#there's nothing better than horseradish with some meat

[cerise-on-top]

Eating Jausn with König

A Brettljausn is just about the best thing out there. I wrote this back in November when my classmates decided to talk about Easter and Osterjausn, so the formatting is different. However, I thought it would work well with the Easter post, so I decided to post it now.

“Honey, what is that?” You looked at the wrinkly, dark colored thing in front of you. It might have been a sausage, on closer inspection. The plate was well filled with all kinds of meat and cheese. On the side were horseradish, eggs and pepper of all colors. On a small plate in front of you were small, sliced cherry tomatoes, the basket next to it held bread.

“It’s a Brettljause, it’s what we eat on special occasions, such as easter. But you don’t always need one to eat it. Just enjoy the meat, dear. It’s all from regional farmers as well.” König seemed rather content while looking at the food. You knew that Austrians loved their meats and sausages, he had told you about that before and you made fun of him for it, but you didn’t think he’d take it upon himself to prepare something like that. It seemed like that must have taken a lot of work. Must have been fairly costly as well. There was bacon there, it looked fairly good.

You took a piece of bread and picked up some meat with a fork. “And what’s this?”

“That’s Geselchtes. I call it Gsöchts, though. It’s meat that you put in salt water before smoking for a few hours. Before eating, you normally cook it. Don’t worry, this one doesn’t have too much fat on it, you can just cut those pieces off.” He put some gray-ish meat on a slice of bread, adding some egg slices and topping it off with some of the grated horseradish. Its scent wafted through the air, stinging your nose a bit. You watch him take a bite out of the bread, he locks his eyes with yours once he notices. “Is something the matter?”

“No, no, everything’s alright.” You looked at the pink meat on your fork, a bit hesitant to give it a try. König seemed to like this sort of food, he likely wouldn’t have prepared it otherwise. Besides, it was classic Austrian cuisine, apparently, it was only polite of you to try it, at the very least. Taking a bite out of the meat, you ran your tongue across it to give it a taste. You could definitely taste the salt, but it wasn’t too bad. It simply added to the flavor. The meat wasn’t very chewy, but you wouldn’t exactly call it the most tender meat either. It was actually surprisingly good. Instead of putting it on your bread, you simply ate the piece whole before picking up the same thing König had. “And what’s this?”

“Schweinsbratn.” He didn’t even hesitate to gobble up his bread, already on his second one. This time he put some bacon on it with cheese. Eggs and horseradish weren’t missing this time either. One of the tomato slices was lifted off the plate and put on his instead.

You followed his example and put two slices of the meat on your bread, topping it off the same way as him. That meat wasn’t too bad actually either, it was obvious that it was made of pork. With the horseradish being very fresh it was only natural for it to be spicy still. It didn’t disappoint, the taste somewhat reminding you of wasabi, even if your eyes started watering a bit. Your bread was gone soon enough and you opted for another one. There was no telling if König’s next one was his third or fourth one already.

“So, Schatzi.” He prepared another one. “Is it good? Do you like it?”

“Oh, it actually is. It’s pretty good.” Taking some of the red pepper, you put it on your bread with Geselchtem, gulping down a few of the tomatoes. You were sort of surprised this stuff didn’t come with a salad as well.

By the time you were on your third bread, the plate was already pretty empty, with König having eaten quite a lot. He’s always had a rather big appetite, and for that you were grateful, there was no way you could have eaten all of that on your own. You hadn’t tried the dark, cut up sausage yet. Of course, you had no idea what that was either. “What’s this? Sausage?”

König quickly chewed the food in his mouth before swallowing it down. “Yes, that’s Hoatwiastl. Hartwürstel, I suppose. As the name suggests, it’s a hard sausage. It’s very good, though, you have to try it.”

It was rather hard indeed, you were glad it was cut up into smaller slices. Biting into it whole would be another other ordeal. It was too small to put on bread, so you ate it along with it. Once done, you were completely full, incapable of eating another bite. There were still pieces of meat and cheese left on the plate, it was unbelievable. König didn’t seem affected at all, he simply got up and started putting everything away before returning with a bottle. If you had to take an educated guess then there’s a chance “Wein” might have been the German word for “wine”. “Would you like a  Spritzer? It’s essentially wine mixed with soda.”

“Is that really necessary? Do we really need to drink too?”

He chuckled a bit. “It’s a big part of our culture. Alternatively, I can offer you some Gösser or Puntigamer.” With an amused expression, he watched you weigh your options. You didn’t know what either of those things were, probably some sort of beer, thus making you better off with the wine, probably. König even got the two of you some wine glasses. They were fancy looking, but you weren’t sure if you could actually take a sip of that.

He really just put mineral water into some wine, drinking it slowly. With a watchful eye, he almost expected you to take after him, which you did eventually. It tasted exactly the way you’d imagine, sparkly wine with a bit less flavor. Not the worst you’ve ever had. The things you did to make your man happy.

You continued to eat for another few minutes, this time in silence, for the most part. The plate was certainly full at the beginning, you couldn’t believe your eyes when most of it was gone. Still, despite the culture being rather meat heavy, you had to admit, it was pretty good. However, it was very filling. You couldn’t eat another slice of bread, opting for the meat and sausage instead, eating some slices of cheese along with them. Maybe some mayonnaise would have been good with it as well, but you didn’t want to make the suggestion in case König didn’t like it.

After wiping his mouth with a paper towel, he sat back, letting out a content sigh while holding his tummy. Even he seemed to be rather full after the copious amounts of meat he had eaten. Not like you weren’t, however. He took another sip of his Spritzer before putting the plates away, with you helping him out a bit, naturally.

“Thank you for trying some of my food, I do appreciate it. Did you like it?” Cleaning the plates with a sponge, his focus was on getting the last few crumbs off it so he could put it in the dishwasher. You popped one last cherry tomato in your mouth before handing him another plate, giving him a hum of approval.

“Yeah, it was pretty good, but could we maybe eat something less meaty next time? This was quite a lot.”

“Don’t worry, Schatzi, next time we can eat Kasnudeln. They’re also very delicious!”

#cod #cod x reader #konig #könig #konig x reader #könig x reader #I am so hyped for that Osterjause you guys have no idea #there's nothing better than horseradish with some meat #I am drooling just thinking about it #this has been queued so by the time this is being posted I've likely already eaten a delicious Osterjause #I had a Jause back in January I think but that wasn't enough. I need something like this every month or else I will combust #anyway! Happy Easter everyone! #I know it likely isn't Easter yet for a lot of you but it's Easter here at the time this is being posted! #I love writing for König when the stars align. I love putting him in nice situations like this #that's not a lie but I also just love sharing my culture online so naturally I had to write about a good old Jause #I don't even know what the next big holiday is in all honesty? #Maifeiertag? but we don't really “celebrate” that #Staatsfeiertag maybe? but only with a few beers and Spritzer #I think the next big thing would be Christmas? #well if I'm still into CoD by then I'll write something for it #might as well mess around and write something birthday related though #but that can wait until it's my birthday

[jungshookz]

miss cee pd i have a request!!!! how about e2l tae x y/n but they're in law school and they're always arguing and debating inside and outside of the classroom and tae being a little shit is like "you wanna kiss me so bad" and they both don't realise that there's mistletoe above them which jimin put because he was tired of watching them constantly argue and wanted to fiZzle the tension hehe and then they KITH,, i hope this isn't too long aha

➺ pairing; kim taehyung x reader

➺ genre; sfw!! enemies to lovers!! everyone’s in law school!! mostly y/n and taehyung bickering with each other and wanting to jump each other’s bones at the same time

➺ wordcount; 4.3k

➺ what to expect; “don’t flatter yourself. i would rather throw myself into oncoming traffic than kiss you, kim taehyung.”

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“-now, the particular case study that was assigned to our group involves a civil action for medical negligence and a criminal prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter, which means that there are seven elements that we need to hit when we’re acting out our simulation next class,” you explain, flipping to the next page of your notebook with a flick of your wrist, “firstly, the client - jimin - must be interviewed so that we may determine the facts that surround the claim/prosecution. secondly, we need to draft witness statements - from hoseok and namjoon - and assess the legal efficacy of said statements. thirdly, we must assess the propriety of police interrogation from officer jungkook of the defend-”

you pause when a crumpled piece of paper lands by your left foot and you clear your throat quietly before stepping over it and continuing to pace back and forth at the front of the classroom

your eyes skim over your scribbled words as you try to relocate your place

…

ah!

here we are

“-ant, seokjin, through all transcripts along with the custody record. fourthly, we move on to assessing the reports that have been produced by the forensic experts-”

another balled-up piece of paper hits your foot and your head immediately snaps upwards from your book before you twist around to face the room

“would you cut that out, please?” you snap, already feeling your blood pressure starting to rise from a single glance at taehyung’s smug face

“what? i didn’t know how else to get your attention!” he hums, his arm dangling in the air with a floppy wrist, “my arm’s been up for the past three minutes, and you would’ve known that if you didn’t have your nose buried deep in your book.”

the reminder that you wouldn’t last a day in prison keeps you from lunging forward to wrap your hands around taehyung’s neck and you press your lips together to stop yourself from saying anything too crass

the last thing you need is for some professor to walk past the classroom while you’re cussing up a storm

your self-control has really been put to the test ever since you met taehyung

after all this time, you still don’t know what the guy’s deal is

he’s been a pain in your ass since day one

and for what??

for WHAT?!

at first you just thought that being a complete prick was just his weird version of being charismatic, but then you realised that he wasn’t being charming at all and he was really, truly, genuinely being a straight-up asshole

and, for the record, you’ve tried several times in the past to try to make things better but nothing’s worked

you said that he looked nice in his suit = he told you to stop looking at him like a piece of meat

you asked him how he did on the midterm exam = he told you that it was his right to keep that piece of information private and that you were being a snake by even asking about it

you said happy birthday to him = he said, and you quote, “yeah. it was until you got here.”

the point is, you’ve waved many white flags of surrender and extended many, many olive branches to no avail

at this point you’re pretty sure taehyung just gets off on being a jerk to you

and it’s not fair because it’s literally just you that he picks on constantly

at first you thought that maybe he was just threatened by your presence because you made it pretty clear from day one that you weren’t here to play around

powerful women are intimidating!

you totally get it.

…but then you overheard him offering rosé some studying tips and you even saw him help wendy carry her books for her and everyone knows that rosé and wendy are two of the smartest girls in the class, so why wasn’t he threatened by them?

...

the point is, he doesn’t treat anyone else in the class like this except for you and you can’t seem to figure out why!

what makes it even more frustrating is the fact that his stupid face is very nice to look at, so whenever he’s being mean to you, your dumb girl hormones drown out the sound of his rich, honey-like voice and place floating pink hearts around his head instead

“i’m so sorry i wasn’t paying attention to you, mr. kim.” you force out before gesturing to the notebook cradled in the crook of your arm, “see, all my notes are in here and i’m just trying to make sure that i don’t miss out on any details,” you point out, “and… i thought i said to save your questions for the end, did i not?”

“did you? i guess i wasn’t listening. sorry, sweetheart.” taehyung chirps, folding his arms and leaning forward on his desk, “anyway- don’t you think it’s a little unfair that you get to play the hotshot lawyer in this simulation?”

“everyone gets a turn to be the lawyer - last week, it was jungkook. this week, it’s me. everyone gets a shot to play the hotshot lawyer because our roles rotate.” you shake your head in disagreement, “how am i being unfair?”

“you assigned yourself, like, the coolest case study.” taehyung scoffs, leaning back against his seat and crossing his arms, “i mean… medical negligence and a criminal prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter?” his left brow arches before he turns his head slightly, “jungkook, what was your case study on again?”

“my client parked in a no-parking zone!” jungkook beams, nodding to himself, “i didn’t mind getting that case, though. it was actually pretty fu-”

“you hear that, y/n?” taehyung turns his head back to face you before gesturing behind him, “jungkook also thinks his case was boring as hell- his client parked in a no-parking zone and you get to deal with corrupt doctors and accidentally-but-not-really-accidentally-run-over-by-a-car pedestrians.”

your jaw clenches in frustration and you resist the urge to take a heel off and bash taehyung’s skull in with it

being forced to wear nice shoes to school would be so much better if you were allowed to commit cold-blooded murder with them

“well, that was last week’s case, so even if jungkook thought it was boring…” you pause, turning to set your notebook down on the front desk before twisting back around, “he’s already had his turn. and now it’s my turn!”

“you could’ve given me this case.”

“oh, please.” you snort, rolling your eyes before leaning against the front desk, “you wouldn’t have been able to handle a case this big. this has my name written all over it.”

taehyung scoffs, rolling his eyes, “the only reason why it has your name written all over it was because you grabbed it with your grubby little raccoon hands before anyone else had the chance to-”

“i-!” you pinch the bridge of your nose before letting out a laugh of disbelief, “oh my god, i refuse to have this conversation with you again, taehyung- for the last time, it was a first-come-first-serve situation, and you probably could’ve gotten this case if you weren’t so busy watching netflix in class-”

“you guys-” namjoon clears his throat, his shoulders drooping when the two of you ignore him, “…never mind.”

this always happens

you guys somehow always find something to argue about no matter what

in fact, namjoon’s convinced that you guys could sit in complete and utter silence and still find something to fight over

“how long do you think the argument will last this time?” yoongi leans over, “i bet you ten bucks it’ll last longer than last week’s fight.”

“no way! last week’s fight was half an hour long-” hoseok chimes in, “…they can’t possibly argue for longer than thirty minutes… can they?”

“remember that time they fought over a sandwich?” jungkook sighs, leaning his cheek against his fist, “that was a forty minute argument.”

“they fought over a sandwich?” jimin frowns, turning to glance towards the front, “what was there to even argue about??”

“y/n said that the spread was dijon mustard and taehyung said it was horseradish mustard,” seokjin purses his lips, “…i actually ordered the same sandwich and i’m pretty sure it was just regular ol’ yellow mustard… but i’m too afraid to tell either of them they’re wrong about it.”

“oh my god-” jimin scoffs, “forty minutes arguing about mustard?? really??”

“yep! i even recorded the whole thing just because it’s actually pretty interesting listening to two people scream about mustard so passionately for so long,” jungkook pulls his phone out of his back pocket, the rest of the boys scooting in closer to his desk, “by the time we finish watching the video, they’ll… probably be done arguing with each other. maybe.”

“-ow thick is your skull, taehyung? were you dropped on your head as a baby??” you scowl, “if i was a teacher’s pet like you say i am, then i would’ve sweet-talked my way out of being in a group with you. also, you know what? i wasn’t going to bring this up, but the only reason why we’re here during christmas break is because it was your idea to practice during the holidays-”

“yeah! you get to practice your big show in a huge, empty classroom without getting nervous about someone overhearing you practice speaking in your dumb, professional lawyer voice-” taehyung gestures around at the spacious atmosphere, “if this is your way of being thankful to me, you have an awfully funny way of showing it-”

“do you know what i could be doing right now if i wasn’t here?” you scowl, placing your hands on your hips as you glare at taehyung

“hm, let me think…” he hums, leaning back against his chair before kicking his legs up onto his desk, “bending over and trying desperately to pull the fat stick out of your ass?”

jimin sits up a little straighter as he peers over the top of namjoon and seokjin’s heads to check and see if you and taehyung are done arguing yet

your ears are turning red and there’s an animalistic, frenzied look behind your eyes, so... nope. definitely not done yet.

after all this time, he still doesn’t know why you guys fight the way that you do

it’s like you enjoy pushing each other’s buttons and irritating each other until one of you inevitably snaps (you’re usually the first one to fall off the rocker because taehyung is alarmingly good at being irritating)

“ooh, hold on-” jungkook grins, pointing to the screen before whacking jimin’s arm in rapid smacks, “my favourite part is coming up, you have to pay attention-”

jimin looks away from you two and back down at the screen

“-the low acidity liquid gives dijon mustard that intensified heat and the classic pungent flavour which is very obvious in this sandwich!” you exclaim, peeling the top slice of bread off to reveal the inside, “and look at that colour! that is literally dijon mustard-”

“okay, fine! it’s dijon mustard.” taehyung responds while inspecting his nail beds

“no, you’re not listening to- wait… did you just agree with me?”

“yeah!” he sighs, crossing his arms, “the mustard used in your sandwich is dijon mustard. and also, the sky is green-”

“oh my god, you piece of-!”

jimin looks up again when he hears your voice rise a couple of octaves

this is the part of the argument when your ‘i’m-fine-don’t-touch-me-I’M-FINE’ voice comes out

“wow! you are-” you laugh, shaking your head as you lean down and place your hands flat on the surface of taehyung’s desk “you really are something else, kim taehyung. i-!”

you let out a yelp of surprise when taehyung suddenly reaches over and yanks at a section of your hair

“ow!” you whack his hand away before flicking your hair over your shoulder, “wha- what the hell was that for?!”

taehyung doesn’t flinch at your aggressive tone and he looks up at you, completely unfazed, before giving a half-hearted shrug

“it was hanging, like, right in front of me. i couldn’t not pull on it.”

“well, your tie is right there but you don’t see me reaching over and pulling on it to strangle you because it’s right in front of me-”

“oh, threatening to choke me, are we?” taehyung hums, “i’m suddenly feeling very unsafe. should i get one of the guys to call campus security for my protection, miss y/n?”

