Acquisitions Bureau

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[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Theodore “Theo” Thaddeus Thatch III from Acquisitions Bureau is acespec!

[littlerunningmouse]

Hobbit Grandmothers

So Hobbits are generally known for being good hosts, right? Plus they’ve also got the whole “Second Breakfast” thing going on. If their grandmothers are anything like human grandmothers, they’re constantly “have you eaten? Are you hungry?”. Can you imagine how overwhelming it would be to be a human being doted on by a hobbit granny? Aragorn: No really, I’m fine, I usually skip breakfast- Hobbit Granny: THAT’S WHAT SECOND BREAKFAST IS FOR! (Shoves a buttered scone into his mouth) EAT! You’re too skinny!

[scarpology]

[bonerfart]

i hope so

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Source

[littlerunningmouse]

Pretty much, yeah.

[schizophrenicarchivist-remade-d]

When I was little my mom’s meatloaf was my favorite food. But ONLY her meatloaf. I didn’t like anyone else’s, and she told me that she would teach me how to make it when I was older. And when I was like 19? She finally taught me, but she told me never to tell anyone else and I was like weird but okay

Anyway, she was super fucking homophobic and abusive to me when I told her I was gay, so here’s the recipe

4-6 lbs of Hamburger/turkey burger

1 pk onion soup mix OR ranch mix

1 TBs ketchup

1 Tbs spicy brown mustard,

1 Tbs bbq sauce

1 Tbs steak sauce

1 egg

mix, shape into a loaf in a big pan, and bake at 350 for 2 hrs (maybe 2 and a half if you’re feeling dangerous)

You can get almost all of these ingredients at the dollar store, and have leftovers if it’s just you. The leftovers make great tacos if (taco seasoning is also like a dollar). Enjoy your revenge loaf

[comfynb]

here's a mashed potato recipe from my homophobic mother that i swore to never share that would pair perfectly!

(6 servings)

-2lbs red potatoes

-1 cup butter (2 sticks)

-1 cup cream cheese (1 pack)

-Chives (optional)

-Salt & Pepper to taste

1. drop those bad boys (potatoes) in a big ol pot. U don't even have to chop them just wash them

2. boil til soft!

3. Drain

4. Mash (usually they're small enough you can use a fork if u don't have one of those squashers) until its a pretty chunky mix

5. add the other stuff. Keep mashing

I like my mashed potato consistancy more lumpy but its all up to you!! Peel the potatoes or keep them on, it literally makes the creamiest fluffiest mashed potatoes which she always served with the nastiest fuckin meatloaf

[lovelyladylavie]

Now if anybody got some revenge rolls and revenge green bean casserole we'll get a full meal

[kreature-ofthenight]

Got room for desert? Cus my Grandma was just a generaly evil old hag who was abusive to my mum and my siblings also you guessed it since I came out I was not said hello to at christmas

She made pretty god Dampfnudeln (its like a sweet bread rool you eat hot and with vanilla sauce)

1. Put 300 gram flour into a bowl and make an indent in the middle

2.combine

20 gram yeast

1 tea sp. Brown sugar

3 tbsp milk 

mix until smooth

3.mix into part of the flour but leave a big flour rim on the outside

4.set 30 gram of Butter on the flour rim and cover everything with a towel

let sit till you see bubbles in the dough

5. add

 1/8 liter luke warm milk

30 gram Sugar

one pack of vanilla sugar

a pinch of salt

2 eggs 

and knead the dough until smooth

6. put

 1/8 luke warm milk

30 gram of Butter

1 pack of vanilla sugar 

into a heat resistant glass bowl and let melt (the glass bowl is quite important)

7. Form about 12 dough rolls and put them into the milk

8. Cover with a lid (any lid will go it does not need to be sealed air tight)

Let bake in the pre heated oven at 200°C for about 30 minutes or until they start to get brown and fluffy

9. Serve with vanilla sauce or fresh fruit

[clover11-10]

Behold the Fuck You buffet

[jeptwin]

I would love to see more of this actually. Just a cookbook called ‘The Fuck You Buffet: Secret Recipes of Kids Betrayed By Their Homophobic Parents’

[littlerunningmouse]

