🍝 Food

[hardy surge]

mangos are good

[echo plank]

mmmm mango

[unborn carbon]

vs

[tribal moss]

both (they might be my fav fruits i can't choose )

[gray hawk]

(confesison never had proper mango... only frozen..

frozen was so good tho

[prisma garden]

frozen mango hits it's valid

[brave loom]

Reminds me I need to make some more cold brew jasmine tea for smoothiez…

[plain glen]

ive never had an actual peach before

just peach flavour things

[tribal moss]

no proper mango, no actual peach.... guys

missing out on some of the yummiest fruits

[hardy surge]

Peaches are delightful

so sweet

[echo plank]

Fresh peaches are sooooo good

It's easy to get bad peaches if they're not fresh tho

[uncut sundial]

thats exactly how the mango storyline goes

[gray hawk]

me when blueberry

[brave loom]

should I order bubble tea..would it fix me do you think…

[warm quarry]

The answer to the first question is yes, the answer to the second question is also yes but only for a lil bit

[brave loom]

thank u Evie…wise words….perhaps I will…..

[tribal moss]

how did you get these pics of me

[tribal moss]

bubble tea is always a good option! go go go

and since I'm in the food channel... I got so many great snacks I'm in love I've been like since I saw them like shshhf

the excitement is through the ROOF

[brave loom]

did it 😌 oolong latte w/ grass jelly for today & green tea w/ passionfruit & aiyu jelly for tmr

[tribal moss]

that sounds like a fab choice 😌 i think i'm gonna have a taro bubble tea now as well

[brave loom]

Yessss do it! Just saw your snacks over in #sharing⋆⭒˚𖠋𖠋𖠋⋆ toooo, v excited for you!

[prisma garden]

this is weird ... when i woke up i thought about bubble tea,... the grip it has on us all ...

[brave loom]

this is a Sign I am decreeing (get it if a wee treat is within reach today)

[tribal moss]

borgar said 😛 ||(sorry i couldn't unsee it )||

[granite dust]

Hhhaaaaaassaa omg lol

I see it

[prisma garden]

https://tenor.com/view/yum-pusheen-burger-cat-fat-gif-6211628

[plain glen]

i just wanted to say u eat some of the nicest looking food and that i am very jealous

[granite dust]

Really? Aww thanks!

[hardy pasture]

These first two were called birria but are they really @gloomy echo

[gloomy echo]

Looks like it! So yummy, enjoy

[hardy pasture]

I did!! Very tasty wish they had the dipping sauce that appears in the gif lmao 🤲 🙏

[kind sundial]

omgggg y'all make me want some good food

it is very nice out today I will get up and shower and not be hungover and go get a cute iced drink or something and walk in the park or something

[gloomy echo]

I hope you have fun!

[gray hawk]

YESS go cherri

[hardy pasture]

Enjoy your dayy

[brave loom]

yesyes u deserve it! have a lovely day

have you had a little treat & touched grass today? consider it. for your well-being

🫵 this means you

[kind sundial]

I bought some clothes n got thiss honeydew slush w mango popping boba

[granite dust]

Crème brûlée in a teacup!

[hardy surge]

oooh

[brave loom]

this is the correct cream to scone ratio. no I will not be taking comments.

(forgot dinner yday this was very welcome lmao)

[dusky sky]

Needs more cream

[brave loom]

you know what. you might be right

[dusky sky]

Please accept this tub of clotted cream

I want to be a Keeper of the Cream when I grow up

[main quest]

i love biscuits!

[hardy surge]

too bad you cant get the real stuff here

I dont really like jam tho

I know jam is the proper way to eat it

[gloomy echo]

What is clotted cream I've actually seen some tiny jars at the store before

[hardy surge]

Its like thickened cream,cream cooked for hours till it separates and forms "clots"

and in the UK made from unpasteurized milk,so not legal to make authentically here

Ive seen it too,but its not "authentic" clotted crean

[gloomy echo]

Ah ok, that does sound yummy tho

[main quest]

its like sour cream but it looks like you can lay bricks with it

[gloomy echo]

Def gonna get it next time I go shopping, idc if it's not authentic

[main quest]

i have never seen it in stores yet, im interested as well but id put it on our god blessed american biscuits

https://divascancook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3-ingredient-buttermilk-biscuits-recipe.jpg

[gloomy echo]

Mmmm a honey butter biscuit

[hardy surge]

buiscuits slap

they are big here in the US south

with gravy

which is rather good

[crystal rune]

Bæŕɓęčůə

[hardy surge]

omg

Im hungry

[crystal rune]

Haha

[hardy surge]

I might cook some bacon brb

[kind sundial]

asian food fest td
tried ube for the first timeee

[echo plank]

oooooooh(be)

yummy!

[tribal moss]

what's the second pic? :0
looks v yummy!

i'm having this lychee and rose water beverage and it straight up tastes like incense

i'm so sad ghjfdf

[kind sundial]

fried chicken skewers!

so crispy n goodd

I also had some dumplings not pictured hahah

also the ube kinda just tasted like vanilla

[tribal moss]

i'm starting to reallyy wonder about the differences among taro, ube and purple sweet potato and when they're used lol
like an almost panic moment of, have i been wrong this entire time about the kind i thought i was having?

i know i've had taro 100% on teas and mochis but like, other desserts, when they are announced as purple sweet potato?? is it ube or taro or none of them

[kind sundial]

hmmm could be either

they are different

[echo plank]

They are different things

They are all purple tubers but they are totally different species wise and taste wise

Purple sweet potato might be ube but is probably actual sweet potato

[brave loom]

I see your bait you devil and I shall not rise to it

@gloomy echo it is a bit different to soured cream!! It’s thicker and doesn’t have the sour flavour. Spreadable but maybe thicker? than butter, even. @royal zinc made some I believe!

[brave loom]

You can totally be sparing with the jam! The idea is that scones themselves should not be very sweet so the jam provides a counterpart to it.

[hardy surge]

yeah

I like some. I buy this fantastix blueberry jam. Its just a lot are too seedy. Seeds and me dont mix

Scones are rather nice but hard to find here 😭

I hate that extremely common foods trigger my sensory stuff. Citrus zest does it too

[brave loom]

I’m sure you know this but they’re incredibly easy to make! The bbc good food recipe is decent imo

[hardy surge]

yeah I will try

[brave loom]

I think they’re one of the first things you learn to make here in home ec haha

[hardy surge]

I like baking. I think its cause its a science kinda

[brave loom]

let me know if you do end up making them! would love to see your results

rare British cuisine W

[hardy surge]

ok

I need to try more low sugar recipes. Kinda why I stopped

[brave loom]

I have had US ‘biscuits’ once (and was 12 so memory is very faint) but my recollection is that they are more ‘flaky’/layered than scones

do you have a particular limit for the amount of sugar per portion? I think I actually have a recipe at home (written down) where I reduced the sugar (just for personal preference)…if it would be helpful I can check the macros and pass it along! but no worries if not

I think a lot of Taiwanese cakes tend to feature a lot of lighter/less sweet sponges, too…thinking….

[main quest]

yeah fluffier and flakier because it requires incorporating a shaggy dough with lots of cold butter

[brave loom]

Scones similar but you have to ‘rub’ the flour into the butter…think maybe the dough is sandier by the end of the process, biscuits have more intact butter pieces if am interpreting you correctly? interesting ty!

Will take a look at recipes if I have a moment at work later…

[hardy surge]

yeah,buscuits are quite different here. Elsewhere they are cookies

American biscuits are nice if you like savory things

[crystal rune]

🥹💗🛐

[granite dust]

You see the cake butt in sharing?

