#smokeyes

[vieramars]

Aroallo Gertrude Robinson/Agnes Montague

[aminscat-blog]

Smoking and relax in your world 💚

[kcrossvine-art]

Heya folks n friends! Today on our LotR cooking series, we're going to be making something inspired by Mrs. Maggot, wife of Farmer Maggot. Originally we were going to do a cream of mushroom soup, but the idea of adding meat as a cheeky lil joke on their last names was too good to pass up. In my mind meat goes better with thin soups than creamy ones.

And thus Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew was born.

(As always you can find the cooking instructions and full ingredient list under the break-)

MY NAMES CROSS NOW LETS COOK LIKE ANIMALS

SO, “what goes in to Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew?” YOU MIGHT ASKFor the stew portion itself we're going to be using a hearty base, aiming for a layering of flavors. If you feel comfortable making a roux, feel free to do so, but I did not due to energy levels and thus the flour in this recipe is only used for searing the meat before its added to the pot.

Cubed beef

Flour

Peanut oil

Beef stock

Dried porcini mushrooms

Carrots, chopped

Onion, diced

Garlic, crushed

Scallion, chopped

Bay leaf

Salt and pepper

Ground red pepper

Cumin

Zatarins gumbo file

For the other mushrooms, were going to cook them separate and throw them in at the end (but they'll have friends to keep them company!!).

Cremini mushrooms, sliced

Half an onion

Carrots

Garlic

Salt and pepper

Thyme

Olive oil

This took about 4 hours in total. If you have a slow cooker itd probably be easier to use that, but as is isn't too bad either. I mostly worked on commission stuff in the kitchen in-between stirring. "The best food is the one you don't have to make, the second best food is the one you don't have to think while making."

AND, “what does Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew taste like?” YOU MIGHT ASK

HOT HOT HOT

Tastes like walking from the cold into the cramped but cozy bar your friend works at

Meat was so tender and juicy, melts in your mouth. Makes you cry

It wanst actually carmelization but the onions had a hint of tasting caramelized

Mushrooms- a strong umami flavor with a bit of smokeyness

Once you get that Perfect level of gumbo file, it just makes every other element stick out more

Like an energy booster for the ingredients

A spotlight on the bay leaf, and oils, and spices

. If you don't want to use beef, feel free to use vegetable stock instead and replace the cubes with strips of king oyster mushrooms. Exclude the flour but still cook them in the pan. . this isnt officially part of the recipe since im not sure itd be 'on theme', but feel free to start your rice cooker around the 3 hour mark so you can have some hot rice ready for serving as filler.

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When I was looking through food and food mentions in LotR, Mrs.Maggot just stook out to me. 'Queen amongst farmers wives' is both really sweet and a fuckin killer description. What a legend. I wanted to do something based on her and our two options were either beer, bacon or raw mushrooms. Beer while very appealing is also not something you can whip up in a day, while raw mushrooms have a chance of killing my beloved readers. I don't want to talk about me and bacons sordid past.

And so as praise to this funky farmer women, may you add this stew to your collection of potpie, lasagna, and roast recipes.

Did i mention i started my first grease fire when making this? Yeah. Don't cover any empty greased pan even if your intent is to keep water from splashing into it.

Anyway, this recipe is a solid 10/10 (with 1 being food that makes one physically sick and 10 being food that gives one a lust for life again.) The partner has already made me pledge to cook it again hehehe

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Ingredients:

2 lbs cubed beef

A little bit of flour to 'tumble' the meat in, in a bowl

Peanut oil to sear the beef, as needed

3 kilograms beef stock

28g dried porcini mushrooms

4 carrots, chopped

1 white onion, diced

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 scallion branch, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Ground red pepper to taste

Cumin to taste

3 bay leafs

A pinch of Zatarins gumbo file

Ingredients… . . TWO:

1 lb cremini mushrooms

Half of a white onion, diced

1 carrot, chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Salt, pepper, and thyme to taste

Olive oil as needed to pan-fry

Method:

Put the porcini mushrooms into a bowl, add enough warm water to cover. Give them roughly 20 minutes, or until softened and the waters turned color.

Cut the carrots, onion, and garlic.

Get a large pot with a lid, pour in your stock (or water and bouillon cubes). Pour in the porcinis and the mushroom water. Turn the burner to medium-high.

Add your bay leaves, carrots, onion, and garlic to the pot. Add extra salt if you'd like.

Tenderize and cut your beef into roughly 1 inch cubes.

In a small bowl, pour a handful of flour along with pepper, cumin, and ground red pepper. Mix until combined.

Lightly toss each cube of beef in the mixture, get a little coverage on each side.

Heat a frying pan to medium heat and add peanut oil. If using an electric stovetop it will take time to heat up.

Add some of your beef cubes to the pan, don't overcrowd it. Flip to check sides are a light brown with dark brown edges, its good for some pink/red to poke through.

Add beef cubes to the pot when done, careful of splashing.

Keep doing this in batches until all beef cubes are added. 

 Once the pot has reached a simmer, turn the heat down a few notches and cover.

Set a timer for 4 hours. Taste test every so often. Aim to stir the pot every 10-15 minutes.

(You can do steps 14-21 immediately or optionally wait a bit)

 Rinse and dry your cremini mushrooms.

Slice them vertically. Cut the carrots, onion, and garlic.

In a frying pan on medium-low heat, add olive oil, carrots, and onion. Keep the vegetables moving! When they start to change texture, add your cremini mushrooms.

Bring the pan up to medium heat. 

Once your mushrooms have cooked off the liquid inside, theyll start turning a deeper brown. Add the garlic. Keep! the! vegetables! Moving!

