#delicasies

[dw-forecaster]

we like cheese, do you like chese *insert a random mouse on the tv*

"Cheese? I love cheese. My favorite kind of cheese is Asiago... a real delicasy."

(He is too focused on the idea of Asiago cheese to recognize that this mouse is not a toon they recognize. Or a toon at all, for that matter.)

[bomborbona-draws]

Lucidus Imperator | The radient Emperor

closely related to the Stariesta Rex (Star. Rex), the Lucidus Imperator is known for its great speed and also spearing its prey. They were named after their vibrant colours and crown like spikes on their head, as well that only male specimen were ever caught. Only years later was it discovered that, what was assumed to be subspecies actually turned out to be the female of the Lucidus Imperator species. The females live at the edge of the deep dark and blend in well with their enviroment.

The Yautjas regularly hunt these marlin sized beings, they are eaten like crabs. A delicasy which even on many hunts for them, few catch thanks to their swift reactions and turning ability. They are also a great nuisance as they will bite the boats and hunting equiment of the Yautjas.

[sonic-takeover]

🥖 anon, YAY ! The union of french specialities !

I think we could prepare breakfast for all of our mobians (and other) friends !!

But a special breakfast... 😈

(like one that falls down from the sky on their head lol)

It's raining baguettes and croissants !!

-🥐

*Cream stares out the window at the French delicasies falling from the sky. There aren't very many... yet. She looks back at Vanilla, who's sitting by the fire and crocheting with Cheese sleeping in her lap. Is she not seeing this??*

[fireworksanon]

Okay okay

But like this has also been going around my head like:

There is absolutely no chance every borrower eats crackers and just bread so an idea sparked in me:

Borrower cousine!

Like borrowers having specific recipes with ingredients humans don't usually try to eat. Like: flipping dandelion jelly! Or grasshopper soup or something or drying out grass and making tea from it (I used to eat grass as a kid lol)

Thanka to my extensive 2021 cottagecore 9hase I can confirm this would 100% be it.

In my mind borrowers arent just 'humans but little', they have their own culture and customs and foods and delicasies. Of course there's a difference between borrowers in smaller vs larger groups, but the premise is the same.

Did you know that you can make paint out of flower petals? Because imagine traveling through the woods with your friends, a white rock catching your eye. Overturning the stone, theres a teeny tiny piece of tree bark (The thin, paper-like part iykwim) and there's a little painting on it, depicting what seems to be a story

Imagine the culture and myths surriunding humans, shit would be absolutely insane! It's either they're 'if you're seen, you're dead. they are animals, they kill like animals.' or they're 'if you're seen, you're dead. humans are too intelligent to be empathetic, they will not listen to your pleading.' and it creates an absolutely horrifying picture of humans either being driven by the animalistic need to kill, or being basically god level smart HDOSKSK

Ough and the FOODDD

Dandelion jam is brilliant btw!! Ough putting it on little itty bitty breads that they baked.. EHEUZBAKAJ

They'd find ways to scavenge and recycle as much material as they can, using leftover dandelion stems to make whats basically cellery, putting it in little stews (generally with I'd like to think meat from rodents or other small things?)

If they manage to get a strawberry, it's a wonderful day. Depending on the size of the borrower colony they'd be able to get ALOT out of it, making jams and jellies and outright munching on it. And bigger fruit like lemons or oranges? They'd get as much juice as they could into containers, and use the dried out flesh as decoration or spices!:D They use the peels for a multitude of things ofc (including spices and maybe even insulation?)

Imagine them hunting beetles and using the non-edible parts as armor

..I really rambled here I apologize BDKSK

[alpaca-clouds]

Baldurian Delicasies [Valentine's Fluff]

Alright. It is Valentine's Day and this year I decided to go with the theme: "The way to a person's heart is through their stomach." Three fics for this, though one has five chapters.

The first one is Baldurian Delicasies - which also is for the @polyamships Polyam Shipping Day this month. Because I am going with the full polyam Ship I have here: Astarion/Tav/Kantei/Themberchaud/Halsin.

Each chapter featuring someone else cooking!