[echo plank]

If baking is a science then I'm a mad scientist. I go wild with baking and make recipe changes with reckless abandon.

baking fully off vibes

[dusky sky]

I grew up very close to Cornwall, which basically makes me a member of the clotted cream mafia

[kind sundial]

more food

[hardy surge]

I wish I was part of this mafia

[prisma garden]

this is tru

american biscuits are flaky and buttery, scones are more crumbly (they r popular in canada idk if they are True Pure Real Scones by your standards but they are around)

NEITHER ONE IS A COOKIE THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER THING o no what have i done

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-anakin-skywalker-what-have-i-done-confused-sad-gif-3575836

[brave loom]

thank u just know this is Appreciated

[brave loom]

I’m going off my one singular experience of a scone in Canada so n=1 and all that, but experience was 1. Too sweet 2. Not quite soft enough 3. Triangular????? The former two can be forgiven but this feels like a crime

However the biscuit (American) comparison is appreciated/useful 😌

[prisma garden]

the triangular ones exist but i don't think they are the norm
the ones i've had here (much larger sample size) are:

1. not very sweet
2. yes they are a bit more hard and crumbly often, maybe closer to the bizarre thing you call "rock cakes"
3. for some reason may be called a "tea biscuit" or something like that (all british things ever = tea i guess??)

the UK is not a real country (internets are telling me this is a "tea biscuit" fuck off that is a COOKIE)

the "triangle wedge scone" thing is "weird, but i'll eat it"
very sweet though is ??? why ... that's ... what the jam is for

[brave loom]

😤 do not test me

cookies are a subgenre of biscuit typically chocolate chip and (usually, tho not always) more of a chewy (rather than crumbly) texture

my sibling has a tattoo of a rich tea biscuit lmao

[prisma garden]

yeah no you are not going to convince a north american that the above "tea biscuit" is closer to "the same genre of food as a scone! only looks nothing like it!" than it is to being "a type of cookie, only hard and not chewy"

[brave loom]

*rich tea biscuit

[prisma garden]

biscuit is a meaningless word

is it smaller than a scone and vaguely disc-shaped and eaten with coffee or tea. then it's a cookie to me idc idc idc

[brave loom]

let us have this one we don’t have much else going for our cuisine

[prisma garden]

and you think we do

at least america has perfected meat+cheese+fried+fatty things
canada has nothing !! but sweet things (gross) and poutine and uh
yeah that's about it
smoked meat but we hardly hold a monopoly on that

ketchup chips? don't make me laugh.

[brave loom]

nanaimo bar
although I guess they are kind of hyper-regional
so good tho I actively seek them out
my friend tried to get me into butter tarts ||but they are mid I fear||

[prisma garden]

they are not that regional, we have them here
but they tend to fall under "made so bizarrely sweet for no reason that it makes me gag"
sad ! in theory they could be good

butter tarts are vile

ontarian boomer food
disgusting

oh i guess we have peameal bacon
that's like. "okay"

[brave loom]

o but if u make them yourself with a really dark chocolate layer…and u can cut the sugar and use a custard instead of a buttercream…they go hard idk
(acknowledging I probably have more of a sweet tooth tho)

[prisma garden]

see this is based tho that sounds good

[brave loom]

buttercream in general can fuck off

[brave loom]

this is how strongly I feel about this

[prisma garden]

you are right and should say it

[brave loom]

cream cheese icing at BEST or creme diplomat or whipped cream or creme pat just anything but buttercream

definitely not in lab rn having a minor meltdown over baked goods

[prisma garden]

i do not know what half of those "cream" things are but trust your judgement

[brave loom]

(I think maybe it’s referred to as pastry cream? It’s just a custard stabilised with flour, and then creme diplomat has whipped cream mixed in to lighten it) (as i may have mentioned I have strong feelings about custard) (normal brain)

[prisma garden]

as you should. but none of this makes sense to me 😌 i am learning .

[kind sundial]

I have only experienced triangle scone

[prisma garden]

we need to investigate what's going on with scones in british columbia

[main quest]

especially on a cinnamon roll

[royal zinc]

oh my god I forgot about custard squares

(this is a staged photo because she has managed to bite through the pastry without custard exploding out the sides)

[dusky sky]

need this with a decentg cup of coffee

[warm quarry]

It should be societally accepted to eat custard without anything else. Not as a topping, not as a side, not as a filling. Just give me a spoon and a napkin please xoxo

[dusky sky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8mt9Ogzi_Y

There's a bit about custard in it and it reminded me of this sketch

[kind sundial]

omg I want

never seen this before

[echo plank]

Garlic Breeeeaaaadddd

[crystal rune]

One of the best thing in this world

[prisma garden]

it is already quite acceptable to eat custard on its own
it is always correct

[gray hawk]

(whats custard...)

oh natillas?

we alrd eat that on its own

like w a spoon

its a usual desert

dessert

not desert

[prisma garden]

🍮

[gray hawk]

bonus if galleta maria on top n some cinnamon ummmm

[prisma garden]

didn't know custard could have cookies 😯

[gray hawk]

welp in spain we do this n tbh its a big upgrade

[main quest]

looks like rice pudding

[gray hawk]

thats a diff thing

[tribal moss]

me when i found out custard = natillas after seeing everyone was obsessing over it here

(they're good but so common)

[gray hawk]

FR

like in my middle school it was usual as a dessert 😭 ( only if u ate the fruit before ofc)

[tribal moss]

OMG new memory unlocked 😭 same here lmfao

[hardy pasture]

You also have galleta Maria? 😭

[gloomy echo]

I love galletas maria

My mom sometimes does this dessert she calls a carlota, and it's just galletas maria layered on top of each other, and then filled up with condensed milk and lime

And u freeze it

[gray hawk]

YESSS

[main quest]

its also flan

[gray hawk]

no its not

flan has a diff texture

[tribal moss]

yea flan is more jelly-like while natillas are more creamy (?

but at least here they are 2 different things for sure

[granite dust]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1105947049486188686/1112805365701165066/trim.B58A9761-7A2C-4D37-A399-C6D3A6673F5E.mov

Why is my coffee watching me?

[compact matrix]

it looks like a chihuahua imo

[main quest]

its all custard still

[hardy pasture]

Wow the lime is unexpected

Must be fresh and nice

I don’t like bolachas maria that much but I like them with other stuff

[gloomy echo]

Yeah its very summery and I like that the cookie gets kind of soft

[kind sundial]

absolutely massive shaved ice nobody could finish lol

[gloomy echo]

Look at this beauty

[prisma garden]

damn that all looks good

[uncut sundial]

this looks god tier omggg

is that red bean?

[main quest]

is this meat on a bed of cheese?

[gloomy echo]

Birria papa 😋

[kind sundial]

yeaaa

[prisma garden]

i need it ..

[proud cedar]

YESS!!!!!!

[gloomy echo]

Wish I could send!

[brave loom]

I realise this is..not very visually appealing lol but I made a strawberry syrup to go with my rose tangyuan
also mango/jasmine green tea/gorse smoothie that I have been having every day lately

flowers and fruits elite combination

[kind sundial]

not visually appealing whereee it looks so good ! love tangyuan

[woven thorn]

based

[echo plank]

everytime you say something is not visually appealing you post some of the most beautiful food I have ever seen lol

[brave loom]

must work on my presentation..

have a bizarrely strong craving for dolmadaki today

[main quest]

love the fat straw

[prisma garden]

thicc

[uncut sundial]

fat straws are best straws

i used to go to boba shops and snatch some extra boba straws lolol

[gloomy echo]

They always come in the prettiest colors.. when I get boba, I always go for the baby pink or periwinkle straws

[uncut sundial]

yess!!! and the baby blue ones too

but then I too afraid to use the straws cuz they so cute 😭 so I hord them

[echo plank]

I have two fat straws that I've keep washing and reusing every time I make boba

[edgy raptor]

Am I serving grimescore??

[prisma garden]

what

[edgy raptor]

Wait

The pic didn’t send

It was a pic of my spaghetti

it was very good

[brave loom]

powerful medicine (red bean)

[prisma garden]

but it's green
pls explain

[brave loom]

matcha outside
red bean interior
@vestal mason chose well

[prisma garden]

😯

[gray hawk]

daltonism be like

(joke)

well protanopia actually

[brave loom]

I was so confused I thought it was a protein joke

This is so funny I never knew this about him

[gray hawk]

LOL

[brave loom]

Thank u for teaching me

[gray hawk]

my bro has daltonism so

[gray hawk]

omg i love that emote

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/846911455466618881.gif?size=56&quality=lossless

[brave loom]

I love kaomoji, they remind me of the internet of my youth lmao
Need to collect more

[gray hawk]

same

[prisma garden]

same but where are there kaomoji i cannot see

[brave loom]

I mean these:

as opposed to these:
╰(´︶`)╯♡
٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
･:*+.(( °ω° ))/.:+

they have the same name, I think because the little floating pixel emote creatures were inspired by OG kaomoji

[prisma garden]

this is extremely confusing but thank u i thought kaomoji meant the wacky text-only ones

[brave loom]

npnp

Some places call them kaoani too if that helps at all

[prisma garden]

normalize this.

