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Comics Steve/Tony:616, Noir, 1872, ults, marvel adventures
Other Fandoms/Ships/Characters:K/S-spirk (tos and aos), Geralt/Jaskier, Superbat (DCAU)
Likes:For shippy: mutual pining, sweetness, miscomunication, denial of feelings, UST, banter, protective of each other, flirting. For tropes: AUs, canon divergent, identity porn, time travel, angst with happy ending, action/adventure, pon farr/alien made them do it/fuck or die, fake dating/fake marriage, soulmate, H/C, Mild Whump, BDSM and kinky stuff in general, amnesia, feral, and anything with mysteries! (also happy with porn for any of the ships :D) (Oh oh i also I looooove capwolf and tony wolf and AI Tony)
Prompt ideas!:
Non-fandom related requests/anything else?:I accept and love all weiner dogs pics always, fun podcast recs (true crime and fiction! I'm currently listening to Bridgewater), chill puzzle focused one person videogames recs, and I'm working in trying to improve my cooking skills-extreme low level- so any very easy recipes you enjoy would be welcome (but hopefully without cup measurements only? i do have one of those measuring spoons tho) :D
Username:willidothefandango
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Comics Steve/Tony:616, Noir, 1872, ults, marvel adventures
Other Fandoms/Ships/Characters:K/S-spirk (tos and aos), Geralt/Jaskier, Superbat (DCAU)
Likes:For shippy: mutual pining, sweetness, miscomunication, denial of feelings, UST, banter, protective of each other, flirting. For tropes: AUs, canon divergent, identity porn, time travel, angst with happy ending, action/adventure, pon farr/alien made them do it/fuck or die, fake dating/fake marriage, soulmate, H/C, Mild Whump, BDSM and kinky stuff in general, amnesia, feral, and anything with mysteries! (also happy with porn for any of the ships :D) (Oh oh i also I looooove capwolf and tony wolf and AI Tony)
Prompt ideas!:
- Ults! Fake relationship mission but instead of thinking they're dating, aliens believe Steve is Tony's slave. He spends way more time kneeling in flimsy outfits at Tony's side and liking how Tony gently touches him a little too much for his own comfort
- 616! One of Tony's fears is that if Steve finds out he's Iron man he'll decide he's not fit to be a hero and an avenger. And then Steve finds out and exactly that happens, but what Tony doesnt know is that that isn't Steve and the real one is watching it all trapped
- 616! Steve shows up to a team meeting with a moustache
- 1872! Sheriff Rogers keeps disappearing on nights with a fullmoon. Drunk Tony keeps stumbling into a big dog. These facts are connected
- Noir! Tony has a new hire on his cabaret, someone that he has been tasked to hide from people that may be looking for him. But there's more to Steve Rogers than meets the eye
Non-fandom related requests/anything else?:I accept and love all weiner dogs pics always, fun podcast recs (true crime and fiction! I'm currently listening to Bridgewater), chill puzzle focused one person videogames recs, and I'm working in trying to improve my cooking skills-extreme low level- so any very easy recipes you enjoy would be welcome (but hopefully without cup measurements only? i do have one of those measuring spoons tho) :D
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THank you so much! It's lovey 💖
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BA Basics Roast Chicken
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/no-fail-roast-chicken-with-lemon-and-garlic
This whole Basics series is very good in general. They have minivideos that show you everything to do.
Marcella Hazans basic pasta sauce
https://www.thekitchn.com/marcella-hazans-amazing-4ingre-144538
I like this site, too and this extremely simple sauce is fantastic. Make it easier on yourself and instead of a can of whole tomatoes, use a can of crushed tomatoes. Any brand. Add store bought pasta and you've got a meal.
Baking is tricky if you don't have measuring cups or a scale, but I have a handy tip to make a boxed cake mix taste like it came from a bakery. Follow the box instructions but replace the oil with melted butter, replace the water with milk, and add an extra egg.
Also, if it's a white cake a touch of almond extract will really improve it and if it's chocolate add some coffee.
And if you make your own buttercream icing, use powdered (or confectioner's) sugar and keep mixing till it's properly fluffy. Beginners often stop beating too soon.
A good tip for getting into cooking is to watch videos on techniques like how to chop an onion. When you don't know the easy ways, cooking is hard. Make it easy on yourself and learn the little tricks. Youtube is your friend. Also, a sharp knife is a safe knife, because using a dull blade is hard, makes you use it weird and invites cuts. Oh, and stay away from a mandolin till you know what you're doing (and have cut proof gloves). Those things and vicious.
