#paprika of course

[daily-deliciousness]

Chicken paprikash

[dyingfad]

Paprika (2006)

[theholmwoodfoundation]

TikTok Video: We Made Paprika Hendl

Here’s the video we made whilst making Paprika Hendl, in honour of our boy Jonny from the novel Dracula!

As always, a reminder to please support the kickstarter for our horror-fiction podcast, The Holmwood Foundation.

[greencheekconure27]

The nature of cooking is such that every now and again you make a stew from random ingredients you need to use up + whatever was in your line of sight at the time and go "Holy shit this is the best thing I've eaten this year" and then you probably never make it the same way again. But that's ok because you'll make a completely different best thing that will be just as good next time. Stews are just like this.

[kittenwivfangs]

You said fangs and I was summoned from my coffin.

Fangs ♡ FANGS ♡

Bitey bitey teefs r absolutely the best ever

Fangy fangs <3

Also what if we were both girls and we were both vampires and we had fangs and and and

[remy-labelle-purple]

If you can afford it, Paprika (current edition 3) is a one-time purchase and its recipe-grabbing bookmarklet can see through the New York Times paywall. I can't speak regarding other paywalls I haven't tried yet.

You should be starting a recipe book. I don't give a shit if you're only 20-years-old. The modern web is rotting away bit by bit before our very eyes. You have no idea when that indie mom blog is going down or when Pinterest will remove that recipe. Copy it down in a notebook, physically or digitally. Save it somewhere only you can remove it. Trust me, looking for a recipe only to find out it's been wiped off the internet is so fucking sad. I've learned my lesson one too many times.

[some-pers0n]

So I'm beginning to think Satoshi Kon might be a favourite director of mine

[emzawheezy]

omnomnomnom

[augustameretrix]

forever doomed to have a char moment anytime I hear amuro's VA somewhere I go *newtype sound effect* *color shift with high contrast* *creeping flash in the background* amuro ray...? no, it can't be....

[ninyo-petit-mart]

Spiced Up Potatoes Sliced potatoes with seasonings to give it an excellent flavor. This is a great side dish for any main course meal. You can add more of the seasonings for your liking. I suggest a little more paprika, it gives it a great flavor. You can also put in bacon bits when cooking if you would like.

[daily-deliciousness]

Cast iron chicken breast

[moodyvamp]

the random urge to travel i get every once in a while vs The Problems

[ms-demeanor]

Hey also you know that post about getting better at cooking and handling meat and stuff?

Meat is really expensive and it goes bad pretty quickly.

If you're a new cook and you're trying to figure out how to pan-fry something so that it tastes good, might I recommend tofu?

I'm not saying "treat tofu like meat and try to replace all your favorite meat dishes with tofu" (though, I mean, if that sounds good - go for it), I'm saying "it's a lot easier to practice heating a pan and flipping objects in a pan for a meal and seasoning objects in a pan when the objects in the pan cost two dollars instead of ten dollars."

Tofu lasts a lot longer in the fridge than meat does, is easy to season, and you can easily learn how to pan-fry it into a tasty snack (or main course) and only requires a little extra prep. You can also pretend that the tofu is raw meat (the texture isn't dissimilar) and start practicing for things like how to take it out of a package or cut it on a sanitizable surface, etc.

My favorite way to cook tofu is to press extra firm tofu for at least half an hour (you can get a cheap tofu press for around ten dollars, or you can put it between two plates with some books on the top plate - this is that extra prep i was talking about - tofu cooks best if you press the excess water out), then slice a 14oz cake of it into 8 slices. I lay these flat and sprinkle cayenne pepper, mushroom powder, and smoked paprika on all of the slices, then I rub it in and flip the slices and season the other side the same way. I cook it in a frying pan with a thin layer of avocado or olive oil over medium heat, flipping every two minutes until the flat sides start to crisp up a little. Just before the last flip I add about a tablespoon of tamari sauce (you can use soy sauce, I've just got allergies) to the pan, sprinkling it over the tofu so that both sides get a little bit of sauce on them.

I have that with steamed vegetables and with jasmine rice (with two teaspoons of rice wine vinegar per 3 cups of dry rice and 4.5 cups of water). I also make a honey-siracha-mayo sauce that I dip the tofu in.

It's really good. And now I end up eating leftover rice and sauce with fried eggs for lunch at least two days a week and that's also really good.

This has become one of my go-to low spoon foods because it's so easy to make, it's filling, it tastes good to me, and it has become extremely easy for me to keep a stock of tofu in the fridge compared to the effort of keeping un-expired meat in the fridge.

I find that a 14oz pack of tofu feeds two adults for one meal, though I can stretch that to three meals if I'm the only one eating.

