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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2025-11-14 07:44 am

daunder

daunder (DAWN-der) - (Scot. & N. Eng.) v. to stroll, saunter, walk aimlessly; to talk at length without reaching a conclusion; (arch.) to shiver, quake.


Also a noun. I cannot explain why, but for some reason this makes me think of a cathedral close. The shivering seems to be the original sense, as a frequentive of Middle English dand/dad, to strike hard enough to jolt.

---L.
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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] recipecommunity2025-11-14 04:28 am
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Souper Football

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Souper Football
Serves 8

2 pounds ground beef
1 ½ cup diced bell pepper
1 envelope onion soup mix
1-8 ounce can tomato sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 Tbsp chili powder
Pastry for double crust pie

BEFORE KICKOFF
In large skillet, brown ground beef with peppers, drain. Stir in onion soup mix, chili powder, and tomato sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Stir in cheese. Place in bowl and chill.

AT HALFTIME
Divide pastry in two sections. Between 2 sheets of waxed paper roll each section into 10” x 12” rectangles. Place one piece onto greased cookie sheet pan. Cut into a football shape. Spoon chilled meat and cheese filling onto the bottom crust leaving 2” around side, mounding in center. Top with second crust and press edges to seal. Trim edges to match bottom crust. Garnish top with scraps of crust to make stripes and laces for football.

AT FOURTH QUARTER
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Bake football for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

AFTER GAME
Remove football to platter and serve.
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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2025-11-13 07:37 am

bibliopegy

bibliopegy (bib-lee-OP-uh-jee) - n., the art of bookbinding.


Not to be confused with bibliophagy, the consumption of books, either literal or metaphoric. And because it gets far more of the top hits than straight up bibliopegy, yes, anthropodermic bibliopegy is a thing -- (rot13 for grossness) ovaqvat n obbx va uhzna fxva. [Fortunately, [personal profile] janni is a regular bibliopegist as a hobby.] Coined around 1830 from Ancient Greek roots biblíon, book + pēgía, the stem of pēgnýnai, to fasten.

---L.
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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] recipecommunity2025-11-13 04:29 am
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake

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Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Servings: 8

Ingredients

Crust
1 ½ cups crushed graham crackers about 8-9 whole crackers
¼ cup sugar
⅓ cup salted butter melted (about 5 tablespoons)
Filling
32 ounces cream cheese
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
2 tablespoons flour
Topping
1 cup caramel sauce or dulce de leche See notes if making yourself.
1 can apple pie filling or batch stewed apples See notes if making yourself.

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theemdash ([personal profile] theemdash) wrote in [community profile] getyourwordsout2025-11-12 07:50 pm

Establishing a Writing Routine

Welcome to everyone joining us for the Year-End Marathon and to everyone looking for a peek behind the curtain at GYWO. Each month volunteers post discussions about writing craft, life, and publishing. This rare public post is to give a taste of the full GYWO experience. We welcome you to interact, comment, and share your own experiences on the topic.



Establishing a Writing Routine

The idealized writing routine looks something like this:
  • make a cup of tea or coffee while getting in a creative mindset
  • sit down to free write with a fountain pen as a warmup
  • light a candle or incense to draw the muse and other creative spirits
  • put on the perfect music or silence, as needed
  • get comfortable and write 1,000 or 2,000 words in an hour or so

Mmm, sounds nice, doesn't it? That aesthetic set up is absolutely the ideal. It feels more writerly and like it’s what’s missing from our writing lives. If only we could free write with a fountain pen, light a candle, and be blessed by the muse with inspiration to write for an hour. If that, then we could be successful and productive writers.

But writing routines are not that idealized or consistent. Writing routines have to fit around real lives and incorporate personal quirks. Writing routines are not one-size-fits-all and they must be flexible so you can write on days when you’re busy, tired, or just not feeling it.

Writing routines won’t make you write, but they can help you find your way to words.


What Does a Real Writing Routine Look Like?

