#Pumpkin Beer Cheese Soup

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Pumpkin Beer Cheese Soup with Rosemary Croutons. Crisp ale and herby croutons add depth to this dish, while the pumpkin puree gives it that classic pumpkin soup vibe. Classic fall flavors combined with cheese, beer, and herby croutons bring this soup to a whole new level that blows any off those other pumpkin soups right outta the park. The ingredients are nothing fancy, but they marry together just right for a big bowl of cozy goodness that’ll keep you coming back for more.

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Pumpkin Beer Cheese Soup With Rosemary Croutons

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Writing Reference: Food History

B.C.

10,000 - almonds, cherries, bread, flour, soup

8,000 - wheat ⚜ 7,000 - wine, beer, pistachios, pig, goat, sheep, lard

6,500 - cattle domestication, apples ⚜ 6,000 - tortilla, dates, maize

5,000 - honey, ginger, quinoa, avocados, potatoes, milk, yogurt

4,000 - focaccia, watermelons, grapes, pomegranates

3,200 - chicken domestication ⚜ 3,000 - butter, onion, garlic, apricots

2,737 - tea ⚜ 2,500 - olive oil, seaweed, duck ⚜ 2,300 - saffron

2,000 - peaches, liquorice, marshmallow, pasta, ham, sesame seeds

1,500 - chocolate, vanilla ⚜ 1,200 - sugar ⚜ 1,000 - mangoes, oats, pickles

900 - pears, tomatoes ⚜ 700 - cinnamon ⚜ 600 - bananas, poppy seeds

500 - artichokes ⚜ 400 - pastries, appetizers, vinegar

300 - parsley ⚜ 200 - turkeys, asparagus, rhubarb ⚜ 65 - quince

1st—13th Century

1st Century - chestnuts, lobster, crab, shrimp, truffles, blueberries, raspberries, capers, kale, blood (as food), fried chicken, foie gras, French toast, omelettes, rice pudding, flan, cheesecake, pears in syrup

3rd Century - lemons ⚜ 5th - pretzels ⚜ 6th - eggplant

7th Century - spinach, kimchi ⚜ 9th - coffee, nutmeg

10th Century - flower waters, Peking duck, shark's fin soup

11th Century - baklava, corned beef, cider, lychees, seitan

12th Century - breadfruit, artichokes, gooseberries

13th Century - ravioli, lasagne, mozzarella, pancakes, waffles, couscous

14th—19th Century

14th Century - kebabs, moon cakes, guacamole, pie, apple pie, crumpets, gingerbread

15th Century - coconuts, Japanese sushi and sashimi, pineapples, marmalade, risotto, marzipan, doughnuts, hot dogs

16th Century - pecans, cashews (in India), Japanese tempura, vanilla (in Europe), fruit leather, skim milk, sweetbreads, salsa, quiche, teriyaki chicken, English trifle, potato salad

17th Century - treacle, pralines, coffee cake, modern ice cream, maple sugar, rum, French onion soup, cream puffs, bagels, pumpkin pie, lemonade, croissants, lemon meringue pie

18th Century - root beer, tapioca, French fries, ketchup, casseroles, mayonnaise, eggnog, soda water, lollipops, sangria, muffins, crackers, chowder, croquettes, cupcakes, sandwiches, apple butter, souffle, deviled eggs

19th Century - toffee, butterscotch, cocoa, Turkish delight, iodized salt, vanilla extract, modern marshmallows, potato chips, fish and chips, breakfast cereal, Tabasco sauce, Kobe beef, margarine, unsalted butter, Graham crackers, fondant, passionfruit, saltwater taffy, milkshakes, pizza, peanut butter, tea bags, cotton candy, jelly beans, candy corn, elbow macaroni, fondue, wedding cake, canapes, gumbo, ginger ale, carrot cake, bouillabaisse, cobbler, peanut brittle, pesto, baked Alaska, iced tea, fruit salad, fudge, eggs Benedict, Waldorf salad

20th Century

1901 - peanut butter and jelly ⚜ 1904 - banana splits ⚜ 1905 - NY pizza

1906 - brownies, onion rings ⚜ 1907 - aioli

1908 - Steak Diane, buttercream frosting ⚜ 1909 - shrimp cocktail

1910 - Jell-O (America's most famous dessert)

1910s - orange juice ⚜ 1912 - Oreos, maraschino cherries, fortune cookies

1912 - Chicken a la King, Thousand Island dressing

1914 - Fettuccine Alfredo ⚜ 1915 - hush puppies

1917 - marshmallow fluff ⚜ 1921 - Wonder Bread, zucchini

1919 - chocolate truffles ⚜ 1922 - Vegemite, Girl Scout cookies

1923 - popsicles ⚜ 1924 - frozen foods, pineapple upside-down cake, Caesar salad, chocolate-covered potato chips

1927 - Kool-Aid, s'mores, mayonnaise cake ⚜ 1929 - Twizzlers

1930s - Pavlova cakes, Philly cheese steak, Pigs in blankets, margaritas, banana bread, Cajun fried turkey ⚜ 1931 - souffle, refrigerator pie

1933 - chocolate covered pretzels ⚜ 1936 - no-bake cookies

1937 - Reubens, chicken Kiev, SPAM, Krispy Kreme

1938 - chicken and waffles ⚜ 1939 - seedless watermelon

1941 - Rice Krispies treats, Monte Cristo sandwiches ⚜ 1943 - nachos

1946 - chicken burgers, tuna melts, Nutella ⚜ 1947- chiffon cake

1950s - chicken parm, Irish coffee, cappuccino, smoothies, frozen pizza, diet soda, TV Dinners, ranch dressing ⚜ 1951 - bananas foster

1953 - coronation chicken ⚜ 1956 - German chocolate cake, panini

1957 - Quebec Poutine ⚜ 1958 - Instant ramen noodles, crab rangoon, lemon bars ⚜ 1960s - beef Wellington, green eggs and ham, red velvet cake

1963 - black forest cake ⚜ 1964 - Belgian waffles, Pop Tarts, Buffalo wings, ants on a log, pita bread ⚜ 1965 - Gatorade, Slurpees

1966 - chocolate fondue ⚜ 1967 - high fructose corn syrup

1970s - California rolls, pasta primavera, tiramisu ⚜ 1971 - fajitas

1975 - hicken tikka masala ⚜ 1980 - turducken

1980s - Panko, portobello mushrooms, bubble tea, chicken nuggets, Sriracha, Red Bull energy drink, everything bagels

1990s - artisan breads, Jamaican jerk ⚜ 1991 - turkey bacon, chocolate molten lava cake, earthquake cake ⚜ 1993 - broccolini

1995 - Tofurkey ⚜ 1997 - grape tomatoes

21st Century

2002 - flat iron steak, tear-free onions ⚜ 2007 - Kool-Aid pickles, cake pops

2008 - Mexican funnel cake ⚜ 2013 - cronuts, test tube burgers

Source ⚜ Writing Notes & References

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Build | Strangerville | Ziggy's Diner

Lot Info

Type | Restaurant Lot Size | 30x20 World | Strangerville Value | 94,857 Baths | 3 CC | No Packs | Unrestricted Ziggy's Diner is a classicly retro mashup of Googie and passenger train inspired styles situated in Strangerville Plaza.

Ziggy's is a compact restaurant and bar combo with a Strangerville twist: classic red booths and an elongated mid-century modern bar layout meets sci-fi inspired and 50's-kitsch inspired cluttered decor..

It's giving the diner from the movie 'Paul'. I hope. lol

Ziggy's has a fully customised menu featuring some Mountain States inspired comfort dishes and some American classics (full menu below the cut).

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hopefully you like this one- it was super fun to build and I'm finding my feet a bit more building for this save, i think!

it's been playtested (briefly lol) and should be fully functional and a smooth enough restaurant experience for your sims to enjoy.

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Ziggy's Diner Menu

Drinks water ; lemonade ; milk ; orange juice ; coffee ; cream cola ; fizzy fruity drink ; pitch black ; root beer float ; soda ; tang and zing ; boiler room ; eapa ; juice on the rocks ; wrench ; galactic vita-water ; silent film ; sour punch ; sunset valley ; alien juice ; cupid juice ; space energy drink ; jet juice

Appetisers chips and salsa ; mac and cheese ; bowl of olives ; bread roll ; french fries ; whole wheat bread ; popcorn shrimp ; garden salad ; cheesy bread ; grilled plantains ; seafood chowder ; soft shell crab cake ; empanadas ; watermelon salad

Mains mac and cheese ; chicken nuggets ; popcorn shrimp ; baked potato ; hot dog ; lobster roll ; veggie burger ; chicken and waffles ; fried chicken sliders ; mushroom waffles ; sausage and peppers ; scrambled eggs with bacon ; seafood chowder ; tofu dog ; fish tacos ; hamburger ; fried fish ; pancakes ; aubergine Parmesan ; sweet corn pizza ; mushroom steak ; french toast ; vegetable chilli ; egg white omelette ; mushroom soup ; bbq ribs plate ; blackened bass ; gumbo ; steak

Dessert neapolitan ice cream ; rainbow sorbet ; vanilla ice cream ; alien fruit tart ; cream filled donut ; cream snack cake ; honey cake ; plain waffles ; rainbow brownies ; hamburger cake ; chocolate chip cookie ; apple pie ; banana cream pie ; pumpkin pie ; simcity cheesecake ; fruit cobbler

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Dishes, Sauces, Soups, and Sides

Updated: 2023/12

As of now this list is updated with everything found in media released as of Oct 2023.

Like the original, this contains all canonical breads, desserts, dishes, sauces, soups, and sides. If known to a specific region it is marked next to the item in parenthasis, if it is not it is either unknown or universally eaten.

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Prepared Ingredients

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Disclaimer

Though real life plants may be listed here as edible it is for fictional use only. This is not intended to be used as a reference nor guide for what plants are edible or safe to eat. Please do not use it as such.

Breads

Bark Bread

Biscuit

Whole Grain Biscuit - Commonly made in Chantry cloisters. A staple in their simple diets.

Black Bread

Braided Honey and Date Bread (Anderfels)

Brown Bread

Buns

Butter Puff - Bread made by folding butter into the dough allowing it to become puffy and softer than usual bread. (Orlais)

Crumpet

Dark Bread

Dried Bread

Flat Bread - A no-rise bread. Served with dip, brushed in oil, and/or as a side. (Nevarra)

Honey Loaf

Lichen Bread - Bread that is made using lichen. (Orzammar)

Black Lichen Bread

Peasant Bread - Comprised of wheat, grease, and salt in equal measure, made by Dalish and city elves in Orlais. They top it with butter, jam, and sometimes sugar. (Elves - Orlais)

Pumpkin bread - A favorite of Dorian Pavus (Tevinter)

Raider Queen’s Bread of Many Tongues - Created by the Raider Queen, this bread calls for flour, baking powder, salt, butter, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, bananas. The creator calls for Par Vollen bananas but another version of the recipe says Rivaini bananas are an acceptable replacement. (Rivain)

Rolls

Bread Roll

Sweet Rolls

Ryott Bread - Made of a protein rich grain called ryott. (Ferelden, Chasind)

Sweet Bread

Thin Bread - A thin bread used to make wraps in Seheron.

