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Recipe for Revenge

Submitted to Contest #270

Recipe for RevengeIngredients:1 overworked peasant (ambitious, sarcastic, and with a healthy amount of spite)1 pompous knight (Ser Jamie, whose ego is bigger than his brain)A dash of castle life (featuring endless chores and entitled nobles)1 grand dining hall (long table, lords, ladies, knights, and the lord of the castle)A sprinkle of pettiness (to taste)1 cold dish (preferably tasteless and devoid of salt)1 final punchline (best delivered with a grin)Instructions:Step One: Introduce Your PeasantStart with a humble peasant named Harold, a ...

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How To Kill A God

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How To Kill A GodA Step By Step Instruction.Preface: One must recognize what kind of god ones god is, for this guide is only for specific gods, see alternatively “How To Kill A Water God” or “How To Kill A Young God”. If ones God fits into these criteria : ancient - has children - punishes sinners - jealous. Then ones God can be killed with the next steps. Ingredients:One single jar of flames of a dying star.Two scales from the first fish who walked the lands.Tears, just a tablespoon, from the first born child of ones God(alternatively secon...

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A Recipe for Anarchy: A Recluses’ Guide to Sewing Discontent

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In my time as a practitioner of dark magic, roughly two hundred years give or take, I have come to several conclusions. The first is that I decidedly do not like people. I have been chased from village to Village by people who view my practices as profane and perverse to the natural order of things. It’s beyond fine to stand in a town square and chant in a dead language for some puffed up god of spring or some other twaddle, but spirits forbid that a young boy should peer through my window and catch me painting sigils with deer blood to prot...

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The perfect woman

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Perfect is not easy. Everyone wants perfection, but very few are ready to achieve it. Based on the number of requests received, sent to the universe, and accepted by this greater power, let us show you—in a few steps—how it is done.Note to those who dare to attempt this recipe: do not rush. This is a complicated technique; any attempt to shorten the process might lead to undesired results.Don't do this just because others did. There is no point. This decision is too important to be based on fashion, trends, or anyone else's expectations. You...

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Resurrection, Romance and Red Dragon Testicles

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“Welcome to Summoning for Advance Summoners Volume 3”The kid holding me looked around in a panic, “Who said that?”“I did.”He continued to look around, “Who is talking?”“I’m the book you opened.”The kid walked over, picked the book up, and looked at it curiously.“You can talk?” he asked skeptically.“I can,” I answered. I had no eyes, but I had a mana sensory gland, which enabled me to see, hear, and smell everything within twenty feet of my location. So, I was more than capable of seeing the panic on the kids face when I spoke to him. “Oh wel...

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Your Daughter's Favorite Birthday Cake

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(CONTENT WARNING: DEATH OF A CHILD) For the cake:1 1/3 cups unbleached flour1 ¼ cups sugar1 ½ teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda½ cup dutch-processed cocoa powder½ teaspoon salt½ cup buttermilk½ cup vegetable oil2 teaspoons vanilla extract2 eggs1 cup decaf coffee, hot For the frosting:2 sticks unsalted butter, softened8 ounces cream cheese6 cups confectioners sugar½ cup dutch-processed cocoa powder½ cup decaf coffee, coldPinch of salt When your daughter asks for “the best cake ever” again, and even when she doesn’t ask for it—when...

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Fishing for Something Nordic

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Following is Soan Papdi, a.k.a. a Recipe Designed to Catch the Heart of My New Neighbor, Jergen, Who’s Just Moved Here From Finland and Said He’d Love to Try a Regional Indian Dessert of the Sort That I Grew Up Eating.Here’s the background: Jergen showed up last week at the otherwise-boring-the-ugly-sweater-off-me apartment complex’s holiday party. I’m glad, because he lives on the other side of the complex from me, and I’ve seen him coming and going. He’s a cloud-scrapingly tall blond glass of Alpine goat’s milk with a thick accent that mak...

