this is liaaaannn's shitty alt account, i didnt get scammed or anything-- supposedly this has been happening more often anyway, i was automatically terminated and was given no email telling me why T-TT on that basis alone, i can get my account back tho! (yay!)
just in case, instead of telling a bot that you won't do their little scam, just block them T-T according to ari, i didnt send anything to her, so its unlikely my account was compromised! nobody logged into my account on a diff device either
edit: i also didnt click on anything, not even the images, so hopefully im fine/i dont think i was hacked
In case anyone’s worried and/or curious, lian’s not dead, but tumblr accidentally auto terminated her account or something. Shes’s trying to get it back, but in the meantime, her alt account is @theofeet!!!
luckily my account wasnt compromised or anything, and supposedly this has been happening more often anyway for some reason??? theres no reason I shouldn't get it back tho fortunately
In case anyone’s worried and/or curious, lian’s not dead, but tumblr accidentally auto terminated her account or something. Shes’s trying to get it back, but in the meantime, her alt account is @theofeet!!!
luckily my account wasnt compromised or anything, and supposedly this has been happening more often anyway for some reason??? theres no reason I shouldn't get it back tho fortunately
In case anyone’s worried and/or curious, lian’s not dead, but tumblr accidentally auto terminated her account or something. Shes’s trying to get it back, but in the meantime, her alt account is @theofeet!!!
luckily my account wasnt compromised or anything, and supposedly this has been happening more often anyway for some reason??? theres no reason I shouldn't get it back tho fortunately
hihi! im not actually done with this section since ive not gotten recipes down yet, but ive at least got all the technical stuff written out!!
table of contents
cooking
heating, firestones
curing
smoking
smoking candles, making a smoking candle
grinding
clay
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Cooking is a major part of life for fairies, especially bakers, personal cooks, and store owners who run restaurants. Unlike humans, magic is often used to prepare food.
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Firestones are intensely heated rocks that lie in hearths and cooking pits. Fire isn’t even used in fae territory due to how difficult it can be to tame, so fairies opt for these stones instead. Firestones activate when they’re dusted with a mix of pixie dust and doused in sunlight-cured water. Darker firestones can get hotter quicker, but are more susceptible to cracking, and lighter crystals ease into a deeper heat more gradually. Evenly marbled firestones have the benefits of being less prone to bursts and fractures, plus heating up quicker. The best firestones are frequently referred to as Cooker’s stones.
ꜰɪʀᴇꜱᴛᴏɴᴇꜱ
Firestones come in different hues, shapes, gradations, and sizes. They are cooled— or ‘doused’ with moonlight water, OR water that hasn’t been cured with sunlight. Sunlight-cured water is any source of water that’s been sun-warmed for an extended period of time for at least one full week. Salt, fresh— it doesn’t matter! When activated, they glow brightly and flicker when a cool, crisp breeze passes by. Smoother crystals are easier to control, but they’re definitely pricer; mermaids will tumble jagged firestones in water and sell them to fairies when they look smooth enough to sell.
LARGE/JAGGED
Larger jagged firestones are used for general heating in hearths. These pieces typically have a more exaggerated gradation starting from the base up to the tip of the crystal. It’s hard to finely control heat from these stones, and dousing them is equally as difficult when they’ve been warmed for a long period of time.
Rough, uneven firestone
MEDIUM/SMOOTH
Large or medium-sized firestones are used in large clay furnaces. The smoother surfaces allow the warmth to be circulated throughout the gem in a more even way, which allows the embedded sensory crystals inside the inner walls of the appliance— or the lid— to accurately sense the level of heat within the enclosed space.
Polished moderate firestone
SMALL/JAGGED
Small jagged crystals are cheap and great for quickly warming up leftovers. A very fine dusting of pixie dust should be used to activate these crystals, since they’re prone to heating way too quickly, causing them to potentially burst.
SMALL/SMOOTH
Cauldrons, teapots, and some beverages use small smooth firestones to heat liquid. Make sure these pebbles are sizable enough not to pass through spouts, are easily strainable, and generally won’t be consumed by the drinker!
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Certain flowers, vines, stems, and fruit need to be cured before achieving a specific taste or standard. Angel’s Trumpet, for example, is often used to create instruments— but they must be cured first to flush and kill the toxins in the flower. Sometimes, these ingredients may need to undergo multiple phases of curing to gain a certain taste, style, or type of usability.
DETOXIFICATION
Detoxification can be a bit different depending on the material of the item, but typically, it follows an overnight blanching process— this is where the item soaks in sun-cured water with ground ievoranth seeds overnight. In the morning, the object should be thoroughly rinsed and/or squeezed in fresh sun-cured water.