My Father refuses to believe that Ace people exist and insists I’m just an awkward girl who doesn’t know how to date. Anyway, have the recipe for the wonderful surprise cake I made for his birthday that he never tasted, or blew out the candles on, or even acknowledged. I’m never making him a cake again, but I’d gladly share cake with all of you!  Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake Ingredients For the Chocolate Batter: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup oil1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup milk 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons our 1/2 cup +2 tablespoons cocoa powder 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup boiling waterFor the Peanut Butter Batter:p 1/4 cup butter (room temperature) 3/4 cup peanut butter1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoons vanilla1 1/3 cups our 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk For the Peanut Butter Ganache: 8 oz peanut butter chips 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/3 cup peanut butter For the Chocolate Ganache: 4 oz milk chocolate chips 3 Tablespoons heavy cream Optional:6 regular sized reeses cups (chopped) Directions 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 2. Prepare a 9 inch bundt pan with nonstickspray and then sprinkle it with our. Set aside. For the chocolate batter: Cream together sugar and oil in a large bowl.Mix in egg, vanilla and milk. 3. In a separate bowl combine our, cocoa pow- der. baking powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients while stirring until combined. 4. Mix in your boiling water. For the peanut butter batter: Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugar in a large bowl. 5. Mix in egg and vanilla. 6. In a separate bowl combine our, bakingpowder and salt. 7. Mix in 1/3 of our mixture until mixed. Fol- lowed by 1/3 of milk. Alternate until everything is added. 8. Pour some of the chocolate batter into the prepared bundy pan. Pour peanut butter batter over the chocolate batter. Continue alternating until both batters are com- pletely used. 9. Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 10. Allow to cool before removing from pan. For the Peanut Butter Ganache: 1.Put peanut butter chips, heavy cream and peanut butter into a double boiler. Heat over medium low heat stirring often until creamy and smooth. 2. Pour over the cake. Allow to mostly harden before adding the chocolate ganache. For the Chocolate Ganache: 1. Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a double boil. Heat over medium low heat, stirring often until creamy. 2. Pour into a small ziplock bag and cut o asmall piece of one corner. Drizzle over the cake. Sprinkle with chopped up reeses cups if desired.

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Acquisitions Bureau Chapter 6 Page 15 by LittleRunningMouse on DeviantArt

Acquisitions Bureau Chapter 6 Page 15 by LittleRunningMouse

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Read the rest here: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/acquisitions-bureau-mandatory-invitation/list?title_no=177594 Critique welcome!

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Acquisitions Bureau Chapter 6 Page 9 by LittleRunningMouse

[systlin]

Here, a cheater course on caring for natural fibers!

1. Wool. Treat it like it has the delicate constitution of a Victorian lady and the conviction that baths are evil of a 17th century noble. (If I get in WATER my PORES will OPEN and I will CATCH ILL AND DIE.)

2. Cotton; easygoing. Will shrink a bit if washed and dried hot.

3. Silk; people think it’s like wool and has the constitution of a fashionably dying of consumption Victorian lady, but actually it’s quite tough. Can be washed in an ordinary washer, and either tumbled dry without heat or hung to dry.

4. Linen; it doesn’t give a shit. Beat the hell out of it. Historically was laundered by dousing it in lye and beating the shit out of it with wooden paddles, which only makes it look better. The masochist of the natural fiber world. Beat the fuck out of it linen doesn’t care. Considerably stronger than cotton. Linen sheet sets can last literal decades in more or less pristine shape because of that strength.The most likely natural fiber to own a ball gag.

[tamartia]

why are all my thrifted linen clothes dry-clean only ? is that fake ? is it a linen blend ?

[systlin]

That is a blatant lie. Throw that shit in the wash and iron it as hot as you can once it comes out and bam presto good as new.

[dancing-thru-clouds]

Also important fabric note: cotton, wool, and sufficiently thick silk can be torn, for a nice straight line. Linen cannot. Linen laughs at your puny mortal strength. You have to cut linen

[systlin]

Truth.

Your puny mortal hands will give out before the linen does.

[dancing-thru-clouds]

Hell, for a truly awesome finish on your linen, throw it into a pot of boiling water, stir it around vigorously, haul it out, wring EXTREMELY firmly once it’s cool enough to safely handle, hang dry, iron as hot as your iron will go while it’s still slightly damp. Your linen will thank you. Your hands might not

[systlin]

Truth.

This is why heirloom linens are a thing. Your great-grandmothers linens outlived her, your grandma, and with proper care will also outlive you.

[dancing-thru-clouds]

Also! If your linen is only lightly worn and you didn’t sweat much while wearing it? Just soak it down with water, wring it out, and hang it in the sun. It’ll take care of any weird smells on its own

[assessthatdress]

all this^^^ about linen YES it is a miracle fiber!

but… i really feel like wool gets an unfairly bad rep, especially since it is also very easy to sew with, and wool naturally inhibits the growth of mold, mildew and bacteria, i.e. the reasons fabrics tend to get (and stay) stinky. 

I dyed 2 pair of hand-knit 100% wool socks this week and the process consists of putting the socks in almost-but-not-quite boiling water, adding acid in addition to the harsh aniline dye and then keeping it in there for the better part of an hour. 

… which… sort of belies the ‘delicate Victorian lady constitution’ as outlined above. 

If you don’t understand wool it can absolutely be frustrating to work with, but like other natural fibers wool is quite forgiving if you know its nuances and preferences.

SO! behold this super cool image of different fibers under a microscope! 

See all those ‘scales’ on the animal hair fibers (image left)? when you expose that fiber structure to wet + heat the fiber swells and those scales extend out, then when you introduce agitation (see: ‘beat the hell out of it’ above) the scales on neighboring fibers catch and lock together - the fabric then shrinks and you get felt (if you’re doing it with non-woven fiber) or felted fabric (if you’re doing it with woven or knitted fabric).

