cherry ripe

[kindkit]

Cherries are on sale at the supermarket, so I bought a nice bagful today and have made brandied cherries (using this recipe but with the spices from this recipe). The rest of the cherries are soaking overnight in vinegar, to be turned into pickled cherries tomorrow. I did eat a few of them fresh, as well, but mostly I wanted to do things with them.

I feel like a domestic god, although it was all very easy, actually.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Oh, wow, that sounds awesome. You are a domestic god!

[kindkit]

*grins* My plan for the summer is to do lots of pickling. Hopefully this plan will survive contact with the enemy, or enemies I should say, e.g. laziness, hot weather, and the inconvenience and expense of the farmers' market where I live. But I have bought jars and pickling salt, so I'm somewhat prepared.

[halotolerant]

I kind of want a fic now where Hannibal is literally a domestic god. Like, a small household god who's got designs on becoming a Big God Who Blasts Stuff. (Yes, I am planning on catching up on American Gods asap!)

Pickled cherries sound delicious - don't think I've ever had any!

[kindkit]

I would read that fic! I mean, it's canon that he aspires to be God, and he does seem to be able to work little miracles already, like teleportation. I lean towards a Rivers of London style godhood for him, where he started out mortal but met with something that incarnated through him. Not so much a nature spirit, in Hannibal's case, as maybe something born out of the Second World War in Lithuania (thus handily bringing together book!Lecter's origin with tv!Hannibal's later timelines).

I've never eaten pickled cherries either, but I have high hopes for them. I tasted some of the leftover pickling liquid tonight and it was so good that I mixed in some sparkling water and drank it. The cherries have to be left for a month before they're ready to eat, but I'll definitely post about them once I've tried them.

[halotolerant]

Hmmmm yes being a small god already would explain a lot. Plus there's the human sacrifice angle...And in Will he has a worthy worshipper... Although in a sense he worships Will so there's a balance there... Maybe like one of those dual gods searching for the other half?