Food Crimes, Neopia Unit

Recipes and interpretations on foods from Neopets. He/Him * Neo: smalltowngnoll * Tired as hell

[smalltowngnoll]

Love the humor in the Drakara pancake given the plot development.

Not that I'd be doing pancake art, but I bet it'd be a chocolate cinnamon pancake to represent her dark and fire faerie backgrounds.

The eyes are definitely chocolate chips! It is a little thick for a pancake... I've always wanted to try a rice cooker pancake, though!

[greaser-wolf]

“What’s the matter? You haven’t touched your Ectoplasm Tea!”

[synthaphone]

Upper Deck has begun sharing preview images of the upcoming Curse of Maraqua expansion for the Neopets Battledome TCG, and one of the cards I illustrated was included- the Cofferling! I drew a bunch of petpets for this set; I can't wait to share more!!

[modartifice]

Letting the giant omelette from neopets choose what I'm having for breakfast today!

[smalltowngnoll]

Land Lubber

A fruity, yet potent drink that will soon have you singing sea shanties.

This small variation on an AMF is perfect for a hot afternoon in the sun!

Ingredients

1/2 oz gin (I used indigo for color)

1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz run

1/2 oz blanco tequila

1/2 oz blue Curacao

2 oz sweet and sour mix

Lime Jarritos, to top (sprite is used in the original)

Recipe

Shake the liquors and sweet and sour mix in a shaker with ice. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice.

Top with lime soda. Use a bar spoon to mix carefully.

Final Product

[smalltowngnoll]

Item: A Half-blank Notebook Rarity: ⏶ Common

What video game do you most regret not finishing?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

I never actually finished a single run of Baldur's Gate 3.

I have restarted many, many times, and I have gotten very far on each playthrough. I just hit a point of "oh, what if I played as *this* instead!" and rather than just changing classes, I start fresh.

[smalltowngnoll]

I want to create the Land Lubber, a gourmet food from the Golden Dubloon on Krawk Island.

Here's what I have to work with:

A fruity, yet potent drink that will soon have you singing sea shanties

Compared to an Adios Motherfucker, it's a shade darker. The AMF is essentially a long island with sweet and sour mix + blue Curacao. It would certainly hit the potent part of the description, but not the fruity part. I might replace the run with coconut rum, and substitute pineapple soda for the seltzer water. I worry the extra yellow will make the drink green ish.

[starbiology]

going to do a little series of these ^^! starting with an easy recipe

[smalltowngnoll]

Sorry for the lack of posts; I've been lurking everyday. Just can't find the energy lately. On the plus side, I bought MSG from the Asian Market. If my mom knew, she'd throw a fit! I have no reason to believe she's heard (or would believe) that old study saying MSG is horrible for you was debunked.

Anyways, I've made the best pad see ew and fried rice I've ever made.

[neonatty]

i got the random urge to start recreating food from neopets. this one actually would’ve been good if i had used a sugar cookie instead of a pizza crust. kiko approves

[smalltowngnoll]

Camouflage Poogle Fizzy Drink

What a wonderful combination of fizz and fruit!

Inspired by this wonderful post, this is a simple gin fizz, made purple by the combination of pea flower syrup, lemon juice, and indigo gin!

The negg in the picture is represented by the egg white in the cocktail!

To make my butterfly pea flower syrup, I did a 2:1 ratio of sugar and water. While the syrup cooks, I added a tea bag of pea flowers I got online.

Ingredients

2 oz indigo gin

3/4 oz pea flower syrup (could use simple syrup, won't be as purple)

3/4 oz lemon juice

1 egg white

Ice

Soda water to top (the more used, the more foam)

Strainer for your cocktail shaker

Recipe

In a shaker, add the gin, syrup, lemon juice, and egg white. Give it some good shakes.

Add ice, continue to shake it to cool it

Strain it into a coupe glass (or whatever. I don't have one either.)

Add soda water. It will fizz up the egg whites more, too.

Final Product

First time making an egg white cocktail! Not the last, either! It is SMOOTH!

[smalltowngnoll]

Jhudoras Cheesecake

Rich... decadent, and just a little bit sinister.

I made this recipe with fake cream cheese. It was good!

I followed King Arthur Baking's recipe, but switched out half of the milk for homemade blackberry syrup.

To do this, I added a cup of blackberries to a pot with a little water and part of the sugar, muddling the mixture until it boiled for a couple minutes then let it cool.

I used oat milk, so be aware the citrus content can make the dairy curdle, so have all your ingredients ready to go when you add your wets and drys to your beaten cream cheese.

Weirdly Sad Photo of the Final Product

I forgot to reserve syrup for the top it. It could not save this late-night photo anyways.

[smalltowngnoll]

Spinach and Feta Pie

Who knew spinach could taste so good?

Ever made phyllo dough from scratch? I did. Exactly once. Never again.

This is just spanakopita. Neopets has 3 different variations of this. I just so happened to make the classic for dinner tonight!

I literally just used Allrecipes. I did substitute the ricotta with oat milk and tempered the eggs with it to thicken it up.

Final Product

[smalltowngnoll]

Been too busy for recipes lately. I want to make the chocolate blackberry cheesecake but life has been busy and I have no energy after work.

For example, when we purchased a home (still can't believe it) last year, it had an ailing lemon tree I babied. Now I'm drowning in lemons. Here's one I picked yesterday:

[wallflowerglitter]

[smalltowngnoll]

That looks fun!

Honestly blackberry and dark chocolate is such a winning combination.

[smalltowngnoll]

Fail: Angelic Ice Lolly

The perfect reward for a well behaved Neopet.

I had been putting off this one. The ice lollies had been sitting in the freezer for a couple weeks, waiting for a dredge in white chocolate and coconut.

Results were...mixed. and then it all fell off on the first bite.a

I made what was essentially an ice cream batter.

3 c oat milk heated with 2/3 c of sugar. Slowly added to 6 egg yolks and some vanilla and salt. Cooled and then poured into the mold.

I have never owned a popsicle mold before, neither have I dipped ice cream in chocolate. I added some shortening which would make it runnier, and still firm up as it cooled. It slid right off.

I had to resort to mixing the white chocolate and coconut into a paste that I could apply on one side, freeze, then apply it to the back side.

Not as pretty, not as white, but it has the flavor profile I was looking for.

[smalltowngnoll]

Cake Batter Ice Lolly

All your favourite things about a cake inside an ice lolly!

Happy Super Happy Ice Fun Snow Shop Month!

This month will be a celebration of justifying the purchas a cheap silicone popsicle mold Terror Mountain's cold cuisine!

This first one isn't super out-there, but it is still delicious!

Ingredients

One box white cake mix

4 egg yolks

3 c milk/oat milk

1/2 c + sprinkles

Popsicle mold

Recipe

In a sauce pan, pour in half of your milk and the bag of cake mix. Mix well, then add the remaining half of milk.

In an unreactive bowl, whisk your egg yolks.

Heat the sauce pan on medium heat, whisking constantly. It will thicken and may cook on the bottom if you don't scrape the bottom.

Once hot, add a little bit of the mixture to the eggs while whisking the eggs constantly. Gradually add more of the milk mixture until half of the milk mix is added.

Return to the sauce pan and continue to heat until the mixture thickens a little more. Turn off heat.

Let it cool! Aid the cooling process by continuously whisking the mix. Take breaks as needed.

Add sprinkles just before putting it into the popsicle mold.

A funnel is handy here. Fill the mold, pop the mold in the freezer.

Final Product