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Pepper and Capon Quiche

Today begins the VE Long Weekend, thus making it a Very Long Weekend this year, and Mum, Jules and I are taking a holiday in the Loire Valley. We --Mum and Jules, that is-- are driving there and shall stop on the road, hopefully finding a scenic spot to lunch. This Pepper and Capon Quiche makes an excellent and tasty picnic! Happy Wednesday!
Ingredients (serves 4)
4 to 5 small red and yellow Bell Peppers
1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Piment d'Espelette or Cayenne Pepper
375 grams/13 ounces Pepper and Chilli Pastry
4 large eggs
¾ cup double cream
¼ cup semi-skimmed milk
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
leftover Roast Capon (a wing or half a breast; roast chicken or turkey works well, too)
Thoroughly rinse Bell Peppers under cold water.
Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cut Bell Peppers into thin slices, and add them to the skillet. Cook, shaking the pan often, about 5 minutes, until Bell Peppers start browning. Sprinkle with Piment d'Espelette, tossing well to coat. Cook, 1 minute more. Remove from heat, and let cool completely.
Preheat oven to 200°C/395°F.
Roll Pepper and Chilli Pastry out thinly onto a lightly floured surface. Fit into a buttered 26cm/10.25″ tart pan, letting the pastry overhang on the edges. Prick the base with a fork. Place a sheet of baking paper onto the Pepper and Chilli Pastry and fill with dried beans or rice. Blind bake the Pepper and Chilli Pastry crust at 200°C/395°F, 10 minutes. Carefully remove the beans and baking paper, and bake another 5 minutes, at the same temperature. Remove from the oven. Let cool slightly before trimming the edges.
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs together with double cream. Whisk in milk, salt and black pepper.
Arrange cooled Bell Peppers onto the tart crust. Cut Roast Capon into chunks, and scatter them liberally on top. Pour egg and cream mixture evenly all over.
Place in the warm oven, and bake, at 200°C/395°F, 25 to 30 minutes, until cooked through and crust is beautifully golden brown.
Serve Pepper and Capon Quiche warm or cold, with dressed lettuce.
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Your Heart pt 2
Bridget Hearts 🩷 x fem! reader
Half of it is in the present, making Bridget an adult, but i decided to use Queen of Hearts for her older cruel version
Also, I wrote it overnight, so it might not be that good. Bear with me 😭



"Hey B...you have to eat. Please eat this for me" Ella passed her friend a sandwich, a simple peanut butter-jelly sandwich, with the crust cut off in the shape of a heart. Bridget loved heart-shaped things. It was her signature, her favorite shape, her favorite word, her favorite thing -scratch that- it was not her favorite thing , nor would it be when you existed.
She loved raspberry jam. The sweet yet tart flavor, which reminds her of summer sunshine - bright, vibrant, and refreshing. The fruit possesses a delicate, ephemeral quality that makes it delightful and memorable for the senses. You loved raspberries and she loved how you talked about how 'they are better than strawberries because every raspberry tastes delightful and you'd have to pick a good enough strawberry for it to taste even remotely as good as the one and only fruit'
Now, she feels physically sick at the thought of even looking at the pink colored fruit.
"Come on, my heart, I'm going to teach you how to swim today. I promise not to let go of you ever, okay?" Your bright smile lit up her world as you guided her through the maze of the forest. It was an ordinarily hot day in Auradon, the tree crowns pleasuring you with shadows as the colder than usual water refreshed your bodies.
She loved your Thursday picnics on the hills. With your special pbj's and her basket of pastries. It was sweet as usual,
Why Thursday? She felt bad that no one liked this day of the week, the constantly forgotten day that no one really plans anything for it. Friday's better, and Wednesday is the middle of the week. So you made it your mission to make this day the best of all after seeing her sulking one day about it.
You'd sit and just talk for hours in the sun. Far away enough from your favorite tree for it to not be shielding you from the sunbeams. Her head on your lap, with your hand tangled in her pink locks as you dreamily described every possible shape you could see while looking at the clouds. Her eyes averted from you to the landscape every now and then. It was perfect. The warmth of the biggest star shining on your faces, colliding with the chilly breeze grazing your skin, it was a wonderful mix.
"What are you thinking about, my heart?"
The phrase rolling off your tongue just like a melody, Her name said by you engraved in her memory for good.
"Nothing, really. I'm just enjoying the moment with you. It means a lot"
It truly did mean a lot. A feeling nothing would ever top. The calmness she felt and relief while being with you. You were like an oasis on the desert. A huge blanket she jumped under after a long day. And a warm shower after a heavy, freezing rainstorm. The love bursting from you just made her wish she was the one loved by you forever. She wanted to be the only one your eyes lit upon seeing. Seeking every ounce of touch from you.
The sight of your unconscious body made Bridget shiver and freeze. She fell, her weak knees hitting the blood-stained ground. The once beautiful, white pebbles, turning maroon as the red liquid pooled out of the corpse.
Her hand reaching for yours only for it to vanish into thin air.
"Bridget?" worried Ella placed her hand over her best friends shoulder. "I will leave it here, okay? please eat, i will be back as soon as i can, promise." She placed the sandwich on the bedside table, grabbing all the untouched food she had brought previously. Walking out of the room, she was met with nothing but silence. Not even a hum from the very hurt and broken princess.
A dead body with a spear shot right through the heart. Hazed eyes and this defeated expression, staring longingly into the distance. The white button-up shirt peppered in small hearts growing more and more burgundy.
