MsBarrows' Maunderings

Single Serving Baked Apple

• 1 apple, preferably a variety meant for use in pies and baking, like MacIntosh - a round apple is a better choice than one with a small bottom
• brown sugar (though white sugar, maple syrup, honey, or other sweetener of choice may be used)
• spices - usually I use cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
• pat of butter
• 1 tablespoon of water

Begin by coring the apple. In the illustrations I’m using a Royal Gala apple and coring it with a melon baller. Not a great choice of apple, as the bottom is too pointed and it kept falling on its side while cooking. Also it’s fairly tough skinned. Note that peeling a small distance around the hole will make eating the finished apple easier, a step I skipped this time.

Because the melon baller makes such a large hole in removing the core, I stuffed the apple with some oatmeal and raisins. Other things that can be used include other dried or fresh fruit (peaches, apricots, cherries, cranberries, banana, etc.) or even nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.). When I was younger and had a really sweet tooth (and usually a much smaller coring hole) I’d have stuffed it entirely with brown sugar. Optionally you can also put a little lemon juice or rum inside the apple for more flavour.

Spices (a pinch of each - large pinch of the cinnamon) were sprinkled in over the stuffing, then the top of the hole filled with a little brown sugar and a pat of butter. The tablespoon of water goes into the bowl.

Microwave on high, 5-10 minutes (until soft). Let cool slightly. If you like you can pour a little cream into it, or have it with ice cream.

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cypheroftyr asked: Fenris and Sebastian ;)

Fenris:

Not My Type | Alright | Cute | Adorable | Hot | Sexy | LORD MERCY

Sebastian:

Not My Type | Alright | Cute | Adorable | Hot | Sexy | LORD MERCY

cypheroftyr asked: Loghain or Morrigan ;)

Loghain! I like Morrigan, but I don’t think we’d be each other’s type at all.

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A birthday present for cypheroftyr. This was intended to be fluffy PWP and veered off into strange territory instead.

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It was, of course, all Isabela’s fault.

She could make anything sound like a good idea, at least briefly, and especially when one was in one’s cups, which Fenris often was. Though give her this; she’d at least given him an opportunity to change his mind after sobering up, rather than recklessly going ahead with it right then. He supposed even she knew there were lines she should not cross. And besides, she’d have needed to talk the apostate into it as well. Which can’t, in any case, have been easy, the mage’s dislike of Fenris being almost as strong as Fenris’ dislike of him.

But they both liked Isabela. And had both been sleeping with her, at least occasionally – though separately – until now . And the wench wheedled well.

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cypheroftyr asked: Sebastian or Fenris!

Mmmm… both? Both is good…

Damned hard choice, actually, I like them both very much for different reasons. I think I’d have to say Fenris, though I can’t really pin down any reason for it that doesn’t apply to Sebastian almost equally well.

Like I think they’d both be entertaining to talk with. And I’d love listening to both their voices. I like how both of them are searching for who and what they really are. I think in the end the tie-breaker is that I’m not a religious person and on that basis I’d likely find Fenris slightly more compatible as a friend/companion than Sebastian.

cypheroftyr asked: ALL the level building today? We missed you online

Whoops, forgot that I’d shut Skype down last night while leavign disk defrag running, and never turned it back on today.

cypheroftyr asked: Fenris/Anders (or Fenris/Sebastian, your choice) body swap.

I have to admit the idea of a Fenris/Sebastian body swap intrigues me the most. Taking a privileged priest and making him a despised and near-destitute elf squatter, and the elf with only surface knowledge of the chantry suddenly having to stand in for the priest, especially if things like communion are one of the rites of the chantry… delicious!

If there’s an UST situation going on between the two of them, there’s always the question of how they would feel about being inside the other person’s body and what they’d feel they could or couldn’t do. I can imagine Sebastian feeling torn between maintaining his vows and feeling like they don’t apply in this situation, and trying to do things like bathe and dress and undress without looking at himself, and yet wanting to touch and explore. To see where all the lines ran and what it felt like when they were touched. And Fenris, not wanting to do anything inappropriate with his friend’s body, and yet wanting to finally satisfy his own curiosity about the body hidden away under the shiny armour.

And likely a hefty dose of fear of discovery on both their parts, frightened by what’s happened and worried about how others might react if the accidental swap is discovered. The fear that the chantry might consider them abominations; their mutual embarassment over what possible reactions Hawke, Anders, Varric and so on would have. I can imagine Isabela or Aveline or even possibly Merrill figuring it out on their own and helping them get through it.