🍱coral-foodies

[flint oak]

...

Do you, uhh...

scratches head, wondering how to finish that

[compact scaffold]

The cupcake is in the way

[silver nova]

You eat the cupcake while sucking the milkshake through the straw.

[compact scaffold]

scoops out cupcake and drinks the milkshake

[silver nova]

Nope, the straw goes through the cupcake.

[flint oak]

Is the cupcake vanilla flavored?

[silver nova]

Birthday cake flavor

[flint oak]

Ah, so wax.

[silver nova]

No?

[flint oak]

Jk xD

It looks glorious ngl.

[silver nova]

It was.

Last time I was there, I got the doughnut one.

I can't find my photos of the donut one so this is from their website.

This is there photo of my shake, I am not a professional photographer. 🤣

[flint oak]

whoa

head scratching intensifies

[vivid wadi]

Americans never deny a food challange!

why do Americans make everything birthday cake/batter flavored?

[silver nova]

Not everyone likes Chocolate or Strawberry, but everyone likes Vanilla. Birthday Cake is an improved Vanilla.

[vivid wadi]

😂 lies

[worn mica]

"We ordered way to many bags of sugar what do we do?"

"Increase the dosage!"

[worn mica]

Berrytime

[wide pendant]

That's a lot of berries

What are those??

Also, I'm craving for some tom yum 😭😭😭🥵

[worn mica]

Red currant actually

We got blackberries, black currant, and some raspberries

They're like tiny juice beads

[wooden pivot]

i'll DM you :)

i'm half awake, but your food looks like something i would love to eat for dinner (was too tired for dinner tonight)

that freakshake looks absolutely delicious :)

yes it is :)

[wooden pivot]

that also looks like a very delicious freakshake :)

[wooden pivot]

despite having overdosed on sugary candy for today, i feel the need to have this, it looks so delicious :)

[wooden pivot]

i... i love you... i want those kind of berries as well, they're the best ❤️ sour (most of the time i like sweet fruits, but alas, i overdosed on sugary candies today)

unless im confusing htem with other berries that im used to

[worn mica]

Rode bessen

[wooden pivot]

if i pinged someone, sorry, i might have forgotten to turn off the @ing system

[worn mica]

Ding ding ding time, theres always time for more dings

[wooden pivot]

yep, absolutely, i asked my parents to bring me a bucket or so, but they forgot :'c

haha

[worn mica]

I picked about one each day

Thats a few kilos

And in a few weeks

Blackberry picking

[wooden pivot]

yea i want one of those bushes on my balcony

❤️berries❤️

i have 3 (yellow) raspberry plants on my balcony currently :P

and my sister gave me a lot of strawberry plants as a birthdaygift (yea birthday is soon)

so me happy :)

im gonna get some sleep now

👋

(🤤cant help thinking about berry smoothies)

[worn mica]

Goonighto

[twin herald]

I recently baked this strawberry almond tart for my family, and I thought it turned out pretty nicely so I figured I’d share it!

[trim solar]

So pretty! ✨

[twin herald]

Thanks! It was really tasty

[winged pasture]

Ooou wow I helped decorate a fruit tart before! It's really therapeutic getting them nicely lined up, and you did a great job with it!

[wooden pivot]

that looks so delicious ❤️

my boyfriend gave me breakfast on bed for my birthday :)

[upbeat crystal]

that's so sweet 🥺

[wooden pivot]

croissants, home-made fruit icecream/milkshake/smoothie, and a little apple pie from the Aldi 😋

no picture, sorry :P

yeah he is very sweet :)

[upbeat crystal]

happy birthday too!

[wooden pivot]

thank you :D

[worn mica]

As expected the milkshake was sweet, how about the boyfriend though

[wooden pivot]

my boyfriend is the sweetest :)

and the food was absolutely awesome 😋

[worn mica]

Just put whipped cream on his head, a cherry on top and proclaim him your cupcake

[wooden pivot]

haha thats cute (and a tasty mess :P)

[naive trench]

Pancake durian ❤

Easy way to eat durian here 😋

[wooden pivot]

my brain is confused very much

but i would love to try it :)

[flat vale]

Is it still stinky? 👀

[compact scaffold]

Why are you combining one of my favourite things with something potentially cursed? 😭

[naive trench]

Yes it still smells like durian 😂

[naive trench]

You just havent found the righr durian yet 😂

[silver nova]

I made a pizza with some leftover brisket and homemade pizza sauce using tomatoes from my garden.

[wooden pivot]

that looks tasty :)

[lethal pelican]

SO made some miso chicken noodle soup 🍜😊 (Chicken stock, pechay/Chinese cabbage, nori, chicken breast, miso paste, spices)

[median rose]

perfection😋

[worn mica]

Your image is... soul piercing

Also reminds me of a nice restaurant with great oyakodon

[compact scaffold]

Which image?

[worn mica]

Erm profile picture

The gaze is certainly something, and absolutely amusing

I found something interesting, how rasped cheese seems to taste different from solid...

[wooden pivot]

that looks delicious, i really want to eat some 😋

[worn mica]

Unsure why, it hasn't changed or been exposed to heat, maybe the addition air adds something

[wooden pivot]

you can also start freezing it then, but solid cheese you cant freeze as well

[worn mica]

Ah fun fact, cheeses like Gouda cheese are semi solids, as theyre still elastic but will not run like some cheeses like roquefort

It's not solid, because they still have some spring, which is lost with harder cheeses

[wooden pivot]

hah i know very little about cheese xD

[silver nova]

https://tenor.com/view/cheese-sweet-dreams-eurythmics-annie-lennox-misheard-lyrics-gif-16188561

[sinful moat]

who am I to disagree

[silver nova]

Don't you mean:
Who am I to dis a brie?

[compact scaffold]

I’ll dis Brie. It’s an inferior cheese. 🥊

[worn mica]

Who are you to camembert here and make such statements

[compact scaffold]

That’s what cheese said.

[marsh quarry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773435924486684712/869795616463659109/IMG_20210727_201614224.jpg

[wooden pivot]

that food looks good, i'd love to eat some of it :)

[barren skiff]

No channel is safe from puns

[near cradle]

I opened a box of hot pockets and one was wrapped in the plastic and one was not. is it still safe to eat xD

[drowsy yarrow]

Wouldn’t risk it tbh

Factory workers are not known for their hygiene when working 18 hour shifts in a sweaty hot factory

My grandpa worked in the mills when he was a teenager so maybe things have improved from his time but he always warned me when the foreman is timing you you don’t take breaks for hygiene

[near cradle]

Wondering if it is okay. Even though hot pocket and pizza rolls are two different things sometimes pizza rolls come unwrapped in a box if you buy the smaller ammount so maybe its just put in the box by a machine? plus they are frozen then cooked so maybe it would kill any germs?

[drowsy yarrow]

I dunno but food poisoning is one of those things I don’t play with

Like a $1.50 hot pocket is not worth the risk of being violently ill and wanting to rip out my own intestines

[near cradle]

true but its more than that xD and also dont kids put dirt in their mouths all the time? but i get what you mean

[silver nova]

Today's pizza features the same homemade BBQ pizza sauce as yesterday; but I used chicken marinated with smoked peppers, hamburger, sausage, and pineapple.

[worn mica]

Death by nom

[potent quarry]

Filled with chicken, cream cheese, red peppers, caramelized onions, & Greek seasoning.

[winged pasture]

[next sail]

Hawaiian pork tacos with hawaiian mac salad

[sinful moat]

Green paprika and eggplant "shakshuka" with all the stale bread to soak up them delicious sauce

[dapper grail]

I love shakshuka! I make mine a little differently but man I could eat every breakfast

[sinful moat]

ooh can I have your recipe please?

mine's pretty simple: three garlic cloves, thinly sliced, sauteed with the other two vegetables on middle-low heat until slightly browned, add around 200ml of bolognese pasta sauce (which is why it's "shakshuka") and a bit of water, salt and pepper, simmer for a while before adding the eggs. Done

[dapper grail]

I like to add a little bit of turkey meat to my sauce base, I added a few extra spices, also add some yellow bell pepper along with the green and red (mostly for color doesn’t change the flavor) and garnish with parsley. Allot of my friends leave the egg a little runny but I make sure it boils all the way through because I can’t eat runny yolk.

[sinful flax]

Spicy chicken over waffle fries with melted jack cheese blue cheese ranch and green onions and fried pickles

[sonic vessel]

Oatmeal that is amazing

[worn mica]

Ah I can finally discern the name and it's not mincz dick's

Dick's wings, right

[barren skiff]

first time growing serano peppers, and the first harvest!

[pseudo yew]

oooooo! another pepper gardener! my people!