Whole Grain Bread - Another staple made in Chantry cloisters.

Wraps - Described as "soft" bread.

Appetizers, Starters, and Refreshments

Blood Orange Salad - a salad of bitter greens with blood orange slices served on top. (Nevarra)

Canapé - a type of hors d'œuvre.

Couscous Salad - A salad comprised of couscous with many varieties, one such variety includes red bell peppers and mint. (Rivain)

Crab Cakes - a classic dish in Kirkwall. (Kirkwall)

Dried Bread and Fruit

Eggs à la Val Foret - An egg dish served with a cream sauce. (Orlais)

Fluffy Mackerel Pudding - Celery, pepper, mackerel, diced onion, mustard, salt, Antivan pepper, ground mace, cardamom seed, eggs. Also known as Feast Day Fish (Ferelden)

Fried Crab Legs - A subsitute for the Orzammar dish of fried young giant spiders.

Fried young giant spiders - A common food in Orzammar, usually served with an alcohol-based sauce that varies with every establishment. (Orzammar)

Roasted Cave Beetles - Roasted whole and eaten out of the shell. (Orzammar)

Roasted Prawns - A substitute to cave beetles, said to have the same taste and texture.

Shredded Dried Meat and Cheese - A dish that is commonly used as a spread by the dwarves and used for lunches. (Orzammar)

Snails Dressed in Butter and Oil (Avvar)

Snails and Watercress Salad - A non-traditional dish inspired by Avvar cuisine featuring snails and watercress to appeal to lowlander pallets.

Stuffed Deep Mushrooms - A dish derived from various Orzammar deep mushroom delicacy. This Fereldan creation is stuffed with cheese and spinach. (Ferelden)

Rations, Tavern Fare, and Travel Food

Beer Nuts (Kirkwall)

Bread and Cheese

Chicken Wings - Sold in The Rusted Horn as ‘Wyvern Wings.’ (Ferelden)

Crow Feed (Antiva)

Dried Foods

Dried Fruit

Dried Meats

Fereldan Hearty Scones - a scone filled with bacon and cheese, careful, a mabari might snag it. (Ferelden)

Fish Pockets - A meal of fish, crisp vegetables, spices, and a soft wrap.(Seheron)

Fish Wrap - Fish wrapped in thin bread (Seheron)

Grey Warden Pastry Pockets - A hand pie filled with meat and other foods. Olesian Grey Wardens put their own twist using Olesian puff pastry.

The Hanged Man's Stew - The tavern’s featured dish, made with a different mystery meat every morning. (Kirkwall)

Jerky

Jerky Ball

Spiced Jerky

Meat Skewers - A portable snack. A known Orlesian version of this snack is primarily eaten by nobles while out on hunts and are not interested in the hunt, made of meat, cheese, and wine-soaked fruit.

Pickled Eggs - Eggs, sugar, salt, vinegar, and various spices and seasoning of the cooks preference. Favored in Ferelden and seen as a cure all. Served in nearly every Fereldan tavern. (Ferelden)

Pig Oat Mash - A constant dish on The Hanged Man menu, a popular hangover cure if washed down with brandy spiked cider. This warming porridge contains apples, dried salt pork or smoked bacon, dried rolled oats, berries, ale or water (Kirkwall)

Poison Stings - "Poison stings" is the colloquial name. Orange peels coated in chocolate, a crunchy yet chew texture that is both sweet and sour. A favored snack of Dorian Pavus when traveling from Tevinter to Ferelden. (Tevinter)

Provisions and Rations - Typically consist of dried meat, nuts, and a variety of other simple foodstuffs.

Dry Ration

Hardtack

Qunari Ration

Stuffed Vine Leaves - Common tavern food in Tevinter, stuffed with rice, herbs, and sometimes minced meat. Can be topped with lemon juice or tzatziki sauce.

Treviso Energy Balls - Made of peanut butter, oats, and dried fruit, it is a famine food invented during the occupation of Treviso in the Qunari Wars/The New Exalted Marches.

Unidentified Meat - Despite it's ominous name, it's simply chicken legs. Sometimes served with Nevarran flat bread. (Tevinter)

Dips, Glazes, Gravy, and Sauces

Apples Stewed in Brandy Sauce

Applesauce

Cherry Sauce

Cheese Sauce

Cream Sauce

Deep Mushroom Flavored Cream Sauce - Commonly served with seared nug. (Orzammar)

Dragon’s Blood Sauce (Nevarran)

Gravy

Honey-glaze - A sauce used to glaze various foods, particularly meats.

Hot Sauce

Llomerryn Red Sauce - A sauce that goes on almost everything, contains pulped tomatoes, onions, red pepper, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, hot pepper powder, salt, cinnamon stick, allspice, cloves, fennel seeds, dill seeds, mustard seeds, black peppercorns, bay, garlic. (Rivain)

Mushrooms cooked in ale - One recommendation for this sauce is to be served over roasted nug.

Mushroom Sauce

Nesting Roast Gravy - Gravy made from the pan juices of a nesting roast. Meant to be served with the roast. (Orlais)

Plum Sauce

Red Wine Marinade

River-herring Gravy - a gravy as white as apple blossoms. (Orlais)

Special Sauce - A sauce infused with the essence of fifty-two herbs, prized for the ability to help with “inadequacy”. (Kirkwall)

Spider Leg Sauce - a variety of alcohol-based sauces unique to each Orzammar establishment, meant to be paired with fried young giant spider legs.

Tzatziki Sauce - Served with stuffed vine leaves. (Tevinter)

Wild Flower Glaze - A honeyed glaze made of wild flowers, it is recommended to use flowers plucked at dawn and the lowest blossoms. (Anderfels)

Yogurt Dip - Often served with flat bread (Nevarra)

Soups and Stews

Barley Soup

Blood Soup - Merrill is credited with the creation of this creamy beetroot soup, it is topped with roasted chickpeas. (Dalish)

Butter Soup - A simple, inexpensive, and easy soup. Made as midmorning meals or midday refresher for field workers. It is commonly fed to children and convalescents due to its nutritious nature. Ingredients include water, potatoes, cinnamon, star anise, clove, bay, peppercorns, salt, noodles, cream, butter (Orlais)

Cabbage Stew (Ferelden)

Deepstalker Stew - A stew of deepstalker is made when rations run low. (Legion of the Dead)

Denerim-rabbit Stew - Made with rat (City Elf)

Enchantment Soup - Made by Sandal, edibility unknown.

Fereldan Potato and Leek Soup

Fereldan Turnip and Barley Stew - White beans, oil, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, stock, turnips, turnip greens, sausage, barley, cumin, dried basil, oregano, salt, pepper, herbed wine vinegar

First Day Festival Stew (Orzammar)

Fish Chowder (Antiva)

Fish Stew

Lamb and Pea Stew - Alistair has his own version of this soup. (Ferelden)

Lentil Soup - A universal soup, with lentils being common in every Thedosian pantry.

Nettle Soup

Norbotten Fruit Stew - This dish is used to rehydrate dried fruits: dried apricots, pitted prunes, raisins, mixed dried fruits (cherries, apples, cranberries, etc), lemon or orange, cinnamon, cloves, water, sugar or honey, brandy. (Anderfels)

Pea Soup

Ram Stew (Ferelden)

Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup (Ferelden)

Turnip Stew (Ferelden)

Turnip-Goat Stew (Ferelden)

Wild Rabbit Stew

Main Course

Alamarri Pickled Krone - Krone, Brine, (optional) pine pitch and druffalo dung.

Baked Fish - An Avvar cooking method where they wrap fish in pungent leaves and clay before cooking it in banked coals. (Avvar)

Baked Krone with Honey - The honey is typically used as a side sauce for dipping. (Fereldan)

Beans and Bread

Boiled Roots

Braised Nug with Elfroot (Dwarven)

Braised Ram with all the Trimmings (Ferelden)

Broiled Boar Head (Fereldan)

Cacio e pepe - A dish of three ingredients; spaghetti, pepper, and pecorino romano. (Antiva)

Dalish Deep Forest Comfort - String squashes, halla butter, garlic, mushrooms, elfroot or spinach, diced tomatoes or beetles, hot red pepper, rock salt, halla cheese or goat cheese, edible wildflowers (borage, chicory, etc), pine nuts. (Dalish, Southern Orlais)

First Day Chicken - a dish served during First Day in some parts of Orlais. (Orlais)

Fish in Salt Crust - Cooked much liked the baked fish, instead of using clay, the fish is covered in salt and wrapped in pungent leaves before being cooked in banked coals. (Avvar)

Fresh Oyster - Noted to go well with Llomerryn red sauce.

Fried Fish

Fried Mush (Orzammar)

Glazed Krone (Ferelden)

Gilded Swan with River-herring Gravy - An eastern spice, flour, gold leaf, river herring, swan, yolk. (Orlais)

Gnocchi (Antiva)

Goat Custard - A broiled goat head, not to be confused with the dessert. (Ferelden)

Grilled Poussin - Grilled chicken, typically a younger chicken. (Chasind)

Ham

Anderfels Smoked Ham - It tastes of despair

Avvar Ham

Ham Stuck with Cloves

The Jade Ham - Honeyed with wild flowers (especially those picked at dawn), masterfully seasoned, and spiral-cut. Not considered edible but better used as a weapon. (Anderfels)

Orlesian Ham

Smoked Ham

Herbed Chicken and Biscuits (Ferelden)

Jellied Meats

Jellied Pigs Feet - A delicacy in the Free Marches and originally a popular commoner food that has risen to the tables of nobility. Pigs feet and/or pork hocks, salt, onions, garlic, allspice, peppercorns, bay. (Free Marches)

Veal Galentine (Orlais)

Liver

Lutefisk

Nesting Roast - This dish is classically made with a quail stuffed in a pheasant stuffed in a swan. Served with gravy made from the pan juices. (Orlais)

Mad Burnard’s Gift of Flesh - A nesting roast unlike any other, involving a whole wyvern, stuffed with a whole gurn, stuffed with a horse, stuffed with a large halla (horns and all), stuffed with a swan, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a quail, stuffed with a bunting that choked on a gold piece. (Orlais)

Nug Steak (Orzammar)

Nug-gets (Orzammar)

Nug-loaf (Orzammar)

Nug-Nug - A dish meant to resemble a nug peeking from its burrow; made of ground meat (beef preferred), parsley, egg, salt, crushed cumin or mustard seeds, black pepper, cooked rice, tomatoes, onions, chives (Orlais)

Paella - Made with rice, saffron, and a variety of seafood; such as shrimp, cuttlefish, and mussels. (Antiva)

Pancake - The breakfast food and savory dishes.

