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awellboiledicicle · 3 months ago

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Oh oh I can posit an option about sanitizing-- they have references to rubber gloves which irl were invented largely because of how caustic the chemicals to sterilize things were. Because they used to spray them over an open cavity and you used to keep that open by holding it with hands. Which, after many procedures, would have bad reactions.

BUT the reference is in relation to Kenli mentioning them for gardening. Which means the tech is present enough that a rich man has some, but probably not so much the general practitioner for the town. Especially when his medical supplies are appearantly entirely herbal in nature.

Which dont get me wrong, this coupled with the fact he doesnt seem to ask you to source things for him, probably points to Majiri generally responding well to herbal treatments. Which are, one hopes, noninvasive.

For things like tooth extraction, the vibe I get is that they probably have ether or a drug in the big city to numb you. They probably have pedal powered drills and pure materials for fillings. Chayne probably has a drill Najuma has repaired for him several times, and you get to be either drunk, high on the equivalent of opiates or weed, or just white (lavender?) knuckle a chair while he does his best. Given how historical dentists worked, it might be a "Sifuu, could you spare a few moments? The tooth is rotten but the root remains strong." thing.

As to how white the teeth are I'm ignoring that the dev's just had a sale on conventionally attractive purple curtains.

Instead I'm focusing on the fact that their main source of sweets are canonically shown to be unrefined sweet sprouts that could literally be as sweet as like. A cheerio. And a lack of staining beverages. This coupled with them having toothbrushes means the plaque that DOES form is feeding off a less energy efficient version of the sugar that makes it a problem, AND gets disturbed enough that it can't wear down the enamel. Staining is probably common from wine or Zekis taiyaki when like. Plum flavored etc. But that doesnt penetrate unless left alone or had in excess. Since refined sugar does exist though, I can only assume it's considered too potent for straight up pure sugar candy to be common. Which is why its put into cakes and such. The Majiri just generally arent as inclined to binge sugar as humans are, so the bacteria dont grow as fast, which makes oral hygiene easier, which means their teeth are white and straight.

Or the Majiri have super durable enamel. Or perhaps it regenerates, which would explain why Auni of all people is just missing one tooth and not walking around with cracked chompers.

Theres also their long canines which implies they're evolutionarily probably more meat inclined and irl things that are mostly meat eating omnivores tend to not taste sweet as much if at all.

Which also poses the possibility that sweet to them is just. Nothing special to humans. We just roll with it because no ones whipping out a chocolate bar that actually tastes like how we sense memory chocolate.

okay bc the game has decided I'm not allowed to play I guess: today I am thinking about Oral Hygiene

idk if I've seen evidence of toothbrushes, but everyone SEEMS to have straight, healthy teeth. I am absolutely sure this is something we're not supposed to over-analyze but I'd like to see them Try to stop me.

Zeki has a gold tooth which implies extraction and replacement technology. (probably grimalkin tech??)

Chayne is the town doctor so presumably he's in charge of the town's dental health - the shrine he works at has, like, 4 cots and some jars and does not seem ideal for any sort of surgery but I assume they have some sort of sterilization technology I am not aware of.

possible brushing implements are things like sticks, grasses, reeds. I think bamboo?

pastes/etc I can think of them using..... idk, various soaps. baking soda and salt. alcohols? things like fennel seeds I think

Braces: this one is driving me crazy. With age and poverty, Badruu and Delilah seem like they would have a lot more dental issues at this point, so they're my main evidence that Something is different than how this works irl

Majiri live 150 years how many sets of teeth do they have........................ are they like sharks........

in closing: I think in palia, teeth just naturally are more healthy than irl. I'd love casual chewing-stick/etc mention in game. I'd love some sort of enamel repair mentioned. I'm staring into space thinking about the evolution of human grain chewing teeth and the implications of the same teeth in another species that was possibly Created by the Moon (????) (do they even have evolution in this world..............)

#mmm thoughts #palia #palia game

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onlydreamofmysoul · 4 years ago

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Gingerbread (Ficmas #1)

Here we go!!! Ficmas day one! Super excited about this - I’ve never done ficmas before! As promised... a little sweet competition!

Characters and their world by @lumosinlove “Is everyone ready?” Celeste asked, standing around her kitchen, looking at the room nearly overflowing with hockey players and their loved ones. “Leo and I are the judges. The rules are simple, you all have to build a gingerbread house, everything you need is right in front of you. The best looking one wins, okay?”

Remus grinned and nodded, nudging Sirius excitedly. They had everything - including the gingerbread premade by Celeste herself, so even if it looked like a disaster it was sure to taste amazing. Not that theirs would look anything less than fantastic.

On second thought, maybe a group of highly competitive athletes working against each other instead of with each other was a bad idea.

“Okay guys!” Leo called as he hopped up to sit on the counter and oversee the proceedings. “You have one hour. Your time starts.... Now!”

Remus grinned at Sirius, and then they set to work.

Logan knew watching Leo be all authoritative as a judge while he just had to watch would be hard. He didn’t know it would be torture. He was teamed with Adele and Katie, but Adele had to keep hitting his arm to get his attention.

“Logan,” She warned. “I want to win. Now are you gonna focus or not?”

Logan shook his head. Leo could wait. He had a competition to win. “Oui, sorry yes I’m good now.”

Adele nodded, apparently satisfied and Katie drew their attention back to her when she started bouncing in her seat.

“Allez!” She said, her eyes wide, “Tremzy come on I wanna get to the part where I can eat it.”

Logan chuckled but obliged her, obediently holding pieces of gingerbread in place at the girls’ command as the icing dried.

“Okay, no pressure or anything, but your name’s Noelle so I’m expecting you to dominate this Christmas thing.” Thomas said, only partially jokingly as Noelle carefully piped the outline of their ‘windows’.

“Um, excuse you Thomas Walker,” She replied, “What does it look like I’m doing?”

“Okay, but hear me out,” Thomas started as he picked up a piece of gingerbread, and started piping green spikes on it. “We should have pine trees in front of it.”

Noelle looked at him like he was losing his mind. “Babe, it’s a gingerbread house.” She said slowly as if it were a foreign concept.

“I know!” Thomas said, excitedly waving his hands and as he did, his pine tree went flying through the air and landed in Kasey’s hair.

Kasey turned around very slowly and looked around menacingly, reaching up and pulling the biscuit out of his hair, leaving green splotches and crumbs in its wake.

“Who?” He ground out, and Thomas looked around with a shocked expression. “I have no idea! Noelle? Did you see anything?”

Noelle bit down her laugh and shook her head. “Non. Maybe it was one of the kids?” She said, looking over at Logan’s table to where Katie had more icing on her than the house. Kasey followed her and his vision softened. He nodded once and turned back around, Thomas made another tree and held it up to Noelle.

“They’ll never see it coming.” He said, finally finishing his statement. Noelle rolled her eyes, but in the end, there were a ton of palm trees in their ‘garden’.