[sinful flax]

yes Dick's Wings and Grill

[worn mica]

Must be some arcane shop where you can buy grills and wings

[fading vapor]

I. Wah. Do you please have a recipe ;3; ?

[stable kestrel]

Turkey, kale, and mushroom soup.

[shadow ferry]

Looks good! I like simplistic soups. I'd exchange the kale with spinach myself though.

[half prism]

Bulgogi marinated pork belly and bok choy with kimchi on rice

[lethal pelican]

Attempted to make some milk tea yesterday and added wintermelon syrup + crushed cookies 🧋🌞

[stable kestrel]

What is that combo like? The only way I’ve had winter melon before is as a pastry filling. I’m having a hard time imagining it combined with milk and cookies.

[lethal pelican]

It's pretty good, it's a little difficult to describe but it adds a certain pleasant sweetness to the tea (also has a little hint of vanilla imo) *winter melon is also the go-to flavor of boba tea from where I live if you're not quite sure what to get 😄

[shadow ferry]

I want that glass T.T

[twin herald]

Made some macarons for a family gathering! All my years of practicing and learning how to make these are finally seeming to pay off

[vivid wadi]

they turned out sooo good

[worn mica]

Beaaans, and the black dissapears when cooking, and they become green again

[compact scaffold]

Or a black bean sauce.

Do the beans have a name? Why are they black?

[blissful egret]

Baked some Parmesan and black pepper bread last night. Didn’t go perfectly but at least the crust came out amazing!

[plush jackal]

Ooh that looks delicious! Homemade bread is the best 😋

[worn mica]

As far as I know they're green beans, but which variety I do not know

[mellow jolt]

This may explain some things. but beans have names there is a whole bunch of different purple green beans https://www.gardenbetty.com/why-do-purple-beans-turn-green-after-cooking/

[misty vector]

ooooh i harvested some as well today! 😄

[worn mica]

Today's activity

[barren skiff]

Those look like some great backyard potion berries, so pretty

[wooden pivot]

oh you're making me hungry :)

[worn mica]

I have become a villager in age of empires

Next week, blackcurrant and blackberry picking

This bush is nuts though

We already got like probably 5kg of berries

[wooden pivot]

age of empires!!! :D :D

high fives

[worn mica]

Yaaay high five things! Now to get dat 500 food for the town center upgrade

[wooden pivot]

cheesesteakjimmy's 😇

and that one i cntr+v constantly, cuz its the easiest to mess up :P

[worn mica]

I had a lot of fun with the priest which instaconverted things

Also interesting article on the bean colouring

Will update once the other fruit ripens

[worn mica]

Behold the wild burgah opening its maw, swallowing its prey cucumber slice whole

[wide pendant]

A so not appetizing picture of my breakfast

It's a thai style omelette

With fried garlic, and holy basil UwU

Steamed rice with makrut leaves underneath

[uneven abyss]

Y’all making me hungry over here lol

[potent quarry]

Roasting 2 whole heads of garlic getting me a soft subtle garlic shrimp- going to roast 4 next time - still really yummy.

[median rose]

moods🤤 😋

[wooden pivot]

hmmm you guys make me hungry 😋

[warm kelp]

My banana walnut bread from last night.

I also made zucchini bread.

[rigid vapor]

Strawberry vanilla mouse and white chocolate cake 🙂

[upbeat crystal]

ooh that looks so decadant

[stable kestrel]

Breakfast on the trail this morning - scrambled eggs and gluten free pecan pancakes.

[wooden pivot]

aw man im getting hungry, it looks all so tasty 😋

[young dock]

I made a cherry cake few days ago. Sadly, it didn't last much so I will have to make another one D:

[strong dagger]

Cacio y pepe pasta with chicken and Okra grown in my own garden! 🥰

Fun fact, I make "vegan caviar" out of pickled okra seeds!

[warm inlet]

A Chilaquiles like thing? Made the sauce from scratch, and did homemade tortilla in the oven

[trail ember]

My favorite dish from a new restaurant. The Pineapple Bowl.

[safe gazelle]

This looks incredible.

[shadow ferry]

oh my god...I want

[warm kelp]

Found a Korean corn dog place with a Kpop theme. Delicious

[flint oak]

was the corn dog kpop or the place just plays kpop?

[warm kelp]

@flint oak yes!

[pliant urchin]

😮 do you have a photo of it?? 😮 I've been looking for something like that for so long!

[warm kelp]

@pliant urchin there's a sweet version made of passionfruit as well.

[tough jay]

i haven’t properly effortcooked in a bit but i made rocketburgers for july 4th—goat cheese, arugula, and a strawberry compote on a ciabatta bun. sides were crockpot mac and chipotle slaw

[wooden pivot]

hmmm staring at this before i've had any breakfast 🤤 hungry 2.0 for these foods!

[oak echo]

Soup dumplings :D

[wooden pivot]

hmm delicious 😋

my boyfriend and i are trying to eat empty my freezer, so that hopefully soon i can thaw out the freezer once more, and get that massive layer of ice out of the freezer, and then we can refill it with lotsa veggies soup, lotsa tomato soup, lotsa lentil soup, lotsa lasagna, lotsa quiche, and pizza's of course 😋

[upper hemlock]

Hotcakes from scratch

[plush jackal]

omg those look sooo good

[upper hemlock]

its probably one of the best things I can make for a breakfast lol, though usually they aren't so desserty looking, I just had leftover whipped cream icing to use up and a can of pie filling so.... worlds unhealthiest breakfast today lol

[wooden pivot]

hmmmm i'd love to try those, they look delicious 😋

[wooden pivot]

boyfriend made dinner (meat=frikandel, egg with ketchup, and some veggies :P )

[vivid tiger]

dutchie meal!

[wooden pivot]

with canada style egg 😋 (the egg is how he made breakfast often in Canada, though there he'd also do toasted bread & some kind of sliced meat on the plate)

[remote pagoda]

I made scones.

White chocolate with blueberry topping.

[warm inlet]

Shrimp tostadas, with black beans and sauteed yellow squash

[magic stone]

well, my tuna salad sammich filling doesn't look like anything other than speckled goop, but the bread i got for it is pretty neat

[stable kestrel]

Finally got some new (to me at least) chip flavors today. We’ll see how they are!

[vivid wadi]

shopping in America gives me anxiety there is to much to many different flavors of chips yet non of them close to home

[stable kestrel]

The US definitely has a lot of flavors, of which there’s only a few I tend to like, but if you’re willing and able to spend a little more, or have friends from other parts of the world, you can get all sorts of flavors here that aren’t on typical grocery store shelves. Are there any particular flavors you were looking for?

[vivid wadi]

just ketchup lol cause I am a true Canadian 😂

[stable kestrel]

Those aren’t too hard for me to get, but I do live fairly close to the border. I think I like the all dressed a little better, but that’s me. 😝

[vivid wadi]

@stable kestrel I'm not to far myself just haven't been able to cross with the boarder being closed still I do like the all dressed to

[wooden pivot]

ketchup flavored chips are good indeed :P

[warm inlet]

WHAT, I NEED TO GO TO TJS TODAY

[magic stone]

haha @warm inlet , that's an eternal mood for me

[warm inlet]

Lol, I can never go there without leaving with 10 extra things....

[magic stone]

i mean, what with the seasonal set up and all, might as well grab while the grabbing's good

one of my fave salsas just rotated out, and i am le sads

[wooden pivot]

i had the same today with grocery store
me this month: we gotta keep our expenses low for abit
me today in grocery store: so smarties, ginger ale, 2 packages of muffins, some cake mis (tompoucen), a package of salted caramel topping whippedcreamfrozensnacks (slagroomsoesjes), a tasty bread, lotsa bake-off breads.... better luck next week :c

[flint oak]

UNF FEED MEEEEH

how much did that cost?

[regal osprey]

Big breaky like that in Oz would set you back maybe $18 - $25

I'm more curious what's in the drink

idk if this counts as a foodie thing, but I'm half Asian, and I'm constantly asked by non Asians how we cook rice in our family.

anyway, I have this tiktok saved to my phone JUST for the explanation

https://youtu.be/aujN2mUqcCM

anyway, tonight I made mexican rice for dinner because my sister loves mexican food

First time ever cooking rice in saucepan

[ashen cape]

Berries and dark choco

[regal osprey]

is tha a cake or like

chocolate

[ashen cape]

Ice cream cake 😋

[regal osprey]

I am jealous

[neon tendon]

About £10

[neon tendon]

It was just a green smoothie, so spinach, kale, kiwi, etc.