Crepes - A very thin pancake that can be filled with sweet or savory ingredients. (Orlais)

Hearth Cakes - Described as a common fare where they are baked on an iron griddle. They are made with halla butter (can be subbed for goat or cow butter), flour, hardwood ash (can be replaced with baking powder), cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sugar, mixed dried fruit (like cranberries, raisins, and currants), an egg, and milk. Described as baeing crispy and flaky on the outside, but remains moist on the inside. They are grilled on one side and then are flipped over, ensuring they are all crisp and bown. (Dalish)

Nug Pancakes - A savory pancake made with nug. A favorite among dwarven children. (Orzammar)

Porridge

Bland Porridge

Deer Porridge - A savory porridge served with deer.

Porridge with Raisins

Savory Porridge - Served with meat, vegatables, or spices.

Pudding - A sweet or savory, steamed dish that can be topped with gravy or chocolate.

Rack of Ribs (Ferelden)

Ram Chops (Ferelden)

Ram Cutlet (Ferelden)

Rice and Boiled Vegetables (Tevinter)

Roast

Gurgut Roast with Lowlander Spices and Mushroom Sauce (Avvar)

Roast Boar - One cooking method involves the boar being stuffed with apples (Ferelden and Orlais). Another has it served with a side of candied yams.

Roast Chicken

Roast Duck

Roast Hog

Roast Lamb

Roast Turkey - Common in the Free Marches, especially among Starkhaven nobility, as well as the Chasind.

Roast Wyvern - Common with the Avvar and Orlais.

Roasted Cave Beetle (Dwarven)

Roasted Giant Spider (Dwarven)

Roasted Nug (Orzammar)

Roasted Phoenix - One of the most infamous meals in Thedas, it is served with sweet red wine.

Roasted Rabbit

Roasted Venison with Wild Greens - The venison is seasoned with mint and pepper, served with wild greens and sweet pastries. Paired with wine to drink. (Ferelden)

Slow-roasted Nug-let (Orzammar)

Spit-roasted Deepstalker (Dwarven)

Spit-roasted Nug with Hot Sauce (Orzammar)

Sandwich

Ham Sandwich

Sausage - There are about twelve different kinds of sausage unnamed mentioned in Last Court.

Black Pudding - A type of blood sausage made from pork or beef blood, pork fat or beef sue, and a type of cereal. (Orlais)

Smoked Sausage

Spiced Sausage

Savory Pies

Dove Pie - A pie made with live doves, for the theater of the meal. (Orlais)

Nug Bacon and Egg Pie (Ferelden)

Pigeon Pie

Pork Pie

Starkhaven Fish and Egg Pie - Fish from the Minanter River (carp, trout, or others), wine, onion, carrot, thyme, bay, sea salt, dried currants, sliced almonds, boiled sliced eggs, butter, flour, fish broth, milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cream, fried whitebait or other small fish. (Starkhaven)

Turnip and Mutton Pie (Ferelden)

Unmentionable Pie - It is a meat pie that uses the typically undesirable parts of an animal. (Ferelden)

Venison Pasty - A hand pie filled with venison. In Serault, it is served with curls of goat cheese. (Orlais)

Seared Nug - Usually served with a deep mushroom cream sauce. (Orzammar)

Simmering Partridge - Cooked with sweet onions and pale beans (Orlais)

Smoked Meat

Smoked Boar

Smoked Fish

Smoked Rabbit

Smoked Venison

Spiced Nug

Stuffed Cabbage - A seasoned cabbage head stuffed with meat.

Venison with Apples Stewed in Brandy Sauce

Wandering Hills - A delicacy made from large creatures of the same name. (Anderfels)

Wyvern Steak

Sides

Antivan Olives - Soaked in vinegar and stuffed with capers.

Boiled Turnip (Ferelden)

Brandy Soaked Cherries (Orzammar)

Candied Yams

Croutons

Fried Potatoes - Recommended to be served with Llomerryn red sauce.

Hard-boiled Egg

Honey Carrots - Most common in Orlais where it is traditionally sweeter compared to other places due to the use of honey.

Jarred Olives (Tevinter)

Jellied Eels (Ferelden)

Mashed Turnip (Ferelden)

Peeled Grapes (Tevinter)

Picked Foods

Pickled Apples

The Pickled Apples of Arlathan - Apples said to be from the time of Arlathan. The taste is described to be one of fresh apples, with the same crispness.

Pickled Fish

Pickled Lamprey

Pickled Nug

Pickled Ox Tongue

Pickled Vegetables

Pickles

Roasted Sides

Roasted Chestnuts (Nevarra)

Roasted Figs (Rivain)

Roasted Potatoes - Recommended to be served with Llomerryn red sauce.

Roasted Turnip (Ferelden)

Sera’s Yummy Corn

Smoked Bacon

Steamed Beans

Steamed Turnips (Ferelden)

Stir-fried Turnips (Ferelden)

Toast

Toasted Bread - Used for dipping in stews.

Toasted Chickpeas - Used as a topping for soups and salads, sometimes as a replacement for croutons.

Wine Soaked Fruit

Baked Goods, Desserts, and Sweets

Bread Pudding - Made with stale bread, eggs, milk or cream, and other ingredients varied by if it is savory or sweet (Ferelden)

Cake

Cake with Apples

Cake with Nutmeg

Chocolate Cake

Cupcakes

Cherry Cupcakes - Historically a common method used to poison people, often served in the theater. (Tevinter)

The Exquisite Misery - A little cake topped with a dusting of anise, deep mushrooms, and gold dust. (Orlais)

Found Cake - A chocolate cream cake topped with white frosting and strawberries (Ferelden)

Hearth Cake - A pan-made cake; made of flour, hardwood ash or baking powder, halla butter, sugar, mixed dried fruit (currants, cranberries, etc), egg, milk. (Dalish)

Honey Cake (Orlais)

Lamprey Cake - contains no actual lampreys, it is modeled after the appearance of lamprey.

Lemon Cake

Petit Fours (Orlais)

Pound Cake

Round Cake - Often topped with poppyseed and honey. In Serault, they will sometimes have the antlers baked into the crust. (Orlais)

Sponge Cake (Orlais)

Sugar Cake - One version is made with strawberries and sugar-cream icing dressed on a pound cake. (Ferelden) Another version is made with a "humble cake" and is dressed with butter, sugar, and almonds. Both are seen as great gifts and good pick-me-ups after long days of traveling, and are often served by merchants.

Sugar-drizzled Lemon Cake - A type of lemon cake that was used in Antivan Crow history to assassinate templars.

Sugarcake - A dense cake usually topped with powdered sugar.

Sweet Cake

Wedding Cake

Candy

Black Licorice Candy - Can be salted. (Tevinter)

Bon-bons

Candied Almonds

Candied Fruit

Candy Apple (Ferelden)

Candied Dates (Tevinter)

Candy Cane

Carastian Candy - A candied chocolate. (Tevinter)

Peppermints

Spun Sugar (Ferelden)

Sweetmeat - A confectionery treat, sometimes candy coated fruit.

Toffee

Unnamed Candied Nuts with Spice - A candy that is sweet until swallowed, then they leave a spicy aftertaste. (Orlais)

Cobbler

Dalish Forest Fruit Cobbler

Strawberry and Rhubarb Cobbler (Ferelden)

Cookies

Biscuit - A hard, flat, and unleavened baked treat that can be sweet or savory.

Butter and Sugar Cookie - This cookie isn’t specified as it is only described by these ingredients.

Raisin Cookies

Shortbread

Tea Biscuits

Wafers

Custard

Goat Custard - Differing from the Fereldan savory counterpart. This custard is made throughout Thedas with goat milk and has numerous varieties. On pairs it with roast fig. A Rivain variation uses milk of the Ayesleigh gulabi goats specifically for its sweeter milk.

Donuts

Ice Cream

Orlesian Guimauves - Another name for marshmallows.

Pastries

Antivan Apple Grenade

Cinnamon Rolls - one of Varric's favorite pastries.

Croissant - Vivienne starts every morning with one. (Orlais)

Honey and Nut Pastry (Tevinter)

Macaroon

Marie du Lac Erre’s Sweet Ruin - One version of this pastry with a dramatic history, the recipe contains; butter, powdered sugar, chocolate, vanilla extract, flour, orange or mint extract, baking powder, and milk. (Orlais)

Tarts

Unnamed Blueberry Pastry - A light, sticky pastry with blueberries. (Possibly Nevarra)

Varric's Favorite Pastry - A pastry spread created by Devon, a Fereldan cook, after consulting with Varric Tethras on his favorite pastry.

Pie

Apple Pie

The Blessed Apple - A pie made by a small cloister of Chantry sisters tending to the orchard, they use the windfall apples and share the pies freely; as well as the apples. The ingredients are flour, salt, butter, water, apples (golden apples from Lady’s Orchard preferred but others are acceptable substitutions), brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. (Orlesian)

Minced Pie - filled with finely chopped fruit and sweet things.

Pudding

Blancmange - A white pudding made of milk or heavy cream, its name is Orlesian for "white eating". Because of the mild, sweet taste it can have a variety of toppings such as toasted almonds, ribbons of fresh mangos, red grape compote, cherry saus, or Vivienne's preferred plating of white chocolate curls with whole jasmine flowers. (Orlais)

Caramel Pudding

Dessert Pudding

Rice Pudding

Scones

Sour Cherries in Cream (Orlais)

Sticky Figs Rolled in Nuts (Tevinter)

Sticky Jellies (Orlais)

Sources:

(If you want to find the direct links or page numbers, check out the Wiki's Food and Ingredients page.)

Primary Sources:

Dragon Age: Origins (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: Awakening Dragon Age 2 (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: The Last Court Dragon Age: Inquisition (DLCs + Multiplayer)

Books:

Dragon Age Tabletop RPG Core Rulebook Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Blood in Ferelden Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Game Master’s Kit: Buried Past World of Thedas Vol. 1 World of Thedas Vol. 2 Dragon Age Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne Dragon Age: The Calling Dragon Age: The Masked Empire Dragon Age: Asunder Dragon Age: Last Flight Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights

Short Stories:

Short Story: Paying the Ferryman

Comics:

Mage Killer Knight Errant Deception

Codex Entries, Letters, and Notes:

Entry: The Ben-Hassrath

Codex Entry: Blackwall the Last Few Years

Codex Entry: A Compendium of Orlesian Theater

Codex Entry: Feast Day Fish

Codex Entry: The Diary of Triolus Hertubise

Codex Entry: The History of Soldier’s Peak: Chapter 3

Codex Entry: A Letter to Harding

Codex Entry: A Magister’s Needs

Codex Entry: The Noladar Anthology of Dwarven Poetry

Codex Entry: On Avvar Cuisine

Codex Entry: The Pickled Apples of Arlathan

Codex Entry: In Praise of the Humble Nug

Codex Entry: Ram

Codex Entry: Redcliffe (Inquisition)

Codex Entry: A Scholar’s Journal

Codex Entry: A Supply List

Codex Entry: A Tattered Shopping List

Codex Entry: Waterlogged Diary

Letter: Feeling Inadequate?

