people really be out there in the world like "i wanna live in NYC!!! I want a penthouse and computers and to be a professional gamer and have a great job in technology development!!!" and im just out here like "i want to write books and live in a tiny cottage in the middle of nowhere and make my own butter and grow the ingredients for my tea"
Butter recipes are from the book "Butter: A Rich History" by Elaine Khosrova. I think the recipes are great, I just need to find a better way to knead and dry off the butter because the cheesecloth I have releases fuzz onto the butter, even when freshly cleaned. It's also important, I found, to press the butter a little at a time into all the crevices of the molds, otherwise you will have many gaps and air pockets. Metal molds work as well as silicone, you just have to tap them against the counter for the butter to slide out, but the butter seems to shrink a bit so it comes out easily. The cultured butter was made with a flora danica culture but to me tastes almost indientical to the sweet cream, although the buttermilk tasted wildly different, much more like tangy buttermilk from the store than the sweet cream buttermilk, with just tasted a bit like milk. Made one of them with raw cream, which didn't seem to make a difference falvor-wise. You should be able to get around 2 cups of cream from a gallon of raw milk (roughly, I'm sure this varies).
NB: I used my stand mixer and it took about 6-10 minutes for the butter to separate out and makes a HUGE mess. Try the food processor next time, since it's contained and can't splatter.
headcanon that percy and annabeth host a 'Grover Appreciation Day' once a month to remind grover how much they value him. they have a picnic out in the strawberry fields where they talk about their future and grover's role in it. they talk about getting married one day and asking grover to be the best man. they later explore the city and take pictures in place they definitely shouldn't. they go to lunch and cause harmless mayhem like they did when they were younger. they end the evening with a movie marathon of all of grover favorite nature documentaries and fall asleep cuddling together on the couch.
Do you think the “give the legendary Pokemon a sandwich thing” would work to befriend other legendaries. imagine some kid convincing Mewtwo to stop loathing humanity because they gave him a ham and swiss on rye
hey, don't cry. combine one cup peanut (or almond or whatever) butter, one cup sugar, one egg, all right? roll into 1-inch balls, place on cookie sheet, press with a fork to make criss-cross pattern, and bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes, okay?
zoro who is so caught off guard by sanji’s kinder actions towards him is one of my favorite tropes. sanji crafting him specialized post workout snacks personally adjusted for him but still down to fight and call him names. he’s still the biggest asshole zoro has ever had the displeasure of knowing, and he’s horribly considerate. he’s a little confused but doesn’t reject any of sanji’s specialized treats. it’s not like sanji is fawning and doting over him like he does nami, so zoro feels like he can cross off sanji actually liking him from his list of reasons as to why sanji is acting like this. but it’s still fucking strange..
meanwhile sanji is in his kitchen wondering how zoro hasn’t taken a damn hint yet