[tribal moss]

this got me curious so i looked the term up and i only could find the text ones (?

sad because the animated ones are adorable and i wanted to see more

also apparently kao means 'face' and moji 'character' or smth

the more you know

[prisma garden]

are they called that because they convert kaomoji to animations (?) in origin maybe

yes "emoji" has nothing to do with the word emoticon WEIRD COINCIDENCE

it's not emo-ji (ji means character) but e (picture) + moji I WAS DUPED FOR YEARS

(文字 moji is "written character" for even more lore)

[brave loom]

I have a few sites with a lot of them (pixel hunter…normal brain normal brain) need to add them as emotes to my server

[prisma garden]

NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOOD BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID i need breakfast

[brave loom]

I would hazard a guess you are correct about the converting to animation yes

oh I am being a badmin again

pls discuss food

[prisma garden]

none of us are free of sin

[brave loom]

some less free than others

[tribal moss]

yummm i love food

[prisma garden]

freeing myself of sin and getting food at the same time by confessing and taking the eucharist
checkmate atheists

(i'm always saying they should give you at least a good breadroll though)

[brave loom]

(I think you just get wafers here) (unless you are unbaptised and unconfirmed like me where you just get bonked on the head) (anyway I digress what’s for breakfast)

[gray hawk]

i remember the kaomoji ogs like when i was so so young..

the animated ones

sorry ood

ood

ood

wt

i cant say?? that letter¿¿

😭

f

oh thank god

[warm quarry]

It looks like it has a fuzzy peach butt and I want to pat it

[gray hawk]

boing

[prisma garden]

got some Fancy Bread with Fancy Peanut Butter and coffee i did it

when christ said "man does not live on bread alone" he meant this. he meant peanut butter

[tribal moss]

a nice warm toast with some butter mhmmmm

[echo plank]

mmmmm 😋

[dusky sky]

Thick soft white bloomer bread is one of lifes greatest pleasures

[hardy surge]

what is fancy peanut butter?

smoother than a fresh jar of skippy?

[prisma garden]

what is bloomer bread

[prisma garden]

no i like crunchy peanut butter
it is peanut butter without added sugar basically that's what i mean

[gray hawk]

oh isnt peanut butter supposed to be just peanut

well the ones ive tried

are just 100%peanut

[prisma garden]

not here i fear
going with the overall trend of "north americans eat way too much sugar" it tends to be sweet here

[echo plank]

a lot of the peanut butter here has had sugar added to it, but it's not all of it

I always get unsweetened peanut butter that has just peanuts as the only ingredient

[gray hawk]

oh damn

i dont think id like it w sugar

[echo plank]

There's also this local health food stone near me and they make their own peanut butter and it's super good

[gray hawk]

like i love how it tastes so peanutty

[echo plank]

the sugar makes it bad tbh

[gray hawk]

yeah id imagine

it would b like too much

i ocassionally buy this one that is like, caramel flaavor something but still doesnt have a lot of sugar

[echo plank]

my sister is obsessed with peanut butter and got her friend in NZ to send her some of her favorite brand lol

So I always end up getting good peanut butter because my sister tells me what kind to buy

[gray hawk]

id buy this one

ohh the caramel one

expensive tho

i dont buy it anymore : (

[echo plank]

There's also amish peanut butter which is smooth peanut butter mixed with marshmellow fluff

[gray hawk]

oh woa

[echo plank]

Idk what it has to do with the amish but that's what it's called

[gray hawk]

id also eat the cinnamon one

that was heavenly

theres also like a pistachio butter ive seen but i havemnt tried it

(im afraid id eat it in one sitting n have digestive issues )

[echo plank]

There are a number of nut butters out there but i've found that peanut butter is by far the best one

[gray hawk]

yea same

peaanuts remain queen

[tribal moss]

OMG SAME

I've been debating on trying it for like +1 year now

maybe even 2

but expensive + i forget

[gray hawk]

same

[prisma garden]

i don't think that has anything to do with the amish it's just a pennsylvania thing and that's where a lot of them live THIS IS WRONG

[echo plank]

interesting

[prisma garden]

there's also fluffernutter which is a mix of peanut butter and marshmallow sounds gross
it's from new england

[prisma garden]

oh no i spread misinformation on the internet
it really IS an amish thing? wild
it's called church spread
https://amish-heritage.org/amish-church-peanut-butter-spread/

while on the niche topic of things the amish like to put on bread, apple butter is also big i hear

2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 c. white sugar
2/3 c. molasses
2 c. water
2 1/2 lb. peanut butter
1 1/2 c. marshmallow cream

no disrespect to the amish (not that i think any of them are on the internet reading this right now mind you) but this sounds like Not My Thing however interesting

did not know they were so into marshmallows

[tribal moss]

that's a bit based of them ngl

[gray hawk]

whats molasses i nevr rembeber

i fuclinmg love that word so much i repeat it in my mind at least once a week

n think abt swimmming in it (? idk why ?? intrusive thought i guess?

ohh melaza

in spanish ok ok

[prisma garden]

syrup made from sugarcane it's very dark and thicc

[gray hawk]

yea

funny funny word

[prisma garden]

do not swim in it by the way, there was once a flood of molasses in boston, many died 😔
if this sounds made up i'm not kidding it is true

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood eight million litres of molasses

[gray hawk]

omg rip

[prisma garden]

it is so thick and sticky it is hard to get out

[gray hawk]

idk why i have that thought ..

so yea it traps u n cant move right

[prisma garden]

that's right

[gray hawk]

uhhhgg nonooo thats so uncomfy to think

uhh yummy food

[prisma garden]

like quicksand
sounds horrible

[gray hawk]

[prisma garden]

i have never had it i think
more of an american thing
we have maple syrup here i guess (which i don't like)

[gray hawk]

yea i dont see it here either

like to buy+

i think its more used like ingredient in industrial cookking or som

[prisma garden]

the british like it but they call it treacle

[gray hawk]

anywayys idk if this counts as food but popped up in my pinterest n thoguht of the Boba gang

(grimescord)

[drowsy cedar]

omg those are soo cute !!

[agile jetty]

God forbid

[prisma garden]

it sounds disgusting i know ... not into it

[agile jetty]

It would look better on a cake instead of fake bread 💔

[prisma garden]

very true that bread also looks mediocre as hell

[dusky sky]

@prisma garden bloomer

[echo plank]

That's a big bread

I love the sound that bread makes when it's cooling off from the oven

[uncut sundial]

that is a satisfying sound woahhh

[hardy pasture]

Woah it’s like a fireplace cracking

[warm quarry]

As a gift, a family member of a late patient gave these chocolate eggs to us! I thought it was a regular egg but it had a teeny chocolate dinosaur inside!

[gray hawk]

OMG theyre so pretty ??

[granite dust]

My coffee game is getting better.

[uncut sundial]

tres leches cake w pistachio cookie on top

[tribal moss]

so perfect looking omg

[hardy surge]

yum,it looks delicious

to me thats too pretty to eat

[gray hawk]

she rlly said 🍰

[kind sundial]

waaa looks so moist and yummy

[uncut sundial]

IT WASSSS

top tier cake

[main quest]

feliz cumpleanos

[crystal rune]

Bon Appétit

[kind sundial]

aahh I want it now

korean place across the street ....

[uncut sundial]

QUE

NO ES MI CUMPLEANOS

[main quest]

tres leches is always the birthday cake

[uncut sundial]

no no no

[main quest]

i had one my last birthday

[uncut sundial]

tres leches is any time cake

tres leches is life

ohh thats nice

[main quest]

it is but i know it as a go to birthday cake

[uncut sundial]

i could eat that cake everyday if i wanted to lmaoaoao

ohHhh

[latent warren]

thicc banana

[gray hawk]

anos?¿?????????????????????????????????

[main quest]

cumpleanus

[tribal moss]

[hardy surge]

ready for summer fruits so bad

[tribal moss]

peach, cherry and mango my beloved

[hardy surge]

they're all good

and berries,watermelon,etc

[prisma garden]

love cherries
they really hit

[gray hawk]

im so sad cherry harvest is sucking this year in my country they’re so EXPENISVE uhhgggg

i’ve only had them once so far n im so sad

[hardy surge]

yeah,cherries are so good

[agile jetty]

SAME HERE😭 it’s insane

Eating watermelon as we’re speaking..