Ella felt terrible. She couldn't help her friend even if she wanted to. All she could do was to be there and comfort her. At the same time not being able to throw those awful memories of this day from her own head. Watching her bubbly and full of life platonic soulmate completely shut off and become a ghost of a person was truly painful. Those excruciating sobs she tried to cover up so badly at night hurt her heart to the point she herself tried not to let out a waterfall of tears.
"She will be back! I can feel it! I'm not crazy I swear!" Those broken attempts of yells mixed with cries of helpfulness.
Bridget didn't even try to. She only did so in case to not wake other students up. Her burning chest could not let her sleep. Even if she did have some rest, you visiting her in her dreams would only strengthen the feeling. She felt you faltering away from her. She began to forget the sound of your voice and the way you laughed. She could not possibly, she has to remember every single detail of you.
The gut-wrenching pinning in her lungs made her unable to breathe. All she did was lay under her covers, trying to feel the warmth your hands delivered every time you placed them on her body. Delicately on her waist, harshly on her shoulder, gently grabbing her fists, trying to stop her from her madness. Placing them on her cheek, trying to steady her breaths after another panic attack she had gotten from her confidence tumbling down like dominoes thanks to her bullies.
She touched herself in chance she gets the same result, the same sense of someone being there for her like you were. But all she got in return was a deathly cold hand on her skin and the imaginary feeling you were still there to hold her. To brush her hair away when it fell so ungracefully on her face upon baking another batch of cupcakes with you, raspberry cupcakes with the hint of white chocolate, Both flavors going excellent with eachother like you and Bridget once did.
She felt your presence, hugging her so close, so firm from behind, wrapping your arms around her body as if saying you're still there, and you always will be.
But you were not. It was a lie she was very aware of dragging herself into. Hurting herself every day with the false presentation of you walking around her room, smiling from ear to ear, blabering about how you'd make another couple happen, about how it was the perfect match. You were her perfect match, and now she's left alone with only half of her heart. A piece of yours was the only thing of you she had left, beside a hoodie you once had given her.
She was going mad. She stayed in it for days and days only for it to not lose your scent she so desperately wished to keep. But even this would falter eventually.
"B, come on, you have to shower. I promise not to wash the hoodie. It'll be waiting for you after you get out"
She lied, she had to wash the hoodie, it lost its charm and the beautiful smell. Ony giving her the illusion it was still there.
Heck, everything was an illusion. Her head was playing tricks, not even the best magicians could. Her heart fell for them miserably, sinking so low that nothing could ever pick it up and place back where it belonged. It belongs to you.
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"Mom, Mom? Are you okay?" Worried Red placed her hand on her mothers shoulder. It's been half a year since her and Chloe changed the past. She was getting used to her mother being nicer, more loving. They talked more often, and she felt more comfortable being with her. But it was the first time she had seen her mother in such a state after what she had seen in the past.
The lifeless expression was quickly slapped off the Queens face - replaced by a very gentle smile - upon hearing her daughter speak, her touch sending a wave of shivers throughout her body "Oh yes Red my dear! We should be heading to the family's day dinner now, shall we?"
On the way to Auredon, through the rabbit hole, Red had to keep herself from asking about the woman she so yearned to know more of. She did not want to hurt her mother even more than she already was. It was one thing to lose someone. It was another to lose someone who devoted their whole life to you "I love you, mom,"
The Queen took ahold of her daughters hand smiling lightly, the unexpected words coming out of her mouth made Bridgets chest swell with gratitude "I love you more darling"
"I'm going to say hi to Chloe" Red ran off after giving her mother a side hug. Small gesture, but it made Bridget smile once again.
She loved having her daughter, her little angel. Red was like a small light in her life, someone she grew to care about after all she had been through. She tamed her, just like she used to tame her, the bad thoughts and the voices in her head, the anger and the anxiety.
"Off with his head!" the words echoed through the dining room of the palace.
"But, but Bridget, He is your daughters dad and soon to be ruler of -"
"He's no father to Red, nor will he ever be my husband. I don't need him anymore. Shall I repeat my order?"
She was always bound for this fate. To be this mean, cruel ruler. To go mad. Everyone's mad in Wonderland. It's up to you to decide how mad you're going to be.
But Red was there. To quieten the voices and relieve the pain. She lived for Red, who brought the happiness back into her life. The small bits of it, but nonetheless, she was her greatest accomplishment.
"Bridget!" Her bestfriends voice brought her back from her daydreams. After a very warm hug, she greeted her with yet another smile. Never this bright how it used to be, but still a smile of some kinds.
Her dear husband coming right after her.
The envy she felt forbidding her from sparing even a glance at him.
"We've just been talking with Beast and Belle about the upcoming plans of Mal and Ben, and - how are you B?" Ella stopped after acknowledging her dear best friend, staring at the ground, totally cut off from the world, the old rusty pebbles glistening in the daylight.
"I'm great, Charming, never better!" The pink Queen of Hearts burst out. Was she truly feeling better? Never, only in the comfort of her bed chamber with your blouse tightly clutched in her hands. "You could tell me more about your daughter getting into the advanced fencing group? I heard from Red she's excellent. Oh, and my congratulations on your son finishing up college. It's about time this happened!" she laughed light-heartedly reaching for her necklace, silver necklace with a cherry red glass heart.