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I'm writing this all down and saving it, those tips sound super useful. Cooking is still very daunting so any help i can get i appreciate, specially since at times looking around for stuff is a little overwhelming (and sometimes sites just assume a certain level of knowledge is common and nope i'm not great assume i'm useless please haha)
Thanks a lot, i love it! 💖
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ao3
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This is so gorgeous and hot!! Thanks a lot for taking the time! 💖
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I have so very many no-measurement recipes, but here's one of my favorites-- it's kind of a teriyaki sauce but not exactly. It's just delicious on everything. Here you are:
Ingredients
- tamari or soy sauce
- sesame oil
- fresh ginger (minced)
- fresh garlic (minced)
- mirin (rice vinegar can be subbed in)
- brown sugar!
- corn starch or flour (to thicken if necessary-- also helps sauce stick)
All is to taste, though I tend to use about twice the amount of garlic that I do ginger (as ginger is pretty overpowering) and much more soy sauce than sesame oil.
You can pretty much cook anything you want in a pan first and then add the sauce afterward (pre-mixed-- the heat will make sure everything combines well if there's some separation!) I use this on chicken or beef most, but I've also had some really nice veggie stir frys with it.
Another easy thing you can try is making zucchini noodles! Pasta making is hard; zoodle making is easy, lol. You just get your zucchinis cut into thin, noodle-shaped strips and pan fry them with your veggies of choice, and then you can add your sauce! They'll achieve a noodle consistently pretty quickly, and they have a nice, fresh crunch. A lot of these foods are really not complex at all, but SEEM impressive on a plate. ^^
Also, there's a game called "Hue" that's available on Steam. It's a puzzle-based singleplayer platformer-esque thing that deals mostly in color puzzles, and it's really chill and lovely. I think you might enjoy it!
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I have seen zucchini noodles in recipes, but i've never tried them ohh i'm gonna give it a try i do love zucchinis
I looked up Hue! it looks super fun, i'm getting it, thanks a lot for the rec :D
Thanks for taking the time to share all this, i love it! 💖
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I come bearing Chill Puzzle Game recs! Chill Puzzle Games are one of my favorite genres.
These are all on Steam and are mostly fairly cheap, though if you are willing to wait for a Steam sale they do get cheaper.
Hope you like some of those if you try them!
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The racoon one looked specially delightful haha who doesnt wanna be a racoon and do crimes really, almost as good as a goose.
The pictopix specially looks super interesting, i dont think i've played any game with that kind of logic, it looks fun
THanks sine for sharing all this! And thanks for always being such a welcoming and nice person in the server and in fandom in general too 💖
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- cbc's uncover: which follows a different story every season
- deep cover: following people who went undercover in the mob
- cbc's evil by design: following the peter nygard case
- global news' crime beat: trash but pretty fun haha
happy valentine's!
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Thank you so much starvels! 💖
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Thank you for all the cool art you reblog all the time. I'm sorry I don't have anything for you right now, but I'm eyeing that moustache prompt really hard for when I have a bit more free time.
Ah, I also recommended this to FestiveFerret, but if you're looking for single player puzzle video games do check out the professor Layton series!
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Aw i'm glad you enjoy the art, i just love it all and want to share it haha the people must see
Thanks a lot for your message, I hope you have a happy valentine, uh holidays and year haha 💖
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Have some cute wiener dog photos!"
Happy Valentine's Day, Fan <3
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The fact that the 616 server is such a welcoming and nice space, is a testament to the workd of the mods making it such a nice chill space. Even me with my approximate knowledge of all things comics never feel like i have to worry if I dont know something or I mess up something, people are always just so nice.
Haha I a big fan of murder parties! It's a privilege to get to kill all the wonderful writers I love haha
Heeee they're all so cute my heart , that ram weiner was so fluffy!!
Thanks again Magic, I loved it 💖
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Thanks ferret! Happy stockings, happy Valentines and happy uh Holidays too! 💖
some food recipes (ish)
My salad tips:
Some olive oil (a generous drizzle then toss, don't like... drench it. Unless you want.) plus the juice of half-1 lemon plus a pinch or two of salt is a great dressing for any veggie salad (when I grew up I thought that was just how you made salad, I didn't even consider it a dressing!)