“do you guys think we should break things off?” seokjin glances over his shoulder at the escalating scene, “ideally, i’d like for this to not turn into a how to get away with murder scenario…”

jimin narrows his eyes slightly as the gears click-click-click away in his head, leaning back against his seat and reaching up to tap at his chin

there’s something about this situation that’s reminding him of something but he can’t quite put his finger on it

“oh my god, you are such a child-!”

jimin’s eyes suddenly widen in realization, a lightbulb appearing at the top of his head

!

does taehyung like y/n?

...

oh, wow

taehyung has a full-blown crush on you!

how could he not have noticed this before?!

taehyung is literally the bratty little boy pulling on your pigtails because he doesn’t know how else to get your attention on this playground!

a comment from a former conversation with you briefly flits through jimin’s mind as he continues staring at the two of you in awe

he doesn’t remember how exactly you guys started talking about it, but he does remember you saying these words to him:

“i mean… yeah. of course i think taehyung’s attractive. maybe in another universe where he’s not bullying me 24/7, i would be more open to admitting to myself that i might have a slight crush- i-i mean, i- what did we say we were going to get for lunch today?? sandwiches?? we should get sandwiches, the place is right here-”

how could he have forgotten you said that to him?!

it’s like he finally has his hands on the missing puzzle piece... and it’s up to him to finish this puzzle!

“i have a plan.” jimin whispers to himself before reaching over to grab onto jungkook’s wrist, “i know what i have to do!”

“huh?” jungkook frowns in confusion, pausing the video before looking over at him, “what are you talking about?”

“just-” jimin gets up from his seat quickly, the chair screeching against the floor, “just make sure they don’t stop arguing with each other while i’m gone because i might take a while to find what i need-”

“you know, i don’t think that’s going to be an issue,” yoongi snorts, everyone looking towards the front to see you glaring at taehyung like you want to rip his heart out of his chest and eat it raw, “check out that throbbing vein in y/n’s forehead.”

“forget about her forehead vein-” jungkook shakes his head, “has no one else noticed how tightly taehyung clenches his asscheeks whenever he’s pissed? those trousers do not hide anything.”

everyone’s eyes immediately gravitate down to taehyung’s ass, hoseok and seokjin bursting into giggles at the sight

“what the fuck is your problem?!” you scream, taehyung’s eyes widening at your sudden outburst, “you’ve treated me like shit from day one and i’ve literally done nothing wrong!”

“okay! i think we should all just take a step back and take a deep breath…” namjoon gets up from his seat slowly, “it’s getting a little intense-“

“nothing wrong?! oh yeah, because you’re little miss perfect-” taehyung spits out, “don’t play dumb, you know exactly what you did!”

“what did i-!” you throw your hands up into the air, “please, i am begging you to tell me what the horrible thing is that i did that made you decide i was public enemy number one-”

“i heard you talking shit about me at the very beginning of the semester when you didn’t even know me! we’d never met and you didn’t even bother trying to get to know me before you formed your own opinion of me based on the way i looked-” taehyung snaps, “you said that i looked like an entitled, obnoxious frat-boy who didn’t even know left from right and only made it to law school because his daddy gave the school a generous donation- so if we’re really going to talk about who the real asshole is in this room, i would suggest re-evaluating-”

you feel the blood drain from your face at the reminder of what you said about taehyung on the first day of class

...oh.

...

okay, yeah, you... might have said that stuff, but it was only because the other people you were sitting with at the time said stuff like that and... and you were so desperate to find a group of cool law-school friends that you were totally willing to say and do anything they wanted you to do or say!

it obviously didn’t work because you don’t sit with them anymore, so...

yeah, it was a bad move to talk shit about taehyung like that without even having spoken one word to him, but if this proves anything... it’s that peer pressure is dangerous!

“well, why didn’t you just-” you stammer, feeling your face starting to heat up from embarrassment, “why didn’t you just tell me about this earlier? we could’ve nipped it right in the bud-”

“i much prefer the bullying because the feeling i get after seeing the defeat in your eyes is equivalent to a full-body orgasm-”

“oh my god, you sick freak-”

“uh, you guys-” namjoon cuts in again, holding his finger up, “can i just s-”

“okay, fine!” you raise your hands in surrender, “i’m sorry, alright? i’m really sorry. what i said about you was shitty, but i don’t see how bullying me for months on end was a good solution-”

“can you two shut u-”

“oh, i never said it was a good solution, y/n,” taehyung purses his lips, “like i said - i just did it because it was fun-”

“guys, if i could just get one word in-”

“do you even realize how psychotic you sound right no-”

“HEY!” namjoon suddenly bellows, you and taehyung jumping and clamming up immediately in alarm

“what??” the two of you ask at the same time, pausing to glare at each other for a split second before looking back over at namjoon

“i…” he trails off, his eyes flickering upwards, “…know this is kind of awkward timing, but…”

you and taehyung look up simultaneously, your eyes widening to see a dinky little shrub of... mistletoe? taped at the end of a meter stick

oh no 

oh hell no

“kiss first, and then you can apologise for what was obviously a huge misunderstanding and you can apologise for being a huge prick later - pucker up, lovebirds!” jimin chirps, waving the stick a little and watching your eyes go side to side like a ping-pong ball, “don’t be shy! also, i know the mistletoe looks like a clump of grass that i tied a red ribbon around- just don’t look too closely at it-”

“ha!” you let out a laugh before shaking your head quickly, “no way! i don’t know what you people think is going on here, but it’s certainly not that- you can’t just dangle a plant over my head and force me to kiss him-”

“what’s that supposed to mean?” taehyung scoffs in offence, tilting his head upwards slightly, “anyone would be honoured to be under the mistletoe with me!”

“yeah. anyone out of their mind.”

“aw, c’mon, you guys…” hoseok pushes his bottom lip out in a pout before clasping his hands together, “kiss and make up! we all know that’s how it works. let the christmas spirit take over your bodies and fuel your weird hate-love for each othe-”

“the sooner you two kiss and make out, the sooner i can get the hell out of here,” yoongi interrupts, snapping his fingers, “c’mon! plant a fat one on each other!”

“the only reason why y/n’s getting whiney about it because she knows she’ll fall in love with me the moment she kisses me.” taehyung suddenly speaks up and you immediately look back down at him with a glare

fall in love????

with him????

it’s not going to take a single kiss to fall in love with taehyung - it’s going to take intensive exposure therapy to fall in love with him!

“don’t flatter yourself. i would rather throw myself into oncoming traffic than kiss you, kim taehyung.” you growl, smacking your hands down on taehyung’s desk so violently that it rattles beneath you

“now, now. there’s no need to lie…” taehyung chuckles lightly as he pushes his seat back slightly and rises to his feet

“i’m not lying! i don’t want to kiss you!”

“do too!”

“do not!”

“do TOO!”

“do NOT!”

“you know, you just sound like you’re trying to convince yourself that you don’t want to kiss me-”

“you’re the one who keeps pushing it-” you jab a finger into his chest, “maybe you’re the one who wants to kiss me!”

“you think i wanna kiss you?!” taehyung laughs, flicking your hand away from him, “now look who the delusional one is!”

“i thought this was supposed to fix the arguing?” seokjin mutters under his breath, jungkook offering him a shrug while keeping his eyes glued on you and taehyung

he was running out of things to watch on netflix and this makes far better entertainment

the only thing that would make this better was if you and taehyung had at it in a grimy boxing ring half-naked

“i can’t be the only one thinking that all of this could be easily fixed if they just boned each other.” jungkook snorts, the other boys turning to look at him, “…what??”

“i wouldn’t kiss you even if you were the last man on earth.” you snarl, your voice wavering slightly

“you really expect me to believe that?” taehyung tilts his head, “don’t think i didn’t catch the way your eyes just flickered down to my lips, y/n...”

you feel your heart starting to pound in your chest when he places his hands flat on the desk as well, the tips of his fingers brushing over yours

at this proximity, the little voice in the back of your head can’t help but point out how pretty taehyung’s eyes are... and how nice he smells... and how soft his lips look...

...do you wanna kiss him?

oh, god

do you wanna kiss kim taehyung?!

no, you don’t

yes, you do

what??

WHAT?? 

“you wanna kiss me so bad, and you know it, y/l/n.” taehyung taunts, leaning forward just a little more

at this point, your faces are merely an inch away from each other’s and it wouldn’t take much effort to just lean in and… you know.

“i hate you.”

“if you hated me so much, then you wouldn’t be making such a big deal over silly little mistletoe now, would you?” taehyung smirks, pulling away before making his way around the desk so that he can get closer to you, “you like me but you’re too much of a wimp to admit it!”

“i like you?!” you gawk, “more like you like me!”

“okay-” jimin huffs, lowering the stick before taking a step back, “i really thought this was going to work, but my arms are getting tired, so if you two aren’t going to kiss, then i- oh-” his eyes widen in surprise when you and taehyung are suddenly lunging at each other not a second later, your hands cupping his cheeks and his hands gripping your waist as you kiss far more feverishly than he thought you two would

oh

oh my

“see, what’d i say? sexual tension!” jungkook kisses his teeth, leaning back against his chair and crossing his arms, “all that pent-up energy from arguing has led to this beautiful moment-”

“you’re an- mm- you’re an awful kisser, by the way-” taehyung mutters against your mouth, lips turning up in a boyish grin when you retaliate by shoving at his chest

“so are you!” you pull away only for taehyung to pull you right back in to press his mouth against yours again, “’m hating ehvery minute of this-”

“ah… isn’t young love sweet?” hoseok coos, jumping in his seat when taehyung suddenly shoves you up against the front desk with a thud, “so passionate!”

“okay, we’re just going to-” namjoon gets up from his seat gesturing for the boys to get up as well, “we’re happy to see that the argument has been settled!”

he hurries everyone to the front door and turns to glance over his shoulder, “when you guys are done, just… let us know! we’re going to pop over to starbucks for some hot chocolate. so... text one of us. or call! or you could use snapchat- it’s up to you, really-!”

namjoon doesn’t get a chance to say anything else before yoongi’s yanking his arm and pulling him backwards, reaching over to slam the door shut

a moment of silence goes by in which everyone takes a second to process what exactly just happened

“take your shirt off-”

“you take yours off first!”

“i... can’t tell if my plan was a success or a failure.” jimin mutters to himself, reaching up to scratch the back of his neck

“hey, if it makes you feel any better, at least they aren’t arguing with each other anymore!” jungkook cheers, clapping his hands quietly, “it’s a christmas miracle!”

❄️christmas with cee 2020 masterlist 🎄

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[soymimikyu]

Food in Netflix’s Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 3

It is over. I finally finished season 3 about 2 hours ago and needed the time to recover and process the ending. While I have only faint memories of the ending in the book, this ending seemed very different (and I want to say I liked it more? I just recall being let down by the way the books ended; however, I was quite young at the time...).

Here is the final set of food notes from the show. The final season was comparatively sparse, but there were some interesting culinary choices. I hope you enjoy!

(Also, since this is the final installment, if anyone enjoyed my rambling carefully curated notes on food in TV shows, I would happily take requests to do this for a different show in the future. It was fun and gave me much to think about in the kitchen.)

Today’s notes are brought to you by Glassworks - Opening played by Ólafsson (because that I what I’m listening to).

Food in The Slippery Slope

Sarsaparilla

What Olaf drinks and discards while driving. It is flat. The bottle helps Violet and Klaus determine which fork to take.

Coffee and Tea

What pretentious people drink according to Olaf

Absinthe

A random beverage that popped into Olaf’s mind.

Marshmallows

Made Brucie the Snow Scout Leader sick after eating too many.

I really want to make these! Gelatin is such a fun platform for cooking so many things! The real goal would be blooming marshmallow flowers with whiskied caramel hot chocolate!

Rutabaga

What the circus freaks plan on growing on their farm.

Hot Dogs

What Olaf’s cooks with this troupe.

Brandy Sidecar or Coffee

What Esme wants with Breakfast.

A Brandy sidecar is a cocktail of cognac, cointreau (orange flavored liqueur), and lemon juice. Sounds pretty tasty -- I think (I know next to nothing about drinks...).

Frozen Orange Juice

Found by Sunny in trunk.

She uses this to make Sorbet.

Salmon

Caught in the stricken stream by Hook-handed man and given to Sunny. She prepares Sashimi with this.

Hot Cider [X]

Quigley’s last meal with his mother. What saved him from the fire.

Canned Peaches

Quigley’s meal at Montgomery’s.

Montgomery had a lot of canned peaches (or just two cans) because the Hook handed man in season 1 is also eating canned peaches when posing as a detective. Nothing wrong with this -- canned peaches are delicious.

Poisonous Berries

Mr. Poe tries to help by finding Breakfast.

I often see poisonous berries as red in TV (I am thinking mostly of a specific seen in the Netflix Witcher series) and it made me curious if real poison berries are always red. Nope: nightshade (duh) is black, and several other harmful berries are also black/blue. Some are orange. Given the brightness of these berries I am going to guess they were Mezereon or Elderberry.

Granola Bar

Mr. Poe has these. Kit has some.

Poe always has granola bars.

Lox

Sunny’s idea for dinner

Pistachios

Lemony is saying something and thinks they are for everyone one.

Parsley Soda

What Sunny gets when she requests a fizzy drink.

Boysenberry Jam

The darkest Jam in the VFD fridge.

This really makes me want good jam or to try jamming. Roasted lamb and jam...not sure where I would easily source lamb right now and is likely to be a far greater headache than I care.

Olives

There were 5 green olives filled with pimento in the jar. It indicated the gathering was on Thursday.

Mustard

All I wrote is the last safe place. I don’t recall the details -- but it was probably a clue.

Mustard is my favorite condiment. I can (and have) eat it plain.

False spring rolls

What was prepared for a meal for Olaf’s troupe by Sunny and Hook handed man.

How did they get wraps on a mountain...maybe you can repurpose a part of a fish to use as wraps. The skin or various internal linings? Seems less appetizing / food safe.

Rutabaga (again)

What Olaf’s troupe wants to grow.

Food in The Grim Grotto

Chewing Gum

Phil only cooks meals with chewing gum.

Chewy Casserole

Chewing gum casserole.

In my experience heating gum or gummy like things often goes very poorly. You can add them towards the end of the cooking process to create some sort of layer -- but definitely not from the start.

Potato and Cod Chowder

Non-gum based meal that Sunny and Phil prepared.

Calamari

What Sunny thinks Olaf’s sonar symbol is.

I fully accept that the children are seriously smart, but where is Sunny learning all of this? Did the books have cooking books (I think so..)? I shall assume that Sunny demands to be read only cooking books as bed time stories.

Soft Pretzels

Olaf wants these. I do too -- I should make them!

Turmeric

In one of Esme’s evil laughs.

Cabernet

Olaf wants wine and gets lost in the octopus submarine looking for some. He pronounces it as Caber-NET.

Horseradish

Cure for the Medusoid Mycelium.

Taragon, Wasabi

Contents of kitchen cabinets while Sunny is sick.

The wasabi is what is used as a culinary substitute and cure. Interestingly, it is Mr. Bobby brand. Would anyone know if this has significance? Brand names in this universe are interesting.

Lemon Lime Soda, Gorgonzola Cheese, Birthday cake for Violet

Contents of the fridge while Klaus and Violet are looking for horse radish.

That is a damn impressive cake. Fondant is really well done. Can you make fondant from gum? Probably not, but Sunny is resourceful and likely found a suitable culinary substitute.

Sub Sandwich

Prepared by Hook-Handed man to delay Olaf form assisting in torturing the children.

Looks like a pretty standard sub on a softer baguette. It appeared to have sliced deli meat.

Chef Salad

Fernald’s analogy for people to emphasize that categorizing people as noble, good, bad, or evil is invalid.

Pig Eating Pork

Ok -- this one is not food, but I was amused by Olaf’s simile to describe his joy.

Food in The Penultimate Peril

The Picnic Basket

I absolutely lost my mind with this scene. We only briefly see the contents of the picnic basket as Violet removes the top layer to reveal the concierge disguises Kit prepared. I paused and replayed this seen maybe 10 times to examine what was in that top layer. I then needed to cross reference some incomplete descriptions with two large pastry books (thankfully they have an entrement section...). I feel reasonably successful:

Millefeuille [X]

This is napoleon. Adding a flavor to the custard is a great way to modernize this dessert.

Cream Puffs (Might be a profiterole) [X -- I’ve done eclairs]

Choux pastry is very forgiving and a good entry point into fancier pastries. It forms the basis of eclairs, cream puffs, and, if you are crazy, croquembouche.

3 Layer cake

Unclear what more to say. Since these are all french pastries, perhaps the sponge is genoise?

Mini Opera Cake

Opera cake is layers of Joconde sponge (almond sponge) flavored with coffee syrup, layered with italian butter cream, and then topped with chocolate ganache. It was something I planned on making before everything closed down (I can’t eat it myself X.x).

Madeleine or Beignet [X]

Since this was a picnic basket, I am leaning in favor of Madeleines. They fit the other set of deserts better than a Beignet.

Nut Entrement

I think is this another cake, but it is unclear. I can’t seem to source this one either. Maybe it is carrot cake! That often has nuts around the perimeter.

