#Turkish Honey Candy

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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

[analexthatexists]

Long list of CRK OC ideas

Bunch of flavors and types of cookies for your CRK OC needs. The names listed don't have to be the exact ones you choose for your OC's name of course; They're just examples of what I think would be fitting for the game if they were Cookie names (sometimes I just list the food and don't try making it sound fitting).

This list is frequently updated, check back from time to time and maybe it’ll be longer than you last remembered. Last Update: 11/16 [+5]

Crinkle Cookie / Snowball Cookie

Banana Pudding

Black Cherry

Maple

Toasted Coconut / Chocolate Coconut

Candied Pecan

Rainbow Swirl

Water Taffy

Molasses

Sea Salt

Apple Cider / Applejack

Creamsicle / Orange Creamsicle

Root Beer

Dirt Cake

Jelly Donut

Rocky Road

Spicy Cinnamon / Blazing Cinnamon

Turkish Delight

Ambrosia

Salmon (Candied, Smoked, ETC)

Hazelnut / Chocolate Hazelnut

Turrón

Taiyaki

Huckleberry

Honeycomb

Sweet Potato (Casserole)

Taro / Sweet Yam

Veggie Brownie

Rice Pudding

Brown Sugar

Gold Coin / Chocolate Coin

Choco Rock / Chocolate Rock

Oatmeal / Dino Oatmeal / Apple Oatmeal

Snickerdoodle

Fried Dough / Deep Fried

Moose Track(s)

Egg Tart / Egg Custard

Wisteria

Periwinkle

Jelly Cream / Jelly Cheesecake

Cherry Tomato

Century Egg

Horchata

Milkweed

Blood Orange

Tiger’s Blood

Freeze Dried / Dried (Fruit)

Cassava / Cassava Cake

Baklava

Butternut Squash

Zebra Cake

Golden Milk / Turmeric Milk

Black Diamond / Black Apple

Persimmon

Fondant Icing / Fondant Flower

Funnel Cake

Cherry Mousse

Lava Cake

Sourdough

Dark Toffee / Milk Toffee

Praline

Pineberry

Sour Ooze / Sour Gummy / Sour Bear

Shrimp Cracker / Shrimp Chip

Tempura / Fried Shrimp

Ruby Chocolate

Animal Cracker

Yogurt Raisin

Cornbread

Bundt Cake

Biscuit (Cheddar, Gravy, Sausage, Pumpkin, ETC)

Cinnamon Roll

Mud Pie / Mud Cake

Japanese Candy Kit

Burnt S'more

Insect Lollipop / Sweet Scorpion

Marmalade

Dubai Chocolate

Hwachae

Dino Nugget

Blondie / Brown Sugar Brownie

Peppermint Bark

Toaster Pastry / Poptart

Charcuterie Board

Pimento Cheese

Filipino Cheese Bar

Halo Halo

Burned Pudding / Scorching Tapioca

Simolina (Pudding, Flour, Cake, ETC)

Black Forest

Blancmange

Lavender Honey

Eton Mess / Pavlova

Malted Milk Ball

Circus Peanut

Lemon Fudge

White Cheddar

Potato Pancake

[lavful]

hcs for the Ninjas' Favorite Desserts!

*warning: don't read this post if you're hungry*

Cole - Cake. Let’s start with the obvious one. But specifically chocolate cake with ganache frosting. His dad made it for him every birthday growing up but stopped when Lilly passed away because it made him too sad. After Cole and Lou reconnect when Cole comes out tells him he’s a ninja, Lou starts making him the cake again and sending it to the monastery for his birthday. He also likes coconut-based desserts like Thai sweet rice with mangos and Vietnamese chè

Nya - Chewy butterscotch cookies. I’m not sorry. One of the Smith siblings’ neighbors made them for them occasionally when they were younger. Their neighbors overall looked out for the kids and made sure they were fed. Nya is also a milk tea boba girlie. 

Jay - Edna’s crumble cake of course. Also a fiend for sour candy and cupcakes, especially highly decorated ones. He was hyperfixated on the “is it cake?” trend and Nya once had to wake him up from a nightmare reassuring him that not everything is cake. 

Lloyd - Candy. Was a candy fiend when he was a kid, is still a candy fiend as a teen/adult. All kinds, sour, sweet, chocolatey, etc. Didn’t go to the dentist when he was at Darkley’s so Wu takes him shortly after adopting him and he has like a million cavities. Lloyd doesn’t like the dentist but tooth pain is worse. Lost his mind when he tried Turkish delights (lokum) for the first time. His favorite is the traditional rosewater-flavored jelly candy. Also a fan of mints and chocolate mints ofc. 

Zane - Who likes ice cream? He does! Seems like a mint chocolate or pistachio ice cream type of person to me. Bites ice cream. Does not get brain freezes. Zane had taste sensors and a digestive system in his first body and decided to include taste sensors in his second because he thinks it’s fun. (He has a hatch at the back of his neck where the food comes out, it’s easier than full digestion.) He really likes trying new and sensational foods like sili ice cream (spicy chili) and ruby chocolate. He would be such an Instagram foodie if they weren’t saving the world all the time. 

Kai - Chinese egg custard tarts. Also coffee-flavored desserts like tiramisu, Korean rice cakes (tteokbokki) with honey, and Spanish churros with chocolate. Random ass assortment, I don’t have an explanation here. 

P.I.X.A.L. - French patisserie. She doesn’t have taste buds but if she did or was a human, I think she’d like desserts with more delicate and subtle tastes. Tiny fancy desserts like mille-feuille and macarons make her indescribably happy. 

Bonus: All of them like boba/bubble tea and make regular trips to Ninjago City after missions to treat themselves. I might make a separate post with their specific preferences because I’m a boba fiend.

[slocumjoe]

could i get your take on what the companions (or just my favorite boy X6's) top 10 fave candies/foods would be in a modern AU?

anon you are in luck, because I am constantly thinking about the diets and eating habits of my blorbos

The numbered list isn't in any particular order, it's just so I don't have to manually count each point

so

What the companions would eat if not in a post apocalypse

Cait; Wouldn't have a taste for fancier cuisine. Eats more...hick-ish. I can say that because I was a hick with this kind of diet, growing up. Has a taste for filling, cheap, low-effort food...think lots of fast food, but "healthier" fast food. Like Chipotle, Panera, etc. Can cook, doesn't often, but will if she has a craving. Savory or tart tastes. She tends to eat lighter than you'd expect.

Blueberry brownie anything, favors dark chocolate in general

Submarine sandwiches, anything with pickles

Key lime pie

Salt and vinegar chips and thinks critics of such chips are cowards

Peach Redbull, any energy drinks though

Storebought hummus and Doritos, has been seen eating hummus with just a spoon though

Blueberry bread pudding. Simple to make, fun to eat, very comforting. Buys her bread already stale from a local bakery, has a guy to hook her up with the old shit

Seafood chowder

Sausages in any capacity. Jerky sticks, breakfast sausage, etc. Loves chorizo.