If you replace the olive oil with sesame oil (and the lemon with a lime if you want, and add a bit of chilli flakes/chilli slices/chilli sauce if you like) then it becomes a much more Thai-inspired salad dressing, which is great for if you're doing a salad that's like, grated carrot and some lettuce/cabbage that's been a bit cooked/lightly cooked bok choy and bean sprouts and tomatoes and green beans (if fresh these can be put in raw, otherwise cook 'em lightly in a pan or with some water in the microwave).
If you wanna get fancy and you're doing a more Mediterranean-type salad (cubes of tom+cuc with feta cheese and olives, that kinda thing), slice your onion in half length-wise, then slice thinly while trying your best to keep the onion half together, then half the whole thing lengthwise again (so you get longish thin strands when the layers separate). Do that first, then stick it in the bottom of your salad bowl, add your salt, and then sorta crush the onion (with the back of a spoon, with the end of a rolling pin, with your hands) and leave it to marinate in the salt as you chop up the rest of your salad ingredients and then mix :)
Don't be scared to add bits of pear or apple or orange to a green leafy salad. Even if it might seem a bit strange at first. If you add walnuts too, that can be nice to try too.
Tomato-based sauce/fake dahl/shakshuka/yummy thing variations.
I joke that without canned tomatoes, onions and garlic, I wouldn't know what to do with myself XD So this is some stuff based on those 3 ingredients:
1. start heating a big deep pan, or I guess a medium pot, on mid-heat (4 on an oven stove setting? sorry I can't be more specific there). once the pan is hot, then add the oil
2. chop an onion or two into roughly the same size squares. Doesn't really matter how big, but about the size of your thumbnail is a good estimate? add the onion to your pan with the oil in it. poke it with your wooden spoon/spatula/whatever you're using, to help separate the onion. put a lid on the pan if you have one.
3. mince (chop finely) the garlic. use as much garlic as your heart desires. I love garlic, I use like, half a clove. or use a garlic crusher. or use already-crushed store-bought garlic.
4. mix the onion in the pan every once in a while.
5. add the garlic to your pan after like 5 or so minutes. at this point, take the lid off the pan if you put one on. keep stirring every once in a while - you don't want the onion or the garlic to burn. translucent onions are the goal (edges browned is fine).
And now we diverge!
Sauces:
bolognese
- add your mince (beef, usually, if you try venison it's a LOT heavier, and lamb is about the between stage - both were too much for me - and some people do chicken mince? I've always done red meat) and poke at it until it's in smaller pieces and browned on all sides
- add some grated carrots and/or chopped celery if you like
- add a can of kidney beans if you like, or use 2 as a replacement for the meat if you're vegetarian
- add two cans of chopped/whole peeled/crushed tomatoes, and some tomato puree if you like
- add some salt (to taste, but wait till the meat's cooked a bit more) and pepper
- leave to simmer on lower heat (like a 3) for a while. 20 mins? give it a stir every once in a while.
- when everything looks like it's all one thing and the consistency is how you like it (you might want to add a bit of water, or let it cook for longer with the lid off to get rid of some liquid) then add whatever you have of oregano, thyme, parsley, basil; you can add some chilli too if you like. fresh is nice, dried is fine. Umm, like a teaspoon? of each apart from if you do fresh parsley - chop a whole bunch in there!
- mix it all up and turn the heat off and just leave with the lid on to cool.
you can have this with pasta or use it for lasagna or make it the base of your shepherd's pie (mince at the bottom - usually people add frozen peas to the mix for it) cooked potatoes roughly mashed and put on top, bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes) or add aubergine slices and stuff and make a kind of moussaka with it!
veggie sauce for pasta and shakshuka
- add chopped mushrooms or courgette (zucchini) or capsicum (any and all colours) if you have them. or add more oil and add chopped eggplant (aubergine) - that takes a bit longer to cook. Or you know, add other vege you like, or do all of 'em for a fast ratatouille kinda sauce.
- mix the vege around. the eggplant needs to change colour (go darker) and softer, the courgette/mushroom/capsicum needs to kinda brown around the edges a bit and get a bit softer.