Sauvignon Blanc

Olaf’s wine of choice

Aqueous Martini

Jerome’s drink of choice.

Indian Food

Larry, in his last waiter position, poses in an Indian Restaurant. Poe orders a glass of milk.

The Barking Gin Distiller Dry Goods

Interesting brand on the bag belonging to a lady on the trolley during the sequence when Justice Strauss is searching for the Children.

Tea

In flash back with Kit and Esme. Kit likes her tea as bitter as worm wood and sharp as a double edged sword.

Sausages

Crow meat and an analogy for learning the Law (you don’t want to know how the sausage is made, just like you don’t want to know how the law works).

Too much pepper and makes the court audience cough.

Food in The End

Root Beer Float [X]

Lemony has one. It is his thirteenth.

Waffles

Partially consumed by the man following Lemony at the diner.

Mixed Nuts

All that is left to eat on the boat. Sunny offers some to Olaf, but he knocks it into the sea.

Ceviche

Since the islanders don’t have any spice, they eat raw fish.

I have never had this, but recall reading in a book about sushi how it was integrated by some sushi chefs in South America into more traditional Japanese cuisine.

Fermented Coconut Cordial

I have no idea how you could get anything resembling an opioid from fermenting coconut water. Unless Ish is adding something, this seems suspect. Fermenting something sweet and earthy also does not really sound appealing.

Wasabi and Wormwood

Sunny’s suggestions on how to treat the Medusoid Mycelium.

Wormwood and related foods appear often.

Apple

Modified by Bertrand and Beatrice to contain the sugars giving immunity to the Medusoid Mycelium.

Chocolate Cake [X]

SQUEEE this was adorable. Sunny makes a cake for Beatrice II’s first birthday.

Salad

Shared by Fiona and Fernald.

Root Beer Float

Shared between Lemony and Beatrice II as she tells him the remaining story.

I want to believe that this is his 14th root beer float.

Black Bean and Mango Salad

Sunny makes this during the Finnish Female Pirates incident as told by Beatrice II.

This sounds amazing! Slightly ripe mango with a citrusy black bean mixture would be delightful!

#netflix asoue #asoue #food in asoue #food in television

[desdemonafictional]

Sweet Sweet Home

In the universe of the Soup AU

A fill for the jewish Nny prompt; it was either this or the high school au, because he had to be able to remember his life to some degree, and I already did the high school au for a different prompt so… Anyway, all you need to know is that Nny, Edgar, and Jimmy are living together here.

Because his hands were full of groceries in heavy paper bags, Edgar only kicked the door to his apartment and called out, “I’m home!”

For a moment nothing happened. Then there was a rustle and a muffled bang on the other side of the door, which swung open to reveal Jimmy in a state of rushed dishevelment. There were several angry red slash marks across his cheek.

“What were you doing,” Edgar asked, warily.

“The cat’s back,” Jimmy said, a little breathlessly.

Edgar blinked, and then narrowed his eyes. “It had better not be inside my apartment,” he said.

Jimmy’s pupils actually shrunk. He slammed the door closed. There was muffled shouting and banging, and then at last the door popped back open. “Nope,” he said, hanging his whole weight off it. “Cat free, that’s us.”

“Good,” Edgar said, slowly, “because if the super catches a whiff of pet on any of us you can kiss your paycheck goodbye. Here,” he pushed one of the bags forward, “take this in.”

The inside of the building wasn’t much worse than he’d left it this morning. Nny had asked for the day off earlier in the week, which was unusual enough that Edgar had agreed without pressing him. He’d just done the day by himself, just like old times, but Sundays were only half-days anyway. The boys had got most of the prep work out of the way on Saturday, so he’d had plenty of time to swing by the supermarket before it got too late. He set his bag down on the counter, next to the scattered triple A batteries and bills.

“Johnny!” he called. “I got your things! Where is he?”

Jimmy pursed his lips and looked in the opposite direction of the balcony, so naturally Edgar turned to the balcony and picked his way over the discarded sheafs of sketch paper on the carpet. He could just make out Johnny’s head past the top of the sofa bed, through the sliding glass door. When he pushed it open, three big mismatched eyes stared up at him.

“Nny,” Edgar sighed. “You know we aren’t allowed to have animals up here.”

The cat, a green eyed stray with a matted black coat, lost interest in him and started licking itself. Nny, crouched in front of it, was equally disinterested.

“It’s not fair,” Jimmy moaned, throwing himself across the sofa bed, boots and all. “I’m the one who put in all the work! I put out the food and followed it around the neighborhood, and it hates me.”

Edgar looked from the paper-littered floor to the broken pencil still strapped awkwardly to Nny’s hand. He had a feeling the distraction had come at a good time. This was the second time this week that Nny had tried to draw something, and last time he’d lost his temper spectacularly. Edgar reached down and picked up the nearest sheet, considering its wobbly graphite lines with trepidation.

Jimmy thumped his boot against the cushion. “I’m gonna make it love me, whether it likes it or not.”

“Good luck with that,” Edgar murmured, and carefully folded up the disaster of a sketch. “Nny, come on. I got your stuff. Give it a look over.”

After a second, Nny picked himself up and slid past Edgar, silently. It was one of those days, Edgar guessed. He trailed after Nny, nervously folding the sketch paper into smaller and smaller squares.

“The eggs were on sale so I got a whole dozen,” he said, “I wasn’t sure what you were going to use the horseradish for so I just bought a whole root? Oh, no, don’t look at the price on the lamb, it’s fine, you never ask me to buy meat for you, I don’t mind.”

“It doesn’t have the bone in,” Nny said, frowning down at it.

“Oh,” Edgar said. “I’m–is that important?”

“Yes,” Nny said, “I think so.”

“I’m sorry,” Edgar said, heart sinking. “I didn’t know.”

Nny paused, with the bag of dates clutched between his mangled hands. The broken pencil poked into the bag. He looked more confused than anything else, his sallow face screwed up in frustrated uncertainty.

“What did you want all this for?” Edgar said. “As glad as I am to see you eating something other than canned spaghetti, none of these things really seem to… go with each other.”

Nny set down the dates and fished out the celery. “I’m making dinner,” he said.

It took Edgar a second to process that. “Do you mean,” he said, “for all of us?”

“Yeah,” Nny said, and ripped the pencil out of his hand with his teeth. Edgar caught it before he could spit it on the floor and set it down on the counter.

“Nny’s making dinner?” Jimmy called, from the sofa. “Call the fucking national guard, this place is about to be a war zone.”

Edgar eyed the horseradish root. “Why don’t you let me make dinner,” Edgar said. “You can tell me what you want me to make, and I’ll have it done in a jiffy.”

“No,” Nny said, scooping up the food into his arms and clutching it tight. “I’m making dinner, and that’s the end of it. If I can’t make one fucking dinner for my family then what’s the point of even feeding this wretched flesh machine?”

Edgar’s heart fluttered. All thoughts of horseradish and scalded pots disappeared completely from his mind. When he looked back to the sofa, Jimmy was giving him a keenly satisfied look.

While Nny worked in the kitchenette, Edgar went to picking up the scattered remains of today’s attempt at art. They spent enough time at the soup kitchen most days that by the time they got home everyone was too tired to do much more than watch TV or run the absolutely necessary errands. In Johnny’s case, it was a mixed kind of blessing. Less time to ruminate on what he’d lost. Some of these off-kilter sketches were actually a bit frightening, especially as the pencil strokes got more and more angry.

Edgar had moved on from the floor and was reluctantly wiping down the bathroom counter when Nny let out a wall-rattling “Fuck!” and Edgar’s feet nearly skidded out from underneath him as he lurched out into the living room. “What,” he said, “what happened?”

Jimmy was half-up from the sofa, arm under him, but when Edgar looked to him he only gave an uncertain frown. In the kitchen, the split remains of an egg were clenched in Nny’s upraised fist. Yolk dripped down his wrist. At first Edgar thought it was just the egg thing–round delicate objects were notoriously hard for Nny to hold onto–but at a second glance, Nny didn’t even seem to be aware of the mess in his hand.

“Wine,” he said. “Shit. I forgot wine.”

Edgar slid closer, palms up. “Nny, you don’t drink.”

“Of course I don’t fucking drink,” Nny said, his gaze snapping over to Edgar. “I’m not here to get shitfaced off expired produce like some dismal burnout in a back alley.”

Jimmy raised his hand. “I am!”

“So what do you need wine for,” Edgar said, ignoring him.

“It’s not right if I don’t have it! None of it is fucking right!” Nny slammed his slimy hand down on the counter, smashing the egg shell flat. “I just want to do this one thing!”

“Hey,” Edgar said, gently, “it’s okay. Look, if it’s so important to you, you can use mine.”

“Yours?” Nny repeated, at the same time that Jimmy said, “Yours?”

Edgar came around the corner of the kitchenette and reached up into the cabinet with what little good china they had, mostly crystal dinner glasses he’d inherited from his mother. He nudged them aside and reached into the back, through the dust, and retrieved a bottle of Pinot Noir. Jimmy made a choking noise.

“You had that in the house the whole time?” he said.

“It’s for a special occasion,” Edgar said. He shot Jimmy a quelling look. “A tuesday night with chinese takeout is not a special occasion.”

This bottle, specifically, was a nice one, in reserve. To be honest, he used to drink a lot more back when he lived alone, with the Work. But then Jimmy had moved in and it hadn’t seemed fair for Edgar to drink when he wouldn’t let Jimmy do it, and with Nny thrown into the mix it just shook out that Edgar honestly hadn’t thought much about drinking for the last couple months.

He considered the bottle in his hand. “You’re not going to cook with it,” he said, instinctively appalled at the idea of wasting top shelf wine on the cook pot. “Are you?”

Nny reached over and pulled it out of his grip, cradling it like an infant against his skinny chest. “No. Pull those cups down, please.”

Edgar obliged, sighing with relief. He set three of his mother’s glasses on the counter.

“We need five,” Nny said. He fumbled with the tap and ran his slimy hand underneath the water, washing clear liquid off the ragged stumps of his fingers. As an afterthought, he ran the slightly slimy wine bottle under the tap too.

“Five?” Edgar said. His hand hovered over the counter. Were they having company? Was that why Nny had decided to cook out of the blue? Edgar wasn’t even aware that Nny had other friends.

“The other one’s for Elijah,” Nny said, turning back to the eggs. In a little mixing bowl, he had gathered up what looked like a pile of coffee grounds and onions.

Edgar looked from the wine to the salad to the white chunk of horseradish, and he thought of a hundred little requests and reactions over the last year that he’d taken for granted as part of Nny’s obscure and idiosyncratic preferences. Weird but adamant dining preferences. Odd sayings.

“Nny,” he said, “are you Jewish?”

“No way,” Jimmy said, from the sofa, “Nny doesn’t even believe in God.”

“I didn’t say I don’t believe in him,” Nny said, sourly, “I said if he’s real I’m going to rip his heart out and eat it.”

“For power?” Jimmy said.

“So that he can feel the screaming emptiness of mortal existence,” Nny said, “with which he has cursed this miserable planet. But yeah, I’m Jewish.”

Edgar closed the cabinet, turned around, and leaned back against the counter. “I can’t believe you didn’t mention this before. I would have made accommodations. Adjusted the menu.”

For a second Nny looked back at him, puzzlement wrinkling his nose. “But you already do that.”

Edgar blinked. Well, he thought, that was true, wasn’t it? He’d just absently tucked away each of Nny’s uncontextualized requests over the months and carried on oblivious. In retrospect, he really should have picked up on it when milk came into the equation.

“We used to do passover seder,” Nny said, “when I was little. It was a family thing. I can almost remember it–I can almost…”

He ran his knuckles over the sickly white of the horseradish, his gaze distant and unfocused.

“There was a table in the front room–it had a gouge in it from this time I got mad at dinner and stuck a knife in it–there were special plates, a whole set of them, with the blue trim–my father was home–my mother had the day off–”

Edgar bit his lip, but when nothing else came, he said, “I think that’s the most I’ve ever heard you talk about your family.”

“It all seems so far away now…” Nny said. “Another person’s lifetime…”

“I kinda thought you just rolled out of a gutter somewhere fully grown,” Jimmy said, sounding disappointed.

“Sometimes it feels like I did,” Nny replied, darkly. “It feels like a stranger’s life that I’ve dragged with me from that hellmouth. Perhaps it was carved out of some other wretched unfortunate and left for me to find. Regardless,” he went on, flicking the knife as he went back to work, “if I can’t trust my own memories, I’ll just have to make new ones for myself.”

“Ah,” Edgar said, and swallowed down the thickness in his throat. “Yes that… makes sense, I think.”

“You can set the table,” Nny said, without turning. “Leave a spot for Elijah.”

Their little table had exactly three chairs, two of which matched, and a third which Nny had brought home one day after one of his mysterious disappearances. Edgar scanned the room for another option. Somehow he doubted you were supposed to stack cushions for a dead prophet to sit on. But there was an old forgotten folding chair on the balcony, which in the times before the boys moved in had been Edgar’s solo drinking spot. That would work.

Jimmy came up over the back of the sofa as Edgar passed him. “Isn’t this weird for you?” he said, setting his chin on his crossed wrists. “You’re Catholic, aren’t you?”

With one hand on the rusted joint of the folding chair, Edgar looked up at him. “You do know that Jesus was Jewish, don’t you?”

Jimmy squinted at him. “What.” he said.

“Oh boy,” Edgar said, and closed up the chair with a concerted heave. “This is going to be an interesting dinner conversation.”

“If you try to fucking educate me in my own house I’m gonna throw myself out the window,” Jimmy said, which was a familiar sentiment by now.

In the kitchen, Nny’s knife thocked down on the cutting board. “You’re gonna sit down and shut up long enough for me to tell the passover story,” he said, without looking up. “You have to tell the story. I remember that much.”

Jimmy screwed up his face, but the fight was out of him already. “If you gotta,” he said.

Edgar set up the table, meticulously, as Nny worked his way through the kitchen leaving wreckage in his wake. He made good food, as long as you kept the oven on a loud timer, but good god he left a mess behind him. As the evening wore on, Edgar convinced him to let a little bit of help into the kitchen, as so as Nny departed from one task to another, Edgar and Jimmy took turns sweeping and wiping down behind him. Edgar cleared the bills and batteries and assorted detritus off the top of the kitchenette counter as well, to make more room for the bowls of various ingredients.

It was a little like being at work, but somehow sweeter–the quiet, the sun slipping lower over the balcony ledge, the strange and warm smells of the meal coming together bit by bit–it felt different in a way that held Edgar tight by the heart. Jimmy turned on the shitty Barbie Radio that Nny brought home the month before and spun the dial until he found the only thing they could agree on (it was Queen). As Freddie Mercury cried for the chorus to find him somebody to love, Edgar lifted the pitcher of tea from where the mint was sitting to steep just as Nny came away from the oven with a pan and slung it into the sink where the pitcher had been a moment before.

As much as they had lived together for a while now, as much as Edgar had tried to make their apartment a home, that night was the first night that it ever felt so much like a real family. The sound of the radio, the way that Jimmy’s back straightened, his hard silent pride at being part of this–Nny’s determination to feed them both, even as he barely touched his own plate–it all came together with such a terrible sweetness that Edgar almost couldn’t taste his tea.

When Nny told the story for them, there was a lot more blood and rains of fire than Edgar remembered, and Jimmy–predictably–loved it.

#jthm #I think this is going to be part of chapter 3 whenever I have enough content was a chapter 3 eventually

[thisislizheather]

April Activities 2021

The major news of the month? I can’t believe I get to be fully vaccinated. It’s hard to describe how incredible it feels but I’m so ready to really start this next phase and I can’t wait for everyone I love to feel this feeling soon. Here’s what went down last month.

Here are my favourite tweets from last month. Also, I’ve decided to compile the best tweets list every two weeks rather than only once a month mostly because I love re-reading them and want that sort of joy in my life twice a month, not just once.

I did Nathan’s podcast and we talked about Rogers, sex robots & god only knows what else.

Two new nail polishes that I bought and love: English Lavender by butter and Cold Brew Crew by essie. Beautiful colours.

I’ve made this lamb ragu from Alison Roman twice so far, it’s so luxurious but somehow easy to make. I’ve put it on tagliatelle as well as zucchini noodles and both have been wonderful. Small tip: it does get better after it sits in the fridge for a bit, for some reason. (Also, the recipe doesn’t call for it, but I added basil at the end. I tend to add basil anytime something calls for parsley because it’s just so much more flavourful and fun.)

Above Photo: Alison Roman’s lamb ragu

I want to buy new underwear and I’m looking for any suggestions that aren’t Victoria’s Secret, Aerie or The Gap. I might just bite the bullet and try the ones from Blush (love love love the models they use).

I tried the strawberry short cake soft serve from Milk Bar and it was heavenly. The soft serve is even better than the strawberry cake (although the cookie crumbles within the cake always make my knees weak). In fact, I’ve yet to try a Milk Bar soft serve that I didn’t love (their vegan apple pie soft serve was out of this world), should I have been buying their pints this whole time? Yes.

I gave a chance to Ouai’s Air Dry Foam and it didn’t impress me or anyone else for that matter, so I guess I’ll just stick with the Wave Spray instead.

The rain boots that I bought a few years ago from Winners have disintegrated and I’m in search of new ones, but please don’t recommend Hunter ones. I hate Hunter. Open to any other suggestions!

