#roasting is so much better

[musewrangler]

Hey hey. Don’t cry. Roast a bunch of colorful veg (yes NOT boil for the love) with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic at 400 F ok? Yes about 40 minutes. Add some sausages. See? Much better.

#cooking #roasting #veg #color #food #beauty in food #For the love #stop ceaselessly boiling your vegetables #roasting is so much better

[why-the-heck-not]

20.12.23, wednesday

My main hobby is just procrastinating in any way I can. The plan was to make a cup of coffee and then start working. What actually happened is that I watched a 3 part video series (by james hoffmann ofc) on Aeropress coffee and made a few cups with different variables. Still not sure if I found The Recipe for me, but it’s getting better (tho I don’t love the coffee beans I have)

#altho i’m not sure I agree that inverted method is not worth the risks #maybe I just pour my water in too slow (bc I get nervous abt pouring too much) but there’s a fair bit of liquid that manages to get through #before I can place the vacuum on there #so I did it with inverted method #what I took from his recipe was the swirling instead of stirring and letting it rest for 30secs after to get a more even bed of coffee #I did 14g of coffee & 200g of water with a 5min brew -> swirl -> another 30seconds of letting it rest before pressing gentlyy for like 20-3 #seconds #but idk it’s a bit ’’one note’’ #which could be the beans #I have medium roast rn and I prefer light roast but the light roast beans have been no where to be found lately idk why #(there aren’t many actual light roast beans and the other ones are waay out of my budget) #(or at least good ones; there’s the one affordable light roast that’s everywhere but I don’t like it that much (but tbf should’ve still #bought that instead of these ones I got)) #like this is still way better than what the drip coffee of those beans are #and the achilles heel is that I don’t have a thermometer of any kind so my water temperature is guesswork every time #so tweaking variables is always a bit sketchy bc idk if I just had a better water temperature that time #studyblr #booklr #aesthetic #bookblr #books #study #reading #read #book #coffee #2023 #december 2023

[ne-cocoa]

One more thing I forgot to share here, mk loves his head scratchies 🥰💖

#some friends have already seen it but I’m feeling better cause you guys are SO DANG SWEET OMG 😭💖 #so now everyone shall witness their cuteness 🥰🥺💖💞💕 #love you guys so much 💖💕💞💓 #monkie kid #lego monkie kid #sketch #lmk #lmk art #lmk au #lmk mk #monkie kid mk #roasted marshmallows au #lmk spicynoodles #my art #mk #monkie kid spicynoodles #spicynoodles #mk x red son #lmk red son #monkie kid qi xiaotian #qi xiaotian #spicynoodleshipping #lmk qi xiaotian #spicynoodlesshipping #red son monkie kid #red son #monkie kid red son #lego monkie kid au #monkie kid au #lego monkie kid fanart

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

started watching the new live action avatar

it’s. It’s pretty ok I guess? But there’s a lot of things I’m not altogether happy about. It feels very. Generic. Which is kind of sad.

I’m only two episodes in though, so I won’t be too harsh. But there are a few things that I really don’t like, and number one was Aang going into the Avatar State in front of Sokka and Katara for the first time when seeing Monk Gyatso instead of when escaping Zuko, and that moment being isolated instead of the moment everyone in the world knew the Avatar had returned

in the original series, Aang goes into the Avatar State when confronted by irrefutable proof in the form of the skeleton of his best friend and mentor - the airbenders really were massacred and he can no longer deny it.

every statue of the Avatar around the globe lights up in a single moment. the legendary figure’s destined return is announced to the world by an overwhelming outpouring of grief and rage from a young child who just discovered that everyone he ever knew and loved is gone. it’s poignant. the Avatar’s return in that moment is not a triumph. that terrifying show of strength and power, enough to light up the world in its glow, is pure emotional anguish from a small twelve year old, who just saw the dead body of his mentor and now believes he is all alone

and Katara and Sokka having seen the Avatar State before means that there is less of the shock and “what is happening” in this pivotal scene (which was the main focus in the live action). of course Sokka is still concerned about them potentially getting flung off the mountain. but both of them know this reaction for what it is - mysterious power, sure, but primarily, they see and recognize his grief.