Honey buns from the gas station

Curie; Health nut, she eats like every influencer claims they eat like. Only, Curie actually eats like that. Lots of fresh foods and whole grains, little red meat. However, Curie makes a point to have foods that other health nuts would condemn, thinks its really important to not label any food as "bad." So, she balances between health nut and normal person. Her taste leans toward bright and/or sweet. Dislikes red meat.

Salmon breakfast wraps

Tropical fruit smoothies, eats so much pineapple

Iced tea, favors raspberry. Never seen without an iced tea of some kind

Halibut tacos, likes red cabbage and a fuck ton of lemon on it. Soft shells all the way

Bananas foster

Whipped brie dip, eats it with anything but loves it on apples, basically dessert

Lemon pepper grilled chicken and rice

So many salads, loves that you can just throw shit in a bowl and call it a recipe. Likes strawberries and almonds

Lemon poppyseed muffins

Shrimp and bitter melon stir fry

Danse; mixed bag. One on hand, small town diner tastes. Simple, cheap, good ol' American food. On the other, he's doomed to be a soldier in every universe he's in, so...maybe he picks up some tastes and dishes from places he's toured. Gets a weird pallate that shoots in all directions and makes you wonder what it's like in that thick skull. One day he's a good American boy with pancakes and steak, the next he's eating cake mix dry and drinking tahini from a flask.

Anything BBQ, but a pulled pork devotee

Hot coffee so heavily creamed and sugars it looks like milk. He likes the twix combo of chocolate, shortbread, and caramel flavors

Prepackaged baked goods a la Hostess, fucks up little Debbie oatmeal cookies

Apple and pecan pie

Menemen—Turkish dish, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, bell peppers, spices to taste, and (controversially) onions. Adds sausage and cheese, eats it with a fork or spoon (its meant to be eaten with bread)

Khachapuri—Georgian cheesy bread with egg. Eats with a knife and fork. (its meant to be eaten with the bread crust)

Smores pop tarts

Beef and potato stew

Rice bowl with fried egg and avocado, bonus points if it has bacon

Straight cookie dough/brownie/cake batter, usually when he's black out drunk and cannot shame himself out of eating raw egg products.

Deacon; Very childhood comfort food. Y'know, things you had as a kid, but probably grew out of a bit? Eats out of gas stations/takeout frequently. Very open flavor pallete, has tried everything he's had the chance to. Likes one-handed food, stuff you can have the other hand free for. Doesn’t really have a 'theme', has broad horizons for his diet. Likes lighter, mild flavors, though. He eats lightly and on the go a lot.

Hot/corn dogs, taste in hot dog toppings varies

Egg salad sandwiches

French fries and vanilla ice cream, classic combo

Mango sticky rice

Cornbread with any accompaniments. Likes honey or chili, thinks if you have a drink with cornbread, you ain't a real cornhead

Penne alla vodka

Cucumber salad. This could mean a salad with cucumbers, that trending Asian recipe where you cut the cumber so its springy, or eating a cucumber like a hotdog.

Fried mushrooms

Usually just drinks water but will have gator/powerade when he's working. Likes purple flavor

Captain crunch cereal, loves all cereal though. Prefers the kibble stuff to the berries. Starts philosophical debates about the morality of Trix commercials vs Lucky Charms commercials

Gage; His favorite foods reflect his upbringing. Coastal swamp cuisine, cheap and made in bulk. Take Danse's pallate and hyperlocalize it, and then lower the budget by a good amount. Things he grew up eating. Would gradually replace his favorites with pricier, 'less embarrassing' dishes, distances himself from his origins. However, takes care to not looked too loaded. Smokey and savory flavors are his thing, likes more spice than people expect.

Doberge cake, which is layered with pudding, often half-chocolate and half-lemon

Red beans and rice, with stewed pork if they could afford it

Blackened fish of any kind, liked it with cilantro-lime rice

Steak with potatoes and/or eggs

Chronic iced tea drinker like Curie, though he prefers the bitter kinds

Scallops

Brussels sprouts defender and will fight for their honor

Peaches

Was introduced to curry during a business meeting/outing. Could drink that shit from a glass, has it with potatoes and porkchops.

Lobster anything. This is one of those 'less embarresing' things, but he genuinely enjoys a good lobster roll. Even if he prefers a freshly-caught lobster bisque. Again, something he had growing up, something he pushes away.

Hancock; Similar to Deacon, but favors fatty, greasy food. No, it's not the drugs, that's just his metabolism. He's a skinny twink, always starving, can never put on weight. Eats as much as Danse, who is a big guy and needs more calories than most. He's really into street food and foreign dishes, won't eat at a restaurant if they speak fluent English or have good customer service. IYKYK. Very comfort food heavy, lots of "this would slap with Netflix at 2 am"

A classic oxtail, mac and cheese, and collard green take out combo

Any and all American-chinese take out, usually gets eggplant tofu with chow mein and cream cheese rangoons

"Walking tacos", those things where you open a small bag of chips and dump White People taco makings in. Probably just tips the whole thing into his mouth

Yakitori, Japanese chicken skewers, popular bar food

Bloody Mary cocktails

Pizza, will fight for the honor of pineapple. Would really be into how Brazil does pizza

Frozen yogurt and ice cream, piles with toppings

Breakfast sandwiches or wraps. Egg, meat, cheese, doesn't matter the time nor specifics.

Jam donuts, loves cherry fillings

Puppy chow/muddy buddies, chex cereal covered in chocolate and powdered sugar. Eats his weight in them if not careful

MacCready; forces himself to learn how to cook for Duncan's sake, but for himself...good God. It's horrible. Eats like garbage. Would never drink water if not to set an example. Take out, frozen food, so much candy and soda. After Duncan, broadens his horizons. Finds he really likes soups. Just throw shit in a pot and it works. Eats on a budget, so that's a life-saver. Doesn't have a preferred flavor pallete, aside from his love of candy.

Meat lover's pizza. Thinks pineapple has no place on pizza

Used to drink Mountain Dew and diet coke, replaced it with iced teas and more organic fruit juices for the sake of his teeth

Chicken soup, either from a can, or homemade. Either way, slaps. If homemade, blends veggies for a hidden veggie stock. For him, Duncan is a lot better at eating veggies, MacCready needs to trick himself.

Sour rainbow ropes

Cookie crisp cereal, thinks whoever came up with it deserved the sloppiest head. Incredible design, no notes

Cheese and sour cream chips

Famous Amos cookies

Eggo waffles

Gnocchi is God to him. Its superior to all noodles and makes your Shit In The Fridge soup 1000 times better.

