#no recipes just vibes

[thomfooleryy]

I’m just gonna like… start posting food I make here. Because why not. There is no theme here. No rules to follow. Take it or leave it 🤷🏻‍♂️

#queers who cook #no recipes just vibes #homemade #homecooking #home cooked #pasta #salad

[utilitycaster]

I joke a lot about liking things out of spite but like. Speaking as a pretty big contrarian you can't actually do this in earnest before shriveling up and dying inside. Spite is a great motivator to check out things that seem unfairly maligned, but sometimes you'll find you still don't like it (or, conversely, that people you cannot stand still like the same things you do). Once you start letting spite actually guide you and dictate what you want instead of your own personality (which, by doing this, you are slowly dissolving into a vat of bile), you will be miserable in every sense of the word. They call it cutting off your nose to spite your face for a reason.

#like if you genuinely end up liking it go for it! #but if this is just wanting to stick it to people you don't like...why are you letting someone you don't like dictate your life #like. if someone did this to spite me for example i'd just be like oh so there's no textual reason you like it you're just cranky i don't? #sounds UNBELIEVABLY joyless and a recipe for becoming bitter and blaming people who who literally are just vibing for your bad experiences #(this was inspired by someone saying something about wanting fcg back just to spite people like. ok but do you want that as a STORY?)

[jkpng]

day 135/547 of missing jungkook

#jk #jungkook #buny #said i would yap abt this live and here it is #ik when i was watching it live i said to smone like. the mood is weirdly melancholic but now hes talking abt food and instantly its lighter #but since then i kinda forgot that the first half of that live is like. SUCH AN ODD VIBE #and i rewatched unprepared for it 😭 and got emotional #like idk. like the vibe is DAMP. its heavy not necessarily sad but it was Heavy #and hes talking abt not sleeping well lately and waxing poetic abt he can come here when he feels unstable and it feels safe n comforting #and like. mentioning he feels nauseous and one song looped for like 20 mins and sitting in the fucking dark just pondering silently #like bro ARE U GOOD????? its giving Me whenever im horribly depressed 😭 #like ik u cant really tell someones feelings from their face esp if u dont know them but he just seemed. troubled #and i was watching it like Bro why are u on a livestream sitting in the dark staring at me w big wet eyes ARE U OK……. #and then he starts talking abt food and my eyes literally got wet bc he just. immediately brightened #and got talkative again #and i cant explain idk it made me emotional like. wuh hes happy telling us abt his noodle recipe….wuh…… #and i had to tap out idk ill watch the rest later. IDK IDKKKKKKK im just fond. whatever

[a-slut-for-smut]

you know a ship is gonna be 👌👌 when one looks at the other and goes:

"hmm...maybe violence IS the answer"

#or both of them but i prefer just the one 😁 #the perfect OTP recipe #peak dynamic #gojohime #rivamika #alutegra #ichiruki #sugushoko #otp vibes

[messier51]

In reference to your tags on the food that makes life worth living post - what are chicken squares???

They're kind of like chicken salad sandwiches but wrapped up and baked in crescent roll dough.

They are very delicious.

[image description: four baked chicken squares still on the pan. they aren't very square but the crescent roll dough is nicely browned and they're covered in browned stuffing bits]

At the risk of sounding like a food blogger, these are the food that I'd ask for when given a choice for my birthday. These are kind of an ultimate comfort food nostalgia thing for me. I use an altered version of my grandma's recipe (I measure with my heart, I am so sorry gramma but it turns out just fine this way, and no extra mushrooms) which is below vvvv. There IS a recipe online, on the Official Pillsbury Website (https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/savory-crescent-chicken-squares/) from one of their contests. The name on the recipe is not my grandma, but the location is not far from where she lived. My grandma's recipe is better (obviously) but they're very similar and the version at the link is half the size if you want to try it but don't want to do math or something.

Part of the reason for making the full 8-sandwich version from my grandma's recipe is that it uses a full modern 8oz package of cream cheese (instead of the 3oz version that used to be common I guess?), and then you do not put the other half back in your fridge and forget about it until it gets moldy. If that's too much food, the chicken squares freeze really well! Just bake them for slightly shorter (I do it about 20 minutes) and then stick them in a freezer bag in the freezer until you want to eat them. They just need to be re-baked!

Chicken Squares Recipe (from aj's grandma)

Filling:

1 8oz package of softened cream cheese

1/2 stick butter (that's 1/4 cup) (recipe says "or margarine" lol) melted (you use the other half of it below)

4 cups cooked cubed chicken (this can be approximate. One rotisserie chicken or so. Leftover turkey works great! Canned chicken would probably be good too. My sister does hers with mushrooms for vegetarian reasons but I have no clue how to do that. You can adjust this though! It's super forgiving.)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

4 Tbsp milk (that's 1/4 cup)

4 Tbsp lemon juice

3 Tbsp chopped chives or onion. (Or like, as much as you want. If you like onion, more onion is really good in this. I have used half a large onion, a whole bundle of green onions, whatever looks good. 3 Tbsp is not enough imo, but if you're not into onions, then maybe ignore me)

2 8oz cans of refrigerated crescent rolls.

