#leekie

[sandy-stills]

that one time Leekie caught Delphine and Cosima snooping round

[vegehana-food]

✿ Cock-a-Leekie | コッカリーキ ・スコットランドの国民食とまでいわれるスープです。当地では特に、11月30日のスコットランド守護聖人を祝うセント・アンドリューズ・デーや、スコットランド詩人ロバート・バーンズの生誕を祝うバーンズ・ナイトの前菜として食べる習慣があるそうです。 ・「コック」とは雄鶏のこと。「リーキー」は日本ではポロねぎと呼ばれる太めの長ネギ、リーク。チキンとリークを煮込んだシンプルなスープ。ただし、ちょっと珍しいものが隠し味として使われています。それは、甘くて黒々つやつやしたドライ・フルーツのプルーンです。鶏肉の出汁と塩・胡椒、そこにプルーンのほのかな甘みが味に奥行きを与え、まろやかな口当たりです。 ・最も古い記録としては、1598年にファインズ・モライゾンという人物がスコットランドを旅したときの記述があるそうです。そこには「若鶏とプルーンの入ったスープ」と書かれていたといいます。また、スープにフルーツを加えるのは、中世によくあった料理法だといわれ、それはフランスからの影響だという説もあるそうです。 ・18世紀以降の伝統的レシピとして残っているものの中には、プルーンの代わりにレーズンを入れるものがあったり、鶏だけでなく、牛肉で出汁をとるものもあります。また、スープのかさを増して満腹感を得るために、米、オーツ麦、大麦などを加えるレシピなどもあり、元がシンプルなスープだけに、そのバリエーションも多岐にわたっています。

[ssreeder]

sreedieeee you are totally doing the female characters justice!! obvi it’s been heavily zukka focused and the water tribe men and jet and all that BUT when it is a gang pov or the female characters make an appearance somehow ITS DONE SO FUCKING WELL YOU DONT UNDERSTAND

like you treat them as the multidimensional characters that they are and I love your portrayal of them all so much (even ara despite my considerable distaste for her behaviour BECAUSE you’re such a smart cookie and just weave together backstories perfectly like the master you are)

anywAys you need to stop exposing us like this we’re divorced for a reason and I need to retain some dignity which I cannot do if you keep telling everyone we’re still in love >:(

it’s supposed to be a secret sreedie (also I’m your ex wife I forgot I never told you my pronouns they’re she/her)

also I love how this was my attempt at a brief message.

Leeeeeekie, my queen.

I mean…. My ummm…. Banished queen ;)

*said smoothly and with confidence*

I’m glad you like the way I’m handling the female characters and I am so beyond excited to have the opportunity next book to dig even deeper! Plus there are some new female OCs that will be a fun addition. ;)

Thanks for the compliments I am gobbling them up & slowly feeling more confident.

This was my attempt at a brief answer… did it work ?? :D

[kingsmedley]

@strawberry-barista​

It had been a while, hadn’t it? Since he’d travelled like this, felt that thrill of a new world--excitement mixed with fear. Anticipation.

And that while had been almost comfortable. Settling into a routine. Going to school, exploring, starting to make friends, even if it was just two. Pretending things were permanent.

So now, looking around a familiar place he didn’t know, he wasn’t sure how to feel.

Besides, it was just... Shibuya. That was the case a lot of the time, but it was also just a tad disappointing. Sure, the differences were interesting sometimes, but he knew how many other, more exciting worlds there were, so being sent to one that resembled his own wasn’t optimal.

He’d done some poking around and found that this world didn’t seem to have any major deviations from his own, making it all the more boring, but he was curious about something, which was why he found himself down in the café on Cat Street.

[textsfrommysestra]

[johnthestitcher]

{Bagpipe music, please!} Enter the haggis for Robert Burns night! Cock-a-leekie soup, haggis in crust, tatties (potatoes), neeps (turnips), and a glass of SCOTCH, of course! And little mince pies for dessert!

[deergoddeargod]

He he ha ha ho ho

I am a little 1920-or-whatever man going on a camping trip... I shure hope no rain happens

[hopeful-hugz]

🥚 Tag Drop! Feel free to like this if you want a tag for your muse as well.

