And I need warm socks prepared.
What exactly is a culinary ethnography?
Food is many things, to many people. What exactly that thing is, says a lot about that group of people as a whole. What we eat is a huge part of who we are, who we’ve been, and what we experience as we encounter the new. In my 90 years, I have done my best to experience first hand the many, many ways that each denizen of the Forgotten Realms decides to break bread.
This is by no means a rule book, as if I am some sort of dictator of what is, and isn’t proper for a member of a race to do in the kitchen. Rather, it is a collection of observances in regards to commonalities and trends among members of the same race. While my own experience is obviously limited, and there are plenty of individuals I have yet to dine with and learn about, I would like to offer up what I have learned so far.
-Adelbert Boffin, Halfling Culinarian
First things first, as a disclaimer of all Culinary Ethnography entries, let’s set some caveats. Who are Elves? Am I including Half-Elves? Drow? All those of Elven lineage? All those of Elven parentage back to the Fae themselves? While I would like to eventually include more varied looks at the similarities and differences between all of these groups, for the purposes of this analysis, I will be looking at those Elves that live in, or near the Faewild in particular. As always, this is a look at some of the major trends I have seen occur. It is not a rulebook that one must follow to be a “proper Elf” in the kitchen. Food is as much culture as it is history, geography, necessity, community, and personal freedom. With that out of the way, let’s give this culture a respectful look.
Living off the Land
To truly understand the cuisine of the Elves, it is important to first understand where their sustenance is derived from. While this maxim is true of all races, it holds even greater weight with Elves. Food culture is derived from the culmination of necessity and environment and the environment that most Elves live in is one of true bounty, allowing for a more “particular” palate. After all, it is much easier to only eat things that taste good, when starvation is not on the line. Not many races can claim the same abundance, leading to a rather unique culinary culture.
The first subject of note is that Elves do not take part in animal husbandry. From Dwarves, to Humans, to Orcs, you can see some sort of animal that is a mainstay in their diet in some form or another. As always, this is co
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Previously on Leveling up the World…
A cloud of whispers always surrounded Dallion wherever he went. News about him being an empath had spread among the items of the village, and like anywhere else, there were guardians who wanted to talk. It didn’t help that Dallion had increased his empathy to nine. As much as he felt for them, though, Dallion kept on walking, barely responding with a single word. That was the problem with inhabited areas—he still was getting used consciously blocking the noise. Sometimes it just happened without him even thinking about it. Others, he couldn’t manage no matter how much he concentrated.
There were no guards in front of the mansion, unlike in the past. However, Dallion felt the emotions of someone else.
“You saved our lives back there,” Veil said, coming into view. “That still doesn’t make you welcome here.” He wasn’t joking.
“I came anyway,” Dallion said.
“Gloria said you would. I hoped you’d have more common sense.”
“I’m not here to fight, Veil.” Not that there was any issue. Given that both of the Luors had refused to go beyond the second trial, Dallion would have no problem defeating them. “I came here to help.”
Veil looked Dallion straight in the eyes. The Luor’s platinum blond hair shimmered slightly in the sunlight, almost making it seem he was an otherworlder as well. Emotions conflicted within him, emitting faint sounds that Dallion could pick up. After several seconds, the emotion of acceptance gained the upper hand.
“I’m just here to talk to her,” Dallion decided he needed to give Veil a slight push. “And you.”
“Let’s see if she wants to.”
The current village chief turned around and walked into the inner garden. There was a time when this structure had seemed beyond magnificent to Dallion. Back then, it was the epitome of wealth, worth more than everything else in the village combined. Now it didn’t even look like a place a Nerosal minor noble would use for a home.
“I heard you left the guild,” Veil said as he led Dallion t
... keep reading on reddit ➡I have been looking for a list of things that Civilians are saying in the background in AC Odyssey and have been unsuccessful so far. I'm not Greek but I can speak Modern Greek and I know a bit of Ancient Greek too. As far as I can tell, people are speaking in Ancient and Koine Greek sentences read in Modern Greek pronunciation (not Erasmian reconstruction and all that), but it doesn't look like there are too many anachronisms.
Anyway, here's a list of things I keep hearing (please comment with any corrections, I might have misunderstood some sayings) and what I think they mean.
These are the most common when I play, I hear them so many times I could easily write them down. Civilians say many more things, some seem like fragments from essays or plays, but they talk too fast for me to understand. Near the temples people also say hymns to the gods, but again, they're too long.
MAJOR UPDATE: Since people were happy of getting to know what the civilians were saying, I made a couple of videos just walking around a couple of towns and a camp listening what people were saying to each other and I some longer texts, notably I could identify most of the hymns they chant by the temples and altars. There are so many now that I put them into categories. Anyway here they are. If there are errors or mispellings or if you have any suggestions please comment.
- Common chatter
τί τοῦτο ποιεῖς; ti tùto piìs? Why are you doing this?