Probably the best way to figure out what writing routines look like is by examining an actual routine that works for someone. So, mine, heh. Let's talk about my writing routine on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, the days when I write with a fairly steady schedule.

Three days a week, I meet with 2–3 members of my in-person writing group on Discord for a mid-day write-in.

Prep Time: My writing prep starts about an hour before when I eat lunch, take a break, and let my mind rest and switch tasks. I usually watch a TV show and play a phone game. I make sure to choose a show that won’t adversely affect my writing, specifically by making me want to watch the next episode, flail about it with a friend, or otherwise pull my thoughts away from writing.

I then check-in with the other writers who join me. This is when we confirm attendance or delays to our normal start time. Then I clean up from lunch, make tea, and open my files.

Hopefully I also have time to clean up my file from the previous writing session and get a grip on what I need to work on today, which usually includes rereading the last couple paragraphs in a scene or notes I made about what comes next. If I run out of time, I finish my prep in the first 5–10 minutes of our first sprint.

Writing: I have a desk in my home office where I write. Aside from my laptop and/or iPad (and various desk fidgets), I try to clear my desk except for my tea, phone, project notebook, and a set of colored pens. (Sometimes I clear my desk by setting things out of sight on the floor.)

I set the timer for our first sprint and get to work.

We usually write for three 20-minute sprints, giving about an hour of writing time over an hour-and-a-half period. We report what we worked on, complain about various things (including how mushy our brains are), and share pictures of our cats.

Wrap Up: By the end of the third sprint, I’m usually done writing for the day. If I’m really on a roll, I might continue long enough to finish a conversation, but if it feels like it will take longer than about 10 minutes, I jot some notes about what comes next and trust I’ll be able to pick up where I left off the next day.

At that point, writing time is done and I move on to other things I need to do with my day.


How Do You Make A Routine Happen?

The writing routine I described above happens in a group. Meeting with a group is a great way to establish a writing routine. When you make a plan to meet with others, you are more likely to show up than if you just tell yourself that you’re supposed to write at noon.

You know how I know that? Because the days of the week when I don’t write with other people, I don’t write on a schedule. I do write, but I fit it in wherever makes sense in my day, which means on a very busy day, I’m squeezing in words at the last possible second. (Not my best choice.)

Routines also happen when you take similar steps to get there. The whole “routine” part is that you have a consistent set of actions that lead you to writing. You may not need lunch + break + tea before writing, but a series of steps before writing that can become your pre-writing routine can help you get there.

You know how I know that? Most days if I follow lunch with tea, I sit down to write. My brain has associated mid-day tea with writing, so it’s become an easy way to get my brain to shift into the writing gear. (It’s also a way for me to tell my brain to shift into writing. If I want to write and have been dancing around it, if I make a cup of tea, it’s a short-cut to my brain being able to settle.)

The other Big Secret to a writing routine is figuring out what works for you. While tea and a writing group work best for me, maybe you need something different. Maybe your routine is:
  • Make Breakfast + Notebook to Freewrite
  • Take Shower + Let Hair Dry + Write 20 Minutes
  • Walk to Park + Eat Lunch + Write 15 Minutes
  • Pick Up Kids + Fix Snacks + Write While Helping with Homework
  • Everyone Else In Bed + Write Until Sleepy

Your routine can be whatever helps you get to writing, so figure out what works for you and is something you can achieve—whether that’s daily or a handful of times a week. Remember, routines can be adjusted for specific days (my MWF routine is different from other days) or you might have a routine for Busy Days that’s different from your routine for Extremely Busy Days. As long as you have your own secret to get you writing, you have a routine.

Think about what you did the last time you sat down to write, is that your writing routine? Do you think something might work better for you?
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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits: New fandoms: 162 - Returning: 43,163 - And Reposts

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Pinch hits are participants who are without creators; pinch hitting is the practice of volunteering to make a gift for a pinch hit. These pinch hits are all due on November 26th at 10:00 PM EST.

