#protein scramble

[zillabean]

My attempt on FeedingHannibal’s (Janice Poon’s Twitter) protein scramble (the first dish Hannibal made for Will)! It came out delicious and I’m so happy with it! A nice first breakfast of 2023! ❤️🥐🍳🍖

My plating isn’t as pretty as Janice’s, so I have much to aspire to. 😚 I also couldn’t find honey garlic sausage so I used brown sugar sausage, poached it, brushed w/ honey & crushed garlic, then browned it. I think I over did the honey a little so will pull back next time. 🍯

[gorewound]

Yo is it a bad sign that I woke up in the middle of the night hungry and thinking about these eggs specifically?

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

hi winterfield nation r u still alive

[kneelbeforeclefairy]

So! It's the next morning and I am EAGERLY awaiting the return of my Will. Will's flight lands around 10 am and I know she'll be exhausted so I also planned a little breakfast. Just a little protein scramble to start the day.

This is also based off the protein scramble recipe in the cookbook, with the plating inspired by a photo I saw of Janice Poon talking about the food styling on Hannibal. And of course, I got some champagne to make mimosas from all the orange juice I had from last night.

And my Will was SO surprised. I happen to be a master of scrambled eggs, if I do say so myself, but these came out lovely. I used the books technique of slowly shaking the eggs to stir them and they came out so fluffy.

So here's the funny story. Remember how I said the blood got EVERYWHERE? I collapsed into bed without showering last night, so as Will and I are cuddling after breakfast, she suddenly shifts into Sherlock Mode and goes "what's on your cheek?"

Me: "I don't know? Eggs?"

Her: "no it looks like blood."

Me: *shit shit shit* can't be.

Her: no that is definitely dried blood.

Me: *she knows. She can't possibly know. Fucking hell Sherlock. Fucking hell. * Oh, my...um tooth. Must still be bleeding. And I must have. Gotten it on my cheek. (I had been to the dentist. My tooth was NOT bleeding but it seemed a plausible explanation. )

Her: oh poor baby...

Point Watson.

Anyway. With breakfast over, it's time for the real SURPRISE.

Let's attempt plating!

So I'm really glad I followed the impulse to put the orange bowls in the freezer. They kept their shape beautifully.

And the pudding had thickened overnight and turned JET BLACK

How is that not sexy?

So I decided to keep it simple, and sprinkled a little cocoa powder on the plates and they played with some berries and orange zest. I had considered adding some biscuits and a cinnamon stick but when I was at the grocery store I decided against it. I also added some whole cloves.

I think that looks appropriatly ominous but sexy.

And for the final touch --more champagne. I decided to make use of the blackberries and a little black current syrup we had to make a kir royale. As I was pouring the champagne Inner Hannibal whispered in my ear that the BEST way of doing this was to put the syrup and blackberry in the glass and pour the champagne over table side, but we can't have everything.

Anyway, this is what greeted my sleepy little Will.

And I can't DESCRIBE the sound she made. I tried to do the pretentious Hannibal Explains The Dish thing, but she knew what it was immediately.

So the final verdict: how does it taste?

This is honestly the best chocolate pudding I've ever tasted. It's thick and dark and rich and sweet and you don't taste the blood at all. I think I went a little overboard on the orange zest, as it had a strong orange flavor, but Will liked it, and that's whats important. I might go a little heavier on the cardamom, and add a little cardamom powder next time, but cardamom is my favorite spice and I think it adds a lot to pretty much any sweet.

And my Will was so impressed with the sweets we immediately ordered Feeding Hannibal so I can make her more Hannibal Food. And perhaps learn to plate. I can't do plating when it's just Make It Pretty, but apparently I can do it Hannibal Style of make it Goth and Vaguely Ominous?

Anyway, if you want to impress your friends, I wholeheartedly recommend this recipe. If you've ever made a pudding or custard before it's actually very easy , and if you haven't it's still pretty chill.

These are the videos I used.

And the scene from the show. Notice when Hannibal says the name of the dish he doesn't say "sanguinacciOH dolCHAY " which I think is how it's correctly pronounced in standard Italian, but "sanguinacciEH dolCHUH" with like a schwa sound /ə/, which is how youd say it in a Neopolitan accent. My family is Neopolitan-American and spoke the dialect before we stopped passing it on (assimilation is a bitch) but little things remain. They always say you can tell when a Neopolitan sings O Sole Mio because it sounds like oh soleh mieh. I love my dialect. And I love that little detail that he says it RIGHT.

And the video for the protein scramble, just for fun.

So my beloved @bestnoncannonship has been away for three days at a family wedding looking at cows and cishet people and cishet people looking at cows and I've been left here alone being erratic and impulsive so I decided to make her a treat for when she comes back.

And what's the exact opposite of cishet people at a wedding in the Midwest ? That's right, Hannigram.

And I've had the recipe for sanguinaccio dolce saved for a while

So first of all I want to do it with blood. There's quite a few recipes online that do it senza sangue, but then it just becomes chocolate pudding and that's no fun . And Hannibal does it with blood, and so shall i.

So we live in a very multicultural area. I figured that if any butcher shops have blood it's gonna be here. So in my naive ass marches into the local butcher and say "do you carry pigs blood?"

And it goes over pretty well. Guy says it's the first time anyone's ever asked him but they don't carry it, but he can order it. That's not gonna be good enough, Will is coming back TOMORROW. I need it TODAY. so the quest continues.

I call five more butchers. Nothing. A few can order it. A few can order beef blood. I figure someone else in the area might know, so I make a post on my local reddit board. The initial replies are...less than helpful.

So I call more butchers. Between the butchers advice and googling I come to the conclusion that Asian grocery stores, especially Filipino grocery stores, might carry this. So I was all set up to get on the subway when Google tells me there's a Filipino grocery store about fifteen minute walk from where I'm standing.