Suddenly a crowd of ghasps echoed at the event, terrified royals hang tightly onto their lovers and children upon seeing a human-like posture fly over the sky, loose its every ounce of power left and hit the ground so hard it almost looked like a grenade explosion. As the dirt and small stones fell down, the King stepped up, getting closer to the figure, "Everyone keep calm"
The fallen angel covered was by its huge white wings, resembling those of Icarus, burned down by the sun and worn out presumably from flying too much. The groan it let out was so piercing and full of pain, squeezing every person's heart in sorrow and compassion. Its wings dissappearing in an instant, uncovering a beautiful, goddes-like woman. With wet hair falling imperfectly on her face and her clothes torn apart, loosely hanging off her body. Her bloodied bruised skin mixed with dirt was an excruciating scene to be looking at. Her broken voice let out whimpers and pleads.
"Let's get this creature out of here" Mal, the Queen, ordered, her eyes glowing green upon being alarmed of the potential danger.
"NO!" The Queen of Hearts let out loudly, startling everyone present. Dragging herself closer to the fallen angel, basically running straight to it, she dropped on her knees before her. Bridget's eyes started to water uncontrollably, her heart hammered in her chest as her shaky hand reached out to cup the angels head and place it on her lap. "My love..." she brushed your hair away, smiling from ear to ear. The tears streamed down her face as she finally held you close.
You were there. Alive.
Your eyes fluttered open, your blurred sight coming back to senses "Who are you?" You breathed out upon seeing the pink posture hovering over you "And why do you have my heart?"
#descendants#descendants rise of red#descendants 4#descendants rise of red x reader#descendants x reader#descendants 4 x reader#descendants the rise of red#disney x reader#disney#bridget of wonderland#bridget x reader#princess bridget#bridget#bridget hearts#bridget descendants#bridget hearts x fem reader#chloe charming#red hearts
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#❔ || dashboard games#❔ || memes#Just felt like making one!#Feel free to do it if you please but please copy rather than reblog!#Struggling to concentrate today but I never really see memes specifically about muse tastes#So here one is!#I'll probably edit it in future to include more stuff but it's pretty basic atm
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Chicken pot pie
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp butter
½ onion finely chopped
1-2 tablespoon minced garlic
2-3 chicken stock cubes (I use Knorr)
4 tbsp all purpose flour
2 ½ cups milk
1 cup of white whine
½ tsp each salt, pepper, chilli flakes and oregano (or to taste)
2 ¼ cups boiled, shredded chicken (250g)
1 ½ cup chopped frozen veggies of choice (I like corn, carrots and peas)
¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)
1 to 2 sheets of pre-made pie crust, depending on whether you want crust on both top and bottom or just on top
1 egg yolk + 1 tbsp milk for egg wash


Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 F and brush a 7x11” baking dish with butter (you can also use a 9" round pie dish for a taller pie).
Heat oil and butter in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent, then add garlic and chicken stock cubes, and sauté for another min
Add the flour, milk and wine, and cook while stirring for a few seconds. Add all the seasoning and cook until the mixture starts to bubble
Turn off heat and add the shredded chicken, veggies and cheese. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. You can also adjust the consistency: if you want it to be more runny, add more milk (remember, it will become thicker when baked)
If adding a bottom layer of crust, add that to your pie dish first. If not, skip that and add the filling to the prepared pish dish. Then add the top layer of crust (I use puff pastry or general pie crust) Make sure to poke some holes or leave a few small gaps so steam can escape. if you want to stylize, it cut the pie crust into 2" squares and arrange them on top of the filling. Another option is laying the crust as usual and making roses out of the leftover crust dough.
Make the egg wash by mixing the egg yolk and milk, and generously brush the pie crust on top with the egg wash
Bake for 30-40 min until the pie looks nicely golden and crispy. If it starts to brown too much, cover with aluminum foil
Serve while it’s hot and enjoy!
#personal#home cooking#cooking#recipe#recipes#trad#traditional femininity#homemaking#home making#home & lifestyle#traditional gender roles
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Taste Preferences
Sweet | Salty | Bitter | Savory | Sour | Umami
Meat, Fish and Dairy
Bacon | Beef | Blood | Butter | Caviar | Cheese | Chicken | Clam | Crab | Cream | Duck | Eel | Eggs | Elk | Escargot | Frog | Game | Goose | Heart | Herring | Honey | Kidney | Lamb | Liver | Lobster | Meatballs | Meatloaf | Milk | Mussels | Octopus | Oily Fish | Oysters | Pork | Rabbit | Roe | Salmon | Sausage | Scallops | Sea Urchin | Shrimp | Squid | Tilapia | Trout | Tuna | Turkey | Venison | White Fish | Yoghurt
Fruit
Apple | Apricot | Avocado | Banana | Blackberry | Blackcurrent | Blueberry | Cantaloupe | Cherry | Coconut | Cranberry | Dates | Dragonfruit | Fig | Grape | Grapefruit | Kiwi | Lemon | Lime | Lychee | Mango | Melon | Orange | Papaya | Passionfruit | Pomegranate | Peach | Pear | Pineapple | Plum | Prune | Raisin | Raspberry | Starfruit | Strawberry- but bitch is allergic | Watermelon
Vegetables, Spices and Grains