[regal osprey]

I dont know how to feel about that

[neon tendon]

To be fair, it was probably slightly inflated by the fact that it was at Gatwick airport

[regal osprey]

That's inflated???

[neon tendon]

A full English breakfast would cost less than £10 usually

[meager kite]

Brunch! Eggs in a basket. 💛

[wooden pivot]

i looked it up, thats (at this moment) close to 14 american dollars

toss it in #🤝coral-feedback ? :)

[wooden pivot]

if i was hungry, i'd be hyping over all the foodies :P

(which means 'it looks very good', just to make sure people know im loving it)

[magic stone]

seafooooooood 🦞

[wooden pivot]

😋

[dapper grail]

I wish I was joining you! That looks absolutely 🤩 amazing. Now i’m hungry

[ashen cape]

Wagyu ribeye steak

[wooden pivot]

hmmm looks delish 😋

[ashen cape]

It was delish 😋 marinated with italian herbs, then salad with blue cheese dressing ❤️

[strong dagger]

I may have a photo of my "vegan caviar" mustard seeds! Those had a better texture anyway.

I do! Well, on other food.

Pickled mustard seed on deviled eggs

@pliant urchin they're surprisingly easy to make! Just boil and drain like a quarter cup of mustard seeds 3-4 times until they stop turning the water yellow then put them in a jar with white wine vinegar, a tablespoon or two of apple cider vinegar, peppercorns, minced garlic, dill, and add some kombu kelp if you want a bit of an ocean taste to make it feel closer to actual caviar. 😁

[magic stone]

that all sounds so delightfully astringent 🤤

[strong dagger]

Lmaoooo i have POTS so I'm high key addicted to pickles and super salty foods, i really love making my own!

[magic stone]

i feel ya on the pickles/salt

i recently made tuna salad that cranked up the pickle/astringency tone of the ingredients, and it's sublime

[strong dagger]

Adding a bit of dijon mustard brings out the pickle taste really well. 😋

[magic stone]

mhm

dijon mustard is one of the few condiments i always have on hand

always gotta have some to meld w red wine vinegar for recipes

[strong dagger]

Oh oh have you ever tried umeboshi vinegar? I have a mild tomato allergy, too much turns my stomach, so to stretch that acidic flavor I use umeboshi (aka japanese pickled plum) vinegar. I also cut tomato paste with umeboshi paste, or just straight up swap them. Its delicious.

[pliant urchin]

Oh WOW!!!! That looks incredible!! Thank you very much for the info, I've gotta try this

[magic stone]

i've never heard of umeboshi, but it sounds v intriguing

i'll have to keep an eye out for it next time i'm making a marinade

[limber ingot]

White chocolate macarons 🍪

[wooden pivot]

those eggs make my hyped with memories, though it probably had other stuff inside the egg at those parties my parents hosted. Might give making it a try one day soon (the power of nostalgia)

[wooden pivot]

looks good :)

[vivid wadi]

how sweet is that? I feel like macarons are sweet but I feel like pure white chocolate might be a bit much for my sweet tooth

[wooden pivot]

you had me at 'sweet', i gotta give macarons an other try :) i have a package to make them, its only 5 years past best before date, probably still works :P (and i tried them only once, but can not recall them being sweet)

the reason i did not try them again, is cuz they were never offered to me again, i would barely ever avoid food that i can eat (spicy food, that scares me, and that i'll avoid, unless im hungry or someone made it for dinner)

and i have to say, macarons always look like a delight if i saw them somewhere

[wooden pivot]

the same with this one, it looks delicious :)

[vivid wadi]

the base of the cookie being equal parts almond flour and powdered sugar plus glandular sugar just makes the cookie sweet itself if you break down the sweetness in the filling its levels the cookie out

[wooden pivot]

now that im thinking about it, im remembering times i made something and it wasnt as good as i hoped it to be, and the next time i nailed it, and third time failed again. How come i never puzzled together that possible that one time i had a macaron it might not have been the best one, and thought that it was the default flavor of all macarons? 🤔

[wooden pivot]

i never knew that :)

[wooden pivot]

(continuing) the same way that i prefer homemade burgers over buying them at burger king, they simply taste a lot better and juicier when i make them from minced meat. So many times when i made something, and did everything right, it did not turn out well, and the next time when i did everything the same way, it turned out just fine, and then again it did not. Macarons must have been in my blind spot, also cuz i always assume that when someone who is not me makes something, then it must be good quality (only stopped thinking that way a few years ago)

[vivid wadi]

I've made my fair share

[wooden pivot]

ohhh that looks really good

how.... how did you do htat art?

[vivid wadi]

a tooth pick and Gel

lol

[wooden pivot]

impressed

[vivid wadi]

Macarons to be fair are just soo picky. Don't give up on yourself

[wooden pivot]

picky?

[plush jackal]

whoa those look incredible! I’ve always been too intimidated to try macarons

[stable kestrel]

Seared scallops over salad, green beans with crispy pork belly, beets, and homemade amaranth crackers.

[wooden pivot]

hmmm i'd love to try that 😋

[limber ingot]

Thanks, tastes good too 😋

[limber ingot]

It is pretty sweet, but not overwhelmingly; the cookie is plain almond, only the filling has white chocolate in it.

[wooden pivot]

i can believe that 😋

[nimble zinc]

Cilantro Lime chicken

[magic stone]

i make a similar recipe w drumsticks, bulma. tried and true fave of mine

[wet citrus]

Fried rice (we have no veggies lol), chicken, and orange sauce 🤤

[proper hatch]

Man I wish I had taken a picture of the ramen I had for dinner. Spice level 6 and I am ON FIRE!

[wet citrus]

Oof

I made peanut butter and marshmallow fluff fudge

[silver nova]

Baked Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip Snickerdoodles at 2 AM.

[wooden pivot]

the foods look delicious 😋

[dim juniper]

I just had to share this

[brittle wasp]

waa that is one interesting brand! 👀

[dim juniper]

right? :)) a friend brought it, cause he came over for some coffee

[sinful moat]

Pechkeks? Literally "Bad Luck Cookies"

[dim juniper]

oh, is that what it means? 👀
what language is it?

[sinful moat]

German, though Dutch might use the same/similar words (not sure there)

although Pech can also mean Pitch/Resin. But still, if you get pitch'd (Pech gehabt = you have been pitch'd) you won't consider your day to be lucky, would you?

[dim juniper]

that is very true 🤣

[wooden pivot]

that misforture cookie mildly scares me xD

[silver nova]

Speaking of scary....

[remote pagoda]

Nice. I really want to try super spicy pepper. I have a high heat tolerance growing up where I did, yet every spicy "challenge" I've tried has disappointed me.

[magic stone]

i'm tempted by the ghost pepper habernero sauce that my fave grocery place recently released, but the spicy things i can eat don't always agree w my digestive system

[wooden pivot]

i dont know what it is, it looks scary xD it reminds me of the halloween candy that was 'blood' which my boyfriend and i used for funsies :P

[silver nova]

It's one chip, but the hottest there is because it's made from Carolina Reapers. Search YouTube for "Carolina Reaper gone wrong".

[wooden pivot]

oh dear, hottest scares me a lot, one of the few things i can not handle is spicy food xD

i'm the person who goes to a chicken place, and asks for 'hey i see you have chicken wings spicy, can i get those without the spicy? uses puppy eyes'

[winged pasture]

I'm the same way. I got it from my mom, who's much worse than me. I can handle like... mild to medium spicy, but even sometimes medium spicy is too much. My mom, however.... even the mild sauce from taco bell is too spicy for her xD

[wooden pivot]

i try to avoid spicy at all costs, or get my hands on milk/yogurt/icecream :P

[winged pasture]

Ice cream the best choice.

[magic stone]

spicy ice cream?

[empty surge]

best summer sandwich: (in layer order)
jewish rye
coleslaw
swiss cheese
dry turkey
thousand island dressing
jewish rye
thousand island dressing
swiss cheese
dry turkey
mayo
jewish rye

[drowsy silo]

A vibe

Me waking up at 3am bcs I forgot to put on my sleep machine

[wooden pivot]

you brought the best and the worst together 😰 (spicy is scary to me :P)

[magic stone]

haha, apologies

although i would be curious whether anyone's been experimenting w what works

spicy chocolate had a long enough history for me to wonder about other spicy sweetness

[warm kelp]

I made Southern biscuits from scratch for the first time today

@remote pagoda have you tried the Carolina Reaper or Trinidad Morgua Scorpion?

[vivid wadi]

those look like they turned out really well

[warm kelp]

@vivid wadi they did. Not bad for my first try ey?

