I Resist the Muses

Cooking? ...I don't, to be honest. I never really have -- unless I had to, and I stuck to what I couldn't ruin too badly. There's been a lot of take out in my life, barring the odd boyfriend who had culinary skills that far surpassed my own. Simon, for instance, was a great cook. I made a few attempts at "romantic dinners" with my own cooking, during that relationship...I don't think any of them turned out quite how I hoped when I walked into the kitchen. Occasionally he had to rescue the meal. At least once, we ended up getting take out anyway.

These days, I don't have the time, and there are plenty of people capable of making decent meals for the rest of us. I think I owe them a lot for late night food runs on an all-nighter. (It sounds a bit like I'm in college again -- in terms of learning experience, the magnitude of being in Atlantis definitely outstrips my college years. And the all-nighters are (usually) a little more life or death than a test I should've started studying for last week...)

Character: Cesare Borgia
Fandom: Cantarella/history
Prompt: #13 - Are you superstitious?
Rating: PG
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No. Yes. Of course. Aren't we all? I recall paying Messer Behaim a good many ducats to cast my horoscope, even if I stopped reading it after ( a certain point. )

My life would be easier if...

( This is a fucking joke, right? )</lj-cut?

Not seriously, no. I mean, there are a lot of things one would consider superstitious while another wouldn't. Talking to plants is one. Another would be walking across the path of a black cat (which I do frequently, when she purposely gets in my way because she wants attention and I'm busy).

Superstitions were based primarily upon the cultures of old in a particular region on earth. They were given power because people believed in them. Without power given to them, they themselves could not give any back. I wonder sometimes if that was how the gods of old worked as well.

I love cooking. I love being able to use my own ingredients that I've grown and using them to create new and interesting things. Cooking is like art. Except with more calories, vitamins, and minus the toxic chemicals (I'm talking to you, grocery store buyers).

Olympia City sometimes has a Farmer's Market, but its easier if you live on the edge of town and are within driving distance to the nearest smaller town to find more. But I think its the best when you cook for yourself, using your own hard-earned crop.

Blueberries are delicious in season, I might add.

(I've lost five children to miscarriages...)

(Superstitiousness is nothing more than a sign of ignorance)

( Just what is it that you are doing in my home? )

Rating: PG-13 (mild violence)