnamon and cardamom

Desserts:

Yogurt with honey and mixed fruit either frozen or seasonal

Chia pudding with peanut butter or rose petal jelly

Italian soda with sugar-free syrups of either rosewater, lavender, peach, or strawberry

Iced coffee with cacao nibs

Chocolate dipped fruit

Gelatins

Anise cookies

Amaretto biscuits

Honey comb

Baklava

Grass jelly with milk

Coconut milk pudding

Rose or pistachio halva

Sweet potato with ice cream

Snow fungus with fruit and rock sugar

Khoshaf - A dessert made of dried fruits simmered with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves

Lazy meals:

A typical salad

Frozen vegetables popped into a microwave and served with ready cooked shrimp or a can of sardines in tomato

Pumpkin puree in a can mixed with garlic, pepper, and milk pop into microwave

Jellyfish salad with pickled vegetables and sweet chili sauce

Thin crust pizza made from a pita with tomato, cheese, and Italian seasoning

Spinach or dandelion greens omelet with cheese

Rice soup - made with tea, fish, seaweed, and green onion

Sweet potato with toppings of choice

Baked potato with peanut butter and crab paste

Wonton wrappers stuffed with cream cheese and fried

Chestnut rice - Rice with chopped chestnuts

Chopped apples with cinnamon and honey in the microwave

Bread pudding - day old bread, fruit of choice, egg, milk pop in microwave until egg is cooked

Rice pudding - cooked rice, milk, cardamom, cinnamon, and dried chopped fruit

#What I typically eat #I love to cook so I make a lot to reheat later #Saves me a lot of prep time especially rice or beans #I'm aware some of these ingredients are off putting lol especially Jellyfish and snow fungus but they're delicious

[communistchilchuck]

[insomniac-jay]

Dinner Talk: ShinHisa

Subjects: Trickster (Shingen Itazura) & Phantomage (Hisaya Itazura)

Restaurant: Umizawa's Crab Shack, Osaka

Orders:

Wasabi crab cakes with ginger ale - Trickster

Crab egg foo yung with strawberry lemonade - Phantomage

Trickster: Looking sexy as always, babe.

Phantomage: You say that everytime I wear anything. Saying things like that starts to lose meaning after a while.

Trickster: Because it's true. If there's one thing I love besides an aged woman, it's one who dresses nice.

Phantomage: Now, I can't argue with that when it comes to myself.

Trickster: So, about our little family vacation-

Phantomage: Not when I have exams coming up in a few weeks. I take my job very seriously, Shin.

Trickster: Please? Just this once? For me and little Asuka?

Phantomage: Fine. Just this once for you and Asuka.

Trickster: Fucking awesome. As I was saying, for our little family vacation I was thinking we should go to this really nice resort in the South.

Phantomage: In the South, huh?

Trickster: Yeah. It's got a water park, mini golf course, and a luxury spa.

Phantomage: Luxury spa?

Trickster: Now that's what gets your attention. I already booked us a suite that has a kids' bedroom so you and I can have mommy and daddy time when our little fox is sleeping.

Phantomage: Perhaps these vacations should be more frequent.

@floof-ghostie @calciumcryptid @s0ursop @opalofoctober @elflynns-horde-of-stuff @pizzolisnacks @peachyblkdemonslayer @redhoodzuko

#ship: shinhisa😘 #jay's bnha ocs #series: dinner talk

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Deucalion (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Deuce by his family & friends

Age- 12 (immortal)

Location- Lunar district, New Olympus

Personality-A smart inquisitive young man, he's quite mature beyond his years. Getting into his angsty & sullen phase, there's quite a bit that threatens to burst from the surface.

Deuce comes from two great godly dynasties in the pantheon. His mom Celeano is one of The Pleiades while his father is Prometheus (Titan god of forethought). Despite his parentage, Deuce managed only to inherit immortality as well as limited prophecy (in the form of undistinguishable dreams).