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Caregivers Pie

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This is a very new recipe for me. I have not put it to the test until now! Let’s look at why I chose to make this pie. Being a caregiver can be a struggle on a daily basis. I needed soothing ingredients to formulate the way I handle what is “dished” out towards me when caring for my loved one. Baking is a stress reliever for me, and I realized that creating this recipe is much like my weekly routine as a caregiver. I have found this to be a delicious dessert and hope you all do as well.Caregivers PieTake a minute and close your eyes. Savor t...

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The Poets

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My mother used to tell me there were steps for falling in love. It was her favourite story to tell me – probably because she wanted me to be able to believe that love truly existed, even after the man I was supposed to call dad up and left in the middle of the night. She wanted me to believe that out in the world, somewhere, someone would be the one for me. That magic truly existed. Every Friday night, after she got home from her part-time job at the pub downtown, her second job, she would come into my room after the babysitter left, and sh...

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Sacred Ritual

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Saturday! My favorite day of the week! And that means that today I can do the Sacred Ritual. Yes, that's right, with capital letters. For this, some of the preparations must be done in the evening. So, let's begin.In the evening, we need to put a jug of purified water in the fridge, because the water must be cold. Also in the evening, we pour cream into a cup - there are no options, we need to take cream. We also put the cup in the fridge. Overnight, a film of foam will settle on the surface, and this is what we need. Slightly yellow, soft, ...

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Bake It Till You Make it

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“Step 1. Today, we’re baking the perfect sponge cake! Line your tray with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 180 degrees,” your cooking class instructor announces.You find her chirpiness unsettling. She, a snow-haired woman, resembles the fairy godmother from the Cinderella storybook. Did she introduce herself? Perhaps she did, and you didn’t catch it because the thoughts in your head are noisy, bordering on cacophonic. You do not know what to call the instructor, and so, you name her Nani, meaning grandmother in your native tongue. 'N...

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A PERFECT BOWL OF BIBIMBAP OR (K)SHIT(IJA’S) GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

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According to Kshitija's note, one can find comfort in the most unexpected places or experience the best taste of a bowl of bibimbap when they need to escape reality. Escaping reality is the best way to stay happy. The further you are away from the reality, the happier you become. Recipe Preparation time: 1 hour 45 minutes.Cooking time: 3 minutes, 32 seconds.Serves 1 in dire need of comfort. Ingredients1 Newly opened, crowded Korean restaurant with noisy people.1 corner table with seven friends loudly discussing maths (trigonometric equation)...

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Jon's Cooking Class Surprise

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Out of the kindness of her heart, retired Master Chef Rose Bowl currently teaches a Friday evening cooking class sponsored by our own Carson City Adult School. Rose studied pastry making under the tutelage of the now famous and renowned French Chef Julia Child. I was recently invited to audit the class last weekend and I would like to share my experience here in what follows. In preparation for the drive over to the campus, after a quick review of the evening weather forecast, I decided to make sure my umbrella was close at hand. Of course, ...

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50 CARROT CAKES

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     Judith Jones-Ambrosinijonesmagee@optonline.netFrom Truths, Travels & Fiction story collection50 CARROT CAKESIt was rich and fabulously delicious.  It was mysterious. It was the dessert my friend brought to a dinner party at my tiny Greenwich Village apartment in 1975.  At that time cheese cake was all the rage. But THIS was a carrot cake. These words had not yet whisked their way into a baker’s lexicon. I asked my dear friend what was in this so called ‘carrot cake” She replied … Oh, carr...

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Deviled Eggs

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1.    Boil water. 2.    Once the water reaches a boil, gently put in your eggs. 3.    Gently.4.    Be gentle. 5.    Even though you want to throw the eggs against the wall, be gentle. 6.    Let the water boil for 10 minutes. 7.    Even though they say not to, watch the water boil. 8.    It will help. 9.    It will help soothe your heart. 10. The bubbles and th...

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