Sometimes you want felting - felted fabric tends to be denser, warmer, and more waterproof.

but if you’ve just spent 40 hours hand knitting a pair of socks with intricate lace and cable detailing you really don’t want felting. So the key is just to remove one of the two main elements that lead to felting - hot water or agitation (and really agitation is the main culprit). 

Since wool naturally resists getting stinky, all you have do to is hand wash your wool garments periodically - immerse them in a sink or bath or bucket of cold water, add a little delicate detergent or shampoo (it’s formulated for hair, wool is hair, no special fancy laundry detergent needed!) and just kind of swish it around gently with your hands, then rinse and hang or lay flat (in the case of knitted garments) to dry. Now that I have a tub in my bath I usually wait till i have a pile of woolens that need cleaning and do a tub-full at a time. Easy peasy. 

[janey-jane]

also side note the ‘dry clean only’ tag is often a ‘cover our ass’ tag. I never dry clean anything but heavily tailored things like suits and winter coats. everything else can be hand washed tbh. 

[punsbulletsandpointythings]

One note with linen, cheap linen tends to be made of the remnants of higher quality linen; aka short strands spun into longer threads. This means it’s a bit weaker than other linen, so be careful putting it in a dryer too often, as it may eventually start weaken the fabric.

(I work in a fabric store that specializes in natural fiber and you can absolutely feel the difference between the short strand linen and the long strand linen)

[a-ginger-in-black]

The reason linen and silk tends to have the dry-clean-only tag isn’t the fiber.

Many expensive clothing items, such as the ones that you tend to be able to buy made of linen or silk, have stuff Done To Them as part of the design; this can be a bunch of things, but a decent general term is ‘sizing’.  If you wash the item in water, the sizing will come out.  It won’t damage the fiber, but the way the garment behaves may change - generally, it will be less stiff and not hold its shape as well.  So if you’ve got a store-bought garment made of silk or linen, you can totally wash it in water, but be prepared for it to change a bit.

None of this applies to things made from yardage; when you buy fabric to sew with, the first thing you do is wash and dry it, in the manner you’ll use to wash the resulting clothing (wool) or very very harshly (the other three).  That way it does all the shrinking it’s going to do before it’s sewn up, and there will be no unpleasant surprises the first time you try to put it on after it comes out of the laundry…

[princeofsparkles]

Saw this without the notes, so reblogging with one of the (many) helpful note chains. (If you go into the notes there’s actually a bunch of helpful ones. )

But also, yeah silk varies wildly by item in terms of how well it will wash.

[marzipanandminutiae]

silk can also get water stains/spots, depending on the type of silk fabric. and for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT iron any kind of velvet unless you know what you’re doing and take appropriate precautions to keep the pile (fibers that stick up and make it all velvety) from getting crushed

[feenyxblue]

Another note on wool: wool will felt itself if its washed in warm water or overagitated.

If you aren’t seeking to felt, wash cold, do not agitate. Lay flat to dry. *

*At least for knitted fabrics

[mademoisellesarcasme]

In my experience (and from word of mouth), silk gets the finicky reputation because sometimes it loses its lustre if washed harshly; I think the solution to restoring it is to wash it with vinegar?

[littlerunningmouse]

Acquisitions Bureau: Mandatory Invitation

In London, 1868, the upper and lower classes are divided quite literally, and the memory of the Automaton Catastrophe of 1865 haunts the public memory. None are more haunted however, than the inventors and their patrons who had, in their incessant desire for progress, nearly set their society back one hundred years. Now Inventing is banned, but that does not mean it no longer occurs. How best to profit from this new and emerging black market? You'll need the help of the Acquisitions Bureau.

In London, 1868, the upper and lower classes are divided quite literally, and the memory of the Automaton Catastrophe of 1865 haunts the public memory. None are more haunted however, than the inventors and their patrons who had, in their incessant desire for progress, nearly set their society back one hundred years. Now Inventing is banned, but that does not mean it no longer occurs. How best to profit from this new and emerging black market? You'll need the help of the Acquisitions Bureau. Reading this will make your day better. #Acquisitions Bureau: Mandatory Invitation #webcomic #WEBTOON

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Acquisitions Bureau: Mandatory Invitation

In London, 1868, the upper and lower classes are divided quite literally, and the memory of the Automaton Catastrophe of 1865 haunts the public memory. None are more haunted however, than the inventors and their patrons who had, in their incessant desire for progress, nearly set their society back one hundred years. Now Inventing is banned, but that does not mean it no longer occurs. How best to profit from this new and emerging black market? You'll need the help of the Acquisitions Bureau.

In London, 1868, the upper and lower classes are divided quite literally, and the memory of the Automaton Catastrophe of 1865 haunts the public memory. None are more haunted however, than the inventors and their patrons who had, in their incessant desire for progress, nearly set their society back one hundred years. Now Inventing is banned, but that does not mean it no longer occurs. How best to profit from this new and emerging black market? You'll need the help of the Acquisitions Bureau. Reading this will make your day better. #Acquisitions Bureau: Mandatory Invitation #webcomic #WEBTOON

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