Even though he was born in the state of Achaea, Arcadia has always been home. His home there was a small mansion situated on the mountainside. Deuce loved going swimming & cliff diving with his childhood friends and riding their bikes through the wilderness oark. At night, him & his mom would sleep in the observatory, eating way too many s'mores! Now living in an (albeit nice) apartment in The Dianos Building in the Lunar neighborhood of New Olympus has been quite the change. Deucalion and his mom still travel to Arcadia often.

A go-to drink for him is root beer flavored soda. He also likes ginger ale, water, hot chocolate, & blueberry juice. He also likes the blueberry smoothies his mom makes.

Deuce knows that his parents broke up when he was a toddler, but their friendship was always great in his childhood. He saw his father often and would talk to him daily. Deuce was even his father's ringbearer when he got married.

It's been a few months since his father's punishment in the Underworld and he misses everything about him- his strong warm hugs, his natural scent of clay & aftershave, his deep throaty laugh, and when they'd spend time together like playing basketball, playing video games, or working at his kiln.

Before his dad's punishment, Deuce liked his step-mother Pronoia. Sure, her quirky personality took some getting used to and he didn't understand her weird sayings/puns, but she was a geniunely loving person with a lightning bright smile. He also really liked whenever she made crab cakes with grilled oysters. Deuce hasn't seen her since she was committed to a mental hospital.

He has a single pet- a she-dragon named Nemirys who has dark green & copper colored scales. Deuce worked alongside Draco (god of dragons) to design and make his saddle. He rides her all the time, not just to & from school. Being on dragonback is the closest thing to freedom for him. It's one of the only times where he almost forgets everything.

His favorite video game is Escape from Charybdis.

"Half-sister" is not a word in his vocabulary when it comes to Aidos (goddess of shame, modesty, humility, & respect). They're brother and sister & that's it. They're pretty close with Deuce being protective of her. Even times where he doesn't feel like he can talk to anybody, his sister is a phone call or text away. They've been leaning on each other more since their dad's punishment and her mom's nervous breakdown. His mom has even invited Aidos to their apartment to sleep over a few times.

A guilty pleasure for him is an olympian burger (with extra bacon & onions).

Deuce's relationship with his mom has been a bit strained. He loves her, but he doesn't know how to be angry around her in a healthy way, especially when the subject of his father comes up or when they sometimes get hounded by the paparrazi- bombarding them with questions and hurtful rumors. Deuce sometimes helps out at the martial arts studio she owns. It's been a while since they shared a jumbo cinnamon roll at the bakery.

On his mother's side his relatives are his grandmother Pleione (Titaness of sailing & stars), his aunts The Pleiades (Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Asterope, & Merope), and his cousin, the messenger god Hermes. There's also his other young cousins who are Merope's sons. On his father's side, there's his grandparents Iapetus (Titan god of mortality, pain, & death) and Clymene (Titaness of fame & renown), his uncles Atlas (Titan god of strength & endurance), Epimetheus (Titan god of afterthought), and Menoetius (Titan god of rage, violence, & rash actions), as well as his cousins Calypso, Prophasis (goddess of excuses), Pyrrha, & The Hyades.

Deuce is obviously closer to his mother's side of the family since he was raised around them. When he visits Arcadia he'll usually go hunting with his aunt Taygete (Tig). Even though their situations couldn't be far from different, Deuce feels like he can relate more to Merope's sons (being that they can't see their father, who's infamous as well). He's mostly close with Ornytion (Orin) who's a year younger than him.

His other favorite dessert are the moon cakes his aunt Maia makes.

With his father's side, he's been trying to spend more time with them especially since his sister lives with their grandparents. Deuce likes Iapetus (and the fact that he tries to smuggle messages from him & Aidos to their dad). He was surprised at Clymene's response when she saw him for the first time (in a long time). She ran her fingers through his thick dark brown hair & kept touching his face, whispering, "You look exactly like him." Deuce did like going to Thessaly to see his uncle Epimetheus- in particular spending time with his many animals and beating Prophasis at Escape from Charybdis. Deuce has only gone to Sparta once to visit his uncle Menoetius where they went to a wrestling match. He was gifted with a pair of brass knuckles.