Rice pudding is cheap, easy, and a surprisingly efficient sweet-tooth satisfier. Makes it with pumpkin spice mix or chocolate.

Nick; Home-cooked meals all the way. Could kill himself with cheese and die happy. Lots of easy meals and snacking so he can keep working, but will treat himself to a nice, hard-earned dinner when he has the time and energy. Likes himself the smokey, the fresh, or the sour. Probably knows all the best sub shops in the city, probably in a turf war with regulars of rival shops. Jewish delicatessens are like church to him.

Lasanga. Most of his freezer space is lasagna. Eats so much of it. He's lactose intolerant. It hurts but it hurts so good

Latkes. Fried potato things, kind of like hashbrowns, except the potato is mashed/ground instead of grated. And yes. Also pastrami. But those little potato bitches...mmmph.

Red velvet muffins with cream cheese frosting.

Fried cheese in any capacity

A prosciutto, arugula, brie, and fig sandwich

Pickled pearl onions

Cobb salad

Black coffee. Temp doesn't matter, because he's going to forget it until its room temp.

Has been known to enter fugue states and consume an absurd amount of Chicago style hot dogs

Scones or just plain bread with butter and jams

Piper; Broke college student trying to make it as a reporter. Her tastebuds are fucked, they salivate not for flavor, or texture, but for those good, good low prices. Piper's diet is almost entirely snackfood or takeout. If she ever cooks, it's for Nat. But when taking care of just herself, Piper eats from a box or bag. When she does cook, it's very simple meals. Loves her carbs and her fruit flavors

Chicken Ramen with canned chicken and frozen broccoli chucked in. Also makes this for Nat

Hot cheetos, eats with chopsticks

Spaghetti and meatballs

Fruit smoothies/smoothie bowls, blends in veggies as well for the nutrition

Coka cola and anything from Fanta, loves fruit sodas

Anything carbs and I mean that. Eats a lot of bread, pasta, cakes, potatoes...they're the sweetheart of anyone on a budget.

Buffalo cauliflower, likes it more than Buffalo chicken

Chewing gum. Fruit flavors only, hates mint gum. Likes mint elsewhere, just not in gum.

Nickle-nips and other "jelly/juice in a wax package" candies. Likes the charm of it, also, free chewing wax

Suckers/lollipops, big on hard candy in general but the stick satisfies her smoking habit.

Preston; A mix of easy depression/bulk meals and dishes from his childhood. Lots of spices, cooks with a lot of straight peppers. Tends to eat his food 'raw', not made into a dish. Again, easy and quick to eat. Also tends to buy pre-prepared stuff for the same reason, buys more fruits and veggies and just eats them straight. Doesn't care about eating healthy, he just lacks energy to cook most days.

I have no choice to explain this as it has no name. Casserole dish, layer of mashed potatoes, layer of shredded or chunked chicken, layer of white breakfast gravy or brown poultry gravy, top with drop biscuits. It's buttery, its savory, it is white as snow. Easy, cheap, one ladlefull is dinner. You'll get a few meals out of it, and it's so filling you have like, five minutes before you're stuffed. I call it gut-glue.

Dirty rice

Eggs scrambled with spinach

Jollof/jambalaya

Veggies and hummus or ranch

Various fruits and berries such as grapes, cherries, blackberries, and oranges

Shakshouka, eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce and eaten with bread

Chicken biscuits, crackers dusted with, like, chicken bouillon? They taste like a chicken Ramen packet sneezed on a ritz

Slurpees/Icees/those syruped gas station ice drinks

Straight peppers, eats bell peppers like apples. Eats pickled jalapeños and scotch bonnets to feel something. Drinks the liquid in pickle jars instead of alcohol, or mixes it with gelatin and makes pickle jello.

X6-88; Pretensious rich asshole who eats like it. He rarely cooks for himself, probably has a personal chef or something. Maybe his work has their own restaurants, like Google. Eats mostly vegetables, but his favorite foods skew from "Dubai Influencer" to "12 year old who earned too much lawn mowing money and was let loose in a convenience store." So much sugar. Willy Wonka's factory is his idea of heaven and until it exists, he's an atheist.

Raw meats. Steak and tuna tartar, sashimi, and sushi

Braised duck with cherries

Nduja, a spicy pork sausage spread, has it with flatbreads

Oysters. Eats them all fancy in public, eats them from a tin with doritos at home

Anything from Hostess, Little Debbie, those brands. Fucking anything. However, would kill a man for any kind of Swiss roll

Chocolate milk

Gummies, very picky with brands, hates the harder kinds like Haribo. Wants his gummies soft as a marshmellow

Cadbury eggs

Milano dark chocolate cookies

Gushers

[shmowder]

I have some more dessert headcanons 🍰 I doubt I can explain but it's just a feeling I have. Daniil would like Turkish Delight. Lara and Artemy both like fruit pies, best is blueberry for Lara and rhubarb (it's a vegetable but whatever) for Artemy (oh god I'm stereotyping based on colors again). Candy corn for Clara. Candy corn is divisive but I actually like it. I think Grief would like candy in general, maybe those little chocolates with liquor inside, and cinnamon flavored things. Big Vlad - mincemeat pie. Rubin - bread. Just bread. Red velvet cake for Katerina, meringues for Eva. For Aspity, those dirt pies made out of oreo crumbs, pudding, and gummy worms lol. I think Grace, Notkin, Sticky, and Murky would like those too :o)

There's probably some obscure dialogue that contradicts something there but oh well~

What do you think of Victor's animal being a tiger? I keep thinking Basset Hound and yes that's almost entirely because they both have a high likelihood of being found sitting on the floor by the clock. He's some kind of scent hound to me - more calm and deliberate than sighthounds, and once they have their mind set on something, focusing on it to the extent that it's nearly impossible to pull them away. But at the same time, I can sort of see the cat thing.

🐿️ anon

Your brain is big and wrinkly all of those fit perfectly omfg. "Rubin = bread" I LOVE IT.

Here's what I think their preference in sweets would be in addition to yours.

Eva

Turkish delight, Honey soaked rose baklava, kanafeh with sweer syrups. The intensely sweet desserts are her favourite, think heavy caramel chocolate cakes. She'd sample a lot of desserts from different cultures but those would be her comfort ones.

Victor Kain

The dishes he eats are an acquired taste that wouldn't appeal to most people. Think blue cheese and something along those lines. think bitter chocolate, coffee, and pistachio flavours. Traditional creme burlee and dark chocolate mousse.

I like to think that Khan abhors these flavours and desserts out of rebellion and only demands the most sprinkle filled bubblegum bonbon cupcakes for his birthday.