Fic In A Box has a very unusual set of assignment requirements: everyone is owed (and is asking for) 10k of fanfiction, which by default can be given as one 10k+ fic or several 1k+ fics. Participants have also had the option to opt-in to other minimum lengths or to other formats of fanwork. The other fanwork mediums are given word count equivalents, which you can view on the medium ruleset post.

Additionally:

  • Fic In A Box creators may default after partially filling their assignment—say, if they discover that they can only write 9k of fic—and PHs can be picked up in 1k increments!
  • You may always swap all or part of your assignment for a PH, just let us know that's what you're doing when you post to claim the PH.
  • In the future we'll include details in the post, but for this post we're linking to the app for that to keep the post size down!

In order to pick up a pinch hit you need to either email us or comment on this post (comments are screened) with:

  • The amount of wordcount you would like to claim (even if you're going to do fanart or some other non-fic opt-in medium! If you aren't sure what the equivalent would be, we'd be happy to help you convert it!)
  • The exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from (if you post from a different account from the one you give us, we won't be able to count the PH as filled unless you update us!)
  • An email where we can reach you (you might not be getting the AO3 assignment when you pick up a PH, so we need to know where to send the assignment!)

PH 3 - 5k - Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Война и мир - Лев Толстой | War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, Fire & Blood - George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon (TV) )

PH 5 - 6k - Christian Astrology - William Lilly, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses )

PH 12 - 6k - 鹿鼎記 - 金庸 | The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV), 神鵰俠侶 | The Return of the Condor Heroes (TV 1983) )

PH 13 - 5k - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) )

PH 17 - 3k - 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Anime), Persona 3, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Undertale (Video Game), Promare (2019) )

PH 22 - 4k - The Good Wife (TV), Fresh Meat (TV), Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Guardians of Time - Marianne Curley, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom )

PH 28 - 2k - Crossover Fandom, クールドジ男子 | Cool Doji Danshi | Play It Cool Guys (Manga), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), イエスかノーか半分か | Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka | Yes No or Maybe? (Light Novel Series), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon )

PH 29 - 4k - 단금지교 | Dangeum and Jigyo (Webcomic), Star Control (Video Games), Chang Feng Juan | I Promise to Return (Webcomic), 고진감래 | Go Jin and Gam-rae (Webcomic) )

PH 31 - CLAIMED - Oasis (Band), Kyle Murchison Booth Stories - Sarah Monette, Thor (Movies), Red Sonja (2025) )

PH 36 - 5k - Dwarf Fortress, Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games) )

PH 43 - CLAIMED - Yellowjackets (TV), Dawson's Creek, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Once Upon a Time (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), Gossip Girl (TV 2007) )

PH 53 - 3k - บ้านหลอน ON SALE | Peaceful Property (TV), เกมนี้เพื่อนาย | The Rebound (TV 2024), 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV), 逆爱 | Revenged Love (TV), 화이트 크리스마스 | White Christmas (TV 2011), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), Black Doves (TV), 不良執念清除師|Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (TV) )

PH 62 - 2k - Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Haikyuu!!, Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, Vanitas no Carte (Manga), Vanitas no Carte (Manga) )

PH 68 - 3k - Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Great North (Cartoon), Bob's Burgers (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Iron Man (Movies), Murdoch Mysteries, Hawkeye (TV 2021) )

PH 73 - 1k - Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things (TV 2016) )

PH 101 - 4k - 少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV), 少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball )

PH 109 - CLAIMED - Buffyverse (TV), Crossover Fandom, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Original Work, Thor (Movies) )

PH 115 - CLAIMED - Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019), DC Extended Universe, DC's Arrowverse, Superman (Movie 2025), Crossover Fandom, Descendants (Disney Movies) )

PH 129 - 7k - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), Omniscient Reader - singNsong & UMI & Sleepy-C (Webtoon), 내가 키운 S급들 | The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic) )

PH 132 - 7k - Solitude - Ursula K. Le Guin, Hacks (TV 2021), House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski, ONE - Cheesy Hfj (Web Series), Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV), Translation State - Ann Leckie, Short Term 12 (2013) )

