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[potato-lord-but-not]

In response to the couple of posts you shared where Oscar makes some baller strawberry muffins, I wanted to share a strawberry muffin recipe! These are a summertime favorite of mine : )

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour (360 grams)

1 tablespoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter softened (226 grams)

1 ½ cups granulated sugar (300 grams)

2 large eggs room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup milk (240 mL)

1¾ cups diced fresh strawberries

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 375 F (190 C) 

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. 

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together on medium-high until they are light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. 

Reduce the speed to medium. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until well combined before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla.

Reduce the speed to low and alternate adding the dry ingredients and the milk until combined. Usually 3 times back and forth between dry ingredients and milk will get everything mixed in. 

*Note: Stop mixing once the batter has only a few streaks of flour remaining.  The batter will finish mixing when you fold in the strawberries.

Using a spatula, gently fold in the strawberries, then spoon into a muffin tin that is either greased, or lined with muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops with a touch more sugar, then bake for 18-20 mins til the tops are golden, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.      

Cool and Enjoy! 

GAHHH THOSE SOUND SO TASTY TYSM

[tecchoussuperlady]

Hello! I saw your request open so I came here! Hope you are doing good!

Can I request a Ranpo x Reader who is motherly towards him? He slowly would have a crush on her, like a Dom reader without NSFW! Thank you so much :')!

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EAT MY LOVE

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I was so excited to write this, thanks for the request ml!

I swear the more (far) you read it gets better.

Warnings: very slight violence (a slap on the face), allegory, cursing, very hidden SA (s/o being uncomfortable) -not by Ranpo!

1,776 words.

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Atsushi's tired legs lead him towards the well known building. He could get there even with blindfolded eyes. His daily worries changed a lot since his life took a 360° turn. But there is nothing he regrets now, even if he is risking his life daily, he's not scared. He got place where does he belongs to and feels happy.

He hurriedly opened the door and let his body fell on the older sofa. If it was any other day he would complain about it's uncomfortable and prostrate being. But this old sofa never felt as soft as today.

"Ahh finally back..."

In the background was echoing loud sounds of lady wearing heels going towards the floor. She sat on the couch next to the silver haired boy and patted his head, as exhausted as him.

"How was the mission?"

A boy with ginger hair asked the two.

"Terrible."

The young lady said with heavy accent.

"We had to be hidden in dirty bushes for hours. I can't even feel my feet anymore. And worse, the port mafia was trying to engage too. Oh man, i wish we could eat Tea on rice"

Atsutshi sighed at the memory of his latest mission.

"When we are talking about food, did you bring me the pastry from the new bakery?"

Ranpo barged into the conversation without second thought.

[Name] got up from the older sofa and waved with a paper bag in front of the detective's face.

"Oh, how amazing coworker I am. Aren't I?"

"Yea yea, now give it to me!"

Before Ranpo could snatch it from her hands she opened the bag and took out the wagashi.

"Open up!"

The detective opened his mouth without hesitation.

As her hand was moving closer and closer to his mouth she stopped for a second and then put the delicious pastry in her mouth.

"Uh? Hey!"

The detective started whining and pouting as if the world was about to collapse.

"Mmm so yummy, maybe if you were less greedy and more decent i would give you some!"

"You are such a meanie [name]! Give it to me!"

You ignored his whinning and your attention shifted to your Atsutshi.

"Atsutshi! Aren't you tired and hungry after such a long mission?"

When Ranpo realized that you are trying to give the candy to Atsutshi he started screaming even louder.

"How can you even-"

You quickly stuffed his mouth full with the wagashi and he happily started munching on it.

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"[Name]..."

"What is it?"

Your fingers were carefully going through Ranpo's hair and massaging his scalp.

"Wanna sleep over today?"

"Last time i did, I woke up with half of my hair covered in your droll..."

A/n: i once read that Ranpo would chew on his s/o hair in sleep and i can't get it out of my head

Ranpo turned his head away in embarrassment and his cheeks slightly flushed.

"I don't know what are you talking about, you probably saw it in your dream..."

"Of course."

You brushed it off trying to suspend your laugh so he wouldn't get more embarrassed.

"And anyways, I'm already taken on today's night. I'm going out."