Huh.

(my Will also loves Filipino food. So this will make all of us happy. )

So I call the store, ask about pigs blood and the guy just goes "oh yeah we have it " so down I go to the Filipino grocery and I've got a container of frozen pigs blood in the time it takes for the clothes to come out of the dryer.

(about five minutes after I get it someone posts on Reddit telling me to go exactly where I just went. )

Okay, so skipping forward. I don't have the Feeding Hannibal cookbook, but I found a video of a guy doing the recipe online. I don't usually like recipe videos cause ADHD but let's do our best.

So first step, let's make orange bowls.

I am not a neat person. I can't do the pretty and the presentation. So I'm a little scared I'm gonna break it but let's try.

There we go. The recipe needs basically a half an orange per person, and another one for zest. So I of course, got five, in case I couldn't make the bowls pretty, and I can use the fruit for fresh mimosas.

Yes, I'm also planning a breakfast.

So the orange bowls go in the freezer so they keep, and we start on the pudding itself. Step one, break the chocolate into pieces.

I used semi sweet. I feel like Hannibal probably would have wanted a 100 percent dark chocolate but I like things sweeter so semi sweet it is.

Now, the moment you've been waiting for. Let's defrost blood.

Honestly this step made me crazy. I suddenly got paranoid I wasn't going to cook it right, or it would get everywhere and contaminate the cooking area or....so everything the blood TOUCHED got scrubbed, cleaned and boiling water sanitized.

The package said defrost it in the microwave or in the refrigerator. But the guy at the shop said hot water defrost it. So I did that.

I don't know what I thought it would look like, but it looked like THAT. frozen pigs blood. I was at once repulsed and intrigued.

So I swirled it around in the hot water and eventually one cup melted. And because I am Not Neat, it got everywhere, including apparently on my cheek. Remember that detail for later

Very "out out damn spot, no?"

I admit to being a Western World White Person and being freaked out by the blood. But it was also something oddly sensual about it. Like that's BLOOD, my dudes. That's an animals LIFE FORCE. Our world is very sanitized.

Anyway, blood gets defrosted and it's time to add it to the almond milk.

It was around this time the repulsion of working with blood wore off and it just became an ingredient. A very pretty ingredient that , as you can hear from the above video, I liked watching. The swirls in the almond milk reminded me of pink marble. I loved it.

So now we just (rince) stir.

From here on our it's rather like making a pudding. Add sugar, chocolate, and SEASONINGS.

The guy in the video said the recipe calls for orange zest only aa decoration, but he used it as a flavor, in addition to cinnamon, so I will too. Also, if you go back to the show, Hannibal is shown throwing in some spices, one clearly whole cloves and someone commenting on the video identified the other as cardamon. Both of which I have!

Hannibal may be a Caucasian Male but he's not a White Boy. He seasons his food.

So then it's just stir forever until it thickens and turns this beautiful BLACK color.

Then, remove from heat, put in the fridge and wait for Will!

More in the next post because picture limit!

[vegan-nom-noms]

Soy Free Vegan Scrambled Eggs

[matoitech]

i keep eating eggs for breakfast even tho i don’t like them cuz ive been craving them nearly every morning. which is great cuz they make me feel kind of sick to eat but i still want them. for some reason

[fitforestfairy]

Cheesy garlicky scrambled eggs and salad 🍳🥗

[digitaldiseas3]

i’m so obsessed with my ocs except i haven’t actually developed their universe At All so i have to figure out what is even happening around them and not just like. what they would eat for breakfast

[thepanvelite]

Egg Bhurji: Indian Scrambled Eggs

A flavorful Indian dish of spiced scrambled eggs for a hearty breakfast.

Egg Bhurji, also known as Anda Bhurji, is a delightful Indian dish of spiced scrambled eggs. It’s quick, easy, and bursting with flavors. Whether you enjoy it with bhakri, toast, roti or rice, this beginner-friendly recipe is sure to impress. Let’s dive into making this delicious breakfast! Nutritional Values (Approximate) per Serving: Calories: 251 Proteins: 13g Fats: 19g Carbohydrates:…

[thefactsofthematter]

open call to my followers: if you have any fav vegetarian recipes for a gal who’s balling on a budget and cooking for one…. pls send help

[lexicog]

ohhh LOL i get it im getting April Fooled (lol!). trans day orf visibility is tomorrow.

[a-chilleus]

researching pcos stuff is really quite hard because (on top of the dysphoria induced by the language most people use about it) it's really

[seiwas]

anyway ! i hope everyone’s had a lovely meal/snack today !! 🍽️😋

[vegan-nom-noms]

Easy Tofu Scramble

[vampireknitting]

Here I thought I was being super lazy and silly for not doing anything since the 4th. But today I had to stop the t3s because night terrors during naps are horrible. It wasn’t until today’s nap that I realized why I kept waking up shaking. I don’t process codeine well is all this means. Oh well.

I can eat soft things so I’ve reached the point of healing where I’m just doing better. And now I’m not so hungry. Even though I’ve been chugging the extra calorie ensures (350 each 4 times a day) and drinking as much apple sauce as I want it. I’ve been hungry. I’ll keep drinking them till the stitches all fall out so I don’t push it but I know this is the fibromyalgia making the healing annoying.

But my goodness I didn’t leave or do much than step out for a smoke and i almost fainted.. twice. So no smoking, only edibles and the safe non nightmare inducing painkillers so I can heal without feeling insane. It would be nice if I could have a some what normal healing experience though

[stranded-labyrinth]

i feel like i've said this before but my absolute least favorite part of writing hannigram fic is recreating scenes from the beginning of the series. it feels tedious and throws me off my rhythm