He's currently on break from school. Deuce attends an esteemed private school in New Olympus. He personally doesn't consider himself to "have friends", but he's cool with Thrasos (god of boldness, insolence, recklessness, & courage), Philia (goddess of friendship), and Thespios (god of acting). Deuce will also say hi to the smartest kid in school Epidotes (god of purity). He's of course a straight A student, but there's something that could potentially threaten his squeaky clean academic record. A couple of months ago, Deuce was punished- a week's suspension & detention for the rest of the term after getting into a fight with a cyclops student during a pep rally, who kept making wisecracks about his dad's punishment. In the fight, he used the brass knuckles his uncle had given him.

Deuce appreciates the genuine kindness he recieved from Achelois (goddess of the moon & comfort). He repayed her kindness back by giving her a box of amygdalotas he bought from the bakery. He does think she's cute, but isn't ready to pursue a friendship.

At school, Deuce started up a charity drive to help with the flood relief in Arcadia.

In the pantheon, it's no secret how much he hates Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning). More than once the thought of him & his dragon setting fire to the royal palace has entered his mind. Aside from his father, he really looks up to Hepheastus (god of the forge).

In his free time Deuce mostly likes to keep to himself by listening to music, playing video games, or writing in his journal. He also enjoys swimming, martial arts, and skateboarding.

His all-time favorite meal is his mom's fuqi feipan with lo mein.

"My brain is constantly flooded with thoughts."

#my oc #my character #oc character #my oc character #oc intro #character intro #oc introduction #character introduction #modern greek mythology #greek myth retellings #deucalion #greek mythology

[mundanities-and-camaraderies]

eating steamed crabs

I am explaining to my partner that there is something specifically feral and visceral about eating steamed crabs. You take your fingernails – the closest thing to claws that we have – and you tear the crab into halves, into quarters, prying it apart and digging into crevices to remove tiny white slivers of meat that taste like the sea. After ripping each leg from the crab’s body, you use your teeth to squeeze the muscle out, picturing small holes in the fragile exoskeleton with each closing of the jaw. It comes apart in slivers of shell (spat out into a bowl of the crab’s fallen comrades) and brine as it succumbs to the ravenous wiles of your hands, your teeth, and occasionally a pair of scissors or a single chopstick.

In the end, after an hour or two, you have consumed the substance equivalent of two or three small meatballs, and your fingers have pruned like it truly was the sea you are swimming in, rather than a mixture of black vinegar, grated ginger, and the crab’s internal fluids. Something in your mind is satiated – its not certain just what that something is, but I can assure you it is not your hunger.

My mother tells me of the way my grandfather eats crab – he patiently removes each slippery wedge of meat, slowly creating a pile on his spoon, and once the entire crab has been excavated, he drenches the pile in vinegar and ginger before putting it all in his mouth. She only pries apart the body, ignores the legs altogether, and pawns off the claws to me or my father. Her teeth are weak and almost seem translucent, supposedly from having too many antibiotics as a kid in China, and it hurts her jaw to remove the meat from the limbs.

My brother in law refuses to eat even fish with bones in them, claiming that it's too much work. He avoids my favorites – shrimp fried in their shells, with their heads still on; crab and lobster; fish heads and duck feet.

In Chinese, we call meat by the name of the animal it came from, but in English there is a degree of separation. Pig becomes “pork”, cow becomes “beef” or “veal”, even deer becomes “venison”. In Asian grocery stores you can see tanks of fish, their eyes like marbles looking through the cloudy water and scratched up glass – those eyes with the texture of jelly once cooked, with a ring of clear bone to be spat out after swallowing the umami insides. At the outdoor meat markets in China you can find live chickens, and if you buy one they’ll kill it in the back, and de-feather it for you too.

There is something lost in eating crab cakes, and it is not the sensation of getting a piece of shell stuck between your teeth. Or perhaps that is what’s lost, the sense of realness, the sense that this thing that you are eating was once alive, that its legs were once used to scuttle along the ocean floor or the riverbank, depending on what kind of crab you have. It is another degree of separation from the idea of the animal, the animal that the crab once was, that you once were.