Note: Cook’s Note

Note: Instructions for the Maid

Note: The Rusted Horn’s Menu

Note: Short Note

Armor, Items, Junk, and Weapons:

Armor: Wade’s Superior Dragonbone Plate Boots

Item: Found Cake

Item: Sugar Cake

Item: Lamb Bone

Junk: Stale Biscuit

Junk: Qunari Rations

Weapon: The Jade Ham

War Table Missions:

War Table Mission: Abernache over Under

War Table Mission: Disaster in the Deep Roads

War Table Mission: Inspire

War Table Mission: The Tevinter Resistance

The Last Court Cards:

A Tumbledown Shack

An Unofficial Meeting

Decide the Archoress’s Fate

Flames of Freedom

The Fields

Go Hunting

Good Neighbors

Graffiti

The Next Course

Outlaw Councils

The Whispering Woods

Your Bailiff is Attacked

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[batnbreakfast]

It’s friendsmas today and I’ll spend most of the day cooking before the guests arrive. I wish some of you would live closer by, so I could just invite you for dinner tonight. There’s space for ten if we cuddle up a bit around the table. 😄

The menu:

Ginger beer & cranberry punch

Wintery Sangria

Red Beet soup with a plate full of things to customise your soup, like croutons, bacon, veggie crisps

Ostrich steak & stuffed Hokkaido pumpkin

Red wine gravy

Apple & Cranberry sauce

Stuffing balls

Mini potato dumplings

Green beans

Cider carrots

Sprouts with pecans, bacon, and chestnuts

Cheese broccoli (bc three people don’t like cauliflower)

Limoncello and white chocolate cream & rasberry compote trifle

Off to the kitchen with me! 😄

[lucky-clover-gazette]

domestic bisque

fluff | 3381 words | vidow cottage au

Vio and Shadow make soup, and there's no plot. They literally just have a cozy evening together. Good for them!

They sit together for a while, watching the snow fall, silent and content. The smell of simmering soup fills the den and Pinecone continues to purr like a motor.

Shadow tucks a strand of hair behind Vio’s ear. “Love you.”

Vio leans in—not for a kiss, but simply to meet Shadow’s forehead with his own. “Love you too.”  

read it on ao3 or under the cut, with author's notes:

Author's Note: The title is a soup pun. Appreciate it.

So funny story, this used to be a much longer and more melodramatic fic that I shelved all the way back in November of 2022. It’s been sitting incomplete since then, so I finally decided to take all the fluffy soup parts and play into that, while cutting out the angst. So if this feels a little awkward and disjointed, well… that’s because it is. But still, I think it’s very sweet, and I hope you enjoy :)

It’s perfect soup weather in the woods outside Castle Town.

Snowy, but not overly so, chilling the cottage just enough to justify use of the fireplace. Shadow busies himself in the kitchen, clearing the counter of Pinecone’s canned food and spare bags of tea, and begins to unpack freshly-purchased ingredients. He smiles at the sound of Vio’s footsteps as he enters from the den.

“Found it?” Shadow asks, taking a bunch of celery stalks over to the sink for washing.

“Yes,” Vio says. “I would appreciate it if we avoided getting anything on it.”

Shadow examines the leather-bound volume from afar, well-worn from at least a century of use. He’d make fun of Vio’s concern, but he also understands how important this historical volume is—it’s one of the previous Hero’s few remaining belongings, chock-full of handwritten insight from the man himself. Vio had begged Zelda to lend it to him, and she’d only handed it over after they both promised to return it in good condition. It was a warranted measure, honestly, since the majority of Shadow and Vio’s furniture was stolen from Hyrule Castle… and that’s not even mentioning their evil root beer stash in the cellar.

It had been Shadow’s idea to make the soup, after Vio offhandedly mentioned its inclusion in the Hero’s journal entry. Most of the ingredients are still common in modern Hyrule, except for the Reekfish—luckily, according to the Hero, the soup is better off without it. And with a name like ‘Reekfish,’ Shadow is inclined to believe him.

“Do you think Pinecone will get curious with all the ingredients laying out?” Vio asks, eyeing the massive pumpkin and wheel of cheese visually similar to the horns of Ordon goats.

Shadow glances into the den at their cat, a three-legged tortie watching the snow fall through a frosted window. “Pinecone,” he calls to her, watching her ear twitch in recognition, “are you going to make trouble while we cook?”

She doesn’t answer. Shadow shrugs.

“Did you know that the Hero could talk to cats?” Vio asks Shadow, resting his elbows on the counter.

“No,” Shadow says, “but that’s very cool.”

“Once we’re done cooking, I’d like to show you some of the passages,” Vio says, avoiding eye contact. “I mean, if that’s something you’d be interested in.”

Shadow smiles. “Of course I’m interested. Looking forward to it.”

“That’s… yeah, me too. Hey, can you make fun of me now?”

Shadow crosses the kitchen and plants a kiss on Vio’s forehead. “You’re cute.”

“That is specifically the opposite of what I requested. Also, you are cute too. Obviously.”

Shadow returns to the counter with a smile and grabs a knife from the wooden block. “I’m dicing the veggies and mincing the garlic, right?”

Referencing the recipe, Vio nods. “What can I do to help?”

Shadow withdraws another knife, this one serrated and twice as long. “Feel like butchering a pumpkin?”

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They launch into their parallel tasks in contented silence, the only noise coming from Vio as he struggles to cut into the large Ordon pumpkin. Shadow slides the diced celery into a glass bowl and takes a break to assist Vio, who has switched from the kitchen knife to his Four Sword.

“Here,” Shadow says, “I’ll hold it steady while you cut it in half, right by the stem. Then you just have to scoop out the seeds with a spoon, slice it into pieces, and roast them in the oven so they soften. Once they’re done, you should be able to squish them into a puree with a fork.”

Vio narrows his eyes. “How do you know so much about this?”

“Vendor at the market talked my ear off about it. She was sweet.”

Shadow really had appreciated the Ordonian woman’s advice, as well as the fact that she’d treated him like a normal person. It’s been a little more than six months since Shadow’s reign of terror over Hyrule, and a lot of people in Castle Town still hold a grudge. Okay, maybe not a lot, but townspeople rarely go out of their way to engage in small talk.

“I’ll preheat the oven,” Shadow says as Vio begins to gut the pumpkin. He turns the dial and returns to his counter, making short work of the remaining ingredients.

“Pinecone, no!”

Shadow whips his head around as Vio begs their cat to get off the counter, his hands covered with orange pumpkin guts. “Shadow, can you please stop laughing and pick her up?”

Shadow retrieves Pinecone with a chuckle, kissing her forehead and returning her to the stool by the den window. She curls up and Shadow has the strong urge to sink his face into her soft fur.

“Pumpkin’s going into the oven,” Vio calls from the kitchen. “I’ll clean up the mess before we continue.”

“Sounds good,” Shadow says, giving Pinecone another peck (there is no limit to forehead kisses in this household). He consults the journal, placed far from the carnage, and commits their next steps to memory.

“We can start the soup while the pumpkin roasts,” he says to Vio, who furiously scrubs his hands in the sink. He has his hair up again, in that lame purple scrunchie, a few stray bangs falling into his face. Shadow feels the urge to tuck them behind his pointed ears, but there are more pressing matters at hand.

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When Shadow and Vio first moved into the abandoned cottage, their friends had insisted on a small housewarming party. Some of their gifts are useful on a daily basis, such as Red’s hand-knitted blanket and Zelda’s fountain pens, while others are bound to a more specific purpose. A great example is a yet-to-be-used artisanal casserole dish from Green, which is shaped and painted to resemble a pumpkin.

Shadow removes the heavy vessel from a shelf and gently places it on the counter. “I wonder,” he says, “if somehow the Hero of Twilight’s spirit influenced Green to choose this gift. Since he apparently had a thing for pumpkin soup.”

Vio joins Shadow’s side, sizing up the dish. “Interestingly enough, he’s not the only one. Records indicate that several versions of the Hero have encountered pumpkin soup during their adventures.”

“You’re kidding.”

“The Hero of Winds grew up on Outset Island, where the locals made pumpkin soup that healed his injuries. Some sources even say his own grandmother created the recipe.”

“I see. And have there been any other heroic pumpkin soup encounters of note?”

“Yes,” Vio enthuses, “with the first reincarnation of Link, actually. He lived in the sky and flew on a huge bird. In order to save his version of Zelda, he had to deliver pumpkin soup to a whale inside a thunderhead.”

“Very normal,” Shadow remarks, one eyebrow raised.

Vio smirks. “About as normal as a magic sword turning the Hero into four distinct individuals, one of whom fell madly in love with the original Hero’s evil shadow.”

“You know that makes you sound like the weirdo in that situation, right?”

“Like you weren’t hitting on me from the start.”

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Shadow busies himself with the soup, placing the casserole dish on the stovetop and grabbing a stick of butter from the fridge. He slices off two tablespoons and melts them against the warming vessel, then empties the glass bowls of prepped celery, carrots, and onions into the dish. They sizzle on contact.

“Wooden spoon, please,” he calls to Vio, who promptly places the instrument in his outstretched hand. He uses it to saute the veggies while Vio removes the sheet pan of softened pumpkin from the oven, pureeing it just as Shadow had described. Shadow tosses in the garlic as Vio begins to clean their prep dishes.

“Wanna pop open some vegetable broth?” Shadow asks once he hears the sink turn off. He receives no response and turns his head to see Vio kneeling by Pinecone in the den. Shadow opens the carton of broth on his own and pours it into the dish, taking care not to let it splash in his face.

“Soup has to simmer for ten minutes,” Shadow calls to Vio, bringing the Hero’s journal into the den. He plops down on the floor, because wherever Pinecone decides to be is more often than not where they end up. He nudges Vio and drops the book in his lap. “Show me something interesting.”

Vio gives Pinecone one last full-body pet and nods. “Very well. How much do you know about the Hero of Twilight?”

Shadow shrugs. “Nothing more than what you’ve told me.”

“And what have I told you, exactly?”

“He talked to cats, didn’t use the Four Sword, killed another version of Ganon but missed out on fun times with Vaati.”