[night hearth]

Roast chicken with garlic bread stuffing

[wooden pivot]

me and my boyfriend agree that those two photos with food look delicious :D

[flat vale]

I made chicken parm with some spaghet (it's linguine noodles I forgot to buy spaghetti noodles oop). The cheese could have been browned better but it was already in for 20 minutes and I didn't wanna dry out the chicken 😂

[magic stone]

that looks utterly sublime (then again, chicken parm is one of my fave dishes ever, so i'm p biased)

[worn mica]

We had pasta salad today... pasta, green beans, rucola and a light olive oil. It was quite nice

[magic stone]

sounds v refreshing. might have to look into making one of my own once i'm off my fish sandwich kick

[worn mica]

Ah fish sandwich, a unique taste but I like it

We also had a mozzarella, tomato, basil platter

[magic stone]

man, it's really an italian cuisine day today in the ci server, isn't it

i'm not complaining

[worn mica]

It needed to be vegetarian and salads

So those lend themselves well hahaha

[wooden pivot]

that chicken parm looks very good 😋

[dapper grail]

Today’s lunch! 😋

[warm kelp]

@flat vale you can brown cheese really quick under the oven's broiler. Takes like 2 minutes.

[flat vale]

If I had a broiler I would 😂 I live in military housing with million year old appliances

[worn mica]

You managed to get an ancient fire pit in your living room? Usually housing associations tend to be stingy with those

[sinful moat]

Japanese-ish curry made from scratch with broccoli, onions and boiled eggs

[wooden pivot]

lately i made spaghetti and put nutella through it, not sure whether it was a crime or whether it was a great idea. Tasted pretty okay (and we were out of pasta sauce)

[sinful moat]

just pray that no Italian sees this 👀

[wooden pivot]

hides

<someone knocks on my door>
me: oh no they found me O.o
<i was never heard of again>

[worn mica]

A letter with a single farfalle was mailed a few days later

[wooden pivot]

xD

[warm kelp]

All that was left behind was a single oricchette... 😭

[worn mica]

Signed by the infamous Tort E. Lini

[wooden pivot]

this sounds like the name of a horror/detective movie xD

[warm kelp]

@wooden pivot it does mean little ear so... Yes! 🤣🤣

[wooden pivot]

🤣

the reader after they close the book: 'and.... it all started with spaghetti and nutella? 🤯 '

[worn mica]

"Man this cookbook was weird yo"

I did last see a great video which went over like.... many different pastas

The reviews must be raving

"More layers than a well stuffed lasagna"

[warm kelp]

I made biscuits again. These came out better

[wooden pivot]

you make me hungry 😋 (lasagna is among me and my boyfriends favorite foods)

[ashen cape]

I'm craving hawaiian pizza 😫

[wooden pivot]

🍕 🍍

its a good pizza :)

[worn mica]

Next up, the pizza will have a hawaiian shirt, or a hula skirt

[wooden pivot]

me approves

[worn mica]

It appears as long as the food is good, you approve hahaha

[trim solar]

Gelato with macarons～

[wooden pivot]

that looks so good 😋

even though i have no clue what gelato is :P

[wooden pivot]

true xD

quiche 1 out of 4 (number 2 is in the oven)

welp the egg mixture is still liquid, so back into the oven it goes

[wooden pivot]

2 out of 4 tastes great

[wooden pivot]

I can show a picture of all of them

Yay or nay?

[tender bison]

Go for it! (Also gelato is kinda like ice cream, but generally less fatty)

[wooden pivot]

oooooooo now i remember gelato, it is so tasty 😋

the 4 quiches (we ate half of 1 xD too tasty to not eat)

and this is a picture sideways 😋

[tender bison]

Those look amazing tbh

[brittle wasp]

waa looks delish~ 👀

[vivid tiger]

it looks so good, i love quiche sm

[drowsy silo]

CRAP I JUST REMEMBERED I WAS DEFROSTING PIZZA DOUGH

Okay I asked my mom to take it out of the fridge hopefully she sees my text before it turns into a yeast balloon 😓😓😅😅😅

[worn mica]

Now do a dutch angle

[wooden pivot]

i gotta google that

and thank you all so much >v<

[wooden pivot]

smokes it is disorienting to take pictures that way

[worn mica]

I'm not sure why it's called that though, maybe because paul verhoeven was the first cinematographer to do so?

But it would make for an amusing quiche photoshoot

[wooden pivot]

the same way with 'Going dutch' = split the bill :P

[worn mica]

Which amusingly enough, I do not like at all, unless its obviously a large group

Some may call this food

[vivid wadi]

what is in the bucket? there are a few things I could guess

[wooden pivot]

BERRIES

has pure desire for the berries

[magic stone]

cranberries from the cranberry bogs?

[worn mica]

Ah the buckets have got red berries

No joke, that's the name

We make syrups, jams and jellies with it

[magic stone]

ah

[worn mica]

Oh sorry, it's redcurrant

[magic stone]

less cursed than what i was thinking then

sounds delicious

[worn mica]

They're distributed over time, to family and stuff

Quite popular hahaha

Great in yoghurt for example

[magic stone]

sounds like it would be

[worn mica]

Next week will be picking blackberries

And figs and prunes

[wooden pivot]

'aalbes' is their name as well (took ages before i realized they were the same berry) and according to wiki in english it is 'Redcurrant' :)

[wooden pivot]

try smoothies, they get very sour, but they're delicious 😋 through the yoghurt is really good as well

[wooden pivot]

oh you said it as well, oops xD

[wooden pivot]

hahaha it seems like great minds think alike :D

(my way of saying 'welp, i suggested the same things as you said xD)

[worn mica]

I also read after writing :D

[wooden pivot]

i write while reading xD so thats how come i suggest things and then while i keep reading realize you said the same

[worn mica]

We extract the juice using a steam pan

Boil water, which rises into the berries to pop them, and then we tap the juice

[wooden pivot]

as a kid, my parents one time made me pick them, and said 'dont come back till this bucket is filled with berries' but alas, i have this massive fear of spiders and back then of other bugs as well, so i would put sticks in it, to have to pick less berries xD

nowadays me still doesnt like bugs, but im not scared of them. Except spiders, they are monsters >:c (xD)

[worn mica]

Ah, you could also pick em with the stems left hahaha

Oh, I have a resident spider in my car mirror, not too bothered

[wooden pivot]

i would do it with stems indeed, but it still would not go fast enough for frightened kid me xD

[valid latch]

Hey, i have lot of unused white egg, since i only used the yolk to make cake. Anyone have suggestion what kind of food i can cook with white egg as main ingredient?

[magic stone]

you a fan of frittatas?

[neat fjord]

Fluffy desserts! Meringues, Pavlova, (chocolate) angel food cake, citrus (or chocolate) cream pie - pretty much anything fluffy!

[vivid wadi]

macarons

[valid latch]

Isn't frittatas same as omelet but with veggies?

[vivid wadi]

pretty much

[magic stone]

yep. here's a solid looking recipe, but you can probably play around with the veggies

let me know if you need an image transcription

[magic stone]

tangy turkey pad thai noodles w greens, adapted from an nyt recipe

[worn mica]

I celesee what you did there

[magic stone]

lol, waste not, want not

and i almost always have celery on hand these days

[worn mica]

Easy vegetable anyway

We had erm, whatever "witlof" is in english, in ham with potatoes and white sauce

Ah chicory

[magic stone]

i don't think i've had chicory before, or at least not knowingly

i've only heard of it in reference to coffee

[worn mica]

Coffee? Hard pressed to see the link, it's a white with green tipped ovoid shape vegetable

[wooden pivot]

little update, my freezer contains over 3 lasagnas, over 3 quiches, and around 5 kg potato meal :P i want to top it off with soups, cuz i love soups

[worn mica]

And then sell the whole thing on ebay

Here it's blackberry picking time

[wooden pivot]

nuuuuuuuu xD then we gotta make all the food again xD

[worn mica]

Eh that's just a minor detail, I'm sure they can overlook it

[wooden pivot]

bramen? (sorry for dutch, i dont really know the english name for it)

[upbeat crystal]

blackberries?

[worn mica]

Bramen is indeed the dutch name, and blackberries in english

[wooden pivot]

very confusing, the english name xD

cuz this is what i would think is a black berry

[worn mica]

That's blackcurrant

Yes, confusing for us indeed

We got those too

But barely any this year

[wooden pivot]

very confusing xD

[worn mica]

Then again, frambozen are like... err

Raspberries

Where the rasp comes from I do not know

[wooden pivot]

i dont know either xD

fruit in other languages is just weird xD

[worn mica]

Eh german likes beers

Erdbeer, brombeer

Or bears

[stable kestrel]

Been super busy with moving apartments this week, but finally got enough unpacked to do a little cooking in new place.