SUGAR CURE
Petals need to be blanched quickly to remove any unwanted waste, then sugar dissolved in mice milk fat must be brushed lightly onto the petals. Drown the petals gently in sugar, and wait anywhere from 12-24 hours for the petals to completely dry out.
HONEY CURE
Honey cures are pretty simple— just fully submerge the desired item in honey for a full day.
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Smoking gives fabric and dishes different scents and/or tastes. All you have to do is set the object and a smoking candle on a flat surface, then ‘light’ the candle with a shard of activated firestone. Note that this will not produce a flame, but it will cause the candle to smoke from the wick! Quickly press a hollow quartz dome over the candle and item, then wait for anywhere from 3 hrs-12 hrs. Please do not use regular candles for this! Other than cooking made smoking candles, pure wood can be used for this.
Tea leaves, cakes, flour, water, petals, and fabric can be smoked.
ꜱᴍᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇꜱ
Smoking candles are held to extremely high standards. To professionally sell them, or to sell any pastry/food item that has been fragranced by candles, you’ll need to obtain a certificate. If you make and sell smoking candles, you’ll need a Maker’s Permit. If you’re just using them, you’ll need to sign a Maker’s Permit’s Clause, which you’ll receive from candle makers.
To make them, you’ll need:
Beeswax
Fruit peels
Aromatic wood (like sandalwood)
Nutmeg or mace
Floral oils (ylang ylang is the most common)
Cotton wicks
ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ꜱᴍᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱᴇ
The beeswax used has to be extremely clean, so the beeswax is typically filtered and rendered many times before it’s used.
To render beeswax, you place it in water, and let the contents simmer until it melts. The impurities should float up to the surface. Strain the wax through cloth, and boil the mixture again and again until no pollutants are seen in the wax.
ꜰʟᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀᴀɢʀᴀɴᴄᴇ
Once the beeswax is clean, pour the desired amount of ground seasonings and oils in the mixture.
Note that ingredients that are more finely ground will be more apparent in the smoke of the candle!
ꜱʜᴀᴘᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ
Place a cotton wick into empty, clean eggshells, then pour the wax mixture in. Ensure the egg shell is in a little egg stand. Double wick smoking candles give out a stronger fragrance in a shorter amount of time.
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Grinding is a simple but essential part of fairy cooking. It’s especially used to process spices and make seasoning brews. A brown clay mortar and pestle are generally used across most kitchens to grind herbs and crystals, but different materials will grant you different flavors.
As a baker or a chef, it would be best to have mortar and pestles in made of every clay type! Caesor and seredies eru clay instruments are most commonly used amongst bakers, though, for their flavor profiles.
This is what a mortar and pestle looks like!
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ᴄᴀᴇꜱᴏʀ ᴄʟᴀʏ
Speckled purple-black clay, commonly known as caesor clay, gives crushed ingredients a slightly nuttier and sweeter taste. This flavor profile is similar to a sweetened coconut with a hint of toffee.
ꜱᴇʀᴇᴅɪᴇꜱ ᴇʀᴜ ᴄʟᴀʏ
Seredies eru clay is a clear, light blue that turns lilac when exposed to the sun. Mortar and pestles made out of this clay bring out a fresh mint and dark chocolate taste. Seredies eru is used a lot in winter.
ᴛᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴄʟᴀʏ
Talum clay is really smooth, soft, and the most delicate clay used for grinding utensils. It’s found in ponds, especially lotus-inhabited waters. Talum clay is black, and when used for cooking, it gives food a hint of black sesame and umami.
ᴅʏᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ʜɪɢʜʟᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴄʟᴀʏ
Dyorite highlands clay is found in higher-laying areas. It’s bright white, and the best samples are taken at cloud level— dyorite clay here has the strongest and richest flavors. The flavors found from this clay include bay leaves and tomatoes.
want to see more of our (this dr was made by me and @ reverieshifts!) fairy dr?
this is liaaaannn's shitty alt account, i didnt get scammed or anything-- supposedly this has been happening more often anyway, i was automatically terminated and was given no email telling me why T-TT on that basis alone, i can get my account back tho! (yay!)
just in case, instead of telling a bot that you won't do their little scam, just block them T-T according to ari, i didnt send anything to her, so its unlikely my account was compromised! nobody logged into my account on a diff device either
edit: i also didnt click on anything, not even the images, so hopefully im fine/i dont think i was hacked
