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Strawberry Cinnamon Roll Bites
No-Bake Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
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I keep trying to get Murasaki to sign up for Tumblr to post her culinary creations, but she just says, "Tumblr is for artists and furries."
Well, making food is an art, is it not?
Anyhow, here's her pretty face and yesterday's dessert post from her Bluesky:
"Since my little sister didn't eat all the leftover whipped cream....
"I made strawberry compote (with a little lemon) to go over the top of mini angel food cakes with the whipped cream on top!
"A sort of angel food strawberry shortcake."
Lemon Curd and Bonus Strawberry Compote from nor bid the stars farewell by @tharkuun
(Part 1 of crepes) | Part 2
After my last post, I decided to break down any multi-part food mentions in a story to at least two posts, which is more time-efficient and also gives me a chance to talk about the recipes in detail. These are actually the toppings for the crepes in the story. The strawberry compote is not mentioned in the fic, but I added that because it's one of @tharkuun's favorites!
With Mother's Day today, I thought it would be a great idea to make the crepes for Mom and also as she has the patience of a saint when I tell her about Dreamling. It's hilarious how familiar she has become with all my favorite stories and authors, minus any NSFM elements (not safe for mom 😉). I told her I was making the lemon curd and strawberry compote the night before and she immediately said, "oh like you made the caramel for tiramisu for that other Dreamling story" 😂 (it was @valeriianz Scratch a little itch)!
Coming back to "nor bid the stars farewell", Hob and Morpheus make crepes in the epilogue, and have various toppings to go with the crepes, which I'll add in my next post. It's partially an academic AU but also beautifully deals with grief and loss.
"Bereavement leave. Such a small term for something so vast. There is a yawning pit inside him still, where Eleanor and Robyn will seemingly forever live." ...
"Part of Hob wishes to say that he would stay here forever, that he would lay at their side and melt into the earth, lay down in the green grass and remember when he loved them. But Hob still has much to live for, and Eleanor would not ever have begrudged him that." ...
"He will always like cars. Trapped in amber, sealed into his grave, Robyn will always love cars."
Hob and Eleanor's storyline is deeply personal to me, and these lines reminded me of something I wrote years ago:
"Like a firefly in the amber of my heart, forever frozen in time."
Aaahhh Ok. “Alright, Hobsie,” he says to himself. “You’re alright."
Now back to lemons. Here's a happy excerpt from the story.
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"Good. Good! I brought coffee, and I see you’re starting to make something or other.” Hob presses a to-go cup into Morpheus’s hands, and it is pleasantly warm. Smells wonderful."
[I meant to get two to-go cups of coffee but it's raining so hard today (a rare occasion), so I'm just going to stay inside and be cozy!]
“Crepes,” he says. “Though I confess I have not gotten far.”
“Alright, well, we have about an hour and forty-five until we have to go. You want a hand?”
“Yes – I shall make the batter.” Morpheus starts sifting flour into a mixing bowl set on a scale. “Perhaps start on the toppings?”
“What’ll it be today? Maybe…” Hob taps his fingers against his lips while he thinks, then: “Gruyere? And for sweet, I think we have some lemon curd and icing sugar.”
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I really like how these turned out, especially the lemon curd, which I made for the first time. I ground the freshly grated lemon zest with the sugar. After the rosemary sugar from my Dreamling cookies, this is my new favorite sugar!
As mentioned earlier, while the story didn't have strawberries, tharkuun likes crepes with strawberries and whipped cream, and so do Mom and I. So I added these and they look so pretty!
I can't wait to make the crepes and hopefully I'll have part 2 of the post up soon!
Homemade Strawberry Compote 🍓
Instant Pot Easy Strawberry Compote
Decorated strawberry compote hand pies