PH 134 - 6k - InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) )

PH 138 - 5k - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Given (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga) )

PH 154 - 8k - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo )

PH 159 - CLAIMED - Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, Temeraire - Naomi Novik, Crossover Fandom, Death in the Spires - K. J. Charles, Band Sinister - K. J. Charles )

PH 162 - CLAIMED - DCU (Comics), Doctor Who (2005), Miraculous Ladybug, Free!, Haikyuu!!, KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Naruto (Anime & Manga), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Loki (TV 2021) )

PH 163 - 4k - What Does the Spleen Do? ft. Harvard Medical School - HMS Class of 2016 (Music Video), Doctor Odyssey (TV), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sector General Series - James White, Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms - Mercedes Lackey )

PH 170 - CLAIMED - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon) )

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fic_in_a_box_mod ([personal profile] fic_in_a_box_mod) wrote in [community profile] ficinabox2025-11-12 05:48 pm
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2 Week Delay To November 29th

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Two Week Delay!

The reveals date is being delayed two weeks to November 29th at 10 PM EST (countdown) to allow time for pinch hits to be finished! Updates on the posted schedules and a new PH post will be put up shortly!

All currently assigned pinch hits which have a due date of the 12th, 13th, or 14th have been updated to a due date of November 19th at 10 PM EST. You are of course welcome to post earlier!

Pinch Hits picked up from this point will have a due date of November 26th at 10 PM EST.

If at any point you don't believe you can complete a PH, please default immediately. If you do end up being able to complete the PH you can always pick it up later!

If you're looking for people to treat, don't forget to check the comments of the pinch hitter post (link)! These are pinch hitters who aren't signed up to the exchange, and it would be lovely if some (or all!) of them got treats!

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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2025-11-12 07:31 am

callow

callow (KAL-oh) - adj., (obs.) bald, hairless; (rare/arch.) (of a bird) featherless, unfledged; (rare) (of any animal) immature, juvenile; (of a person) (by extension) lacking maturity or experience.


Bald is the original sense of Old English calu, which as Middle English calwe became applied to downy birds in the 15th century. The people sense, which is the only sense most people know today, arrived soon after.

---L.
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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] recipecommunity2025-11-12 04:29 am
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Slow-Cooker Kalua Pork & Cabbage

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Slow-Cooker Kalua Pork & Cabbage
Total Time Prep: 10 min. Cook: 9 hours Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

7 bacon strips, divided
1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 to 4 pounds), well-trimmed
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
1 medium head cabbage (about 2 pounds), coarsely chopped

Directions

Line bottom of a 6-qt. slow cooker with 4 bacon strips. Sprinkle all sides of roast with salt; place in slow cooker. Arrange remaining bacon over top of roast.
Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours or until pork is tender. Add cabbage, spreading cabbage around roast. Cook, covered, 1 to 1-1/4 hours longer or until cabbage is tender.
Remove pork to a serving bowl; shred pork with 2 forks. Using a slotted spoon, add cabbage to pork and toss to combine. If desired, skim fat from some of the cooking juices; stir juices into pork mixture or serve on the side.
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simplyn2deep ([personal profile] simplyn2deep) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2025-11-11 05:59 pm

Tuesday word: Pinchbeck

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025

Pinchbeck (noun, adjective)
pinchbeck [pinch-bek]


noun
1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
2. something sham, spurious, or counterfeit.

adjective
3. made of pinchbeck.
4. sham, spurious, or counterfeit: pinchbeck heroism.

Origin: 1725–35; named after Christopher Pinchbeck (died 1732), English watchmaker and its inventor

Example Sentences
With rough and homely fist he had copied this pinchbeck fervour.
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There was Robert--haggard and unkempt--still in the pinchbeck uniform, torn and bespattered now, with a peasant's frieze-coat thrown over it--a ridiculous disguise.
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What a snake in the grass, with his clever military plan and pinchbeck enthusiasm!
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But for love of the dear old Karnak, I must show up this pinchbeck Isabel; this dirty, disorderly floating prison, where no kind care alleviated one's miseries, and no suitable diet helped one's recovery.
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The public has in turn learned to expect the sudden start, the swift pace, the placarded climax, the clever paradox, the crisp repartee, the pinchbeck style, the bared realism, the concluding click.
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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2025-11-11 09:12 am

apastron

apastron (uh-PAS-truhn, uh-PAS-tron) - n., the point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star it orbits.