Vio scoffs. “Yeah, well, he got Zant.”

“That’s a cool name. What was his deal?”

Vio begins to flip through pages, narrowing his eyes as he scans the text. “Ah-ha!” he exclaims, and it’s so unbelievably dorky that Shadow kind of wants to kiss him on the mouth. “He talks about Zant here,” Vio says, angling the page so Shadow can read.

A note on Zant, usurper king of the Twili tribe: For the majority of my journey, I believed him to be the greatest threat to Hyrule, the final enemy I would need to defeat. But Zant had only served as a proxy for Ganon, who allowed him passage through a dark mirror to wreak havoc on the world of the light.

Shadow makes a sour face. “Wonder what that’s like.”

“Keep reading,” Vio says with a small smile.

Imagine my surprise when Zant became frantic and unhinged in battle, the opposite of the imposing figure I had once believed him to be. Perhaps his initial stature had been an act, disguising the instability and insecurity within.

Stranger still, Zant somehow managed to linger despite a very graphic death. It’s almost as if his spirit couldn’t die, not truly, until he thwarted his former master. Princess Zelda and I defeated Ganondorf, fulfilling Hylia’s Triforce prophecy—but somehow, Zant struck the killing blow. He banished Ganon from the world of light by violently severing the connection between them.

“Huh,” Shadow remarks, his voice now proud. “Wonder what that’s like.”

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Eventually, Vio appears to remember something important. “Has it been ten minutes, for the soup?”

“Just about,” Shadow says, getting to his feet. “Be right back.”

Shadow returns to the kitchen and adds the pumpkin puree, along with a dash of cinnamon, to the simmering mixture. The beige broth becomes a warm amber before his eyes, already starting to bubble with the new ingredients.

“That smells fantastic,” Vio says, peering over Shadow’s shoulder. He wraps his arms around Shadow’s waist, and sandwiched between a simmering pumpkin soup and his favorite person in the world, Shadow feels truly blessed. And then he cringes, because they’re supposed to be creatures of darkness, so why would he default to such a disgustingly wholesome adjective as ‘blessed?’

“About fifteen more minutes,” Shadow says, and Vio hums. “You could have stayed in the den, you know.”

“Missed you. And I want to help clean, you’re doing all the hard work here.”

“Well, I’m not going to argue with that.”

They finish the remaining dishes together, Vio washing while Shadow dries and puts items away. The soup fills their tiny kitchen with the aroma of pumpkin and warm cinnamon spice.

Shadow returns to the stove, stirs the soup with a wooden spoon, and covers it again. “Let’s keep it simmering a little longer.”

Vio nods and leads Shadow back into the den. He retrieves the journal and plops down on the couch, where Pinecone seems to have been waiting for his arrival. She immediately curls up in his lap and Shadow isn’t jealous at all, definitely not, because that would be ridiculous and he is not ridiculous.

“What are you waiting for?” Vio asks, stroking Pinecone idly. “Get comfy.”

“Didn’t think that word was in your vocabulary,” Shadow quips, settling beside the pair and resting his head on Vio’s shoulder. He breathes in the familiar scent of lavender shampoo, and wonders if Vio has just the one purple scrunchie, or if he rotates identical purple scrunchies every few days…

“Looks like you’re thinking hard about something,” Vio observes, reaching an arm around Shadow’s waist.

“Nope, not me.”

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“And that’s it,” Vio says, closing the journal. “For tonight, anyway. I think I’ve had just about enough.”

Shadow nods. “Sucks about the mirror, and what happened with Midna. They seemed to really get along. Do you think they ever saw each other again?”

“Probably not,” Vio admits. “Not everyone is willing to perform dark rituals to recover a loved one from a different realm.”

“Lame.”

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They sit together for a while, watching the snow fall, silent and content. The smell of simmering soup fills the den, and Pinecone continues to purr like a motor.

Shadow tucks a strand of hair behind Vio’s ear. “Love you.”

Vio leans in—not for a kiss, but simply to meet Shadow’s forehead with his own. “Love you too.”  

And then Shadow pulls away.

“Soup,” he reminds Vio, standing up. “Bring the recipe, I think it’s cheese time.”

Vio is sleepy, beyond relaxed, and it’s adorable. “You’re cheese time.”

Shadow raises an eyebrow. “What?”

“I have no idea why I said that.”

Shadow chuckles and returns to the kitchen, releasing steam when he removes the casserole dish lid. “Looks good,” he reports. “Now, tell me all about cheese time.”

Vio cringes. “Please shut up about cheese time.”

“No.”

“Actually,” Vio says as he scans the page, “it’s not even… time for cheese… yet.”

“Tease.”

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“Do we have a blender?” Vio asks, already opening up kitchen cabinets. “Or a food processor?”

Shadow cocks his head. “Did they, back then?”

“That’s what he wrote. Oh, here!”

Vio removes their blender from the cabinet and places it onto the counter. Shadow shakes his head.

“Bad idea. Hot liquid will make the lid stick. Use the immersion blender instead.”

Vio narrows his eyes. “What is that?”

Shadow removes the handheld wand from a drawer and raises it in the air for emphasis. There are blades at the end, and when Shadow presses a button they come to life.

“Not all of us have swords,” Shadow quips as he plunges it into the pot of soup, turning it into a smooth orange bisque. Some of the mixture splashes onto his face, right by his mouth, and he allows himself a taste.

“Hylia,” he mutters, tossing the immersion blender into the sink. Shadow opens the fridge and retrieves their final ingredient, turning to Vio with a wolfish grin. “Cheese time.”

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As the soup simmers over low heat, Shadow stirs in the soft cheese and melts a dusting of brown sugar into the bisque.

“You can do the salt and pepper,” Shadow tells Vio, grabbing him by the waist and positioning him in front of the stove.

Vio nods uncertainly as Shadow forces the shakers into his hands. “This much?” he asks, seasoning the soup with great hesitation.

“Looks good to me,” Shadow says, resting his head on Vio’s shoulder. “Smells good, too.”

“Yeah. I can’t wait to try it.”

Shadow dislodges himself from his boyfriend and grabs two bowls and spoons from the cabinet. He brings them over and repositions Vio, reaching across the range for a ladle and beginning to serve the Hero of Twilight’s beloved pumpkin soup. He garnishes the two bowls with the remaining goat cheese and places the lid on the casserole dish—he’ll package up the rest later, maybe even deliver it to Green and Zelda as a thank-you.

“Couch or table?” Shadow asks, although he’s pretty sure he already knows the answer.

“Couch, please.”

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It’s precarious with the soup bowls, but they manage to arrange themselves nicely on the couch. Pinecone has resumed watching the snow fall by the window, and for once they prefer that she keeps her distance. Vio and Shadow both sit upright as they dig in, and… wow. Shadow had sampled the soup before, but this? With the cheese and everything? It’s fantastic. 

“What do you think?” Shadow asks Vio, whose spoon currently lingers in his mouth. Vio nods intently with a decadent noise of approval.

“It’s perfect,” he says. “Legendary, even.”

“Glad to hear we did the recipe justice, from the mouth of the Hero himself. Well, a few reincarnations removed, but you know what I mean.”

Vio sighs. “I think he’d be happy. Seeing us, like this. I don’t know, maybe that’s just what I want to believe, but—”

“I think it’s a wonderful thing to believe,” Shadow says, placing his bowl down on the coffee table. Maybe his soup will get cold, but the idea of holding Vio in this moment is too tempting to pass up. 

Vio leans into Shadow’s arms and hums. “This is so nice. Thank you for getting the ingredients, and doing most of the work.”

Shadow grins and kisses Vio’s forehead (seriously, it never gets old). “How about you do the dishes and we’ll call it even.”

Vio rolls his eyes but nods. “I should have seen that coming. You’re so evil.”

“The evilest. What atrocity will I commit next?”

Vio’s gaze meets his, and the blonde puts down his soup. Shadow recognizes the expression immediately—slightly lowered eyelids, a mischievous grin. Internally, Shadow has taken to calling it Vio’s Throne Eyes. Because, y’know, reasons.

“I’d love to find out,” Vio nearly purrs, and Shadow pretends to be annoyed.

“You’re just trying to get out of doing the dishes.”

Vio frowns, his eyes darting towards the kitchen. “You know what? You’re right. I think I’ll go do them now.”

He begins to move but Shadow’s grip only tightens. “Wait, don’t—”

Vio grins, and Shadow blushes. “You were saying?”

“You’re the worst,” Shadow chuckles, rubbing his hands over Vio’s back. In the absence of a soup bowl, Vio climbs onto his lap. Shadow kicks the coffee table slightly aside, displacing a bit of soup onto the wooden surface.

On his way to a forehead bonk (or kiss, dealer’s choice), Vio pauses, glancing over Shadow’s shoulder. “Hold on.”

“Um. Are you still joking, or…?”

Vio shakes his head. “Garlic and onion, in the soup. Pinecone could get sick.”

Shadow desperately scans their surroundings for anything that could keep them where they are. They could put the journal over one of the bowls, kind of like an impromptu lid… but if it got damaged Zelda would probably banish them, especially if said damage occurred while they were making out.

Vio sighs and removes himself from Shadow’s lap, picking up both bowls from the table with an apologetic smile. “Be right back,” he says, and Shadow does not move a muscle.

“Make sure the pot’s covered, too,” Shadow calls out, and Vio cradles both bowls with one arm to raise a thumbs-up.

In his partner’s absence, Shadow turns to Pinecone, still peacefully watching the snow fall. “You have no idea what we do for you,” he mutters fondly. The cat’s ear twitches.

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From the kitchen, Shadow hears running water and the clink of dishware. Despite his protests, Vio is still doing what Shadow had asked.

Shadow considers picking up the journal in Vio’s absence, but decides against it. He would never say this out loud, but he doesn’t really care about the Hero of Twilight’s life. He understands why Vio does, though, and supports that interest wholeheartedly—he’s been told about Vio’s long nights in Hyrule Castle, researching resurrection rituals with only the company of the Hero’s writings.

And maybe, wherever he is now, the Hero has witnessed Vio repair the mirror and recall Shadow from his dark realm. Shadow knows their situations aren’t identical—namely, Midna chose to separate herself from the Hero due to royal responsibility (boring), while Shadow had broken his own mirror in a self-sacrificial middle-finger to the concept of darkness itself (badass).

But, still. The parallels are there. And Shadow doesn’t see the harm in Vio indulging them, as long as it makes him happy. But Shadow’s not here to dwell on the past—he’s here to eat pumpkin soup, and to kiss his boyfriend.

And you know what?

He is all out of pumpkin soup.