[hardy surge]

Watermelon is so refreshing

[agile jetty]

It is! Every time I eat it I’m surprised how fast it makes you full cus of the water

[hardy surge]

Its good for you

Has Lycopene,same as tomatoes,and more of it

[dusky sky]

I have a mango dealer his name is Vijay

[hardy surge]

I find tomatoes horrid,so watermelon it is

a mango dealer

haha thats so funny

I like mango

very tasty

[dusky sky]

He runs an indian restaurant but sometimes he’ll text asking if we wanna get in on a mango order

[hardy surge]

Basically all tropical fruits are

always good to have a mango dealer

[tribal moss]

uhmm

[dusky sky]

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

IVE ME

[uncut sundial]

that looks sooooo good

i culd eat entire loaf

did that post drop the recipe

[tribal moss]

sadly no </3 it looks like a ss from someone's insta story, so there's a big chance the original recipe was never shared in the first place

i'm determined on finding a good alternative recipe for it though

[uncut sundial]

yesyesyes 😤 👏

LOOOK WHAT I GOT FROM COSTCO GUYS AAAA THEY'RE SO GOOD

froggie gummies

[crystal rune]

that looks so good

[main quest]

[floral sun]

@main quest, you have just reached level 6!!! congratz

[dusky sky]

I love sweets

I could swallow a tub of Haribo tangfastics whole

[brave loom]

I made the most refreshing beverage with lilac honey, blended pink grapefruit, and tonic water

However getting a picture is fruitless as it is vaguely flesh-coloured

So just offer me some buy-in here and accept that my drink (mocktail?) is delicious

[dusky sky]

okay I believe you

I sympathise, I have never taken a photo of food/drink in my life that makes it look good

okay maybe this pic I took of my pint the other day looked pretty tasty but that's it

[woven thorn]

Kitkat's churro

[uncut sundial]

me want

[echo plank]

Rainbow cake!

[echo plank]

I still need to finish frosting it

[echo plank]

It's finished!

[uncut sundial]

STUNNING

[brave loom]

Omg I forgot I made nanaimo bars yesterday

remind me to take a pic tomorrow when my kitchen light is not lurid and horrible (I tried and failed just now) but they have 85% chocolate on top & creme pat instead of buttercream

think the chocolate layer could have been thinner but I’m overall pretty happy with them…conversation the other day inspired me

[tribal moss]

that cake is so adorable and the layering is so beautiful

i wish i could make cakes look like this

[warm quarry]

This is gorgeous, you’re so talented! Happy pride! Trans rights are human rights xoxoxo

[brave loom]

temptation to spend £30 so I can make cathedral themed bundts is ENORMOUS think of the possibilities here

[hardy surge]

yum

[dusky sky]

That’s so hancore

You have to get it man

[tribal moss]

rtt

[gray hawk]

omg

[brave loom]

ahh I could go after my appt today but just realised I didn’t bring my card with me I hope it’s still there whenever I have time to go back

[hardy surge]

Theres actually a place nearby opening that seems focused on Bundt Cakes,its rad

Bundt cakes are pretty

but I feel bad eating pretty desserts because they look so nice

[brave loom]

I was looking for decoration inspo and I found a website called ‘Catholic cuisine’ which was weirdly charming

[hardy surge]

wow

[plain glen]

yummers

[dusky sky]

what... is it?

[prisma garden]

link

[dusky sky]

This is a sign from a place back home which proudly serves Buckfast and also "Bucky bombs"

There was also a fella there who had a tattoo of a bucky bomb and proudly lifted his shirt to show me without prompting

[brave loom]

Oh my god hahaha that is commitment…I have somehow escaped buckfast despite living here for years

One day tho..I need the caffeinated monk wine

[brave loom]

https://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2015/03/cathedral-cake-for-st-joseph.html?m=1

[dusky sky]

I bless thee with this bottle of council claret
Now go forth and steal car emblems my child

[brave loom]

frankly unreasonably happy with my haul even tho I should definitely be sleeping before work
look at this fucking thing look at this crystal decanter look at how enormous this jar of kimchi is

[dusky sky]

^ this is what life is all about

[echo plank]

oooooooh

I am so jealous rn

[tribal moss]

coming out of an asian market with a big haul of things is one of my fav things ever

so exciting

[dusky sky]

We've had a new asian supermarket for ages and I still haven't been

I think i'll go tomorrow and pick up some green curry paste or massaman paste

[hardy surge]

oh man green curry

I should make some

[main quest]

the S and ! blended to a ? for me and i thought this was a question

🍰 "trans rights?"

[main quest]

CatholicWeeb has logged on

[hardy pasture]

Francesinha 👌

[brave loom]

don’t make me do another fit I’m not sure I have enough vestements to cobble together into something cohesive

[brave loom]

Oooo I think maybe @woven thorn has mentioned this before? It looks tasty

[main quest]

that would go hard tho probably

[hardy pasture]

I know I have sent it a bunch of times myself too, might be, repeat francesinha apparition

[woven thorn]

YES

I DID

FOR SURE

we have a pretty good taste

you should def try francesinha

[brave loom]

ngl I need a weekend trip to Portugal for the architecture & the food… (I also have a Portuguese colleague so sometimes I get to try snacks haha) recs always appreciated in that regard in fact

[woven thorn]

If you come to porto i can recomend you good restaurants and snacks cafes

Porto is heavily inspired by baroque architecture

[hardy pasture]

You gotta try gazela, really nice albeit simple cachorrinhos

[brave loom]

my colleague is from there!!

[brave loom]

Tysm!! Literally making notes haha

[hardy pasture]

Anytime! Any questions or recs if u do end up coming, ask away

[prisma garden]

👀

this was very pleasing to look at and read all the labels and see what it is (including practicing my chinese) (what is the green vegetable beside the tea)

[brave loom]

pak choi! wanted noodles (have a vision of cold buckwheat soba with sesame & crisp pak choi & chilli *oil for hot dayz…)

also got some stuff for dandanmian which I have been meaning to re-attempt Properly for ages

[prisma garden]

oo i thought so (even tho when i buy it it's more well. white. the name literally means white vegetable IRONIC YOURS IS ALL GREEN) anyway i support your vision ... cold soba does hit

[woven thorn]

Going on a school trip with my students tomorrow

Made a "poke bowl"

Underneath there is a ton of rice

[echo plank]

Unagi nigiri!

[uncut sundial]

🤤 yummmmm

[hardy surge]

mmmmm

[crystal rune]

Batida Coco Pineapple cocktail 🍸

[kind sundial]

like a pina colada yum

[hardy surge]

mmm

[crystal rune]

This is. Incredible.

[prisma garden]

today's google doodle is two scones having some kind of weird standoff

[tribal moss]

more cream vs more jam

[warm quarry]

It’s jam first, then cream on top. Doing it the other way around is stupid because it flattens the fluffy cream

[tribal moss]

o i thought the shadow of the left one was a thin spread of jam but that makes sense

[brave loom]

@dusky sky police

[tribal moss]

so it's like the cereal and milk debate

[warm quarry]

Okay another reason why I’m right is because jam doesn’t make the scone soggy like cream does! So jam must go first

[brave loom]

proper clotted cream is too thick to make a scone soggy 😤

[prisma garden]

i want to hear the pro-cream-first side.

side note is it ~~posh if i think that saying [lips overly rounded] "sconn" sounds goofy

[brave loom]

whoops lmao I tried to find where @dusky sky explained it (iirc he has devonshire heritage so is an expert on all things scone 😌 ) (endless pls correct me if wrong) and accidentally opened that mega stereotype thread from ages ago...that was fun

[prisma garden]

britons are like "it's posh if you [random thing]" 🤣

"posh (derogatory)"

[brave loom]

tfw I literally need to learn ipa to work out what you mean
yes one of the pronunciations is posh (derogatory) tho

legit it's a thing

[prisma garden]

which one.