Maria, however, goes for flavour-rich desserts that explode in the mouth, something with a heavy taste and an aftermath of wine.

Yulia

Cheesecake, lemon tarts. Subtle sweetness with the spin of something different sate her appetit the most. French Vanilla chiffon cake for special occasions, a blueberry muffin with her morning light cream cappuccino.

Rubin

He's absolutely not a dessert person, so when the craving strikes, he would rather go for a baked good. Almond bread, rosemary-walnut brow butter cookies and biscuits, English muffins too.

Taya

Fairy bread cookies, strawberry shortcake, and orange puddings. Fruit based desserts with cream are her favourite. Peach pie and cherry jello. Sadly, most of these would only be found in the Capital, and exporting them into the town wouldn't come easily. The kin might adjust their recipies to accommodate her sweet tooth and include more fresh fruits.

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For Victor's animal, I was surprised to learn it's the same one as Rubin! They both have tiger in their descriptions. Especially when Khan's animal is an adorable hedgehog. Oh my god, so cute. But it fits. He really does go hide in that spiky polyhedron whenever life gets too troubling. He also has the Kains and Capella ready to protect him.

It's because of Victor's animal being a tiger that I add the "predatory" lines in the story. The sharp claws hidden in his clapsed hands.

He's a tiger in the aspect of the danger rather than the ferality. His mind is as sharp as a tiger's tooth and his focus and patience when hunting a prey or a goal is unmatched. You never expect him or hear him, how he'll as stealthy as a tiger when it comes to mind games.

For Rubin, however, I do see the symbolism centring on the ferality instead. He's like a caged tiger, one with filed down claws and broken teeth. He used to be so sharp and had so much potential. He's truly a force to be reckon with, but the cruelty of life stole away his prime. He's overcome with grief and appears as a docile, tired predetor because of it, like a circus tiger not caring anymore and just jumping through the fire hoops of whoever orders him to. Which is why he is so quick to join the army, he needs a purpose, a mentor, an end goal, a firey ring to make him feel useful because nothing is more terrifying to an imprisoned animal than absolute freedom.

[itstokkii]

just. just ummm asking but if turkuzbek were getting married what outfits would they wear i want ur input!! ^_^ no secret plan whatsoever!!! justttttt curious,;;

gonna trust you on that "no secret plan thing" hmmmmmm.....

okok so the first thing you gotta know about uzbek/turkish weddings is they are basically parties. especially in the rural areas.

uzbek women take their outfits very seriously since this is a very social scene and they want others to be talking about their drip. they have at least 10 different outfits to wear to weddings. this is why every wedding looks like a gala.

uzbek brides throughout the 2-3 day wedding processions(and the engagement ceremony) have at least 4-5 different outfit changes and all of them slay so hard.

wedding outfits: the usual white dress, tuxedo combo. the bride has a jeweled headband or tiara. here's a link to an uzbek wedding store that could give you some inspo but tbh...any wedding dress is fine as long as it's white.

engagement ceremony, bachelorette party: usually a modified version of uzbek traditional clothing, link here

at home: here

I've looked over turkish wedding traditions and a lot of them overlap with uzbek wedding traditions: it lasts for about 2-3 days.

prequel: Fatiha-to'yi: the engagement ceremony. usually when this happens it's a sign to anyone else who was gonna propose to basically just give up lol. it's confirmed, they're officially fiances. engagement rings are given here(usually to the bride since uzbek men don't wear rings, but a lot of turkish guys do wear rings, esp wedding rings so....dazzle dazzle sadik. just as long as it's not a gold ring!). in uzbek tradition, they break bread in half, which reaffirms the officiation of the engagement.

day 1: qiz to'yi(or qiz vechir)/kına gecesi: day 1 is basically the bachelorette party, and it's about the bride and her close family and friends. in uzbekistan, it can be hosted in the bride's house or a venue/restaurant could be rented out. gifts are given to the bride's family.in turkey, the bride and wedding guests will have henna applied onto them in fun designs, and traditionally this was believed to protect the couple from evil.

day 2: nikokh toy'i: day 2 is when the bride and groom officially get married. in the very early morning, uzbek fried rice(osh/pilaf) is prepared in the groom's house for neighbors and guests to eat. around the daytime is when the groom arrives at the bride's house, and they're married by an imam(leader of your local mosque).

in turkey, there's a tradition where the groom tries to take the bride away from her home, with her family members "refusing to open the door" as a joke. the groom has to knock many times, and sometimes has to bribe the family with money or candy to let her go.

(i can see uzb's siblings being very, very adamant to let her go lol. my man turkey has to bribe them with a few benjamins to finally see her)

and after that the two are driven to the state registry office to fill out their marriage certificate. after that, they're driven to the groom's house(or a venue wherever the wedding reception is happening) to party. if it's the groom's house a whole ensemble of people playing karnays and surnays(horns) greet them at the entrance of the house. in turkey they play davuls(drums) and zurnas(horns).

usually about 300 people on average pull up to the reception. sometimes guests aren't even close to the bride/groom themselves, they'll just hear from a friend of a friend that a wedding's happening on X date and they're down. anyway, lots of music and dancing going around, and a lot of food. in turkey, they have a traditional dance called haley, where people hold hands and dance in a circle, as the music speeds up and slows down(a bit like dabke...??)

examples of venues lol

this goes on until like. quite late into the night(1-2am). there's all sorts of traditions, like the groom eating a bit of honey and then giving it to the bride to eat as well so their life is "sweet" from then on, but there's a lot of regional differences i can't list lol. in turkey, the bride and groom give pocket money in envelopes to kids.

when the bride and groom is at home, the bride's friend dresses the bride up in special clothes behind a curtain in the bride and groom's room. the groom, along with his friends, has to go and pay a small sum of "ransom money" to her friend, after which they're left alone together.

day 3: kelin salom(bride greeting): on the third day, the bride is dresses in kelin sarpo with a veil over her head, as she bows lightly to guests. during this time, both sides of the family exchange gifts of things to help the new couple's household. with that, all ceremonies are over. the bride wears a bunch of new drip her parents collected and bought over the years for the next month or so.

i couldn't add much about turkey since I'm not turkish, so if anyone turkish would like to correct me on something or add on, feel free!

[mariacallous]

Halva fluff — otherwise known as “shredded halvah,” “halvah shaar,” or “hair halvah” — is a more delicate, versatile version of the bricks of halvah you’re probably familiar with. Because it’s shredded, it dissolves as it hits your tongue, like a sophisticated, nutty cotton candy. Though there are desserts  from all over the world called halvah, halvah fluff is Middle Eastern: It’s made with tahini and sugar or honey (it’s similar in texture, but not in flavor, to Turkish pismaniye, often referred to as “halvah floss” or “string halvah,” which contains flour and butter).

