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snowynight ([personal profile] snowynight) wrote2026-01-31 06:36 pm
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Weekend Cooking: Pickled Oysters

 To Pickle Oysters.
 
Take Oysters and wash them cleane in their own Liquor, and let them settle, then strain it, and put your Oysters to it with a little Mace and whole pepper, as much Salt as you please, and a little Wine-Vinegar, then set them over the fire, and let them boyle leisurely till they are pretty tender; be sure to skim them still as the skim riseth; when they are enough, take them out till the Pickle be cold, then put them into any pot that will lye close, they will keep best in Caper barrels, they will keep very well six weeks.

From The Compleat Cook by W. M. (1658 UK)

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svgurl ([personal profile] svgurl) wrote2026-01-30 12:26 pm
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current fandom events

[tumblr.com profile] februaryficletchallenge is a prompt challenge where two prompts will be posted every day in February and the goal is to write at least 200 words using one of them.

[tumblr.com profile] kinkuary is a daily prompt challenge in Feburary based off various kinks. The prompt list is here.

[tumblr.com profile] febuwhump is a whump themed daily prompt challenge taking place in February.

[tumblr.com profile] noromofest is a creative event taking place on February 8-14th to celebrate aromanticism.

[tumblr.com profile] feveruary is a month long prompt challenge that focuses on sickfic and comfort

[community profile] thestoryinside, a community where you sign up and pick three books for an assigned partner off their TBR based on voted for themes and vice versa, is open for February sign-ups until January 31st.

[community profile] halfamoon, a 14 day fest to celebrate women, is running again during the first two weeks of February. This year's prompt list is here.

[community profile] lul_soulmatesex, a soulmate themed exchange, is open for sign-ups until February 1st, 11:59am CST.

[community profile] caseficexchange, a fanwork exchange focusing on investigations, is open for sign-ups until February 1st, 11:59PM EST.

[community profile] space_swap, an exchange for all fandoms related to space, is accepting nominations until February 3rd, 5PM CET.

[community profile] fandomtrumpshate is open for creator sign-ups until February 8th.

[community profile] dcfemslashevents is running dcu femslash february comment fest.

[community profile] threesentenceficathon has opened its third post for prompting and fills. Post 1 and 2 are still open for fills. There is also a Friending Meme!
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thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote2026-01-24 07:55 pm

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Some things that I have had stashed away for a little while:

1. [personal profile] sovay very kindly sent me a copy of Exit Through the Fireplace by Kate Dunn, which was waiting for me at the new house when I got here. It is about repertory theatre with lots of accounts on every aspect from actors and others involved, including a lot of people I have watched in old telly, so I enjoyed it a lot.

But having only recently before tried to make a post explaining what I loved about Terence Rattigan's plays, including floundering about trying to say how effective his dialogue is, I was v pleased to find this quote:

John Moffatt: (On being in rep, and the difficulty of remembering the lines, doing a new play every week): "You got to know who the good writers were. With Rattigan you barely had to learn it at all, even after just blocking it you almost knew it because it is so beautifully written. The only way to reply to something that has just been said is what he's written."


2. Talking of people being kind, [personal profile] swordznsorcery wrote me a lovely Sapphire & Steel story with a new Element and a stealth crossover very RTMI here, and if you also like S&S, I recommend taking a look, as it's great! <3


3. The book I was reading introduced me to the utterly untrue but very S&S like urban myth/ghost story of the Zanetti Train. Sounds like an Assignment to me, or a film I would watch, anyway. (It seems to have been taken from a Ukrainian work of fiction, most likely - certainly not one detail of it has any truth in it).


4. Making personalised bingo cards proved to be exactly in my wheelhouse right now, so I had fun with that. If anyone missed it the other day and would like one, feel free to still ask! (Here or there, whatever).


5. Random AO3 tag found while wrangling that is currently amusing me: It is literally just Twelfth Night but with Moomins.


Otherwise still slowly progressing and all that etc etc etc.
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snowynight ([personal profile] snowynight) wrote2026-01-24 07:03 pm
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Snowflake Challenge #12

 Challenge #12
 
Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!

Thank you to everyone who create fanwork, comment/kudo work, make rec lists/newsletters/etc, organize events, discuss the canon, or just generally have fun in fandoms! You all are awesome!

 
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thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote2026-01-20 06:16 pm

Personalised bingo card offer

Hello, I am still recovering, etc. Quite nicely as these things go, but still not up to doing all my usual little things.

Anyway, thought of something fannish and fun I could do if anyone wanted it - I made a personalised bingo card for [personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea once, which was fun, and I do always love doing that kind of thing. So...


... if anyone else would find a custom-made bingo card (for writing/creating prompts) fun/useful/inspiring, comment here and I will have a go at making you one!


(I'll use the Bingo Generator, so it's very easy, and if I fail and include some rubbish prompts, a new card without such prompts can magically be re-generated with no trouble. Will do any size from 2x2 to 5x5.)

So just comment here if you'd like one & say what size card you'd prefer. You can also point me to/away from any fandoms/prompt types etc if you'd like, but no need. (If I'm really stuck for some reason, I'll just ask you for some pointers!)
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snowynight ([personal profile] snowynight) wrote2026-01-18 09:40 pm
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Snowflake Challenge #9: Your Favorite Tropes

 Challenge #9
 
Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)
 
My favourite trope is pining, because it can lead to easily resolvable angst and heartbreak. I like when characters stoically pine from afar without feeling of entitlement. I like when characters have very good reasons to expect their feeling to be unrequited (and happily proven wrong). 

My current fandom Conclave (2024) is ripe for pining when the main characters are all Catholic priests and nuns,  who swear vows of chastity. So much delicious angst: do you want to break your lifelong vow? Do you really want to tempt your love interest from breaking their vow? Do they want to? Not to mention the power difference between the pope/cardinals; superiors/subordinates. So ripe for pining!