[brave loom]

the one that rhymes with phone
(mentally trying to do a canadian accent to see if that checks out for you) (not going well)

[prisma garden]

once again asking

[prisma garden]

ironically i figured that was the ~posh one because it's more southern but the other one sounds more ~posh to me because nobody says it anything like that here

i've only heard the (cringe term) "long O" (it is not a long /o/ ... well it IS in canadian english but not in britonland where it's a goofy diphthong I DIGRESS get back to arguing about the cream/jam thing now)

[brave loom]

#1097571653485080677 message

expounded;
cream is vastly superior to jam anyway so it makes sense for the jam to be an afterthought
sufficiently thick clotted cream provides a barrier layer between the (potentially sog-inducing) jam and the scone
I like endless' thoughts on tasting the jam first as well
also! aesthetically more pleasing to have a little strawberry perched atop your mound of clotted cream

||unfortunately for me I say the non-southern one, which doesn't fit with my accent but 🥲 can't escape the posh allegations ig||

[prisma garden]

i am pro-cream first because jam is kinda mid

[brave loom]

good.

[dusky sky]

I was at the shop but I ran home as quickly as I could to deal with this emergency

This is my philosophy, pasted from another time I talked about this

You taste the sweetness of the jam first, and then that parts and is balanced by the clotted cream underneath before reaching the scone
It's the only way
Plus jam is thinner than clotted cream so it really needs to go on top

Also if you're using anything thinner than clotted cream then you're not doing it right

[dusky sky]

You are 100% correct, Devonshire born and bred!

I might have to buy this lmao

devon nationalism

[brave loom]

they are so unphotogenic and I am so mad abt it but v good, glad to have been Inspired

[echo plank]

british scones are so different from american ones

Here they're hard square or triangular biscuits (american definition of biscuit here) that are usually quite sweet, but can also be savory (meat + cheese type thing). One big difference is that you always eat a scone by itself and not with anything. The only topping is a light drizzle of royal icing.

At least where I am everyone pronounces it like "phone" or "bone"

[brave loom]

please do not take this personally but this is offensive to me

(Not the savoury ones they are good with tomato soup or something)

[echo plank]

What you call a scone we'd call a biscuit

[brave loom]

I do think they are different in the flakiness and such but I can see the parallels

[echo plank]

Yeah, there are some differences, but they're basically the same thing

apparently scones here are similar to rock cakes?

Most of the time here you eat a biscuit with butter or gravy

That's probably a food crime for you lol

[prisma garden]

ICING WHAT THE FUCK

yes i have seen what are most likely rock cakes (?) being called "scones"

[echo plank]

Apparently scones here are called rock cakes in most other places

So what I'm talking about is quite different from a british scone

[prisma garden]

as a kid i saw "rock cakes" in harry potter and was baffled and thought it meant. literal rocks (??)

the weird fake triangle scones here are okay if they aren't extremely sweet but they don't have icing which is puke (icing is one of the worst foodstuffs ever made)

[prisma garden]

southern ~biscuits are like what if scones but all buttery like a croissant (?) (i think?)

[warm quarry]

Okay but English people’s opinions (especially on food) isn’t valid so therefore it’s best to put jam first thank you for coming to my TED Talk /joking

[echo plank]

yeah pretty much

[prisma garden]

never heard that one before

[prisma garden]

they're good ngl, i like the southern gravy too

tastes not much like a scone. but looks like it

[echo plank]

Southern biscuits (we just call them biscuits) are really good even just by themselves

[warm quarry]

My reasoning is that I use a knife to spread the jam and then use a teaspoon for the cream. If I did cream first, then the jam would get all contaminated when I tried to spread it on the cream.

[echo plank]

I've never had an english scone before

I don't think I've even seen one irl

[brave loom]

They’re extremely easy to make

[prisma garden]

i've had things that are allegedly scones but are more like rock cakes
and not with clotted cream (one coffeeshop that is extremely good at baked goods serves these fake-rockcake-scone things with jam and ... butter?!)

[warm quarry]

I think the jams that I use/make have a lot of pectin in them and so they’re rather gelatinous as opposed to the more compote-like jams elsewhere

[brave loom]

They’re like the first thing you learn in home ec
also butter on scones is a thing! Just arguably less good

It is not my preferred but something about the saltiness of butter sometimes hits? Idk

[echo plank]

I'll have to make them. Got a good recipe or should I find my own?

[prisma garden]

butter is okay because it's still dairy but also it's odd because this place is, again, not just a coffeeshop but a legit bakery with very good food. so why not make real scones

[echo plank]

Serving an american scone (aka rock cake) with jam is wrong. Butter mayyybe but you're supposed to eat them by themselves.

[prisma garden]

those triangle things are not even rock cakes either. what ARE they

[echo plank]

scones

at least here they are

[prisma garden]

they aren't they're imposters 😤

[brave loom]

I do have a recipe but I just got into bed I should get up and find it…….if not then the bbc good food scone recipe is not bad. The key thing you want to remember is ‘rubbing’ the butter into the flour so it’s like a sandy texture

[prisma garden]

what i mean is. if you tried to map the weirdamericantrianglethings to a british baked good, which one would be closest. i don't think it's rock cakes but also i don't know what it would be

[brave loom]

so glad u agree I felt so let down by Vancouver…this is vindicating

[echo plank]

They're good though. There's a blueberry farm that has a store near me that makes really good blueberry scones (the triangle ones)

[brave loom]

Also they must be round!!!! You can shape them with a mug or something if you don’t have a cutter

and they only stay good for one day

[prisma garden]

i simply feel we need a new name for the triangle things. they aren't bad (as long as they don't have icing that's disgusting) but yeah with berries they're good. but they need a new name

[brave loom]

used to have them in one place where I waitressed & we’d be allowed to take them home at the end of the day bc scones that are not same-day fresh are unpalatable

[echo plank]

I don't have any jam. I could make my own clotted cream I think

[brave loom]

They should rise such that they have a natural split, and you can pull them apart to add stuff

Sorry I am apparently weirdly passionate about this
That would be so cool! I was so so impressed when @royal zinc did that

[echo plank]

I will make them today or tomorrow I think. I need to make bread for the week so this might have to wait

[brave loom]

Would love to see!! I am torn between scones and lemon bars for my next project haha
Actually still need to make a fuckin tofu cheesecake (not hard at all idk why I’m so resistant to it) and my tres leches cake
Have nobody to share with I need you all to come over for high tea or something

one main reason I don’t bake as much ;-; OH and new cake tin……exciting times

[echo plank]

I would love to but you would have to teach me how to do everything lol. I know there's a bunch of traditions n stuff but I don't know any of them.

[prisma garden]

lemon bars for pride month han 🤪

[echo plank]

Haha my biggest problem with baking is also that I never have anyone to share it with either

[prisma garden]

i would like to hear more about your bread

[echo plank]

It's not that interesting, I just make bread every week instead of buying it. Nothing fancy, just your standard frwnch bread.

I might make brioche this time tho bc I have leftover egg yolks from the pride cake

[brave loom]

Damnit I had a ‘rainbow pensive’ emote that would have been perfect but the server lost boosts

[brave loom]

||DOUGHNUTS perhaps|| who said that

Brioche would be good too

[echo plank]

I never know what to do with the yolks

I would make crème brulé but I don't have ramekins

[echo plank]

haha I wish, that's a bit above my skill level

[brave loom]

I would make a custard - then creme pat, or ice cream. Or yeah brioche?? Or carbonara

Have done hand stirred ice cream a few times before it’s annoying af but it works well

You just have to babysit it

[prisma garden]

carbonara wha

pls expound

very displeased by these chips i bought by the way. they said spicy vinegar. they are not very spicy nor pungent. they're just like. all-dressed

[echo plank]

the worst

[prisma garden]

chips are stupidly expensive these days so it seemed like a good deal ... it was NOT! SAD!

[brave loom]

am I just learning you have never made carbonara before?? If so then it’s very easy!!

[prisma garden]

i haven't and this is adding to my belief that you have much more
something
idk too tired to put into words too Ineffable but basically you're more of a foodie than me and i'm a fake fan

[brave loom]

I think ‘foodie’ is pushing it here but it’s so easy!! Would you like a recipe

I might give you one anyway

I mean really like 10 minute dinner stuff

[prisma garden]

drop it in the chat

[brave loom]

classic carbonara is just:

guianciale (but you can use pancetta or even bacon just fine in a pinch, Italians don’t @ me I’ll fight you)
raw egg, which gets cooked in the residual heat of the pasta. a higher yolk ratio makes for a richer carbonara!
grated pecorino Romano (you can also use Parmesan here)

you can add extras like garlic and herbs & such but that is the classic carbonara
so you want to boil your pasta
meanwhile fry your chopped (whatever pork you chose) until it renders and is a bit crispy
I usually do a 1:1 of 1 egg yolk & equivalent amount of grated cheese, beat them together
then drain the pasta and immediately coat with your sauce & add the pork…stir it well & it will become creamy & glossy. black pepper and you’re done! key is to not do this in a hot pan so as not to scramble your eggs

[prisma garden]

thinking "what the fuck is guanciale" and how your "no i do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of Weird Ingredients" argument is becoming more and more thin 👁️ (joke) (i think not funny but) (this sounds good tho)

[brave loom]

o no I’m embarrassed
you surely have pancetta in the supermarket tho yes?! It’s quite similar

Guanciale is pork jowl and it’s very salty and fatty, a little goes a long way. Iirc you can use it for pasta amatriciana too? But I don’t cook a LOT of Italian so idk. Worth trying one day!