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Unlike block halvah, which comes in an ever-increasing array of flavors (my favorite spot in Tel Aviv’s Levinsky Market has an irresistible Lotus cookie halvah, though New York-based Seed + Mill’s sea salt dark chocolate halvah is a serious contender ), shredded halvah sticks to the classics; it’s usually plain, though occasionally chocolate or pistachio flavored.

So how do you use halvah fluff? (Aside from eating it straight from the tub.)

Pair It With Ice Cream

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Swirl the shredded strands into your ice cream base before freezing for a sesame ripple effect.

And/or bundle it on top of an ice cream sundae or milkshake. Add a drizzle of silan (date syrup) and a sprinkling of chopped pistachios for the ultimate indulgence.

Bake With It

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Substitute it for marshmallows in ‘smores.

When recipes call for crumbled halvah, substitute the shredded variety. It’s much easier to work with, and less of a mess. I love to twist it into babkas.

Or use it for visual effect, as you would cotton candy, like wrapped around a layer cake for a Great British Baking Show showstopper challenge appeal, or swirled on top of cupcakes.

[glazedwriter-mystery0014]

🍎🌿Mother Eve of All Humanities🌿🍎

“The Garden of Eden as one of them plead with her to joined them at the other side of the idyllic and eternal garden of Eden as Samuael disguised as a young and extended colorless fellow snake with a minor yet biggest blessing of a rare godly fruit otherwise called “Apple of Eden”, the eternal yet spiritual fruit from the sacred tree of Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil as Samuael have pluck one of the godly apples from the age-long and sacred tree without being discovered. As one of them starts to tell her of about first rights and protections, and first wisdom she could have from eating the first divine fruit of Eden with greater desires & strong wishes as he’s became convinced Eve of his far-reaching dreams to bringing the world of existence with high aspirations and divine creations for all of humanity. She’s have made come to decision for a little while and then Eve accepted be the first of eat the sacred fruit of Eden before she’s gives to Adam as she’s started to believes in herself as well and then as she’s taking the first bite of Apple of Eden, it’s was a greatly different than rest of the mixed assortment of beneficial fruits as her eyes opening without enslavement from her new existence but at the end of the day..... Eve made primary mistake when she’s ate the first sacred divine fruit from the full-grown blessed turned into a cursed tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil, turned Apple of Eden into a “Forbidden Apple of Sodom”, the house of ill fame, the first generation of shadow and mortality in the creative state a the globe of the planet called earth was now covered in full of shadow and mortality, and forbidden transgressions along with chaotic destruction & disorganized ruin....”

“Like her previous husband, Adam, Eve has very own heavenly hosts and war maidens in her eternal utopian realms, otherwise called, “🪽⚔️The Divine Warriors of Limbo⚔️🪽” but then however, Eve also ruled modern ethereal world with a fresh realm & original kingdom in the other side of the afterlife dimensions called “The Utopian Territories” in Hazbin Hotel/Seven Sin Tribe AU.”

“She's main heroine & main protagonist as she's and her heavenly hosts and war maidens protects heaven and the earth from the unholy creatures, shadow spirits, and the sinister organization & diabolical cult better known as “The Heaven's Shadows”.”

“She's have a second high commander of The Divine Warriors of Limbo, “General Christian Sins”, Emily's love interest and major crush, they're the counterpart to Vaggie's and they're similar characteristics of Vaggie's; tough but has a heart of gold.”

“She's owning and creates several refreshed horticultural retreats & redesigned garden paradises in her own heavenly paradise along with new built school she’s have built, “Golden Apple Valley School” as being the headmistress & the full teacher, along with fruit gardens & apple estates, and mountainous regions. Also owns “The Praying Hunt Candy Store” & “The Expert Apple's Confectioneries”, “The Lucky Feather Bakehouse”, and “The Careful Temple MegaMarket”.”

“Has a adopted 19 y/o half-blooded nephilim daughter who is known as “Ann”. Ann is a mixed characteristic with Cherri Bomb & Vaggie. She's a full of mischievous, spirited, and enthusiastic! She's very fonds of her adopted mother who's taking care of her since she was a newly born infant.”

“Her favorite tasty meals & cherished sugary delights are apple related sweets & apple-filled pastries, mandarinate pork ribs, fruit pastries & fruit pies, ox bone soup, assorted chocolates, Turkish delights, old fashioned oxtail stew, traditional Jewish desserts, milk chocolates with pieces of hazelnut/or hazelnut spread fillings, sparkling apple cider, soul foods & southern cuisine dishes, Turkish dishes, southern charcuterie board, fresh fruit salad, refreshing homemade fruit smoothies, and honey lemon iced tea.”

“Her sexual orientation & gender is Demigirl/Bi-Curious, and Cis-Female.”

“In Pride Month 2024, Eve always spreading loves to every & each holy being and life form with their love and acceptance party & freedom parade as it's fused together in with pride theme wedding decorations, assorted pride flags, pastel rainbow wedding themes, whimsical garden wedding themes, and a dash of Diwali indian color festival, “Holi the Festival of Colours”.”

“Eve is also inspired by two of the goddesses, Demeter & Gaia; Eve has the role of being both an earth and mother goddess as well as the official deity of agriculture & harvest, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although she is mostly known as a grain goddess, she also appeared as a goddess of health, birth, and marriage, and had connections to the nether regions too. But she also has the third role of Persephone; a graceful and considerate person. Although seemingly innocent, she is not one to be toyed with as she holds the capability to stand up for herself and do what is right. But she also has characteristics of Demeter; a very maternal and is your typical motherly figure. Loving, nurturing, and very generous. But when someone crosses her, she can become revengeful and seek punishment.”

“From her apple estates & fresh orchards are symbolized of beauty, sweetness and the hope for prosperity, and the hardiness of the fruit and its durability represents strength and growth.”

“At her love and acceptance party & freedom parade, Eve serves them of her homemade mouthwatering delicacies & flavorful indulgences they've has made, and includes her very own refreshing alcohol free beverages, and best-selling effervescent apple beverages & non-alcoholic champagnes better known as “Sherry Mud”, “Cloudy Double”, “Unholy Petal”, “Balanced Bomb”, “Strawberry Sip” , “Passion Fruit Shot”, “Wonderous Seven”, “Pure Special”, “Perfect Breeze”, “Spirit Tea”, “White Walk”, “Drink Passion”, “Tea Ticker”, “Fruity Fury”, “Glowing Rumble”, and “Clouded Thrill”.”

“From each side of Madame Eve’s head, it has two sets of pairs of curled horns of the lamb on each side of their head symbolizes the embodiment of Christ's innocence and the sacrificial lamb offering redemption and atonement for humanity's sins.”