[median rose]

what's this called?

[stable kestrel]

I don’t know if it really has a name, but it’s a soup with dried fish stock, pork belly, kimchi, and a bunch of veggies.

[median rose]

ohh ok

[magic stone]

yum yum

i've been watching a new netflix doc about korean cold noodle dishes, and boy do i have cravings

[wooden pivot]

it looks tasty 😋

[drowsy silo]

Pov you're ready for the delta variant lockdown

[wooden pivot]

haha fun thing, when the first version came in my country, i was running low on my food storage xD

really, really bad timing xD

[drowsy silo]

Rip

[wooden pivot]

cuz with the first version coming, everyone started to buy a lot, and grocery stores were running low on a lot of things, and if i bought 2 packages anything, people would shame me for it

[drowsy silo]

My parents stocked the house with and it was gone within like 2 weeks 🤣

[wooden pivot]

haha xD

it really depends on how many people are in your home indeed

bread runs out first, i've noticed :P

so have flour & whatever you use (yeast or something) to make bread, and you'll be fine probably

[drowsy silo]

Yup we've got 4 including myself

That's just how it be when you got 2 growing kids

[wooden pivot]

also, having puff pastry in the freezer is an easy way to make tasty breads 😋 just put peanut butter, or nutella on it, roll it, bake it, and yum 😋

or cheese and mustard in it (gouda cheese if you arent in the NL, but i guess you can use other cheeses as well)

and freezing fruits works as well, if you prepare for lockdown (frozen banana for example)

anyways, me and my boyfriend wanna add a lot of soups to our freezer

[wooden pivot]

how old are the kids? :)

[wet citrus]

This is scary

[wooden pivot]

:P my brain is confused on what it is (pasta or some kind of chips)

what is it? :P

[magic stone]

doritoodles?

[winged pasture]

I wanna say they're... pasta noodles instead of chips...?

[drowsy silo]

We were 11 and 17 when the pandemic started and now we're 12 and (nearly) 18

[wooden pivot]

cool :)

[wooden pivot]

my brain is simply confused xD

[magic stone]

they just look like noodles that would taste like doritos

or they're made out of carrots

[vivid wadi]

my hydroponics tower out of control

[worn mica]

We got lots of growth too

Water and subsequent sun made everything go lolmode

[wet citrus]

It is Cheetos macaroni

[magic stone]

o jeez, even more cursed than doritos

[wet citrus]

It was actually kinda good ngl

But I'd never buy it again

[magic stone]

fair

[wooden pivot]

i wish my plants grew like that :')

[vivid wadi]

to be fair all my plants go right to my pig and bugs that feed my lizard 🤣

aside from the few I munch on

[silver nova]

Grilled cheese for a midnight snack?

[median rose]

what is food name on the right?

is it banana choco?

[silver nova]

It's a slice of cheesecake wrapped in a tortilla, wrapped in bacon, and deep fried. Powdered with cinnamon sugar and drizzled in chocolate.

[median rose]

dayum, that's really look tasty 😋

[fervent merlin]

Dinner tonight! Oven baked salmon, red onion, fennel and baby arugula with a charred lemon vinaigrette

I've never cooked with fennel before but it turned out pretty well

[silver nova]

Looks great!

[fervent merlin]

Thank you! I love cooking 😋

[silver nova]

Same! 😁

[wooden pivot]

i am both amazed and scared xD

[wooden pivot]

hmmmm looks delicious 😋

[fervent merlin]

Thank you!

[wooden pivot]

:)

[median rose]

nice pizza you have there

[rapid sinew]

It was also really Good. I never Thought i would like a pizza with onions tbh

[wooden pivot]

looks very tasty :)

[worn mica]

I like the mafia esque remark

"What a nice pizza you got there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it"

[drowsy silo]

My brother and I ordered pizza for lunch today 😂

[wooden pivot]

omnomnom 😋

[worn mica]

I'm in the mood for a stroopwafel, but we have none

So this apple will do

[magic stone]

regular oven's broken, so we're using this mini convection until we get the big one fixed

bit more cramped than i'd like, but they do look scrumptious in there

[winged pasture]

Ooooo I haven't had chicken in awhile

And those look so good

[wooden pivot]

hmmm that looks like it needs to be eaten by me 😋 looks very tasty

[magic stone]

it's a soy sauce honey marinade with quite a bit of butter added

haven't tried it before, so hopefully it goes well

[stable kestrel]

Flatbread with sautéed mixed greens with herbs and spices, and a couple of fried eggs.

[shadow ferry]

I was gonna say, it's cheetos mac. Tried it once, won't do it again.

[wet citrus]

Yup

[median rose]

chicken lovers here 👍🍗 🍗

[worn mica]

Tomorrow I shall be making peperoncini chicken

[worn mica]

Will report back

[magic stone]

ooh, pepperoncinis are one of my favorite toppings

reminds me of the cucumber jalapeno drinks i saw recently

[worn mica]

Cucumber jalapeno

I've seen the combination before

Can't say it does make me go yes I want

[magic stone]

haha, fair

i've liked the jalapeno limeade i get every once in a while, in moderation at any rate

[median rose]

Roger that

[worn mica]

I have noticed a lot of cooking things and shows seem to like spice flakes

I was also bbq staff yesterday, and did not know halloumi was so interesting

And tasted not bad

[magic stone]

i recently came across that as well

but mostly because i try to keep an eye on meat substitute-ish stuff for my sis

[worn mica]

We got some really interesting fake meats

Not sure what its made from though

Can't be exclusively tofu anymore

That just doesnt get the right texture

[magic stone]

it's exciting tbh

makes it a lot easier for lots of folks to eat

[worn mica]

And less salty block of tofu

And more something with a bite

I recently went to a vegetarian restaurant

And it was way more interesting things than salad and lasagnas

Which are totally nice, but usually their only vegetarian options

[magic stone]

mm, there's lots of options these days, btw the progress in meatless meat options and expansion of access to entire venues of vegetarian eating

quite a few faiths discourage meat eating in various ways, not to mention the cultures that lived in areas not conducive to raising large farm animals and whatnot, and the food development has followed

[worn mica]

I wouldn't peg faith as a great driver of lowered meat consumption, mostly because it's selective

At home we eat meat tops 3 times a week, mostly twice. Never really got the percieved need for eating it every day ha

[drowsy silo]

*Mac n Cheetos

[shadow ferry]

Regardless. Never doing it again HA

[compact scaffold]

Honey glazed pork knuckle

[drowsy silo]

That looks so good??????

[wooden pivot]

that looks really tasty 😋

[urban epoch]

My birthday cake :))

[compact scaffold]

Happy birthday

[flint oak]

Happy birthday!

[worn mica]

I haven't seen that logo show up in a while

Also reporting on the chicken

[wooden pivot]

hmm looks good :)

[worn mica]

It was quite tasty, and easy to make

Crispy chicken skin amnom

[median rose]

thx for reporting, sir. 👍
looks tasty

[worn mica]

It was!

The celery, diced onion and persil added a lovely fresh touch

[urban epoch]

Thank you so much 💕

[urban epoch]

Thank you so much 💕

[wooden pivot]

we're making veggies soup 😋

probably vegan this time, cuz neither of us has the energy to make soup meat balls :P

[crimson fossil]

Hedgehog cookies with Brasil nuts in, and melted chocolate / chocolate sprinkles on top :D

I rarely find the motivation to make them. They're so CUTE :D I wish they'd be quicker to prepare ^^

[fading vapor]

This is so darn adorable.

I love it ;v;

[wooden pivot]

those cookies look delicious

[worn mica]

I find it very amusing that bread sprinkles are rare outside the netherlands

We got flavoured anise sprinkles too

[wet citrus]

Banana bread! Despite how ugly it looks, its actually quite delicious 😄

[vivid wadi]

Those are some of my favorite kinds of sprinkles to be honest ate them alot as a child far superior to the Nutella junk.

[crimson fossil]

Yeah -_- France here, not always so easy to find.

[crimson fossil]

I'm curious about the anise ones. Never saw that. Are they available in any supermarket? If so, I should try to get some next time I go through the Netherlands.