Many dictionaries specify that the celestial object is another star in a binary system, but the more general definition is correct. Contrast with periastron, the point of closest approach. Coined on the model of aphelion from Ancient Greek roots ap(o)-, away/apart (the form of ad- before vowels & h) + ắstron, star (ultimately from PIE root *h₂stḗr, burn/glow).

---L.
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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] recipecommunity2025-11-11 04:29 am
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An Irish Mans Whiskey Mocha Chocolate Mousse

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An Irish Mans Whiskey Mocha Chocolate Mousse.
Prep time: 25 MINUTES cook time: 5 MINUTES total time: 30 MINUTES + 3 HOURS TO CHILL yields: MAKES 4-6 SERVINGS

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups (10 ounces) dark chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter
3 tablespoons instant coffee
4 tablespoon milk
4 eggs, whites separated from the yolks
1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons Irish whiskey (may sub water)
Pinch of salt
Cream
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons Bailey's
1 teaspoon loose leaf Earl Grey Tea (optional)

Instructions

Add the chopped chocolate, butter and coffee to a small sauce pan and set over low heat. Gently melt the chocolate and butter together until melted and smooth, stirring often. Be sure to keep the heat on the lowest setting possible to ensure you do not burn the chocolate. You may also melt the chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth. Once the chocolate is melted, remove from the heat and set aside to cool. In a small sauce pan whisk together the four egg yolks, sugar, whiskey and 1 tablespoon milk. Place on the stove and set over medium-low heat, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens slightly and just coats the back of a wooden spoon, about 2-3 minutes. Stir the melted chocolate into the egg mixture until completely smooth. If there are any clumps of egg, strain the mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Add the remaining 4 tablespoons milk and place in the fridge while you whip the eggs whites. Using a mixer, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until just stiff and frothy. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and beat again until just glossy. Using a large spatula, add one spoonful of egg whites to the cooled chocolate mixture and fold it in gently. Gradually fold in the remaining egg whites, being careful not to over mix the mixture. Divide the mousse between individual serving jars or glasses. Place in the fridge and chill for 3–4 hours before serving. Just before serving, use and electric mixer to whip the cream with the bailey's until soft peaks form. Serve the mousse topped with a thick layer of whipped cream.
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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2025-11-10 07:34 am

harissa

harissa (hah-REE-suh, huh-RI-suh) - n., a spicy North African chili paste, used an ingredient and condiment.


harissa in a dish
Thanks, WikiMedia!

So mashed up chili peppers along with other spices such as garlic, cumin, coriander, olive oil, and salt. From Arabic, natch, from a root with the sense pound/crush/mash.

---L.
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stonepicnicking_okapi ([personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2025-11-10 07:18 am

Monday Word: Rambutan

rambutan [ram-boot-n]

noun

1. the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.

2. the tree itself.

examples
There was early success for the catchers on one street, with three of the macaques falling for the ruse and ending up trapped because they had fancied a taste of rambutan fruit. Seattle Times

The bargain buyers drifted out of a popular Little Saigon fruit shop with tote bags full of pale brown longan and hairy red rambutan, barely glancing at the dirt-smeared face of Duc Tran. Los Angeles Times

origin
1700–10; Malay, equivalent to rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix

rambutan
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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] recipecommunity2025-11-10 04:22 am
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Andouille, Chicken, Red Bean and Rice Pilaf

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Andouille, Chicken, Red Bean and Rice Pilaf
Servings: 7 to 8 (makes about 11 cups) Total time: 55 mins

