#capablecapybara

🥪 What is your least favorite food(s)?

Pickles and mushrooms are the only two I actively avoid, though if you are a restaurant trying to sell me Asian food with basic ingredients at exorbitant prices, I will immediately blacklist you.

👸 Is there a historical figure you have personal beef with?

All of the Church Fathers, particularly Tertullian, I want to shoot on sight (it's the misogyny. Yeah I know you all had issues with women, why did you have to fuck us up for two thousand years).

oh here's a good one: you receive vampire Snoopy! (Vampy?)

Men det er da gode setninger, det! Viktig om du blir spist av ulv å kunne si fra om det, skjønt er kanskje litt sent om det først er kommet så langt.

all your p&p content is chef’s kiss!

Bernie Redfern and his millionaire dad have decided to set up a charity drive to help young women with consumption (in Cissy’s memory). Unfortunately, Mr Redfern’s idea for how to gather interest for this is *drumroll* a beauty contest! (It’s also a perfect way to get free advertising).

Barney’s head is in his hands, so Valancy tries to reorganize it to a whist tournament. She and Mr Redfern start a bet to see who will get more participants. It all comes head to head at the luncheon. Mr Redfern shows off his list of young ladies. Valancy shows off her list of old(er) ladies (mostly spinsters such as she used to be). The Stirlings arrive in shock and horror, only hearing the word “luncheon.”

LOVE our convos about lit, especially the gothic classics, as well as our somewhat more sardonic exchanges about the deplorable state of modern bestsellers. you always have exquisite takes on things and you have fantastic taste in reblogs. 10/10 tumblr mutual

Oooo this was a fun one—

The lettuce-tomato-cucumber-edamame-pinto bean-crouton-hummus-ranch dressing combo that i had like 4 days a week in college. I’d shake it all up together and bolt it in the college center cafe because my crush also always went to the cafe for lunch and i was determined to look at them as much as possible. Somehow the salad and the crush were inextricably linked. It’s an experience I’ll never be able to replicate again.

Waldorf salad! I always like apple where apple doesn’t belong (like a salad) but i usually omit the ricotta so it’s just like. turkey and apple and grapes and leafy green.

Caesar salad. When I was 12 or something I discovered this fantastic bottled Caesar dressing and ate it on lettuce several times a week. I don’t remember what else was on the salad but that dressing was divine.

Miso mayo dressing on spinach with pecans and tomatoes. Also a childhood classic

Knowing your thoughts on RF Kuang, I came across this review of their latest book Katabasis that I thought you may enjoy (I did)