Sauce:

1 can chicken broth

2 cans cream of mushroom and/or cream of chicken soup

1 pint cream, half and half, or milk

sauteed fresh or canned mushrooms

Topping:

Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Dressing (not the cubed kind) (you can use whatever breadcrumbs you have but the seasonings are really good! Sage, thyme, rosemary, poultry seasonings, whatever.)

The other half of your stick of butter

Instructions:

Cream the cream cheese (a stand mixer is helpful for this) and beat in 1/2 stick of melted butter. Beat until smooth.

Add chicken, onion, salt, pepper, milk, lemon juice. (Order doesn't really matter.) Mix well.

Separate 1 package of crescent dough into 4 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal 2 triangles together. Pat out dough to make thinner and larger (make it sorta square if you cant). (See alternate options below*)

Place about 1/2 cup filling into the center of each dough rectangle. Pull the 4 corners to the center. Twist slightly and pinch together, and pinch the sides that came together to seal. (It's totally ok if they're not perfect. They filling isn't gonna go anywhere.)

[4 unbaked chicken squares on a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat. Three of them are sealed and kind of lumpy, the fourth is still laying out as a square-ish shape of dough with a scoop of filling in the middle. It's got a lot of green onions in it.]

Repeat with your second roll of rolls.

Melt other 1/2 stick of butter in a shallow bowl or pie plate and fill a 2nd shallow bowl with the stuffing/dressing/herbed seasoned bread crumbs.

Set out a cookie pan (I like to line them with parchment paper but it's fine if you don't, they won't stick).

Carefully lift one sandwich packet. Dip both sides(!) in butter and then in the stuffing. Place on the cookie sheet. (Sometimes I wear gloves for this step, your fingers WILL get gooey. You want the bread crumbs sticking out all over, it'll be delicious.)

Repeat for the rest of them.

[four unbaked chicken squares coated in butter and stuffing bread crumbs on a cookie sheet, ready to go into the oven]

Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes (or at 375 for about half an hour if you live on top of a mountain like me). They should be golden brown when they're done (see photos at top and bottom of the post).

You can partially bake and freeze or refrigerate for later!

Prepare sauce:

(I'm going to be honest I don't bother. Sometimes I make a can of cream of mushroom soup in the microwave and pour it on top. It's good! But it's way too much for just a me, and it doesn't freeze as well.)

Sauté mushrooms in about 1/4 cup of butter (sorry that's another half stick of butter, that wasn't in the list above)

Heat chicken broth and cans of soup.

Mix in mushrooms

Simmer until thick and bubbly. Reduce heat and add cream right before use. DO NOT boil after adding cream.

To serve, ladle mushroom sauce over each chicken square on plate.

[a baked chicken square in a shallow bowl swimming in cream of mushroom soup]

*Alternatives to trying to make squares out of crescent dough:

Supposedly it works with dinner roll dough too but I don't remember ever doing that.

Buy the sheets of crescent dough, which makes it a little less likely to split along the diagonal where you tried to smoosh them together.

Make little roll ups! Spoon filling onto large side of the crescent roll triangle and roll up just like you would if you were making it without filling (this is also really good with jam or nutella js). You can still dip them in the butter and dressing, they turn out great! You get a bigger bread to filling ratio, so you might need more rolls for the same amount of filling. Bake time is a little shorter though, keep an eye on them. They're cute though!

[three chicken roll ups(?) on a plate]

[baked chicken squares and roll ups on parchment paper-covered cookie sheets sitting on the stove]

So, go forth and eat chicken squares. I've got some in my freezer that I made after thanksgiving with my leftover turkey, I'm going to eat some on Monday for my birthday meal, as is traditional.

#replying to asks #chicken squares #recipe #idk if i would call these specifically a midwestern food but they have that vibe to them #cream cheese is so delicious #the filling is safe to eat too so you're just baking the crescent roll dough and heating up the insides #i took pics one of the more recent times i made them bc every time i mention these people go 'what' #lmao #now i have a whole post i can just link to in the future #random personal stuff #sorta

[iknityounot]

I somewhat recently lost a group of friends, nearly all of which I had knitted items for.

Half the time I think about the whole situation I am sad, and the other half I am furious.