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups uncooked basmati rice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small yellow onion (4 ounces), finely chopped (3/4 cup)
2 links smoked andouille sausage (8 ounces total), cut lengthwise into quarters, then crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick wedges (1 cup)
2 1/2 cups (1 pound) cooked/leftover boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut or shredded into bite-size pieces
One (15-ounce) can no-salt-added red beans, rinsed and drained
Fine salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 1/2 cups no-salt-added chicken broth
1/2 cup water (may substitute more broth; optional)
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Steps

1. In a medium bowl filled with cold water, soak the rice for 20 minutes, then drain well.
2. Meanwhile, position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
3. In a large ovenproof sauté pan, skillet or shallow braising pan over medium-high heat, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the onion and stir to coat, then reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the andouille, increase the heat to medium-high and cook, tossing the mixture occasionally, until the sausage just starts to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the soaked and drained rice, chicken and beans, then season to taste with salt and pepper, stirring to combine. Pour in the broth. Bring to a boil, then cover the pan with a lid or aluminum foil, and transfer to the oven.
4. Bake for 30 minutes. Test the rice for doneness; if it’s still firm and no liquid remains, add the water, re-cover the pan or skillet, and return to the oven to cook until the rice is tender.
5. Uncover, stir in the parsley and serve hot.

Substitution suggestions + other tips and ideas:

If you don’t have basmati rice >> use another long-grain white rice. If you prefer brown rice, you may need to increase the bake time and use more water.
Yellow onion >> red or white onion.
If you can’t find andouille sausage >> try smoked kielbasa or Spanish chorizo.
Instead of cooked chicken >> opt for cooked pork or more beans.
Red beans >> pinto beans, black-eyed peas or other variety of your choice.
Canned beans >> 1 1/2 cups home-cooked beans.
To make it vegetarian >> use plant-based sausage, chorizo or spicy tofu.
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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits: 170-172 (New fandoms: 12,31,134,154 - Returning: 3,11,17,73 - Reposts)

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Pinch hits are participants who are without creators; pinch hitting is the practice of volunteering to make a gift for a pinch hit. These pinch hits are all due on November 14th at 10:00 PM EST.

Fic In A Box has a very unusual set of assignment requirements: everyone is owed (and is asking for) 10k of fanfiction, which by default can be given as one 10k+ fic or several 1k+ fics. Participants have also had the option to opt-in to other minimum lengths or to other formats of fanwork. The other fanwork mediums are given word count equivalents, which you can view on the medium ruleset post.

Additionally:

  • Fic In A Box creators may default after partially filling their assignment—say, if they discover that they can only write 9k of fic—and PHs can be picked up in 1k increments!
  • You may always swap all or part of your assignment for a PH, just let us know that's what you're doing when you post to claim the PH.
  • In the future we'll include details in the post, but for this post we're linking to the app for that to keep the post size down!

In order to pick up a pinch hit you need to either email us or comment on this post (comments are screened) with:

  • The amount of wordcount you would like to claim (even if you're going to do fanart or some other non-fic opt-in medium! If you aren't sure what the equivalent would be, we'd be happy to help you convert it!)
  • The exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from (if you post from a different account from the one you give us, we won't be able to count the PH as filled unless you update us!)
  • An email where we can reach you (you might not be getting the AO3 assignment when you pick up a PH, so we need to know where to send the assignment!)

PH 3 - 5k - Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Война и мир - Лев Толстой | War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, Fire & Blood - George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon (TV) )

PH 5 - 6k - Christian Astrology - William Lilly, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses )

PH 6 - CLAIMED - Crossover Fandom, QSMP | Quackity SMP, Crossover Fandom, SMPEarth, Dream SMP )

PH 11 - CLAIMED - The Expanse Series - James S. A. Corey, The Expanse (TV), Gattaca (1997), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman, On a Sunbeam (Graphic Novel), Sunshine - Robin McKinley )

PH 12 - 10k - 鹿鼎記 - 金庸 | The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV), 神鵰俠侶 | The Return of the Condor Heroes (TV 1983) )

