#and i didn't even make the injera

[maxknightley]

Please bag on French cuisine, what's wrong with it?

the baguette, while a wonderful variety of bread, pales in comparison to many other breads throughout the world. shortbread, sourdough, injera, focaccia, naan - all of them and more blow baguettes out of the goddamn water

I have eaten escargot once, and only once, in my life. after spending many years wondering what snails even taste like, I was shocked to find out that the answer is "who fucking knows, they've been so thoroughly drowned in garlic butter that I'm basically eating soup that was once exposed to the faintest idea of a snail." fuck escargot.

I feel as though the elevation of French cooking to the Pinnacle Of Cuisine implicitly denigrates other countries' culinary traditions, nearly all of which are more interesting. at least some of this seems to be a historical accident; French cooking is "the best" for the same reason German classical composers are "the best," because they were in the right place at the right time.

they didn't even fucking invent the croissant! the austrians came up with it but the french get all the credit!!!

all that being said: they do make some good cheeses and french onion soup fucks hard. let it not be said I am a cruel judge.

#ask #anon

[coquelicoq]

i learned many things in the zoom cooking class i just took! including:

in ethiopian cuisine, you cook the onions first with no oil and only add the oil later

most meals in ethiopia are vegan

some people can make three things at the same time and i am not one of those people

if the teacher offers to mail you the spices ahead of time but you figure you’ll be able to find them somewhere and don’t need her to mail them to you: you’re wrong

injera is fermented!

#it was actually pretty fun! but there are SO many dishes to wash now oh my god #and i didn't even make the injera #cooking #food #my posts #i also learned that the flavor i associate most strongly with ethiopian food is from a spice blend called berbere! #(luckily i was able to get berbere. and i already had turmeric. but there were some spices that i couldn't get :( ) #in ethiopia people make their own berbere once a year. they buy like 40 pounds of chilies and just go to town on 'em #this is all assuming i heard everything correctly. my audio setup was not ideal for this #but oh god i'm gonna be washing these dishes for the next week. did you know: some people have dishwashers?? #and don't have to deal with this handwashing nonsense???? #sounds fake but it's a real thing

[keyenuta]

TWST OC: Persona

"I can assure you on this, you've never had a friend like me~"

Name: Imari Djinn

Biographic Info:

Voiced By: Kimura Ryohei

Gender: Male

Age: ??? (Appears to be 17)

Birthday: May 25th

Starsign: Gemini ♊

Height: 5'8"

Eye Color: electric blue

Hair Color: Storm Grey

Homeland: Land of Hot Sands

Professional Status:

Dorm: Scarabia

School Year: Second

Class: 2-A

Student no. 14

Occupation: Student, Kalim's advisor and sorcerer

Club: Writing

Best subject: flying

Fun facts:

Dominant hand: right

Favorite Food: Injera

Least Favorite Food: Baklava

Dislikes: having no freedom, disloyalty, unfairness, anyone who tries to harm Kalim, Jamil, just Jamil. Snakes

Hobby: Flying, writing, freestyle dancing

Talents: Rapping, can identify lists extremely easily

Imari Jelani is a second year student and is an unofficial co-vice dorm leader. He and hos father are genies who due to an act of kindness from the Al-Asim's current head, are in charge of protecting and assisting its family in By matter they may need. And currently he is Kalim's adviser, servant and if needed, sorcerer. He's been with Jamil and Kalim since he was (in genie standards) young, and has grown attached to Kalim, surprised and proud of his generosity and kindness, but he very much dislikes Jamil. Seeing him a snake in the sand who cannot be trusted.

Appearance:

Imari is a boy with dark brown skin and piercing electric blue eyes, even looking at moment in his blue orbs seems like looking into a monstrous thunder storm. Not really helped by his storm greatly hair, which resembles a churning cloud just ready to launch bolts of lightning at any moment.

Wrapped around his head is a sapphire headscarf with silver storm design a across the silky fabric as it matches his eyes as well as the ring around his neck.

Speaking of which, dangling around his neck is a chain which connects to a black ring with a dazzling sapphire gem in the middle. It is the item the genie is sealed in, and also is where his more fantastical power is stored.

Always on his dark brown face is a sly, charming grin. As of he's always wearing a mask or trying to goad some one into trusting him. If you didn't know him, you'd suspect him to be a fragrant liar 24/7.

And as a side note, if he were to be in his genie form, his legs would disappear into a tall of dark storm clouds and lightning.

Personality:

Despite how his demeanor may suggest, Imari is honestly one of the most trustworthy people in NRC. He always pays back his eyes great or small with twice of what he received if you've treated him well. He's honestly a albiet playful, but very compassionate and kind person who if treated well, will treat others with profound respect and kindness.

Like I said earlier he can be playful, his sly demeanor has more weight than that. He will often tease, or make fun of others from time to time, often loving to see their reactions or just to get revenge for a slight. As he did with Jamil in the famous ned bug swarm he may ir may not have had a hand in.

But above all else he's a wise and often teacher like individual, seemingly everything he does or sees can be a lesson fir others. Heck he often gives people hints or advice fir what he notices may be coming. But rarely will he intervene, "what's the use of teaching if i do everything for you" is what he believes in.

Kalim has jokingly called him his teacher s few time cause of how much he advises and helps him with lessons.

And as a side note, he's very much a freedom lover, often doing what comes to his mind whenever able. He's like the air, while you can bind it for a time, it always finds a way to escape sooner or later.

"Unique Magic":

"What you desire": Imari's unique magic isn't really a unique magic, while he can use magic like anyone else, to use his magic to its full extent beyond his binds of being a genie, he has to ask someone is that what you wish or desire. And if they decide yes, he can unleash whatever wish they've requested, freeing all his magic to the forefront.

Trivia:

His name means Loyal genie

Imari is an air genie, making his want for freedom much more than a want but it's a need

His father had made him when Kalim's father wished for a guardian abd advisor for his son. And so one day when Kalim was still a baby, Imari's father had created him from the winds of a storm

He probably has a crush on Kalim

He has a habit of saying no one's ever had a friend like him

Jamil knows Imari is a genie and has often asked what's his game, or has tried to gain his ring.

If you gain Imari's ring it's like you gain his soul, he has to follow your orders without fail no matter what

Jamil has often threatened to tell kalim and others Imari is a genie but Imari will combat that who'd believe him and that kalim would see off as him complimenting him

But much to his shock in ch.4 Kalim revealed he knew for a long time, shocking both his aides

This was probably seen when Kalim often described Imari as his genie or something similar, but Imari thought kalim was just praising him or something

After events in ch.4 Kalim freed Imari from his ring, and after that, despite him no longer being forced to, to repay kalim for such a gift, he'd be with the heir until the day he passes to repay it.

He and his father if they were in our world would be Africans, specifically Ethiopians.

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