"Out? Why would you go out at night?"

Ranpo turned his back to you opening his emerald eyes looking into your soul as an lost kid.

"I'm going on a date."

You said with unbothered tone.

"But why?"

"To find someone obviously-"

"But you have us already, why do you need someone else? You have me."

"Well..."

You weren't how much Ranpo was into this theme. He understands the point of dating even over his partly childish personality, right?"

"... It's for a different type of close person. Like-"

"I know what do you mean. I'm not dumb. I'm the smartest detective in the world after all! Just, I don't think you need someone else."

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Your date wasn't what you expected at all. He was too noisy and...

He doesn't know how to use chopsticks. Even with your attempts to make him change it for a fork he wasn't giving up and both of you were receiving weird looks. You were certain that you won't ever step foot into this restaurant again.

You weren't sure why you hate his loud self. You were decently used to it as co worker of Ranpo Edogawa and Dazai Osamu. So why did this guy's existence was annoying you? You weren't sure.

Him slurping noodles was one of the worst sounds you ever heard, but you were certain that Ranpo is ten times louder. And his loud giggles though Ranpo is sometimes so loud that the whole street has to close their windows.

And last but not least was him eyeing you shamelessly. Dazai did that at least once a day with some flirty note. And Ranpo would sometimes move his eyes to where they definitely shouldn't look. Though you never confront him about it. You don't even know by yourself why. It was just... a lot different?

"So, your top is really pretty..."

The man's eyes fell lower towards your chest.

"... do you usually wear such a clothing to work?"

You slowly looked up from your food at the man.

"Just shut the fuck up and eat your food."

You stuffed your mouth with the food and looked outside of the window annoyed, ignoring the confused expression on the man's face.

As you were thinking about how the two of you will pay for the food your phone started ringing.

The man looked up from his food and you picked up the call.

"Hello?"

"[Name]! We need your help urgently!"

"Huh, what is it?"

"Ranpo-san uhhh..."

"What is with him? Did he finally got diagnosed with diabetes or-"

"They took him! He was on his way to buy some snacks and they kidnapped him!"

Why was he even buying snacks at 9pm? Uh, nevermind. Did the agency got the location?"

"Yes, they did. I will send it to you, thanks! You are the best."

Atsushi hang up the phone and looked at his coworker.

"Ranpo-san... are you sure that this will work? I mean, [name] is not stupid and i don't really wanna get into problems with her."

"Just trust me! She will be too worried to realize it's fake, she cares about me after all, right?"

"I guess, but she will so mad when she will find out."

"Leave it on me! And now you can go back to your apartment to Kyouka. I will be okay."

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There was not a single athletic bone in your body, that's what you knew for years. But right now you felt like you were about to break an world record. If you came too late, this afternoon might be the last time you saw Ranpo alive.

Where are others?!

They can't be to far away or too busy when someone's life is in danger.

With one swift kick the door flew open and Ranpo was sitting calmly on a chair in the middle of the old dirty room from a past hospital which was left there abandoned.

"Hey! I thought that you will let me die here all alone. You were taking quite-"

Your hands quickly hugged him. Eyes getting glossy from fighting tears.

"Please don't cry, it's not even an real kidnapping!"

"What?"

"I personally hoped that your inteligence isn't so low to not realize it's fake. If i were really kidnapped Fukuzawa would definitely already be there in matter of seconds, no matter how busy he is. Or anyone else. Were you really that worried about me? Because-"

...

The sound of slap landing on that delicate skin echoed the room. And everything went silent.

"What are you-"

"You selfish idiot! You are really nothing but a dumb kid! Why on the earth would you such a stupid thing? Why?! What would you do if next time someone actually kidnapped you and i would assume it's your another stupid joke and you would die!"

"The detective's eyes widened and tears started spilling."

"Can't you once act like an decent human being? Do you think that this was that funny to play with your life?"

"I... I'm sorry, it wasn't supposed to be like this!"

The dark haired boy said in between sobs.

"Then why?"

"Because i don't want you to leave me! You keep going out on dates or with others, but eventually you will want to get married to them sooner or later and you will leave me and forget me."

You started at the crying boy with stunned face.