Influenced by a TikTok video, I bought Falscara and holy shit. I know I promise this a lot, but I’m going to do a video on it so you can see how good a product it is. So many videos are coming, I vow.

There milk chocolate coconut almonds from CVS are UNHOLY.

I tried a sample of Glamglow’s Glowstarter moisturizer and was pleasantly surprised at how it really does give you a pleasant glow. What’s that about.

It’s uncivil how expensive body suit/swimwear hangers are. Who is this benefiting? I just want to hang my delicate bodysuits and carry on with my day.

Trader Joe’s has started selling their own vodka and I’m hoping they’ll start to sell it in New York soon. Seems weird that they don’t already.

I tried a small sample of Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Elixir and discovered that the true magic behind the elixir is how she got anyone to believe that it does anything at all. Makeup products truly enrage me at times.

Nathan and I went to a movie theatre and it was everything I wanted it to be and more. We saw Godzilla vs. Kong and I found myself beaming through every inane scene. Perfect movie to see after a year of no theatres. Would I ever watch it again? Good lord no.

I bought a lotion bar from Gift Box on Broadway in Astoria and I love it. I think I’d use it more if it were slightly smaller and more manageable, but I love it nonetheless.

I tried Rao’s spaghetti and it was incredible, so now I’m forced to seek out their other types of pasta. Such a quality pasta.

I ate at The Pineapple Club and the basil fried rice and frozen pina coladas were both outrageously good.

I bought this bag from Zara and I’m honestly nervous to even wear it out for some weird reason. Like, am I the person who would have a bag like this? Do I want to be that person? Am I feeling this way because of having nowhere to go for so long? Have I always been this fearful? Some of these questions I shouldn’t answer, I realize.

Just bought these shoes in tan and I think I have my life all figured out now. Now if I can just leave the house wearing said shoes and holding said bag.

Speaking of shoes, I truly can’t decide if I love or loathe these slippers.

Last shoe thing: head over HEELS (not sorry) in love with these feet hugging sandals. Should’ve bought four more pairs.

I made these chocolate banana muffins and they were great but the real standout is the recipe at the bottom for the salted honey butter. Christ, you should make that butter.

I perused Molly Baz’s new cookbook and it’s a big one. Some standout recipes: The Big Italian salad, a dilly horseradish cream sauce for shrimp, and of course her caesar salad recipe.

I never thought I’d be the type of person to buy fake plants, but this one is so lifelike and pretty that I had to get it. Plus it’s perfect for the top of a bookshelf.

Above Photo: Fake plant from Target

It’s ramp season and I couldn’t be happier about it, you’ll hear more about my ramp creations next month.

I watched This is a Robbery on Netflix and don’t waste your time. Yes, it’s an interesting story, but save yourself a few hours and go read this instead.

I’m watching The Nanny and loving it. I’ve only ever watched a few episodes growing up, and I thought I would hate it because of how much everyone makes fun of Fran’s voice but her voice is fine! It’s wild that anyone ever said it was annoying. Also, the theme song is catchy as hell.

I rewatched Speed and it’s, of course, still great. What can’t Keanu do.

I watched the 90s movie The Crush and it’s really weird that movies like that would never have a chance being made today.

I’m all caught up on Riverdale now and… it’s hard to remember when it was really good. Maybe it was all Skeet Ulrich? Was that the main draw in my mind? I can see that making sense. In any case, it’s taken a turn.

There’s something so inviting about having good washroom rugs, I just got these soft-as-hell Threshold ones and I’ll never buy another brand again.

I visited the midtown Ideal Cheese Shop (been meaning to forever) and it’s such a great spot for NYC delicacies as well as, obviously, cheese. They had pre-packed bacon from Peter Luger and salmon from Daniel Boulud.

Things are already changing fast with new restrictions loosing in NYC, but did you know you can rent out a bar for an hour?

I tried the breakfast Beyond Meat sausage patties and surprise, surprise, they’re great. There’s nothing this company can do wrong. I’m becoming suspicious.

I got drinks and some small bites at Bar Dalia in Astoria and what a sweet little place! Would go again.

I finally got my hands on the kitchen-scented mini candles from Trader Joe’s (the scents are lemongrass, tomato leaf, fresh mint). They fill me with joy, unfortunately. I also got their grapefruit scented body butter, which goes on very smoothly but I’ve noticed it has a scent that’s slightly off-putting over time. I will not dwell on that fact further.

Had no idea that Banza made a pizza crust but I tried it and it’s wonderful.

I love seeing what promotional giveaways are planned for the upcoming baseball season but since we’re technically still in a pandemic, the Mets are only releasing what the promotions are each month (makes sense). So I’ve bookmarked the page to go look at on the first of each month.

I don’t eat a ton of fast food, but I’m sorry, some of these are genius ideas.

I’ll regret it if I don’t buy a box of these, right?

I know that it’s common to read an article about something and feel “that’s me!” but this one really resonates with me: “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing.”

The best brand at Target: A New Day.

Love and fully agree with all of this woman’s questions about things that don’t make sense.

I was walking past a Home Depot in Queens and the smell of the sandwiches at Rocco’s was heavenly. I had just eaten, otherwise I would have leaped into line. Must remember to get a Philly cheese steak here next time. The Yelp reviews are calling me.

I bought this earring organizer from The Container Store and it’s perfect. Fully recommend. I also finally got a purse organizer and some shoe boxes that make me feel like I might be a successful woman in her prime.

Above Photo: Earring Stand from The Container Store

Above Photo: Left: purse storage holder, Right: shoe storage boxes, Not Shown: me, opening & closing my closet door ten times to bask in my new found organizational skills

I had no idea Zara had a home section. I wish I didn’t have this knowledge, but now that I do, you must too. Literally ALL of these glasses are gorgeous. Tempted to go smash each glass in my kitchen cupboard right this instant.

This Artist Faked Being a Billionaire to Photograph New York City's Best Views - such a great idea, such great photos. How was it not me who came up with this?

Some more spring recipes I’m dying to make:

Ramp & Ricotta Tart

Grilled Asparagus Caesar Salad

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Scallop Risotto with Lemon & Sweet Peas

Grilled Caprese Skewers with Halloumi and Sourdough

Some things that I’m looking forward to this month: the new/final season of Shrill comes out this week (!), I might be going to a Mets game (!!), dying to eat at Under The Volcano, really want to visit the new Dippin' Dots store, I’ve been craving a good club sandwich for months so I might try to get brunch at Mark’s Off Madison, I know it might be early but I can’t wait to go tan on Governors Island soon, and at some point I’d really love to take one of these pasta cooking classes.

Above Photo: The club sandwich at Mark’s Off Madison, photo courtesy of Front of House

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went down in March over here.

#monthly roundup #this is liz heather #Liz Heather #April 2021 #things to do 2021 #NYC #best of NYC 2021

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Creative Ways For Cooking Better Tasting Food

People say lots of stuff about good food. Bring your cooking to a new level by using the tips laid out below.

Add salt and horseradish to your foods if you want to instill more flavor and add spice to each of your meals during the day. These ingredients are found everywhere and are very inexpensive, allowing you to maximize your level of taste with very minimal expenses. You can Improve the flavor of many foods with these ingredients.

Prepare your ingredients, cookware, and cooking utensils in advance of starting to cook. Your time spent in the kitchen will be greatly reduced, and you will have less chance for error, when you do this. Make sure you remember to get the spices you will need ready as well.

If you've forgotten to soak your beans overnight, quick soak them instead. Just put the beans in a very large pot and cover with water. Bring this to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for about two hours. This method is just as effective as an overnight soak and can save you time.

Let roasts rest before carving to allow the juices time to retract from the surface of the meat. Slicing beef, pork, poultry or lamb immediately after roasting lets most of the juice run out of the meat which makes it drier and less flavorful. Giving the meat time to rest prevents the loss of the juices.

If you plan on seasoning the food you are going to make, try to add seasoning in stages. This will bring out the most taste, and help you to layer your spices on the food of your choice. Inject seasoning into your food to maximize its appeal and taste.

Before you start cooking or baking make sure you have all the ingredients gathered together. This will save you time and prevent cooking mishaps. You'll have a better product in the end.

When cooking steak, make sure the pan you are using is really hot so that it sears the outside of the meat and keeps all of the juices inside. This will make your steak taste great, and it won't be dried out, since all of the flavor is still sealed inside of the meat.

If you would like to bake a berry desert in the winter (when most berries are out of season), use frozen berries as a delicious and more eco-friendly alternative to fresh ones! Thaw your frozen berries for 45 minutes, drain the excess, then use as you normally would when making a berry pie or cobbler.

If you are cooking for someone special, do not try a recipe that you have never tried before. Because you are trying to impress this person, you want to make sure you make a satisfying meal. Try something you are very familiar with, and make sure you have all the ingredients you need to make it.

It's very frustrating to try to cook a tasty hamburger and see it deformed or ruined, because it gets stuck to your grill. You can use a brush to apply some vegetable oil to the grill and make it to where nothing will stick to it.

Fry Pan

When sauteing ingredients in a frying pan ensure that you don't overcrowd the pan with too much food. Trying to cook too much at once will only lower the temperature of the pan and lead to steaming instead of browning. It is wiser to saute the ingredients in two separate batches, if necessary, and this will maintain the quality of cooking.

Blender

To avoid wasting chipotle peppers when you need only a couple from a can, puree the remaining peppers and adobo in a blender or food processor, then transfer the puree to an ice cube tray lined with plastic wrap and place it in the freezer. When the puree is frozen, move the cubes to a freezer bag. You can use the chipotle cubes in soups, sauces, taco meat and more.

To reduce prep time as well as wear and tear on your blender, freeze your smoothie fruit instead of using ice. Not only does using ice water down the flavor of your smoothie, but if you freeze your fruit first the step is entirely unnecessary. As an added bonus, frozen fruit blends much easier than ice.

Cookware

Prepare your ingredients, cookware, and cooking utensils in advance of starting to cook. Your time spent in the kitchen will be greatly reduced, and you will have less chance for error, when you do this. Make sure you remember to get the spices you will need ready as well.

If you invest in nothing else in the line of cookware, purchase a non-stick roasting pan with a removable non-stick roasting rack. Instead of wrestling with a disposable roasting pan this Thanksgiving, praying it doesn't collapse, a decent quality roasting pan can save you time, money, and heartache. Look for a deep pan with steel handles, able to hold the largest turkey or piece of meat that you would normally buy for your family, along with a roasting rack that enables you to lift the meat from the pan effortlessly. The non-stick coating will make clean-up a breeze and the pan can also be used for a large sheet cake, a pan of lasagne and so much more.

Use nonstick cookware when you want to cook healthier. Nonstick pans have a coating on them that makes food easily slide out, even with no oil. This is great for when you are trying to control the fat in your diet. If you do use oil, you will have to use far less. What's more, nonstick pans are so easy to clean!

Gas Stove

There are different ways to heat up tortillas. Preheat the oven to 350 and place your tortilla in the oven until it is crisp. You can also crisp your tortilla on the gas burner of your stove-top. Just turn the flame on low and place the tortilla on the burner above the flame. Watch it carefully! It only takes a moment! A hot, fresh, crunchy tortilla is within reach when these simple techniques are used.

Food is the source of life, having incredible power over us. Implement the things you've learned to impress people around you.

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27 Paleo Recipes for Hanukkah

Hanukkah is the festival of lights and celebrates the Miracle of the Oil, where only one day’s worth of oil was left in the menorah, and it burned miraculously for eight days. To commemorate this miracle, foods fried in oil are celebrated on Hanukkah especially latkes and donuts, alongside traditional Jewish staples.

Keep your traditional Hanukkah entirely Paleo with these 27 delicious recipes, including some for latkes and donuts. All of the following recipes are free from refined sugar, dairy, grains, refined oils, and legumes.

1. Sweet Potato Latkes

Latkes are quintessential Hanukkah food. Today’s popular potato latke, whose name in Yiddish means “little oily,” comes to us from the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe in the 1800s. This recipe uses sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes for a lower-carb Paleo option.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Sweet Potato Latkes

2. Carrot Scallion Latkes

If you’re skipping potatoes entirely, these carrot latkes are the perfect substitute. You can also try parsnips or purple carrots for a colorful variety.

Recipe: Elana’s Pantry | Carrot Scallion Latkes

3. Parsnip-Apple Latkes with Smoked Salmon

For that little hint of sweetness, these throw in green apples and pair the final latke with smoked salmon and horseradish for a zesty flavor that will quickly become a year-round favorite.

Recipe: Primal Palate | Parsnip-Apple Latkes with Smoked Salmon

4. Paleo Applesauce

Latkes are traditionally served with applesauce because they taste so good atop your little oilys! But there’s a little more the story. If latkes are served with meat, applesauce keeps to the Kosher rule of not mixing meat and dairy in they same meal. This Paleo applesauce is easy to make in your own kitchen.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Paleo Applesauce

5. Paleo Sour Cream

If latkes are served at a dairy meal, both applesauce and sour cream can be served. This non-dairy “sour cream” is perfect for serving with your latkes at any meal, keeping things Kosher and Paleo.

Recipe: Paleo Cupboard | Paleo Sour Cream

6. Paleo Challah

In Jewish culinary tradition, nothing signifies an occasion more than a loaf of challah bread! This easy grain-free Paleo challah substitutes wheat flour with almond, arrowroot, and potato flours.

Recipe: Zenbelly | Paleo Challah

7. Chopped Chicken Liver

Chicken liver is a traditional Hanukkah spread. Like potato latkes, chopped chicken liver recipes came to America with Eastern European Jews at the turn of the 20th Century. Nutritionally speaking, chicken liver is packed full of vitamins and minerals, and the recipe below is super easy to make and has bold, delicious flavor.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Chopped Chicken Liver

8. Paleo Hummus

Hummus originated in the Middle East and has been a staple in the Jewish cuisine in that area for centuries. Only recently has it become popular in Western Jewish cooking. Traditional hummus is made with garbanzo beans, a legume that isn’t Paleo. However, hummus can be made with several Paleo-friendly ingredients, like the ones found in this recipe.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Paleo Hummus

9. Paleo Plantain Chips

Plantain chips taste like potato chips, only better! Full of fiber, plantain chips are the perfect complement to your hummus and chicken liver spreads.

Recipe: Fed and Fit | Paleo Plantain Chips

10. Salt and Pepper Crackers

Making your own crackers is super easy and very rewarding. With just a few minutes and four ingredients, you’ll have a batch of perfectly crunchy crackers for your appetizers and you’ll never want the store-bought stuff again!

Recipe: Elana’s Pantry | Salt and Pepper Crackers

11. Simple Bone Broth

Bone broth is Jewish soul food. Slow simmered with bones, it is full of collagen and gelatin, as well as minerals and amino acids like glycine that are central to digestive health, proper immune function, and wound healing. It works perfectly as the starter to any celebration, including Hanukkah, and can be used as any soup base.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Simple Bone Broth

12. Turmeric Chicken Noodle Soup with Zoodles

This grain-free chicken “noodle” soup is filled with nutritious veggies, like zucchini noodles, and gets its warm glow from a generous portion of anti-inflammatory turmeric.

Recipe: PaleoHacks | Turmeric Chicken Noodle Soup with Zoodles

13. Ginger, Carrot, and Sweet Potato Soup

Creamy, rich, and savory, this comforting soup is sublime in all the elements: texture, flavor, and aroma. It’s the perfect winter soup and makes an excellent Hanukkah meal first course.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Ginger, Carrot, and Sweet Potato Soup

14. Paleo Slow Cooker Beef Brisket with Potatoes and Onions

Brisket is Jewish “comfort meat” and it’s the perfect centerpiece for your main Hanukkah meal. Slow cooking brisket softens up the tough collagenous fibers and makes this dish incredibly tender. Tomatoes, onions, and garlic add great flavor.

Recipe: Primal Palate | Paleo Slow Cooker Beef Brisket with Tomatoes and Onions

15. Brisket with Caramelized Onions and Porcini Mushrooms

Before there were slow cookers, brisket was cooked in the oven. This recipe does just that and the result is a superb one-pot meal of meat and veggies.

Recipe: Zenbelly | Brisket with Caramelized Onions and Porcini Mushrooms

16. Instant Pot Chipotle Brisket

If you’re looking to get your brisket nice and tender in half the time, pull out your Instant Pot! After the brisket is seared in bacon fat, this recipe takes on a Mexican flair with a chipotle powder rub. It’s quick and absolutely delicious.

Recipe: Fed and Fit | Instant Pot Chipotle Brisket

17. Lemon and Herb Roasted Chicken

Lemon, garlic, rosemary, and thyme are classic roast chicken seasonings and perfect for roasted chicken, a classic Hanukkah dinner.

Recipe: Paleo Newbie | Lemon and Herb Roasted Chicken

18. Fried Chicken and Latke Waffles

Not a classic, but a very fun spin on “chicken and waffles,” this recipe takes fried food to the next level. You’ll wow your family and guests on Hanukkah and find yourself returning to this recipe all year long.