[prisma garden]

yes i've heard vaguely of it but i forgor
i know vaguely what pancetta is
i don't cook italian food partly because i think it's overrated and not really that good (maybe in a restaurant) (idk it's not bad just not really my thing) (my brother's girlfriend is italian and a foodie don't tell her i said this)

ignore me kind of being a hater idk italian food is fine i like it fine it's Alright

[brave loom]

(o no we will awaken the Italians be careful…)

||I agree tho I think some dishes are great! Love a puttanesca especially - but don’t choose it often over cuisines like sichuan or idk south indian||

Carbonara is one of those things it’s just fun to learn imo but that might just be me

[prisma garden]

at the risk of outing myself as a millennial hipster, also bacon rules i need to get into south indian .. many such places but never been to one and tried it Properly

[brave loom]

think I have a recipe book somewhere..? so if you’re interested I can send stuff along…alternatively yes go to some places send pics I will live vicariously thru everyone’s eating experiences here 😌

[dusky sky]

Fuck I want scones

If I start buying stuff for scones it will be the end of me

5 days from now you’ll see me mainlining 1l tubs of clotted cream

[tribal moss]

we'll live vicariously through you!! (i have never had a single scone and i barely know what they are)

[main quest]

idk shit about clotted cream and scones. so in my head it just makes more sense to put the thicker food on top of the more spreadable food so jam first

but if were talking something even too thick to spread, like cream cheese? that goes on first

cream cheese then jam on the bagel

[crystal rune]

pumpkin chai cake and apricot cheesecake

[tribal moss]

out of a fairy picnic

[earnest wyvern]

That looks so goooddd

[granite dust]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/963566559270416424/1117581360337530961/IMG_1497.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/963566559270416424/1117581374992420934/IMG_1496.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/992283619961876500/1117523201900155001/image0.jpg

[brave loom]

This looks gorgeous aaa

[agile jetty]

XCUSE MEEEE WOH

[granite dust]

Yummmmm

[granite dust]

Jam on then cream?

[warm quarry]

Valid and based, the only right way to do things /light-hearted

[dusky sky]

[echo plank]

@brave loom @prisma garden I made scones

idk if I overworked them or if it's just thw recipe I used but they seem a bit flat?

[brave loom]

you came through!! How are they?! I would concur that they do look a little on the short side - which recipe did you use? I hope they’re still very tasty

[echo plank]

I don't have clotted cream or jam 😔

[brave loom]

Might need more leavening

;-; that’s okay there is time for u…we will do this

[echo plank]

I can actually taste the baking powder in it (it's not strong, I have to pay attention to it) so I don't think that's the problem

They're pretty good overall

[brave loom]

Hmm did you use buttermilk in there? I sometimes do that for mine & it can help to activate the baking powder, give you a bit of a leavening boost
They look good otherwise! Nice little foot on the bottom

[echo plank]

I just used normal milk

I think this is good enough that I will make jam + clotted cream + scones again

idk where I could even get unpasturised heavy cream tho. I think it's illegal here?

[brave loom]

yessss v happy to hear!! hmm I wonder how tableflip did it…does it have to be unpasteurised? Wondering if there is any specialty place you can source the cream otherwise

I’m so happy you came thru and actually made them

[echo plank]

okay the second batch in the oven was the right size. I think I just made the dough too thin lol

[echo plank]

I did a very brief search online and all the things I looked at said to avoid untra-pasturized cream. I think it should still be possible tho?

[brave loom]

This is my recipe which I have been using since I was about 15 lol

Not ‘my’ recipe but. A recipe I use. Haha

[brave loom]

I wonder why! I think as long as it dehydrates it should be fine but keen to hear about experiments here. If askculinary Reddit was open I’d have a search on there. I miss chowhound 😦 was the best for weird qs like this

[echo plank]

interesting... it has vanilla extract in it

[brave loom]

I am just a fiend for vanilla in stuff tbh you don’t have to. The sultanas I don’t always include either. In fact these days I more often don’t

[echo plank]

idk what sultanas are but I am generally not a fan of dried fruits. Some of the recipes I saw put raisins in the scones and I think that would ruin it for me

[brave loom]

Prewarming the baking sheet helps to give them the ‘feet’ like macarons have (and yours do)
Sultanas are similar to raisins yes! I’m so so on them, usually I prefer plain

[echo plank]

Now I'm just eating scones by myself 😭

I mean I'm talking to you so not totally by myself but you get what I mean

[brave loom]

You can also do a milk wash on top and it was a source of much debate at my workplace whether milk or egg was better. I am team egg glaze myself

Haha virtual high tea! I’m all for it

Love to see people on the scone train 😌

[echo plank]

I used a mix of both milk and eggs for the wash. It didn't brown as much as I was expecting but the scones are baked the right amount (as far as I can tell)

[brave loom]

this handwriting is so wack too I mean not that my current is much better but it’s weird to look back on

[brave loom]

yes they look fine to me!! as long as they are tender/fluffy inside then all sounds well

You def don’t want a lot of browning on top, they just get kind of shiny and a little golden

So impressed u made them!

ONE MORE thing I strongly feel vanilla paste >>> extract if u have it but I know not always easy to find

Vastly better tho

[main quest]

shes just telling you not to make american biscuits

dont listen

you do the biscuits and then you make the gravy

[brave loom]

I’ll make biscuits if you make my scones

I’ll even do the ‘gravy’

[main quest]

every british person ive seen try the gravy online has had nothing but nice things to say, they just have a different idea of what is and isnt gravy

its a béchamel with sausage fat and black pepper

[brave loom]

tbh I have nothing against it haha it’s just the word tripping me up! But I have had it once when I visited Tennessee and was good…your description sounds delicious

[main quest]

i dont know if you get the same kind of breakfast sausage as we do, its a specific seasoning mix that i couldnt tell you what is in it besides thyme

Traditionally, breakfast sausage is flavored with a blend of spices and herbs, mainly fennel, sage, and thyme. Additional ingredients like rosemary, garlic powder, onion powder, or even cayenne pepper can be used, as well.

[brave loom]

The closest thing we have I reckon is this Tuscan sausage the butcher does which is very fennel forward

I can supplement with those spices?! Will see…that may be a barrier lol

[main quest]

youve got a kitchen aid mixer right? they have an attatchment

time to start grinding your own sausage meat

you dont even need the casing, tons of american sausage is caseless

https://www.allrecipes.com/thmb/-2qhqtvfd9RmU1rGceGM5ocLnBQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/7435894-a0affbce1f0d45a5974625ccab57a90a.jpg

[hardy surge]

Id like to make my own bratwurst pattied

[echo plank]

maybe this if better in the qotd but gravy is bad (I am pescatarian so I am biased but I've always thought is was not very good)

[main quest]

sausage gravy delicious

[brave loom]

Yes I do!! ohhoho I see Options here…sorry to be annoying/no worries if you don’t know but 1. Is it fully pork and 2. Any idea of the fat %?