If the pan gets overcrowded, take some out and set it aside in a bowl. Smaller batches.

This process took roughly 15 minutes, but youll know its done once everything has a nice sear on it and the garlic is brown but not burnt. Add salt, pepper, and thyme to taste.

Set everything aside in a bowl.

Once the 4 hours are up the meat should be cooked all the way through and tender enough to pull apart. Strain the bay leaves out. Cut and add scallions. Add the bowl with cremini mushrooms.

Add a pinch of gumbo file to start, stir and taste test.

[grox]

I cried when I took a bite of this cornbread cookie thats how fucking good it is like, delectable brown crust around it, soft, buttery, deep flavor, with small amounts of texas mesquite honey up top to add a slight smokeyness. Actually insane

[silvertongued-trickster]

it was the morning of the wedding so, of course, loki was dressed accordingly.

in this instance, she wore a deep, emerald green dress — a rich fabric that seemed to fit her form perfectly, soft and flowing yet hugging in all the right places. backless, of course, after all she had been invited along to make a statement, hadn't she? the bodice was embellished with gold detaling that exactly matched the gold of her jewellery, and the metalic shimmer that accentuate the intense smokeyness of her eyes. truly, the god was making an effort.

norns knows why she'd even agreed to this... but here she was, ready to attend the wedding of stephen strange's ex girlfriend, as his ' date '.

it was certainly going to be an interesting day.

appearing in the sanctum with a wash of green magic, the trickster leant against the wall as she regarded the sorcerer in question with a quirked brow — watching as he fixed his suit.

~ ❝ you know, I was half-expecting the cape. ❞ she teased.

@dutystricken — plotted starter.

[le-trash-prince]

Yunnan Sourcing’s Nannuo Mountain Guan Zi Zai 2017

I tried this today and did not enjoy it as much as the two teas from Wu Liang Shan. While I’ve read that smokeyness can be a defect in puer teas, this one was listed as light smoke, so I think that is intended here. However, the smokeyness was a little overpowering to me and drowned out the complexity of the tea. I do enjoy some smoked teas, but this is one I would probably need to do a lot of experimenting with to get it more to my taste, and even then I don’t think I would drink very much of it.

[zaelcoffee]

I got these beans from Halo's stall at Square One's Food District but they also have cafes all over the GTA.

These beans smell really good right out of the bag. They describe the flavor as molasses and cocao butter.

I can kind of taste a dark chocolate but I am not getting any sweetness but perhaps there is a bit of smokeyness that could be seen as molasses if you squint real hard. Overall it's a very solid cup of coffee. If I have one quibble it does get some sour notes if you let it sit too long but it never gets to the point of being undrinkable like some other coffees I have tried.

[marlenesteyn]

>> the infinite exhale 💨 the smoke show stopper (2020, a detail) #thesmokeshowstopper #smokeyes #smokeyeyes #isolationart #marlenesteyn #2020feels @smac_gallery https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBBiIpp1qF/?igshid=hedu270biess

[sensitivesoulwarriorspirit]

Goldmine Smokey Vibes. 💛💛💛 #smokeyglam #smokeyeyeshadow #smokeyes #glammakeuplook #glammakeup #glammakeuplooks #shimmereyeshadow #makeupideas #makeupinspiration #wingedliner #wingedeyeliner (at Worcester, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY35NnxM-Mf/?utm_medium=tumblr

[creativitycache]

Gertrude, avatar of Beholding, who spends her time bringing about desolation to her enemies

Agnes, avatar of Desolation, who spends her time quietly looking out the window or watching flickering flames of other people’s misery she did not cause

[memo-schmage]

Beauty at its best! #stunning @cosima_dr @placemodels #makeup & #hairstyle by me using @armanibeauty @housecremedelacreme & @yslbeauty #photography @elenasanfranciscophotography #retouching Mirco Schneider @fotospeedo #headpiece @amf_korsets #smokeyes #couture #nudelip #perfectskin #contouringmakeup #makeupartist @memo_schmage_artist #stylist #memoschmage #makeupartistberlin #myheartbelongsyvessaintlaurent (hier: Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLYpCe8peGm/?igshid=451i67pwwn2z

[cannacatwalk]

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[one-hundred-sleeplesss-nights]

Miss cadaverous, show me who you really are 💀 #motionlessinwhite #miw #miwlyrics #alternativegirl #alternativestyle #makeup #piercing #tattoo #longhair #smokeyes #purplelips

[maquiadenna]

Smokey eyes de respeito 🥰 Modelo @mermaid_llo , muito obg linda 💕 #maquiadenna #belissima #smokeyeye #smokeyeye #smokeyeyes #smokeyeyeshadow #smokeyes #smokeye #trancas #trancascoloridas #paetê #degrade #tranças #trança #makepelenegra #makepelemorena #makepelenegrabh #pelenegra #pelenegramakeup #pelenegramake #maquiagempelenegra #maquiagempelemorena #makefesta #makegliterinada #smokeyglitter #smokeygliterinado #vestidodefesta #vestidodefestacurto (em MaquiaDenna) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdKjDvAtCv/?igshid=z1cvpl52rn7v

[sensitivesoulwarriorspirit]

Shades of Brown🤎 Ultimate Sophistication #makeupartist #makeupartistry #makeupideas #makeup #makeupideas #makeuplovers #browneyeshadow #brownsmokeyeye #browneyesmakeup #brownsmokeyeyes #smokeyes #bridalmakeupinspiration #bridalmakeupartists #bridalmakeuplook https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrMaGStEix/?utm_medium=tumblr