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I don’t think that it’s a secret that I love food, or that I love baking and cooking even more (especially considering that I have a tag for it... and a private-locked entry full of recipes to-try...and a GoogleDrive folder full of recipes I’ve loved, all (prettily) formatted in the same way, all so I can one day make myself a cookbook full of beloved recipes…), but I only rarely share the things I try out, which I think is a shame.

So I’m going to try to fix that, at least a little bit.
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Oh, and one more thing. We have quite a few clementines/mandarins/some sort of orange-y fruit laying around that aren’t being eaten because they taste a bit too-sour. So I’ve been thinking about maybe making something with them instead? Except, I hate orange muffins, and my entire family (including myself) think that pairing fruit with meat (or any other kind of savory dish) is basically an abomination, so… I’m not sure what to do with them?

Poking around Pinterest didn’t help too much, for once. These Clementine Sugar Cookies, and, okay, while it doesn’t actually help our problem at all, these Candied Orange Peels do look yummy. I liked the idea of these Cranberry Orange Scones too, but they don’t really use much oranges at all. So— I’m not sure if anyone on my flist actually bakes/cooks regularly, but in case any of you do— any suggestions?
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► Another day, another entry! This time, I want to share the stories that I personally wrote for White Dwarf Rabbit Hole and Press_Start, because… just because, really.

oh darling )

► So, I said that I’d do a link-dump this post, but now that I’m actually here, I… have no idea how I should start. I need to organize everything somehow, but there’s just so much, and just, agh. I think I just need to dive in.

► Let’s start with recipes! I had a craving for tomato soup the other day, despite it usually not being my thing, and so tried out this recipe for dinner. It...technically tasted good, and my family liked it fine— I might even make it again— but it wasn’t the flavour I was looking for.

Looking up recipes for that did lead me to other soups / autumn-y dishes that I’d like to try out, though! Here’s some of the ones that intrigued me:
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As for things I’ve actually made: I made these pumpkin muffins (though I threw in some banana chips in the mix) and these apple scones (though in the interest of using up our garden’s produce, I turned them into zucchini-apple scones) recently, and both were absolutely delicious.

Oh! And I made this watermelon sangria for the American Independence Day, and it was also very, very good. I loved how straightforward the recipe was, and the lack of added sugar.

► A few other food-related links that aren’t recipes:



► As for non-food-related links: I first saw this on the Yuletide fandom promotion post (I think), and while the other tweets from this account don’t do much for me, this one made me laugh:

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► And I think I’m going to leave this here for now— I still have plenty of links to go through, but I’ve made an indent at least, and I’m tired now. I didn’t quite get to talking about Yuletide proper, but oh well. Until next time.
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► I just finished up the Deep Road Expedition in Dragon Age II, and asdfghjkl;. ASDFGHJKL;
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► On a non-Dragon Age-related note, I made this strawberry & poppy seed pie for my mom for Mother's Day, and I have to say, I definitely recommend it. I made the top crust out of hearts instead of triangles, though.

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