[brave loom]

Ngl this is selling it to me

[main quest]

most ive seen is fully pork

oh perfect theres a chef john video for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hA3dD8SjM

[brave loom]

bless up

this man’s voice haunts me

[main quest]

he says high fat

so i assume over 70 at least

[brave loom]

Orange…interesting

[main quest]

yeah i trust him tho

[brave loom]

Tysm! I love nutmeg in stuff like this
Iirc the salt can affect the myosin and therefore the texture so may need to play around

[main quest]

it must add something that brightens up the seasonings

more than any orange flavor

but it wouldnt be surprising if he likes it fruity, we have a big market for chicken sausage with apple and cheese in the usa

[brave loom]

Apple in sausage is a huge thing here too! I’m so-so on it. But this seems like orange zest would be just the aromatics so maybe not quite the same? Either way will put on my list haha kind of want to do these alongside cheese/chive scones to compare or something

[main quest]

apple is good because it usually just adds a slight sweetness but mostly adds texture, like onion if it held its crunch

im reading up on the history of how american biscuits came about with gravy now, neat how its almost always just a mixture of using what supplies of food you had even leftover fat from cooking and a technological evolution or two

read about this same thing from scotland a couple weeks ago and the invention of bicarbonate changed the digestive biscuit

[brave loom]

don’t be shy, spill the details…weirdly I was just talking about digestives this morning (and contrasting them with the chewier American Cookie)

[main quest]

i cant remember exactly what it was but it has to do with the previous levening agents that existed before baking soda and food supplies for scotland and ireland, hence why soda breads popped up, and why many traditional scottish baked goods before the mid 1800s are either hard or brittle

[brave loom]

oooooh intriguing! thank you for mentioning, this is sounding vaguely familiar and need to look it up

made soda bread exactly once and it was a DISASTER

[main quest]

yeah i did that one time like a year ago and mine turned out pretty great

[brave loom]

Irish heritage got your back

[main quest]

thats the secret, everyone in america is part irish

[echo plank]

begins monologue about the irish potato famine

[hardy surge]

Yeah,sucks

[kind sundial]

I forgot that you can just write recipes down I should start doing this instead of losing the webpage I used once every time 😭

I like this idea of having a cookbook yk

or I could just
make a notion page
or a channel in my discord 😭

[brave loom]

Discord channel such a good idea

I got this empty recipe book for Christmas when I was like 14 or something and I haven’t used it all that much, but I try to put repeat recipes in there when I remember to

[hardy surge]

Do it,Han!

Would love recipes with everyone's delicious food

[hardy pasture]

I love notion 🙏

[tribal moss]

notion my beloved

[kind sundial]

no maki pics but

[main quest]

big ball of wasabi

[kind sundial]

nosir

the mango pudding was so fucking good holyy

[hardy surge]

yummy

[uncut sundial]

can u send me sum

[tribal moss]

takoyummy

tempura shrimps, sushi, gyozas...

everything looks so delicious, i hope you enjoyed it!!

just found out this emoji exists but i can't react with it boooo 🍤

wait no it looked different wtf

anyway lol

[hardy surge]

I love all those foods and nice Miso soup

[tribal moss]

frr it's mostly what i get myself when I go to places like that hahah which makes me even more jealous!

WAIT I JUST NOTICED THE ICE CREAMS 😭

is that black sesame, matcha and mango?

[hardy surge]

Im making Miso soup for breakfast

its best w/soft tofu but I'll just get firm. Idk what to put in it,sometimes I put some veg

[brave loom]

the Vision (tasted better than looked idk) (cold soba w/ sesame & smoky chilli)

[prisma garden]

looks good to me

[dusky sky]

Oh that looks delicious

[hardy surge]

I got the tofu

god tofu is so much cheaper than meat

[kind sundial]

yes maam

[tribal moss]

10/10 meal

[brave loom]

@prisma garden reminded me that fried eggs are a thing that exist & can be made at any time so I felt inspired

wanted lamb cumin noodles but had no lamb so made vague approximation (not rly close at all) with pork shoulder
objects in image may be tastier than they appear…

[prisma garden]

ooo this looks good ... much closer to realizing my own vision than my lunch was

[brave loom]

working theory is that almost any savoury dish can be improved with some amount of LGM

[prisma garden]

i put chili flakes on mine so that was was close but the oiliness ... can't compare

should go to the asian store soon in fact ... get many things ... snacks ... tapioca pearls

[brave loom]

yesyesyes do it I will live vicariously thru your haul
I realised I forgot to restock on black vinegar (nearly out) so need to make another trip myself enthused by the prospect of snacks…aaaa those matcha ice creams with the tapioca pearls in…emotional need

[tribal moss]

guess who's also planned a trip to the asian store for the next week

well technically 2 because they opened a new one i'm also curious about that i want to pay a visit to

[gray hawk]

omg !! share your findings 🙏

[tribal moss]

will do! there's something so therapeutic about going to the asian store and losing your sense of time looking at things there can't wait

[hardy surge]

Oh its great. They have cheap stuff too

thinly sliced stir fry meat,lots of tofu DUMPLINGS,noodles,etc

Do me a favor and get sone ramen from an Asian market. Its so much better,better flavors

[granite dust]

Twins

[echo plank]

ayeeee

[kind sundial]

smorez

[uncut sundial]

smoreeees

[main quest]

those cookies look good

[dusky sky]

Life is always better with a firepit

[echo plank]

mmm

[prisma garden]

lei cha

i want to try this

@brave loom new semi-obscure chinese dish with tea just dropped

https://www.newmalaysiankitchen.com/hakka-lei-cha-recipe/ o wow it's complicated
looking for hakka restaurants in toronto that might have it

[brave loom]

This is so so so weird…I was just looking at recipes for this about two days ago

Maybe a Sign…where did you find this?!

yes you should absolutely go and try it
my curiosity about this has been piqued

[prisma garden]

on a wiki walk
someone brought up the atomic bombing of japan > i looked up the name of sadako sasaki (read the book about her as a kid and it deeply affected me) > nearly cried a bit > composed myself > looked up chazuke which was her last meal because i forgot what it was > it linked to lei cha as a similar thing

not seeing any hakka places that have it ... problem: it seems in toronto most hakka places are indian-chinese fusion (it's a thing, chinese food is kind of popular in india, makes sense given they border each other) but the most authentic-looking place i saw did not have it so i doubt restaurants here too + it's also hard and time-consuming to make at home + i fell off
might be something you can only get in asia ... perhaps i will try malaysian restaurants where it's also popular (lot of hakka immigrants in that part of asia like singapore) but it's a long shot

[brave loom]

wiki walk is a new term for me but a useful one… never mind the food should look up sadako

[prisma garden]

streets are saying (some random foodie blogs, that is) that lei cha (the full dish) can seemingly not be found in toronto but lei cha (the tea alone without the rest of the dish) can be found at asian grocery stores

[brave loom]

you should try to make an approximation perhaps

[prisma garden]

maybe...... most of the ingredients can likely be scrounged up (aside from some herbs)

[brave loom]

I’m annoyed that I am no longer growing Thai basil
Mugwort is easily foraged tho
Not sure about sawtooth coriander yet but it can’t be insurmountable

[hardy surge]

I really need thai wild lime leaves

they're hard to get

even at Asian markets

But they use them for curry and other dishes

[brave loom]

this is why I miss chowhound..was so much easier to find locations for speciality ingredients
if you mean makrut lime (?) you may be able to find them online. weirdly I was also reading about them lately on askculinary & consensus is they are vastly better fresh than dried (I have dried ones which are not too difficult to come by in the supermarket here)

[hardy surge]

Ive seen plants

I could try getting one....

I like Thai enough it would get use

[brave loom]

do it

[hardy surge]

ok

[echo plank]

I always say "Wikipedia hole" so this one's probably better lol

[prisma garden]

wiki rabbithole is close but i think has more of a "morbid fascination" undertone to it while "wiki walk" is more just random

[brave loom]

not strictly food but posting here bc I am chronically indecisive & maybe you can help
pls vote for the one you think is the best
there is so much beautiful teaware in this world & it is impossible to choose
the cat is not very ‘me’ but idk it’s cute decided to include

[gray hawk]

(is the numbering in a Y-axis or X- axis?)

[brave loom]

Oh good question aaa idk how it displays on peoples’ screens…x axis but hang on for the avoidance of doubt…

[gray hawk]

this is so hard tho ; theyre soo pretty all of them

is 3 like. iridescent??

or however u say that?)

[brave loom]

I don’t think it actually is, but I think it gives that visual effect bc of how the glaze is set!

I’m into the ‘misty mountain’ vibe conveyed by the blues and greens

[prisma garden]

power ranking: 6 3 4 1 2 5

[brave loom]

bless you for this

[gray hawk]

i love 4 too aaa

i love that kinda pattern

i used to draw it all over my notebooks

[prisma garden]

sorry 5 i like the fishy concept but think it doesn't work aesthetically here

[brave loom]

6, 3, 4 are also my faves

[gray hawk]

tie between 4 n 3 for me 😬 sorry i cant say only 1..