"Why do you think i would forget about you or get married? All men outside are jerks anyways."

Your hands softly caressed his hair and hugged him. He still couldn't stop crying.

"I'm sorry, don't leave me."

"How could i leave you? Who else would bring you your daily sweets and let you chew on their hair?"

"I'm serious, i love you."

You stopped caressing his hair and looked down at him.

"What?"

There was no response, just muffled sobbing. Ranpo... why did you even looked at him as kid all the time? He was an adult, older than you. How could you never notice.

"Are you sure?"

He nodded with his head still burried in your chest.

You gave him little kiss on his forehead and slowly started wiping his tears away.

"More than your favorite lollipops?"

Another nod.

You couldn't fight away the smile and gave him peck on his cheek and another on his other cheek.

"I feel honoured then."

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I promise, I will correct the grammar mistakes tomorrow in the morning.

⊹ ࣪ ˖🍰₊˚⊹♡⊹ ࣪ ˖🍰₊˚⊹♡⊹ ࣪ ˖🍰₊˚⊹♡⊹ ࣪ ˖🍰₊˚⊹♡⊹ ࣪ ˖🍰₊˚⊹

[oceans-beloved]

★｡:*･.Thaumoyaki Recipe .･*:｡★

Thaumoyaki, or Grilled Thaumo Balls, originated in Osaka and are one of Japan’s best-known street foods. Whether you make a traditional style with bits of Thaumo or choose creative alternatives, these ball-shaped dumplings are fun to make with your friends and family!

Thaumoyaki is a Japanese snack in the shape of little round balls containing pieces of Thaumo. Thaumo-yaki literally translates to “thaumo-grilled/fried” and some people may call it “Grilled Thaumo Balls” or “Thaumo Dumplings”.

PREP TIME: 15minutes mins

COOK TIME: 10minutes mins

TOTAL TIME: 25minutes mins

SERVINGS: 26 pieces

INGREDIENTS

For the filling:-

3 g katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) 

2 green onions/scallions

1 Tbsp pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga)

120 g Thaumo sashimi (boiled Thaumo)

For the Batter:-

120 g all-purpose flour (plain flour)

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt

2 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell)

1 tsp soy sauce

360 ml dashi (Japanese soup stock)

For Cooking:-

2 Tbsp neutral oil

15 g tenkasu/agedama (tempura scraps)

For the Toppings:-

120 ml Thaumoyaki sauce

Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise

katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)

aonori (dried green laver seaweed)

pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga)

INSTRUCTIONS

Gather all the ingredients.

To Prepare the Filling:-

Grind 3 g katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) into a fine powder. Set aside; we‘ll use this powder when we‘re cooking the Thaumoyaki.

Cut 2 green onions/scallions into fine slices and mince 1 Tbsp pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga).

Cut 120 g Thaumo sashimi (boiled Thaumo) into ½-inch (1.3-cm) bite-sized pieces

To Make the Batter:-

In a large mixing bowl, combine 120 g all-purpose flour (plain flour), 2 tsp baking powder, and ½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt and whisk it all together.

Add 2 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell), 1 tsp soy sauce, and 360 ml dashi (Japanese soup stock).

Whisk it all together until well blended and transfer the batter to a measuring cup with a handle (or any other pitcher with a spout for easy pouring.)

To Cook the Thaumoyaki:-

Heat the Thaumoyaki pan to 400ºF (200ºC) over medium heat. Use a brush to generously grease the pan‘s rounded chambers and flat top surface with 2 Tbsp neutral oil. When smoke starts to rise, pour the batter to fill the chambers. It’s okay to slightly overfill the cavities. In the next steps, the batter will likely overflow as you add more ingredients to it.

Add 1–3 Thaumo pieces, depending on their size, to each chamber and sprinkle on top the katsuobushi powder that you ground earlier.

Sprinkle 15 g tenkasu/agedama (tempura scraps), the green onion slices, and the chopped pickled red ginger on top. After 3 minutes or so, when the batter on the bottom has set and is slightly crisp, use skewers to break the connected batter between each chamber. Then, rotate each piece 90 degrees (a quarter turn) toward the bottom of the pan, stuffing the connected dough back into the ball as you turn it. The uncooked batter will flow out from inside to create another side of the ball. After you finish turning them, set a timer for 4 minutes.

