Opus Magnum (Spoiler)
Lead into gold without mercury.
It's a tower of Hanoi. It's a tower of frippin' Hanoi construction. Look at this beautiful thing.
Great Buni Bake-Off
I didn't get an intermediate photo of the rise, but @KoBunny got a photo of the finished product and @adeptomega got one of the crumb once I cut into it. The smell of this loaf is _amazing_, and the texture came out perfect. @ElectricKeet called it manna.
I think it's a cracking buni loaf. https://awoo.space/media/ou9QuBAmO7-aUdPR0II https://awoo.space/media/lOt_adJ69GLEzdfN6G8
Great Buni Bake-Off
And here's the honey cakes with some honey buttercream and orange zest.
We were warned at one point that eating the honey cakes would condemn us to stay in Faerie, or at least to inevitably return to it. Care to try a bite?
Great Buni Bake-Off
The honey cakes are fresh from the oven, but they have yet to be iced.
Half will go to game tonight as an offering to the group. Just be warned, they may have been baked with a bit of magic. (No, they're not medicated. Merely dedicated to Faerie.)
Foodcrime
So... after glazing, I had extra cold ganache. And time. So I improvised some.
They're not perfect -- I don't have a star tip -- but this was my first experiment with piping. @LadyAstolat, the bake release worked perfectly! Thank you!
I present "Fünf Schokoladen Drei Orangen." A yeasted cake -- kugelhopf -- with acao nibs, chocolate non-pareils, dutched cocoa, chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream, triple sec, orange zest, dried orange peel.
https://awoo.space/media/rzqUxDiMZcKe7zO13Dw
Foodcrime
Tonight's experiment: triple-chocolate orange kugelhopf. The bowl on the side is chocolate orange ganache for glazing once the yeasted cake is cool.
Magic
I've finally found a Tarot deck that I like, which I didn't think would happen. Today's draw was uncomfortably apt, but the gentle pointer to look for happiness right in front of me while @ElectricKeet was lying on my legs bein' all cat-like was... well, okay, I get the hint.
@literorrery Battery terminal was corroded and loose where I couldn't see it. A jump got me to the service station, they fixed it. Yard now has about ninety percent less blackberry vines and I have about a thousand percent more physical injuries.
Digestion leads to distillation. Short-term successes that show the Work is working. https://awoo.space/media/T2trSkh-bPBIiSzhq9c
Foodcrime
It... it worked. I'm going to hell. Okay, folks, here goes.
Take one package Oreos, any flavor. Split cremes from cookies. Crush cookies, melt a stick of butter, add to crumbs, and blind bake in a pie tin at 170C for 10m. While cooling, whisk four eggs, cremes, and 500g cream cheese. Pour filling over cool crust. Bake at 150C for an hour, kill oven, open door for one minute, then close for 1h. Refrigerate for 6h.
https://awoo.space/media/3IoCLSyCswNbDuaJaqQ https://awoo.space/media/80suYef5FXK-wq_zTpo
Ask For It By Name
One cup ice cubes
One cup whole milk
One cup plain yogurt
One cup Ingredient X!
In this case, ingredient X happens to be two mangoes, a quarter cup of lime juice, half a tablespoon of cinnamon, and a cup of sugar left to macerate, then pulped and boiled to a syrupy consistency. Your choice of fruit and sweetener, of course. Get creative. Strawberries. Pineapple. Just consider avoiding these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbxeNkuhwRw
Foodcrime
Deep-fried breaded tilapia and broccoli-parmesan rolls.
THIS is the new "something I whipped up."
Pol (~)
Good to see RevCom active. I just wish the news were better. Tell me the good you do, along with the ills of others.
Impromptu Ritual (Drugs)
We found a bong that couldn't have been more @neonNeptunian. Tonight, we celebrated his return with it. The first hit was his, imprinting himself on the glass. We shared it around, each of us sharing in his essence and adding ourselves to the bowl. He then cashed out the bowl, drawing us into him. A welcome return to help split the hedge and dive beneath the waves.
https://awoo.space/media/ziD0t3qp5Lapq7qm5Zc
https://awoo.space/media/gY6bUsKHIDQYB8qmvgg
When everyone in your TL is boosting everyone else in your TL:
Foodcrime
I had leftover custard and bread heels from the pain perdu this morning. The line between French toast and bread pudding is very small. So I straddled it. Behold, pan-fried bread pudding with lemon blackberry cream cheese.
Magic
Important words call for important tools. A letter of recommendation, magical application. Blessed pen borne of will made manifest through many trials. Mercurial ink, paper from my physical resume days. Longhand writing, dedicated text, childhood calligraphy evolved as I have. Spiritual sidereal custom calendar. Magic name, the Light of Will, personal sigil.
Account inactive -- moved to weirder.earth