[queer-cosette]

Scots sure is a Language

[abstractreign]

☑ for leeky? ( → @kingsmedley )

( → send me ☑ and my muse will try to answer what they think yours has done at least once in their life !! still fresh so send em innn )

LEGEND: bold - assured assumption OR something he knows to be true italicized - tentative guess

been on a roadtrip | baked a cake (successfully) | asked someone out on a date | smoked | done drugs | taken medication | sang along with the full lyrics of a song | been heartbroken | dumped someone | had a pet | lost a loved one | driven a car | self-harmed | slept for over 24 hours | stayed awake for over 48 hours | skipped class | bullied someone | been bullied | broken a bone | punched someone | been tied up | played a video game to the end | been mugged | won a contest | failed a test | used a fake ID | been in jail | been betrayed | been abused | been called names | stolen something | passed out | learned a dance routine | held a gun | lied about something important | assaulted someone (out of necessity) | written a book | been food poisoned | traveled abroad (unless you count traveling to certain other worlds, then maybe) | stabbed someone (again, out of necessity) | rushed to hospital | seen someone die | gone to a wedding | gotten a piercing | been expelled/fired | cheated on someone | been cheated on | gotten away with a crime | done something they still regret | thought they would die | been depressed | sought serious help | kissed a stranger | had surgery | wanted to die | been in love | forgiven someone they shouldn’t have

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

(sees another fandom that I can ask you about and cheers) Orphan Black! Thoughts? I don't know Dr Who but Tatiana is one of my favorite actors period.

Anon you are so sweet! I'm always happy to chat about fandoms and characters and whatnot, and I will never not appreciate the majesty of Tatiana's acting. That is one of the greatest parts of the show hands down.

Orphan Black, to me, is a show that had incredible potential, but didn't really live up to the excitement it created. (Loooong post ahead.)

The thing is, Orphan Black builds a chilling mystery and background, the world it gradually creates as it goes for about the first two seasons, got be very invested and made me wonder a lot about where it was going to go and what the answers were. The setup is brilliant, right from the start with that iconic cold open of Beth's suicide. The unknown is what really helped this show get as thrilling as it was, because the actual answers behind the unknown were kind of hit and miss, and it seemed like far too often, the show just wasn't interested in telling it's story. Hijinks where the clones impersonate each other in slice of life events? That's fun at first and it really works well as they're still getting to know each other. But after a while, it gets tedious, and it seems like the show would rather fuck around and have dance parties (seriously, that scene was such a #BigLippedAlligatorMoment) than focus on the story and the threat that the sisters are facing. Virtually all of Allison's plotlines are like this, they feel like they belong in a different show, and for some reason the writers insisted on giving her one of these storylines like, every season. After Allison passively murders her own friend out of suspecting that she's spying on her, I just don't feel like an arc about her running for some PTA office position even matters. It doesn't feel right.

Speaking of that, here's another example: Donnie. Why did the end of the first season suggest that he was this secret mastermind working for Leekie? The whole idea just deflates in Season 2 and doesn't really go anywhere. He just goes back to being the bumbling sweetheart he was before. Why even have him be the spy? Maybe it should have been Ainsley. Do you want to know the exact moment that I think Orphan Black went wrong? Like, the specific scene? When Leekie was killed off. The character who had thus far been the Big Bad, gets taken out in the stupidest possible way, a literal accident on Donnie's part, and it's even played for laughs. After that point, the show really struggled to regain it's footing, though I don't think it completely went off the rails until about Season 4, and it was still generally hit or miss. Like, some stuff was really good. The introduction of the Castor clones, the development of Rachel's character (I'll get to her, trust me.) and the reveal of Kendall Malone. But it seemed like so much else was just forgotten or otherwise not resolved. Whatever happened to Cal? Sure, the show wanted to focus on the sisters...but Kira deserves to know her father if she wants to. That's just one example. It's a crying shame because this show is sometimes incredible. The metaphor that I always use for situations like this, is a card game. The show has all the right cards in its hand, they're just not being played.

