#disaster kitchen

[smaller-comfort]

We picked a quart of blackberries from the backyard this afternoon, so it was clearly time for me to drink inadvisable amounts of whiskey and commit atrocities in the kitchen. First up, that "crustless pie" recipe that was going around a bit ago:

The batter feels a bit like sugar cookie dough that you mix fruit into, so that was...interesting. (Recipe here: Crustless Strawberry Pie.) Given how overripe these berries were, maybe not the best choice. I need to get an oven thermometer because nothing ever bakes in the correct time frame. The recipe recommends underbaking it, which also gives me some ??????? feelings because, again, that batter has some odd proportions, and the bake time is listed as 34-39 minutes which. ?????? Why not just...say 35-40. I kept it in there for at least 45 because there's "slightly underbaked" and then there's "salmonella incubator". We'll see how it tastes. Worst case scenario, I bring it to work and feed it to my coworkers like I did the zucchini bread.

In the oven currently is a tray of blackberry pie bars (recipe here: Blackberry Pie Bars); in true #DisasterKitchen fashion, I didn't realize I was out of cornstarch until I'd measured out the berries. Cue the fastest grocery run I have ever made; the crustless pie had 17 minutes left on the timer, and I made it back with cornstarch and a pound of butter with 3 minutes to spare.

Soon...soon...

[ashestospace]

I would like to now present the poly cule that is disaster kitchen. Which is just Sebastian, Agni, Bard and Meyrin.

Why? Cause my brain open the gate and saw multiplie new opportunities. I will proceed to now post several head cannons to ease to power I have unlock.

[sodamnbored]

New parent Bruce at two in the morning: Why aren’t you in bed?

9-year-old Dick, sitting at the table eating ice cream: Because I’m in the kitchen.

Bruce tiredly, digging out some coffee: And why are you in the kitchen?

Dick: Because it’s where the ice cream is.

[egophiliac]

Hello ! I positively adore the running joke of Idia unknowingly finding Lilia to be the coolest guy ever whenever he doesn't know it's him, like when Silver described his father, or obviously with muscle red. I can't say what'd be funnier, Idia finding out his online best friend is actually Lilia, resident spooky hyper fairy; or them both never finding out, and it'd become even more ridiculous as time goes on. How do you think it'll play out ? You're always so on point

(Also, though it makes sense, I'm still devastated bat boy didn't get a ticket for the Halloween skeleton train : ( does anyone mentions him at some point ? Like how he'd have fit right in with all those Halloween town little freaks, and how he'd have impressed them with his spooks and scared techniques; after all he's been every Briar Valley's children worst fear on Halloween for centuries. I'm on the eng server and I didn't wanna spoil myself by watching the whole thing on youtube)

Have a nice day !

you and me both, Idia and Lilia being oblivious online BFFs (+ Idia being incredibly intimidated any time Silver brings up his jock gamer dad) is my favorite running joke/subplot. 🤝 it's SO good, to the point where I also am unsure if I actually want it to ever be resolved or not...maybe, like, as a post-canon stinger or something? everyone's standing around covered in overblot ink, and Idia and Lilia's phones go off at the same time...

(legit I do think this is part of why Idia couldn't be present for Lilia's dream, because for some reason Lilia decided he was going to just. embody his past self online. he probably quotes his own battle strategies or whatever in the middle of boss fights. Idia didn't pick up on the whole "oh how weird that we both live on a super remote island" thing, but he would spend thirty seconds listening to General Lilia describing siege warfare and be like "w-wait")

all that aside, however it does end up happening, I do see Lilia being very blasé and all "oh! cool!" about it. y'know, taking it very much in stride! and Idia...very much not.

(can't tell if tumblr is going to chew this into illegibility or not, this will be a fun surprise ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

as for Lilia sadly missing out on Halloweentown shenanigans...he does get one little mention as part of an offhand reference to the light music club, but so far no one has brought up how this basically is just Lost In the Book of Liliatown (Sebek's been too busy yelling about not getting to be in the same group as Malleus). 😔 honestly though, it's probably for the best that he got left out, because he would just settle right in and refuse to ever leave. canon would shatter. we would miss out on all the delightful angst of episode 7 because Lilia is too busy eating poisonous shrubbery inbetween practicing his very best screams, and no one can pull him away from it.

(I can hope for a sequel next year though...)

[amalgamasreal]

AN IDIOT PIBIL - By ZA_Zariel

SOURCE

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

What he says:

THE "NOTHING" IN QUESTION:

He made this for Rook? Based on their favourite drink? I think maybe I'd rather fight the gods than this recipe. That sounds like so much work.

"It's nothing. Or not enough."

Oh, you precious, sweet dummy, you're getting married, and you don't even know it yet.

[inkcurlsandknives]

The last day of Filipino American History Month has granted me the most Filipino American Cooking shortcut abomination idea ever.

So. So. You've seen dulce de leche hacks where you boil or slow cook a can of sweetened condensed milk INSIDE the can for hours to get caramel?

Filipino Coconut Jam or Minatamis na Bao is a coconut based caramel LIKE dulce de leche traditionally made by stirring coconut cream and sugar over low heat for hours.....