Arugula | Beans | Beetroot | Bell Pepper | Bok Choy | Broccoli | Cabbage | Carrot | Cauiliflower | Celery | Chilli Peppers | Cilantro | Cinnamon | Corn | Cucumber | Garlic | Ginger | Eggplant | Green Beans | Jalapeños | Kale | Lentils | Lettuce | Mint | Mushrooms | Mustard | Olives | Onions | Orzo | Paprika | Parsnip | Peas | Potatoes | Pumpkin | Radish | Rice | Spices | Soya | Spinach | Sprouts | Tofu | Tomato | Vanilla | Wheat | Zucchini
Drinks and Snacks
Ale | Bagels | Beer | Biscuits | Bread | Burger | Cake | Candy | Cereal | Chewing Gum | Chicken Nuggets | Chocolate | Chips | Coffee | Cola | Condiments | Cookies | Crackers | Curry | Dried Fruits | Fried Chicken | Fries | Granola | Gummis | Hot Chocolate | Hot Dog | Ice Cream | Jelly | Jerky | Juice | Kimchi | Mac n' Cheese | Marshmallows | Milkshake | Muffins | Nutella | Nuts | Pancakes | Pasta | Pastries | Peanuts | Peanut Butter | Pickles | Pie | Popcorn | Pretzels | Noodles | Oatmeal | Ramen | Rice Cakes | Rock Candy | Salted Caramel | Sandwich | Seeds | Soda | Spaghetti | Spirits | Sushi | Tea | Toast | Trail Mix | Water | Wine
Styles
Baking | Broiling | Casseroles | Frying | Grilling | Pickled | Raw | Roasts | Soups | Steaming | Stew | Stir Fry | Smoked
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I know this isn't a writing ask, but I wanna ask about hosting/entertaining. When it comes to budgeting and that in regards to those events is there any tips/tricks you have to doing it so that you don't spend too too much money? Like hosting a potluck would be an example, but do you have any others? I really want to host/entertain when my living situation is more viable to that, so I'm wondering what sort of tips you have.
So, my partner and I do do a lot of cooking anyway, and we're generally decent at doing decent batches of stuff at once where we can.
The plan for this party is like, BYOB and bring a dish if people would like.
Because a lot of the people we know have various dietary restrictions - veganism and vegetarianism, various allergies and intolerances, autism food things - the plan is to have a few dishes out for people to choose from.
Oven pizzas are nice and easy and also very cheap, especially because we're very near to LIDL and ALDI respectively, and it's generally pretty easy to like, grab cheese pizzas and then add on toppings as desired in terms of fresh vegetables.
I'm thinking that unless my partner wants to do a chilli, I'll probably do a rabbit stew, which is pretty cheap - red wine, a rabbit (normally like £5 from the butcher's), potatoes, onions, root veg like carrot or parsnips, oregano, garlic, and you're good to go. It's just in the slow cooker, so it doesn't take a lot of time.
Rice in the rice cooker is easy to do and fairly cheap, so we'll probably pop it on and then have the slow cooker and the rice cooker both available on the table.
A roughly Greek-style salad - for this size, will probably be two cucumbers, a packet of cherry tomatoes, a red onion, a packet of feta-style salad cheese, spinach, possibly a yellow pepper, garlic granules, oregano, lemon juice, and olive oil.
Probably going to do a fresh foccacia, because I know it's an easy safe food for a friend who has a bunch of allergies but not wheat or gluten, and fresh bread is pretty cheap to do, especially because I already have the yeast and bread flour.
And then I was thinking I might also bake some other stuff - I have a pastry scroll I regularly do which is tomato purée or some sort of chutney with cheese and bits of bacon or pepper, rolled up and then baked as individual scrolls with the filling; maybe some kind of potato cake because we'll have potatoes on hand; other than that, maybe some kind of sugar cookie or an easy tray-bake like a brownie or something.
The majority of the dishes I'm describing use a lot of the same ingredients, and these are dishes we cook regularly, so they're not generally tough to do. I'm expecting to be spending extra on this party than I ordinarily would on groceries, but because it's just the same sort of dishes and foods we normally make, it's just doing them a bit bigger, if that makes sense? I'm not really worried about additional cost.
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Sweet Potato Meatloaf Pot Pie with Homemade Buttery Crust
This dish is the ultimate comfort food fusion—hearty, savory, and oh-so-satisfying. A delicious twist on classic meatloaf, tucked into a flaky, buttery crust, with sweet potatoes adding a hint of sweetness that complements the savory filling perfectly. It’s everything you love about a pot pie, elevated to a whole new level.
The Story
I’ve always been a fan of comforting meatloaf, but I wanted to try something different and combine it with a pot pie. After playing around with some ingredients, I found the perfect balance of flavors—sweet potatoes, ground beef, and a rich, homemade buttery crust. The result is a dish that’s as cozy as it is creative. Making the pie from scratch takes a little extra effort, but the satisfaction of pulling it out of the oven with that golden, flaky crust is totally worth it. This recipe is one of those meals that makes you feel like you’re wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a chilly day.
What You’ll Need (serves 4-6)
For the Meatloaf Filling:
• 🥔 Sweet potatoes – 2 medium, peeled and cubed
• 🥩 Ground beef – 1 lb
• 🧅 Onion – 1 small, chopped
• 🧄 Garlic – 2 cloves, minced
• 🍶 Milk – 1/4 cup
• 🧂 Bread crumbs – 1/2 cup
• 🧀 Parmesan cheese – 1/4 cup, grated
• 🧂 Salt and pepper – to taste
• 🥚 Egg – 1
For the Buttery Crust:
• 🧈 Butter – 1/2 cup (cold and cubed)
• 🍞 All-purpose flour – 1 1/2 cups
• 🧂 Salt – 1/4 tsp
• 🥄 Cold water – 4-6 tbsp
Let’s Make It
Step 1: Cook the Sweet Potatoes
1. Boil the cubed sweet potatoes in salted water for 10-12 minutes, or until tender. Drain and mash with a fork or potato masher. Set aside to cool.