Finn was with Pascal and Marc, all of them particularly competitive and set on winning except there was one little problem… None of them had ever actually made a gingerbread house before.

“I think it goes like this?” Marc said, tilting his head as he stuck two pieces together, the icing going everywhere. He let go and they all held their breath while the biscuits stood for about ten seconds before collapsing so slowly it was actually a little sad.

“I say we give up and just eat everything.” Finn proposed. Marc nodded, Dumo looked like he was going to put up a fight, but one glance at their gingerbread wreckage had his shoulders slumping. He reached out and broke off a bit of biscuit, popping it into his mouth with a grin.

“At least it tastes good?”

“But we didn’t make-” Marc began.

“Shh.” Finn cut him off with a playful wink. “At least it tastes good.”

Kasey’s hair was green and that had been a problem but then Alex promised he’d wash it out himself later that night and well, those words along with the little wink Natalie sent him had Kasey pretty okay with the whole situation. He sat there, smiling softly as he listened to Alex and Natalie chat away while Kasey did all the actual work, creating quite a nice gingerbread house, thank you very much.

Kasey grew up with his dad baking every Sunday and he’d always help. He wasn’t ashamed to say he was quite handy with a piping bag, and Alex was watching with wide eyes as Kasey piped ‘snow’ on the roof.

“How-” Alex stuttered, his eyes focused on Kasey’s hand.

Natalie bit down her smile. “He likes to keep people guessing.”

“I… I’m not complaining.”

“Like what you see O’Hara?” Kasey asked, unable to stop himself from teasing the other man. Alex was as prone to flushing a deep red as his brother, but Kasey found Alex looked a lot boyish when it happened to him.

“I definitely like what I’m seeing.” Alex replied, before cheekily dipping his finger in the icing and smirking at Kasey as he ate it.

Natalie laughed at them both as she leaned in and kissed the sugar dusting Alex’s lips. Kasey raised an eyebrow, but kept looking at what he was doing, until Alex was standing next to him.

“Open up.” Alex prompted, holding his icing coated finger up to Kasey’s lips. Kasey made eye contact with Natalie for a split second, before doing as instructed, smiling into the kiss Alex gave him after.

“Chocolate was always my favourite.” Alex said with a sigh as he sat back down, Natalie placing her feet in his lap as she shamelessly ate the sweets they needed to decorate. Kasey glanced up to see Leo already looking at him.

“Redheads.” Leo mouthed with a shrug, “Gotta love em.”

Leo had to admit, sitting back and watching the world devolve into chaos was quite entertaining. He could still taste the gingerbread Finn had given him, their house looking more like it had been hit by a hurricane instead of like someone had actually tried to, you know, build it. Logan’s little team was doing a whole lot better, it was looking a little messy but Katie was doing a lot of the icing and well, there’s only so neat kids can be, try as they might.

Leo’s heart melted as it always did when he would watch Logan with Dumo’s kids. He was just so good with them and they adored him in turn. One of the spare bedrooms in their apartment had been the designated spot for where they would keep presents until they were able to give them out, and Leo was fairly sure half of the room’s contents were just Logan’s presents for the little Dumais’.

“Are rookies even allowed to be judges?” Thomas queried as Leo passed and Leo had fun getting to act all haughty. Thomas looked particularly suspicious and Leo didn’t miss the correlation between the green icing he sported and the little patch of colour in Kasey’s hair. Leo filed that little bit of information away for a day he could really use it.

“Do you think it’s a good idea to get on a judge's bad side, Talkie?”

“Hey, you love me!” Thomas protested and Noelle shook her head.

“No, but he loves me.” She said looking at Leo and winking. “You’ve got to stay on the good side of your future in-laws.”

Leo felt himself flush even as Logan twisted in his seat to look at them. “Tricheuse!” Logan cried. “Leo baby don’t listen to her, she just wants to win.” He stuck out his tongue at Noelle.

Leo abandoned Noelle and Thomas to crouch next to Logan, smirking. “Am I not marriage material Tremblay?”

Another time, earlier in their relationship maybe, Logan would have scrambled to reassure Leo, probably tripping over his own words so many times nothing actually coherent came out. Now though, Logan just smiled at him lazily.

“The most. I just mean she loves you either way, I think there’s literally nothing you could do that would make her not like you.”

Leo kissed him on the cheek before laughing as Katie wrapped her arms around him.

“Salut Katie!” He said, standing up to throw her in the air, Katie shrieking with laughter before Leo set her back down on her chair. Leo stood up and began to move away, but not before he missed Katie unintentionally chirping Logan, “Leo throws me high.” She said in a serious tone as Leo snorted his laughter, shaking his head as he moved away.

Regulus hadn’t been sure about building a gingerbread house with Nado and Kuny - he didn't really know them and as a general rule, he didn’t like to spend too much time with people he didn’t know. But Dima got on with them really well and Dima was his friend so here Regulus was, building a gingerbread house in Pascal Dumais’ house. Two snakes in a lion's den.

“Are you sure that will hold?” Regulus found himself asking sceptically as Kuny attempted to build a several story building. Gingerbread house - more like gingerbread mansion if Kuny had his way.

Nado answered instead just nodding his head. “Of course.”

“Fair enough.” Regulus conceded, happy to sit back and watch the proceedings. He glanced around the room, still not quite sure where he fit into this chaotic little familial like team, but happy to be here all the same. More than happy to see nothing but pure joy on his brother’s face. Hope because maybe Regulus could find that kind of happiness here too.

“D’accord!” Celeste called, clapping her hands. “Okay everyone step away from your tables, your time is up!”

The team piled into the sitting room as Celeste and Leo judged all the gingerbread houses. Sirius and James sat on the floor, with Harry playing happily with them. Remus and Lily sat snugly on the couch above them, both nursing mugs of tea and heads bent together as they caught each other up on the events of the last couple of weeks.

Finn and Logan were having an arm wrestling competition in the corner and most of the others piled around to watch them, all yelling for someone. Logan won, Finn hanging his head in shame and then they were both immediately challenged by the rest of the team, Logan battling (and losing quite dramatically) to Katie.

Leo and Celeste came back into the room, looking quite smug as they held up a cardboard trophy.

“We have the winner,” Leo said to get everyone’s attention and the sudden hush that fell upon the room was quite comical.

“Drumroll!” Thomas cried and the room was filled with the rapid thuds of everyone slapping their hands against the nearest object.

“And the winner is…” Celeste drew out, “Katie, Adele and Logan!”

The trio jumped up, hugging and high fiving.

Logan stood up on a chair and pressed his hands against his chest in gratitude.

“Thank you, thank you,” He joked, wiping away a fake tear. “We’ve been dreaming about this for, mon dieu, I don’t know how long.”

“You weren’t this dramatic when you won MVP!” Sirius called from the back of the room and Logan winked at him before continuing. “I think Adele had the idea that secured our win though, Adele?”

The girl dashed to the kitchen and came back with their little gingerbread house, the outside entirely lined by little gingerbread people.

