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I can't really fault a choice of Silverymoon, but it's almost too idyllic - not in a pastoral Hobbiton way, but closer to Rivendell. Only more multicultural.
For me, I love the idea of Sigil from Planescape, but I can't say with any certainty that I would really want to live there.
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NH, just to be clear, we don't have the Naked Rules turned on in this thread, do we?
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NH, just to be clear, we don't have the Naked Rules turned on in this thread, do we?
You're only naked if you wanna be.
...except CY, who would be naked all the time. And lisamarlene, who is welcome to be naked any time.
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That's good, because nobody really wants to see me in all the glory.
I thought dragons were proud of their scales!
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I can't really fault a choice of Silverymoon, but it's almost too idyllic - not in a pastoral Hobbiton way, but closer to Rivendell. Only more multicultural.
For me, I love the idea of Sigil from Planescape, but I can't say with any certainty that I would really want to live there.
The fun thing, though, is that Silverymoon may be idyllic, but the surrounding area is not. Want a safe, happy, multicultural life with many amenities? Silverymoon. You want life threatening danger and ancient treasures and unexplored ruins and forgotten magic? Five minutes outside of the city in most any direction you hate not a safe road. Want to travel? Safe road.
My hesitations with living there is the ever-possibility of Pun-pun (who uses FR-specific rules, and, though editions have changed, his ability to have been retroactively true due to lore elements in-world means he might show up at any time; that said, he's only got a 44.444...% chance of being destructive, by alignment, so it's not as bad as it could be), the various villains, and and the inherent instability of FR. The books for living there include the possibility of Pun-pun (see above, also the possibility that I might become him), and the instability of FR, as well as all the things previously mentioned.
I'm also interested in Eberron for becoming the omnifiscer, and using my infinite bonuses to all checks to fix the worlds' problems ("Dear, Dreaming Dark, stop that! With love, me. P.S. also, all y'all embrace the path of light, and encourage a variant of the Spirits of the Past that embraces the Path of Life, and Silver Flame." And, "Dear Voice in the Flame and everyone evil in Thrane; stop that! Make everything good not evil. Love, me." and so on). I mean, I suppose I could hypothetically do so in FR, too, but it seems like the kind of thing that would cause it's own problems, there.
Then there's Blue Rose's world of Aldis, and that's just a cool place.
And then there's...
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If I had to pick forgotten realms, I'd go with Longsaddle.
No one f~@$s with the Harpell family.
Except the Harpell family.
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He was eccentric though, just in a get off my lawn sort of way.
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And let's not forget that Malchor Harpell is the only one that isn't eccentric.
I read that as Malachor Harpell the first time . . . . lol
Star Wars on the brain!!
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I thought dragons were proud of their scales!
Oh, I am, but everyone else would just go blind.
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Just one thing to say here...
PUDDLEJUMPER!
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To be fair Cap, the Harpell family is a sufficient enough threat to the Harpell family that they don't really need more foes, the tiny farm and upside down creek not withstanding :)
But that is what makes them FUN!
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NH: if you could cook literally anything that you've never had the opportunity for, just so I and my family could eat it, what would you cook for me, and why?
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NH: if you could cook literally anything that you've never had the opportunity for, just so I and my family could eat it,what would you cookfor me, and why?
So, in terms of the meat, I'm thinking a ray. Why? Because I've never cooked ray before, but on our honeymoon in Australia we had some seasoned with native plants and it was delicious.
The problem is the sauce: I'm envisioning something bright and colorful, such as julienned red, green, and yellow bell peppers. The problem is, the sauce should be fundamentally sweet-ish. Again, since it's something I haven't cooked with before, I'd work on a sweet pomello sauce, with a bit of soy sauce to give it a more Asian flavor. Probably mirin, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, a little cayenne, and some brown sugar to round it out. Easy enough, but terrible with bell peppers.
So probably a ray in a sweetened pomello sauce with dried cranberries or apricots, depending on how the sauce tasted. Since I can't do rice, potatoes, or bread, I'm thinking of a pureed taro concoction for the starch. In terms of vegetables, the world is alive with veggies I've never tried, so I'd try to find something akin to broccoli: Some crispness to offset the softness of the ray and the taro, some bitterness to offset the sweetness of the fish, and some color to brighten up the plate.
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MMMM~! I can't wait to force you to make that for m- er, I mean, sounds like that would be hypothetically delicious!