Author's Note: Someday I will actually let them make out in a fic. I’ve written it before, but it always comes out quippy and awkward and painfully self-aware. Which, hey—at least I’m consistent. I am considering an optional side-scene to an upcoming fic where they actually do, in fact, get to make out on the page, so please let me know if that’s something you actually want to see. 

Thanks for reading, and if you’re going to play Tears of the Kingdom in a few days like me, have so much fun!

[cattstep]

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[lusifernocturne]

The Port's Hole

A tavern, inn, and brothel all in one. The walls are very thick, the drinks are great, and the food is alright. They're are sections for different tastes but the rougher stuff is in the basement, which is commonly referred to as underdeck. Prices for rooms very depending on how nice you want it and if your sharing it with anyone. You can get everything from a relaxing night chatting to a night tailored to you kinks and wishes.

Innkeeper: Indigo, Penelope, Evelyn, Geet, Zian, and Qui Cinderbreaker(all orphans who were raised in Aurora Orphan Home)

Menu:

Food- Spicy Grilled Shrimp(20sp), Crab Cakes(5sp for 5), Beer Battered Fish(9sp), Fish stew(10cp), Fresh salad(12cp), sweet rolls (4 for 7cp), Atolla sea chili(4sp), Rum-Glazed Shrimp(20sp), Crab Bisque(1gp), Seafood Jambalaya(5sp), Salmon Burger(60sp), Acorn soup(3cp), Mushroom stew with corn bread(6cp), Cooked wolf steak(6cp), Rabbit stew and willow crackers(3sp), Rack of lamb platter(8sp), Baked pheasant with leeks(2gp), Barbecued tiger fish and papaya(3gp),  Lobster in tomato cream sauce(4gp),  cheese and fruit board(40sp), and pumpkin bread(8sp).

Drinks- Mug of Cider (3 cp), Tea(2cp), coffee(2cp), Tankard of Mead(2cp), tankard of Ale(2cp), tankard of Rum(5cp-10sp depending on quality), tankard of local fruit wine(10cp-12sp), tankard of beer(2cp), Mug of Dwarven ale(4sp), Mug of Desert star wine(2sp), cup of Wild orchid wine(1gp), Cup of Dwarven Garnet Wine(2gp), Cup of Thistle Branch Dark Blood Red Wine(20gp), Cup of Elven Mead(5sp), cup of Moon Mountain Dark(2gp),  and spiced rum(40sp). Rumors: Anything and everything

[annachum]

A typical dinner that I can see those Pocket Princesses can make if they cook a dinner for everyone else in that house ( these are just examples of what they may cook ) :

. Snow White : Bavarian Sausage and Veggies Pottage, Cinnamon Rolls, and Black Rye Bread

. Cinderella : Gooseberry crumble, roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin soup

. Aurora : Mixed Berry crumble, Chicken Fricassee and Leek and Potato Soup

. Belle : French Onion Soup, Rib Eye fillet with Ratatouille, and also creme Brulee

. Jasmine : Lamb Kabsa and Gulab Jamun

. Ariel : Smorrebrod platter ( with seafood ), Danish Sailors Stew and also Chocolate Braided Danish Pastry

. Pocahontas : Three Sisters Stew ( a Native American stew with corn and beans ), Fry Bread, and Grape Dumplings

. Mulan : Hui Wo Rou ( aka Thinly sliced pork belly stir fried with cabbage and Chilli - a Sichuanese classic ), Spinach with Garlic, Tomato and Egg Drop soup, and also Chinese dates stuffed with Nuts

. Tiana : Gumbo and Peach Cobbler

. Raya : Tom Yum Soup, Grapefruit and Papaya Salad, Thai Roasted Chicken with Gluttonous rice, and Coconut Jelly Cakes

. Elsa and Anna : Smorgasbord platter, Roast Boar with Apple Sauce, Honey Glazed Root Vegetables, Mead, and Fruit and Cheese platter

. Merida : Haggis, Scottish Vegetable Stew, and Scottish Black Pudding

. Asha : Paella and Leche Fritas

. Rapunzel : Squash Hazelnut Soup, Sausages and Sauerkraut, Beer, and Raspberry Strudels

[xwalnut]

My Calendar

SPRING

Spring Cleaning - Decor Spring - Cleaning, Do Laundry, Meditate, Relaxing Soak

Romance Film Festival - Decor Love Day - Watch Romantic TV, Romantic Spirit, Drinking, Watch Movie (10$), Record Video

Love Day - Decor Love D - WooHoo, Watch Romantic TV, Visit Crush, Romantic Spirit, Go on date

Mischief Fools - Ding Dong Ditch, Holiday Gnomes, Mischief Spirit, Streaking, Tell Stories

File Tax Return - File Tax Return

Super Bowl / Spring Break - Decor Spring - Decorate, Drinking, Sports TV, Cleaning, School Holiday

Spring Break - Decor Spring - Fire, Go on vacation or travel, Party spirit, Streaking, School Holidays

Easter - Decor Spring - DO (day off) - BBQ, Egg Hunt, Flower Bunny, Give Flowers, Invite Guest

Spring Break - School Holiday, Sleep

BlickBlock- Con - Games, go on vacation/travel, wear costumes, play cards

Spring Fling - Dancing, fire, drinking, visit crush, romantic spirit

Mothers Day - DO - Visit family, thankful spirit, tell stories, hug parent, family dinner

Earth Day - Appreciate object, cleaning, gardening, flower arranging, hiking trip

Remembrance day - DO- Thankful spirit, tell stories, remembrance, family dinner, attend holiday ceremony

SUMMER

Skill Day - Art and music Spirit, crafting, gardening, go bowling, woodwork

Circus - Circus, mischief spirit

Circus - circus, mishchief spirit

Fathers dAY -  DO - Visit family, thankful spirit, tell stories, hug parent, family dinner

Pride - Drinking, Party spirit, juice keg, music, take photos

Movie Night - Watch movie, eat popcorn, invite guest, watch movie (10$), eat ice cream

Summer break - Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Summer break -  Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Simdependance

Sumemr Break -  Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Annual Camping Trip - Go Camping, Go Fishing, Go Hiking, Tell Stories, School Holiday

Simchella - Streaking, Drinking, doing LSD, Party spirit, Music

Simchella - Drinking, party spirit, streaking, music, romantic spirit

Summer break - Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Summer break - Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Summer break -  Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Summer Olympics - Sports TV, Go bowliing, eat grilled cheese, drinkin, SChool holiday

Summer Break -  Water fun, School Holidays, Sleep, Vacation/Travel, Games

Bonfire Night - Water Fun, visit friends, fire, party spirit, mischief spirit

FALL

Get it together (Its the start of fall holiday i just couldn’t make it bc i was on the day) - Cleaning, Do yoga, exercise, volunteer

Grandparents day- Visit family, tell stories, family dinner, baking, remembrance

Labour Day/Fall Break - BBQ, Fireworks, drinking, fire, thankful spirit

Fall Break - Carve pumpkin, decorate, visit friends, cleaning

Oktoberfest - Art and music spirit, beer brewing, circus, drinking, grand meal

Halloween - haunted house, ding dong ditch, wear costumes, trick or treat, halloween party

Halloween - haunted hause, ding dong ditch, wear costumes, trick or treat, spooky spirit

Vote B*tches - cast vote at polling place, debate, no work

Chaos Day - air grievances, fighting, mischief spirit, alien powers, have a drink

Simcon - Wear costumes, visit friends, take photos, games, tell stories

SimCon - wear costumes, visit friends, take photos, games, tell stories

Thanksgiving Break - cleaning, decorate, thankful spirit, school holiday

Thanksgiving - DO - Holiday Gnomes, grand meal, thankful spirit, tell stories, visit family

Thanksgiving break - school holiday, sleep

Black Saturday - Appreciate an object, go shopping

WINTER

Tis the time - Decorate, Festive spirit, winter fun, go shopping, art and music spirit

Baking Therapy - Air grievances, baking, art and music spirit, festive spirit, meditate

Winter Olympics - Winter Sports, sports TV, Drinking 

Soup Off Competition - Fighting, Cooking Competition

Game Night - Sports TV, Playing cards, games, drinking, tell stories

Winter Break =- Winter fun, school holiday, go on vacation/travel, go shopping, decorate

Christmas Eve - DO -  Attend holiday ceremony, festive lighting, festive spirit, baking, father winter

Christmas - DO - Festive spirit, open presents, grand meal, Invite guest, remembrance 

Boxing day - wATCH movie, thankful spirit, school holiday. family dinner, eat popcorn

Winter Break - Cleaning, school holiday, winter fun, sleep

New years eve - visit friends, party spirit, drinking, countdown to midnight, make resolutions

New Years - DO - Donate, exercise, family dinner, sleep, thankful spirit

Polar bear Plunge - Winter fun, Streaking, Polar bear plunge, party spirit, drinking

So for my sims game I use 28 days and have *very* long lifespans for my sims listed below (im into really slow gameplay and ig a masochist) 

Baby

10

Infants

102

Toddler

112 Child 112  - 224 if using the preteen mod Teen 224 Young Adult 224 Adult 336 Elder 0 (Ea’s default)

[081098]

sdv gifting

Listing this out for my own reference! My approach to gifting is to prioritize gifts that I don’t need to go out of my way to get. Basically I prefer using gifts I get while mining, whether it’s gems or enemy drops. My next go-to is forage items.