I just. what happened to “we’re your family now” and “neither of us are gonna let anything happen to you”??? :(

on a side note, I do feel like Katara and Sokka themselves have been heavily (heh) watered down. it’s a shame. Sokka’s my favourite, and I just think that I. Don’t trust writers with Katara now. (Why is her waterbending a secret? The whole reason she didn’t learn was because there was no one to teach her and she couldn’t leave… also where is her instant connection with Aang… where is their silliness… where did it go…)

however! I did like a couple things that were done and I want to be a bit positive so here

love Zuko and Suki’s actors. they did a great job

Sokka and Suki’s training together was cute ☺️ (though I wish he had worn the uniform of the Kyoshi Warriors…)

Aang himself is adorable :) (wish he got to be a little more silly but Netflix adaptations always are more serious for some reason)

I actually kind of enjoyed getting to see some of the scenes from the war’s outbreak. I prefer the way the original show portrays it, with a lot of info being learned reverse chronologically, but it was cool to see Sozin, and some of the airbenders, and a little more of Gyatso (who I also really enjoyed :’) )

Katara bending water at Aang and it reducing to them splashing each other without even trying to bend. Rare sillies!

I thought Kyoshi herself coming to defend her island was pretty sweet!!!

Katara getting flashbacks to her mother’s death on seeing firebending. Well I don’t like this, obviously, but it clearly shows how her mother’s death haunts her, and if they have Katara face off against Zuko again at the North Pole, it’ll be all the more triumphant.

Suki’s mom!!! Damn she was so cool!!!!!!

#also whyyy was Katara not the first person Aang saw??? this is really important!!! #and what is Katara’s role here. She didn’t even seem to break the iceberg. That’s. That’s her whole. That’s. She. She kickstarts it. Gah. #Katara my beloved my sweetie I don’t know why your writing got fucked up in the comics and now here #you deserve so much better #also why no Aang and Zuko confrontation? hello? that’s really important??? #they had him meet Iroh though. so that was actually pretty interesting #no agni kai between Zhao and Zuko either? maybe it’ll happen next episode? #ugh. I actually don’t like a lot of things. But I’ve only watched two episode so I’ll be chill and wait for more #storyrambles #atla #also this is just me being nitpicky but if we were going to actually see gyatso’s death (which. Idk it was more impactful not seeing it tbh #there’s this implication that gyatso may have broken his vow of pacifism since his skeleton was surrounded by tons of fire nation soldiers #implying he may have killed them #it wouldn’t have fit or made sense at the beginning of the show #but if they were going to show his death scene. Idk. Guess I just expected something more substantial #personally from what little we knew of Gyatso it actually does seem likely he’d break his vow if he really did die protecting the children #also. he was supposed to be the strongest airbender at the time. come on now. he just gets roasted?

[blujayonthewing]

I've eaten of the forbidden fruits (slightly more expensive versions of various foods) and now I'm suffering the curse (grocery prices driving me back to cheaper stuff that I now can tell is Not Very Good)

#'christ campari tomatoes are SO much more expensive than roma tomatoes?? I LIKE romas I'll just have those!!' #[pan-roasts roma tomato slices to have with breakfast] [they are watery and mealy and flavorless] no... no..... this can't BE...... #the worst thing in the world is growing up poor and then becoming an adult with slightly more money and finding out #that sometimes things that are expensive ARE better #I THOUGHT THAT WAS FAKE! I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BOUGIE SCAM!! #I'M CHEAP AT HEART I HATE THIS #to be fair that could have just been A Disappointing Tomato #but to be fair to me... campari tomatoes really do slap. it's outrageous. #tomatoes to make you go 'is this what tomatoes taste like all the time for the kind of people who just eat them as a snack??' #about me

[charmcoin]

it might be big bowl of roasted baby carrots for dinner because i never made them like last week or whatever when i was originally planning on it. i don't have anything to go with well i have some chicken still but it's frozen. surely i will not regret Big bowl of roasted baby carrots

#pers #i don't even recall liking cooked carrots very much but i haven't had them in so long that i'm willing to roll the dice #maybe roasted will be better than like.... boiled or steamed or whatever

[incorrecttowerofgodquotes]

RIP Purdidy, Perseus, Mayer, and Candidi

I bet Purdidy’s really regretting not being that owl, huh?