Step 2: Make the Meatloaf Filling
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, chopped onion, minced garlic, mashed sweet potatoes, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, egg, and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Mix until well combined, then form the mixture into a loaf and place it in a greased 9-inch pie dish.
Step 3: Prepare the Buttery Crust
1. In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt. Add the cold butter cubes and cut them into the flour using a pastry cutter or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Slowly add the cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing until a dough forms. Be careful not to overwork it.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Step 4: Assemble the Pot Pie
1. Roll out the chilled dough on a floured surface to fit the top of your pie dish. Place the rolled-out dough over the meatloaf filling, trimming any excess dough. Crimp the edges to seal and cut a few slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
2. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the filling is cooked through.
Let’s Chat
This sweet potato meatloaf pot pie is a twist on the classics that’s sure to become a favorite in your home. If you try it out, let me know what you think! What are your favorite comfort food combos? I’d love to hear your ideas and any tips for making it even more delicious!
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How to celebrate Christmas like a Calabrian
No mere summer fling, the sun-drenched ‘toe’ to Italy’s boot is an unmissable stop in winter, too, being steeped in local traditions that have persisted for generations. With its seasonal delicacies, enchanting cultural performances and jewel-like villages festooned with twinkling lights, yuletide celebrations in this southern Italian region are imbued with folklore and mysticism, and communities, families and visitors alike delight in coming together to experience them.
Revel in local folklore and festive traditions

Calabria is known for its charming living nativity scenes at Christmas, often with friendly animals in tow. The sight of people of all ages dressed as farmers, shepherds, artisans and other characters representing the story of the birth of Jesus can be enjoyed from the run up to Christmas until the Epiphany in many municipalities. Among the most famous are those in Caria (in Vibo Valentia), Davoli (Catanzaro), Cannitello (Reggio Calabria) and Panettieri (Cosenza), which attract thousands every year.

There is also no shortage of music in Calabrian towns and villages during the festive period, when groups of musicians and friends gather in the streets to perform local carols in a ritual known as the strina. These folkloric winter songs are accompanied by the bashing of a murtali or ammaccasali, a tool used to pound salt, along with a bagpipe, tambourine and accordion. The tradition harks back to ancient times when musicians would go door to door to announce the birth of Jesus and play in exchange for eggs, cheese, cold cuts and wine. Today the strina continues to elevate the joyful atmosphere in Calabria’s town centres.

Indulge in 13 decadent dishes
According to Calabrian tradition, on 24 December, no fewer than 13 dishes must be served: 13, of course, referring to the number of Apostles (plus Jesus) at the Last Supper.
Though the nature of the 13 dishes presented vary from family table to table, there are some non-negotiables. The first course is invariably pasta ca’ muddica, an utterly delicious anchovy and breadcrumb pasta that honours simple peasant cuisines of the past. The second course will be salt cod or baccalà, usually accompanied by peppers, black olives, potatoes and chilli. Typically, a dish of piping hot fried seafood is also served alongside, such as fritters or crispelle.

Christmas sweets are also hugely popular throughout the region, with each village proudly preparing them to their own unique recipe and shape. In mountain areas, the pitta ’mpigliata (or the Crotonese variant pitta ’nchiusa), a loaf of honeyed short pastry rolled on itself and filled with candied fruit and sultanas, is ubiquitous. Traditional local biscuits are also baked with abandon in preparation for the feasts: from ciciriati in the Vibonese and Reggio Calabria areas, to susumelle, oval-shaped biscuits made from a cocoa and a spiced cinnamon dough that are popular in the Crotone area.