“Her divinely empowered weapon is the dualistic blessed battleaxes, and fighting skills are similar to Camilla Carmine's & Wonder Woman's mother, Queen Hippolyta in Hazbin Hotel/Seven Sin Tribe AU. She's also have a selfsame personality of Queen Hippolyta; extremely capable and skilled leader, as well as an equally courageous warrior queen.”

“Her color themes are Blush Pink; the color of blush pink color scheme represents youth, joy, and excitement. And the second color theme is the flower’s color of Carnation Pink; pink carnation flower meanings include gratitude and the concept of never forgetting someone. And representative of pure emotions and are associated with a Christian tale where they bloomed when Virgin Mary shed tears for Jesus while he bore the cross of crucifixion.”

“Every children and orphans seeing her as beloved mother and special grandmother as she's treated them as they're always adoring and protects the children from dark forces.”

“Her favorite animals are turtle doves, lambs & rams, piglets, cold-blooded albino snakes, and screech owls which is related to Demeter's sacred animals.”

Madame Eve of Humanities belongs to @gloomycherub-mysterious/ @sullenwriter-log /@glazedwriter-mystery0014

Hazbin Hotel/Seven Sin Tribe AU belongs to @bloodmoon24

[pbandjesse]

I fell asleep for a little bit there. Which is good and I hope to do that more but drinks are about to come to use and it will be nice to be have another little evening soda. Today has been a lot of travel. But it's been great.

After my post last night me and James continued to wait for our friends. Boarding began at 905. They arrived at 907. Which stressed me bad!! But they made it. They even had time to almost all of them go get Wendy's. And it turned out that Paul's aunt is active military so we skipped the entire line. Amazing.

This was the largest plane I have ever been on. Three rows of three seats! It wasn't the most comfortable seat though. And there was not much leg room. I would end up taking James's bag under my seat so that could be a little comfortable. But the people in front of us were mad at us the whole time any time we bumped their seat. But also they had it as far back as they could go so really what did they want. We were all trying our best.

I would get some embroidery done. Some bracelet making. And eventually I was able to fall asleep for a little while. James did not sleep much, to uncomfortable. But they did get some rest.

I had a little bit of pain in my stomach but I was fine overall. Ready to not be sitting. But there was still hours left.

They would serve breakfast on the flight. I got scrambled eggs and potatoes, James got the very last of the pancakes. Mine would have been improved by ketchup but was still good.

I spent the last hour or so of the flight settling my stuff. It was a very tight squeeze but we both were able to get our stuff back in our bags and felt ready.

And then we were in Turkey! This was super exciting. Seeing the coast as the plane came in was beautiful. There was a little bit of turbulence but it wasn't bad. And we landed in one piece. And I was excited when my phone announced that I had service in Turkey. Calls would cost 20 cents a minute but texting and data was free. I would text my parents and Jess and was excited to get out to the airport.

When I first stood up I got a shocking pain down my legs. But I would recover. And we chatted with the people around us. Including people in our party but also others. It has been a long flight but we all survived.

When we got off of the plane we would gather to figure out what comes next. Three hours until our flight to Kigali.

But this airport doesn't let you know your gate until almost right before it's boarding time. So we decided to explore.

Me and James walked to the short end of the terminal and found a bar. So we went back for the group because that is what they said they wanted. I would enjoy chatting with everyone. I am trying very hard to not be to much. Not to loud, not to friendly. Those things that Americans get accused of. But I am also just really excited to be here so it's hard. But no one seems upset with me, I want to know everything about everyone. I just want to hear everyone's stories.

And I would get some of them. When we got down to the bar and cafe James would get a Turkish coffee and a soft bagel with chocolate. I got a sour cherry juice. And then me and one of the girls would go on a long walk to explore.

We found some really cool stuff. A traditional sand Turkish coffee. So many fancy pastries. It was great. I texted James and they would come and find us in a bizarre style market.

We decided to buy souvenirs on the layover on the way back. But we found some contenders. I loved the ceramic dishes and the silly cat themed merchandise. There was also just so much food! Cheeses and honey and candy and dates and chestnuts. Meats and teas and spices. It was incredible honestly.

James would find us and I showed them some things I liked. And then all three of us would go for a walk farther into the terminal. There was a lot of restaurants and shops. Lots of very fancy places. But also a shake shack and a McDonald's. I checked ahead of time and the McDonald's does have a few regional things. Including kebabs and a local brand of soda. But then we saw a sign for a museum inside of the airport! And I insisted.

We would find it and it was a little guy but I felt like it was worth the ticket price. I got to learn about the history of power in what we now call Turkey. The jewelery work was incredible but my favorite part was honestly the post WW2 paintings. It was really awesome to see more contemporary work from an area of the world I feel like I only ever seen historical work from. I was having a great time.

The very last exhibit was a very bizarre light up eye installation. But it was fun getting to experience a little museum and I was just in a really good mood.

We started walking back to where our friends where. Well we were following James and James remembered wrong. Oops. So we were on the wrong terminal. But I wasn't worried. They hadn't posted our gate yet. And just as we were about to get to the actual terminal we had left everyone at they posted it was in E4. So I would wait with Abby (we are mostly sure that is her name, I had misheard before but we will confirm) and me and her talked. She's really nice. Her parents live in Nigeria and she flys all the time.

Right before James left us to gather everyone we were going down an escalator and a woman fell down backwards! She screamed and thankfully her hijab didn't get caught or anything but man it was scary and we were not in a spot we could help but someone else hit the emergency stop and got her up safely. It was a scary couple moments.

Once our group was gathered we headed to the actual gate. Which was a flurry of activity. I would run to the bathroom but when I came out I couldn't find James and went to the gate but they weren't there. But I backtracked and found them and everything was okay again. They did somehow lost half of their ticket but the counter person said it was fine so no stress.

And boarded went easy. The smaller plane was less of a line and easier to board. Me and James were in the second group because we had changed seats to be together. But we got on quickly. We did get separated for a moment but I asked the men who had gotten between us to reunite me with my husband and they thought that was funny and let James through.

These seats have been a lot more comfortable. And we just finished eating dinner. Which was good. I liked the dessert James's meal came with. I got the vegetarian Hindu meal which has no dessert but did come with fruit which was nice. It has kiwi in it. Now though they have taken my tray and I am going to just chill. Maybe play a game on my tablet. Maybe fall back asleep.

This has been a fun adventure so far. We have 4 hours and change left and we will be in Uganda. Which is when I will post this. Hopefully ASAP. And then we will go through customs which I hope is easy. And then we are on our way to the resort. I am nervous about that but I hope it's as nice as it looked online.

And tomorrow we wake up in Africa. We are already flying over the country. It's dark outside so I can't see but I have been following in the map and I am just really excited.

I hope you all are having a s good day too. I love you all. Goodnight!!