“We made the team!” Katie said, bouncing on her toes. There was a rush as everyone came over to have a look and before long, everyone was grabbing their figurine and eating them.

“Goodbye little Thomas.” Talkie said mournfully before biting its head off.

“Hey, maybe now I can give myself head.” Leo muttered to Finn, who promptly choked, spitting crumbs everywhere as he flushed a deep red.

Remus leaned back into Sirius as they munched on their biscuits.

“This is fun. We should do it again next year.”

Sirius wiped the crumbs from his lip and tightened his hold on Remus’ waist. “And the year after that, and they year after that, and the ye-”

Remus giggled, twisting in Sirius’ arms to shut him up by kissing him. “Yeah, baby. I’d like that.”

#sweater weather lumosinlove #coast to coast lumosinlove #lumosinlove #coops #o'knutzy #nalexey #thomas walker #Remus Lupin #Sirius Black #finn o'hara #Leo knut #logan Tremblay #pascal dumais #regulus black #12 days of ficmas

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atsukashii · 4 years ago

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❝chance encounter❞ // k. takami

SYNOPSIS: ➛ bickering with Japans number 2 hero about ice cream flavours in a supermarket wasn’t how you expected to spend your Friday night

» CHARACTER PAIRING: keigo takami/hawks x reader

» WORD COUNT: 2.9K

» GENRE: normal?

» WARNINGS: swearing & fluff and just crack really

« masterlist || ao3 »

You had been craving mint chocolate ice cream literally all day. But then again, craving anything with exceedingly high levels of sugar and crap-loads of chocolate wasn’t anything new recently. In times like these, owning your own bakery was both the best decision you’ve ever made, and a huge mistake. Considering you had been up since three am baking away in the kitchen of your cafe and had snacked on basically one of every sweet thing that came out of the oven and anything you had in the display cabinet, if you kept this up you’d have to get a gym membership. But right now, you wanted mint chocolate ice cream. You look down at your stomach and for a moment, the thought of eating healthily crosses your mind. The thought is, however, instantly pushed out by the idea of you, on your couch, in your pj’s, with a pint of mint chocolate ice-cream, watching TV and de-stressing about the absolutely crappy day you had. That sounds way better.

Walking straight down the candy aisle of the supermarket, you don't even bother glancing at your basket as you toss in chocolates, chips, soft drinks, and any unhealthy food you can physically get your hands on. Out of the corner of your eye, you see an old lady coming towards you with a trolley, who looks up from her list, and eyes your basket with disdain.

Cut me some slack, you want to snap at her, I’m heartbroken and pissed off!

You ignore the dirty look she gives you, and snatch a bottle of Coke off the shelf. You were very much aware that you currently looked like you had been digging through garbage all day. Your clothes - even though you wore an apron - no doubt have flour on them, your hair looks like a rat made its home on your head, and your eyes dry and itchy from crying. You knew you looked like a mess, you have just surpassed the threshold of actually caring about your appearance. Like your ex didn’t care about showing up at your shop with his new thing after dumping me only two weeks ago…

The second your friend and co-owner of the cafe saw him in the store, they kicked him out, wielding the broom like a weapon. You had wished that they smacked him in the face with it, but fearing assault charges - they didn’t. He didn’t leave however, until after he had flaunted his new relationship in your face. You had thankfully moved on past the whole, ‘why’ stage of the breakup, and came to the conclusion it was purely because he was a trash human being. However, to say that it didn’t hurt seeing him holding another girl’s hand and acting like he used to do with you, with someone else - well that would be a lie. It had been two weeks after all, and considering you had been together for two years - it felt as if those 24 months had meant nothing to him.

So now, you wanted to drown your pain in chocolates, and mint chocolate ice cream and no one was going to stand in your way.

You walk over to the freezer section of the store with confidence in your step, suddenly excited to get home and start bingeing the romance section on Netflix. That enthusiasm quickly dies as you reach for the handle of the freezer, your eyes locking onto the empty row where your favorite ice cream flavor always sat. You’re joking… You blinked at the glass as if trying to force the food into being before you.

There. Is. None. Left.

“You’ve got to be kidding me right now,” you groan. Of all days for there to be a shortage, it had to be today. You look down at your basket of Oreos, pocky’s, soft drink, chips, and everything else you had craved the second you saw it on the shelves. I’d trade it all for ice cream though… Resting your head on the cold glass of the freezer, you let out a groan of frustration. This was just the topping to an already crappy day. It was ironic when people say not to cry over spilled milk - and here you were wanting to cry over ice cream.

“Tough day?” A voice startles you away from the fridge. Following the sound, your head snaps to your left where your eyes immediately meet a golden pair that have your lungs spluttering and frantically, trying to figure out how the heck to breathe. Okay, he’s attractive. Like really attractive. His golden eyes are practically glowing at you with amusement, his hair looking like liquid gold - and super soft. You kinda want to touch it. In washed-out black jeans, a white t-shirt, and a denim jacket stopping the cold from the open freezers, he looks too attractive to be real. But then your eyes lock onto the red wings, peeking from behind his shoulders and you know who he is in an instant. The question though, was why the heck the number two pro hero Hawks was even currently talking to you right now. Realizing you hadn’t answered him yet, and instead, were just checking him out instead for god knows how long, you clear your throat and reply.

“Tough week.” You correct, pulling yourself together before looking down at your basket again, hoping it doesn’t look as pathetic as the rest of you. “And to top it off, there’s none of my favourite ice cream left.” Letting out a groan, you shift on your feet. You don’t know why you just said that maybe you didn’t want the attractive blonde hero to go just yet.

With an over-dramatic wince, Hawks leans his shoulder against the glass, as chilled out as the food inside the freezer. “Ouch, I know that feeling. That’s true betrayal,” he says, his eyes playful. It brings a small smile to your lips, and he takes that as an opportunity to stick out his hand to you. “Keigo Takami,” Hawks introduces himself as if you didn’t know who he was. Maybe he doesn’t think you would know… With a friendly smile and butterflies flying frantically inside your stomach, you shake his hand.

“Y/n Y/l/n. It’s nice to meet you,” you reply, trying not to think about how big his hand is compared to your own. God, was there flour on your hands right now? You prayed you had managed to wash it all off fully and that you didn’t suddenly look as run-down as you thought you did. Quickly -but not too fast to make him think you didn’t want to touch him- you drop the handshake and wipe your hands as inconspicuously as you can, on your jeans.

“Beautiful name,” he glances at the empty ice-cream shelf. “But a girl with questionable choices in ice cream flavours.” You gape at Keigo in utter shock. Oh, he did not just say that.

“You did not just say that.” You repeat out loud.

“I’m afraid so.” He answers, one hand in his pocket the other holding his basket, and a care-free smile covering his lips. “Who likes mint choc anyways?” For a moment you sputter for a response at this blatant ridicule against the best ice-cream flavour to ever exist. You will happily fight anyone on that, including the number two pro hero in Japan.