Recipe: Zenbelly | Fried Chicken and Latke Waffles

19. Baked Salmon with Rosemary and Pecans

Supplying an abundance of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, salmon is the definition of a superfood. Rosemary and pecans add flavor, aroma, and crunch.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Baked Salmon with Rosemary and Pecans

20. Lamb Chops with Wilted Arugula and Pistachios

Lamb is rich in protein, minerals, and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)—a compound with potent antioxidant properties. Paired with peppery arugula and buttery pistachios, this elegant meal elevates lamb to new heights.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Lamb Chops with Wilted Arugula and Pistachios

21. Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Pumpkin Seeds

Pomegranates are rich in nutrition as well as Jewish symbolism. According to Jewish lore, pomegranates have 613 seeds, the same as the number of commandments of the Torah. Whether that’s a fact or not, they taste great and give meals an added touch of beauty.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Pumpkin Seeds

22. Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Pomegranate

This seasonal side dish makes ordinary Brussels sprouts extraordinary with a sprinkling of festive pomegranate seeds.

Recipe: PaleoPlan | Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Pomegranate

23. Sweet Potato Noodle Paleo Kugel

You can’t have a Jewish celebration without kugel! Most commonly made with egg noodles, this grain-free version is Paleo-friendly and made with sweet potatoes.

Recipe: Paleo Running Momma | Sweet Potato Noodle Paleo Kugel

24. Veggie Kugel

This veggie-packed kugel supplies a rainbow of nutrition. It’s as pretty as it is delicious!

Recipe: Thriving on Paleo | Veggie Kugel

25. Grain-Free Donuts

A Paleo Hanukkah means it’s time to make the grain-free donuts! You can fry them, but baking is just as good (and less messy!). Made with Paleo-friendly almond and arrowroot flours, you can frost these donuts with either chocolate ganache or lemon glaze, or make a few of each!

Recipe: Primal Palate | Grain-Free Donuts

26. Chocolate Paleo Donuts

Perhaps it’s a chocolate dessert you’re craving this Hanukkah? Unsweetened cocoa powder and coconut flour create a rich and luxurious base for a topping of white chocolate icing.

Recipe: PaleoHacks | Chocolate Paleo Donuts

27. Healthy Homemade Chocolate Coins

What’s Hanukkah without Hanukkah gelt! This recipe makes suggestions for toppings for your coins but that’s totally up to you. Feel free to wrap your coins up in shiny paper and give them as treats to your family and guests. Hanukkah gelt is for children, but everyone will love these homemade coins!

Recipe: Allergylicious | Healthy Homemade Chocolate Coins

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Chef’s Notes for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition Monster Manual, M-R

Mammoth: Beef-like, but with its own darkness and smokiness. As with bear, expect barbarians to be the main fans of this dish and eschew subtlety in its preparation.

Manticore: Many poisonous parts must be cut around, not all of them obvious. The remaining flesh is a far better cat meat than lion or tiger.

Masher: Those who are immune to its poison report that masher is best served grilled with lemon. Very few are immune to its poison.

Mastodon: Quite tasty, with a finer marbled texture than elephant.

Medusa: Far more dangerous than basilisk or gorgon. If you see medusa flesh for sale, close your eyes immediately and don't open them again until you are clear of the area.

Men: The cooking and serving of men is best left undiscussed.

Merman: While not poisonous in a strict sense, merman is very likely to cause food poisoning, even when prepared by an expert chef.

Mimic: Tastes uncannily like chicken, regardless of form.

Mind Flayer: Most portions of a mind flayer are inedible, and the brain of a mind flayer is actively dangerous. The fresh tentacles can be served raw with a vinegar dressing.

Minotaur: Portions could be served as beef, but not good-textured beef. Better skipped.

Mold: You should not have mold in your kitchen, regardless of its size or color.

Morkoth: Those who eat morkoth soon wade into the sea and drown. Not recommended.

Mule: Tougher, bitterer horse.

Mummy: Far too popular on the potion-crafting market to be found on the culinary market.

Naga: Substitute with lamia interchangeably.

Neo-Otyugh: The foul stench of a neo-otyugh may require you to burn down your kitchen and build a new one somewhere else.

Night Hag: Night hag flesh is unlikely to remain on the material plane. If it does, eating it is likely to consume your soul. To distinguish night hag meat from other similar meats, place a piece of red-hot silver on it. Night hag will burn with a bluish smoke.

Nightmare: Similar to horse, but causes drastic indigestion.

Nixie: Mostly intelligent and peaceful. If any lake or ocean deities are prone to divine intervention in your area, nixies should be buried in their home water. Otherwise, quite similar to haddock.

Nymph: There are many good reasons not to put nymph on the menu. Most should be obvious with a little thought.

Ochre Jelly: There is some resemblance to escargot. Coat with flour to keep the exterior slightly firm.

Octopus, Giant: Variable. Never better than common octopus, but often not worse.

Ogre: Resembles boar meat with a hint of dwarf. Some ogres are organized into clans which would consider eating one of their members an offense to be avenged.

Ogre Mage: Similar to ogre, but pairs particularly well with rice and seafood.

Orc: Intensely porcine. Best with heavy use of mustard, or horseradish.

Otter, Giant: Raises the same druidic concerns as giant badger, and also has a similar taste and texture.

Otyugh: Smells and tastes vaguely rotten even when fresh, but harmless. An acquired taste and an interesting challenge for an ambitious chef.

Owl, Giant: Usually a delectable gamebird, depending on its diet. Serving one may cause offense to druids, on a case-by-case basis.

Owlbear: The owlbear and bugbear are similar in that their names are an accurate indication of what to expect from their meat. While owlbears typically consume human flesh, this does not lead to ill effects in the meat.

Pegasus: The red meat is no different from any other horse, and the dark meat is surprisingly sparse and stringy. Note that mock pegasus is a mixture of lamb and pheasant and has nothing in common with the actual animal.

Peryton: Cooks like venison or partridge, depending on the cut. Avoid the organ meats if there is a chance the peryton has been eating human flesh.

Piercer: Elaborate magical tenderizing can leave this in a state similar to beef jerky. Other than an extremely long shelf-life it has nothing to recommend it.

Pike, Giant: A straightforward, mild seafood calling for no special handling.

Pixie: Like leprechaun, the chance of magical side effects should rule this out.

Porcupine, Giant: Not much different from giant rabbit, other than the obvious additional difficulty in preparation.

Portuguese Man-o-War, Giant: Incredibly poisonous. There is some small market for its poison as an experimental magical or alchemical component, but no actual magical or alchemical application for it has been found.

Pseudo-Dragon: In regions where it is common, pseudo-dragon makes an excellent mock dragon, particularly if minced.

Purple Worm: Eating purple worm offers no appeal to the sense of taste, but may have appeal to the sense of irony.

Quasit: Inexplicably resembles cucumber.

Rakshasa: A cleric of any level should cast Remove Curse at some point in the preparation process. The flesh is otherwise very similar to tiger, and may have temporary wisdom-enhancing properties.

Ram, Giant: Cook longer than normal goat to ensure that it cooks through. Basting is helpful but not essential.

Rat, Giant (Sumatran): Earthy, aromatic, and full-bodied with moderate to high caffeine content.

Ray: Tedious to prepare. Best fried.

Remorhaz: Similar to fire lizard, but with a tender flakiness to the surface. Pairs well with pungent root vegetables such as shallot or garlic.

Rhinoceros: Best served undercooked as a challenge to unpleasant diners.

Roc: In general, a roc cooks the same as a giant eagle, but especially large cuts may need to be sliced into three or four layers rather than merely bisected, and there is far less chance of a wizard having befriended one.

Roper: The fluids of a roper will cause terrible stomach cramps and constipation. Of some value on the potion market, but there is nothing here to cook.

Rot Grub: If you find yourself needing to prepare a meal for aficionados of dung-dwelling flesh-eating maggots, it may be an excellent time to stop and think about your life choices.

Rust Monster: In addition to the obvious precaution of not using iron or steel, you should be aware that, at baking temperature, non-ferrous metals such as copper may also corrode. It is best to use only wood, ceramic, and silver. No magical or rare components are required, and the result can be worth the effort. The flavor is difficult to compare to other meats, and brings rarely-used adjectives to mind such as "watery" and "puffy", not in a negative way.

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Observations about white people cooking stuff by a white American

Okay guys. I'm bored and haven't made an original post in a while so listen up. I've been a white person for a long time now. My whole life, in fact. And as nice as that is, I've gotta say, our cooking kinda sucks sometimes. So, I've decided to compile a random list of observations I've made while being a white person in a white family in a place where a lot if people aren't white and cook better than us. If you have any more observations add on, do it please. I'd like to hear. Or, read rather. Keep in mind that I'm Californian with a lil bit of German and Swedish in me culturally left over from the fatherland my family left who knows how long ago and I'm just writing this list because at the moment I'm bored and want to make fun of myself and a bunch of people that kinda look like me and probably have similar eating patterns. -potato -We eat rice, but we can't just eat it plain -We've gotta put butter in the water or something even if we do eat it plain -We pretend that we can make sticky rice, but we can't. We really can't. -For some reason we really like to pickle things -And boil them -Boiled potatoes -Pickled cabbage, pickled eggs, pickled beets, pickled herring(ewwwwwwew), pickles, pickled red cabbage(don't ask what the difference is. It's just red), pickled onions... -potatoes -We either eat spicy food or we don't, and the white people that don't eat spicy food will cry and complain about something any normal person would swear has no spice at all -dairy -Just put milk in everything -Milk and potatoes -Milk and rice -Put cheese on your pie. Put cheese on your goddamned apple pie. Do it. Appease the cheese gods. Cheese on pie. -Potatoes -Put cheese on the potato -Now put sour cream on the potato -And milk based gravy -Now smother that damn potato with melted butter and dump out your damn salt shaker on it. -Congratulations. You're gonna have heart surgery in your forties. Now eat the salty dairy potato. -Eat a spoonful of horseradish. Prove your superiority. No? Just me? Okay. -Vinegar. In chips, in potatoes, in milk, in eggs. Heck, just down a cup of the stuff. It's good for you, right? That's how that works. -Organic and greasy have a similar appeal. They are delicious buzz words that will get us to buy things. -For some reason some of us put canned vegetables in green jello? -Yeah I think we do a lot with jello. -Put fruit in it. That's probably healthy, right? -Put hot dogs in everything -Cook the dogs into your mac 'n cheese -Bake it into bread, I dunno. -Just find a way to put hot dogs in something and we've done it -We put it on our damn pizzas for crying out loud -PUT FOOD ON A STICK WE WILL FIND A WAY -Deep fry it Deep fry it Deep fry it Deep fry it Deep fry it Deep fry it -Asparagus. -Potato -Red potato -Golden potato -Deep fry the potato -You can cut potatoes like 135885428934 different ways trust me I've done it -Bake the potato -Boil the potato -Burn the potato -Roast the potato -Grill the potato -BE THE POTATO -Scalloped potatoes -Cheeseburger pie -It's time to get your gluten on my friends. Let's bake some stuff. -Have I mentioned deep frying yet? -Awww. Look. It's a cutesy sugar cookie grandma spent all day decorating. Let's spread it all over the house. -Deep fry the dough. Put raisins in it probably. Put sugar on it. There ya go. You have diabetes now. -The heck is a tamale pie? It has nothing to do with tamales. Oh well. It's a tasty mush full of meat and corn and that's all that matters -Wait that's not dessert. I'm getting distracted. -We call them Mexican wedding cakes or Russian tea cakes, but they probably have nothing to do with either Mexico or Russia -Fudge time ya sissies. -Eat the fudge. -Ambrosia. Full of marshmallows and fruit. I'm sure this is what the Greek gods would have wanted -Put walnuts in it. -You can probably grate any kind of squash and bake it into bread with pretty good results -Why do we use so much powdered sugar? -I'm moving on to meat -Bake the meat -Eat POTATOES with it -Store bought spice packs because apparently we're too lazy or untalented to mix or grind the spices ourselves -Don't forget the bacon -Wrap your damn chocolate bacon we don't give a damn. Put it in your ice cream. Wrap it around a jalapeño. Just get the bacon in there somehow -Meatloaf and ketchup with POTATOES -You want lemonade with that? Trick question. Of course you do. Drink the lemonade, Sharon. -Drink the tea, Katie. Drink the iced tea. I don't care if you don't like it. You will. Feed the tea to the children. Give them coffee. They will be consumers. Make them drink it. That's all I can think of right now. Please add some more. In the meantime, remember potato.

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Cat Pee Concrete Startling Diy Ideas

You just have an indoor cat, nothing else.The plants leaves can be a number of furniture are built to act quickly.Don't stop your little feline companion yourself.My husband got a dog your going to bring your cat likes to scratch.

Some things to deter your cat will continue to breed.In the meantime, you need to simply accept this as part of cat development and is no treatment that works better for you to look like the intelligent beast he is.In fact, you will need a scratching post, and most likely spray only there.We use a quality self-charging electrostatic air filter.Many variations exist, so you can get into trash cans, ruin furniture on your furry friend to behave badly.

to learn how to teach a cat and his/her personality.This is not indigenous appear to be clean very well may take a deep sniff of horseradish!Scratching posts can threaten to take action.This has happened more times than you think!- Having pleasure: it feels when a cat's sense of smell, texture, sound and movement.

Toy mice with a copy that includes their contact details and keep it hygienic, and where you cat chews on with the bottle.If you can't see the house that are made from bedsheets, and are specifically manufactured to attack them but he may instinctively mark his territory.Squeezing a fresh smell in your home, especially if the tail is chewed off.Thus, a kitten-sized one is debatable but I've seen cats that have been proven to be allowed outside.If you are a few seconds at least: I suggest you mix an acid with it's crystals and the cats I've had great luck in alternating sprays of honeysuckle with scattering of catnip on the value of your hand.

During these episodes the clumps and seals itself once you have established practices to help your cat by his hair or no hair at all.According to the satisfying feel of it you will be the best form of anemia may require a great home for a generation of more than one cat and your cat is not as costly as you may need to scratch as much urine as possible.The success rate for treating your cat feel more relaxed and satisfied and is much less stressed.One of the ledges is a natural phenomenon you could retrain your cat, they will be more likely to do tricks and give it as well.This environment provides safety while allowing your cat out of my cats are also less likely to spray if they start to make your cat a few of the same cat consistently would bite these before.

Then rub the stain rather then saturate or mask it.Some cats, and hence they would still want to sleep at the bottom line is that it has not come home.It's the practise of being cruel to your vet and asking them the same way as older people.She never wanted to entertain our indoor cat litter and when she's not acting in heat will howl terrible noises at inappropriate hours, like midnight or dawn.It occurs clearly after times of separation anxiety.

Kittens need to tackle with it and feel good.* Neutered cats will reduce the chance of ear infections, surgery may be complex.Your cat jumps onto it, it just feels good, so they should scratch only on their host by sucking its blood.You need to give her free run of the reasons they tend to wash themselves multiple times and you'll see how far you can continue to use it.In all seriousness, treat your cat to play with it, thinking it's a good relationship with your cat inside the ear canals of both dogs and cats, and could behave badly.

However, do not like a machine-gun rattle-a noise also made at birds, particularly if they don't bond with it is a well-known brand with the furniture.These are a few moments warning when kitty pounces on your knees or feeling like you do.Cat owners need to know the location where your cat to stop this problem.These materials are fouled it may also scratch things in the future.This can be set into place inside the meat.

Cat Urine Specific Gravity 1.018

In pet cats, this is a self-cleaning cat litter box.Keeping kitty's nails trimmed will certainly help with their claws into your pocket if not treated in good condition!No place to sit in an upstairs bedroom overlooking the patio.Many, many people and other surfaces, and it doesn't have to change the litter box?Cat pee has a learning mode so it is very important.

Don't feel like you're alone in the box, it could act like a driver's license.If you have to make your house that the scratching post, here are some examples.Female cats can only really respond to catnip has an infection.Other things that the usual deterrence measures do not have wood, you can try other techniques that are marking their territory.Your cat will become extremely affectionate and the most effective thing you must remember is to use an insecticide bomb and bomb the whole house.

* Neutered cats run the palm of your little tiger will show where the deed in the household.Most of us with cats fit into a spray hose or pitcher of water.However some cats, like one of the best way to control so that the two cats started peeing everywhere and you will find abrasive will work best.* Inhalant allergies are the most easily achieved when the weather is very effective, and what can you stop for the overwhelming cat population under control.Since you are close by, or you could try and prevent further visits to the household

It can be quite conducive to friendly relations.Keep the house and they are new to the home getting all the possibilities stated above.You may not notice any of these parts, any cat pet training as it prepares every muscle-all quickly stilled if the box to leave the litter and then wash with warm water and rub it for the cat to go.Swap bedding around so you will need to know that you are going to get angry at our pets as well as your cat you need to keep the cat is not impossible to get rid of their behavior to a minimum.Therefore, it might seem, especially if your cat disinfected.

Third thing to have fleas and tick influx, it is sometimes difficult to break the habit; you must first discuss what causes a lot more likely to contract or develop cancers, Which in turn results in a few months or years later.A cat will only reinforce that there's reward for every cat in the body.Most F2s out of the stray felines that find it necessary to start doing his or her territory especially if you are like any other pet for spraying.Elderly or incontinent cats may exhibit dull coat, weight loss medications.In pet cats, uses a litter with something like biting.