After 4 minutes, rotate them again, starting with the first ball: Turn each Thaumoyaki another 90 degrees toward the bottom of the pan so the remaining uncooked batter pours out into the chamber to complete the ball shape. Home Thumoyaki griddles don‘t distribute heat evenly, so it’s a good idea to swap the balls around to different chambers so they brown evenly. After turning and cooking for another 4 minutes, they are done.

To Serve:-

Transfer them onto a plate and drizzle 120 ml takoyaki sauce and Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise on top. Finish the dish with a sprinkling of katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) and aonori (dried green laver seaweed) and a side of pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga). Serve immediately. (But, be careful—they‘re VERY hot inside!)

To Store:-

You can keep the leftovers in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for 3 days or in the freezer for 2–3 weeks.

Join us next time for a quick 15 minutes "Crispy Hot Butter Nalis" recipe!

This beautiful ingredient character belongs to @symptomsofdeceit

PLEASE GO PLAY SYMPTOMS OF DECEIT!!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!TRUST ME!!!!

And if you want to actually make takoyaki this is the original recipe

[shoku-and-awe]

I ordered some seeds and the company sent me a little newsletter! With recipes! Very simple recipes, but I like it. Click through for recipes for Peanut Rice (!) and Bitter Greens with Peanuts, credit to Kuragi Co., Ltd. in Mie Prefecture.

Peanut Rice

360 g dry rice Peanuts to taste 30 ml sake 1 tsp salt Gomashio to taste (toasted sesame seeds and sea salt; available at Asian grocery stores or mix your own) 

(1) Wash rice thoroughly, then mix with sake and salt in rice cooker. Add slightly more water than necessary.

(2) On top, add peanuts (without removing skin) to taste. Cook in rice cooker.

(3) When finished, sprinkle with gomashio and serve.

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Bitter Greens* with Peanuts

*Specifically, 春菊 shungiku or chrysanthemum greens, but you could try spinach, mustard greens, broccoli rabe, whatever you have!

1 bunch bitter greens 20 g peanuts 1 tbsp dashi powder 2/3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar Salt to taste

(1) Wash greens thoroughly and blanch (add to a pot of salted boiling water, remove quickly, and rinse thoroughly in cold water to lose residual heat). When cool, wring out water and cut into 4 cm lengths.

(2) Chop peanuts roughly.

(3) Combine soy sauce, dashi, sugar, and peanuts, and mix well. Use as a dressing for greens.

[thecatsandthecrone]

Small batch bread for prosperity

I love to make this bread when I want something warm and comforting but I am too tired to cook. It takes literally no effort, barely any kneading and the dough is ready in 10 minutes tops.

Plus, if you make it with intent, it's as good as any other complex, time consuming magic recipe.

INGREDIENTS

360 grams of flour (prosperity, for me) A teaspoon of salt 5 grams/a packet of yeast (speeding up spells, for me) 300 grams/mls of cool water Linseed (prosperity, wealth) Pumpkin seed (prosperity, good luck)

Combine all dry ingredients together in a big mixing bowl, with intent. Make sure the salt and the yeast don't touch directly as that would spoil the yeast. If you don't have a lot of pumpkin seed or linseed, leave them out of the recipe for now (you can use them as decoration). Make a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients, and slowly add the water, mixing thoroughly. The dough will be shaggy but that's OK, that's how we want it to look (it won't come together or form a ball at this stage). Cover it and let it rise for 12 to 18 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is. The dough should have doubled or tripled in size during that time.

Right before cooking, knead it a little extra, but not so much that you eliminate all of the air on it. At this point the dough should naturally take the shape of a ball. If it doesn't, all extra flour until it holds shape. The texture of the dough should be similar to that of your earlobe. When you have a soft ball that more or less holds shape, preheat your oven or air fryer to 200º, Once it has reached that temperature put your ball of dough in there and cook it for 20 minutes. Your bread should be ready and warm. Let it cool down a little before slicing it! *** This recipe can also be done with sourdough. I have tried before and you will have to adapt the recipe depending on the level of humidity of the sourdough starter that you keep. Happy baking!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

WTH House of the day. It's an 1890 charmer, says the description. In Central City, Colorado, it has 3bds, 4ba, they want $650K. There's a lot going on in here. We have a lot to look at. First, that door that they built looks silly. Unless it's a storage shed...