“Intelligent people, that’s who.” You argue back. “I bet you’re the kind of person whose favourite is vanilla.” His golden eyebrows shoot up at your words.

“What’s wrong with good old fashioned vanilla Y/n?” Your name slips off his tongue like pure honey and it would normally send shivers down your spine. No, you will not look past this obvious disrespect against your ice cream preferences, not even for hot guys. No, you will not.

“It’s the most boring flavour to ever exist.”

“And mint choc isn’t?” He asks like it's a loaded question. Shaking your head at both his uneducated taste buds and this whole conversation, it begins to dawn on you that you’re smiling. When was the last time you smiled a lot recently? You question yourself, trying to wind back through your hazy memories of the past two weeks - and coming up with nothing.

“Mint chocolate is the best. You should tell your taste buds that what the ice-cream they think they enjoy is crappy ice-cream.” and Hawks is grinning at you, it’s a smile that is contagious, and has your own growing bigger with every passing word.

“I’ll be sure to let them know.” God this whole conversation was one of the weirdest you had ever had in your life. And the fact that you had it with a pro hero, and Hawks for that matter...that just made it thirty times more strange. Looking back to the freezer, you decide you still want ice cream and settle for strawberry and cream, which earns a look from hawks as you put it in your basket.

“Shut up,” you defend, fake glaring at the blonde. Holding his hands up feigning innocence, Keigo shrugs at you.

“I didn’t say anything sweet-cheeks.” Your cheeks in question flush hotly at the term, and you quickly fiddle with the handle of your basket, giving you something to do so you don’t stand there looking like a complete idiot at his blatant flirting.

“But if you’re going to question my taste buds, then yours must be just as bad. Because last time I checked, Wagon Wheels were still way better than Oreo's.” His eyes meet yours, delight swirling inside his liquid golden irises and you can’t stop the laugh that bubbles out your lips, shaking your head slightly.

“Okay, you’re definitely crazy.”

“Only a little bit,” Keigo smirks before his smile falls at the contents of your basket. You square your shoulders, knowing that there’s a chance that he might give you shit for its contents like that old lady from before. But the words that do come from his mouth surprise you.

“Was that the last KitKat?” Immediately, you look at the red packaging of the chocolate block inside your basket, and then back to the pro hero who is now gazing at it like it's made of diamonds. Hawks look’s like you imagine you had when you’d grabbed it off the shelf, seeing that it was the last one and deciding that it had to be some sort of sign that things were looking up for you. That was, of course, before you had seen the travesty of the empty mint chocolate shelf of the supermarket freezer.

“I’ll trade you.” Keigo suddenly says, making you eye the man. “I’ll trade you the KitKat for this,” he finishes, reaching into his basket and… pulls out a fucking tub of choc mint ice cream. Are you kidding me??

“You’re joking.” Staring at him, at the sheepish smile across his face, you shake your head.

“Afraid not.” He tilts his head at you. “That is unless you don’t want it…” going to lower the tub back into his basket, a noise comes out of your throat that has him smirking again. Embarrassment flooding your features, you shift slightly and glare at the hero.

“I thought you didn’t like that flavour?” You point out, wanting to know what the hell was going on.

“Oh no I do - it's one of my favourites. I just needed a reason to keep on talking to you,” Keigo admits unashamedly as you feel your cheeks warm again. If I was ever questioning if he was hitting on me…

“Oh,” is all you can manage to get out before your brain begins to catch up with the world again. “Well, in that case, I’ll trade.” Agreeing, you pass him the chocolate block and he gives you the tub of ice cream, your hand brushes him and you try not to act like a crazy person about how attracted to him you are.

“Thank you,” you try to say but it comes out as a slight whisper. His mouth morphs into a cocky smile, which just makes you flush even more.

“No, thank you y/n” he says, shaking the Kit-kat for emphasis in his hand. “They’re the best chocolate to ever exist.”

“Finally we agree on something,” You laugh, finally turning you back on the freezer and begin to walk backward, away from the hero. When he notices you moving from him, with every step away from that you make, he takes one forward, following you through the store.

“No, we agreed on the ice-cream too,” he beams.

“That’s right because really, you were just being an ass and hiding that fact from me.” You sass back, spinning around so you can see where you’re going.

“In order to keep talking to you, it was a sacrifice I was willing to make.” He says, hurrying forward until you are walking side by side down a different aisle, moving slowly towards the checkout. Your footsteps are both slow and leisurely as if neither of you wants to reach the check out just yet. “But it worked, didn’t it? So I’d say it was worth your glare.” You turn that ‘glare’ back on him and raise an eyebrow at his antics.

“You could have said something else you know.”

“Such as?” He asks, genuinely curious. You weren’t an intimidating person, so you weren’t sure as to why a guy such as Hawks would be wary of approaching you. Especially when the reality is that those roles are definitely reversed. Was your resting bitch face that bad?

“You could have said, ‘Hey, I think you’re cute. Can I have your number?” Rolling his eyes at your words, disbelievingly.

“You’re telling me that line would work on someone like you?” Unsure if that was a compliment or not, you stop in the middle of the aisle causing him to stop next to you. You look into his eyes, trying to judge where his mind is but he’s hard to read. The only thing you knew, was that his smile seemed genuine and very amused by you. That was good enough for you.

“Try me.” You test, confidence coming up from who knows where. With raised eyebrows and calling your bluff, Hawks smirks at you.

“Hey y/n, I know we just met but I think you’re really cute. Can I have your number?” He teases.

“Sure.” Keigo blinks at you for a moment, then two - as if he can’t believe the words that came out of your mouth. First, it comes out slowly, then all at once, the corners of his mouth pull up into a dazzling smile, and a deep laugh rumbles from his chest. It’s the smile though, and the happiness that seeps from him that has your head feeling dizzy. A small smile cracks across your face as you begin to rattle off your number. Keigo scrambles for his phone and quickly types it in, not missing a beat for a second. One he slips it back into his back pocket, you move your basket to your other arm and walk away from the hero. Only looking over your shoulder when you’re a few feet away.

“It was nice to meet you Hawks.” Keigo runs a hand through his blonde hair, a delighted chuckle slipping past his lips that has you grinning. He had so underestimated you.

“You’re going to keep me on my toes aren’t you?”

“Oh, you bet bird boy.” You say, turning away from him and walking to the checkout. Today might not be that bad after all, you think as the older lady scans your items and bags them. It’s only then that you realize again that the whole time you had been talking to Keigo, your crappy day had been forgotten and you had actually laughed. The entire thing, he did because he noticed you frazzled and looking down. Your respect for the hero grew, and it took everything in you to not turn around to where you knew he was now standing a few people behind you in the line. Instead, you left the store, the smile not moving from your face. You don’t even make it a few feet from the glass automatic doors of the supermarket before your phone pings, vibrating in your jacket pocket. Reaching inside you look at the new text, immediately knowing who it’s from.