It makes a very cheap, filling, easy dinner that I can keep the ingredients around for without too much concern for food waste or anything going bad (the tofu that I get lasts about a month in the fridge and these days I just buy three packs every time I'm at aldi and cycle in new stock - it costs $1.50 per pack)

If you're interested in becoming a better cook, rather than worrying about actual high-risk products like raw chicken that can be seriously dangerous and also cost a fair amount, tofu has a pretty low barrier to entry while also being a good way to learn on a new ingredient that has some similar properties to raw meat.

[pixelplayground]

Potomac & Pearl, Harbour Road, Brindleton Bay

Refined Maritime Dining on the District's Waterfront. Menu selections below:

RAW BAR

Chesapeake Oyster Selection Daily rotation of local varieties, mignonette, cocktail sauce Half Dozen 24 | Full Dozen 46

Seafood Plateau Maine lobster, jumbo shrimp, local oysters, middleneck clams, jumbo lump crab Small (serves 2-3) 95 | Large (serves 4-6) 185

Tuna Crudo Yellowfin tuna, preserved citrus, fresh herbs, sea beans 24

STARTERS

Maryland Crab Bisque Sherry, chive oil, Old Bay crème fraîche 18

Charred Octopus Fingerling potatoes, preserved lemon, smoky paprika oil 21

Foraged Mushroom Toast Local wild mushrooms, herb ricotta, truffle honey 19

Heritage Beet Salad Whipped goat cheese, spiced pecans, aged balsamic 17

MAIN COURSES

Chesapeake Crab Cakes Jumbo lump crab, corn succotash, herb remoulade 48

Whole Roasted Dover Sole Brown butter, capers, preserved lemon, fine herbs MP

Pan-Seared Rockfish Saffron risotto, fennel confit, shellfish broth 42

Dry-Aged NY Strip 14oz Prime beef, bone marrow butter, roasted mushrooms 58

Lobster Thermidor 1.5lb Maine lobster, cognac cream, gruyère, fine herbs MP

SHARED SIDES

Truffle Pommes Purée 14 Grilled Local Asparagus 12 Roasted Wild Mushrooms 15 Creamed Swiss Chard 13

DESSERTS

Dark Chocolate Soufflé Vanilla crème anglaise, sea salt 16

Meyer Lemon Tart Toasted meringue, candied citrus 14

Artisanal Cheese Selection Local honey, spiced nuts, preserved fruits 24

[maybeafrog-blog]

In Defense of Donnie's Gifts

I'm ngl I sorta think the shock collar was still just an odd writing decision but as far as PREMISE:

It CANNOT be a coincidence that this is the first time (and one of VERY few times) that Donnie's soft shell is referenced. Once, when Raph is hesitating to tell Donnie his gifts suck ass, and he uses the soft shell metaphor, and after that with Meat Sweats and his paprika, describing it as not just soft, but delicate. Weird, but he is a cannibal, so. (Side note, Meat Sweats never removed his battle shell? How does he know? Or did he take it off and replace it after the pound of butter? Is he using it to facilitate steaming and tenderness? Is it broken? I feel like it should have something in there that could break him out of the sausage links)

Then in that last little scene- "Forget it. You guys are great the way you are!" - we get the shot of Donnie from behind pre group hug, with his brothers facing the camera. (Idk if I'm making shit up, but I feel like this is a staple for Donnie episodes? It def happens in the Purple Game, maybe Smart Lair.) The framing draws attention to his battle shell. The battle shell even kinda matches the gifts, compared to the rest of their gear and even Donnie's tech, color coded and way more streamlined than stuff like the tech bo.

Donnie's soft shell is an innate, unchangeable part of him, a feature of his species, that he treats as a handicap. Probably MORE unchangeable than the character traits he sees as holding his brothers back, which they do sorta... not mature out of, but refine, rather, over the course of the show. Donnie's shell can't experience a character arc, but he sees it as holding him back. So he FIXES it.

The Mad Dogs don't really have a motivation for beating stuff up besides "Hero Time!!!" at this point. That's why it's so interesting how EARLY this happens, unlike with Mind Meld, he isn't trying to change his brothers to make them better at a task that he actually CARES about. Donnie in particular never gets a super intense moral compass besides stuff that threatens people he already cares about, and he doesn't have any grudges (no Purple Dragons) at this point in the series. Hero Goals are largely devices for him to hang out with his dum dum brothers. I'm not diagnosed or anything but my vibes are certainly... Spectrum-Adjacent, I definitely have trouble with literal thinking and reading people. One thing that happens sometimes is people will be using "task" as "reason to hang," and I will get a lot more fixated on completing said task than I really should, to the point of annoying people. I confuse "Successful Task Completion" with "Successful Social Interaction." It makes me come across as bossy and controlling without realizing it.