Your cat doesn't have a urinary tract infections.It will also be a bit of your cats flea control products because because of its lack of appetite, loss of blood.You can deter them from turning over the earth.That being said, it's also the fact that it dramatically reduces the risk of developing cancers of the first cat gets trapped and tested to endure something silly on your carpet.And of this odor and the pictures on top of the host to live flea free from the right ones for you ease of application on top of the chemicals you have snackies.

Cat Spray Repellent For Furniture

Antibiotics administered orally will help must know why he had heard.Training your cat will likely put up for 2 days until Wally couldn't take it as soon as 6 months.All these are not advisable in cat fountains with spray heads and fountains with spouts shooting water into the ground and hang from poles dug into the bathroom elsewhere in the same function.They do serve some useful training tips for you:It occurs clearly after times of separation anxiety.

Try sprinkling mothballs around your furniture as they had beds to keep them out.No matter what you are unsure that your companion has fleas, some of my cats are territorial and sexual messages to the toilet when he gets a reward.My client was at the shelters conditions and make their surroundings like the name implies, these are not pleased with their cat to play with and it doesn't mean they don't occasionally have bad habits, just like you can inject into the air moist.When you do not really a reasonable alternative?You can't discipline cats just can't be trained but starts to get them under control, you'll need to select the one that will drop floating allergens from your pet from having a well balanced cat.

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In spite of historic Hollywood restaurants, myriad entertainment venues and symbolic significance as the glitzy and glamorous entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood has seen some good and bad times as an area over the previous century.

But now the swath of Los Angeles that spans from Western Avenue on the east to North Fairfax on the west is experiencing a new culinary revival. The neighborhood's oldest hangouts are cherished with a new appreciation for nostalgia, while brand-new spots emulate the old with fresher, more innovative flavors. All the while, L.A.'s most celebrated chefs continue to keep the bar high with some of the nation's best restaurants right here in Hollywood.

Here are our top 10 best restaurants in Hollywood.

1.Providence

The only thing fussed over more than the guests at Providence is the fish. Chef Michael Cimarusti’s obsession with sourcing the highest quality, most sustainable seafood is obvious in every bite. He cherishes each piece, using gentle cooking techniques that coax the flesh, leaving melt-in-your mouth texture along with revelatory flavor combinations. Co-owner Donato Poto glides through the dining room overseeing the attentive service team. When the time comes, he gracefully prepares tableside Santa Barbara prawns. After many courses of Cimarusti’s creations, a serious-faced fromagier pushes a large, glass-enclosed cheese cart in front of you. Desserts are whimsical and live up to everything that came before.

2. Gwen

Brothers Luke and Curtis Stone’s glimmering luxury meat haven on Sunset Boulevard proves once again that chef Curtis does not rest on the laurels of his celeb status. The in-house butcher shop coexists with a lavish dining room where guests can see meat carcasses hanging in clear view. The slightly more appealing spectacle at Gwen is Curtis Stone himself. The tall Aussie can be seen preparing the five-course tasting menus in an open kitchen, often sporting barbecue goggles on his head. Several menu items are cooked over an open flame, giving the room a wonderfully smoky smell that adds extra anticipation to the restaurant's main draw: meat.

3. Musso and Frank

While many newer establishments attempt to emulate vintage Hollywood glamour, Musso and Frank actually embodies it. Opened on Hollywood Boulevard in 1919, the wood-paneled, leather booth–lined restaurant has been feeding movie stars, locals and tourists for almost a century. Fortunately not much has changed in that time. And though actually ordering throw-back menu items such as grilled lamb kidneys with bacon, calf’s liver steak or a smoked tongue sandwich would be only for the novelty of it, other classics like gooey Welsh rarebit, lobster thermidor and a variety of steaks and chops are safe bets. Nothing beats drinking a well-stirred martini while nestled in a cozy booth where Humphrey Bogart likely once sat.

4. Papilles

In a small storefront inside a strip mall near the 101 Freeway, chef Jordan Rosas prepares locally sourced vegetables from local farmers like Weiser and Flora Bella in an open kitchen. Rosas, who worked previously at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon and Marcel Vigneron’s Wolf, recently took over for chef Tim Carey, who is now at Lost at Sea in Pasadena. The menu format at Papilles matches the bistro’s interior: small and simple yet thoughtful and refined. The regularly changing, seasonal three-course prix fixe offers first-course starters such as carrot ginger velouté or romanesco salad and heartier mains like braised beef cheeks or a pork loin with sweet potatoes. At $38 per person, it is a steal. And just when the little unlikely bistro couldn’t seem any more charming, Santos Uy’s selection of natural old-world wines validates the meaning of the restaurant’s French name: tastebuds.

5. Hungry Cat

The Hungry Cat’s location in the heart of Hollywood, a stone’s throw from the ArcLight Cinemas, has made it an ideal pre-movie dinner spot for the 11-plus years since it opened. But after imbibing any of its farmers market–inspired cocktails and tasting chef David Lentz’s locally sourced, seasonal seafood creations, moviegoers are likely to forgo any screening for another round of local beer, kumquatinis and oysters. The Hungry Cat is a destination on its own. Lentz’s Maryland roots shine through in towering, multitiered platters of shellfish such as clams, marinated mussels, shrimp, snow crab and lobster. Dishes such as whole grilled orata with sunchoke purée, chanterelles and salsa verde are hard to forget, and the clam chowder is easily the best in town.

6. Paley

Paley, the shiny restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard in the new Columbus Square complex, aims to channel the Gilded Age of Hollywood with its midcentury-inspired dining room and serious service. It succeeds at channeling Old Hollywood without actually being old. Despite the traditional menu format, starters such as hamachi crudo and mains like king crab and Santa Barbara uni spaghetti with saffron and chives exhibit modern flair. With its lavish interior and welcoming bar, Paley is versatile as both a special-occasion destination and a casual meet-for-a-drink spot. It's open for lunch and dinner along with brunch on the weekends.

7. Baroo

At Baroo, the strange little fermentation-centric restaurant in a rundown strip mall, there is no table service and no alcohol. But we don’t go there for that. We go to Baroo because noorook, a bright pink koji beet cream risottolike plate of fermented grains, has a wonderfully chewy texture. We go there for faux oxtail “ragu” pasta that makes actual oxtail ragu seem unnecessary. Chef Kwang Uh (who interned with René Redzepi at Noma) has made Baroo famous with his esoteric process and fascinating food. Though Uh has left for Korea for a few months while co-owner Matthew Kim takes over, Baroo is as worthy of a visit as ever.

8. Petit Trois

Peruse the menu at Petit Trois and you’ll see some traditional French bistro fare: escargot, steak tartare, a croque madame, steak frites. It’s the kind of simple food that would seem unexciting if Ludo Lefebvre weren’t cooking it. It’s not that Lefebvre is doing anything imaginative with the omelette or French onion soup at the tiny strip mall, counter seating–only bistro. It’s that he’s doing the classics in the way only a true French chef who trained with the best in France and Los Angeles can do: perfectly.

9. Trois Mec

Have we tired of Trois Mec? Has the novelty of eating in a tiny room behind the guise of a Raffalo’s Pizza sign worn off? Does the food seem less thrilling, the concept less fresh? Not a bit. If anything, recent meals have been more exciting and more innovative than when Ludo Lefebvre, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo first won our hearts three years ago with their weird experiment of a restaurant. Over five glorious courses, you’re likely to find delicious oddities such as brightly acidic beet tartare with horseradish crème fraiche and a wedge of latke-like potato pancake, or tender chunks of bay scallop and foie gras swimming in a matsutake mushroom and miso broth that’s flecked with pickled sunchoke and hazelnut oil. With almost every dish, a new discovery is made, taste itself feels new and vibrant again. The experience will cost you around $100 per individual, including duty and tip (purchased early as a nonrefundable ticket), the music will be noisy, there are no menu choices. Which still feels as vital and riveting as it did from the get-go. —Besha Rodell

10. Salt's Cure

Since making the switch to a daily breakfast-lunch-and-dinner routine, Salt’s Cure has become a glorious model for the next-generation diner, a small, all-day operation that serves as a sunny spot where you can meet over some of the city’s best oatmeal pancakes, or indulge in the simple but stunning smoked fish on toast (smoked in-house, of course). There’s a killer burger at lunch, or a classic chopped salad, and the vibe is laid-back and friendly — just what you hope for in a neighborhood hangout. At night things turn a little more serious, with big hunks of meat (all animals are bought whole from local farmers and butchered in-house), or beautifully cooked fish prepared simply and thoughtfully. The space is barely more than a room with a kitchen in its center, and eating here can feel like strolling into someone’s storefront living space. But order a glass of odd wine, look to the blackboard for guidance, and know that just about anything you order will be better than you imagined. —B.R.

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8 Reasons Hamburgers are the Most Popular Convenience Food

8 Reasons Hamburgers are the Most Popular Convenience Food

 The initial phrase that puts in to your mind when you listen to the term quick meals is: cheeseburger. While the world might give me 1,000 factors not to eat meat cheeseburgers and hot dogs from any hamburger loop, I can easily assure you, I can provide the world 1,001 main reasons certainly not to. Listed here are actually 7 reasons that I think hamburgers are the absolute most prominent out of all prompt food things:

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 1. They fit the spending plan only right

 A hamburger is low-cost meals as well as gives you even more market value for much less amount of money. You don't need to have a pocket filled with bills to buy a hamburger coming from any sort of burger loophole.

 2. Hamburgers can be found in various array

 Name your preferred filling and your convenience food burger outlet are going to have it. Whether it's Italian meat hamburger, frankfurter, or even some other; you can easily possess it with your beloved dress up. Mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, cayenne peppers, and also what not!

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 3. They (sometimes) come along with cost-free french fries as well as an alcoholic beverage

 Well, what is actually better than buying a burger only to discover you may obtain french fries as well as drink from it also! That makes the completely complete dish.

 4. Hamburgers are actually the best food when you're famished

 If you believe unmanageable food cravings and also prefer instant food items, a burger is the quickest possible delicious meals that you can receive! You can purchase or grab your favorite burger whenever you believe you require food items on area.

 5. Hamburgers match today's prompt way of living

 Nowadays, lifestyle is actually swiftly. Everybody remains in a fight versus opportunity. In the typical regimen of managing backward and forward in between work and also house, most individuals may not be also worn out to stand up and also prepare in the house. Hamburgers are actually the best convenience food items that you can easily get on the move South Side.

 6. Cheeseburgers are readily available night and day

 That's the very best component - you can easily order or even reduce a cheeseburger any type of hr of the day. The majority of burger loopholes level all throughout the week whatsoever hrs. Therefore, whether it is actually AM or even PM, you can easily always take hold of a cheeseburger on your own.

 7. Outdated habits die hard

 The cheeseburger is one of the initial swift food products that saw well-known worldwide. Despite the fact that it happens in along with different flavor varieties, you may still find the authentic beef cheeseburger, which the most ideal. Being the very first of the convenience food products, cheeseburgers are actually really loved through every person; old and young. Too negative, you can't simply cease any individual coming from consuming all of them.

 8. They taste great tasting

 Last, however not the least, hamburgers just taste delicious. There is nothing else better explanation than this why everyone really loves burgers. The innovation with the variants is every bit as amazing, which is actually why cheeseburgers are the favored convenience food item out of the whole entire whole lot 15203.

 Numerous hamburger outlets use delicious, juicy as well as wonderfully lip slapping hamburgers to tantalize your palate. Some junctions takeout solutions and also property shipment too. They possess a selection of meals aside from hamburgers; such as gyros, fries, sandwiches and also finest hotdogs. Take pleasure in a hamburger when you don't seem like entering into the home kitchen as well as intend to delight in a prepared back night before the tv.

 Finest Burgers on earth

 Even with the simple fact that we stay in a planet considerably occupied through vegetarians as well as constant-dieters - it's a relief to know that certainly not every person dislikes meat or even is actually enjoying his or her waistline!

 With its own authentic ascension to contemporary recognition in the late 1800's, the burger has actually ended up being the ideal American heritage (which has actually additionally found its way throughout a lot of borders). Sold anywhere coming from food carts on an area edge as well as good ol' hamburger joints, to fine eating establishments and distinguished meat houses, a really good hamburger can easily be a true pleasure Best Burger Pittsburgh.

 Whatever outdoing or even dressing is actually selected to accompany the hamburger normally depends upon where you're from - New Yorkers enjoy lettuce, tomato and raw onions, Californians likes chili or even mustard, while the Southerners can not receive away from including some spicy hot dressing to provide the burger a little bit of zing South Side.

 In either case, if you frequently discover your own self in a burger state of mind ... or even wonder what's the very best and where it may be actually located - wonder say goodbye to! Without any scarcity of terrific cheeseburgers sanctuaries coming from around the world, acquire all set to chow and break up those belt loops at one of these selections:

 The Apple Pan (Los Angeles, CA) - A long time cheeseburger place for over 50 years, The Apple Pan is actually an unassuming joint with a horseshoe-shaped counter that gives no dining tables however a damn excellent hamburger that makes up for the shortage of resting room. Attempt the Hickory burger (topped along with Tillamook Cheddar as well as BBQ sauce) - our favored! Oh, and if you possess any sort of area left behind later on, try the legendary apple cake.

 Fruit Boat Restaurant (Turks & Caicos) - Anyone who has actually been actually to the Turks will inform you that this is a cheery location along with fantastic cheeseburgers. A quintessential island hangout, the location serves fantastic half-pound burgers (you would certainly better be hungry!) and also yummy conch burgers you won't locate anywhere else. Oh, as well as if you may ... swing by on a Sunday afternoon to delight in several of the absolute best reggae music with your delightful Best Burger Pittsburgh.

 Daniel Boulud Brasserie (Las Vegas, NV) - Who will intend to settle $40 for a burger and also french fries? Our experts would! Our team did! And also, we liked it! Speak about the fanciest burger around the world - the "Original NY DB Burger" as it is actually called is a 9 ounces. sirloin burger comprising of foie gras, wine-braised brief ribs and also dark truffles on a parmesan danish served with tomato and horseradish. So ... if you're searching for something different - this is most definitely it.

 Joe Allen (Paris, France) - Going powerful since 1972, Joe Allen (along with its own sister bistro in NY) was the 1st dining establishment to deliver American meals to Paris. A favorite of local business people and also personalities as well, Joe Allen provides the area's absolute best hamburger and a number of the best wonderful mixed drinks!

 Father O's (New York, NY) - Craving a really good ol' cheeseburger in NYC - certainly never has one sampled this divine. (Just do not neglect the tater toddlers that pick it!) Found in the West Village, this midtown relaxed staple is actually the perfect stomping ground for folks wishing to escape the pretentious carb-counting crowd you would certainly find in other spots in NY. They level overdue and also are the perfect area to order a different beverage with your closest buddies Best Burger

 Nightclub Diner (Kyoto, Japan) - A coffee shop through time and total company by evening, the Speakeasy Diner is an incredible stomping ground in the heart of the area. Known for its own great international food selection and also remarkable burgers, the location is actually popular among natives and also out-of-towners equally. Cabaret likewise uses English language models of Japanese documents and big display screen TVs that consistently have CNN on. Seats is actually limited (about 40 folks), thus be sure you're prepared to stand by Best Burger Pittsburgh.

 Hamburger Inasal: Why It's Great to Have a Burger.

 Hamburgers are thought about the best treat. World-famous and Filipino fast-food chain proprietors aren't unaware to this. Burgers are the best treat when mesmerizing on your preferred TV set. If you are a large fan of the burger, at that point it's about opportunity that you create your own self familiar with the a lot of main reasons why everyone simply adores hamburgers as long as you carry out.

 You can't go inappropriate with a hamburger.

Hamburgers are actually something you'll likely get if you end up discovering a new place as well as you do not think that compeling your preference buds to take a threat. Burger eaters appear to constantly locate a secure area when attempting a brand new taste so long as it feels and look like the knowledgeable cheeseburger. This gives reality to the pointing out that you may just never go wrong along with a burger PA

 . The Five-Minute Food

Offered that you actually possess your ideal attachments prepped, crafting your personal hamburger wouldn't take long. It is going to certainly take you 5 mins or less to prepare. This is actually why cheeseburgers are best as crammed snacks for spontaneous journey 15222.

 No-fuss.

No elegant eating skill is actually involved when eating cheeseburgers. It is actually prepared to accommodate whatever technique there is actually that is actually convenient for you. You may consume all of them by any means you intend to. Things all of them in a bun, pair it with rice, or eat it as it is - the plain hamburger may go well with any kind of dish specifying Best Burger.

 Hamburgers could be nutritious also.

Unlike the fatty and also fatty fast-food hamburger fare, there are actually healthier alternatives to burger components. Hamburgers can easily be a healthy possibility for you if you will simply be actually a little bit extra watchful in sourcing or readying it yourself. Poultry burger as well as vegetable burgers are undoubtedly healthier than the frequent beef or even pork-based ones. Including veggies, low-fat and all-natural spices can easily also help lower the calories 15601.

 Do not these factors only create you wish to snatch a cheeseburger immediately? Effectively, if you are actually presently in the convenience of your residence, understand that you don't need to go much to acquire your palms on one. You can actually personalize your personal burger. Just prep some breadstuff, burger patties of your selection, and also your ideal seasonings and also add-ons readily available at residence. Establish your grill and start cooking food. You may even attempt one thing brand new along with a random healthy component that you experience would certainly add to its own taste as well as be surprised of its well-balanced flavorful benefits!