Also the fact that two of Lo Po Boa’s top members just got taken out in an instant of fucking insane. Though it was clearly mostly Gustang putting in the work rather than the other two

Mayer and Candidi got brutally killed, like damn. They were clearly tortured to death. I feel bad for them

However, left standing is the one character everyone had high expectations for, Holan. I’m excited to see why he was kept alive and what his ancient creatures can do

#purdidy siffered so much #didn’t have his owl being forced to read and then burned to a crisp #Gustang roasted him because he couldn’t handle the fact that purdidy had a better fit than him #tower of god #tog

[the-stray-liger]

Im so stressed I started creating an arcane build for bloodborne centered around the flamesprayer

#its my favorite secondary weapon in the game #im very bad at timing so i couldnt land a lot of viscerals #and against beats nothing goes better than fire #i roasted so many monsters with it and had so much fun #it's 200% worth it investing in leveling up the flamesprayer #gilbert would be happy to know it helped you so much #ok thats it for my flamesprayer propaganda

[live-from-flaturn]

And they never saw the tag of those pants again...

#but forreal costume dept #can we PLEASE talk about material choice #yes yes leather looks cool #but it looks better when it FITS #like hot damn put him in some fucking lesbian jeans and a leather jacket #fits much better #accentuates the tiny waist and broad shoulders #and not the DEPLORABLE LACK OF LAND MASS OUT BACK #unlimited cosmic power #itty bitty living space #it's been a few days since I roasted my darling and beloved Jeff so here we are #jeff 'gender' satur #kimhan theerapanyakun

[willowcrowned]

in hindsight deciding to make risotto at nine when I need to be in bed at ten may not have been my smartest decision

#haven’t even gotten to roasting the rice yet I’m still waiting for mushrooms to cook #willow cooks #I guess #this is my little reward for feeling so much better (and having to catch up on schoolwork)

[prototypelq]

tuned into No Man's Sky for the first time yesterday, and the game greeted me with these views.

#i am So Glad this game has a dedicated photomode #it is very much needed and appreciated #im on relaxed for the start but i might switch to pure exploration later #the survival mechanics are not what i am in for this game also they are not cozy to be enticing #placing a refinery in your wooden base does emotionally nothing to me #unlike building a campfire to roast a dinner in the evening or build a tent to be better protected in your sleeping bag #those are tangible charming things #cant even put a chair in my base or smth ( #anyway this is unnecessarily long #no mans sky is gorgeous had a blast in my first hours #no man's sky #no man's sky photomode #nms photomode

[mwebber]

ghibli-esque magical realism au where teenage mark is cursed to transform into this loping beast of a dog after killing a forest spirit at the behest of his father and wanders the wilderness resigned to his fate when..

lo and behold, he meets another spirit (seb) who demands that he show them the world beyond the forest to search for their brother in exchange for finding the cure to his predicament

they embark on the journey together as hesitant partners, mark with a lingering distrust of spirits/magical beings, and seb with the humiliation that they need to shackle themselves to this useless lump of fur if they want to go beyond the boundaries of their home and find their lost sibling

they eventually become friends, with mark letting his walls down, and seb getting humbled by the great big world..

but gasp! it turns out seb never knew how to cure mark and they were just using him, even though they feel really bad about it bc now they have Feelings, and it's doubly troubling because seb needs a tether to mark's soul to survive outside the forest, but mark doesn't feel particularly inclined to help seb after getting betrayed............