But!!! If I can find a can of sweetened coconut cream! Theoretically I should be able to create an easy hands off no stirring coconut jam. I'm going shopping tomorrow to test my theory. If it works! I'll have easy coconut jam! If the curds separate I'll have latik ( crispy browned coconut curds used to top rice cakes)

Or I'll explode a can and cover my kitchen in boiling water and coconut!!

I can't wait!! It's been too long since my last kitchen disaster

Wish me luck!

[starry-bi-sky]

*points at bruce and danny in 'late at night when the nightingale sings'* THESE TWO MFERS MEAN SO MUCH TO MEEEE

no thoughts head empty just these two socially inept fools finding family in one another. like yes you go you funky little death omens stole that one from a comment on the fic, so if you see this you know who you are, discover that family isn't only tied in blood.

bUT onto less mushy stuff: these two being shenaniganizers; tomfools. Bruce realized that Danny didn't actually know he was Bruce Wayne and instead of going "oh actually im bruce wayne" he went; "hrm... how long can i keep this going until he realizes...."

like. i think they deserve to be the sillies. just utter goobers the both of them. like, danny makes the wittiest side comments, dry quips, under his breath towards Bruce while they're out in public (Danny covering his face with a face mask) and Bruce is trying not to laugh. Meanwhile if Bruce makes one sly comment about someone to Danny, Danny's gonna collapse with laughter.

Bruce plays straightman in most of their bits, he has the best fucking poker face. But also I firmly believe he does actually enjoy Danny's puns. Look me in the eyes- look me in the eyes. Try and tell me that a man that willingly agrees to call a car "the batmobile" even after his eight year old ward grows up (thus negating the need to go along with his antics) doesn't enjoy a good, well-placed pun. Look me in the eyes and try to tell me that. That's right you can't.

He's gonna spit out a well-placed pun in the driest, most boring Batman Voice Ever one day while he's getting ready for patrol, and Danny's gonna fucking die of laughter. He's gonna lose his mind. Bruce is going to have a half-dead sickly teenager laughing his lungs out in the chair. That's a new core memory right there, every time Danny thinks about that he's gonna start giggling.

just!!! these two making each other laugh! That's so important to me. So so much. I nEED Danny to get Bruce to smile and laugh and I need Bruce to make Danny do the same. Danny's all snark and sass and Bruce is all deadpan and dry quips. Do you all see my vision.

[coffeexrage]

New Account first post who dis.

[smaller-comfort]

Disaster kitchen, "home chef sent too many goddamn carrots this week" edition. Used the King Arthur Flour recipe, since it's the one I actually had all the ingredients for. 9x13 sheet pan, bake time of 45 minutes, no nuts. Really lovely texture/crumb, but nuts wouldve been nice and it maybe needs a smidge more salt. Cream cheese frosting would've been nice with some lemon zest, but I feel like most things are improved by a little zest.

I haven't done this much baking since 2020! (And in 2020 it was mostly like...a trauma response.) Baking used to be my Thing, and much like writing and listening to music, it was something that I just stopped doing for a long time. Feels nice to get back into it.

[kari-go]

WHO LET HIM COOK

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

those who successfully cook by vibes have no idea the power a young adult feels when they make minor modifications to a recipe and it turns out exactly how they want

[daily-martyn-itlw]

If you still have requests open, maybe some Limited Life zombiewood?

Day 219: requests are always open my friend! Here's the zombiewood as requested <3

(Used a reference by mellon_soup!)

[xejune]

doodle idea: Bruce cookin up something good?

he's cooking a mystery camping soup (no one but him knows exactly whats in it but it's tasty!)

[inkcurlsandknives]

My husband was gifted an espresso machine for his birthday, and I don't drink much coffee but I do LOVE steamed milk. I've discovered I can dump ANYTHING into cold milk, steam it and tada almost instant hot foamy drink. So far I've done instant chai, hot chocolate, turmeric and matcha I was hesitating on testing the matcha powder because I worried it'd clump or taste burnt, but it was a DELIGHTFUL matcha latte and didn't need any sugar. What other powders should I add to my milk? I was gonna test black sesame powder and dried ube. maybe get powdered hojicha. I'm absolutely bringing back drinking a warm glass of milk before bed and I'm going absolutely mad with power. For anyone who tries it at home, there is a learning curve to steaming milk with "stuff" in it. the wand wants to scream a bit more at the jump but if you persistently aerate it for 5-10 seconds it submits to the task at hand silently (I did cover my kitchen in turmeric milk/golden latte working out the bugs in the methodology)

Up-side, steamed milk is "sweeter" so I'm drinking less sugar in all the hot drinks I need to get through the winter. Downside my steamed milk addiction has resulted in double the amount of milk purchase per grocery run and that may bankrupt us in this economy. Other upside, if I tried to get this number of drinks at the starbuck it WOULD bankrupt us

[lethendralis-paints]

One of the NGOs that's been consistently here for us is World Central Kitchen. As soon as the disaster instigated by russia has struck, they've joined the efforts with Ukrainian volunteers, military and civic services and are providing food, water and other immediate help on the ground.

Along with grassroots Ukrainian volunteer orgs like Come Back Alive and Prytula Foundation, WCK is definitely worth donating to!