Anonymous asked: i mean i dont have a crush on u but ill take this opportunity to say that i admire u bc u r very passionate and i feel u do things and want to do things with ur whole heart. its inspiring.
This is? So sweet? Thank you so much?
flvffs asked: hello yes i came in here ages ago to talk abt the farseer trilogy but i just realised i didnt mention triggers so off the top of my head: child abuse, child neglect, bullying, alcohol/alcoholism, detailed blood/gore/injury, broken family, violence, drugs, bodily fluids, weapons, illness, poison, animal death, torture, character death, prison/cells, emotional manipulation, rape mention, suicide, murder, homophobia, mental illness, depression, suicidal tendencies, pregnancy.
(2) anyway im sorry i know its out of the blue but a recent post on my dash reminded me to warn for triggers when i rec stuff so here i am. as i said, those were off the top of my head, but feel free to ask after other triggers and ill answer to the best of my ability. cheers!
HATE CRIMES I FORGOT HATE CRIMES (and discrimination and prejudice, but all three kinda come hand in hand i guess)
So this book rec was a while ago, but it was a great book rec and I intend to get these books once I’m done with my thesis (cries in the corner about my thesis), AND ALL Y’ALL SHOULD LOOK INTO IT ALSO.
Anonymous asked: hello dear i read once that if you just stare at someones nose it looks like you're looking at their eyes so maybe that is useful to you? anyway have a great day
A GOOD TIP, MY DEAR. I’ve perfected the fine art of letting my eyes focus on a point just past someone’s nose because it makes them think I’m Really Focused while I wonder how big a set of unfixed wings would need to be in order to lift a human off the ground.
How the F U C K do you cite the Treaty of Versailles in MLA
cant believe a bunch of english kids go through a fuckin cupboard and find a magical kingdom full of wonder and they go “yeah we’re the royal family now”
typical english behaviour
I think what’s more creepily imperialistic is the reaction of everyone in Narnia to the Pevensies.
Like, the Pevensies end up the royal family in large part because everyone’s like ‘it has been prophesied that you will come and rule us and everything will be great!’ and, well, in-universe I can’t really fault them on that; if I were a young teen or pre-teen in a completely foreign country, I too would probably just go along with whatever seem to make people friendly to me.
But the reaction of the Narnians, in almost ubiquitously welcoming these foreigners as obviously destined to rule them even though they know nothing of the country and the culture… now that is some creepily imperialist writing.
This is the only good reblog of this post in it’s entire 3 year hellscape existence
if four foreign kids popped out of a magic box and deposed trump by the express wishes of god’s fursona, i’d crown ‘em. this winter already fuckin feels like it’s lasted 100 years.
I’M CACKLING
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Okay, @kokonutwata those all sound amazing, but what do you do if all you can afford is frozen or canned veggies? We get fresh onion and peppers and cucumbers, occasionally other things, but most everything else i cook starts frozen. Will these ideas still work or do they need to be altered?why is broccoli seen as this universally hated vegetable. broccoli is delicious
bc suburban families all over the world literally just steam/microwave their vegetables and serve them plain to their kids. No wonder kids hate vegetables. They’re taught that veggies are supposed to taste bad. but imagine: veggies with spices. Veggies in curry. veggies that are broiled, soaked, sautéed. aghhhh veggies are so good
Veggies of color (VOC)
People post good veggie recipes!!! Go!
i’m a vegan/vegetarian chef and yeah people generally don’t… season or… actually think about their vegetables at all? like if you treat your meal like “MEAT + unfortunate side dish i don’t want to eat + dessert” no fucking wonder you’re going to be unhappy with your results?? literally everyone should know how to cook vegetables WELL, because they can be fucking DELICIOUS?
it’s not surprising to me that most people don’t actually… KNOW how to cook vegetables, which is really, really sad. so imma help y’all out.
- grill your fucking vegetables? if you have a grill, or even a little dinky george foreman–grill those bitches. brush them with olive oil–or a mix of olive oil and balsalmic vinegar if you’re fancy, grill, salt, pepper, fresh herbs if you want, BAM. delicious. if you don’t, roasting is your next best option. you can also (if you have a gas stove and are ambitious) “grill” on the stove top. many a time i’ve stuck a sweet pepper on the stove and lit that bitch up!
- braise those bitches??? good for leafy greens and vegetables like turnips and radishes. finely chop some garlic, onion, or scallion (or all three if you’re bold) and sautee them in a little oil. once they’re almost cooked, add your veg. keep it moving, don’t let anything burn, and add a capful of white wine, or cooking wine. DELICIOUS.