- optional cans of beans here (it gives you some protein, fills you up more, if you like beans. don't put it in if you're doing shakshuka or going for a ratatoiulle style sauce)
- add 1 can of chopped/whole peeled/crushed tomatoes, or some passata but that tends to be more expensive haha, add some tomato puree if you like (like a tablespoon)
- add salt, pepper, paprika, smoked paprika if you have it, a bit of chilli/cayenne pepper
- leave it to simmer! throw in some some of those italian herbs just before the end like with the bolognese, if you want.
Serve the sauce with the pasta, can be mice to have some grated cheese (parmesan, plaon yellow cheese like edam/cheddar) on top if you're feelin' fancy, or some crumbled feta.
Shakshuka: (this is a dish you can have any time of day, usually goes)
Do the veggie sauce steps, but you'll you'll wanna ditch the beans. you can add some spinach or silverbeet if you like as a another vege option/instead of the capsicum or whatever. So you get up to the part where everything is simmering, nice!
- poke little dips about evenly spaced around your pan - how many depends on how many eggs you wanna add and also how big and wide your pan is.
- add the eggs in one by one on top of the tomato and vege mixture
- stick the lid back on and let it all cook for another 5-10 minutes or so.
- scoop out a serving (1 egg plus all the veggies under and around) and serve with bread of some sort to mop stuff up. can be eaten any time of day, is good the day after as leftovers too.
Fake dahl: (i'm not from India and i am impatient and cheat):
- soak some lentils in water (cover and leave a couple of fingers of water on top). whatever kind you have/want. orange lentils take half as much time to cook so I usually go for those.
- keep going with those onions for as long as you can be patient for. actually caramelising onions takes AGES and I've never gotten to that stage lol. be careful not to burn them
- add a chopped potato or two if you like here. you can also add chopped carrot. poke them so they don't stick to the pan - you may need to add a bit more oil.
- add lots of cumin, chilli/cayenne pepper to taste, ground coriander seeds if you have them, a bit of tumeric if you like, a bit of cinnamon if you like. DO NOT ADD SALT YET (if you add salt, then it makes your lentils stay hard).
- mix the spices with the onions etc and let it all sizzle for a bit till everything's nicely coated.
- drain the lentils and wash them, then add to the pan with water. how much depends on how many lentils you put in. Google is your friend, I just eyeball it :/
- add a can of chopped/whole peeled/crushed tomatoes, mix everything up a bit, then let it simmer at heat 3 or so. maybe 20 minutes?
- after 20 minutes check in on things and give it a mix and make sure your bottom isn't burning.
- do you need to add more water? if your lentils aren't soft and your sauce it drying up, yes, add more water.
- if you're not using red lentils you'll probably need another 20 minutes at least
- finally done? add your salt NOW, taste, maybe add some lemon juice if you like
- stir, take off the heat and let it cool.
serve with a garnish of fresh parsley/coriander on top if you wanna look fancy, I usually eat it with rice.
... I swear this looks like a LOT of instructions but umm, I promise they're all simple recipes and not much can go wrong and every one of them is ready in under an hour and they can be used for lots of things or you can eat them by themselves or experiment with adding different things/whatever you like.
Lastly, there's this website Supercook where you put in some ingredients that you have and it gives you meal options based on that. Never tried it but lots of people find it useful.
Anyway, I hope you're not allergic to anything up there and that this helps and you make something tasty!
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THank you so much for taking the time to write all of it, I really appreciate it, and I'm not allergic to anything (so far) so no problem! I'me yeing that fake dahl yay
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Recipe time! I hope you'll like some of these. I would consider myself a novice cook, but these are easy even though I was very slow at making them because of my inexperience.
- tzatziki sauce. So simple and can go with a lot of different dishes, from snacks to full-on meals! Delicious and takes very little effort to make.
- Brussels sprouts with walnuts and pomegranate. A delicious, crunchy side dish. I think even people who don't like brussels sprouts will like this too
- sweet potato fries. You can make fries at home! You'll love how easy these are to make.
- almond butter tofu stir fry. This was one of the first recipes I tried several years ago after not cooking for a long time.
- Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham. I know. Pickle soup? But it actually tastes good if you like pickles and it's very hearty so it's perfect for winter. Most of this dish just requires plopping in a bunch of ingredients into a pot. It's a little bit salty though. You might need cup measurements for one or two ingredients, but you can eyeball it or do measuring spoon -> cup conversions. Most of this doesn't require cups.
- chicken fajitas. I haven't made this yet, but it looks pretty easy and got great reviews!