And weirdly one of the only things I think about when I am angry is how I want all of them to send me back the things I made, or at the very least send me a photo of them destroying it so I know they are no longer benefiting from my work

#is this just me? #i know the vibe is kind of rancid #who knows #they probably dont use the stuff i made for them anyway #anyone else have a real problem with the recipents of knitting/crochet gifts just....not wearing/using the piece in front of you? #joy knits #text post #text #venting #knit #knitting

[honesttoglob]

I feel like Steve and Frances would be friends. Just like,,,, buds. Pals. They meet to play chess out in Central Park every weekend and Steve wins most of the time but it's only because he eats Frances' pieces when she isn't looking and she's way too high to keep track of his strategy.

#bigtop burger #btb steve #btb frances #She just seems like she'd be really tolerant and even encouraging of weirdness #They give me an iroh and toph vibe #Or like an ice king and marceline vibe #Two bros #Two pals #Being buds #buddies #They go foraging for mushrooms in the woods together #Whatever mushrooms Steve collects she has to take from him because he tries to eat them instantly #While she has a recipe she wants to make with them #He eats the poisonous ones behind her back because they're extra tasty and prettier #Sometimes she points out the poisonous ones only to look back a minute later and she that they're gone and she's like #STEVE DID YOU EAT THAT? I TOLD YOU ITS POISON! #And he's like “Nooooo! Of course not!” #While his mouth is clearly full of deadly mushrooms

[daandori]

we luv hiding in a bathroom for three hours bc your mom is throwing a tantrum and insulting you over something being overcooked

#the talkies #only room i have that locks so its my little safe space #she didnt even give me an actual recipe just a fucking instagram reel like 'make this' #it wouldve been so easy to just be normal about it #santa can i pls have a loving family for christmas xx ty #huge sliding in the sewer vibes tn

[theoptimisticdaydreamer]

Can we have a season of bake off where all the bakers are over the age of 50? Even better if they are in their 70s.

Older generation bake off.

I assure you that I will still faithfully watch every week because there is something so classic about the people who learned how to bake the old fashioned way: Watching their relatives who have baked for decades. With measurements like a pinch and a hint and a smidgeon. Recipes being passed down on the backs of notecards with the ink all smudged away or only through word of mouth alone. Who grew up having to stretch every ingredient. Who didn't have the internet or a lot of recipes/ingredients readily available for a significant portion of their life.

Give me older charming bakers. Give me an entire tent full of Nickys and Keiths and Dawns and Maggies. Bonus points if they have a really salt-of-the-earth life. Bonus bonus points if they have supreme British wit (a la Dame Maggie Smith) that will leave the judges speechless (and subtly insulted). Give me an entire tent full of people who do not give a damn about what Paul and Prue care most about--- presentation and ~finesse~. People whose only goal is to feed the people they care about with the food they create.

Give me a season of ~rustic~ bakers.

#gbbo #great british bake off #gbbo 2023 #my thoughts #older generation bake off #there is just something different about baking when your world is so much smaller then it is today #when your baking sphere was so incredibly local #local ingredients #local recipes passed down by your family members or your neighbors or that one random magazine #when the only goal of baking was to feed their loved ones #not a single whit given about its finesse #nobody has time or money for elaborate designs #older charming supportive good vibes bakers #i would happily watch that #also to see paul and prue get insulted by some good ol fashioned british wit #throwing rustic right back in paul's face #rustic has been delicious and feeding people for generations paul

[galacticdrift]

it is truly astonishing to me how many people are just posting in the #hbomberguy or #james somerton tag saying "I don't know what's happening, I'm so confused, who are these people, I've never heard of them before"

the whole internet is at your fingertips, bestie. the very tumblr tag you posted in has explanatory posts if you simply bother to look.

#the general lack of intellectual curiosity* is exactly how this dude got so popular without more widespread/vocal criticism tbh #same vibe as the people who comment on a pepperoni pizza recipe saying 'what do I do if I don't like pepperoni or pizza???' #* and just like........the unwillingness to even google anything to learn more? I mean come on.

[rmbunnie]

Just watched Akira and it was so so good but What The Fuck is Going On because I had no clue it would be like that from what i’ve seen people say about it. The general focus I’ve seen before when discussing Akira was “nice retro animation” and “iconic motorcycle slide” but the motorcycle slide happens like 20 minutes in and I was COMPLETELY unprepared for the rest of the movie?? I mean the things I’ve seen about it online are right, the animation is really cool and the bike slide is nice, but I haven’t seen a single image of Tetsuo before watching the movie, you’d think he wasn’t in it? But disregarding my naivety in thinking I’d get an accurate impression of it from what I see online, I really liked it! Theres a LOT going on, but not in a disorganized way. Kaneda was cool and fun, but I also very much got the wrong impression about him, he seemed like he’d be a lot more stoic/serious than he was, and it felt like Tetsuo got equal or more screentime than him, which makes the total lack of Tetsuo i’ve seen pre-movie more confusing to me. The scene with the glass and the toys was probably the most representative of the tone of the movie to me, not the setting or anything, there aren’t any motorcycles or frozen vaults or sci-fi guns until the end of the scene, but the brand of unsettling is consistent with the rest of the movie. Overall, it was odd to watch with the things I’ve heard about it in mind because you can read that it’s rated R for violence, and it isn’t a lie, but the “cyberpunk action” isn’t the most intense aspect of the movie, and the scenes of violence would have a lot less intensity without the context behind them. The movie was also a lot sadder than I thought it would be! The “cyberpunk biker 80s aesthetic” description that I saw before watching it really doesn’t give it a fair summary, I liked it so much more as the real thing than as what I thought it would be, especially in the character writing. Also the sound design/score was amazing, that one fucking song with the breathing noises was absurdly cool.