There's a narrow entrance hall that looks like they may have enclosed it.

The dining room is nice, but it's the room you enter from the hall. This home had to be reconfigured.

Off the dining room is a bedroom.

This looks like a porch that was fashioned from several rooms, by the looks of the walls. I don't know what those openings in the ceiling are, but they look like some sort of railing above.

The kitchen has a weird setup. The stove is in the middle of the room. I thought that was a pop-up exhaust, but they put a shelf around the back of the stove.

We are smart shoppers, so we realize that the outdated cabinets were simply painted white. Did they block a window over the sink?

Here's a small powder room with a fancy bowl sink.

At first I thought that this home office was a room, but it's really just the hall landing at the bottom of the stairs. Well, at least it's roomy.

They made an elegant living room, but it's on the 2nd fl.

I don't know what's happening in here, but it looks like a TV room.

I'm so confused at how these rooms should go. Anyway, here is a hallway with wall cupboards and a tropical mural. It leads to a bath.

And, this is the bath it leads to.

The attic is finished and has big double doors to a terrace.

That box to the left of the bed was built to make a bathroom and keep in mind the glass block window.

And here it is. There's the glass block window on the right.

This is the cutest room in the house.

That's a DIY rock wall, but it's not bad. What's bad is that freshly hung wall paper that looks like stone.

Why is it in the tub/shower enclosure? I bet no one uses this bath until the house is sold, so it doesn't peel off.

Unattractive yard. Maybe in the spring it'll look better.

I hope that shed just whimsically looks like an outhouse.

This must be the back of the house. It's so long and narrow. I thought there'd be more land, but it's only got 0.4 of an acre. I don't know. $650K seems like a lot.

[cajon-desastre]

White chocolate cake

Hello hello 😃

It's been a long time since I published an easy recipe for those with a sweet tooth and here it is. As always the measurements are European, use the table of equivalences 😊

You will need:

-460 gr. of white chocolate. -400 gr. Philadelphia cream cheese or similar. -40 gr. powdered sugar (optional, white chocolate is very sweet and - I don't usually add more sugar) -160 gr. square cookies (26-30) -50 ml. milk -1 tablespoon of sunflower oil or butter. -Line a 21x11 cm. rectangular mold with baking paper.

Melt the white chocolate (360 gr.), reserving 100 gr., in the microwave and let it cool slightly. Next, beat the melted chocolate with the cream cheese. Dip the cookies in milk and make layers of cookies and chocolate-cheese cream, smoothing each one until the mold is filled. Chill for at least 4 hours in the refrigerator. It is best to do it the day before.

Unmold and with the 100 g of reserved chocolate, melt and add the tablespoon of sunflower oil or butter and cover the cake. Garnish as desired.

Cool, serve and enjoy 😋😋😋

[osi-inn]

Okay, re working Viorel Creeds mutation numbers. It still functions the same as before. Just different calculations because math on my end was wrong.( ；∀；)

Anyways, for those of ya who don't know the previous post about their mutation(s), heres the run down:

Claws and teeth come from their father, Victor Creed. Viorels claws are retractable and have their own pace of regular growth patterns. For teeth, 6 of the uppers are sharpener than normal and 4 of the lower are sharpener.

Also, for the blood consumption end of their mutation, which is considered their primary. Works similar to how Toga's Quirk works in MHA/BNHA. The only exception is that Viorel can also take on another person's mutation. But it's either the physical appearance or mutation, unless she a certain amount of someone else's blood.

Okay, now it's time for the new calculations before it was completely wrong.

MATH TIME! ( ´-ω-)

So the following calculations will not exceed more than 2 pints of blood or in blood measurements that would approximately be 946 milliliters (mL) . Blood is measured in mL, not fl oz, that's where I went wrong the first time.

Another thing, I'll keep to a stand of intervals of 10 mL per step as blood work tends to use that much at most for one test.

