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Season 2, Episode: What Is Dead May Never Die What Is Dead May Never Die! Yes, yes, but it can't be all death and drowning - pirates gotta eat too, right? Other than pirates and an occasional 'make the Iron Islands great again' kingsmoot, we don't see too much of the Ironborn culture but I like to imagine that a people so tied to the sea would also have an amazing sea based culinary tradition. When people think of the Iron Islands, do they say - "The Ironborn are insane, but the seafood there is AMAZING!" I'd like to hope so. At the very least, they must know how to make a good soup. So this week, we celebrate the Drowned God with 'a mess of fish' simmered in a delicate tomato broth. It's time for Bouillabaisse! Bless THAT with salt!
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Samwell Tarly gets a dose of...reality. Season 7, Episode 1: Dragonstone If Sam Tarly could tweet to the world, it would read "My best friend was just killed, my dad kicked me out, and now I'm scrubbing sh*t at the Citadel. FML." (FML meaning Fuck My Life, according to the twitter-verse.) Sam Tarly has finally landed at The Citadel, studying to be a Maester - dream come true! But it's not as glamorous as it sounds - he's apparently trapped in an endless loop of chamber pots and soup pots. Poops and soups all day, every day. FML indeed, Sam. The cooks at the Citadel don't seem very concerned about good food, but a good mushroom soup can be quite delicious even if it's not very pretty to look at. FML doesn't have to be bad if it happens to be a bowl full of farro, mushroom & lentils. (See what I did there?)   Warning: Spoilers everywhere!
The Hound Eats ALL the Fucking Chickens. Season 4, Episode 1: Two Swords Arya's sass level is out of control here and the Hound is absolutely loving it. What better match for the baddest motherfucker in Westeros than Arya Stark? Together, they are just pure delight. They encounter a band of baddies, Arya crosses a name off her list, gets her Needle back and she rides off on her own pony. The Hound - well, he gets his chicken and for one brief moment, all is right with the world. This is about as close to a happy ending as we get in Game of Thrones. We should all be lucky enough to get us some chicken, so here we are with this week's recipe for an excellent fucking chicken.   Warning: Spoilers everywhere!
"Lemon cakes are my favorite." Season 3, Episode 2: Dark Wings, Dark Words Season 4, Episode 5: First of His Name Oh Sansa, you sweet summer child. Lemon cakes are just one of many exotic things Sansa falls in love with during her time in the south, and definitely the only thing from King's Landing that was actually sweet. Google 'Sansa lemon cakes' and a bazillion different recipes pop up. Cupcakes, tea cakes, cocktails, topped with candied lemon, topped with icing, topped with curd - it's probably the most popular recipe idea for Game of Thrones. There is even an 'official' Sansa's Lemon Cakes recipe, commissioned by HBO. Friends, this is not that recipe.   Warning: Spoilers everywhere.
"I'm the three-eyed raven now." Season 7, Episode 7: The Dragon and The Wolf Since that fall out of the tower back in episode 1, little Bran Stark has been on a journey up north, down a cave, in the skies, to the past and quite possibly to the future as well. That's a lot weirdness even for Westeros, but our Bran is handling it in stride. Mostly. He may be a bit freaky now, but we know that somewhere deep beneath the toasted nuttiness is the sweet young Bran we remember from the very beginning. |