τί εἰς τὸ κόρακα παιδεύεις; ti is to kòraka pedèvis? What the hell are you doing?
πάψε pàpse Shut it!
ἀπίστευτον apìstefton Incredible!
ἐόρακα σὲ eòraka se I've seen you!
τίνος εἰσί; tìnos isì? Who's your family? (literally, whose are you?)
ἀδύνατον ἐστί adìnaton estì It's impossible
ἀλλόκοτον τὰ μάλα alòkoton ta màla That's super weird! (is this a Konstantinou kai Elenis Easter Egg??)
ἐνοχλεῖς μοι τὰ μάλα enohlìs mi ta màla You’re making me super angry (ok, if the previous one wasn’t, this one needs to be!)
τί ἐστι τοῦτο; / τί ἦτο τοῦτο; tì esti tùto? / tì ìto tùto? What's that? / What was that?
ἔ! τί γίγνεται; e! tì yìgnete? Hey! What's going on?
τί συνέβη μόλις; tì sinèvi mòlis? What has just happened?
ἀνυπόφορον ἐστίν ὁρᾶν anipòforon estìn oràn It's unbearable to watch
διὰ τί οὐ δύναμαι κινεῖν, ἔφριξα dià tì u dìname kinìn, èfrixa Why can't I move? I freaked out!
οὐκ ἔγνω τί δεῖ πρᾶττειν uk ègno tì di pràtin I don't know wha
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0-1-0 will pop purple bloons when the grapes hit, but once the grapes are on fire it will no longer pop purples on impact, and even though i agree with fire not popping purples, the initial hit should.
I am going to do it. I have made up my mind. These are the first few words of the new… the best … the Longest Text In The Entire History Of The Known Universe! This Has To Have Over 35,000 words the beat the current world record set by that person who made that flaming chicken handbooky thingy. I might just be saying random things the whole time I type in this so you might get confused a lot. I just discovered something terrible. autocorrect is on!! no!!! this has to be crazy, so I will have to break all the English language rules and the basic knowledge of the average human being. I am not an average human being, however I am special. no no no, not THAT kind of special ;). Why do people send that wink face! it always gives me nightmares! it can make a completely normal sentence creepy. imagine you are going to a friend’s house, so you text this: [ see you soon ] seems normal, right? But what is you add the word semi to that colon? (Is that right? or is it the other way around) what is you add a lorry to that briquettes? (Semi-truck to that coal-on) anyway, back to the point: [ see you soon ]THAT IS JUST SO CREEPY! is that really your friend, or is it a creepy stalker watching your every move? Or even worse, is it your friend who is a creepy stalker? maybe you thought it was your friend, but it was actually your fri end (let me explain: you are happily in McDonalds, getting fat while eating yummy food and some random dude walks up and blots out the sun (he looks like a regular here) you can’t see anything else than him, so you can’t try to avoid eye contact. he finishes eating his cheeseburger (more like horseburgher(I learned that word from the merchant of Venice(which is a good play(if you can understand it(I can cause I got a special book with all the words in readable English written on the side of the page(which is kinda funny because Shakespeare was supposed to be a good poet but no-one can understand him(and he’s racist in act 2 scene1 of the play too))))))) and sits down beside you , like you are old pals (you’ve never met him before but he looks like he could be in some weird cult) he clears his throat and asks you a very personal question. “can i have some French fries?” (I don’t know why there called French fries when I’ve never seen a French person eat fries! all they eat it is stuff like baguettes and crêpes and rats named ratty-two-ee which is a really fun game on the PlayStation 2) And you think {bubbly cloud thinking bubble} “Hahaha
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Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
In the time that Mario & Luigi have fallen, M&L fans have being missing the game series.... After 5 games and 2 remakes.... The series, has died... And it made me wonder, what if they made a new Mario and Luigi game? And so, i made an idea, that took so freaking long. And became something super big and expanded.
(KEEP IN MIND: THIS IS NOT A FANGAME, JUST AN IDEA)
Meet.....
Mario and Luigi: The Program Crisis!!
(LISTEN FRIEND, I KNOW I SUCK AT DRAWING, im just trying to give you a picture of what some things would look like in the game, just imagine if it weren't drawn in ms paint, and didnt look like crap)
Anyways this game is a Sci-Fi themed game. And game about the dangers of capitalism. Yes seriously.
Anyways lets start about some of the basics.
Obviously, this game would be on Switch, it would have graphics the style of Dream Team or Paper Jam, but with shiny HD graphics! B)
The Music, oh the music, since the game takes a Sci-Fi theme, the music would take a more Orchestral + Chiptune style, yes! The game would have alot of Chiptune, to fit the Sci-Fi theme.
So lets Start!