Baldurian Delicasies

Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3 Shipping: Astarion/Tav/Kantei/Themberchaud/Halsin Genre: Fluff

The way to a person's heart is through their stomach. Or: The different partners cook for each other. To varying results.

[m--rtyr]

I HAVE JUST REALIZED THAT YOU HAVE PROBABLY NEVER ENJOYED THE DELICASY THAT IS FUNNEL CAKE!

DO THEY HAVE THAT IN EUROPE?

i mean, i've never had it, but i can't speak for all of europe lol

i've certainly never seen it.

but i'll keep an eye out...

[starmotte]

3. 💍 JEWELRY: What are considered luxury items in the world of your WIP?

Does a little dance.

In the world of Albea, luxury items are fairly varied. So let's break it down a bit:

Clothing: Spider-silk clothing. Spiders have been semi-domesticated in Albea in the same way we irl have done to silkworms. Their silk is gathered en-masse after the long, warm summers cause them to create giant communal webs to catch prey, then it is washed and spun and THEN it's very carefully woven into clothing. And the clothing made from this silk is very, very flexible and a bit waterproof.

As you can imagine, this is a very long and exact process, thus the resulting products cost a small fortune.

Jewelry: Gemstones and fossils. But not for the same reason as Earth.

Genstones on Earth are pricy because of a bunch of different reasons. On Albea, they're pricy because Albean mining operations are MUCH different from Earth to deal with how easy it is to set off the environment - which means no strip mining, no explosives, nothing majorly destructive. Thus, certain gemstones are a much more difficult find.

As for fossils, Albea has a very robust paleontology circle - it's fairly common to see a person wearing some fossilized shells or even a tooth placed in a bottle as a necklace.

And finally, food: skyren meat. Is that animal name permanent? No clue. Anyways.

There is a giant, heavily specialized kind of bird that I am (for now) calling skyrens. Now, these giant creatures can cause effectively a land-based whalefall - often falling in the middle of prairies and deserts, bringing food to the ecosystem for possibly years.

Wamashi, being carnivores, also like to participate in this. The issue is it's very difficult to find a dying skyren before they're already decaying and/or have been eaten by scavengers. So when they DO get the meat (and feathers! They're useful for many things) it's an absolute delicasy.

[frostyduo]

Dearest frost demons. Among all mortal kin scattered among endless cosmos, your kin has proven to be the most fascinating and beautiful in its own, unknown to me, ways, with you two being main examples. I am glad to knoa you two and seeing you two in such coundition aches my heart...

So... I decided to maybe sweeten these hard days for these two beloved icejins i became fond of. Hoping to see you two on feet, thriving and shining brighter than ever before.

P.s. You can test it if suspicious, but i assure you, they are not poisoned.

*delicasies were delivered through portals by green hands*

Frieza: My goodness, this is unexpected. Especially from a Kai. Nonetheless, your gift is rather generous. We thank you for it. Hopefully Frost enjoys his dessert as well.

*meanwhile in the other room*

Frost: What a surprising little treat! This is rather kind of you. This whole ordeal has proven to be quite difficult, so we full heartedly appreciate this.

[thewinter22]

Start selling my blood as a delicasy that is "to die for"

You were bitten by a vampire but you didn't die, instead the vampire died. The next day, you're captured by vampires and marked as unsafe for consumption. All because you had a rare, incurable condition in your blood. Cool, now you are a vampire slayer who kills vamps by letting 'em bite you.

[thealmightyemprex]

@themousefromfantasyland @ariel-seagull-wings

@theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[artistdae]

When I laid my eyes on the two, I knew that one before one unwillingly I had to come clean. I drew water from a well that welcomed me by the rhythm of the splatter and the pitter patter doesn't damper the musky aroma the pieces I’ve placed intricately result in the interstellar commentary that Venus versus Mars isn’t, it is in fact Saturn with no retrograde because the mercury doesn’t exist in the rain, so to shovel a ditch is not grounded- it is a delicasy just like Thelma and Louise.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

5:44 - 5:50

[gem-is-still-bored]

me when now that I've become a perfect identity / take a bite of me / I hope that I've become a flavourless delicasy / that I'm worth something