[nolafoodporn]

Made in house -- only two of many flavors of Turkish Delight @royalroasterynola 🌹 Rose & pistachio + honey & shredded phyllo. If this is what the White Witch used to enchant Edmund, I can't blame him for his betrayal 🤣🤣 . . . #nolafoodporn #turkishdelight #westbankeats #nolaeats #middleeasternfood #candy

[astarab1aze]

Common Munchies

The supernatural world exists in conjunction with and often mirrors the human. To this end, supernaturals have corporations, responses to competing products, inventions, etc etc - which means they have hella snacks, too. This list is nonexhaustive.

Snallygobsters, which are gobstopper-like hard candies that can temporarily give you Snallygaster traits, like a beak or wings. It only lasts for a moment though, just enough to be fun. They are a collaboration between the supernatural Gretel's and mundane Wonka that's been going since the early 1980's.

Cookies & Screams, which are chocolate sandwich cookies with enchanted catagoras cream that screams between the cookies. They're just the supernatural world's corporate response to Oreos, really. Mystery packs always contain one randomly hexed cookie that invariably ends up making one's mouth taste like pickled wyrm liver.

Boo Berries, an affectionate name for a berry tart made throughout the autumn months. It's also made with enchanted catagoras cream, as well as honey, custard, and chocolate depending on the individual making it. The catagoras cream makes them moan like a ghost or scream like a banshee once cut into. Typically enjoyed with friends or family, or otherwise large groups.

Witch Fingers, which are twitching, flicking, pointy treats not unlike a green desert pastry with red cream and jam in the middle. Much simpler than the above, but good fun for young children. Originated as a response to the goofy stereotypes ascribed to witches.

Ecto-Slime, which is just a moving slime candy themed around the G.hostbusters franchise, moving and wriggling the second the tube opens. Many sorcerers are enormous fans.

Cottonmouth Cakes, an insufferably dry tea cake. A delicacy often (not) enjoyed with tea. They're made with vanilla, lemon, blood orange, chocolate, lavender, and Morphagora Eyes typically, though there are variants. The eyes move and occasionally blink, but they are safe to eat, offering a burst of concentrated flavor that does nothing to ease your dry mouth. Typically served as an insult or an offering of friendship in formal settings. Older generations have a taste for them, but there are some youngins who enjoy them too.

FrankenLeeches, a chocolate candy modeled from the animal, but instead of blood and other gross things, they are stuffed with a marshmallow cream. They come in multiple types of chocolate and ooze with flavored filling; Dark chocolate is paired with orange cream or Cookies & Screams filling, white chocolate is paired with strawberry cream or key lime, milk chocolate with caramel cream or almonds, and more. There's also a gummy version filled with sour Ecto-Slime and comes in various flavors. Sold standard in assorted packs of 3-5in long Leeches, 3 of the chocolate variety or 3 of the gummy variety. They're often used as a gag on 1st year students, not because they're disgusting (on the contrary, they're quite tasty), but because the idea of biting into a writhing Frankenleech is simply foul on its face - and they do, in fact, wriggle and writhe like living leeches.

Ramona Shank's Rum-Runner Candies, enchanted novelty caramels that, when ingested, temporarily give you a " pirate accent " and a sudden craving for rum. Created by Ramona Shank, the great Pirate Witch, during the Golden Age of Piracy. Ramona's reputation was more or less just a marketing scheme that still works to this day.

Bloody Delights, a play on Turkish delights. They are made with a variety of donated / byproduct blood types, rose water, gelatin, raspberry juice, and finely powdered sugar, and are designed specifically for vampires. Their flavor is a bit...metallic, muddy, and weird to non-vampires, but taste sweet, pillowy, gummy, and homely to most vampires.

[the-eighth-article]

*a shopping cart from Lidl filled to the brim with boxes of Turkish delights in assorted flavours, two jars of manuka honey, about thirty individually wrapped pumpernickel sandwiches with smooth peanut butter, crisps and lettuce, two one and a half litre bottles of cherry syrup concentrate and a box of chocolate-covered candied ginger knocks on the TARDIS door*

I’ve never been so happy 🥹 I’m going to keep all of these forever..right next to the flowers..and then I’m going to indulge-

[rwsweethearts]

History of confectionery.

Humans can trace the origins of confectionery back to around 2000BC when the ancient Egyptians satisfied their cravings for something sweet by combining fruits and nuts with the use of honey. Liquorice juice, extracted from the root of the leguminous (Sweet Root), is known to have been used for medicinal purposes at the same time. The forerunner of today’s Turkish delight was an uncompromising confection of boiled grape juice and starch cut into squares. Over 3000 years ago the Aztecs in Mexico used the cocoa bean to make a bitter drink. However, it took 1500 years before that drink would be sweetened with sugar.

The eighteenth century was the birth of some prominent confectionery manufactures, and the nineteenth century with the advancement in mechanisation saw the brands rapidly expand. For example John Cadbury opened a shop in 1824, in Birmingham, selling tea, coffee and cocoa. His cocoa business started a few years later. During the 1840’s both Fry’s and Cadbury’s were producing chocolate made specifically for eating, although the vast majority of production was geared towards the manufacture of cocoa.

Harvard referencing:

Considered (2021) Sweets through time: A brief history of sweeties, Swizzels. Available at: https://swizzels.com/blog/sweets-through-time-a-brief-history-of-sweeties/ (Accessed: 18 February 2024).

History of sweets: Find out more: Sweet and nostalgic (no date) Sweet and Nostalgic Ltd. Available at: https://www.sweetandnostalgic.co.uk/history-of-sweets-4-w.asp# (Accessed: 18 February 2024).

The sweet history of sweets (no date) Sweet History - Who Invented Sweets. Available at: http://www.candyhistory.net/candy-origin/sweet-history/ (Accessed: 18 February 2024).