Tonight, my mother steamed crabs for dinner, and I take a picture of the glass bowl full of cracked crab shells in red and white and yellow and brown, and crab gills which are the color of eggshell, and two corn cobs. I send it to my partner and caption it “the aftermath of crab-eating”. Steamed crabs connect me back to my roots, back across the sea where these crabs came from to China, back to being human, to being a creature with long fingers for grabbing, and teeth for biting, and a pair of scissors to pry apart crab shells with. There is something special about accidentally flinging a claw across the table and onto the carpet, or spraying yourself in the face with pale yellow brine.

Even now as I write my hands are sticky with it, the lifeblood of something separate from me, sticky with remnants of crab I won’t be able to wash off until I shower tonight, sticky with black vinegar and grated ginger. My partner, lovingly, asks me if I’ve ever heard of a crab cracker.

#crabs #ethnic food #? #chinese food #essay #meat #cultural differences #jack #writing tag

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The last song you listened to: "Absolution Calling" by Incubus (it's the song that plays as my alarm for starting my workday).

Currently Reading: The list is too long. I'm reading a bunch of webcomics and manga, but the last one I finished was The Irritable Man (inkr.com)

Last Movie: No clue, but I did watch a Viki.com movie, by which I mean Viki's edit of a series into a continuous feature, and that was Where Your Eyes Linger.

Craving: Flat durum wheat pasta in a fra diavolo sauce and shrimp.

What are you wearing right now: My "uniform"... t-shirt dress, zip hoodie, heel sleeves.

How tall are you: 5'8"/173.

Piercings: One in each ear, but I haven't adorned them since I stopped stretching them.

Tattoos: None. I wanted one when I was a teen, but decided I wouldn't get one unless I would feel the same way about it forever. Then I learned I have commitment issues.

Glasses? Contacts?: Glasses.

Last drink: Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale.

Last show: Cherry Blossoms After Winter.

Last thing you ate: Rice with shrimp, corn, asparagus, carrots, and broccoli in a spicy Parmesan sauce.

Favourite colour: Since gray is not a color, I have to go with green.

Current obsession: BL, though it hasn't changed since 2007/8.

Unrelated Obsession: I was going to answer Sims 4, but I use it primarily for BL-type purposes. So, instead, some form of meaty protein (like salmon, crab cakes, turkey kielbasa, or breaded white fish) with cheese and a fried egg between brioche or potato buns.

Any pets: No more.

Do you have a crush on anyone: Nope.

Favourite fictional character: I have faves from various series, but no ultimate fave. However, Asahi from Love Nest did just pop up in my head.

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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

#stardew valley #sdv #op #long post

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to taste:

味わう（あじわう）

味見する（あじみする）

味がする（あじがする）

食べる（たべる）

飲む（のむ）

経験する（けいけんする）

food vocabulary

1. 食べ物 たべもの tabe mono Food

2. 日本料理 にほんりょうり nihon ryouri Japanese Cooking / Japanese Dish / Japanese Food

3. 朝食 ちょうしょく chou shoku Breakfast

4. 朝御飯 あさごはん asa gohan Breakfast

5. 昼食 ちゅうしょく chuu shoku Lunch

6. 昼御飯 ひるごはん hiru gohan Lunch

7. 夕食 ゆうしょく yuu shoku Dinner

8. 晩御飯 ばんごはん ban gohan Dinner

9. 夜食 やしょく ya shoku Supper

10. おかず okazu Side Dish

11. お八つ おやつ oyatsu Snack / Refreshment

12. 弁当 べんとう bentou Box Lunch

13. 駅弁 えきべん ekiben Train Station Box Lunch

14. 御飯 ごはん gohan Meal / Cooked Rice

15. 刺身 さしみ sashimi Sliced Raw Fish

16. 寿司 / 鮨 / 鮓 すし sushi Sushi

17. 天婦羅 てんぷら tenpura Tempura / Deep-fried Fish and Vegetables

18. 牛丼 ぎゅうどん gyuu don Rice topped with Beef and Vegetables

19. 親子丼 おやこどん oyako don Rice topped with Boiled Chicken and Eggs

20. 天丼 てんどん ten don Rice topped with Deep-fried Prawns & Fishes

21. 鰻丼 うなぎどん unagi don Rice topped with Glaze-grilled Eel

22. 鰻 うなぎ unagi Eel

23. 豚カツ とんカツ tonkatsu Pork Cutlet

24. カレーライス kare- raisu Curry and Rice

25. 鋤焼き すきやき suki yaki Thin Slices of Beef cooked with various Vegetables in a Heavy Iron Pan