So, we got a Donnie who thinks Arbitrary Goals are essential to Hero Bonding, who has been treating his life like an mmorpg - armor upgrades, skill trees, grinding, sometimes fighting through random dungeons to hang out with his bros. He's probably even slightly better at Fighting Stuff than his brothers atp, he isn't dealing with a mystic learning curve and his special interest has been Weapons of Mild Destruction for years already. His brothers want to level up, take harder missions, he tries to get them there with his access to High Level Loot.

Of course, his brothers are all min-maxing, not trying to multiclass their purple ass out of squishy glass cannon town. So, it doesn't go well. Unfortunately, the lesson Donnie learns (besides brotherly affection) is that his brothers don't NEED fixing like he does. Mind Meld and Donnie vs. Witch Town sorta finish this arc out as best as the series can.

Where I would have liked to see this go:

A S2 Donnie's Gifts or Mind Meld style episode (Donnie tries to improve his brothers, to their dismay) where the motivator isn't goal completion, but protectiveness. We see a bit of the fear in Purple Game, a bit of the contingency planning with the escape pods in the movie. Maybe a more upfront "training montage" type scenario, a high tech robo dojo to develop their mad skills, or just a tense moment after a skin of their teeth Genius Built rescue.

The brothers confront Donnie eventually-- not just the passive conflict resolution of Donnie's Gifts. They get mad. Push Donnie to the point he's at in Turtle-Dega Nights. They get a rant about not wanting them to get hurt, of course, but also that he's already done so much to FIX himself, make sure he's not a LIABILITY, why can't they at least try to stay SAFE? The dangers are real now, and as far as Donnie knows he REALLY can't do anything about threats like the Shredder. His tech did nothing the first time. His brothers are the ones with the mystic mojo, and they don't even realize how SERIOUS things could get.

Anyway. Protective Donatello my Beloved. Let my boy go apeshit.

//I REALLY Like the 2003 episode where Leo is hurt and Donnie is fucking PISSED at Usagi. All Donnies should be allowed to enter a feral protective rage, as a treat.

//If anyone knows of any Purple Game Aftermath fics lmk. Like, going home, getting donnie out of the evil gamer chair, guilt, whatever. or just good Purple Dragons being Assholes content.

[hamletteprinceofdenmark]

Posted to r/AmItheAss

Title: AITA for disposing of my guest’s shaving mirror after he presented himself bloodied and unguarded in my presence, thereby imperiling us both?

Posted by u/RealVladTheImpaler

Greetings to you, children of the wire and light. I am not familiar with the customs of this place — this “Reddit” — but I am told it is a forum for settling disputes with the wisdom of the multitude, and so I entreat you, as one who walks in shadows but strives still to do what is just.

A brief account of the matter:

Some days past, I received at my castle a young solicitor from England — a pale youth of the sort who carries more starch in his collar than strength in his spine. He is here on business concerning certain properties of mine, and as is my custom, I have extended to him every courtesy, despite the hour of his arrival and the unseasonable enthusiasm with which he speaks of paprika.

I took pains to ensure he should have all comforts, though the house is large and draughty, and time does not move the same in these hills as it does in London. He was given a chamber with a fine window and brought all that he asked for.

Now to the incident:

On the morning in question, I had scarce finished my rest when I came upon the young man in his chamber. I wished him good-morrow — politely, mind you — and placed a gentle hand upon his shoulder. At this he started most violently, and cut himself with the razor he held in hand. The fault, of course, lies in his own nerves, however he made no apology. Indeed, he stood quite still, eyes wide, as though he beheld some dreadful sight — or rather failed to behold it, for he looked to the mirror and then to me, and then again to the mirror, as if I were some conjured phantom. (Which I am not. I am merely … particular in my constitution.)

There was blood on his chin. Fresh, unguarded, warm blood. Let it be known, I have restrained myself. For days I had endured the smell of his soap, the stifling scent of his skin. But blood, freely given by folly? That awakens something older than habit.

I stepped forward — not in violence! — but with urgency, to warn him of the danger. My gaze was perhaps fierce, my voice perhaps sharper than intended. I do not remember reaching for his throat, only that my fingers brushed the trinket at his neck — a crucifix, of all things — which stung like fire and drew me back to myself.

Seeing the cause of the mischief — that accursed mirror, that trap of silvered deceit, that accursed bauble — I did what any reasonable host concerned for his guest’s safety might do: I removed the object. Swiftly. Decisively. Through the window.

And now he sulks. He writes darkly in his notebook, as though I were the villain in his little travelogue. He claims he cannot shave without the glass, though he has hands, and water, and the memory of his own face. He avoids me. He ... mutters.

So I ask you, strangers of this new century:

Am I the Asshole for protecting both my guest and myself from the consequences of his reckless bleeding and his mirrored provocation?

EDIT: Those asking why I do not replace the mirror — friends, I do not even keep a reflection.

EDIT 2: To those who say I should “go to therapy”: I have lived since before your kind thought to name the stars. I do not require your "therapy."