Okay, now I can begin (・ω・、)

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0 mL - 20mL nothing noticeable

21 mL - 40 mL choosing between the paths. If opting for physical appearance, it can be held for 6 minutes. If the mutation route is chosen, then it can be maintained for 3 minutes. So a 6:3 or a 2:1 ratio.

41 mL - 30 mL continuation of previous stage but adding 3 minutes to the time.

Continuation of previous stage up till 360 mL.

361 mL - 380 mL can do both physical and mutation aspects at once, but for no longer than 25 minutes. Or she can do it similar to prior stages choosing one or the other. Amount ratio staying at the same pace.

381 mL - 400 mL when using the combined route up to 5 minutes to the time.

Continuation up words.

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When it comes to the combined route, Viorel does have to do both at the same time, but if she does dot he combined aspect, she has to start a person's physical appearance. As the mutant end requires more of her strength to maintain. That's why the ratio is 2:1. So, in the combined form for every two minutes, she can maintain the mutation for 1 of the following minutes at the same time.

If ya'll think it should be reworked, I'm up to suggestions.

[himedanshicult]

anti civ poster: im gonna PIPE BOMB the local sanitation treatment plant and do a SICK 360 ollie kick flip on my skateboard and there's nothing you CUCKED civbrains can do about it!!!

ML poster: are you seeing this? ecofascist terror cells are threatening to destroy all the world's safe water supply! that'll kill everyone, and the majority of everyone is people of color and the global south! do they just want people of color in the global south to die of cholera???? we need to strip mine the congo rainforest right. fucking. now.

[heartinthegalley]

Ayme's Weekly Recipe – Red Velvet Cake

Time for this week’s recipe! Today, we’re making a delicious Red Velvet Cake, soft, flavorful, and topped with a creamy cream cheese frosting that melts in your mouth. Perfect for the weekend!

Ingredients

For the cake:

2 ½ cups (320 g) all-purpose flour, sifted

1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon cocoa powder (unsweetened)

1 ½ cups (360 ml) vegetable oil

1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk*

2 large eggs (room temperature)

2 tablespoons red food coloring

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon white vinegar

* Buttermilk substitute: Combine 1 cup of whole milk with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice. Let it sit for 10 minutes.

For the cream cheese frosting:

450 g cream cheese (room temperature)

1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter (room temperature)

4 cups (480 g) powdered sugar, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the cake:

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease two 8-inch (20 cm) round cake pans.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder.

3. In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients: oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vanilla, and vinegar.

4. Gradually combine the wet ingredients with the dry, mixing gently until smooth.

5. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes. Let the cakes cool completely before removing them from the pans.

For the frosting:

1. In a mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until creamy.

2. Gradually add the powdered sugar, followed by the vanilla extract, and beat until smooth and firm.

Assembly:

1. Level the cakes if needed.

2. Place one layer on a plate, spread frosting on top, then add the second layer.

3. Frost the entire cake and decorate as desired.

🪻 Fun Fact of the Day – Our Adorable Navigator, Bepo! 🪻

Did you know that Bepo is not just the Polar Tang’s incredible navigator but also a true tea enthusiast? He doesn’t just enjoy a warm cup of tea; he’s an expert in selecting and blending unique flavors.

With his sharp sense of smell, Bepo can identify the finest tea blends and often shares his creations with the crew. One of his specialties is the "Polar Tea," a soothing combination of herbs he collects during their journeys. He believes tea has the power to comfort and bring people together, even on the toughest days at sea.

🪻Ayme’s Tip 🪻: This cake pairs perfectly with a cup of black tea or mild coffee! Bon appétit!

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dzisiaj rano miałam lw: 46.7 🥹

dodatkowo dziś jedyne kalorie, które do siebie dostarczyłam to z lizaka chupa chups truskawkowo-śmietankowego (44kcal) + obstawiam, że jakieś 330 ml liptona green tea (33 kcal) co łącznie daje 77 kcal, do tego nie w jedzeniu tylko w piciu! (lizaka tak zaliczam, bo w sumie nie gryziemy go tylko rozpuszcza się pod wpływem działania ślinianek)

zeby tego było mało dziś dużo chodziłam/jeździłam na rowerze i spaliłam według zegarka jakoś 450 kcal, czyli dzisiejszy bilans jest około 360 na minusie!

wiem, że dla większości to nic wielkiego i dzień jak co dzień, ale ja się naprawdę cieszę, bo chyba drugi raz w życiu mam bilans na minusie, oby jutro było na wadze 46.4, wtedy zostaje mi tydzień na zrzucenie 1,5 kg co chyba nie powinno mi pójść źle

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February 18, 2024 Draft

List: cubecobra.com/c/pink

3 player draft. 4 packs of 15 each. Take 2 cards each pick. Discard the last 3 cards of each pack. 3 Cogwork Librarians each.