[brave loom]

no you are valid this is still very helpful

[gray hawk]

if i must pick one i will)

[prisma garden]

we agree on 3 4 and 6 being the shortlist

[gray hawk]

6 color is amazing

[prisma garden]

6 is glas
6 is hancoded

[tribal moss]

6 is the most han-esque and sofisticated one imo
3 is unique and strangely in a good way, since I'd normally think that teaware looks old and used but there's something about it...
4 is not as unique or as han-esque but it's very pretty regardless and i really like it

2 it's the one i would pick for myself because cute + cats heh

[brave loom]

you are all very helpful and this is greatly appreciated (also honoured to be glas-core somehow)

[dusky sky]

very drawn to 3 I like the shades and tones alot

[brave loom]

maybe I will buy two.
in case idk someone comes over for tea.
(someone come over for tea)

[prisma garden]

"somehow, i am glas" - literally lives in a celtic country and wears all-green outfits and goes to the seaside all the time 😶‍🌫️
somehow ...

[hardy surge]

Id buy all of them

but I know money is an issie

[hardy surge]

I want pasta but I dont know what kind to make. I want a quick one

[brave loom]

puttanesca?

[hardy surge]

I dont like tomato

but I know its popular

[main quest]

the clams or the fishies

[kind sundial]

I bought this cheese bc it sounded good (also geen) and it is very

[uncut sundial]

OMGGGGG

gouda and pesto are like some of my favorite things

i NEED to try that

[prisma garden]

geen

[uncut sundial]

💚

[prisma garden]

🧀

[uncut sundial]

[hardy surge]

had pasta with creamy pesto today

I forgot the cheese,dont forget the cheese

[uncut sundial]

yummMmm

pesto

i need 2 make sum good pasta and involve pesto

ive been livin on too much mac cheese

and like avocado toast

[gray hawk]

PESTO CHEESE??

im a cheese hatert but this.. is making me rethink..

[hardy surge]

its so good

pesto needs the cheese

parmesan

[brave loom]

normalise the 7am kimchi ramen it is good it is just it is right

[hardy surge]

Id like some now

[tribal moss]

OMG it's kind of well known me and cheese are not really friends but I've tried this pesto cheese multiple times and it's really good!

personal recommendation: melt it when you're putting it on bread and pasta, you will ascend it makes them taste like some kind of delicious pizzas it's super yummy

aside from this comment, let me keep disliking the concept and obsession for cheese nowadays and the majority of cheese products

[gray hawk]

fr!!

nice to find a fellow anti cheeser everyone always is like wtf when i say it..

[agile jetty]

i havent eaten it for like +10 years of my life does that count

[compact matrix]

can we discuss the fact that you are a cheese hater...

[kind sundial]

ahh I do wanna try it on pasta

[gray hawk]

no.. its just a part of my personality... one of the few remains of the Impossible Kid era where i refused to eat anything other that spoup n choccy..

[hardy surge]

cheese on pasta is different

[gray hawk]

well yea

i do eat parmigiano

shit goes hard

so salty n yum

[hardy surge]

its like really good

If you eat pasta w/ and w/out theres a huge difference

Its got an Umami thing you cant replace,though I hear Nutritional Yeast is similar

as a vegan parm alternative

[compact matrix]

are u a picky eater then? it's just strange sometimes when people say they don't like cheese hahah no offense

[gray hawk]

not anymore omg now i like to experiment w food a lot ! but as a child i was THE worst n che3se was always so stinky n weird texture i hated it so much.. n it has stayed lol

ill only eat parmigiano, or very fresh cheese close to yogurt (like cottage)

[gray hawk]

omg yes i wanna try vegan cheese w this

it always looks so yum

[compact matrix]

ohh u seem like a funny child do u like mozzarella or buffalo then cuz it's kinda fresh cheese yk

[gray hawk]

oh yea !! mozzarella n burrata are good too but thats like where id draw the line.. n i wouldnt eat them alone, usually w some sliced tomato or in bread 😋 (or on pizza ofc )

man tell my mother i was funny.. shell tell u what was funny abt watching me taking 3 hours to eat lunch

[compact matrix]

hahaha well i'm glad it's better now

[gray hawk]

yes one of my best character developments tbh

like i cant believe i refused to eat so many delicious things

to this day tho, i get bothered a lot by texture of certain foods like for example if fruit is too ripe or a sauce is too sticky ? but i kinda try to not think ab it

[compact matrix]

i'm like the opposite of this so it is hard for me to understand😭 as i child and pretty much still today, i would anything and as much as i can. my family would go to a restaurant and me at 9 years old would have the biggest portion later on in my life i started thinking if that was healthy cuz i basically would not feel full after a big meal😋 i don't know how i also managed to stay skinny as a child lolll

[gray hawk]

omg thats so cool tho im so jealous.. i used to miss out on so many cool bday parties n such bc there would be so many candies but i only liked chocolate stuff so i would just eat like 10% of all the stuff i could b enjoying

[dusky sky]

I did a pro endlessraining thing and bought a big box of Mint Cornettos

[compact matrix]

yeah i guess, but i would also wish that i wouldn't have the temptation to eat sm and i was a little insecure of how much i ate
but bruhhh this child glori😭😭 i cant see how a little kid doesnt want candy, i feel bad

[gray hawk]

its ok i get u now.. i guess i learnt from my experience n now im a machine of eating LMAO especially all those non choccy sweets n cereal, im licing my childhood now 😋 but yeah also sometimes i felt bad bc ppl would be like giving me sweets n id be like i dont want it bc its not chocolate like. rude ass kid

[compact matrix]

hahah that's a glow up thoo

[gray hawk]

fr im living my best life now!

kinda

[hardy surge]

Im gonna try making baked katsudon today

[gray hawk]

bc i still get full easily n stomach feels like a stone

[compact matrix]

but i think all the girls out there have had some type of bad relationship with food, and the society has pressured us to have a certain diet from a young age

[gray hawk]

oh yea for sure. in my case im stiill recovering for a long ed so thats why i try to eat a lot as well.. battle society n stupid norms. girls go eat all u want fr

[dusky sky]

Ladies I am prescribing all of you a pie each

(if you want it)

[hardy surge]

May I have a pie?

[dusky sky]

Pie for all

[gray hawk]

everyoe pie time

endlesspies

[hardy surge]

Pie>Everything

[dusky sky]

We have apple, cherry, pie, custard, blackberry, raspberry, cream, and many other flavours

Savoury ones too

[hardy surge]

cream pie pls

[dusky sky]

chicken, steak, curry, vegan, sausage

Whatever u need

[dusky sky]

you got it chief

[hardy surge]

yay!

[dusky sky]

There's a place up the road that does Australian pie (don't ask what makes a pie australian) and this is the menu

The grill pie is to die for

peanut sauce with meat is ❤️

[hardy surge]

theres a place like that here too

For "New Zealand" pie

[dusky sky]

up North this is considered a delicacy

pie in a bun

[prisma garden]

nothing to add merely reading thru all these comments like and taking in all the foodlore

[plain glen]

YUMMMM

macaroni pie roll 😋😋😋😋😋😋

[kind sundial]

pretty but veryyy expensive cans

[tribal moss]

v pretty and they sound quite good

[warm quarry]

I’m just curious as to how they’d add hemp oil into a sparkling beverage

[crystal rune]

Ca a lair super bon / it looks super good

[main quest]

they got spotify playlists in a can now?

[kind sundial]

strawberry mint is calling me haha though im not really a fan of sparkling water
maybe one day as a treat

or a mystery

[brave loom]

The magic of emulsifiers
If you check out the ingredients, it has something called lecithin in (from sunflowers. they’re also in things like egg yolks which is why eggs can emulsify mayo but I digress)

It has a hydrophilic and hydrophobic end, meaning that it can bind to both the oil and the aqueous component, making them miscible

[warm quarry]

Ahhh right, a bit like soap! Thank you for explaining /genuine

[brave loom]

yesyes! Similar concept!!

[echo plank]

chemistry is so crazy

[uncut sundial]

zig zags

[hardy surge]

Made some baked Tonkatsu. So good!

and enjoyed a bit of Sake

[hardy surge]

Mmmmmm

[tribal moss]

want

[hardy surge]

Egg price down! I had some scrambled eggs w/kim kim sauce(good Korean hot sauce)