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My list of cookie run ships (updated):
Gingerbrave x Strawberry cookie
Gingerbright x Skater cookie
Zombie cookie x Fairy cookie
Wizard cookie x Cream puff cookie
Princess cookie x Knight cookie
Chilli pepper cookie x Muscle cookie
Gumball cookie x Cherry cookie
Ninja cookie x Skating queen cookie
Angel cookie x Devil cookie
Adventurer cookie x blackberry cookie
Pancake cookie x onion cookie
Custard cookie lll x Strawberry creepe cookie
Carrot cookie x Potato cookie
Lemon cookie x Orange cookie
Soda cookie x Lime cookie
Mango cookie x Grapefruit cookie
Whipped cream cookie x Birthday cake cookie
Cream unicorn cookie x Banana cookie
Sparkling cookie x Cheesecake cookie
Herb cookie x Cherry blossom cookie
Red peeper cookie x Yoga cookie
Wild berry cookie x Raspberry cookie
Crunchy chip cookie x Tiger Lily cookie
Dark choco cookie x Caramel arrow cookie
Clotted cream cookie x Financier cookie
Captain caviar cookie x Oyster cookie
Black pearl cookie x Abyss monarch cookie
Werewolf cookie x Kumiho cookie
Wind archer x Sea fairy cookie
Moonlight cookie x Fire spirit cookie
Tea knight cookie x Frost queen cookie
Churro cookie x hydrangea cookie
Croissant cookie x string gummy cookie
Millennial tree cookie x Lotus dragon cookie
Pitaya dragon cookie x Mala sauce cookie (divorced)
Pitaya dragon cookie x Rambutan cookie
Ananas dragon cookie x Golden cheese cookie
Longan dragon cookie x Mystic flour cookie
Lychee dragon cookie x Shadow milk cookie
Affogato cookie x Snake fruit cookie
Madeline cookie x Mont Blanc cookie
Pastel meringue cookie x Chocolate bonbon cookie
Rockstar cookie x Currant cream cookie
Kiwi cookie x Street Urchin cookie
Dino sour cookie x Cotton candy cookie
Espresso cookie x Latte cookie
Eclair cookie x Blueberry pie cookie
Yogurt cream cookie x Centipede cookie (divorced)
Lilac cookie x Scorpion cookie
Amber sugar cookie x Sugar glass cookie
Licorice cookie x Pomegranate cookie
Astronaut cookie x Stardust cookie
Chestnut cookie x Pudding cookie
Sorbet shark cookie x Squid ink cookie
Peppermint cookie x Piñata cookie
Milk cookie x Parfait cookie
Prune juice cookie x Crowberry cookie
Capsaicin cookie x Kouing amann cookie
Snow sugar cookie x Pumpkin pie cookie
Purple yam cookie x Twizly gummy cookie
Red velvet cookie x Pastry cookie
Clover cookie x Bellflower cookie
Popping candy cookie x Shinning glitter cookie
Macaron cookie x Fig cookie
Marshmallow cookie x Host cookie
.........And the list would keep going...... Sorry for not including all of them, I mean, there are way too much ships and I could just not include them all,so here's all the ships I remember, and you can suggest me ships for my next generation of course! So well, that's all
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Indian-inspired Wellington
(With Masala Gravy)
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2 packs vegan frozen puff pastry, defrosted
1 tbsp coconut oil 1 onion, peeled and diced
1 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp mustard seeds ¼ tsp chili flakes
2 cups diced butternut squash
1 tbsp coconut oil 4 cups cubed potatoes (cooked) 2 cups cubed sweet potatoes (cooked) 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tbsp cumin 1 coriander 1 tsp garam masala 1 tsp amchur 1 tsp salt ½ tsp turmeric ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp black pepper ¼ tsp asafoetida (optional)
1 cup frozen green peas 2 tbsp tamarind paste 1 tbsp cilantro paste 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
Heat 1 tbsp coconut oil in large saucepan over low heat. Sauté onion for several minutes. Stir in the; garlic paste, ginger paste, mustard seeds, and chili flakes. Sauté for another 2-3 minutes.
Stir in the butternut squash and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until squash begins to soften.
Stir in the additional tbsp of coconut oil then the; cooked potatoes, cooked sweet potatoes, curry powder, cumin, coriander, garam masala, amchur, salt, turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, and asafoetida. Cook for several more minutes, stirring frequently.
Stir in the; green peas, tamarind paste, cilantro paste, and maple syrup. Cook for 2-3 more minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and allow to cool. (Can be made a day ahead and kept in fridge.)
Assembly
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Roll out the puff pastry into four large rectangles. Divide the filling between the four rectangles. Roll each one into a large log. Fold over the ends and, with wet fingers, pinch the seams to seal. Place logs on lined baking sheets. Poke a few tiny holes into each log (to allow steam to escape) and brush each log with some non-dairy milk.
Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving. Serve with Masala Gravy.
Masala Gravy
¼ cup vegan butter 1 white onion, peeled and chopped 1 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp ginger paste
1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 cups vegetable bouillon
¼ cup tamarind paste ¼ cup coconut sugar 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp chili powder 1 tsp garam masala 1 tsp sea salt 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp black pepper
Melt vegan butter in medium-sized saucepan over low heat. Sauté onion for several minutes. Add the garlic paste and ginger paste and sauté for another 2-3 minutes. Stir in the AP flour.
Slowly, stir in the vegetable bouillon.
Stir in the; tamarind paste, coconut sugar, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, sea salt, cinnamon, and black pepper.
Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, until gravy begins to thicken. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely then puree in blender. Reheat before serving with Wellington.
#wellington#vegan wellington#samosa wellington#indian inspired wellington#vegetarian wellington#vegan holiday dishes
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Peppery Pepper Quiche (Vegetarian)

Colourful and fragrant with all sorts of peppers and chillies, this Peppery Pepper Quiche make a simple yet hearty dinner. Happy Thursday!
Ingredients (serves 4)
4 to 5 small green, red and yellow Bell Peppers
1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
a small onion
a large garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon Piment d'Espelette or Cayenne Pepper
375 grams/13 ounces Pepper and Chilli Pastry
4 large eggs
¾ cup double cream
¼ cup semi-skimmed milk
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon Piment d'Espelette or Cayenne Pepper
Thoroughly rinse Bell Peppers under cold water.
Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cut Bell Peppers into thin slices, and add them to the skillet. Cook, shaking the pan often, about 3 minutes, until Bell Peppers start softening.
Peel and thinly slice onion. Stir into the skillet, and cook, 2 minutes more.
Add minced garlic. Cook, 1 minute.
Sprinkle with thyme and Piment d'Espelette, tossing well to coat. Cook, 1 minute more. Remove from heat, and let cool completely.
Preheat oven to 200°C/395°F.
