#food from the road

[mapsoffun]

I was super-stoked to be part of a big group dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill, the oldest still-functioning restaurant in DC, and once we made our way through the chaos of the lobby to check into our reservation and get our table, the experience was quite lovely. They take a lot of pride in their raw bar, and we split this enormous platter among the group and I enjoyed trying a little bit of everything. For me, the mark of a quality raw bar is being able to enjoy the oysters without any accouterments--yeah, I like some mignonette on oysters, or a squeeze of lemon from time to time, but sometimes I just love that simple, briny goodness.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Something something about us being shown Eddie developing his cooking skills before buck - that were shown Eddie being able to cook a full meal (and bake) before were shown Buck doing the same thing. And something something about that foreshadowing Eddie having his full feelings realisation before buck.

Eddie’s cooking skills are on display in 5x11 outside looking in when he cooks dinner for buck Chris and Taylor - and he’s baked cupcakes for desert as well.

But we don’t actually get shown buck cooking a full meal until the 6x01 lasagne. He’s only got as far as breakfast foods when he makes Maddie an omelet in 2x04 stuck but we don’t get shown him actively cooking again until he makes the lasagne.

After that its hit and miss on the cooking and baking front for buck - burnt lasagne in a 7 and I’m assuming his baking isnt that great in 8x07 by the way Chim has one bite and then pushes the loaf away before he masters the ziti, garlic bread etc in 807 and then later the scones in 8x08.

[susansontag]

I’m sorry but this ridiculous idea that because humans are biologically omnivorous that means there’s anything particularly ‘natural’ or sustainable about our contemporary meat industry is staggering levels of stupidity. you may as well say you want us all to shrivel up and burn but you’re out here pretending you’re protecting the rights of subsistence hunters/fishers? do you know who actually is threatening the existence of these people? the fishing and meat industries

[lloydfrontera]

lloyd 'survived on one meal per day for years' frontera would absolutely see sharing food as a love language and javier 'lived in the streets for months as a child' asrahan would be fluent in it

i do believe there is a point in their lives where they both heal from the trauma of going through severe food insecurity but neither of them ever quite really forget just how important food can be. and when the other shares their food with them, they appreciate it as the show of affection it was meant to be

[itspkuwu]

It’s been long enough someone has to say it.

[iconsumeheadcanons]

some turtle origin hcs

this is based on appearance for now. and very small list lol. i just needed to talk about tmnt and herps or i was gonna like explode or smth. PLEASE share ur own ideas if u have any!!!!

i think tumblr will auto-label images posted by another user that reused in-site, but if not i just grab baby tmnt turt pics from forgetful-nerd

2003

either yellow-bellied sliders Trachemys scripta scripta (left) or chinese box turtle Cuora flavomarginata(right)(im leaning more towards cuora here)

->yellow plastrons

->domed shells (espceially like the chinese box for this!)

->both sold as pets (yellow-bellied way more likely since its native-ish and common)

->i heard sliders are very personable (most sliders slip into water if i get within 100ft of them tho so i cannot confirm)

->the box turts are very squort

2012

diamondback terrapins malaclemys terrapin!! you cannot convince me otherwise tbh (but i love to hear more hcs too!!)

->look at the goofy shape of those legs. look at that. just like the 3d models

->spots, swirls, pale coloring(but there are ones that match the color of the brothers better, they arent all pale white)

->flat ovular shape shell that is bulky

->popular pets, typically ppl get more than one at a time, and somewhat native to the region as they live in brackish/coastal habitats (fitting for turts who regularly swim in flooded areas and eat algae and worm based meals for like....15ish years)

->(they would be carnivorous if they were purely turtle btw)(also eating algae isnt really too weird. prolly strange how they do it since they seem to eat it fresh? but ppl eat seaweed and algae based broths all the time; i.e. most stuff in japan actually!)

->pls look at pics of these, theyre so unique as a species, have fun personalities, and look so stinking silly

->oh and dee said one ep that they were either (eastern?) box turtles or diamondbacks. i think they have very little in common w terrapene carolina carolina

2023

STINKPOTS aka musk turtles!!!!!!!! i havent picked out a particular one (and there are many!) but LOOK AT IT ASDLFKJASDFKLJDSF

->ALL of them look exactly this goofy. they only get GOOFIER with age. spectacular

->so small. please understand. size of a pea kinda creature (only exaggerating a bit). they hatch the size of a coin and reach adult size of smaller than a human hand. i have held one before. this is not exaggerating. i have "medically small" hands as well. (if anyone could explain what my neuromusc doc meant by that btw that would be cool to know. i just know it means i cant reach the enter key on my laptop w/o moving my whole arm over too)

->stinky:teenage boys going to public school blah blah that joke i guess

->looks exactly like how i imagine donnies scream would look like if it manifested as a real turtle

->some ppl have them as pets, kinda rare tho. the turts are VERY common in my experience. usually in wetlands foresty environments. if there are some native to illinois i dont see why they wouldnt be fucking around some parking lot drainage pond in new york