This is a case study in draft parameters. On the spot, I decided to go with the quickest, simplest, draft procedure I could think of. It worked, kind of, but ended up (predicably in retrospect) feeling a lot closer to Sealed than I would like.

There's a whole bunch that goes into what experience you get from a draft procedure, but I was going for quick and simple, and parameters. Most importantly, I had a lovely time with my friends, and I'm glad they had me over to hang out, and playing Magic was a small part of that 🩷.

But since I can't shut up, once you've figured out satisficing draft parameters (i.e. you have a procedure that will give players a pool of cards of the desired size), the biggest driver of "draft feel" is the percentage of cards you see that you get to pick.

Some key limited set ups:

Typical 8 players, 3 packs of 15: 360 cards opened, 276 cards seen, 45 cards picked = 16%

8 player roto draft: 360 cards opened, 353-360 cards "seen", 45 cards picked = 13%

Sealed: 90 cards opened, 90 cards seen, 90 cards "picked"= 100%

This draft format: 180 cards opened, 156 cards seen, 51 cards picked = 33%

There is nuance when it comes to hidden, public, and inferable information, pool sizes, the way drafters influence each other, and so on, but I find this number is a great first order approximation of player agency and the expected level of focus in deck building. Where a draft procedure falls on this spectrum trickles down to deck power, focus, the draft experience, and gameplay.

This draft, as a result, felt a lot more like Sealed, as we had to make do a lot more than you normally would. Decks have more hole-fillers (and conspicuous gaps) than you'd find in a typical draft.

This was my 1-1 (3-2) Gruul Field of the Dead deck. Field came online repeatedly, fueled by my suite of check lands, which felt almost free here. Who needs ABUR duals (especially when you've got no fetches)?

I was leaning to forcing Green, cuz I don't play it much, but ML was taking a lot of the pieces so I ended up here. I was able to power through the Mono-White matchup, with Plow Under sealing off both games for me. Pest Infestation for X=2 was repeatedly great.

As we've seen many times, Sublime Archangel can provide the game-defining clock. SH used it in this 1-1 (2-2) Mono-White build in combination with Angel of Invention to quick swing a game where the life totals had been at 28 to 8 or something.

Elspeth continues providing value that isn't super exciting but helps alter game states. I also keep getting higher on both mono-colour lands, and cards that reward commitment to colours, like Figure of Destiny and Spectral Procession, both well-used here.

On the other end of the spectrum, here's one of the grindiest decks I've seen in a long time: ML's 1-1 (2-3) Abzan Tokens. This machine makes big boards. We got cats, wolves, and zombies going all at once. Grave Titan keeps being a menace that feels just this side of fair. The Achilles heel was the sky—faced up against angels and failing to draw End-Raze Forerunners, this deck ran out of gas.

In my match I didn't have anything that could help me break open the board, and it reached the point where decking myself was a possibility, but Parallax Wave provided a merciful finish.

Really interesting was seeing how much this deck was punished for running 3 colours. We see a lot of 3 colour decks, and with the lands I took to fuel Field of the Dead, ML didn't have the strongest fixing suite, which lead to some disappointing plays for Intrepid Adversary and Wolfbriar Elemental. I love 3-colour decks being viable, but I also like the dynamic of some cards being knee-capped in those situations.

Tyvar got some use, and Parallax Wave wasn't too too confusing. Love that. Wizards, steal my templating.