Roll Pepper and Chilli Pastry out thinly onto a lightly floured surface. Fit into a buttered 26cm/10.25″ tart pan, letting the pastry overhang on the edges. Prick the base with a fork. Place a sheet of baking paper onto the Pepper and Chilli Pastry and fill with dried beans or rice. Blind bake the Pepper and Chilli Pastry crust at 200°C/395°F, 10 minutes. Carefully remove the beans and baking paper, and bake another 5 minutes, at the same temperature. Remove from the oven. Let cool slightly before trimming the edges.
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs together with double cream. Whisk in milk, salt, black pepper, smoked paprika and Piment d'Espelette.
Arrange cooled Bell Pepper and onion mixture onto the tart crust. Pour egg and cream mixture evenly all over.
Place in the warm oven, and bake, at 200°C/395°F, 25 to 30 minutes, until cooked through and crust is beautifully golden brown.
Serve Peppery Pepper Quiche warm or cooled, with dressed lettuce.
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Congrats on 3k followers 🎉!
My absolute favorite fic from you is prefects and t(h)reats, and I remember sending an ask to you about it. I still think about the fingering scene from time to time, and it's my most beloved Seonghwa fic 💕 Some of my other favorite fics including in vino veritas (dilf Hongjoong? Sign me up pls), needle to the heart (this left me with so much complex emotions and melancholia and all the what ifs, and the scene in the car with San altered my brain chemistry), and outlaw (how is this "couple" doing? where and they now? has her feelings for him changed?)
For the numbered asks: 2, 10 and 14!
Some of my preferences:
silent/shy reader or loud/outgoing reader? I try my very best to give feedbacks but I'm kind of self-conscious with my limited English sometimes
multiple chapter fics or oneshots? I prefer reading everything in one post if it's possible
energetic songs or soft songs? Soft or slower songs are not really my thing
I will end this long ask here 🫣 again, congrats on your milestone 👏 and I appreciate you sharing your writing with us 💌
Thank youu <33 I'm so glad you enjoyed Prefects and t(h)reats, I just wish I didn't rush it :( that deserved to be a 15k word slowburn! Needle to the heart destroyed me, and I was the one who wrote it lol
How do you think Outlaw ended? You think she complained about being dragged from the town where they saw her as nothing but a body by a hot cowboy that treated her better than anyone did? ;) I know I wouldn't hehe but oh the wife could be back in the picture and he might've been a liar after all! :O
2. hobbies
Aside from writing and reading, I love to draw, I do nails, I play games (I am playing Witcher 3 again, that game has me in a chokehold), I assemble and paint Warhammer 40k figurines, recently I've been playing lots of Dress to Impress (DON'T JUDGE ME <333), and I sometimes do embroidery :)
10. how i got into writing
I started writing very early (my Wattpad says joined 2011, I am 21 now.), simply because it was my escape into the worlds I was writing (being sold do one direction and all that lol), then it evolved into writing things I wanted to read but didn't exist, and that's what I still do. I wish to read something. It doesn't exist? No problem. I will do it myself!
14. tell me your favourite recipe
Ooo I have another one.
I use store bought puff pastry, dice chicken breast in thin slices like you do for wok, smother it in curry, paprika, salt, pepper and a bit of chilli, fry it, then put it in the rolled out puff pastry, I use store bought curry and mango paste and put it on one side of the puff pastry, and then close it and shape it like a calzone, put it in the oven/air fryer, and devour it. :)
Your preferences:
silent/shy reader or loud/outgoing reader? I try my very best to give feedbacks but I'm kind of self-conscious with my limited English sometimes
That's okay! I only recently started giving feedback because I realized that I too like to receive them. Two or three words are enough to keep your favourite writers going :)
multiple chapter fics or oneshots? I prefer reading everything in one post if it's possible
Honestly, same sometimes. I just don't have the capacity for 50+ chapter works.
energetic songs or soft songs? Soft or slower songs are not really my thing
Same. The song must be really good or I must be in such a mood for me to listen to it. Energetic songs all day every day!
Thank you for leaving this ask, I hope we cross paths again <33
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Italicize what your muse likes. Bold what they love. Strikethru what they hate. Feel free to edit/add more options if relevant to your muse!
