It Really Is Insane How Many People Engage With Art On A Pure Enjoyment Level. Theyll Go To A Movie And

martha meeting twelve and clara would be soooooooo hysterical to me because you know she would watch their insane self-sacrificial deeply obsessive codependency and be like oh this whole situation is somehow worse than everything that happened to me uh. lmao.

G'morning all! Its nice to get back things,. Theres been some roadblocks with med shortages and life, and also with the material for these recipes. So far we've covered a lot of pastries, not because theyre mentioned more often in the series, but because being mentioned lends them more specificity in flavor than things like gravy, peas, or various meats. The latter can be prepped, seasoned, and served in so many different ways that it feels harder to make them 'faithfully' because a packet of instant potato mash is just as faithful as a pot of buttered potato mash. Baked goods tend towards 1, maybe 2, 'base' recipes that get altered and added to. 

 Today, we'll be making Beorn's Honey Cakes! A dish from one of my partners favorite characters- a delectable little treat befitting the… warm personality of the character.

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

MY NAMES CROSS NOW LETS COOK LIKE ANIMALS

SO, “what goes in to Beorn's Honey Cakes?” YOU MIGHT ASKSimple stuff! Simple sweet stuff!

All-purpose flour

Baking powder

Salt

Ground nutmeg

Unsalted butter

Whole milk

2 eggs

Honey

Vanilla extract

The veins of honey cakes ancestry can be traced back to any moment where people began baking bread. Honey is a natural preservative, and sweeter still on its lonesome.

AND, “what does Beorn's Honey Cakes taste like?” YOU MIGHT ASKLike your aching muscles repairing themselves

Tastes like a honey graham cracker

But the texture is softer, wetter- somewhat like banana bread

Oh, and this will make your house smell So So Good

If you can resist the temptation of eating them immediately, they taste even richer the day after baking

Would pair well with milk green tea

Would also pair well with fresh orange slices (or those chocolate 'orange slices' candy)

Genuinely don't forget to flip them upside down when they go to bake the second time, not sure what it is but i was curious and did a test where i flipped half of the batch upside down and kept the other half of the batch right-side up like they cooked in the muffin tin. The ones i flipped upside down universally had a more consistent texture and the honey was able to permeate further.

.where honey called for, used clover honey

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From start to finish this recipe takes about an hour of work, give or take some negligible time for prep.

The batter is perhaps the babybird of all cake batters. The gloopy, protruding crumbs of butter, not unlike a squabs beady pupils visibly dark under its skin, break up the mass of sickly smooth and reassuringly sweet-smelling oak-colored liquid. You can feel the confusion of bees outside your home, wondering if this your attempt at making royal jelly.

Just like a babybird, it becomes more than the sum of its parts. Layer on that honey drizzle, layer it on thick, theres no risk of drowning subtle flavors. Its crisp edges will keep its form, springy and warm, inviting you as if you're not the one who crafted it (food you didn't cook always tastes better). The bees are sooooooooooooooo jealous of your opposable thumbs and muscular strength.

If you dont have eggs you could try substituting with apple mash. I can't vouch for it in this recipe but replacing eggs with mashed up apples for pancakes gives it adds a nice fruity flavor without changing the texture, and in theory should work here as well.

I give this recipe a solid 10/10 (with 1 being food that makes one physically sick and 10 being food that gives one a lust for life again.) 

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Ingredients:

270 grams all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg

1 stick unsalted butter

160 grams milk

2 eggs

110 grams your favorite honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

Muffin tray and parchment paper

Method:

Preheat oven to 350f

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.

 Add the butter and rub it into the flour with your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 

In a small bowl beat the eggs until just combined. Pour in milk and then vanilla extract while stirring.  Keep stirring vigorously while slowly pouring in honey.

Stir until the mixture is consistent in color.

Pour the liquids over the dry mixture and stir until just combined.

Pour the batter into a greased muffin tray, don't use any muffin paper/lining/cups.

Bake for 16 minutes, or until they reach their full height.

Carefully remove from the muffin pan and place the muffins upside down on a parchment lined tray.

Using a silicone pastry brush, generously cover the tops of the cakes with honey. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes to let the honey soak into the cakes.

Bake for an additional 8-10 minutes, or until the cakes are golden brown.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

I love watching House md because this is WAAAAY too relatable for chronic pain folks. I’ll be casually watching House commit medical malpractice and am smacked in the face by a painfully accurate representation of the struggles of living with chronic pain. While watching the Season 5 episode where House and 13 as well as several others are being held hostage by a man desperate for an answer for his pain, I had to stop the episode. It struck a real chord in me. If I was more mentally unstable, I would be tempted to do the same thing. While the representation isn’t perfect, (or even good in some episodes) it has made me feel less alone.

They may have found something in my blood and I have this terrifying feeling where I hope that to know what this is and that I can treat it, but the idea of knowing what it is scares me to hell and back. If they have found something, it means the end of my pain, but if they haven’t, it means I’m stuck looking for another goddamn 7 months.

Writer’s Block

Sometimes when I try to write,

the words get stuck in my throat

like a bubbling throw up,

hot ink dribbles from my tongue,

it tastes bitter

as i leave a pathetic mess on the page.

I lost

Trying to resist the sweet siren call of league… failing

Something I’ve learned while being in constant pain is that I hate the feeling of anger. It doesn't feel righteous or good or strong, it feels sick and childish. in my mind i understand why i am angry, its a lot for anyone to go through, especially because i have no idea if ill ever be able to work or function normally again, but it still feels so weak and undeserving.

Some additional photos

Tis’ the season! I made an ides of march cake complete with 22 chocolate knives and one real, very stabby knife. While the knives are shittily constructed, I think the point still comes across. The cake itself is double chocolate, making use of a Swiss meringue buttercream.

A few more very silly thoughts on the Ford is convinced the twins are his and Bills kids (Links here and here)

Ford finding more and more evidence like him looking at the smile-dip Mable are and the ingredients and being like 'No human would survive this' and listening to her Mabel's guide to and like '...Yep...yep she's Bill's... oh god gotta make sure to watch her when she actually use her powers she could destroy the timeline'

Him watching Dipper's guide to the unexplained and like 'yeah my kid...I would have totally done this'

Him hearing the names Bill called them 'shooting star' and just internally screaming. Him looking at Dipper 'What did Bill call you?' 'Oh pine tree' and Ford like oh ok that's not to bad and then seeing Dipper's birthmark and the internal screaming starts again.

Also him finding out bout Mabel's karaoke contest and love of karaoke and just getting flashbacks.

Ford:Stanley...

Stan:What Sixer?

Ford:...I am calling in twin bond I am going to say something and you are not allowed to judge me

Stan:...

Stan:Oh my fucking god what did you do?

Ford:...I may have remembered something and the twins...might not have been created just out of magic and more inthetradiaionalsense

Stan:YOUFUCKEDTHETRIANGLE?!?