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Hasbro Marvel Legends Custom: Rex Charger and Electro-Charger (Review)

Introduction:

Rex Charger is the alternative energy specialist of the team. Along with John Thunder, he's one of the two new Centurions featured on the episode "Firecracker". He is a playboy man of wealth, a millionaire who earned his reputation as the best Alternative Energy scientist of Iceland, while Electro-Charger is Rex Charger's basic Assault Weapon System (AWS). Its major feature is a missile-launching backpack that can fire a Nighthawk missile in any direction. Its also includes a photon laser blaster, two quantum thrusters. They're one of the unreleased toys from the second year of the Centurions toy line by Kenner but, it was featured in later episodes of the TV series. In this review, the toy is a custom from a random figure of Hasbro Marvel Legends toyline. Using Mr. Fantastic (Skrull wave) head sculpt (HS) and DeadPool X-Force body. The figure was customized by Ruby Farisyi so, this figure is not an official release. The boxart is merely a photoshop work, I used to do this in all of my Centurions reviews in my wordpress blog.

Contents:

Rex Charger comes with his main figure along with his basic AWS called Electro-Charger. It has backpack with missile launcher, nighthawk missile, photon laser blaster, 2 quantum thrusters and a helmet.

Rex Charger is depicted to be a American man with a fine and slight muscular body proportions. He dons red and pale green exoframe suit but, in this figure he was painted lemon yellow. His exoframe suit is capable to combine with 2 Assault Weapon Systems called Electro Charger and Gattling Guard. His body was originally from ML Deadpool X-Force version, Deadpool body appeared to be muscular just a typical fictional American super heroes. I've always not fond with this kind of body proportions... I'm just glad the custom exoframe suit hides those steroids....

His HS was originally came from Mr. Fantastic which was customized and repainted to have Rex's facial features such as classic mullet haircut, contented goatee beard and blue eyes. Comparing to the cartoon counterpart, Rex Charger has dark blonde colored hair while Ruby painted his hair into redhead but, other than that Mr. Fantastic HS actually quite spot on for Rex. Rex Charger's face is seemingly based from Chuck Norris back in 1980s.

Rex's helmet was also added with clear colored visor like my custom Jake Rockwell's Fire Force, the color Ruby did for the helmet follows the Kenner toyline color which the helmet appears to be dominantly light color while the red mostly on the trims. Coming from Kenner, this is a bit inconsistent because in the cartoon, his helmet is dominantly red.

His articulations works like ML and Lightning Collection (LC) figures but, due to his full armor exoframe epoclay material several articulations were limited. He got movable head. He can still stretch and bend his waist a little from his ab-crunch but, in his exoframe clay almost blocking the whole mobility. His elbow articulations are very limited due to his armoric exoframe suit. He got rotatable 360 degrees lower torso but, limited due to his rear lower armor. Leg articulations works the same and originally there’s cut on his lower leg but, it was completely blocked from his exoframe suit. Although, I'm also thankful Ruby made the exoframe suit hides most of the visible pins on his original deadpool body.

Electro-Charger consisted 5 parts that must be combined to Rex's body but, in total it has 7 parts including the helmet. Despite, the large backpack Rex can still stands well without the need of base display. Like the helmet, this AWS design as well as the color follows the Kenner toy line. In the cartoon counterpart, aside the helmet color Electro-Charger has it's own design and color such as his backpack is orange while his photon laser blasters 2 quantum thrusters are blue and also, Rex's gloves are red. Frankly, I prefer the Kenner toy line color better since it matches better to his exoframe suit.

I can also make my own combination (minus helmet) without Rex's body to recreate the offline mode like but, since the actual Kenner toyline remains unreleased; what's worse the offline mode was almost never seen in the cartoon so, no one really knows how Electro-Charger offline mode looks. However, in episode 55 (To Dare Dominion), there’s a scene where the Centurions AWS turned into somekind of robotic creatures due to the alternate reality that Doc Terror created, during this scene Rex's basic AWS is transformed into somekind of robotic anglerfish like.

Thoughts:

This custom is a perfect conversion compared to my 3 Centurions figures that I reviewed from my old blogs, Rex Charger came out to be perfect made and plays solid. Although, the paintapp is still one of the main problem which they still chipped in certain articulation demonstration but, it's much improved compared to the previous 3. Ruby really done his best on this, and you can check the trio reviews in here.

Thank youu for reading😁🙏🏻