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Taste Preferences
Sweet | Salty | Bitter | Savory | Sour | Spicy | Umami
Meat, Fish and Dairy
Bacon | Beef | Blood | Butter | Caviar | Cheese | Chicken | Clams | Crab | Cream | Duck | Eel | Eggs | Elk | Escargot | Frog | Game | Goose | Heart | Herring | Honey | Kidney | Lamb | Liver | Lobster | Meatballs | Meatloaf | Milk | Mussels | Octopus | Oily Fish | Oysters | Pork | Rabbit | Roe | Salmon | Sausage | Scallops | Sea Urchin | Shrimp | Squid | Tilapia | Trout | Tuna | Turkey | Venison | White Fish | Yoghurt
Fruit
Apple | Apricot | Avocado | Banana | Blackberry | Blackcurrent | Blueberry | Cantaloupe | Cherry | Coconut | Cranberry | Dates | Dragonfruit | Fig | Grape | Grapefruit | Kiwi | Lemon | Lime | Lychee | Mango | Melon | Orange | Papaya | Passionfruit | Pomegranate | Peach | Pear | Pineapple | Plum | Prune | Raisin | Raspberry | Starfruit | Strawberry | Watermelon
Vegetables, Spices and Grains
Arugula | Beans | Beetroot | Bell Pepper | Bok Choy | Broccoli | Cabbage | Carrot | Cauiliflower | Celery | Chilli Peppers | Cilantro | Cinnamon | Corn | Cucumber | Garlic | Ginger | Eggplant | Green Beans | Jalapeños | Kale | Lentils | Lettuce | Mint | Mushrooms | Mustard | Olives | Onions | Orzo | Paprika | Parsnip | Peas | Potatoes | Pumpkin | Radish | Rice | Spices | Soya | Spinach | Sprouts | Tofu | Tomato | Vanilla | Wheat | Zucchini
Drinks and Snacks
Ale | Bagels | Beer | Biscuits | Bread | Burger | Cake | Candy | Cereal | Chewing Gum | Chicken Nuggets | Chocolate | Chips | Coffee | Cola | Condiments | Cookies | Crackers | Curry | Dried Fruits | Fried Chicken | Fries | Granola | Gummis | Hot Chocolate | Hot Dog | Ice Cream | Jelly | Jerky | Juice | Kimchi | Mac n' Cheese | Marshmallows | Milkshake | Muffins | Nutella | Nuts | Pancakes | Pasta | Pastries | Peanuts | Peanut Butter | Pickles | Pie | Pizza | Popcorn | Pretzels | Noodles | Oatmeal | Ramen | Rice Cakes | Rock Candy | Salted Caramel | Sandwich | Seeds | Soda | Spaghetti | Spirits | Sushi | Tea | Toast | Trail Mix | Water | Wine
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Baking | Broiling | Casseroles | Frying | Grilling | Pickled | Raw | Roasts | Salads | Soups | Steaming | Stew | Stir Fry | Smoked
#❔ || dashboard games#❔ || memes#Been meaning to do my own meme for a while so#I think I got it all covered not sure#Eddie's got some taste and texture issues so some foods he cannot stand#Like if some fruit have lots of little seeds or it's gloppy like oatmeal#Nothing super spicy or sour either he's got a strong sense of taste#Finicky with meat too because you know#What with living in Gotham and all#The beef might not actually BE beef if you know what I mean#Chicken and turkey is okay tho#He likes veggie alternatives when he can get them like mushroom pasta over meatballs#Again that's a meat AND texture issue#Eddie you're so fucking fussy ffs#And yet you're okay eating literal junk#*shakes him*
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if you wanted to see any more wlw platonic/romantic pairings with Ice Candy (esp rarepairs), who would you most likely choose to interact with her? (Excluding Skating Queen, Avocado, and Mala Sauce because I’ve seen others ship it lol)
#ice candy cookie#caramel arrow cookie#pastry cookie#cocoa cookie#cherry ball cookie#croissant cookie#princess cookie#melon bun cookie#rye cookie#cookie run#chili pepper cookie#white choco cookie#financier cookie#wlw ships#cookie run kingdom#cookie run ovenbreak
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People really think they're doing something when they're like "Oh your traditional dish is made up from ingredients first cultivated in different parts of the world? Ok... cultural appropriator."
Like... you dumb dumb schmucks, where the ingredients for a dish came from doesn't dictate what is or isn't traditional, traditional doesn't mean "has a history that's been documented for at least 10.000 years! A lot of traditional Asian dishes have chilli in them, guess what fucking crop did not originate in Asia, and was recently introduced! Japan has tons of "typical Japanese" dessert dishes containing milk, more specifically cream, even though eating milk and butter was considered to be barbaric throughout its history. I'm still going to consider their lil strawberry spongecake cakes to be traditional, even if they just adopted the pastry from Europe and then changed it a bit to fit their tastes. Same with BAUMKUCHEN a cake that literally still has its German name, but is still viewed as something Japanese, and has a big culture around it.
Also, just as a sidenote, but chances are certain dishes existed in some way or form before, and then got adjusted based on the new ingredients available, especially if they started to be considered fashionable. Before rice? Maybe it was cooked oats. Before it was chilli, it might have been pepper.
History of humans is nothing but evolving and adapting to new circumstances and experiences.
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—ocs as obscure references

ANIMAL: saint bernards, tortoise shell cats, sparrows
COLORS: burnt orange, vermillion, brick red, saffron
MONTH: early november
SONGS: i’m not your friend, ruby friedman orchestra | born to fly, sara evans | overall junction, albert king & stevie ray vaughan | sugar boats, modest mouse
NUMBER: 0, it's everything and nothing
PLANTS: sweet william (dianthus), river birch, new jersey tea
SMELLS: orange, gray pepper, cinnamon, star anise
GEMSTONE: sunstone
TIME OF DAY: 7pm
SEASON: late fall
PLACES: at home, molly's bar, joy holler, the riverwalk
FOOD: japanese onion soup, custard pastries, vegetable stir fry, fried chicken
DRINKS: white tea, black tea, lemon soda, japanese whisky
ELEMENT: fire
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: sagittarius❂ gemini❍ scorpio↑
SEASONINGS: mustard seed and paprika
SKY: red at night, sailor's delight
WEATHER: chilly, it's about to rain
MAGICAL POWER: omni-communication
WEAPONS: dual double-action colt pythons
SOCIAL MEDIA: locked instagram
MAKEUP PRODUCT: eyeshadow
CANDY: red hots
METHOD OF LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL: by car, she’s driving
ART STYLE: ali cavanaugh
FEAR: loss of family
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: inugami
PIECE OF STATIONARY: small notepad with a red face
THREE EMOJIS: 😊🤔🐾
CELESTIAL BODY: io
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