[smokedgastropod]

listen up, i need to tell you about my favourite category of sweets in poland - cemetary candy.

on all saints day, next to graveyards stand stalls offering sweets that aren't in the store. they aren't even made in a factory. there's also stuff like flowers and grave candles, but the candy is unique and! dependent on the region. you can sometimes find these stalls also during religious hollidays, but not the main ones - the more local and minor kind.

i'm from the south of poland, so i'll start with "trupi miodek" also known as "turecki miodek" which you could translate as "corpse candy" or "turkish candy". i doubt turkish people would recognize it as such though:

it's a hard caramel sweet, usually the flavour of vanilla, honey or almond, that's f-cking smashed with a hammer and sold in plastic baggies. is it good? i can't say. nostalgia blinds me, so probably it's not that great. (it's mostly sugar! hard sugar!). often sold with nuts in the package. the stall usually offers off-brand m&ms as well.

now, a bit up north, around warszawa (warsaw) you can find "pańska skórka" which translates as "noble/lord's skin" and looks like this:

also quite cheap and made primarily from sugar and egg whites, but the texture is different. you can't see this, but it's actually quite big and really hard at first, so you can't speak as you eat it. then it get's softer and is easily moldable, and kinda similar to dissolving chewing gum. usually flavored with vanilla, strawberry or apple.

around poznań you can find these bad boys:

these have three names cuz why stop at one? they're "rury" ("pipes"), "dachówki" ("roof tiles") or "trąby" ("trumpets"). they're crunchy and a bit like gingerbread. haven't tried them, poznań is on my bucket list though!

time for lublin and these:

they're called "szczypki" which comes from the word "szczapki", meaning thin and long pieces of wood used when lighting a fire. as with others, it's made with sugar, but also egg whites, gelatine, starch and water. they're similar to others on this list in terms of flavour.

there's also obwarzanki *odpustowe*:

you can find them anywhere, but they're technically a warsaw treat. now i'll be honest, i don't really like them, they're hard, usually dry and leave crumbs everywhere. not to be confused with obwarzanki *krakowskie*:

which are available in kraków and surrounding areas (which are also called an obwarzanek! because that area is round in shape! how cute!) year round. they're awesome, come with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, salt, cheese or a spice blend with paprika. they're a better pretzel, don't fight me on this.

a honorable mention goes to "misie bezowe" ("meringue bears"):

now those are technically made by an actual company and not by... just normal people in personal kitchens? as i said, cemetary candy isn't made commercially. these bears are, and they're as far as i'm aware available all over poland, but mostly sold alongside the treats mentioned above. they are cheap, have a weird, kinda processed aftertaste, and the inside of this waffle isn't filled with meringue, but some?? white filling???? the waffle is bland as paper too. i find them very nostalgic, but i'm aware they're probably the sh-ttiest out of all of them.

thanks for your attention.

[parfumieren]

Happy Birthday, Mata Hari...

Today (August 7th) is the birthday of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod-- the dancer, sex symbol, and spy better known as Mata Hari. What scent best suits the occasion? Perhaps the ghost of the guest of honor will guide my hand...

First, a bit about Margaretha. Forcibly transplanted to colonial Java by a philandering husband, this young Dutch-born mail-order bride found comfort in studying traditional Indonesian dance. A local dance troupe proved supportive-- as did one of her husband's fellow Army officers, with whom she absconded from her marital prison. In 1897, she renamed herself "The Eye of the Day" and freed herself from domestic bondage for once and for all.

Today, we remember Mata Hari as an infamous World War I double agent whose life ended in front of a firing squad. But in her heyday, she - alongside Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, and Ruth Saint Denis - ushered in an era of "sacred dance", which incorporated tribal, ceremonial, and contemporary movement, fusing East and West.

In fact, it's this sense of emerging from one matrix to immerse oneself in another that makes Mata Hari and Guerlain's Elixir Charnel Oriental Brûlant a heavenly match. At once simple and sumptuous, Oriental Brûlant excels at bridging cultures through scent as deftly as its namesake did through dance.

It begins with a dense sweet top note that says "vanilla" in as many languages as it can. As it progresses, it becomes more transparent, ascending from deepest plum to the aforementioned misty mauve, where it seems to pause and hold its breath. There it remains for hours and hours-- comforting, reassuring, never cloying or annoying, a mystical scent meditation.

Inasmuch as Spanish jijona turrón, Italian torrone, French nougat, German marzipan, Czech turecký med, Israeli halvah, Turkish loukhoum, Indian halwa, Japanese yōkan, and American fudge all lie on the same confectionary spectrum, one can trace the path of a single idea spurred by common hunger across a hundred national boundaries in its quest for manifestation. And actually, candy isn't a bad metaphor for Oriental Brûlant, which smells like an imported sweet concocted from honey, orangeflower water, and almond paste layered between fragile sheets of rice paper. It's an uncommon dessert of the high-calorie variety. It may be an acquired taste for some, but not me-- I was charmed by it from the first.

A side note: Oriental Brûlant is tinted pale mauve, a hue historically associated with a number of contradictory social conventions. Invented in 1856 by Sir William Henry Perkin, "mauveine" dye became popular as a half-mourning color for women in transition from a state of bereavement. By the Gay Nineties -- dubbed the "Mauve Decade" by social essayist Thomas Beer -- the color had amassed a following among artists, poets, and mystics whose social and sexual mores ran counter to those of the establishment. Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, Aleister Crowley… and of course Mata Hari.

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In my perfume travels, I have found to my dismay that all saffron perfumes smell alike in the end. What seemed extraordinarily novel the first time I encountered it (in Olivia Giacobetti's Safran Troublant, to which I remain imperishably hooked) now seems as uniform as if die-stamped by machine.

Time and again, saffron is paired off with the same old partners -- rose, cardamom, steamed milk, sandalwood -- only to end up carrying them all on her broad back. I'm certain she gets weary of these arrangements, but is too mild-mannered to say so. Like a superhero recruited not to some global justice league but the local PTA, she gamely offers to run the next bake sale, knowing full well she'll end up saving the world.

What if saffron took a holiday?

Histoires de Parfums' 1876 Mata Hari is one of the best saffron perfumes I've ever smelled... only it doesn't have a lick of saffron in it. All of her usual dance partners have gathered in one place to scratch their heads at the saffron-shaped vacancy in their midst. Where is she? they're thinking. Not me: I'm getting too big of a kick out of watching the gang sweat bullets at the prospect of doing all the heavy lifting.

Luckily, everyone pitches in and gets this baby off the ground. Rose and sandalwood know all the steps, and lychee provides the fresh perspective of a newcomer to the scene. Substitute cumin for cardamom? Yes, please-- it makes for a slightly more ballsy drydown in place of the usual oeufs à la neige. All together, 1876's components do such a good job of filling in for the missing piece that you'd swear she was present and accounted-for the whole time.

If Guerlain's Oriental Brûlant is our antiheroine all dressed up in her stage costume (beads dripping, headdress sparkling), I'd have to say that 1876 is Mata Hari in civilian clothes. To be sure, they are beautifully cut, perfectly proportioned, and wildly expensive as befits the wardrobe of a demimondaine-- but they are unobtrusive enough to allow her to pass through society without attracting too much attention. So skillful is 1876's air of olfactory misdirection that, applied with a light touch, it could make the wearer damn near invisible.

But perhaps that is exactly what you want. After all, a good spy does well to remain incognito.

Scent Elements: Tonka bean, almond, vanilla, styrax, clementine (Elixir Charnel Oriental Brûlant); bergamot, orange, lychee, rose, iris, violet, carnation, cumin, cinnamon, vetiver, guaiac, sandalwood (1876 Mata Hari)