From Unknown: Want to go get dinner with me sometime this week? - the KitKat fiend.

You giggle at the way he ends it, and quickly tap out a response.

As long as it’s not seafood I’m there. You reply, before you turn around, looking through the glass windows and finding his golden hair quickly. In the midst of a conversation with the store clerk, he suddenly reaches for his pocket and grabs his phone with furrowed brows. Suddenly, a beautiful, bright smile that even has the shop lady hesitating with her scanning just to witness it, stretches across his face. Keigo quickly fiddles with his phone before putting it away and turning his attention to the blushing woman behind the counter. Looks like he has that effect on everyone. Your phone vibrates in your hand.

To bird-boy: It's a date.

Who would have thought a small chance encounter with the number two hero where you bicker over ice cream would change your life in such a monumental way.

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@harbingerofskulls @roseforrest ask and ye shall receive.

@nonbinarybi not quite its a bit sillier.

stuff is under the cut. these are poorly written just a warning

Mystery cream waffles:

Ingredients:

2 eggo waffles sweetened condensed milk Some sort of cream or milk depending on how thick you want the mystery cream Cinnamon Salted!!!!! Butter

Toast the eggo waffles. While they toast, put like, 1-2 spoonfuls of sweetened condensed milk into a small bowl, add a bit of cream/milk (you can adjust the ratio to your liking, I am bad at writing this down) mix it, and then add the cinnamon. Mix again.

When the waffles are out, add a bunch of butter, and pour the cinnamon + cream mixture on top. enjoy.

What if you could drink straight from the angel’s tit?

Ingredients:

Milk Cinnamon Nutmeg Vanilla extract Honey

Heat up a mug of milk in the microwave for a little bit, not enough to make it HOT, but like. warm. Then add honey, a tiny tiny tiny bit of vanilla extract, cinnamon to taste, and a LITTLE TINY bit of nutmeg (you. DONT. Need a lot lol)

Mix it up, and then heat it to your desired temperature

Poison Beverage:

It won’t kill you unless you’re like. Allergic to strawberries or something.

Ingredients:

a BUNCH of Strawberries Sugar Lemon slice Lime soda (preferably one that isn’t sweet, like a lime bubbly or something) Ice

Chop up your strawberries really small, add them to a pot with like, ehh idk 1/4 cup of white sugar. Or less. im not your mom. Add a squeeze of lemon juice. Just a little!!! Okay now turn on the pot. Heat up the strawberries. You can add some water here if you want. But only a little. as they heat they will turn into like a goo. Keep going. Ok once its a mass off strawberry goo and stuff turn off the stove take a hand blender and puree that shit. Then strain it. You now have strawberry syrup!!! yaaaay. If this confuses you watch a youtube video about strawberry puree or something. I like to strain mine cause I hate the seeds in drinks.

Anyways now that you have that, cool it down. Then pour some ice into a big glass, add some od the syrup, and then the lime soda. Stir it a little tadaaaa strawberry lime soda!!! You can add fresh mint leaves also

Udon noodles (sexual style)

This recipe is great for when you want to do a tiny bit of cooking but really not that much at all. Or maybe you just want noodles

Ingredients:

The pre packaged udon noodles you get at stores soy sauce Oyster sauce Sesame oil Green onion!!!! Sesame seeds You can add protein if you want. im usually too tired to bother

Slice your green onions. Prepare your noodles by boiling them or whatever the package says.

In a bowl, add like, a good amount of oyster sauce, soy sauce, a little bit of sesame oil, and some sesame seeds. Stir with a fork. This bit is really to taste tbh but most of it should be soy sauce and oyster sauce.

you can fry the noodles if you want but I’m really lazy so I just put the cooked noodles in a bowl, add the sauce, and then the green onions and sesame seeds on top. Really fucking yummy actually.

Evil iced latte:

I call it this because it hurts my tummy :(

Ingredients:

-vanilla espresso (or like, regular espresso and add a tiny bit of vanilla to the milk bit) -milk -sweetened condensed milk -ice

Uhhh put a little bit of sweetened condensed milk in a cup, add in as much milk as you’d normally put in, minus like a sip or two. Then STIR!!!!! Mix it together. Okay then in a separate glass put some ice, and pour the milk stuff on it. Then add your vanilla espresso. YUMMYYY!!!! Sosososo good

Evil iced MOCHA:

Literally the same but with a bit of chocolate

Ingredients:

-vanilla espresso (or like, regular espresso and add a tiny bit of vanilla to the milk bit) -milk -sweetened condensed milk -nesquik-like syrup -ice

Uhhh put a little bit of sweetened condensed milk in a cup then the chocolate syrup, mix together. Then, add in as much milk as you’d normally put in, minus like a sip or two. Then STIR!!!!! Mix it together. Okay then in a separate glass put some ice, and pour the milk stuff on it. Then add your vanilla espresso. YUMMYYY!!!! Sosososo good

Chicken tea:

Yum!

Ingredients:

-chicken broth -dried oregano -dried parsley -dried thyme -dried rosemary -salt -empty tea bag (I get mine at davidstea)

pour chicken broth in mug. Heat up in microwave.

In the empty tea bag, add all the dried herbs. My fav is oregano and thyme so I use the most of those.

Take the chicken broth out of the microwave. Add salt. Put the tea bag in. It looks like tea now. Its chicken broth. Yummy.

i love naming my recipes stupid things so my recipe folder is just like:

-mystery cream waffles -what if you could drink straight from the angel's tit? -poison beverage -udon noodles (sexual style) -evil iced latte -evil iced mocha -chicken tea

all of these are real recipes that i really enjoy and make frequently.

#um. enjoy!

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6 Unusual Signs of Dehydration You Should Know About

Your breath, skin, and body temperature may be telling you you’re running low on water.

Every living thing needs water to survive! Sweating, peeling, vomiting, or diarrhea may cause fluid loss, according to MedlinePlus, further increasing your fluid needs, threatening your survival and making you thirsty.

If you are thirsty, this is the most obvious sign that you are dehydrated, and this happens when your body does not have enough fluid to reach its peak. According to MedlinePlus, dehydration does not mean that you lose water, it does mean that you lose electrolytes, such as salt and potassium, which help your body breathe, move, talk and do all the other things. He will do it to stay and run.

According to Medline Plus, certain health conditions, including diabetes, can put you at risk for dehydration. If you're sweating profusely due to heat or stress, flu or other acute illnesses, diarrhea, or frequent urination, it's important to watch your fluid intake. People who are particularly vulnerable to fluid loss include those who are unable to quench their thirst due to disability or illness, those who are athletes, or those who are just too young or too old to replace it on their own. is the NHS.

Excessive dehydration, as prescribed by the World Health Organization, as fluid loss of more than 10 percent of body weight can lead to injury or fatal complications, requires a visit to the EC. Seizures, arrhythmias, or hypovolemic seizures may occur because your blood volume is too low.