PROLOUGE
The Game Starts, in the City named, Shimmer City, the people who inhabit it, are a advanced human society. Named the "Shimmerins." The Shimmerins are on a quest, to improve life for the planet, by making the whole planet high-tech, for the future, because... The Future... IS NOW! Anyways, they start making the whole world high-tech some places, they gave the Shimmerins permission, some.... Well they didnt. But, as the whole world became high-tech, the next place they mechanized, was the Mushroom Kingdom. Peach was actually ok with this, because she thought it could improve life...
Cut to months later, Flying Cars are everywhere, everything is powered by technology, Gears, Cogs, Binary and Code, all powers everything... The Future defently was here. But Princess Peach has grown suspicious of the Shimmerins.... After hearing a bit of a conversation, from a couple of Shimmerin people.
The conversation went like:
Person A: So the President is actually going to do that?
Person B: Yeah i think so...
Person A: Like EVERY Planet in the Galaxy?
Person B: Yep.
Person A: Isn't that a bit.... much?
Person B: Dunno, that what he says, and what he says, we do.
Person A: Goodness...
Peach: He
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What is this?: This is a bi-weekly feature designed to highlight the unknown/underappreciated groups and soloists working hard in the Kpop world that often fall under the radar. Please share your own information, favorite performance videos, fanmeet stories, or anything else relevant below!
In the last Roundup we got to know the talented new girl group TRI.BE. This week let's check out a new boy group with a rocking sound, let's get to know Blitzers!
Look at the first comment below for the winner of the 42nd album giveaway plus details on this roundup's album up for grabs! Also look the other comment below this to join in the Special Game to win your choice of a selection of super-special signed albums!
What is Nugu?: While in Korean it literally means 'Who' in the broader Kpop context it refers to groups that are generally unknown amongst the greater public. It doesn't have to mean they're extremely new, though it can, and there are of course varying degrees of 'unknown' which some groups having very strong niche fandoms and others being almost invisible. I take a fairly broad view and will include groups that may be known to some, but who don't have widespread name recognition.
Let's get on with the show...
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BLITZERS
Who are they?: A seven member boy group under WUZO Entertainment. Previously known as WUZU CIRCLE pre-debut, the name Blitzers is meant to imply that they will charge at the world like a blitz with their dance moves and music. Their fandom name is BLEE which stands for "Blitzers Glee".
Company: WUZO Entertainment is a new company with Blitzers as their only artists.
Members
- Jinhwa
- Position: Leader, Rapper, Dancer
- Real Name: Choi Jinhwa
- Age: 20 (IA)
- Facts: He competed in Produce X101. He lived on Jeju Island when he was in elementary school. He says that he saw over 20 other trainees be eliminated through the course of the development of the group, and always felt a bit of guilt when it happened. He says he has more of an affinity for dance than anything else. He's a fan of Kdramas and enjoys watching them when he has a chance to take a break. He is talented at playing basketball. His favorite food is hambur
Hello, everyone! This is one of the weirdest sites: or your money back! We have ZIM, neopets, music, and much, much, more. E-mail us for questions, comments, complaints and information. Why not click on the Very Weird Stuff link to see more, or click on the music link? We have halloween and christmas pictures on the NeoPics link. Cheese is not a wild thing!!!!!!!!! Now I have decided to go for a world record. I will try to make the longest web page ever, made completely out of text! Won't that be fun? I will just type, and type, and never, ever use copy and paste. Wow...I really must be bored. Just goes to show what boredom can do to you. Any way, that's it for now. Wait, no it isn't, I still have to keep going, and going, and going. Because I do. THE REST OF THE STUFF I TYPE WILL BE COMPLETLY IN CAPS JUST BECAUSE I CAN. THAT IS ALL. SEEYA! Hi, I'm back. So far this is nowhere near the world record. I think. I don't exactly know where it is...oh, well. I'll just have to do the very best that I can. No one is really coming here, anyway. So it doesn't matter. By the way, TAB is a worthwhile, community-service organization. The form link is to a 100% fake TAB registration form that you can fill out just for laughs. I can't believe I'm bothering to do this. I have very low expectations of my site. None ever comes here, I could do this all day long and I still wouldn't have any more hits. This is just a pointless excursive in spelling errors and grammatical imprecision. May your day be shiney! The following is an extremely weird poem-thingy that I wrote when I was in a relatively weird mood:
never mind that noise my dear can anyone pass the cheese only if you say pretty please oh, boy do I have to sneeze. why must everyone always rhyme, why I’m a poet and don’t I know it? what I fear comes right after here not this life or the next will I ever be able to pass the test? we’re stuck in here, (alone my dear) and we’ll problem never get out so don’t start to shout. it’s dark and I want to go home is where the heart was where is it now? we’ll never know but oh crap it’s starting to snow and it’s time to show and tell about the well that you found last summer at camp when it was damp it was near the ramp oh god why must this be I liked that tree but now it’s gone, farewell so long I’ll miss you as long as you write but then I’m afraid to say good-night. my dear there’s nothing to fear that’s only a box that’s made of blocks next to the wagon that looks like a drago
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
i need warm socks prepared.