Bolded items are my preferred gifts Starred items (*) means that I use higher quality gifts when possible

Gems/Mines Items

Amethyst: Abigail, Clint, Dwarf, Emily

Diamond: Evelyn, Gus, Maru, Penny, Jodi, Krobus, Willy

Frozen Tear: Sebastian

Crab Cakes: Elliott

Miner’s Treat: Maru (Mummies)

Void Essence/Solar Essence: Wizard

Forage

Coconut*: Haley, Linus

Cactus Fruit*: Sam

Daisy/Sweet Pea/Crocus*: Sandy

Grapes*: Vincent

Leek*: George

Purple Mushroom*: Wizard

Wild Horseradish*: Krobus

Saloon/Store items

Beer: Shane, Pam

Cranberry Candy: Vincent (Gus on Ginger Island)

Coffee: Harvey

Crab Cakes: Elliott (Available after Willy’s 6-heart scene)

Ice Cream: Demetrius (Ice cream cart)

Miner’s Treat: Maru (Can buy from the Dwarf)

Pizza: Sam, Shane

Roots Platter: Penny (Volcano Dwarf, 50% daily chance)

Salad: Leah

Spaghetti: Robin

Super Meal: Harvey (Volcano Dwarf, 50% daily chance)

Crops/Fruit trees

Cauliflower*: Maru

Fairy Rose*: Jas

Hot Pepper*: Lewis, Shane

Mango*: Leo

Melon*: Penny

Orange*: Gus

Parsnip*: Pam

Peach*: Robin

Pomegranate*: Elliott

Poppy*: Penny

Pumpkin*: Abigail, Krobus, Willy

Strawberry*: Demetrius, Maru

Summer Spangle*: Caroline

Sunflower*: Haley

Tulip*: Evelyn

Cooked Foods*

Generally I don’t bother cooking meals for NPCs, but it's sometimes more convenient than waiting for crops to grow (looking at you Jas and your stupid Fairy Roses. Easier to keep a few plums in the fridge). Most of these are things you might get from treasure rooms or crates. *Use Qi Seasoning for gold-quality cooked foods*

Autumn’s Bounty: Lewis

Bean Hotpot: Demetrius, Emily

Complete Breakfast/Salmon Dinner: Alex (Fuck this guy tbh)

Dish of the Sea: Linus

Farmer’s Lunch: Marnie

Fiddlehead Risotto/Roasted Hazelnuts: Kent

Fish Taco: Caroline, Gus

Fried Calamari: Pierre (Fuck this guy too)

Fried Mushroom: George

Ginger Ale: Vincent

Glazed Yams: Lewis, Pam

Pancakes: Jodi

Parsnip Soup: Pam

Plum Pudding: Jas

Pink Cake: Haley, Jas, Marnie, Vincent

Rhubarb Pie: Jodi, Maru

Roots Platter: Penny

Super Meal: Harvey

Vegetable Medley: Jodi, Leah, Lewis

Animal Products/Artisan Goods

Duck Feather*: Elliott, Leo

Goat Cheese*: Robin, Leah

Green Tea: Caroline, Lewis

Rabbit’s Feet*: I save these for Alex, Jas, Kent, and Pierre

Wine*: Harvey, Leah

Fish

Super Cucumber*: Wizard

Sea Cucumber*: Willy

[krocodile55]

So, I just thought of something that would have been pretty fun to do on tumblr, but it would have to wait until next year.

basically, a post or something that is a Thanksgiving table/potluck, where everyone adds something to it, and it doesn't have to be food.

I got the idea from an impromptu Thanksgiving event in a discord server I'm in, and well, the results speak for themselves:

The thanksgiving table currently has: Mashed potatoes and gravy, turtle soup, yorkshire puddings, partridgeberry pie, pumpkin pie, beer, a tankard of India pale ale, ice cream (for the pie), ramen, butter, 1000 pounds of industrial concrete, the entire Empire State Building, a second table (for the concrete), 29.5 chairs, the entire city of Las Vegas, -1 chairs, undefined chairs, a haloween themed table cloth, Avar and Deadly Kittens as the maids, sourceberry pie, 2763 yoyleberries, a full $50k wheel of parmesan cheese, Cthulhu, sanity pills (for Cthulhu), Sun-Tzu - The Art Of War, doctor pepper, reppep rotcod, one of those massive roasted birds from the croods (as the center piece), slammed dr pepper, roast big bird fresh out of the oven, Quark-gluon plasma (for the doctor pepper), Sharpeyes the coldbold, a display mini-nuke from Fallout, 1 quasar, some old radioactive plates and bowls, a copy of yume nikki on an old hard drive, a massive block of mozzarella that is actually ✨🐲Krocodile55👍✨, 0.000001 bitcoin, a slot machine, Santa's decomposing corpse, 2 grams of uranium (40 billion calories very very tasty), with just a chill guy, pinecone jam, a skeleton (unknown origin), cocktail meatballs, spaghetti (raw), a singular korean MRE for everybody to share, 3 tons of cobber wire, copper, wood vaneers, galvanized square steel, little jimmy, a wrecking ball (for the house materials), Femboy :3 (undead) as a bartender, wha, the bee movie script, Barry B. Benson as the comedian, compressed spinning red 2x2 lego brick gif, pings for <@995058296459382824> and <@174262233545572352>, plink (not the Aarakocra) as a lapcat, car, hotwheels (nonspecific), bocchi the glock as a body guard, a RB24 - 2.4 L (2,428 cc), bore x stroke: 86 mm × 69.7 mm (3.39 in × 2.74 in), yujiro hanma, a large amount of apple fritters, a rom of mario galaxy, a miniature universe, 956,775,688,960,380,989,073,180,973,428,970,314,289,731,431,246,897,032,417,809,324,897,032,480,973,248,097,324,148,097,324,114 tons of tasty copper wire, disinfectant (to clean the corpses), a galil from BO2, a '63 cadillac coupe deville with tinted windows (glossy black), 10 thousand sticks of butter, Honda S2000 (AP2) Body, neutron star sandwich, JNC019 White Chrome Wheels x4, stuffing for some actual food again, 2x Brembo 1S5.8003A2 - Brake Kit, GT Series, Slotted Type 3 345mm x 30mm 1-Piece Rotor, Monobloc 4-Piston B-M4 Red Caliper, HONDA 2004-2008 S2000 (AP2) 1-Piece Carbon Fiber CV Driveshaft, 1 roasted reindeer, Greddy SE Dual (70mm) Exhaust, M249 SAW, a side of turkey dressing, PANDEM HONDA S2000 AP1 AP2 (2000-2009) WIDE BODY KIT, buttermilk biscuits, Ground Beef made by an A-10 Thunderbolt II GAU-8 Avenger, Kroc's infinite-dimentional imaginary universe, Alduin from Skyrim, nuclear bomb, ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding, irradiated mac and cheese, William Afton (Added by Electrogecko), a turducken, A F/A-18E equipped with two AIM-9 Sidewinders on the wingtips, an additional eight AIM-9 Sidewinders under the wings thanks to double racks, and two AIM-7 Sparrow under the engines, and a bag of holding (for the cutlery).

[katriinamary]

El Camino de Santiago - SJPDP > Santiago de Compostela

Day 25 - 9th September - Trabadelo > O Cebriero

Day 26 - 10th September - O Cebriero > A Balsa

Day 27 - 11th September - A Balsa > Ferreiros

Despite the good food, I didn't sleep well at Trabadelo. Slow start, good shower before we left. It was misty and cold as we left, and lots of walking along the highway. Stopped in at a nice bakery for coffee, tortilla patate and treats, much better value than albergue breakfast. Slow walking - started to get hilly around 12km, just before La Faba. Nice trails through the trees, and then very steep, long uphill sections, with lots of loose large gravel.

Stopped at La Faba for a toilet break, shandy and ice cream, with great views back over the valley. Continued up to La Laguna. The last section was so hot hot and steep, and super sweaty. We had a beer, and some terrible food, and then just a few kms to O Cebriero.

Arriving in O Cebriero, there was another fiesta on. Lots of markets with mostly clothes, nothing really exciting. Dinner at pub, checked out the concert for around 5 minutes. Pretty funny, but so cold!! Nice sunset.

Late start out of O Cebriero, such an amazing view over the valley as we leave the albergue. Start off the walk with loads of uphill, with some really steep sections. Went through small towns, stopped at Triacastela for a couple of big beers on the edge of town, then in the middle of town for lunch. Had steak, eggs, chips, and some fish bites. Lots of cats around!

Short walk into A Balsa, to the albergue El Beso. It was a highly recommended albergue, but we ended up being the only guests. Spent some time relaxing, reading in hammocks - next to a 900 year old chestnut tree. The bunk room was really cool, rustic wooden bunks, and the bathrooms were nice, stone bathrooms. Dinner was great, pumpkin soup with toasted seeds, rice, veges and hummus. All homemade, and so delicious.

Late start out of A Balsa, as we both didn't sleep well. Uphill to start, quite steep. Stopped in for coffee and croissant at Pintin. Arriving in Sarria for lunch. Found a nice Italian place, had Tinto de Verano, pizza (chorizo and blue cheese) and lasagne. Super filling and yum.

Off on our way, no accommodation booked. Tried Morgade, no luck. The walk was nice, lots of stone walls, and greenery. The private albergue at Ferreiros was closed for staff, but luckily there was space at the municipal. Basic, but fine. Luckily we found a pub 400m down the road for some dinner, as we had no food. Big portions, and good dessert.

[elenasunshinemagazine]

Healthy properties of sage and recipes for delicious dishes

Sage is a fragrant spice with pronounced taste qualities. It has a tart, subtle aroma. Fresh gray-green leaves have a spicy-astringent bitter taste. Sage is used in cooking and medicine. Healthy properties of sage and recipes for delicious dishes.

Who often use spice, it is necessary to know what a healthy sage is:

Tincture from the leaves of the plant can relieve inflammation in the throat and mouth, and tea cleanses the liver well. The juice contains essential oils with antibacterial and hemostatic properties. Infusions and compresses from it treat wounds, burns, and skin diseases. In addition, the plant is rich in vitamins B1, P, C, phosphoric acid, and tannins. Herbal decoction is rinsed with problematic or gray hair, as a result, their color improves, dandruff disappears, and fat content decreases. Sage is valued for its bactericidal and astringent properties, for its ability to tone blood vessels.

But most importantly, sage is an excellent antioxidant! Sage leaves rich in essential oils, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, and resinous substances are endowed with medicinal properties. They also contain vitamins C, E, P, PP, and phytoncides, and mineral salts of iron and zinc.

(1) - "Salvia species may represent a natural, safe, and effective treatment for many diseases and their symptoms. In recent decades, with the increase in pharmacological knowledge about the beneficial effects of sage, especially S. officinalis, these herbal medicines with antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, free radical scavenging, and antitumor activities have been found to be very effective in the development of novel natural drugs to prevent, control, and treat many minor health problems as well as more serious and complicated diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, and cancer."

How to use sage in cooking?

Only the leaves of the plant have spicy properties.

They are cut off during active flowering, dried, then transferred to glass or porcelain vessels, tightly closed with a lid, and stored in a dark place.

The spicy herb serves as a seasoning for fish, poultry, meat, and vegetables. It gives special properties to salads, canned food, and drinks – the taste of dishes becomes more saturated with a slight bitterness.

Sage is added to food in small quantities. Its aroma is colorful and strong, capable of drowning out more subtle odors. Excess spice can ruin food.

What is combined with sage?

Dried sage is an integral component of various spicy mixtures. It goes well with marjoram, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and juniper.

Sage is used in cooking in fresh, dried, and fried forms.

Add spice to give a piquant taste to veal, beef, and fish. Powder from the leaves is used in the manufacture of beer, and salting lard. It can be combined with cheese, and vegetables (pumpkin, zucchini, potatoes). It makes soups with beans and peas cooked in meat broth more pleasant to taste. It is added to the broth after it is ready so that the flavor is not too saturated. It is suitable for stuffing eggs, chicken, and turkey.