[sinful moat]

still quite common in Indonesia (well, considering)

and Germany has some too, although definitely not as good as Netherland's

[flint oak]

well, considering we're colonized by said country

[worn mica]

Were, as far as I know, unless I missed the memo that the netherlands recolonized indonesia

[worn mica]

Look for fruithagel, anijshagel, bosvruchtenhagel for example

[worn mica]

It just has something, just like how freshly grated cheeses also taste different than a whole piece

[crimson fossil]

Thanks for the advice :-)

[worn mica]

We often bring em for my cousins in France hahaha, that and stroopwafel

My grandmother is from the Mediterranean area

[wooden pivot]

update on the soup: most of it has been frozen overnight :) now i feel like making tomato soup and other soups >v<

too bad that im very low on energy :c

[worn mica]

So, eat some soup to regain energy

[wooden pivot]

haha yea the soup is great, i've had it for breakfast :P

[crimson fossil]

Aha, my grandma is also from the Mediterranean area! My grandpa was from the Netherlands though. And if I visit the Netherlands... I also bring back stroopwafels for the family XD

[worn mica]

Oh how fun, I do the other way around, I visit France because I'm half french

[median rose]

what's this?

[stuck fulcrum]

@median rose My version of egg fried rice but i added some ketjap to makenit even more tastier :)

[wooden pivot]

nomnomnom, i wanna eat it 😋

[drowsy silo]

Tried my hand at spaghetti carbonara and it slaps but I think I did it wrong

[warm kelp]

@drowsy silo technically you're supposed to scramble the eggs before adding them to the pasta. giggles

[drowsy silo]

OH LMAO

[whole latch]

Made homemade cherry bread! It started to dry out a bit because three loaves is too many for me by myself so I made bread pudding with the last loaf.

[median rose]

nice 👍.

[worn mica]

We made some bread recently, but it never quite rises well

It's not a brick, still very edible

Probably because we use whole flour

[whole latch]

Do you let your yeast froth up a bit first with good temp water and a bit of sugar?

[worn mica]

Water is slightly warm water, no sugar though

We mostly use bakers yeast, the dry stuff

[whole latch]

Yeah my yeast is dry as well, I usually give it a little something sweet to encourage it tho, sometimes just like a squeeze of honey

[worn mica]

Hmm, it would sweeten the bread too

I don't think our normal loaf bread here has sugar added to it

[magic stone]

post double interview day reward for myself

pepperoni, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and jalapeno pickles

[drowsy silo]

Niiice

I made a pizza inspired by Fisherman's Toast from Genshin Impact (and also because I NEED to get RID of all this PIZZA DOUGH)

[brittle wasp]

oh no, now I really have to order pizza 😍

[wooden pivot]

hmm i'd love to try those foods 😋

[whole latch]

It's a very minimal amount of sugar, just like a teaspoon so I don't know if it would be very noticable, but I'm biased bc I like things a little sweet lol

[wooden pivot]

i've been making chocolate milk from dark chocolate lately

it goes like: 3 pieces or more of dark chocolate, powdered sugar, cream, short periods of microwaving and then stirring, add milk, and enjoy :)

[worn mica]

Does it recristallize well though?

That's like the one thing chocolatiers struggle with

[worn mica]

I have tried a while ago with some honey

There's probably also a trick to tension the dough which I don't know

[wooden pivot]

i make chocolate milk from it, so as long as it dissolved nicely in the cream and milk, it is succeeded. Melting chocolate and making it get hard again, that is something that i havent tried in the past few years

the youtube channel 'how to cook that' explains often what you need to do for it to get hard again

[worn mica]

Step one, make warm. Step two make cold

Dun dun duuun

Maybe the added cream and milk let it settle easier

It's interesting to see those machines chocolatiers have

With the spinning disk pulling up the chocolate

[wooden pivot]

my mom used to make fruit chocolate candy

but it would never shine the way chocolate bars do kinda

[gentle pumice]

the sugar is to feed the yeast! You gotta give it energy to rise, dunno that it works with honey

[worn mica]

True some yeasts do need sugar, I did think that bread yeasts managed with flour though

[gentle pumice]

most bread that uses dry yeasts needs a lil sugar afaik

Flour is added after the yeast gets hungry, but I don't think it really activates if you just put it in warm water?

[worn mica]

Hmmm

It definitely did stuff

Otherwise it would've been a bit more building supply than food hahaha

[magic stone]

made soy sauce beef meatballs + artichoke quinoa salad today

was too tired after to post pics, but i will when i get the chance

[worn mica]

The meatballs wore you out huh

[magic stone]

nah, they were easy

doing errands before cooking and hand washing everything after was what did it

[silver nova]

Anyone else here at DragonCon?

[shadow ferry]

No. But I am wondering why I see tater tots with..what looks like lucky charms marshmallows?

[wooden pivot]

i have no clue what most of that food is, but i would like to try its flavor :P

[worn mica]

Probably tastes red, green or blue

[silver nova]

Here's the ad for it.

[worn mica]

What food colouring you got

"Yes"

[vivid wadi]

I feel stupid asking this but it's an American thing isn't it. . . .

[magic stone]

all i know about dragon con is that, this year, there's a person cosplaying as the evergreen suez canal blocking ship and going around blocking doorways

[worn mica]

In a sense that is hilarious, in the other sense, that gets old real fast

[magic stone]

that's the one

[silver nova]

We also caught Omniman. Turns out his weakness was his cape.

[worn mica]

Well thats mildly inconvenient

[magic stone]

https://tenor.com/view/no-capes-gif-8052678

[median rose]

this is a good one 😂

[stable kestrel]

The ‘what’s in the fridge’ special tonight. Greek seasoned ground lamb (onion, garlic, oregano, assorted chili flakes, cinnamon, clove, tomato paste, sumac), spinach, and macaroni and cheese tossed in a pan. It kinda works? It’s vaguely reminiscent of pastitsio?

[magic stone]

cinnamon, ey

[stable kestrel]

It's common in many desserts and in some savory meat dishes in some parts of Greece. There were a lot of Greek immigrants where I grew up (I'm not sure if they were mostly from any particular region or not though), and some Greek food just doesn't taste right to me without cinnamon in it because that's how I always had it for the first 22 years of my life.

[magic stone]

mmm, i can imagine

just haven't experienced it w/the other spices mentioned, most of which i'm familiar with

[wooden pivot]

hmmm that looks good, and looking at foodies is a smart move when lunchtime is here :P

[shadow ferry]

I just..I just saw a photo of this on reddit.

[silver nova]

Having a steak burger for lunch at DragonCon.

[wooden pivot]

i want those fries :P

but that burger looks next level honestly :P

[magic stone]

makes me miss my custom burger joint

could get pick up, but it's not the same

[median rose]

dayum,looking good 👍

[silver nova]

Then for dinner, two beef patties, Swiss cheese, bacon, sautéed mushrooms, and tomato jam.

[median rose]

🍴 that's perfect✨
burger for lunch
beef and bacon for dinner.

what do you eat for breakfast, if i may know?

[silver nova]

I skipped breakfast this morning because I knew I was having those two burgers. But I usually eat a BLT with a sunny side up egg and avacado.

[worn mica]

Too much effort

I sleep in a bowl of cereals

Milk.bubbles have their charm yknow

[wet citrus]

Oreo mousse

I nade it purple cause the oreos have orange icing

[median rose]

oohh ok

[shadow ferry]

I've started going through the past 9 years of my life that have been stored away in boxes. Because of how many times I was forced to move and didn't have time to go through stuff. I'm really hoping to cut down on the amount of boxes and also junk that I know is in some of them.

[compact scaffold]

👀 do you have food inside these 9 year old boxes?

[flint oak]

Ooo you got "buy 1 get 3 steaks" grill?

[wet citrus]

Hahahaha

[wooden pivot]

there was a convo earlier on the way i make chocolate milk, so i decided to share a picture. How i do it: dark chocolate, powdered sugar/icing sugar, a little bit of cream, microwaving it for 10 secs, stirring, repeat till all the chocolate is combined with the cream into a chocolate sauce, then add bit of cream or milk (depending on how creamy you like) stir, repeat till your glass is filled with chocolate milk :)

[wooden pivot]

hmmm you make me hungry for meat 😋

[wooden pivot]

that looks delicious 😋

[wooden pivot]

my head does not know what it is seeing (luckly you told what it is) but it looks tasty 😋

[shadow ferry]

Not to my knowledge. Unless it's like, hard candies or something that were in something else and I didn't realize it.

[drowsy silo]

Breakfast this morning consists of a warm bagel with low-fat cream cheese, Madagascar vanilla tea with honey, and a freshly cut peach

[wet citrus]

😄❤

[wooden pivot]

:D

[wooden pivot]

this looks very tasty 😋

[drowsy silo]

Tyyy

[whole latch]

Take two at cherry bread, came out a lot better with a few tweaks

[magic stone]

om nom

[median rose]

this is better

[whole latch]

Yeah that's what I said lol

[magic stone]

https://traderjoes.com/home/discover/guides/Oh-My-Gourd anyone else a trader joe's fan?