26. お好み焼き おこのみやき okonomi yaki Thin and Flat Pancake cooked on a Hot Plate with bits of Meat, Seafood and Chopped Cabbages

27. 鉄板焼き てっぱんやき teppan yaki Grilled Meat cooked on Iron Plate

28. 焼き鳥 やきとり yaki tori Grilled Chicken / Broiled Chicken

29. 蛸焼き たこやき tako yaki Octopus Dumpling

30. 焼きそば やきそば yaki soba Pan Fried Noodle

31. 餃子 ギョウザ gyouza Dumpling stuffed with Minced Pork and Vegetables

32. 茶碗蒸し ちゃわんむし chawan mushi Steamed Egg Custard in Tea Cup

33. しゃぶしゃぶ shabu shabu Japanese Style Hotpot

34. 味噌 みそ miso Miso / Bean Paste

35. 味噌汁 みそしる miso shiru Miso Soup

36. ラーメン ra-men Ramen

37. うどん udon Noodle made of Wheat Flour

38. 蕎麦 そば soba Buckwheat Noodle

39. 餅 もち mochi Sticky Rice Cake

40. 餡パン あんパン anpan Japanese Bun filled with Red Bean Paste

41. 牛肉 ぎゅうにく gyuuniku Beef

42. 豚肉 ぶたにく butaniku Pork

43. 鶏肉 とりにく toriniku Chicken Meat

44. 羊肉 ようにく youniku Mutton / Lamb

45. 魚 さかな sakana Fish

46. 海老 / 蝦 えび ebi Prawn / Shrimp

47. 蟹 かに kani Crab

48. 豆腐 とうふ toufu Tofu / Bean Curd

49. 卵 たまご tamago Egg

50. 食パン しょくパン shoku pan Plain Bread / White Bread

51. 玉葱 たまねぎ tamanegi Onion

52. 胡瓜 きゅうり kyuuri Cucumber

53. 醤油 しょうゆ shouyu Soy Sauce

54. 酢 す su Vinegar

55. 山葵 わさび wasabi Japanese Horseradish

56. 油 あぶら abura Oil

57. 砂糖 さとう satou Sugar

58. 塩 しお shio Salt

59. 胡椒 こしょう koshou Pepper

60. 調味料 ちょうみ

りょう choumi ryou Seasoning / Condiment / Flavoring / Spices

Japanese English

1. yasai Vegetables

2. daikon raddish

3. nasu egg plant

4. nin jin carrots

5. bareisho(jagaimo) potato

6. satsuma-imo sweet potato

7. negi onion

8. tama-negi onion bulb

9. nin-niku garlic

10. kyuuri cucumber

11. kyabetsu cabbage

12. kabocha pumpkin

13. tomato tomato

14. kinoko mushroom

15. toomorokoshi corn

16. sato-imo taro

17. mame beans

18. daizu soy beans

19. shooga ginger

20. takenoko bamboo shoot

21. niga-uri bitter guard

22. horensoo spinach

23. seri parsley

24. hakusai chinese cabbage

アスパラ asparagus

おくら okra

かぼちゃ pumpkin

きゅうり cucumber

ゴーヤ bitter gourd

ごぼう burdock

さつまいも sweet potato

しいたけ shiitake mushroom

じゃがいも potato

ズッキーニ zucchini

だいこん Japanese radish

たまねぎ onion

ちんげんさい bok choy

トマト tomato

なす eggplant

にんじん carrot

ネギ leek

にんにく garlic

ピーマン green pepper

ブロッコリー broccoli

まいたけ hen-of-the-wood

モロヘイヤ Egyptian spinach

ルッコラ arugula

れんこん lotus root

#food #たべもの #vocab