uh oh! time is running out on the cure for mark's condition, and everything is going to shit for both of them, and mark leaves it to the very last possible second before he decides not to be a killer again, and he very reluctantly comes back to save seb at the cost of time he could have spent searching for a cure

seb is sooo relieved but when mark confesses why he saved them, the dots connect and seb wants to curse mark forever and ever for what he did

but the au is about breaking cycles of pain, so after an angsty and mostly silent journey home, seb and mark choose forgiveness before parting ways.....

mark goes to sleep at the edge of the forest as a beast and wakes up as a boy again. he can't perceive magic anymore in this form, but he can see seb bc they're still tied by their souls, and seb doesn't look like a weird talking tree shrub anymore, but a ghostly blonde kid who looks to be around mark's age, peering at him from just inside the treeline

when seb tries to step outside the border of the forest, they're stopped--not even their link to mark can make them manifest into something corporeal

but mark can enter the forest, and he can hug seb! he vows to love the forest and magical beings and reject his father's teachings

seb is like, love all magical beings equally?? or

and mark is like, no, well. i think i might like one magical being more than the rest

they share an innocent kiss and live happily ever

(mark eventually becomes a hermit of an old man living in a quaint cottage in the forest and taking care of the wildlife... when he passes away, a she-wolf gives birth to a pup in the very same forest near seb's tree. it opens its hazel-green eyes, and seb knows immediately that they and mark are tied forever <3)

#totally not one really big metaphor disguised as a love story. #anyway i feel much better after nutrition and water. water does wonders #idk what to call this au but i've been thinking about it on and off for the last week or so #twilight prince #<- ?? #admittedly very zelda inspired #plot roast

[swallowthebanjo]

his socks say "pretty ok boyfriend" based on socks i saw at a coffee shop

#im so much better at this when im not roasted like a chestnut on an open fire #sfw furry #furry community #furry anthro #furry character #furry #furry art #furry oc #furry fandom #furrydrawing #my art #my artwork #digital art #oc art #oc #oc artwork #my ocs #art #pls reblog

[pearl-kite]

The rate at which my broccoli roasting is improving, I'll never not roast them again

#kite rambles #only twice so far but this time? MMM #I could eat the whole pan #absolutly should not but absolutly could #the recipe lied #do not sprea on pan THEEN oil an mix up an finally put some parmesan aftr it comes out #put in mixing bowl and toss with th oil and salt and pepper and parmesan and mix that sshit up real good THEN roast #I love broccoli btw this isn't an omg it's actually good thing #it's just omg it's so much BETTER now

[madhushala]

im so obsessed with mushrooms and sweet corn and sprouts and fruits!!

#im gonna cut so much on junkies even if it costs me a little more to eat better #i got sweet potato too ig ill roast them since the gaurd lights up a bonfire every evening

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

you ever think about how reed managed to do the impossible and tear apart time and space and the first thing he does is to kill his younger self 🙃 and how he didn't give a quick and merciful death to his younger self? he repeatedly tried to give that version of himself, who knew nothing and was not yet hardened by suffering, the most long-drawn, miserable and painful death he could think of.

#s-class heroine spoilers #roast potato #how much do you have to hate yourself to do that #how hopeless and painful do things have to be that death is better than anything else #how did someone who held out on committing church-approved mass murder for so long turn out like this #you ever think about him and get miserable #thinking about the fallout of the magic republic dungeon burst arc and how he had a mini breakdown #'this is all my fault. bc i'm not strong enough. bc i sinned.' #i love that he takes things out on others (bandit boss) bc like wow haha self love! #but he clearly also hates himself. i'm miserable. #clutching my head why are you taking things out on your younger self. #i would've thought you would be your greatest ally #given that no one else is on your side. #i understand why he doesn't bother to comfort his younger self bc there's no point. he just wants death and quiet. #but why make his younger self go through all that first? #lies down and cries fuckk youuuuuuu