The two strongest characters, at least to me, were Rachel and Helena. One of these characters was superbly written and went through a devastating arc. The other was Helena. We need to talk about her. In Season 1, she really cemented herself as a memorable presence with her trademark accent, her scars, her whole damn personality (again, hats off to Tatiana) and of course, that iconic screechy theme music that accompanied her. Which at first made us jump, but eventually made us cheer. I adored Helena, and I loved the development of her relationship with Sarah. Who went from shooting her in Season 1, to being deadset on rescuring her in Season 3, being furious with Siobhan for betraying her. (This is unrelated but Siobhan has the same " twist villain fakeout" at the end of Season 1 that Donnie does, and it's quite frustrating.) And yet, I swear, the writers just didn't know what to do with Helena half the time. They put her on a bus for long stretches, including one point where she just up and leaves Allison's house in Season 4, for no given reason. And the characters just kind of...don't care. The same thing happens when she gets arrested. No one cares to try and find Helena, even though she's unstable and often a danger to those around her. Even though she's by herself with no real ability to function in society. Even though she's pregnant. There is no excuse for this, and no Sarah, that "I'm sorry, I avoided you" scene in Season 5 is not going to cut it. It's such an afterthought.

I'm being rather critical, but I hope you can tell that this is from a point of passion. I genuinely enjoyed this show and getting to watch it. Just that sometimes it didn't feel like the show cared that I was watching. However, this was not true whenever Rachel was onscreen. Look, I'm a Merula Snyde stan, so you can probably already guess how I feel about Rachel. Despite her crimes, despite her constant slipping back the dark side, I felt so bad for Rachel at the end of it all. That scene with Kira really sums it up. "Who hurt you?" "All of them." And no scene is more intense than when she stabs out the eye cam. Like, I'm sorry, I pitied Rachel pretty much from Season 2 on. Her parents were horrible to her, and I'm supposed to think Ethan is the good guy here? He kills himself in front of his own daughter, telling her that she doesn't deserve him. And then Sarah shoots a pencil through her eye, causing brain damage and requiring a long recovery. I'm not saying that Sarah was wrong to do what she did, just that if I were in her shoes, I'd still feel a degree of guilt for Rachel's condition. In the end, I'm devastated that she was barred from Clone Club, when she made the right decision at the point it mattered. But there's just too much history there, and Sarah won't ever forgive her. (Though again, I do feel as though there's blame to share.) Rachel is my favorite character and I never expected her to be. But she's just so complex. Side note: "Enjoy your oophorectomy" is so damn quotable. I don't know why but I love that line.

So, Rachel's my favorite. Who's my least favorite? It might surprise you. It's Delphine. I'm sorry, but I just...I couldn't get on board with C*phine. Not after Season 3. I was waiting for the point that the show would push to finally redeem Delphine for her turncoat role, for all of the hell that she put Cosima through. By Season 5 though? I realized that as far as the writers were concerned? She already was redeemed. Even though she did nothing to earn it, except be presumed dead by Cosima. The way she treats Cosima in Season 3 is actually disgusting. Her reasoning for breaking up with Cosima is circular. She has to love "all the clones" in order to be with Cosima, and the way to do that is to take over Rachel's job, which means they can't date anymore? I'm not the only one who thought that didn't make sense, right? Oh and let's talk about how she stalks Cosima's date, breaks into her house, and threatens her life. Red. Flags. Cosima even says the line, "If you're not going to be with me, just let me go." I'm sorry, that should not be something she has to beg for. Delphine's behavior made me want her to stay far, far away from Cosima. Who is, incidentally, a sweetie and I absolutely adore her. I legit have trouble remembering that Tatiana's playing her because she just looks and acts so different. That said, even though I immensely disliked Delphine, I am so very glad that they made one of the clones gay. Just like I'm glad that they made one of them trans. (Though...Tony wasn't handled especially well.)

In general, I do think the earlier seasons were stronger. The Brightborn arc, while interesting, didn't really contribute much to the overarching narrative. We got the backstory on Beth's suicide and finally learned the truth about her, I suppose. Still, even though Beth is one of my favorite of the clones, and I never expected her to be either...I feel like the actual reason given for why she took her own life was rather illogical. She apparently did it because the investigation was putting the clones in danger of another Helsinki. Okay, but just because Evie Cho says you should off yourself, doesn't mean you have to. You could just, like...stop investigating. And if you die under mysterious circumstances without explaining anything to the sisters, they're not going to be put off from the investigation. They're going to look into this even more, because they don't know why they're not supposed to. The reveal that she and Art fell in love toward the end adds an extra gut punch, but it also doesn't make sense because wouldn't Art have referenced it during the period that he thought Sarah was Beth? On the other hand, Season 4 also introduced MK. And I have such a soft spot for her. I adore that sheep-masked sweetie. Everyone always asks "Which clone would you date" (because fandoms can think of nothing else I guess) and I never see anyone give any love to MK. Her death absolutely tore me apart. I am glad Siobhan avenged her even if she went down at the same time. Side note, her last word being the affectionate "Chickens..." Broke me.