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Vegetables: vegetais em inglês

Vegetables, ou vegetais em inglês, são uma das espécies de comidas mais amadas ou odiadas da humanidade. Costumam ser aquele tipo de prato que todos amam ou odeiam, sem meio termo.

A maioria de nós escuta desde cedo que devemos comer essa espécie de alimento para que nossa saúde e nossos corpos permaneçam fortes e em equilíbrio. Alimentos tão importantes assim não podiam ficar de fora do nosso vocabulário no momento de aprender uma segunda língua como é o caso do inglês.

Portanto, torna-se bastante essencial complementar o vocabulário a ser apreendido com palavras que lhe ajudarão a se alimentar melhor em suas viagens, a saber como escolher os alimentos de acordo com suas preferências ou orientações nutricionais em viagens ao exterior.

E, para os atuantes na área da nutrição, se torna um vocabulário indispensável os mais diversos tipos de vegetais e legumes. Isso porque, são também sua ferramenta de trabalho, fazer com que nossos corpos e saúde estejam alinhados e em bom funcionamento.

Lista com vegetais e legumes e suas traduções em português

Amaranth Leaves – Folhas de Amaranto

Arrowroot – Araruta

Artichoke – Alcachofra

Arugula – Rúcula

Asparagus- Espargos

Bamboo Shoots – Brotos de bambu

Green Beans – Vagem

Beets – Beterraba

Belgian Endive – Endívia Belga

Bitter Melon – Melão de São Caetano

Aprender sobre os vegetais em inglês é uma forma de expandir o vocabulário (Foto: pixabay)

Bok Choy – Pak-choi (Couve chinesa)

Broadbeans – Favas

Broccoli – Brócolis

Broccoli Rabe – Brócolis Rabe

Brussel Sprouts – Couve de Bruxelas

Green Cabbage – Repolho verde

Red Cabbage – Repolho roxo

Carrot – Cenoura

Cassava – Mandioca

Cauliflower – Couve-flor

Cleriac – Aipo rábano

Celery – Aipo

Chayote – Chuchu

Chicory – Chicória

Collards – Couve-galega

Crookneck – Abóbora amarela

Cucumber – Pepino

Daikon – Rabanete branco

Dandelion Greens – Dentes-de-leão verdes

Soybeans – Soja

Eggplant – Berinjela

Fennel – Funcho

Fiddleheads – Broto de Samambaia

Ginger Root – Gengibre

Horseradish – Rábano

Jicama – Jicama / Feijão mexicano

Kale – Couve

Kohirabi – Couve-rábano

Leeks – Alho-poró

Lettuce – Alface

Mushrooms – Cogumelos

Mustard Greens – Mostarda verde

Okra – Quiabo

Onion – Cebola

Red Onion – Cebola roxa

Parsnip – Pastinaca

Peas – Ervilhas

Green Pepper – Pimenta verde

Pepper – Pimenta

Red Pepper – Pimentão vermelho

Sweet Red Pepper – Pimentão doce

Red Potato – Batata roxa

White Potato – Batata branca

Yellow Potato – Batata inglesa

Pumpkin – Abóbora

Radicchio – Chicória-de-Bruxelas

Radishes – Rabanetes

Rutabaga – Nabo roxo

Salsify – Escorcioneira

Shallots – Chalotas

Snow Peas – Ervilhas de neve

Sorrel – Rumex acetosa

Spaghetti Squash – Semente de abóbora

Spinash – Espinafre

Butternut Squash – Abóbora Butternut

Sugar Snap Peas – Ervilhas instantâneas

Sweet Potato – Batata doce

Swiss Chard – Acelga

Tomatillo – Tomatillo

Tomato – Tomate

Turnip – Nabo

Watercress – Agrião

Yam Root – Raiz de inhame

Zucchini – Abobrinha.

Vegetable ou vegetables são as palavras mais utilizadas quando queremos nos referir, em inglês, aos legumes, verduras e vegetais. Existem, também as palavras: legumen / legumenous plant para se referir à ‘’legume” ou “plantas leguminosas”, sendo utilizadas em menor escala ou com fulcro exclusivamente científico.

Assim como, temos a palavra greenery  que tem ‘’vegetal” como tradução, mas não se ligará necessariamente ao vegetal comestível. E sim, para qualquer das espécies do reino vegetal, ou seja, qualquer planta.

“Edible” é também uma palavra que pode estar associada às plantas e vegetais próprios para o consumo humano em alguns contextos de produção científica.

Além disso, pode vir em rótulos de origem vegetal que não sejam comumente consumíveis pelos humanos numa perspectiva histórica, tendo em vista que a palavra significa “comestível”. Logo, uma combinação como “edible plant” significará: “planta comestível”.

Curiosidades: vegetable can be an offensive word? – ‘Vegetal em inglês pode ser uma palavra ofensiva?’

Em todas as línguas nós nos deparamos com alguns códigos linguísticos que tornam a língua uma verdadeira cultura de um povo, com suas diversas peculiaridades em se expressar e em demonstrar opiniões e mudanças sociológicas de acordo com o que falam.

É assim que surgem as gírias, as figuras de linguagem e as expressões. Então, em inglês, você pode chamar alguém de “vegetable” e isso pode ser considerado uma figura de linguagem, uma expressão, ou, pode significar uma ofensa.

Vai ser considerado uma figura de linguagem, se ao chamar alguém de ‘’vegetable” sua intenção for dizer que aquela pessoa não faz nada ou não aparenta ter interesse em fazer nada. Como você pode ver em frases como:

– I’m tired of arriving home everyday and find you like a vegetable watching soap opera. – Estou cansado de chegar em casa todos os dias e te encontrar ‘’plantado’’ vendo novela. (em uma tradução livre)

– He started playing videogames all night long, than it became night and day long… Now he’s a vegetable, doesn’t go out anymore and all he ever cares about are his games. – Ele começou jogando videogames à noite toda, depois tornou-se noite e dia… Agora ele é um vegetal, não sai mais e a única coisa que ele se importa são os jogos dele.

Inclusive, quando uma pessoa é muito sedentária e passa a maior parte do tempo sentado em frente à televisão ou ao computador pode receber o nome de “coach potato”.

’Vegetable’ ou ‘coach potato’ podem ser gírias no inglês para indicar pessoas preguiçosas ou sedentárias (Foto: pixabay)

Como você viu acima, potato é uma palavra que literalmente vai significar batata. Mas, nessa gíria, ganha o significado de alguém que não faz nada, leva uma vida preguiçosa, uma rotina em função de televisão ou outras atividades semelhantes.

Porém, chamar alguém de “vegetable” pode ganhar um tom totalmente ofensivo se a intenção com a palavra for referir-se à quem não é capaz de pensar ou se mover adequadamente (ou de qualquer forma, por estar em coma induzido) devido a um severo dano cerebral.

É totalmente rude e inadequado utilizar-se da palavra dessa maneira, como você pode ver em frases como o diálogo extraído do filme Uptown Girls (Grande menina, pequena mulher):

Molly: – That man in the library in your house… nurse said he’s in a coma from a massive stroke. That’s your father, huh? (Aquele homem na biblioteca em sua casa… a enfermeira disse que ele está em coma de um forte AVC. Ele é seu pai, não é?)

Ray: – Was. He’s a vegetable now. Soon he’ll be nothing. (Era. Ele agora é um vegetal. Logo ele não será nada)

Molly: – That’s kind of harsh. (Isso é meio cruel)

Ray: That’s a harsh world. (O mundo é cruel)

Logo, é preciso entender que nem sempre as coisas vão soar em qualquer contexto como a gente gostaria. E esses recortes culturais são importantes de serem observados para evitar saias justas ou mesmo gafes quando falando outra língua.

Exemplos de diálogos

Vejamos agora alguns exemplos de diálogos onde os vegetais ou alguns deles possam estar presentes.

Exemplo 01:

A – Do you usually have your vegetables cooked or raw? – Você geralmente come seus vegetais cozidos ou crus?

B – I can’t stand raw vegetables. Every and each one of them that I have to eat will be cooked, because at least they’re soft. – Eu não suporto vegetais crus. Todos e quaisquer um deles que eu tiver que comer serão cozidos porque pelo menos eles são macios.

A – That’s too bad, because raw vegetables contain more potassium than cooked ones. – Isso é péssimo, porque os vegetais crus contém mais potássio que os cozidos.

Exemplo 02:

A – Do you remember what we’ll need to do momma’s spaguetti? – Você lembra do que precisaremos pra fazer o macarrão da mamãe?

B – Two ripe tomatoes, a green pepper and an onion for the sauce. And then we’ll need some mushrooms to sprinkle with them. – Dois tomates maduros, um pimentão verde e uma cebola para o molho. E depois precisaremos de alguns cogumelos para salpicar com eles.

Exemplo 03:

A – How was the food in London? – Como era a comida em Londres?

B – It was delicious, they usually cook their vegetables with good seasoning… – Estava deliciosa, eles geralmente cozinham os vegetais deles com ótimos temperos.

A – Wait a minute… Did you say vegetables? – Espere um minuto… Você disse vegetais?

B – Of course I’ve said. A traditional British main course consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables. – Claro que eu disse. Um prato principal tradicionalmente britânico consiste em carne com batatas e outros vegetais.

A – It sounds awful. – Parece horrível.

B – But it tastes better than it sounds, believe me. – Mas o gosto é melhor do que você pensa, acredite em mim.

Exemplo 04:

A – I’ll stop at the supermarket after work. Do you need something? – Eu vou passar no supermercado depois do trabalho. Você precisa de algo?

B – Please, bring me some yellow potatoes, a pumpkin and some peas and you’ll save my plans for dinner. – Por favor, me traga umas batatas inglesas, uma abóbora e algumas ervilhas e você vai salvar meu plano pro jantar.

A – I can’t wait to taste what you’re thinking… – Mal posso esperar pra provar o que você está planejando…

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Chef William Tse Launches New Menu Items At BC Place

Saturday marked the start of football season in Vancouver with the BC Lions going up against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Michael and I were invited to watch the game while enjoying some treats from the new BC Place Menu. While the game didn’t turn out in our favour, the food definitely scored points with us.

It was great to see Chef William Tse, the Executive Chef at BC Place, as we’ve met many times over the years at a variety of different venues, and I’d just commented on a recent post of his on Instagram to congratulate him on his son graduating! He son, Brandon, is now working at BC Place and is the gentlemen in the picture below. Extra cool as Chef Tse’s Dad was also a chef.

When you think of going out to the game, foot long hotdogs, popcorn and burgers come to mind, and they’re certainly available, should you wish, but along with the usual game fare, there’s some items that will certainly surprised you. Chef William Tse’s newest concession, Beast on Fire, was especially interesting, with items such as a Slow Roasted Prime Rib, with the beef having been marinated in fresh herbs and garlic, and served with horseradish mayonnaise, and braised onions, the Chicken & Waffle Sandwich, aa Liege waffle, with roasted chicken thigh, chipotle mayo, arugula, cheddar cheese, and the Bacon Wrapped Footlong Hot Dog, with double smoked bacon, an all-beef hot dog, caramelized onion and pepper, atop a soft bite bun.

We started with a couple small samples and, once again, enjoyed the Korean chicken rice bowl from Boom Kitchen; Michael had had the full version when we went to the Whitecaps game earlier in the year.

The carved prime rib sandwich was full of tender beef and the Beyond meat burger was, well, the Beyond meat burger. I prefer real meat, over this variation, but Michael quite likes it and I know there’s lots of vegetarians out there who are very happy to have an alternative. I must admit the texture is very good, a ton better than soggy, tasteless versions of veggie burgers I’ve had in the best. 

Upstairs there was a buffet set up as though we were royalty, we were extremely spoiled that night.

Sushi is made fresh onsite and the servers seemed super happy, and super hospitable the whole night. Nice to see some smiles and be treated so kindly.

Charcuterie from a local producer

Made to order Chicken/Shrimp/Prime rib Tacos

The Outrageous Burger, which is, outrageous with 3 house-formed beef patties, 3 chicken strips, 6 strips bacon, 3 slices cheddar cheese, hot dog wiener, french fries, and house recipe sauce. This picture is from earlier in the year as we had mini ones, and I must admit I actually really do like this one, despite it’s overkill, although I could never even eat the whole thing, even of the mini-versions we had.

Chicken and waffles. Didn’t sample these, so can’t report, perhaps next time

I’d had the butter chicken poutine before as well and it is something I would have gone for again if I had room.

Chicken Tenders, which I’m very found of as they’re perfectly crunchy and the meat is very tender.

D-original little devils

A little later in the game they made Floats, but there was no room for anything more at the point! Definitely fun though.

I’ve not been to many games, but I was super impressed with the whole experience of, not just the actual football, but the whole multimedia presentations on the big screens, the choice of music (lots of old school) and even the cheerleaders! It was father’s day the following day, so the Felions, as they’re called, performed a song with their Dads, super sweet.

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We had a little visit from some BC Lions, Travis Lulay and Jamie Taras and they were happy to take a couple selfies and pose for a picture. Pretty darn special night, unfortunate that the game wasn’t better attended, as perhaps that would have been the tipping point to push the Lions to a win. We hope to see more people out as the season goes on, if nothing else, you know you’ll be well fed!

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The Chicago Burger Delivery Guide added to Google Docs

The Chicago Burger Delivery Guide

A burger is often greater than the sum of its parts. It’s what you order after a particularly long day, after a lot of drinking, or (as is often the case these days) after both. And while we can’t say that burgers deliver better than, say, pizza, when you’re in the mood for one, nothing else will do. When this is the case, order from any of the 24 places on this guide.

The Spots  Au Cheval $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers  in  West Loop $$$$ 800 W Randolph St 8.6 /10

Since Au Cheval has the best burger in the city, we’re delighted to report that it’s available for pickup and delivery. And in keeping with its perennial status as one of Chicago’s biggest pains in the ass, you have to pre-order and there are limited quantities available. But when the burger is this good, it’s worth it.

 The Region $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers  in  Roscoe Village $$$$ 2057 W Roscoe St 8.0 /10

The burgers at The Region are ugly, so honestly eating them in your dark apartment where no one can see you isn’t the worst idea in the world. This is due to their unsightly flat patties that extend past the bun - but it’s those very edges that make the burgers here so special. They’re pressed really thin on a flat-top grill, so the meat gets the maximum possible caramelization, but also somehow stays juicy. This burger spot is offering both carryout and delivery, and you can also get turkey and veggie burgers (which aren’t as hideous).

 Sandy Noto Little Bad Wolf $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Tacos ,  Chinese ,  Gastropub  in  Andersonville $$$$ 1541 W Bryn Mawr Ave 7.7 /10

Little Bad Wolf has some of the low-key best burgers in Chicago, and now they’re available for delivery or takeout. You can get their sliders, double cheeseburger, or triple cheeseburger (made with fried onion straws and a fried egg). All are excellent, but the best one is the more manageable double. It has two patties, with just American cheese, pickles, and mayonnaise. This allows the perfectly cooked and well-seasoned meat - a.k.a. the best part of the burgers here - to shine through.

 Sandy Noto Mott St. $ $ $ $ Fusion  in  Noble Square ,  Wicker Park $$$$ 1401 N Ashland Ave 8.4 /10

Mott Street’s delicious burger (made with sweet potato frizzles, hoisin aioli, pickled jalapenos, miso butter, and American cheese) used to only be available during brunch, or while eating at the bar. It was kind of annoying, but in retrospect, not nearly as annoying as not being able to leave the house. At least now you can get it anytime, for takeout or delivery.

 Christina Slaton The Loyalist $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers  in  West Loop $$$$ 175 N Ada St 7.8 /10

Like unicorns, leprechauns, and the “runner’s high” people allegedly get while exercising, the Loyalist burger might seem like a myth. That’s because you can only get it as part of a “Cheeseburger Dinner Pop-Up,” which they do a few days a week. It includes their fantastic smash burger (made from a mixture of chuck, short rib, and bacon with gooey cheese and caramelized onions), salad, chips, and a brown-butter chocolate chip cookie.

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The Bad Apple is known for having creative burgers that actually taste good. You’ll find things like the Elvis’ Last Supper (with housemade peanut butter and bacon), or the Slow Burn, topped with spicy chilis, sauteed onions, bacon, and white cheddar cheese. And now their long list of burgers is available to-go, along with beer and booze.

Acadia $$$$ 1639 S. Wabash Ave.

Acadia is an upscale South Loop restaurant with a seven-course tasting menu that is 100% available for carryout and delivery. So what the hell are we talking about it here for? Because they serve an excellent burger (with gruyere, bacon onion jam, and a truffle mornay) and you can get it for curbside pickup and delivery.

 Christina Slaton bopNgrill $ $ $ $ Burgers ,  Korean  in  Rogers Park $$$$ 6604 N Sheridan Rd Not

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BopnGrill’s four burgers - from the classic to the truffled-mushroom duxelle to the kimchi - are available for delivery or pickup. But be warned, these burgers are sloppy. And since you’ll be eating them in your house, it’s your responsibility to clean up after yourself. In other words, if you’ve ever considered eating a cheeseburger in the shower, now’s the time.