However, this is rare. Most of the time, you can easily replenish your liquid stores to avoid dehydration. The trick to Truth is that you can lose 3 to 4 percent of your body weight through dehydration without experiencing any real symptoms, says Dr. Alp Arkun, head of emergency medical services at Kaiser Permanente Fontana in Southern California and Ontario Medical Center. After losing 5 to 6 percent, according to Medline Plus, you will begin to experience mild dehydration symptoms. Thirst, fatigue, dizziness, or constipation are all signs that it's time to get water or a sports drink that is low in sugar and high in electrolytes.

But the signs of dehydration are not always obvious. Here are six amazing signs and symptoms of dehydration.

1. Bad breath is a possible warning sign of dehydration

Saliva has antibacterial properties, but dehydration can prevent your body from making enough saliva.

"If you don't produce enough saliva, you can grow bacteria in your mouth, and one of the side effects is bad breath," said Hig von Higgins, a professor of medicine at Houston University and a professor of cardiology at Johnson University in London.

2. Dry or liquid skin can be a sign of dehydration

"A lot of people think that people who are dehydrated are really sweaty, but in fact, when you go through different stages of dehydration, you get very dry skin," says Dr. Higgins, adding that the skin can also look fragile. :

In the case of manicure, the skin of the dehydrated person may remain "tangled" and require some time to return to its normal, smooth appearance.

3. Muscle cramps are a symptom of dehydration, probably from heat illness

When your body loses enough fluid, it is unable to cool itself enough to cause heat illness, according to OrthoInfo. You need to look for a symptom of muscle soreness that can occur during exercise, especially in hot weather.

"The hotter you get, the more likely you are to have muscle aches and pains, and that's because of the pure heat effect on mice. As the muscles work harder and harder, they can absorb heat on their own. Changes in electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium, can also lead to muscle soreness, ”says Higgins.

Even in colder weather, dehydration is possible if you do not drink enough fluids during processing. Higgins says the symptoms may be milder or slower, but dehydration carries the same risks regardless of the outside temperature.

4. Fever and cold are more symptoms of heat illness, which causes dehydration

Other symptoms of Heat Disease include fever and bitterness. You can sweat profusely while your skin is touching.

Dehydration can be exacerbated by fever. The higher the temperature, the more dehydrated you can become. As long as your body temperature doesn't drop, your skin will lose its cool mess, then it will become hot, pimple-like and dry to the touch. At this point, it's important that you get a cold immediately and see a health care professional, as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Applying ice and cold, damp wipes and moving to a cool area are short-term strategies until you can see a medical professional.

According to the Mayo Clinic, children and infants are more likely to lose body fluid due to heat, and they are more likely to experience acute diarrhea and vomiting. Any fever in babies or toddlers is a cause for concern. Ask your pediatrician for instructions on when to call for help.

5. Eating cravings, especially sweets, can mean you're thirsty

"When you're dehydrated, it can be difficult for the liver, which uses water, to get rid of glycogen [glucose] and other ingredients in your energy stores, so you can actually get cravings for food," says Higgins.

He says that before you want anything from chocolate to a snack, craving sweets is more common, as your body can have a hard time breaking down glycogen to release glucose into the bloodstream to use as fuel.

6. Headaches can be a sign that you need to drink more water

According to Medline Plus, even mild dehydration can cause dehydration headaches and headaches. Although various factors besides dehydration can cause headaches, drinking a full glass of water during the day and shedding more fluids during the day is an easy way to relieve your pain if dehydration is actually to blame.

How do you tell if you're dehydrated or not?

If you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated. But lack of thirst does not mean that you are well hydrated. Here are two other ways to check if your body is dehydrated.

Try this skin test. Use two fingers to glue a few skins on the back of the hand, then leave the skin. The skin should return to its normal position in no less than a few seconds. Higgins says that if the skin returns to normal more slowly, you may become dehydrated.

Check your urine count. If you moisturize well, the amount of your urine will be mostly clear with a yellow tinge (light lemon color before putting it in a bowl). Darker yellow or orange colors are "warning" colors that should be considered according to San Diego's health. If you see these colors, start drinking liquids.

Tips for moisturizing

When it comes to daily water intake, it's hard to follow fast-paced rules, as it depends on so many variables, including your age, gender, whether you're pregnant or breastfeeding, and whether you have any underlying medical conditions. :

2004 2004 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine The guidelines recommend that women drink 2.7 liters և 3.7 liters of food and fluid per day for women.

Here are some tips to get all the fluids you need to avoid dehydration.

Always keep your water bottle

"If it's next to you, you're probably going to lose the habit without even realizing it," says Johanna Sakimura, a rheumatologist at Summit in RD, New Jersey, and an oncologist at the Onlook Medical Center.

Try to taste plain water

"If you don't like plain water, add jazz to it, adding pieces of fruit juice or fresh or frozen fruit," says Sakimura. "Or try naturally flavored calorie waiters. Their fur and fruit juice make them more attractive than plain, plain water. ”

Related LaCroix's lawsuit. Is sparkling water good or bad for you?

Apply sugar to herbal tea

Sakimura recommends drinking raw teas that are available with different spices. “Drink sweetened fruit juices during the day (with lots of ice if it's hot) or hot tea with mint tea or chamomile tea at night. They all count on your daily fluid intake. ”

Swap your packaged snacks for fresh options

"Change dry snacks such as chips, pies and crackers, which are very low in water, with refreshing munchies, such as fresh or frozen fruit, yogurt, healthy smilies, celery with peanut butter, and cut vegetables.

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Ah, Halloween, the glorious holiday devoted to underdressing in the cold while overindulging in sugar. Of all the types of candy that are consumed during its observance, perhaps none is as controversial as the humble, cloying little triangles known as candy corn.

What makes this waxy, tricolored sweet so essential to All Hallow’s Eve — and so hotly debated? Read on for more facts about candy corn than you probably ever wanted to know.

In its traditional form, candy corn is a small, triangular candy consisting of three colored sections (white, orange, and yellow); it’s mainly sold around Halloween. The ingredients in candy corn from Brach’s, the largest manufacturer of the stuff, are sugar, corn syrup, confectioner’s glaze, salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, and Red 3. A serving size is 19 pieces and contains 140 calories, 0 grams of fat, 28 grams of sugar, and 70 milligrams of sodium. The main flavor is basically sugar and honey, which as candy goes is pretty logical.

As for why they call it candy corn? Well…

The accepted narrative of how candy corn came to be is that a Philadelphia candymaker named George Renninger invented it in the 1880s. The recipe for the confection was then bought by the Goelitz Confectionary Company (today the Jelly Belly Candy Company), which has been churning it out since 1898.

Per the National Confectioners Association, this is how candy corn used to be produced:

In 1900, it was the job of many men to produce candy corn several months of the year.