Season 5 was a strange beast. In general, it seemed like we were finally getting some answers to the questions that were hanging over us. Exploring the deep mythos. But then they kind of turned it around and made it just be a Wizard of Oz style fraud twist. Westmoreland isn't really inhumanly old, he's a charlatan. I don't know why that was necessary in a science fictional show. I've seen the interviews and I get what they were going for, it just feels like it would have been cooler and far creepier if he was actually that old. The puppet master pulling the strings the whole time. We also finally get some answers for Kira's superhuman healing abilities (though we never learn how she's telepathically connected to the clones) and I'm loving it, but the trouble is, it's inconsistent. Ethan "Why is this guy so popular, he's an asshole" Duncan told Rachel specifically that Sarah being able to have children was a fluke, that the clones were "barren by design." I don't know, the whole concept of Revival and of the "magical island" was really foreboding and tied in with the earlier references to The Island of Doctor Moreau. Especially that song about "Revival's Children" just...the shudders, man. But just having it be a regular old scam is...a letdown. I know it may be more realistic, but I don't always need realism in my scifi. The finale is interesting, in that it's mostly an epilogue. I'm glad the clones (sans Rachel) got to live happily ever after, but there are two gut punches right at the end that are total nitpicks but they bother me. Helena naming her kids after Art and Donnie? And writing a memoir that she names "Orphan Black?" Those two tropes can go die in a hole. They can enjoy an oophorectomy, because I'm so sick of them.

The potential of Orphan Black was practically infinite. The results of Orphan Black fell frustratingly short.

[keyofjetwolf]

Leekie, having just been handed everything Suburbia could possibly want, produces a contract promising all of it, and that’s enough to entice her to sit at the table. I hold out for the possibility that she’s tricking him, but I’m about 99% sure she’s about to sign and royally fuck them all. (How precisely that will happen, I know no more than how any of this is supposed to be remotely binding, I’d love to see the legal precedent.)

I love how it’s the “no monitoring” part that really hooks Suburbia, though, and how much sense that makes when you think about it. Getting her family back, protection from others, that’s all stuff Suburbia’s pretty confident she can do on her own. It’s the paranoia that’s getting to her, the constant questioning of who is watching her too hard, who does she trust that she absolutely should not? That’s the one thing in this that she CAN’T control, and with that on offer, it’s no wonder she takes a seat and listens.

[diver5ion]

[ssreeder]

sreedie I got a brain worm so I did some googling aND DID YOU KNOW THAT SO FAR THE LIAB SERIES HAS SURPASSED WAR AND PEACE IN LENGTH?!??????!?!!!!??

like by 6806 words.. and you’re not even done yet holy crap this is a Mammoth work I’m so proud of you for actually getting this far wtf???

love you to bits and pieces <3333

- leekie :)

LEEEEEKKKKIIIIIEEEE���.

Don’t remind me. *hides the next chapter’s 20k word count*

love you too.

[kingsmedley]

“I’m bored.”

[bumblebeeappletree]

Traditional Scottish Recipes - Cock a leekie Soup

This recipe is part of our Scottish Traditional Recipes series. These are my own personal recipes based on traditional methods of cooking Scottish food and it is my passion to preserve our old Scottish food culture visually for the younger generations.

We love this traditional scottish recipe its so delicious! Cock a leekie soup is a traditional Scottish classic. I have research many traditional scottish recipes and this recipe I created is very similiar to the old way of making cock a leekie soup. Cock a leekie soup is made very simply by using chicken, leeks, onions and sometimes prunes. Its so easy to make.

You can download the full recipe on my website linked below:

https://angiemilne.com/