#not that i have any issue with cyberpunk #it just gives off a way different vibe than what it really is when thats the only description #akira #akira 1988 #i am thinking so hard about tetsuo #not like in a blorbo way or like he was completely innocent or anything #just thinking #also thinking about those psychic kids #from the experiment and how even though it was horrible experimentation that colonel ran into the explosion trying to get them back safe #i saw an edit post watching it and lots of comments like it looks cool but i didn't finish it and it's cool but i didn't get the plot #*post-watching #and its not like its some niche undiscovered treasure or anything its iconic #but there was so much amazing about the plot #so the massive focus on the visuals alone confuses me #not too much because like its beautiful #but watching tetsuo fall to his knees terrified post-surgery didn't leave an impression because it was pretty you know? #or post-experiment #im doing another anime/manga review just because i feel like typing up my thoughts #and posting it out animal crossing recipe that washes up on the beach style #nothing new #its not even a review im just talking about the movie #speaking of i haven't read the manga so i can't speak for any manga specific bits #but the fact that the writer also wrote the movie makes me believe that even if it wasn't 100% accurate #the changes were changes he thought were acceptable and true to his vision of what it should be #i also really liked that you could only contextualize some things from earlier in the movie with info from the end scenes #which is just how movies work tbh #but its still a treat #when the movie is a movie :0 #anime

[legasovas]

I was in an Uber and the driver was cool and we smoked some of my weed vape together and it turns out we're both Jews. We were vibing until he said that he didn't believe that Palestine should exist. Like bro, I just shared weed with you, that's not cool.

#personal #kasaundra's life #like bro I shared zaza with you #and this mf goes like "Fuck the Palestinians they don't get a right to that land #like bxtch I just shared weed with you and you turn out to be a colonizer apologist #plus we were really vibing and talking about recipes and the difference between Ashkenazi and Mirhazi Jews and then he says that shit

[ghosts-of-love]

fr fr can someone send me the strength to go to Big Tesco

#getting the vibes that it will be too overwhelming and that i will panic #but ive got fuck all to eat so i need to go #and i found some new recipes and im gonna try to make vegan matzo balls later just to see if i can #'if i go to Big Tesco i can buy myself little treats' -> on repeat in my mind

[causticcontemplation]

God DAMN. I surprise myself sometimes with how well I can cook.

#taking my partner's childhood favs #and making them actually good #no recipes #no measuring #just vibes

[ibijau]

desperately looking for a recipe only to dismiss everything it tells me to do

#jau rants #I'm unfamiliar with the ingredient partner wanted to eat #the recipe is just there to show me the vibe with which you cook it #vibe aquired I'm gonna do my own thing now thanks

[soldier-poet-king]

Im still so upset abt my family pulling a Charlotte Lucas on me this weekend but like. It's fine. I am going to get So Buff so I don't have to hate having a soft "feminine" body and also so I'm strong enough to bear the weight of their Ongoing Disappointment (TM) about p much every single one of my life choices and also maybe my very existence

#franposting #im somehow so upset abt that #but also so happy bc im working out again and the weather is nice and i have recipes to make and fresh veg in the fridge #also im reading the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue as a completely self indulgent comfort read #and im just 🥺 #what if u were in love with ur best friend in the 1700s #and u were both boys #but also ur a little depressed and a little bit an alcoholic. and ur dad is a shitbag. #and also ur being chased by highwaymen on the grand tour of the continent. for funsies #literally. in love with ur best friend is such a good trope. making it sad queer 18th century is just. delicious #this shit HURTS and I'm actively crying #because all the bits with his dad are like. YEAH ME TOO. this is one of THE biggest sources of nightmares for me #i can never be free or honest!!! i simply make up excuses abt being single forever and ever #also bk2 is abt felicity and i love her. queen. truly. just wants to get a mans education and escape finishing school. icon #but yeah. this was supposed to be fun haha lil fluff romance with no stakes ol #just a distraction from my woes. and now im like. oh #oh shit we be in it now #dare i say..... sebastian flyte vibes of it all.... #softhearted fop alcoholic in love w ur best friend. rich brit. parent issues. really just need to love and be loved