Sugar, corn syrup and other ingredients were cooked into a slurry in large kettles. Fondant and marshmallow were added to give a smooth texture and bite. The 45 pounds of warm candy was poured into buckets called runners. Men dubbed stringers walked backwards pouring the candy into cornstarch trays imprinted with the kernel shape. It took three passes to make the white, yellow and orange colors. Originally, it was delivered by wagon in wooden boxes, tubs and cartons.

The process is largely the same today, though now it involves more machine labor and an appetizing-sounding technique called the “corn starch molding process.”

If you’re curious, Food Network’s Unwrapped has an interesting behind-the-scenes look at how candy corn gets made.

According to Susan Whiteside of the National Confectioners Association, about 35 million pounds of candy corn (around 9 billion pieces) are produced each year, with the “vast majority” of it being sold during the Halloween season. In a poll to determine people’s favorite Halloween candy, the NCA found that candy corn ranks second on the list — but at just 13 percent popularity, it’s far below chocolate, which dominates with 70 percent. Chewy and gummy candy rank third and fourth, with 6 and 5 percent, respectively. (It’s worth noting, of course, that most of those categories encompass many types of candies, while candy corn is generally pretty homogeneous.)

According to CandyStore.com’s map of top Halloween candies, residents of seven states — Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, and Rhode Island — named candy corn as their favorite Halloween candy, based on sales data from 2007 to 2017. It was also the No. 6 seller nationwide, behind Skittles, M&Ms, Snickers, Reese’s Cups, and Starburst.

Whiteside theorizes the enduring popularity of the stuff is due to the fact that, like the McRib sandwich or Shamrock Shake at McDonald’s, it’s only prevalent at a certain time of year. Though you can now get candy corn in various flavors and themed around Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, and other holidays, the classic version generally only comes out in the fall.

“It’s not easy to find candy corn in July, so every year when it comes on the shelves, people get excited,” Whiteside says. “It was the pumpkin spice latte of the fall before there were pumpkin spice lattes.” (Here is where I note, without comment, that pumpkin spice candy corn now also exists.)

Whether candy corn is a sugary delight or “Satan’s earwax” certainly seems to be a major point of contention. (A 2013 CNN Facebook poll on the topic garnered more than 1,000 comments.) People who like it generally agree that it is very, very sweet; people who dislike it seem to want to consign it to a lower circle of hell.

But, for the record, candy corn is the shed baby teeth of tiny toddler demons.

— Deanna Raybourn (@deannaraybourn) September 28, 2017

The debate has raged with such intensity that last year, it even garnered its own Twitter Moment.

Firmly in the anti-corn camp is Lewis Black, who has a whole (not very factually accurate) bit about the stuff:

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Phil Lempert, a.k.a. the Supermarket Guru, theorized to Adweek that the divide is a generational one:

“There’s no question that candy corn is iconic for the baby boomer who grew up looking forward to the once-a-year Halloween treat,” he said. “The question is whether it is still as relevant today for millennials and Gen Z.”

In other words, if you grew up during candy corn’s heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, you’re probably more inclined to like it than today’s kids, raised on a Halloween diet heavy on Skittles and Starburst.

For some, no doubt, the waxy glaze behind what Better Homes and Gardens dubbed candy corn’s “irresistible, hand-grabbable shine” is the cause of their dislike.

Even among those who enjoy it, the debates continue. Do you eat the individual pieces all at once, or a section at a time? If you’re a by-the-section person, do you start with the wide yellow end or the narrow white one? Here’s what most people do, according to an NCA survey:

National Confectioners Association

Of course, how you eat it really doesn’t matter. Though some have conducted taste tests that claim otherwise, candy corn is made of the same ingredients all the way through, so the three sections taste identical.

Candy corn is largely made of sugar, but does that aching feeling in your teeth actually translate to dental damage? Not necessarily, according to Dr. Matthew Messina, a spokesperson for the American Dental Association. “Candy corn is not gonna turn out to be as bad as some things,” he says. “The key is to minimize the amount of time sugar is on the teeth — something really sticky that’s hard to get off the teeth, like caramel, gives sugar more time. Candy corn or chocolate’s actually really good; we can brush it off very easily.”

He says in general things like sour candies and carbonated beverages, which are more acidic, actually do more harm to teeth, but points out that moderate amounts of any kind of food or beverage, combined with a regular regimen of brushing and flossing, are okay for oral health.

The real dental hazard around Halloween, he says, isn’t cavities but rather “adults who were snitching candy from their kids and break a tooth or pull out an old filling because they eat something sticky.”

According to the National Confectioners Association’s Whiteside, an opened package of candy corn will officially last between three and six months. A fresh, unopened package will last about nine months. (Unofficially, you can probably eat it long past that, but it might taste stale.)

For comparison’s sake, a supposedly everlasting Twinkie will last about 45 days unopened, according to this great NPR article on the topic. Pure chocolate can last around two years, per Slate, “but it’s likely to change in texture and become less appetizing after about 12 months.” Chocolate with nuts likely won’t last as long, as the oils in the nuts can go rancid after about a year.

Debate aside, these days candy corn infuses myriad snack foods, products, and home cooking experiments. You can find candy corn M&Ms, Starburst candy corn, and, once upon a time, limited-edition candy corn Oreos. This year, thanks to one Wisconsin brewery, there is also candy corn cream ale, which has the ideal beer elements of a “light orange hue and a strong candy corn scent.”

A quick Google search also turns up an inexhaustible supply of candy-corn-related and/or -flavored recipes, like this recipe for “candy corn on the cob” (which — spoiler — is literally just candy corn stuck into a log of raw sugar cookie dough), as well as candy corn costumes, candles, and lip balm. And last year, an enterprising home chef with the Twitter handle @TheRealAsswolf tried a candy corn culinary experiment that went viral.

No matter what form or flavor you prefer your candy corn to take (or whether you’d prefer it didn’t exist at all), just remember: Anyone who tries to convince you chocolate is healthier is sorely mistaken.

Original Source -> Candy corn: Halloween’s most contentious sweet, explained

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[YVR] dinner @ Minami

HEY ALL~

This post will be on our Saturday dinner. We wanted to have something light-ish bcos of our plans after dinner, & after searching & selecting. . we decided to come to Minami for some special sushi. I don't know too much about Vancouver’s eats tbh. I’ve heard of Miku & probably saw Minami somewhere; however, I didn’t know they were sister companies. Miku came 1st, then Minami. From some brief research, Miku is the higher end of the 2; partially for its location. While Minami is more casual & pricing is not as steep. Being a Saturday evening, we didn’t want to wait around & it was too late for reservations so we just came to Minami instead.

Located on Mainland Street, diagonally across from Sushi Maro, which Eric took me to for my last Vancouver dinner last time. This street still looked the same as in 2015~

The entrance (after you walk in), feat. the waiting bench.

Just below the “reception” counter haha. So fancy.

We are entering~ Was so looking forward to what the restaurant looks like after seeing that fancy entrance area.

Various types of seating on this bar side of the restaurant. & don’t you just find that pillar art interesting?