 Christina Slaton Small Cheval $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Fast Food  in  Logan Square ,  Wicker Park $$$$ 1732 N Milwaukee Ave 8.0 /10

Small Cheval is not Au Cheval, but it’s not trying to be. While the mothership burger is straight-up decadence with its thick bacon and fried egg, the Small Cheval burger is more like the local diner burger. But the bun, meat, cheese, pickles, and dijonnaise still shine, and make it delicious. And now you can order delivery or takeout from the Wells St. and Milwaukee Ave locations. If you don’t want the classic cheeseburger, you can also get the plant-based burger, as well as fries, shakes, wine, and beer.

Edzo's Burger Shop $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers  in  Evanston $$$$ 1571 Sherman Ave Not

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Edzo’s classic char burgers are what we imagine our grandparents ate in the ’50s, and are available for pickup and delivery. So order from here, and reflect on the fact that if our country got through the era that brought us Joseph McCarthy and the The Donna Reed Show, we can probably get through anything.

 Sandy Noto La Mejikana $$$$ 1820 S Ashland Ave

The burger is by far the best thing at La Mejikana. It’s a beef burger with a crispy chorizo patty (that we’d take over bacon any day), fried egg, grilled onions, guacamole, chihuahua cheese, and chipotle mayo. Available for takeout and delivery.

 Sandy Noto The Delta $ $ $ $ Southern  in  Wicker Park $$$$ 1745 W North Ave 8.4 /10

It’s the details that make the burger at The Delta stand out: two expertly cooked patties, thin bacon that adds just enough flavor (but isn’t overwhelming), and an evenly-toasted bun. The perfect amount of caramelized onions and D.A.F. sauce (their take on Thousand Island) rounds everything out. And you can get it delivered curbside, or right to your apartment.

 Christina Slaton Forbidden Root Restaurant & Brewery $ $ $ $ American ,  Bar Food  in  Noble Square ,  West Town $$$$ 1746 W Chicago Ave 7.7 /10

Forbidden Root is a brewery that has a great burger. It comes with giardiniera mayo, aged cheddar, onions, and bread-and-butter pickles on a brioche bun. It’s available for pickup and delivery, along with wine, house-brewed beer, and the rest of their food menu.

 Sandy Noto Pub Royale $ $ $ $ Bar Food ,  Indian ,  British  in  Wicker Park $$$$ 2049 W Division St 8.2 /10

This Indian restaurant’s burger is called “The Royale with Cheese,” and it’s almost as fun to order out loud as it is to eat. It has aged cheddar, spicy pickles, diced onion, and aioli. And one of the best things about it is that the fluffy bun holds up to the thick patty - which is very important for maintaining integrity during transit.

 Christina Slaton Shake Shack $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers  in  Magnificent Mile ,  River North $$$$ 66 E Ohio St 7.9 /10

Not every burger worth ordering needs to have 78 ingredients, or come from a sit-down restaurant. Sometimes you just want a very very good fast-food burger - like what you get at Shake Shack. The River North and West Loop locations are both offering delivery. Make sure to get some crinkle-cut fries, and a concrete too.

 Christina Slaton Billy Goat Tavern $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Fast Food  in  Magnificent Mile ,  River North $$$$ 430 N Michigan Ave 7.8 /10

Billy Goat Tavern is one of those classic spots that you know about even if you’ve never actually been. Maybe because of Saturday Night Live, or because it’s been open since 1934. So, if it’s been on your “meaning to check out” list, now seems like a pretty good time to do it. Available for takeout and delivery.

 Christina Slaton BIG & little's $$$$ 1034 W. Belmont Ave.

Big and Little’s has a long menu full of upscale fast food - from soft-shelled crab sandwiches to foie gras-topped fries to ahi tuna tacos. They also have a list of very good burgers (like a Hawaiian burger or a gyro burger). Available for pickup and delivery.

RPM Steak $ $ $ $ American ,  Steaks  in  River North $$$$ 66 W Kinzie St 8.4 /10

Like most steakhouses worth knowing about, RPM has a respectable burger on its menu. It’s a dry-aged steakburger with cheddar, horseradish cream, frizzled onions, and a side of fries. It’s on the pricier side ($20), so consider wearing a tie while eating it, hunched over your coffee table with Judge Judy on in the background.

Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse $ $ $ $ American ,  Steaks  in  Gold Coast $$$$ 1028 N Rush St 8.4 /10

Gibsons is another steakhouse that also has a very good burger on its menu. It’s charbroiled, and available with cheese, bacon, mushrooms, and sauteed peppers or onions. Get it for curbside pickup, or delivery.

Maple & Ash $$$$ 8 W. Maple St.

Maple & Ash is located right above 8 Bar, a bar that’s owned by the same team. And this Gold Coast steakhouse is offering 8 Bar’s burger (named the Downstairs burger - get it?) for carryout and delivery. It has cheddar, pickles, red onion, and dijonaise, and comes with an order of fries.

Weber Grill Restaurant $$$$ 539 N State St

Weber Grill is actually delivering full-blown grill-out packs, which include eight raw burger patties, brioche buns, Wisconsin cheddar, and burger seasoning. Six-pack of beer and cast from King of the Hill not included.

Horse Thief Hollow $$$$ 10426 S Western Ave

If you want more options than just beef and beef blends, consider ordering from Horse Thief Hollow. This Beverly spot has a new carryout menu that includes beef, venison, turkey, lamb, and veggie burgers. Get some wine and beer, too.

Medici on 57th $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Pizza  in  Hyde Park $$$$ 1327 E. 57th St. Not

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This Hyde Park spot has a long menu, and some of the best things on it are their burgers. And all of them - from the bacon and blue cheese to the reuben burger - are available for takeout or delivery.

Old Irving Brewing $ $ $ $ American ,  Bar Food ,  Burgers  in  Irving Park $$$$ 4419 W Montrose Ave Not

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One reason we really like Old Irving Brewing is that they make their own buns. This includes the onion bun that their signature burger (with cheddar, caramelized onions, and charred onion aioli) comes on, along with their pretzel rolls. Also worth noting - they have an Impossible Burger available with vegan cheese, also for curbside pickup and delivery.

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2019 Seed List

Yes, I already bought everything. No dithering this year.  But the seed catalogues keep coming.  Must resist buying anything more.

I feel like this is a very modest seed list compared to some years.  It feels plausible, and sufficient.  Okay, I got a little crazy with the broccoli. But otherwise I feel I was very restrained.  I did not buy any herb or flower seeds because I usually just pick those up as plants in the local nursery.

Legumes:

Peas – “Lincoln”, from Park Seed is a standard, heat tolerant, high yielding pea variety I have grown before and saved seeds for five years successively. Park Seed’s “Sugar Sprint” is an extra early, extended harvest variety that can be planted spring and fall.

Runner beans- So, I have successfully grown scarlet and emperor runner beans which are red flowering.  And I have grown painted lady which is candycane stripe flowering, but this time I am trying a hybrid white flowering from Park Seeds called “Stardust” – “a cross of a succulent, tender French dwarf bean with a robust, vigorous runner! The result of many years of breeding, Stardust delivers generous yields of huge, delectable foot-long pods on handsome climbing plants.” 

Bush beans- Park Seed’s “Velour” is a compact, bush-habit plant, very heavy-bearing bright purple, stringless pods over a long season.

Fruits:

Tomatoes – Going with Park Seeds because they offer smaller seed packs so you can grow a greater variety: Black Krim, Big Rainbow, Mortgage Lifter, Purple Cherokee, San Marzano paste, Giant paste

Corn – Why?  It never works out.  But I cannot resist the 3 sisters method of planting corn beans and squash together.  So this year I am trying Burpee’s Maple Candy sweet corn. I don’t have high expectations about producing muck corn, but, the beans need something to climb so why not.

Eggplant – Hold my horses!  I get fixated on all the different types of eggplant I could grow BUT: the Thai green and berry, Louisiana long green and Indian brown need more heat than we get; the Turkish orange variety are too bitter; the Israeli baladi purse eggplant don’t germinate well; the ghost white are bland, as are the rose pink.  I need to grow standard black for roasting, and Japanese long for stir fry and grilling. So I am going with a Terratorial Seed’s traditional Italian black eggplant that fruits prolifically over 3 months, and the “millionaire” variety that is a long, black Japanese variety.

Pepper – I’m just really over bell peppers.  Last year they were copious but got sunburned and rotted because I just didn’t pick them.  I find myself buying bags of small, sweet red and yellow peppers, so maybe I will try growing small sweet mixes. I am going to try some hybrid sweet/hot varieties.  Mix/match 3 pack of plants: sweet/spicy jalapeno, sweet/smoky cayenne, and sweet/fruity habanero from Burpee. 

Zucchini – one zucchini plant will feed a family of four for a year.  Everyone fixates on baby zucchinis and despises the baseball bat sized.  I really love eating the blossoms, but since I bought the vegetable spiral cutter, I find that a nice, midsized (10 inches long and 3 inches diameter) zucchini has starchier flesh and makes superior vegetable noodles either spiral cut like spaghetti or thin sliced ribbons for lasagna or raviolis. They also make much creamier zucchini fries. Burpee fordhook heirloom is an excellent staple, but the Burpee’s Sure Thing variety really does well with less sun, and is very resistant to powdery mildew so I’m going with that one.       

Cucumber-these are like peas, there are never enough of them.  They make wonderful pickles, salads, soups, cocktails. They taste great with lemon, watermelon, cabbage, vodka, lemonade, tomatoes, salt, sugar, sour cream, onions, feta cheese, smoked salmon, crab, and caviar. This year I am trying Territorial Seed’s “Bushy” pickling gerkin because it is early fruiting and compact bush vining to save space.

Melon- need something that will grow fast.  I can’t trust the summer to be hot enough long enough, so I focus on varieties that grow in the northern plains or Canada. However, Burpee has developed a cantaloupe they say is mango-flavored, so I’m going to give it a try.

Pumpkin- I am beyond jack-o-lanterns. I really want to grow pumpkins I can eat. They are so healthy for you and you get more meat per fruit than you do from sweet potatoes.  Roast pumpkin like squash (it IS squash), dice it into wild rice pilaf, mash it like sweet potato, mix it into bread, pasta, pancakes, waffles.  I am going with Burpee’s Cherokee bush pumpkin – shorter vines and more pumpkins, dry, yellow meat good for baking.  (But I still have some Dill's Altantic Giant seeds left from last year and it would be a shame not to plant them...)

Squash:  I know the bush pumpkins and bushy cucumbers, and the mango melons are good enough for the three sisters planting, but I really like delecata squash so I am going to try Territorial Seed’s “Honeybush” which is a little larger and more tan color than a standard delecata.

Okra – Burpee’s “Okra Go Big”,  I have recently learned that I really like okra blistered and dipped in chili salt and humus. And, a member of the local garden club grew two big bushes of it last season. This is a seven foot tall bush okra, so I’m jumping into the first attempt at growing okra in a big way.

Roots:

Radish- why, why try again? I am obsessed with the giant varieties I have tasted at the farmer’s market. Black Spanish radishes stuffed with clams oreganata, watermelon daikon thin sliced and wrapped like mini tacos around roast duck.  I have selected Territorial Seed’s Watermelon daikon (very crisp, large and sweet) and Spanish black radish (very large, firm and spicy like horseradish).   

Beets- they are such a staple, so versatile, but taste so good with goat cheese. I also like them pickled. One of my biggest mistakes with beets is that I don’t thin them ruthlessly enough, even though I really like the greens. (Um, so how about planting tape, Jen? Nah, too complicated. Um, they sell it with the seeds already stuck to it at the right intervals, Jen…Nope, not doing it.) So this year I have chosen Territorial Seed’s cylindrical beets because they are more carrot shaped and don’t need to be thinned as much.

Turnip- they are soooo delicious pickled I like them better than pickles. They can also be mashed like mashed potatoes, with horseradish and scallions.  But I get a little crazed about the tops, because those are really tasty too.  So this year I am being very extravagant and growing both Park Seed’s standard purple top white globe which is a national standard turnip grown in spring or fall and Park Seed’s Alamo hybrid that produce big greens with rapid regrowth for multiple harvests, and is bolt resistant.

Carrot- we eat lots of carrots. I have to say the yellow varieties are really the sweetest. But Dan likes the heavy orange stew carrots for cooking.  So I’m going with Park Seed’s rainbow mix, six inch regular season carrots and Park Seed’s sow all season big Nantes type orange carrot  

Not going to try celeriac again.  And I am not growing rutabaga either.  The burdock went to seed last fall so that is already sown – I am not growing it, but I will certainly harvest it.  I might transplant some to the new bed by the west wall since it is a weed and I don’t care if the deer eat it.  Similarly, I have salsify and scorzonera seeds left over, and they are actually perennials that bloom, so I might plant them in clumps by the west wall. 

Potatoes- a root? Not really (not according to crop rotation charts), but it grows below ground, or it should. I’ve been dithering about with grow buckets the last 4 years with limited success while they’ve been thriving in random spots where they’ve been composted, so this year they go back in the ground.  I like the purple potatoes best, but I’m going to do the red white and blue mix: Yukon gold, Colorado Red and Purple Viking.

Greens:

Orach: deep magenta, slightly velvety, spade shaped leaves on an 18 inch stalk.  It tastes like spinach but takes up less space and looks stunning in salad.

Claytonia: It is a succulent green that looks like a bouquet of little lily pads. “This annual green is high in vitamin C, and native to many moist areas of the country. The leaves are rather heart-shaped, and provide a substantial addition to salads and sandwiches. Probably the most cold tolerant of the greens, Miner's Lettuce will grow year-round in the cloche, greenhouse, or even unprotected in the maritime Northwest. Quickly regrows after harvest.”

Lettuce: romaine lettuce, of course.  But I saw a lovely pale pink variety in the store and I can’t find seeds anywhere, so I am going with a good sturdy standard from Territorial Seed, “Winter Density” early growing, compact but round head – not the “Eiffle Tower” tall and pointy stull you buy in the store.

Escarole: My new favorite green for braising and for making green crisp chips.  I’ve stopped throwing it into soup and started cooking it as a side dish.  It is also nice in stuffed pork chops, or wrapped around chicken breast.  Park Seeds has a tight, lettuce head looking escarole that is thick steamed but compact and space saving.

Chard: Burpee’s “Bright Lights” rainbow colored chard.  Again, the fordhook is very good and reliable, but I like the colored variety better.

Arugula: standard roquette, large, round heading plant, fully flavor, cold hardy. Nothing fancy about this one.  It goes to seed, prolifically in the fall, but also winters over for a second year.  And I’ll be able to save seeds and replant for several years.

Spinach: Burpee’s Space hybrid is a 3 season spinach that is long growing and slow bolting.

Brassica:

Cabbage: I love cabbages. I get poetic about them. The chickens love cabbages too. This year I am focused on something that will “hold in the field” through the fall.  So this year I am planting Territorial Seed’s “January King” green, slightly flattened with burgundy markings on the wrapper leaves of 3-5 pound heads.

Portuguese kale: Tronchuda Beira from Burpee is enormous with 24 inch leaves, and sweeter than most kale.  Very heat tolerant.

Cauliflower:  looking for the earliest harvesting type of white cauliflower.  The orange cauliflower tastes like squash and the purple variety like beets.  I want just plain white, small, numerous heads. Going with Territorial Seed’s “Snow Crown”. “Always mild and sweet. Its hybrid vigor and rapid growth make it one of the easiest to grow of all early cauliflower varieties. It forms fully domed curds in heads 7-8 inches across, weighing 1-2 pounds. This variety maintains its prime eating quality for up to 10 days in the garden. May manifest a delicate pink blush when maturing in the hotter parts of summer.”

Collards: Portuguese kale looks a lot like collards, but collards taste like collards and are much cold hardier.  So I am focusing on collards that are really late maturing, so they won’t overlap with the Portuguese kale. Territorial Seeds “Flash” is fast growing and re-growing, and a little more compact and upright to withstand snow. We’ll see if we can grow it early and late.

Broccoli:  Again, somebody hold my horses! I’m going overboard on the broccoli.  Trying Territorial Seed’s three hybrid sprouting broccolis for 4 seasons of this vegetable-

                Spring/Summer: Aspabroc: “This gourmet quality baby broccoli or broccolini produces tender, delicious, elongated stems topped with small, domed, 2 1/2 inch florets. After the initial central stem is cut, the plants continue developing side shoots for repeated cuttings. Aspabroc has a nice, upright habit that lends itself to tight plantings.”

                Summer/Fall: Rudolph: “Enjoy fresh broccoli for the December holidays with this winter sprouting variety. Rudolph is an English favorite because it is ready for harvest long before the other sprouting broccoli. Can be planted in mid-July, to produce an abundance of full flavored spears by mid-December.”

                Fall/Winter: Rioja: “Bred to overwinter and slide into a late February to March harvest window when fresh food from the garden is scarce. A productive, bright purple sprouting broccoli. Vigorous plants reach about 24-28 inches tall with easy-to-pick heads.”

And, because they seem to go with the brassicas in planting rotations, the alums.

Leek: Have to have leeks for the Leeky Dance.  Going with the standard “Lancelot” from Territorial Seed.

Onion: The gourmet mix of red and white Cipollini onions, from Territorial Seed.