Food Fest Meet and Greet

[ysabetwordsmith]

Lots of folks want to see more activity on Dreamwidth. Thematic meet and greet events offer a good opportunity for that. So I made one for this month's Food Fest theme. It gives people a place to meet folks with similar interests, and to squee about the current theme.

Here is the basic outline. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to the Food Fest.


Name: Whatever you wish to be known by.
Sex/Gender Identity: Share any descriptions you wish people to know about you, including pronouns.
Home Turf: Your country, state/province, ecoregion, or whatever else you wish to share.
Find Me At: Your other blogs, services, or venues.
My Favorite Restaurants: Local, chain, ethnic, whatever.
My Favorite Cuisines: To make, to eat out, or just to read about.
My Favorite Foods: Ingredients, dishes, recipes, etc.
Things I Can't or Won't Eat: Allergies, aversions, exasperations with the modern foodstream, etc.
Fun Food Quotes: Humorous sayings, advice or guidelines you like, etc.
Cookbooks I Recommend: Old or new, in any format.
Cooking or Food Shows I Recommend: Television, online, movies, etc.
Cooks I Admire: family legends, local or wider celebrities, authors, etc.
Online Food Resources I Recommend: Recipe archives, cookbook lists, places to buy exotic ingredients, etc.
Favorite Food Blogs or Communities: Anything on Dreamwidth, or other venues, relating to the above topics.
About My Blog: A general description of your blog metaphor, what your blog contains, common formats / media, activity level, typical rating level, featured fandom(s) or original work, etc.
What I Create: Anything you make that relates to the Food Fest theme or above topics; fandoms, formats, recurring motifs, and so forth. Do you write and share your own recipes, garden and post photos, link recipes that you described in your fiction, or what? Do you use recipes, measurements, and/or intuition?
What I'm Looking For: Things you would like to get from this activity; readers, comments, recommendations of fandoms or fanworks, new friends, cooking conversation pals, wider representation of something, etc.

<strong>Name:</strong> Whatever you wish to be known by.<br /><strong>Sex/Gender Identity:</strong> Share any descriptions you wish people to know about you, including pronouns.<br /><strong>Home Turf:</strong> Your country, state/province, ecoregion, or whatever else you wish to share.<br /><strong>Find Me At:</strong> Your other blogs, services, or venues.<br /><strong>My Favorite Restaurants:</strong> Local, chain, ethnic, whatever.<br /><strong>My Favorite Cuisines:</strong> To make, to eat out, or just to read about.<br /><strong>My Favorite Foods:</strong> Ingredients, dishes, recipes, etc.<br /><strong>Things I Can't or Won't Eat:</strong> Allergies, aversions, exasperations with the modern foodstream, etc.<br /><strong>Fun Food Quotes:</strong> Humorous sayings, advice or guidelines you like, etc.<br /><strong>Cookbooks I Recommend:</strong> Old or new, in any format.<br /><strong>Cooking or Food Shows I Recommend:</strong> Television, online, movies, etc.<br /><strong>Cooks I Admire:</strong> family legends, local or wider celebrities, authors, etc.<br /><strong>Online Food Resources I Recommend:</strong> Recipe archives, cookbook lists, places to buy exotic ingredients, etc.<br /><strong>Favorite Food Blogs or Communities:</strong> Anything on Dreamwidth, or other venues, relating to the above topics.<br /><strong>About My Blog:</strong> A general description of your blog metaphor, what your blog contains, common formats / media, activity level, typical rating level, featured fandom(s) or original work, etc.<br /><strong>What I Create:</strong> Anything you make that relates to the Food Fest theme or above topics; fandoms, formats, recurring motifs, and so forth. Do you write and share your own recipes, garden and post photos, link recipes that you described in your fiction, or what? Do you use recipes, measurements, and/or intuition?<br /><strong>What I'm Looking For:</strong> Things you would like to get from this activity; readers, comments, recommendations of fandoms or fanworks, new friends, cooking conversation pals, wider representation of something, etc.


Feel free to copy this Meet and Greet into your blog as well as filling it out here.

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Since I'm going to & write this month food bingo(Wish me luck!), I thought I'd answer the survey.<<

Go you! I have several fills already, some of them with actual food.

>> Didi's older brother Bernd is the ultimate picky-eater who prefers to eat "white food." Think chicken breasts, mashed potatoes, rice, Weisswurst, white chocolate, marshmallows, etc.<<

That sounds like it would be very hard to get enough nutrients, many of which are colorful. :/

>> My Favorite Foods: Curry, <<

We have been enjoying The Indian Instant Pot Cookbook.

>>Things I Can't or Won't Eat: I have a lot of food allergies & sensitivities.<<

Yeah, there are some foods I can't eat or have to be careful with. The main problem is bad reactions to artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives. I avoid additives as much as possible.

>> I also find fatty meat, gristle, and veins in my meat gross. I find prime rib nasty, but I LOVE filet Mignon.<<

I recommend venison. It is almost pure protein. Bison and lamb are lean protein. See also:
https://www.trifectanutrition.com/blog/high-protein-foods-to-help-you-hit-your-macros

>> What I'm Looking For: A new recipe or two? <<

Yesterday we made Onion Masala (which I would consider more of a chutney since it's wet) and Punjabi Rajma from The Indian Instant Pot Cookbook. I linked a number of similar recipes from online sources.

>> Mostly I'm looking to have fun writing! :D <<

If you're describing food, I suggest linking recipes. I started doing that because readers invariably pestered me for recipes. The most common comment I get on food poems/stories is some form of "Now I'm hungry." :D After a few "Now I'm hungry, and I can't get that here! WAH!" comments, I started to put warnings on the seriously food-focused entries that have lots of recipes and/or detailed descriptions of delicious things that are hard to make or find. I've even had a couple folks recommend things to friends because they found those warnings amusing.

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Re: Thoughts

[kiramaru7]

Awesomeness!!

Yeah, which is why he isn't very tall & is rather skinny. XD

I don't have an instant pot. XD But I do have jars of tikka masala sauce! ;D

I'm lucky, I don't have issues with additives, mine are with food I should be eating, like certain fruits, shellfish, tree nuts... Pretty much, you name it, chances are I'm allergic to it. XD

I LOVE venison! :D I'm not crazy about lamb as I find it very fatty. I'll have to check out that link!

Sounds yummy! Oooh!! I need to try that Rajma recipe!!

Yeah? Actually, no one to my knowledge has read what I've I written in our BTPB'verse, except my friend Kat (we read over each other's ficcage). Most of the time food is mentioned in passing anyways.