To the right of the bar is the kitchen; & here’s the rest of the restaurant’s dining space. At 5pm, this place was empty!

Here’s a good view of the kitchen.

Got seated at a booth table. In addition to the 3 of us, we were joined by 2 of Brenda’s friends, so the dinner was for 5.

Went straight for the food menu :P I love menu-reading haha

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After getting an idea of what we wanted to order, I explored the back end of the restaurant. So along the “right” side, there was a line of booth tables; all were the same size. When I went to the back, there was a large table that could fit like.. . iuno 16 ppl? Not sure if it’s always there like that or if it was reserved, but the setting made it look so nice.

The patio just was just behind the large table for ?16 ppl. The patio was small, but mannnn.. . as much as I liked the design & the outdoor-y furniture, I can’t help but think about what happens to these couches/pillows when it rains. I did not see any covering/umbrella for them lol.

Let’s return to the inside of the restaurant. This is the wall art in the hallway that leads to the washrooms, ATM, & the outdoor patio.

So extra, & intense! & pretty.

Washrooms on the left & right.

Brenda & I taking washroom selcas.

I like this modern & minimalistic look~

Albacore tuna. I liked it but if it wasn’t ordered, I would still be alright with it. Texture was very creamy & soft, & flavour was well.. .fishy. I personally prefer salmon much more but this wasn’t good too. I was actually more interested/fascinated by the purple stuff. None of us knew what it was but finished it off so quickly. At 1st, some of us even wondered if it was edible. Too bad we didn’t ask what the server what it was.. . if any f you know, pls tell me! The texture was similar to black fungus aka wood ear, or white fungus aka snow ear. It was crunchy & sorta sweet/sour (from the marinate or the pickled effect). It was so contrasting to the albacore tuna!

Aburi salmon oshi sushi. Pressed sushi is a popular thing at Miku so it’s no surprise that Minami would have it too. This was contains rice & salmon that are layered using a special sushi press (you can read up about it on your own!). The top layer of salmon has been seared to perfection to achieve a semi-cooked end-product. It also has a thin layer of savoury sauce with a small slice of jalapeno pepper, giving it a spicy finish. Altogether, the texture was very interesting. As you’d expect, there was a lot fish oil in this, which contributed to the whole melt-in-your-mouth experience.

Premium aburi. This was basically chef’s special, where they make 8 pieces of sushi, each one has a diff seafood (mostly fish) that’s topped with a special in-house sauce. I should’ve recorded our serer.. . I don’t recall a thing. I had 2 pieces: #4 the shrimp with truffle/truffle oil & #7 some fish with a garlic-y topping. I’m terrible, aren’t I? #7 was good but I don’t recall anything special about it; however, I still have the #4 flavour in my brain somewhere :P 1st of all, truffle oil I’m sorta familiar with only bcos I have a bottle at home, but truffle was a new experience for me. The pieces were so small but the flavour was surprisingly strong! It didn’t really have a texture to me, it was just something slightly chewy compared to the rice & shrimp. The flavour was so awesome!

Champagne roll. This had scallop, salmon, cucumber, & uni rolled up & sprinkled with tobiko, which is flying fish roe. The same sauce was used here as in the aburi salmon oshi sushi. Similar to the aburi salmon, the texture of this roll was soft & again, melted in your mouth. You really didn’t need to exercise your jaw too much for this haha it literally went by too fast, while the tobiko stayed behind.

Pacific roll, containing pretty much the same ingredients as above but wrapped in smoked salmon. Compared to the rest of the sushi we had, this one actually had some texture, & made my jaw worked a little. That being said, this was very lacking compared to the rest. I felt the sauce on top of the smoked salmon (& the smoked salmon itself) was too.. . overpowering. That was all I could taste - smoked salmon with a sea asparagus soy sauce-based sauce =/ it wasn’t bad but definitely not their best.

PS: do you even know what sea asparagus is? :P it’s ok, I had to look it up when I was there too. I was interested to see if it was another name for something, & it’s not! It’s a marine plant that lines the BC coast, & it can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stirfries- apparently it’s best when paired with seafood.

Doesn’t our dessert look interesting?! It looks like a piece of art~

This was the hojicha mousse. The menu description says: “white chocolate arare crust, hojicha syrup, black sesame espuma, hojicha ginger crumble, spiced orange cannoli, & orange coulis.” I was the one who ordered this & my reason was.. . in every listed ingredient, I had 1 word/item I was unfamiliar with so let’s get it (& see what we get) lol.

Hojicha mousse 101:

- arare crust: I am 100% sure you’ve had or seen this in your life - small Japanese snacks made of rice & coated with soy sauce! This white chocolate arare crust is basically an upgraded version of the cracker snack, in which it’s coated with white chocolate instead of soy sauce.

- hojicha: a type of Japanese green tea in which the leaves are roasted instead of being steamed (ie production method is different). Hojicha syrup is a end-product of hojicha tea + some form of sugar, so it is sweet but has strong hojicha flavour.

- espuma: “espuma” mean foam in Spanish; it’s a foam created in a similar fashion like meringue. It has a crisp texture & a somewhat rigid appearance. Black sesame was used to flavour the foam.

- cannoli: a hollow center pastry where filling is squeezed inside the “tube-”shaped pastry.

- coulis: a thick fruit puree

The dessert was amazing!! I really liked all the diff textures & flavours~ If it’s on the menu next time you come try it out!

Although not everything was great, it was satisfactori’ly good; I really didn’t like the pacifc roll that much but everyhthing else was good. So I gave this place.. . 8/10!

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torixus · 5 years ago

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6 Unusual Signs of Dehydration You Should Know About

Your breath, skin, and body temperature may be telling you you’re running low on water.

But the signs of dehydration are not always obvious. Here are six amazing signs and symptoms of dehydration.

1. Bad breath is a possible warning sign of dehydration

Saliva has antibacterial properties, but dehydration can prevent your body from making enough saliva.

2. Dry or liquid skin can be a sign of dehydration

In the case of manicure, the skin of the dehydrated person may remain "tangled" and require some time to return to its normal, smooth appearance.

3. Muscle cramps are a symptom of dehydration, probably from heat illness

4. Fever and cold are more symptoms of heat illness, which causes dehydration

Other symptoms of Heat Disease include fever and bitterness. You can sweat profusely while your skin is touching.

5. Eating cravings, especially sweets, can mean you're thirsty

6. Headaches can be a sign that you need to drink more water

How do you tell if you're dehydrated or not?

If you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated. But lack of thirst does not mean that you are well hydrated. Here are two other ways to check if your body is dehydrated.

Tips for moisturizing

2004 2004 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine The guidelines recommend that women drink 2.7 liters և 3.7 liters of food and fluid per day for women.

Here are some tips to get all the fluids you need to avoid dehydration.

Always keep your water bottle

Try to taste plain water

Related LaCroix's lawsuit. Is sparkling water good or bad for you?

Apply sugar to herbal tea

Swap your packaged snacks for fresh options

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