[worn mica]

Can't find em here

[magic stone]

ah well. i imagine they must appear insufferably obnoxious/hipster to those who don't have them in their area. but i can never resist all the weird and wonderful things they come up with/bring back around this time year

[worn mica]

Ah mostly because they aren't in the netherlands hahahaha

We got a few chains, but not that one

[magic stone]

ah

do any of them lose their minds with pumpkin flavored things this time of year? or is that firmly a US obsession

[tough jay]

i pan fried up some polenta rounds and topped it with a pre-made pink bean salad

[worn mica]

We do get the pumpkin spice latte at the Starbucks places, but beyond that I'm not sure

[wooden pivot]

i have no clue what polenta is, but it looks tasty 😋

[worn mica]

Polenta is, if I remember correctly coarse grain corn flour

It's easy to make into shapes

[magic stone]

let the autumnal obsession commence

[wooden pivot]

pumpkin spiiiiice 🤤

[magic stone]

that's the plan

[ashen cape]

Lunch

[median rose]

what's the food name? i forgot the name

[ashen cape]

Nasi tumpeng

Eva definitely made it for me

[wooden pivot]

that looks awesome

[worn mica]

The rice has a hat

[worn mica]

I haven't really seen much of it here, though maybe you have

[wooden pivot]

i've seen it in Canada

but i think Strabucks might also have pumpkin spice

Canada's Tim Hortons is my fav source of pumpkin spice 😋

[worn mica]

They do here, I've seen it in Rotterdam centraal, but beyond that uuhh

[wooden pivot]

yeah i've seen it at a trainstation indeed xD

[ashen cape]

Me want pumpkin spice 😫

I think there was a time when starbuck have this pumpkin spice

But I didn't get it

Will try to find if there's another pumpkin spice theme later

[wooden pivot]

i think these months (august-december or so?) is the months of pumpkin spice?

[magic stone]

p much yeah

although i'm honestly more interested in the new starbucks drink that's supposedly like an apple pie in a cup this time around

[ashen cape]

I don't think it's a thing here in Indonesia (although I'm not sure since I'm not a big fan of starbuck), I only saw pumpkin spice theme once

The last time I drank peach starbuck and I'm surprised that I like it.

[ashen cape]

Apple pie!! 😍

[magic stone]

haha, yup

[worn mica]

Yeah we're back to making apple pies

Since our trees now drop their apples

We make french style at home

The apples sliced in thin slices

And nothing covering the top

Except a sprinkle of sugar

[magic stone]

sounds divine

[worn mica]

We also got something in the netherlands called appelflappen

The name is hilarious

It's puff pastry with sugar crystal on the outside, and cooked apple inside

I'm sure it's found outside the netherlands, but i don't know the name

[magic stone]

internet seems to be calling them either apple beignets or fritters

[worn mica]

Ah yes! You are right now that you mention that

Apple beignets or apple fritters

[magic stone]

👍

[silver nova]

Maple Fudge with candied bacon.

[ashen cape]

...candied what ?😮

[wooden pivot]

i'm not a fan of starbucks either :P but my country doesnt have a Tim Hortons, and i am a fan of Tim Hortons >v<

[wooden pivot]

i am both curious and scared O.o

[stable kestrel]

Salted caramel hot chocolate on a cool and rainy Sunday afternoon - oat milk, 85% single origin Ugandan chocolate, caramelized palm sugar syrup, sel gris.

[wooden pivot]

i gotta show that to my boyfriend, he loves caramel :)

he loves it so much that if (salted) caramel is an option anywhere when we want to get something, he'll pick that one :P

and he says that i have caramel hair :P

[ashen cape]

I think salted caramel might be my most favorite flavor in the sweet category. I'd make that drink triple the size, just for me 😂

[wooden pivot]

i know that feeling, thats why i have a massive cup in my home, for times i want a massive amount of tasty drink :P

i've known since childhood that i wanted a massive cup xD (my parents had 1 massive cup as well) so when i found one with a Canadian flag, i got it xD

[ashen cape]

I made a choco pudding pie with peanut butter and salted caramel 2 weeks ago, unfortunately, it was gone after I put it in fridge overnight to harden. (Thanks, bro)

[ashen cape]

Yess!!! I'm proud of my gigantic cup (which looks like a bowl 😋

[wooden pivot]

and that salted caramel drink looks really tasty 😋 though i'd make it with normal milk (sorry, i have a grudge against milk replacements, i'll get over it one day 😅 )

[wooden pivot]

oof, that sucks, having your food stolen like that 😅 you got to at least try some of it, riiiiight?

[wooden pivot]

yisssss 😋 and after drinking that amount, i'll feel nauseated, but soooooo satisfied xD

[ashen cape]

Well... I licked some to taste

[wooden pivot]

good, good :')

[ashen cape]

🥲

[wooden pivot]

yea

if my siblings ate what i made before i could eat it myself, i'd be so upset :')

[ashen cape]

I once made a cake for my friend, and it was already eaten half by morning. The audacity of them telling me to just buy a new cake. Although it was with their money, but I especially made the cake myself for my best friend

I already told them that it was for my friend, but I guess they only paid attention to game

[wooden pivot]

get your own fridge O.o

put a lock on it

orrrrr make a bait thing

[ashen cape]

I would if I could😂

[wooden pivot]

have a 'phase' in which you love food that are.... spicy 😏

them: CAKE :D NOM
them: 🔥o🔥

[ashen cape]

Lol, I was so mad I made them eat wasabi cookies

[wooden pivot]

did it make them stop stealing your stuff at least for a while?

[ashen cape]

Nah... they just made sure to test taste the food I make

[wooden pivot]

:c

[ashen cape]

...sibling 🥲

[wooden pivot]

wait lemme think

can you afford a fridge? or is it the lack of space for a fridge in your bedroom?

[ashen cape]

I can afford a fridge, but I'm still living with my parents, so they would be mad with the additional, useless electricity bill

Well, I just gotta wait till I can live by myself

[wooden pivot]

there is a model of tupperware with a lock in it

would not secure all foods you make, but at least some of the foods you make?

[ashen cape]

That would be a good way... I have to search for one

[wooden pivot]

ohhh i remember the trick, it isnt only spicy, its also using laxatives

[ashen cape]

Maybe I'm just too soft, but my revenge is only by using bitter or spicy seasonings

I just can't bring myself to make someone sick

[wooden pivot]

you might enjoy some revenge stories on Reddit about foodthieves :P

[ashen cape]

I was talking about this with my friend just now 😂

[wooden pivot]

i hope sending a link for the lockable food container is okay in this channel:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lokables/lokablestm-personal-storage-container

[ashen cape]

That's cool, but they're still in kickstarter... I hope they would make a bigger one, like, a cake size👍

Thanks for the link! I'm gonna kickstart it, hopefully they can quickly reach their goal and I can get my lockables 🥰

[wooden pivot]

oh i absolutely agree :) bigger = better

also, my boyfriend and i had a cake battle :P it all started when he said 'im eating the cake without gf noticing', so i took bites out of what he wanted to eat. Then he gave me some as well, and we took turns taking bites, till i didnt let go of the plate anymore >:D

he chopped off a chunk with a (not sharp) knife xD

anyway, i hope the kickstarter goal will get achieved yea :)

so no-one will steal your foodies again >:D

i hope it isnt bad if i share an other link that i found: https://www.amazon.com/Konclusive-Container-Lockable-Securement-Tampering/dp/B07QCY2T1L

[drowsy silo]

I was crying and my dad gave me some chocolate caramel cookies and I feel a lil better now

[flint oak]

Oh wow that cookie looks like...uhh... something..... at first glance lol

[wooden pivot]

i bet it tastes great :)

[median rose]

of course it's tastes great :)

[worn mica]

I'm not entirely sure why seasalt caramel works as a flavour, you'd think sweet and salty wouldn't complement in a "dessert" flavour

[neat fjord]

Oh! Generally, 'salt' gets thrown into umami in theory of flavours type things. It makes sense, since flavors from different profiles tend to balance one another or enhance each other. You see it a lot with East Asian cuisines and their related sauces/soups. Spicy/Sour, Sweet/Sour, Sweet/Spicy etc. Throw in some mushrooms or on a meat (or add msg) for some great umami balance.

[wooden pivot]

oh yeah balances between flavors is often a great thing with foods

if something is purely sweet, it can be... too much

which is why i often cant stand honey, because it can be overwhelmingly sweet, it is literally only sweet, and often it is considered 'better quality' if the sweet is extra sweet

the same way that i love lemon icecream, sour sweet, love it, and it is very refreshing 😋

and the same way i dont like to buy milkshakes at fast food places, it is mostly sweet with a flair of flavor of whatever flavor you ordered. If i make milkshakes at home, i use very little sugar with whatever i make often

[winged pasture]

I'm a very stickler with sea salted caramel.... If it's not salty enough, I don't like it.