->great mixture of looking fat and squishy and also looking like a child growing into their long limbs. good silly shapes

->look like little treats to snack on like gum <3

^mikey giving his first stand up performance at comedy club

[musubiki]

another day of running into the villain under strange and unlikely circumstances

[lesmisscraper]

Valjean trying to give more soft bread for Cosette. Vol. 4, Book 3, Chapter 4.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

[girlivealwaysbean]

it's not sinking in that today might be the last day in my house and town for many months to come

[mapsoffun]

Following our stop at FedEx, we went into downtown Kona for lunch.  Our first stop was Broke Da  Mouth Grindz, a local fried chicken spot, and it was AMAZING. It’s takeout only there, so I needed to figure out where we were going to eat our lunches. Fortunately, luck smiled on us because Ola, the other Kona-based brewery, was open but their kitchen was temporarily closed for renovations. We were able to sit at the bar, eat our fried chicken and sides, and while there was a lot of food, that food was fantastic. The beers are wonderful too--I was bummed that we didn’t really have time to try more, but we had a drive back to the resort and dinner plans that night, plus we had one more stop to make on our way back.

[ikishima]

My #1 advice for people moving out is to NOT buy nonstick cookware... not only is the lifespan of nonstick a MAXIMUM of 7 years (usually more like 2-5 years) but teflon, aka Polytetrafluoroethylene-- the plastic coating that makes the cookware nonstick, infuses microplastics into your food.

New cookware sets can cost hundreds of dollars so my advice is to look for 100% stainless steel cookware in thrift stores. Safer, cheaper, & instead of needing to replace every 2-7 years they can potentially last you the entire rest of your life AND they won't start shedding plastic into your food

[ohitslen]

Ah wait, reincarnation VW thoughts wait

Very far into the future, where things have settled down and the tales of a time where plants were stolen and the horrible uncontrolled violence that was present as humans were settling into the planet, are just now part of history.

A past no one remembers from experience. Except for Wolfwood, who remembers more than he wish he did. To not say that he remembers everything of a life that wasn’t his, yet apparently was.

One day he gets a very weird encounter with a stranger at the rooftop of the apartment complex he lived in. The guy was smoking the same brand of cigarettes he did and was complaining about the smell and taste the whole time, muttering to himself how awful they were. The man wore an awfully familiar red jacket, appearing tall and imposing, the vivid image of someone he once knew. Except for the striking difference that the man before him had a deep, raven-black hair instead of a shiny and warm blonde.

The man presented himself as Vash. However, this man who was the carbon copy of the blonde of his memories didn’t seem to bear any glint of recognition in his eyes, not knowing who Nicholas was.

Not like the solid black sunglasses would let him see his eyes in the first place. His smiles had not changed in the slightest, though.

Edit (addition):

Wait let’s make this worse (funnier). Make them be soooo in love with each other, like astronomically down bad for the guy next door, but they NEVER make a move on the other because it’s so “Noooo,, it’s wrong to project the dead person I loved with all my being into the guy who conveniently looks like him next door :(“

Can you imagine? Isn’t that, hilarious.

[emathevampire]

i went to bed after having a wee bit of a psychotic episode (wanted to complain about garlic, was not feeling solutions-oriented about it, least of all medical solutions-oriented, so perhaps i yelled at my friends a little more than was rational) and in the fading delirium, i was gifted… another dream recipe

this time the prophecy was for Frozen Burrito Meal Prep.

given the successes of all my former prophetic dream recipes, the only logical solution was to get ingredients immediately.

While I am still piecing together the clues from what I remember of my dream, making my own refried beans from scratch will be the key component (to be made with bacon drippings, shallots, and black beans… canned this time, but i may try going all the way from scratch next time). Planned seasonings for the ground beef include paprika and chili powder, a little cayenne maybe. Green bell peppers, onions, and a little tomato for the veg (might add mushrooms another time). Cheddar, of course, is a must… but I also saw “quesadilla cheese” and was too curious to pass it up (i hope it melts real good). A little basmati rice (because it’s my favourite). Some plain flour tortillas to wrap it all up. Wrap in foil, then put in a freezer bag, and chuck em in the toaster oven at 350° F for an hour while the rice cooker makes more to serve it with. This is my design.

I will report back with the results once I know how well this actually works.

Mostly, I’ve planned it this way because it was foretold in my dream, but it was probably foretold that way because I REALLY like the Amy’s vegetarian frozen burritos, and they’re fantastic for a quick and easy meal if you toss ‘em in the toaster oven while your rice cooks, but they all have garlic in them so unfortunately i absolutely have to stop eating them. I highly recommend those if you have no such issues, however. They even have gluten-free and dairy-free ones.

[yudrein]

AKDFGKDFGK

[savage-rhi]

Magneta????

[lunasilvis]

2 months into 30.

Growing into somebody I can be genuinely, genuinely proud of. At night I rest well 🌛