- FRESH. HERBS. ARE. YOUR. FRIENDS? if you cannot get fresh (admittedly, i live on a farm, so i’m never short on things like dill, parsley, thyme, scallion, or cilantro) but they’re amazing on fresh veggies. sauteed in them in a pan? add some herbs. roasted them in the oven? add some herbs (and brown sugar if you want a savory sweet vibe)
- roast them in the oven if you don’t have time (or spoons) to stand up next to a hot ass stove for 5-20 minutes! vegetables that are good for roasting are typically ones that take a long time to cook, eggplants, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, etc. of course, you can roast any veggie you like!
- MARINATE THOSE BITCHES??? literally you can make delicious marinades out of items most of you already have in your homes: honey/brown sugar, salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, etc.
- FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK STOP ADDING EVERYTHING TO THE PAN AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME. time out your veggies when sauteeing them for anything. if you’re doing a bunch of different ones, add the veggies to the pan first that take the longest. Making stir fry? put those motherfucking carrots in first, because they take FOREVER. onions, carrots, potatoes? put those in first. corn, broccoli, sweet pepper, zucchini? closer to the end, my dude, because they cook FAST.
- ginger and scallion go excellently in stir fry btw. if when you make your stir fry it tastes like it’s “missing something”, that’s what you’re missing. add that shit.
- you do NOT FUCKING NEED CHICKEN/BEEF STOCK FOR YOUR GODDAMN SOUP IF IT DOESN’T HAVE MEAT IN IT! sautee your veggies first, and you can use either powdered or canned coconut milk as the body. it makes for deliciously creamy soup. don’t worry about the coconut taste–it’s pretty much gone by the time your soup/stew is done cooking. coconut milk (especially powdered, and soy milk works for this too, no vanilla flavoring obviously) makes an excellent base for sauces for veggies, even if you eat meat!
lastly, give it the ol’ ratatouille. smell your herbs and spices together. if they seem like they go well, odds are, they’ll taste bangin’ once you combine them. experiment. everything you make will not be good, but you’ll get more comfortable cooking. i’ve been a chef for like two years and i burned some bread today, so it’s okay. you’ll make mistakes. that’s how you learn. don’t be afraid to cut or burn yourself–the more afraid you are, the more likely it is to happen.
you’re welcome, signed your local angry vegetarian chef who wants people to eat more vegetables
Dude if you sauté broccoli rob with tuna in good olive oil add some salt with a little bit of garlic. Yum. That shit is lit. Extra points if you add some potato up in that shit.
the only thing you can’t do is roast frozen or canned vegetables. because they’re in water most of the time, they get very soft and waterlogged–roasting would turn them into mush. frozen vegetables too. stir fry/plain sauteeing your vegetables are the best options for those. they’re fine in soup too, you just have to be mindful of your cooking time, bc most of those vegetables are already cooked
so like in a soup, you’d cut your cooking time by half, bc… you’re not really cooking your canned/frozen veg. also, always defrost and drain them off before adding it to the pan, you don’t want a bunch of excess water!
also, frozen and canned veggies are very bland and hard to flavor, bc they’re 1. already cooked, and 2. blanched in water so it’s important to add lots of seasoning spices to make sure they’re flavorful! so yeah if you’re getting lots of fresh onion/garlic/scallion, and even if you only have dried herbs, you’ll still be able to make something rlly good
oh and i know you didn’t ask this but i wanna add that when i was low spoon/didn’t have a lot of time for prep that that pre-minced garlic that you can buy is also a good option! one clove is about…. 1-2 teaspoons
Thank you for getting back so quickly! And adding the last bit. I have issues with a lot of prep time between actual available time and adhd issues.
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ive been thinking lately about the tng/ds9/voy triad and like, im sure im giving someone in writing the benefit of the doubt, but how perfectly those series reflect and mirror each other philosophically, like 3 sides of the same coin, and its pretty damn good. tng 2 me is exactly summed up by siskos quote of its easy to be a saint in paradise. ds9 itself is about war in all its impersonal brutality and the nasty side of politics and especially of the federation itself, and surviving that. voyager is about being so far removed from it all and still trying to keep up a moral highground - without any outer context to supply it anymore, and no overarching institutional law (read consequence) at all. and that theyre set the same time too. and then you go into it a bit more and you see each independant show bring this up in itself a few times (even if they continue regardless the next episode which is pheh). its just really fucking cool 2 me
like picard is about following the rules even if its wrong. he’ll debate it to the cows come home the writers will go Ah Ah Ah Is This Right? but he will always side with the federation - law - because law is primarily good. ds9 lampshades all of tng by having sisko be forced to do horrible terrible things for the good of federation at large, and how he takes things into his own hands to protect others because he doesnt actually trust the federation at all and for good reason - law is primarily bad. taking the federation away entirely - voyager makes an effort of trying to be about janeway trying to apply irrelevant morals to her crew for stabilitys sake, which in the end the writers dont really do very well as she always sides with federation morals but theres a few where she dont because the law is inapplicable, utterly
and its just like, i dont know, its cool
So…
Picard is Lawful Good, Janeway is Neutral Good, and Sisko is Chaotic Good.
Yes?
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