PH 13 - 5k - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) )

PH 17 - 3k - 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Anime), Persona 3, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Undertale (Video Game), Promare (2019) )

PH 22 - 4k - The Good Wife (TV), Fresh Meat (TV), Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Guardians of Time - Marianne Curley, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom )

PH 28 - 4k - Crossover Fandom, クールドジ男子 | Cool Doji Danshi | Play It Cool Guys (Manga), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), イエスかノーか半分か | Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka | Yes No or Maybe? (Light Novel Series), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon )

PH 29 - 7k - 단금지교 | Dangeum and Jigyo (Webcomic), Star Control (Video Games), Chang Feng Juan | I Promise to Return (Webcomic), 고진감래 | Go Jin and Gam-rae (Webcomic) )

PH 31 - 5k - Oasis (Band), Kyle Murchison Booth Stories - Sarah Monette, Thor (Movies), Red Sonja (2025) )

PH 36 - 5k - Dwarf Fortress, Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games) )

PH 53 - 3k - บ้านหลอน ON SALE | Peaceful Property (TV), เกมนี้เพื่อนาย | The Rebound (TV 2024), 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV), 逆爱 | Revenged Love (TV), 화이트 크리스마스 | White Christmas (TV 2011), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), Black Doves (TV), 不良執念清除師|Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (TV) )

PH 62 - 2k - Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Haikyuu!!, Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, Vanitas no Carte (Manga), Vanitas no Carte (Manga) )

PH 65 - CLAIMED - Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Crossover Fandom, Night Prince - Jeaniene Frost, Felvidek (Video Game), 15th Century CE RPF )

PH 68 - 3k - Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Great North (Cartoon), Bob's Burgers (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Iron Man (Movies), Murdoch Mysteries, Hawkeye (TV 2021) )

PH 73 - 1k - Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things (TV 2016) )

PH 101 - 4k - 少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV), 少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball )

PH 109 - 6k - Buffyverse (TV), Crossover Fandom, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Original Work, Thor (Movies) )

PH 115 - 4k - Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019), DC Extended Universe, DC's Arrowverse, Superman (Movie 2025), Crossover Fandom, Descendants (Disney Movies) )

PH 125 - CLAIMED - Gundam 00, Universal Century Gundam, Tennis no Oujisama | Prince of Tennis, 魔法使いの約束 | Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku | Promise of Wizard (Video Game), Ensemble Stars! (Video Game), Universal Century Gundam )

PH 129 - 8k - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), Omniscient Reader - singNsong & UMI & Sleepy-C (Webtoon), 내가 키운 S급들 | The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic) )

PH 132 - 7k - Solitude - Ursula K. Le Guin, Hacks (TV 2021), House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski, ONE - Cheesy Hfj (Web Series), Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV), Translation State - Ann Leckie, Short Term 12 (2013) )

PH 134 - 6k - InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) )

PH 136 - CLAIMED - QSMP | Quackity SMP, Crossover Fandom, Critical Role (Web Series) )

PH 138 - 8k - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Given (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga) )

PH 146 - CLAIMED - Étoile (TV), Olympo (TV), The Pitt (TV), Conclave (2024), Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey )

PH 150 - CLAIMED - One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Anime & Manga), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Original Work, Original Work, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Tortall - Tamora Pierce )

PH 154 - 8k - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo )

PH 157 - CLAIMED - The Godfather (1972 1974 1990), Phantasm (Movies), Breaking Bad, Tommy (1975), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) )

PH 159 - CLAIMED - Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, Temeraire - Naomi Novik, Crossover Fandom, Death in the Spires - K. J. Charles, Band Sinister - K. J. Charles )

PH 162 - 6k - DCU (Comics), Doctor Who (2005), Miraculous Ladybug, Free!, Haikyuu!! )

PH 170 - 1k - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon) )

PH 171 - CLAIMED - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime) )

PH 172 - CLAIMED - 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat, 将进酒 - 唐酒卿 | Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ - Táng Jiǔ Qīng )