The weather outside is frightful, but not in the way you're thinking

[st_aurafina]

The weather is bleeeugh. Humid and hot enough to be draining, even if it's not roasting hot. And we have a simultaneous flood and fire warning. Fucken Lolstralia.


I swear a lot. I only really noticed it after the last friending meme, and I realised that I was dropping f-bombs in front of people that I didn't know so well. I'm not going to stop, though, so maybe I should have had a warning or something. I'll remember that for the next meme.

Other things I have to remember:

- make Christmas cards in June, so I can send them out during NaNo.

- note down peoples' fandom_stockings when they're posting them, because it's so much easier than rummaging through the comm.

- pants first, then shoes. Lefty-loosey, Righty-tighty. (I can't do taps. Faucets, or whatever you call them over there.)


fandom_stocking: in the end, I got four done!! I surprised myself.

Quantum Physics Has the Best Pick-up Lines (440 words) by st_aurafina
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leo Fitz/Tony Stark
Characters: Leo Fitz, Tony Stark, Jemma Simmons
Additional Tags: Snogging, in the closet
Summary:

On the provocative nature of semi-conductors.

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No Tricks at the Wheel (1183 words) by st_aurafina
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Hawkeye (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Threesome - F/M/M, Cuddling & Snuggling
Summary:

Clint knows better than to ask questions when Natasha calls for help.

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Countdown (649 words) by st_aurafina
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leo Fitz/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie
Characters: Leo Fitz, Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Kissing
Summary:

Fifteen minutes is a perfectly adequate amount of time, according to Fitz.

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Simmer (100 words) by st_aurafina
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Elementary (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mycroft Holmes/Joan Watson (Elementary)
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Joan Watson (Elementary)
Additional Tags: Food Porn, Drabble
Summary:

Joan learns more about cooking as foreplay than she thought possible.

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I used to do this thing I called Recipe Friday, then I kind of tailed off. But it's Friday, right? And I cooked heaps of things over Christmas, so I'm going to do it.


Something I've cooked recently:

Gluten-Free Shortbread

This is where I learned that not all gluten-free flour blends are the same. The dough looked great but they turned into beautiful lace doilies in the oven. Really tasty lace doilies, but not very presentable. From the comments, I wasn't the only person this happened to. I need to check the brand, or use a recipe that lists single ingredients.


Coconut Macaroons

My fall-back option for my gluten-free guest. I was in the middle of the recipe when suddenly I realised that Nigella makes this into EIGHT macaroons. "Form into clementine-sized domes", it says. I got about twenty regular macaroons shaped with my tablespoon measure. But you need to bake them for a much shorter time - it was lucky I checked the oven when I smelled toasty coconut because they were done. A little overdone, maybe.

Next time, I'm using an extra egg white for this quantity. And drizzling them with chocolate.


Chocolate Crackle Slice
2 cups of Rice Bubbles
1/2 cup of icing sugar
5 tablespoons of cocoa
1 cup of dessicated coconut
250g coconut oil, melted
100s & 1000's or your choice of sprinkles

Mix all of this. Squash it into a lined slice tray (or small tin or whatever you make your bar cookies or brownies in), sprinkle with 100's and 1000's, stick in the fridge to set. Take it out, slice it how you like it. Store in the fridge.



Something I'm planning on cooking soon:

Feta and Vegetable loaf
As soon as I can get my hands on more spinach. I need iron. You could say I crave that mineral.


Ham and Cheese Puff Pastry Squares

Because I have leftover puff pastry in the freezer. And a ham nugget in the fridge. (It's this cute little off-cut of ham from the Otway free-range pig farm.)


Fruity Irish Soda Bread
Man, soda bread is where it's at when you want bread now, NOW, NOW. I made this a couple of times while I had visitors, because it's quick and it's impressive and it's easy to make with a hangover. It's basically a giant scone you can slice up and butter. I put in more fruit than this recipe calls for, though. I use currents, sultanas and raisins. I don't fuck around when it comes to vine fruit. I want it all.


Something I'm idly thinking of cooking:

Calabrian Walnut Cake
Because (a) gluten-free, and I need to expand my repertoire. And (b) I've got a big bag of walnuts in the pantry. And (c), my Nonna has a Calabrian neighbour at her nursing home, and their intense rivalry cracks me up. (Nonna is Abruzzese, but I am not informed enough to tell what's going on there. She says they're all gangsters, but I'll bet that's what her neighbour would say, too.)


Fruitcake Bar
David Lebovitz's recipes are always reliable, and this looks really nice.

Comments

[loki_of_sassgaard]

You know, I think the prompt memes on AO3 were set up so the prompts were searchable by tag, they'd be the perfect place for Fandom Stocking.


In fact, that they aren't searchable by tag makes me wonder why prompts are even taggable. Hmm.

[st_aurafina]

The letters are tagged - I can search by fandom. But I think an alphabetical list would be pretty useful, too.

[loki_of_sassgaard]

How? I can't search by prompt on any of the AO3 memes I visit. It always just takes me to the fills.

[st_aurafina]

The letters are at fandom_stocking - there are no prompts at the Archive. People put their requests in a letter, you can search fandoms by tags. Still going to suggest an alphabetical list for next year, I think.

[loki_of_sassgaard]

Oh, no. Not that. I was saying that AO3 has a great system for hosting that, if the tags worked properly. Which they don't. But it would make the letters about 800% easier to search of on AO3.