R. J. Longbottom

"BaLdUr'S gAtE 3 sHoUlDn'T bE tHe StAnDaRd"

And why the hell not? Why shouldn't players expect more than half-finished, bug-filled games with tons of microtransactions? Why should they settle for playing regurgitated copies of whatever games have been popular for the past ten years when they could be playing games that the devs were actually passionate about making?

Seed: “1417712404511” Version: 1.19.4 (Latest Release at the time of this post.) That stripe through the mountains is pure calcite, not snow. Never seen anything like it before. I came up with this seed by writing the Hebrew term for “New World” using just numbers in English, which I intially thought was “Olam Kadash” - 01417712404511 (first zero gets eliminated by Minecraft though) - however, upon reflection, the correct term in hebrew is “Hadash”.

Darling. Babycakes. Stop slouching. Drink some water, take your meds.

Do an Onerous Task this week to make Future You happy.

Bitey Friend said there are "BIG friendly doggies" around at night. Werewolf neighbors? 

Step 1: Write your fanstory.

Step 2: Come up with a brilliant title, a quintessential quotation and/or a snazzy summary for your fanstory so that people will read it. Tag your fanstory really well (if on AO3).

Step 3: Write an Author’s Note(s).

Additional Note to Step 3: Sometimes, it’s easier for readers to respond to a short Author’s Note(s) over a long fanstory even if they enjoyed your fanstory very much. That’s why it’s important to leave an Author’s Note(s).

Step 4: Kindly request that your readers leave you a review in your Author’s Note(s) with emphasis that it would mean a lot to you so they know you read their reviews and care about what they have to say.

Step 5: Ask your readers questions and talk about your thoughts and favourite parts of your fanstory in your Author’s Note(s).

Step 6: Post your fanstory, preferably on a Thursday, Friday (end of the working week) or Monday (start of the working week).

Step 7: Post about your fanstory on social media, such as Tumblr, Discord, etc. Include your title, a longer quotation and link to your fanstory. Make sure the quotation is really good but doesn’t spoil anything. Tag your post really well.

Step 8: Wait.

Step 9: Be lucky!

Step 10: Reply to reviews! Be nice and thankful. Match your readers’ energy so if a reader leaves a <3 then reply with a <3 <3 <3 and if a reader leaves a long review then reply with something equally long.

Additional Note to Step 10: Sometimes, your readers may have translated your story into their language or English may be their second language so do your best to be kind and considerate of that.

300gr bacon, beef or chicken. A meat of your choice. These go specially well. I prefer chicken tights. Diced

1 medium onion, diced.

Garlic minced (i used 2-4 pieces depending on size)

300gr carrot, cleaned, peeled and diced.

3 sticks of celery, washed and diced.

800gr potato. Washed, peeled diced in quarters.

1 head of broccoli.

8 cups of stock of your preference. I recommend using the bones of the beef or chicken, but veggies stock works too for a vegetarian or vegan version.

3 tablespoons all purpose flour.

1 cup whole milk. (Almond or rice milk work fine for a vegan option)

½ cup heavy cream. (Skip it for a vegan option)

Salt and black pepper to taste.

½ teaspoon paprika, use the spicy one to get the warmth up a notch in winter.

1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander. Optional.

1 cup diced gouda or manchego cheese. Optional but really ties all together.

Make sure you have all your ingredients ready and at hand for this one to make sure it comes out nice and tasty!!!

In a pot put water and the bones to prepare your stock (chicken, beef, veggie) You can use premade or bouillon cubes, just make sure its 8 cups worth of broth. In a different pot boil the potatoes until soft.

In a big pot put some butter or olive oil to fry the onion, when it turns a little transparent add the garlic, move constantly.

Add the celery and diced carrots, moving constantly.

The carrot will get a little brighter in color, add the diced meat. Salt and pepper to your taste.

Meanwhile, blend the potatoes with enough stock so your blender wont have trouble blending. If you have a food processor, it’ll be easier.

Ad the remaining stock to you big pot with the veggies and meat, add the broccoli chopped in bite size pieces. Add the paprika and taste for salt and pepper. Let over a medium fire for 10 min.

Separate 3 tbsp of the stock to mix with the flour, set aside. This will be a thickening agent.

Pour the potato mix on the big pot, move to integrate and taste for salt and pepper.

Add the milk and heavy cream. Move with a laddle. Have a final taste and let over low fire for 5 min.

Serve hot and decorate with a pinch of coriander and some cubes of cheese.

ENJOY!

Notes:

I personally prefer to use chicken, love how it goes with potatoes and veggies. Also the tight is very tender and flavorful. With beef you have to be careful not to overcook it or it’ll get gummy and hard to bite, so make adjustments.

VEGAN: could also skip the meat, cheese and heavy cream for a vegan option.

I make it for my younger sister and she loves it. Instead of meat i add some diced, toasted nuts when served. Cashew, pecan and pistachios work nicely.

You’ll have to use 5 tbsp of flour to thicken up the broth a tid bit more without the heavy cream but you can still use a vegan milk.

You can totally skip the coriander, but it adds another dept of flavor.

Do try it with the cheese tho, i promise it’s GODLY. Gouda and manchego are my fave, the melt nicely and have a strong after taste, but i guess any cheese that melts could work.

Finally, if you are like me and like spicy food you can add chopped chili. Serrano and arbol chiles are my go to’s, freshly chopped sprinkled just after serving my bowl.

Hope y'all give it a try and if you have any doubts do ask!

Substituted spinach for broccoli because my partner is not a fan of the latter and used chicken and bacon. Gonna try it again with a nice Italian sausage in place of the chicken next time.