I've actually never had ray - never even considered it edible (and had to read more of your post before the context clued me in that you actually meant a "ray" creature). That's a cool thing!
Did you like Australia? Where did you go? What is one thing you liked there?
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Ray and skate are both delicious, clean, tender, light, flaky sweet tasting fish. I have cooked both before and love them.
Good call on mirin NH, sounds spot on to me.
Makes me feel a bit bad when I consider buying a TR fresh water sting ray as my newest pet.
"I must tell you something Mr. Ray, I have eaten your cousins, and found them delightful..."
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Well, chances are if you've eaten scallops that were (a) affordable and (b) too consistent in size, it was probably ray meat. Stamping out "scallops" of ray is one of the many, many fraudulent practices of the seafood industry.
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Well, chances are if you've eaten scallops that were (a) affordable and (b) too consistent in size, it was probably ray meat. Stamping out "scallops" of ray is one of the many, many fraudulent practices of the seafood industry.
The most hilarious part of this post is that my parents used to buy scallops that I actually liked; they didn't have any of the shellfishy flavor that makes most mollusks repugnant to me. This very likely explains it...
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Did you like Australia? Where did you go? What is one thing you liked there?
We loved Australia. We started off at the Ritz Carleton Sydney, which we could only afford because our travel agent somehow managed to get us three nights at $99 AU per night (at that time it was around $70 U.S.). Sydney was amazing in its similarity to San Francisco; they're not just sister cities; walking the streets of Sydney you feel very much like you're in San Francisco with the exceptions that:
- It's 10 degrees warmer- It's MUCH cleaner
- The cars drive on the left.
All that being said, though, my best memory of Sydney (remember - alcoholism = memory issues) was the HUGE bathroom at the Ritz. It was as big as the room I grew up in, all done in gray marble. An amazing place. And then Ryberry's, the aforementioned restaurant that used all-native plants and animals to create incredible meals. And you'd go to the restaurant, order your meals (ray as an appetizer, and kangaroo as a main course), then they'd tell you what to get at the bottle shop down the street and while they prepared your meal, you'd stroll down and buy your own wine. Absolutely charming!
We flew to Alice Springs, interesting to NobodysWife because her father had done some archaelogical work there in the 1970s. We climbed Ayer's Rock back when it was still legal to do so and learned two things:
- Most tourists in Australia are amazingly out of shape, and a simple stroll up a rock took them over an hour
- The rock is swarming with kangaroos
Not to be disrespectful, but for me it was just a pleasant walk up a nice rock with a good view; I've climbed bigger rocks in the Sierras. The view was different enough I'm not going to be insulting and say, "With better views." The view from Ayer's Rock was "neat".
My best memory of driving to Kakadu National Forest was tooling down the highway at 160 kph in the dead blackness, with not another car or even light in sight. The Great Outback really is "out". We stayed at a crocodile-shaped hotel (amusing, but not particularly good) and tried to go on a 10 km hike. The recommendation was to carry 1 L of water per person per km. I was not about to carry 20 L of water for what seemed like a simple day hike, but I quickly learned that the heat and humidity really rips the moisture out of you; we did indeed go through our 2.5 L of water within the first 2-3 km, and ended up having to turn back because we were out of water. Impressive! Best part of the hike: NobodysWife was trying to take a picture of me and nearly backed into a spider web: SIX FEET ACROSS, with a fist-sized spider in the middle of it. Just freaky cool.
The final leg of our trip was up to Darwin and on a boat trip to the Great Barrier Reef where we went snorkeling. Best memories:
- Using disposable underwater cameras to take some amazing shots
- The giant blue-lipped clams, 2-3 feet across
- Being one of only 3-4 people on the entire boat who didn't get seasick because of the ridiculously rough ride. So they ludicrously laid out a HUGE buffet, a few of us ate it, and they threw the rest to the waiting fish, who obviously knew about this practice because there were thousands.
So what was the "best" or "most enduring" memory? I think the dinner at Ryberry's.
AWESOME~! :D
That sounds pretty great!
Oh, and a belated happy honeymoon!
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Guys...Sambal stingray!
We do it all the time here!
If you're lazy just use a bit of salt and dump on a tablespoon of Taho Sambal Balachan.
Stuff it into the oven to bake about 20 min, then take it out.
Warning: Spicy!
Some people would squeeze a bit of lime on it, like the way Caucasians squeeze lemon on their fish and chips.