Powdered leaves and twigs are seasoned with fatty meats when stewing. At the same time, the meat becomes tender, tasty, and easier to digest. Filling pies with a spoonful of crushed plant leaves will also be more fragrant. Sour-milk products are also seasoned with it. It is believed that it is able to reduce the amount of fat and make the taste of meat softer. The spice helps to preserve the products longer because it prevents the appearance of bacteria. Fried sage in cooking is put in hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, and meat sandwiches. Young fresh leaves of medicinal sage have a bitter-spicy taste. They are added to salad, and crumbled into vegetable stews and fish dishes. Also, sage leaf powder is added to a plate with broth, omelet, boiled fish, and beef stew. Sage is used as an additive to green tea varieties. There are exquisite varieties of sage. Pineapple sage gives the dishes a fruity aroma. And elegant sage has a fragrant melon flavor.

#1. Zucchini baked with cheese, sage, and bacon

Try to cook stuffed zucchini with bacon, sage, cream, and goat cheese according to this recipe.

Ingredients for 6 servings:

Zucchini round 6 pcs. Bacon (or smoked brisket) 5.29oz Cream (fat content 35%) 1/2 cup Onion 2 pieces Goat cheese 7.0oz Olive oil for frying and greasing Salt to taste Black pepper (ground) to taste Sage (leaves) 2 tablespoons

Instruction:

Cooking time 1 hour 10 minutes

Preheat the oven to 392F. My zucchini cut off the top from them and clean the pulp with any handy spoon. I used a melon spoon, very convenient. Cleaned zucchini are installed in a refractory form.

Lightly fry the bacon so that it remains soft. We put it on paper and let the excess fat drain. Bacon can be replaced with smoked brisket, then roasting is not necessary.

Fry finely chopped onion in olive oil until transparent. The pulp of the zucchini is finely chopped and added to the onion. Let's fry slightly (rather evaporate excess liquid).

At this time, cut the bacon into small pieces. We cut 6 pucks from the Chevre cheese, and cut the rest of the cheese into small cubes. Add bacon, cheese, and heavy cream to the stewed zucchini pulp. Simmer the filling for about 5 minutes on low heat. Salt, and pepper to taste.

Lubricate the zucchini outside with olive oil with a brush. Salt and pepper inside. Fill the zucchini with stuffing, and put a cheese washer and sage leaves on top. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes. Ready-made zucchini stuffed with goat cheese, bacon, and cream are served hot. Enjoy your meal!

#2.Ravioli with sage, walnuts, and ricotta

Ravioli with sage, walnuts, and ricotta is a quick and easy dish to prepare. In its raw form, sage leaves do not have much to themselves - they are rough and quite hard. But, as soon as they connect with heat and fat, they reveal their wide range of wonderful flavors.

Ingredients for 3 servings:

Ravioli (fresh, with any filling) 17.64oz Ricotta 7.0oz Lemon 1 pc. Sage (crushed) 1 bunch Butter 3 tablespoons Walnuts (peeled) 2 tablespoons Salt, black pepper to taste For submission: Grated parmesan (or other hard cheese).

Instruction:

Cooking time 20 minutes

Fry the walnuts in a dry frying pan for more flavor. We separate the sage leaves from the stalks and cut them quite large.

Boil the ravioli al dente, for 3-4 minutes in salted water. We throw the ravioli into a colander. In a saucepan, heat the butter and fry the sage.

Add the zest and juice of one lemon, and mix. We lower the ravioli back into the pan and mix gently. Add the ricotta slices and sprinkle nuts on top. Mix lightly, but not too much. Pepper. Serve with heat from the heat, sprinkled with grated Parmesan on top. Enjoy your meal!

#3. Turkey baked with sage and garlic

Don't know how to cook a turkey in the oven so that it turns out juicy and delicious? Take a look at this recipe. There is a fragrant filling with herbs and lemon and an oil marinade with zest. If you follow the instructions, you are guaranteed to get a really delicious turkey.

Ingredients for 8 servings:

Turkey 1 piece Onion 1 piece (large) Apple 1 piece. (or 2 pcs. small) Lemon 1 pc. Fresh rosemary 2 sprigs Sage (fresh) 1 bunch Butter 5.29oz Salt to taste black pepper - to taste Red wine 1 cup Garlic 5 cloves Olive oil 1 tablespoon Dried thyme 2 teaspoons Chili pepper (flakes) 1/4 teaspoon

Instruction:

Preparation 8 hours

Cooking time 2 hours 30 minutes

Mix butter at room temperature, salt, ground black pepper, and dried thyme into a homogeneous mass in a bowl of suitable volume. Add flakes of dried chili pepper, garlic passed through a press, olive oil, 20 pieces of crushed sage leaves, and finely grated lemon zest.

In the prepared turkey carcass, carefully separate the skin from the meat on the breast, wings, and legs with your hands. And distribute 2/3 of the sage-oil mixture under the turkey skin.

Prepare the stuffing for the turkey. Slice an apple, an onion, and a lemon (the one from which the zest was removed). Add sprigs of rosemary and remaining sage and fill the turkey belly with this.

Grease the whole turkey on top with the remaining oil mixture, and sprinkle with black pepper and salt flakes. Tie the legs with a culinary thread (twine) and wrap the wings under the back so that they do not burn. At this stage, cover everything with a cellophane bag and send it to the refrigerator overnight.

The next day, take the turkey out of the refrigerator 1 hour before cooking. Preheat the oven to 356F. Pour red wine into a small deep baking tray and cover it with foil so that it sags to the middle. Make a hole in the center to collect the juice. Put the grill on a baking sheet and put the turkey on top. Wrap the legs with foil so that they do not burn. Bake for about 2 hours.

Remove the turkey from the oven and let stand for 45 minutes before serving and cutting. Before serving, spread the contents of the turkey belly around the baked carcass. The juice collected in a baking tray, drained when baking the turkey, will serve as an excellent sauce. It can also be used to make a stuffing side dish for turkey. The turkey baked in the oven is ready. Enjoy your meal!

#4.Warm potato salad with sage

For a warm salad of new potatoes, a dressing is prepared for which olive oil is mixed with white balsamic vinegar, and mustard, and a little sugar is added to neutralize the vinegar acid. The finished salad can be decorated with flowers of chives.

Ingredients for 3 servings:

New potatoes 17.64oz Sage 3 sprigs Onion (red) 2 pcs. Chives (with flowers) to taste For dressing: White balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon Olive oil 5 tablespoons Mustard (sweet) 1/2 tablespoon Sugar to taste.

Instruction:

Cooking time 25 minutes

While the new potatoes are cooking, we prepare the dressing. We will need olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, mustard, and sweet. Pour vinegar and olive oil into a cup and put mustard. Whisk-mix well and add a little sugar to taste to neutralize the acid of vinegar. We crumble the sage into a salad bowl.

We also crumble 1 onion there. Chop a bunch of chives into a salad bowl, leaving the flowers for decoration.

We put hot-boiled potatoes in a salad bowl immediately after draining the water, dividing the largest into parts. Fill with dressing, mix, and let stand for half an hour. Decorate with onion flowers.

#5.Crostini with baked butternut squash, ricotta, and sage

Ingredients for 5 servings:

Pumpkin squash 31.75oz Olive oil 5 tablespoons Light brown sugar 1 tablespoon Sea salt, and pepper to taste Sage (fresh leaf) 24 pcs. Ricotta 1 cup Lemon zest 1 teaspoon Baguette (thick pieces) 12 pcs. Garlic 1 clove Lemon juice to taste.

Cooking recipe:

Cooking time 40 minutes

To cook Crostini with baked pumpkin butternut, ricotta, and sage, you need:

Mix the diced peeled pumpkin butternut with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sugar, put on a baking sheet, season with salt, and pepper, and bake at 396F. Stirring occasionally, until golden brown, until the pumpkin is soft (about 30 minutes). Let the baked pumpkin cool down.

In hot oil, cook the sage leaves until their edges begin to wrap (about 1-2 minutes). Put the fried sage leaves on a paper towel to remove excess fat.

Mix ricotta cheese, finely grated lemon zest, salt and pepper.

Grease the baguette slices on both sides with olive oil, using a cooking brush, and fry in a frying pan over medium heat or in the oven for 2 minutes on each side until the slices are browned. Allow to cool slightly and rub each slice with garlic.

Put 1 tablespoon of the ricotta mixture on each crostini, put cubes of baked pumpkin butternut on top, pour lemon juice and olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and garnish with sage leaves. Enjoy your meal!

(1) - Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Medicinal Properties of Sage (Salvia) to Prevent and Cure Illnesses such as Obesity, Diabetes, Depression, Dementia, Lupus, Autism, Heart Disease, and Cancer. Mohsen Hamidpour, Rafie Hamidpour, Soheila Hamidpour, and Mina Shahlari.

https://elenasunshinemagazine.com/cooking/healthy-properties-of-sage-and-recipes-for-delicious-dishes/

[sommebat]

Fine Dining and Tumors

Another cauldron sweeps the fire with an overwhelming brush of cinders, all the fire from the initial burning coals has been stoked back upwards with a fine draft from the weight of dry spices being chalked downwards to the ground. It is an entire ten pounds of old cinnamon and allspice, which welcomes in a chipper cold cider. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How pleasantly it is to envision with greater detail an outer ward against the changing weather, and although food isn't a priority with a beer belly and fruit to keep the spirits just as enticing, it is the all-prevailing scene behind the efforts of a habitable dwelling that begs to burn your chimney down to leave you without stockings. To be at this time to bake some bread would be an angering conquest, falling short of the rational look at how many pantries it must have taken to collect all those old spices just to cover the coals. With all the spare time in the midst of forever, this still isn't the way to warm up the gingerbread. "I'm going to put the maplewood and leafy ash-pins into our dead pumpkins." The answer fell upwards instead of from someplace as soon as it was the wind enticing another sip of the draft. All of the spices kicked up innumerous sparklers that could've been the long last breaths of the fireflies from earlier in the summer.

"They don't have faces, they are just hollowed bowls that are turning green like cheese." All of the nearby leaves were soggy from the frost the week before. Without fail, they are just right for being Cider - And - Moss soup....and go into the pumpkins. Picking up the coal chars was done swiftly and the sparklers died down with a fizz, placed on top of some leafy green and brown alfalfa sprouts; quickly, a thought to shelled sunflower seeds for decoration was overlooked, and garnered to some creeping snails in the mud being left uninterrupted. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Farther ago, there was a space up the road where pumpkins and rubbly sweet potatoes were left behind every so often and had been unattended so long that they grew naturally with some odd flowers. There wasn't a pond nearby, and the ground would puddle up whenever the frost carried the rains long enough over to make you think otherwise. Some exploring naturally dismissed the mirage and conveyed that the entire vacant clearing was nobody's concern, not even for trees or evergreen spindles, so eventually, all the spare bricks and stones from the walk up to there was brought around the growing pumpkins and moon flowers. Capable, all of the bewitching stuff gathered itself there too, and it was quite a lovely space. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------