If I'm looking for a salty-sweet combo, I really want a suckerpunch of salt, not a tickle XD

[wooden pivot]

my boyfriend loves most caramel things :)

[ashen cape]

If you want to try 'sweet and salty' flavor, try using choco spread with shredded cheese on a toast!

[worn mica]

Erm

Granted in Brazil I did eat a sweet pizza

Which was a chocolate spread smarties and other things pizza

[neat fjord]

On the note of pizza, it is one of the reasons why pineapple on pizza works as a flavour pair. (Though dehydrated pineapple slice "pepperoni" are superior)

[whole latch]

My go to pizza is BBQ sauce, cheese, red onion, pineapple, and Italian sausage. Sometimes green bell peps. Love pineapple on everything though

[fallow shore]

in pizzarias here there's a whole section just for sweet pizza

[magic stone]

there's a pork banh mi pizza i want to try, but i haven't committed to it yet

[worn mica]

How amusing, over here you'd have a harder time finding sweet pizzas

[whole latch]

The pizza talk made me want one so did one on flatbread. Grew the tomato myself, overall came out well

Wish I had fresh cilantro to put on it though

[wooden pivot]

im scared now xD

well made pizza there :)

so yesterday i got a watermelon

and then spend hours making stuff outta it

but still had more than half left after having run out of time

:')

[whole latch]

Thanks!

[neat fjord]

Get some Tajin seasoning to toss on it! Much yum!

[wooden pivot]

i have no clue what Tajin seasoning is :-3

[ashen cape]

Another way to taste sweet and salty is using ham on melon, or salt on watermelon. There are a lot of varieties of this delightful combination of flavors ❤️

[brittle wasp]

salt on watermelon 💯

[compact scaffold]

That sounds like a crime

Assaulted watermelon

[median rose]

agreed with you

[brittle wasp]

In Indonesia we have Rujak, a fruit dish with sweet & spicy peanut sauce~

[compact scaffold]

You also use corn in desserts.

[brittle wasp]

Yeah we have Jasuke (jagung susu keju) XD

[compact scaffold]

I see milk and cheese* and I don’t want to know the first word….

[wooden pivot]

i'm both scared and intrigued by the suggestions

[median rose]

cheese and milk? i think that's a good combo

[compact scaffold]

Yeah.

Jasuke sounds like a corn version of Mac and cheese

I need to google this

Oh. Condensed milk

[wooden pivot]

condensed milk, very very sweet

and often used to make caramel or something

[compact scaffold]

That sounds like such a foreign dish. Corn, condensed milk and cheese.

[brittle wasp]

Yeah that's the sweet version of Jasuke, we also have salty version, with corn, cheese, mayo & chili sauce

[wooden pivot]

man, i kinda wish we all lived in the same street, so that we could try each others dishes, without ingredient confusion we seem to have here

[ashen cape]

Yesss, try it, steamed sweet corn, condensed milk, and cheese, add chili sauce if you want, and taste the wonder!

[wooden pivot]

chili = spicy?

[ashen cape]

Yeap!

[worn mica]

Condensed milk is such an odd thing

[wooden pivot]

nervously looking around her (i cant handle spicy at all :P)

[ashen cape]

Although the chili sauce here usually is blended with garlic

[wooden pivot]

that does make it sound less scary

i've used condensed milk for sweet things only till now, like cookie dough icecream, and i think for some kind of cake or something 🤔

but the only condensed milk i'm used to is very sweet condensed milk

[ashen cape]

Ahh, that ice cream recipe with condensed milk and heavy cream, right?

Yes, condensed milk is very sweet

[wooden pivot]

i gotta look it up where i found it, then i can share it here

[ashen cape]

So that's why you should use it sparringly

[wooden pivot]

yep, whipped cream, condensed milk, vanilla, and an eggfree cookie dough recipe (cuz no baking the cookie dough, but freezing cookie dough)

oh and chocolate chips in the cookie dough

[ashen cape]

Yeah, I watched a youtube vid about using condensed milk and heavy cream to basically make all kinds of ice cream flavor

Without ice cream machine!!!

[wooden pivot]

its a short recipe, so i'll translate it real quick, here goes
500 ml whipping cream (not yet whipped)
1 can of condensed milk (397 grams)
3 teaspoons vanilla paste/3 teaspoons vanilla extract/the inside of 1 vanilla cane
cookie dough (with chocolate chip)

first, make cookie dough
whip cream till stiff, add condensed milk and vanilla, and stir with a spatula into equal mixture
make tiny balls of cookie dough, carefully stir them through with spatula, you dont want the ice mixture to get thin.
Pour it in a box with a lit (word of advice from me, do a thin layer, it is hard to scoop out after it freezes), put the lit on it, freeze for 6 hours
their idea is to thaw it out for 15 minutes before serving for scooping the icecream

on an other note, i made strawberry jelly, cuz i was looking for gelatin in the grocery store and noticed the strawberry jelly, so i got it :P

it is still hardening, i just put it in the fridge, so 2 more hours of waiting at least, and then time to dig in 😋

[whole latch]

I'm late to this but the sweet corn thing sounds fairly similar to the southern US dish of Corn Pudding, which is delicious

[winged pasture]

In the Philippines we have something called Mais Con Yelo, and it's a sweet drink of Cream of Corn, Shaved Ice, Evaporated Milk (I just do Oat Milk and Sugar), and Pinipig (which is flattened toasted rice; alternatively can use corn flakes) on top. Made some the other day and it was sooo good.

[flat vale]

My S/O is Filipino and when I went to his aunt's place she fed me corn and cheese ice cream which I was terrified of but it ended up being delicious. Tasted like cream cheese and sweet corn which you hardly noticed in it

[worn mica]

Take the corn intense staring with spoon

[flat vale]

The shaved ice and evaporated milk sounds like the Korean bingsoo/bingsu, I had it in Korea and that stuff was p h e n o m e n a l

[winged pasture]

Yessssss that's really good

[ashen cape]

Try this if you dare

[wooden pivot]

i forgot that the red berries are sour

i honestly forgot

i feel stupid now xD

i got some on discount

and i was like 'hmmmm i hate paying for berries when my parents have them for free, but discount, ok lets do that'

and i ate one, and was like 'yisss gooooooood 😋 '

and a few other ones

and i went like 'well it is pretty sour, like you know, very sour'

so now im having them in powdered sugar >:D

[coral oyster]

in India they have a dessert called rasgulla sooooooooo good

[silver nova]

Breakfast

[wooden pivot]

🍽️ 😋

it looks really tasty 😋

[whole latch]

Loving the pacman dessert looking thing

[silver nova]

Cherry moouse on chocolate

[ashen cape]

Oml, that pacman mug / bowl is sooo cute!! 😍

Or is it chocolate bowl?

[whole latch]

Chocolate, pretty sure

[silver nova]

Yes, it's white chocolate with yellow food coloring.

[silver nova]

This is a Tiramisu in a coffee mug made of chocolate.

I ate the handle off that one, this is what it looked like before.

[wooden pivot]

how did you make it? it is so round, all chocolate bowls i've made are 'baking paper over a bowl, pour the chocolate, let it cool, peel off the baking paper and hope it doesnt break'

[wooden pivot]

you make art with food 🤤 😋

[wooden pivot]

honestly, i am impressed with this one

[silver nova]

Here's a good tutorial:
https://youtu.be/KlTQJ8Iv7OE

Breakfast time.

[silver nova]

Close-up of the Maple Bacon Cupcake.

[median rose]

Bacon with chocolate?

no.

[silver nova]

It's Candied Bacon with chocolate:
https://www.seriouseats.com/pig-candy-candied-bacon-grilling

[wooden pivot]

thank you >v<

i love the channel How to cook that, and their debunking videos are also really really awesome :) i've made their lavacakes several times (but the liquid chocolate does not stay liquid)

[silver nova]

Your oven may run a little hot. It's normal for them to be up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit off. Try reducing the temperature by 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

[wooden pivot]

i measure in celcius, but i've noticed my oven is a bit hot indeed. I take the cakes out sooner than the recipe suggests, and i love them without the lava effect as well xD

[whole latch]

An oven thermometer might help with that, I move mine around periodically to check bc my oven is off by 50°F

[dapper grail]

You always have the best stuff! Now when i eat anything it just looks so boring lol

[median rose]

oohh i thought is just that bacon 🥓. my bad.

[drowsy silo]

Chicken-bacon-ranch casserole heck yeah! 😄

[magic stone]

oh man