Alternatively chop it into cubes and fry it with ginger, fishgravy and cilantro. If you can take a little spiciness, add some fresh chillis. Otherwise you can give the chillis a pass.
But scallops and rays taste vastly different and their texture isn't the same either...
*scratches head*
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I should have known Lisa-Marlene would know of the fish industries secret shame 'bout scallops.
Skate and ray deserve better than to get passed off as scallops. Of course, no one tries to pass actual scallops as ray or skate.
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I wonder if that's why I liked those scallops! ... why don't people serve it, you know, as ray? That sounds like something I'd slap down money to eat...
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I don't care if they're ray, skates or scallops!
Gotta catcheat em' all!
Beernorg - I think I've figured why I can't get Fluffy and furry critters to come close to me. I believe they can sense I'm waiting for an opportunity to put them into the cooking pot =(
But seriously I wouldn't since most of the time I just want a picture... Not to mention it's against the law.
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LOL Mort!
You make their ketchup (as in served with) senses tingle so it seems.
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Broiled skate wing with lime and cilantro...well worth the 10 bucks, it served two nicely.
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Try Asian themed supermarkets. Unfortunately I've heard that the Asian fish in US isn't very fresh either.
Again that sambal or the ginger, cilantro and fish gravy recipe would work on snapper, sole as well. As long as the meat is firm enough to stir fry.
Beernorg - If I had any class levels it'd be in ranger. Not to mention I'm also multiclassed...
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To dredge back up the "fantasy city dwelling of choice" bit:
Make Mine Ravnica!
I enjoy the breadth of storyline options the M:TG city-plane permits, and the mechanical possibilities are pretty awesome, too. The influence of the ten guilds waxes and wanes from district to district, but there are myriad stories to be explored there.
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I recommend sole personally, if skate or ray is to hard too find...
Sole is also delicious. Grilled or broiled being my preference, though you could try poached, or of course as mentioned, stir fry!
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Oh, hey, merry Xmass and Happy New Year all you fine denizens of the Ask NH stuff thread!
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There are denizens? On my thread?
Shoo! Git! Away wit' yeh!
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RAID?!?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(cough, cough, gag)
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I am no mere denizen!
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A dweller then?
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A dweller in the cellar, maybe? That's still gotta be higher than a denizen, right?
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Hey, Nobody! Question!
For the New Years shindig, I'm bringing homemade pink heart marshmallows for our host's daughter, and I was going to make the Russian Tea Room Marzipan Potatoes for I. Major because he straight up asked me to at our last COCT game, but what kind of treat would I. Minor enjoy? A different type of non-pink marshmallow? Homemade chocolate frogs? (I got a mold for Christmas.) Cookies?
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Hey, Nobody! Question!
For the New Years shindig, I'm bringing homemade pink heart marshmallows for our host's daughter, and I was going to make the Russian Tea Room Marzipan Potatoes for I. Major because he straight up asked me to at our last COCT game, but what kind of treat would I. Minor enjoy? A different type of non-pink marshmallow? Homemade chocolate frogs? (I got a mold for Christmas.) Cookies?
You might want to talk to the Fake Russian, as his spouse has gestational diabetes so he out-and-out forbade Hi from bringing his traditional homemade caramels. That might just be his wife's fondness for Hi's caramels, though.
Impus Minor is a cookie fiend. Pretty much any cookies that do not include nuts nor raisins will make him ecstatic.
And as for what the Fake Russian forbids or does not forbid, I managed to find cupcake Chefwear, and I wanted to gift them to his wife for her maternity. He out-and-out forbade it. So I'll just wear 'em on Sunday and forget to bring 'em home. Problem solved!
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Impus Minor is a cookie fiend. Pretty much any cookies that do not include nuts nor raisins will make him ecstatic.
A youngling for my cookies!
Oh, wait, stop! Don't touch my cookies!
No! My cookies!
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You did *what* to *whose* chicken for how many cookies?
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If you turned Oompa-Loompas into dire honeybadgers, would they sing and dance about how much they don't care as they maul the PCs?
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Probably. Hopefully.
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Some questions regarding the COCT game on the sixth...
Shall I bring food,
and if so, which of these sounds most appealing:
Chicken pot pies
Pastitsio (Greek lasagna, contains bechamel sauce and nutmeg, which not everyone is into, but I like it)
Shepherd's Pie (with actual shepherd on top)
Jamaican curried meatloaf
(Yes, like the proper little Hobbit I am, I tend to make higher-fat food in the winter.)