[davidkarofskyindie]

wonderhevrts (Steve/Kyle)

@wonderhevrts continued from (x)

♕ — Kyle stood on the porch, sipping his morning coffee and looking out at the view from their beach house he had rented, for their stay. He smiled, when he heard the rustling of the sheets behind him and then felt Steve’s arms around him, bringing his free hand to one of Steve’s. “Morning, babyboy. Hmm, not long.. Maybe thirty minutes or so.” He said and turned to wrap his arm around Steve. “Did you sleep well?” Kyle asked, planting a tender kiss on the top of Steve’s head. “I already have breakfast ready for us. All your favorites, of course.” Kyle hummed smiling. “What would you want to do today? We could go for a swim, or hit the town? See what it has to offer for us, taste some local delicasies and do some shopping.”

Steve happily melted into Kyle's arm as the bigger man hugged him, his head snuggling into that firm perfect chest as the beautiful hunk spoke so sweetly. "I slept amazingly, helps that a certain someone is a fantastic pillow to snuggle into" he said sweetly, looking up to Kyle and leaning up to return a little kiss "Breakfast too? You spoil me" he whispered as he looked into those eyes "Hmm, how about we hit the town, it did look pretty nice on the drive in and maybe I can find something fun and skimpy to wear around here" he let his hands move to just fondle Kyle's chest "After breakfast we can go in... I mean, obviously we'll have to shower first and I hold the right to change my mind depending on what happens in that shower" he said while he nuzzled against his partner "So, do I get to keep the sheet on during breakfast or do you want to do the honours of removing it?"

[tidjjane]

‘delicasy’

[emmatheeklund]

"Okay, I admit I do love it when you surprise me, you're so darn diddely good at it" she said with a smile as she took a sip of her champagne as well. She took her time eating the food, it was delicious, Atlas had really gone all in on providing her favorite delicasies and she was really enjoying it, saviouring it, every single inch As she was looking at the sun , while taking the last bite of her food, she heard Atlas say something that made her turn her gaze over at him" Of course, you make me happy too" she replied, not sure where this was going but as he continued talking, Emma started getting a closer picture of what he was saying until he got on one knee and took out a box, opening it revealing a ring, a gorgeous one at that. Emma lost her breath for a second, she wasn't expecting that, and although her brain was pressed on pause at that moment. Emma wasn't one to not make any decision without thinking it through, in fact she would tend to overthink this and and end up just confusing herself more than anything. That was the case right now. Her mouth was longing to scream yes, yes,yes,yes a thousand times yes, but her brain wouldn't let her. She looked at the ring, then up at Atlas, and it took a few nerve-wracking minutes for the both of them before her brain finally caught up with all her thoughts and let her body respond appropriately to the question presented. "Oh my god...Atlas..." A big smile was spread on her face, what he said was so beautiful, so genuine, so honest and ....truthful..and she knew exactly what she wanted once the words had settled properly in her mind and stopped spinning around" Yes Atlas, yes, I will marry you"

"How come?" He asked her. "I love being able to surprise you." He chuckled softly as he heard her say that she loved him. He knew that she was the woman for him and he couldn't be anymore grateful for having her by his side. He took a sip of his champagne, needing this liquid courage more than anything right now. Eventually the two ate their dinner, Atlas noticed halfway through that the sun was setting and it was the most perfect time for him to ask. "You know how happy you make me, right?" He asked her. He needed to do this now, because he knew what was the right thing to do. Moving his position, he got his ring box from his pocket, holding it behind his back. "You've made me a better person and you've stuck by my side through everything. You're my everything, Emma and I love you more than words can ever, ever explain. I want to make you the happiest and luckiest woman alive..." Switching to get down on one knee, he revealed the box and showing the ring. "Emma Eklund, will you marry me?"

[alpaca-clouds]

Baldurian Delicasies Pt. 3 [Valentine's Fluff]

Chapter 3 is online. This one features Themberchaud trying to fish. The emphasis is on trying, because Tav and Kantei being childish does not make it easy.