dolorosa_12's Tree

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This is the Tree for dolorosa_12! Below are the requested Pears it can be decorated with (beginning 24 December).



Username: dolorosa_12
AO3 Username: Dolorosa

Request 1: Fic about fairy tale, folktale, or mythological women. I love and would be equally happy with femslash, gen, or het. I read and enjoy fic of all ratings, and would be happy with anything ranging from very sweet and fluffy to something very dark. Please no Disney versions of any fairytales.

Request 2: Dreamwidth icons with pictures/photos of coffee or tea (in mugs, cups, glasses, teapots or other pouring vessels is fine). No fannish images (i.e. just non-specific photos/pictures of coffee or tea, not screencaps of characters from shows, books, films etc drinking tea or coffee).

Request 3: Recs for books retelling myths, legends, folktales or religious stories from the perspective of female characters, in the vein of The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, or The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. I'm happy for the books recommended to have tragic or unhappy endings. My preference is for retellings set in the same time and context as the source material, rather than transplanted to a modern setting. Please do not recommend books by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Madeline Miller, or books written by and aimed at an evangelical Christian readership.

Request 4: Recipes for dishes typically consumed in your country/your culture at whatever winter festival you celebrate. If you do not have a winter festival (for example if you live in a region that doesn't have a distinct winter), but you have a festival that features a celebration of light/lights in some way, recipes typically consumed then would also be very welcome.

Request 5: Dreamwidth icons featuring stars, nebulae, planets, or other celestial bodies.

Additional Information:

My Ao3 account bookmarks, gifts, and the fics I've written should hopefully give a rough idea of the sorts of things I like to read. I'm also happy to answer any questions you may have, or clarify my requests.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

Do you mind self-recs? Not all of what I have on AO3 under Ancient Greek Religion & Lore and Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms will suit you, but I think some will?

This recipe is straight out of a New Jersey parish cookbook from at least twenty-three years ago. (I know it's that old because my grandmother's who submitted it and that's how long ago she died.) The recipe title as the cookbook has it is "Crumb Cake", but my family knows it better as "Baby Jesus Birthday Cake". I can't honestly say I care for the cake part as is—my mother always makes two recipes of the crumb part to go on one recipe of the cake part, and even so, there are reasons she only makes it once a year—but I'm thinking of adding cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and some more sugar to the cake part when I make it tomorrow to see whether slash how much that improves it.

cake:
1/2 c butter or margarine
3/4 c sugar
1 egg
2 c flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 c milk

crumbs:
1 c flour
1/4 c granulated sugar
1/4 c confectioners sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c mazola corn oil

Soften butter; add sugar. Then stir in eggs. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder and alternately with milk. Fold batter into greased 9 1/2" x 13" x 2" pan. Mix crumbs together with fingers and drop onto batter. Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.

And my icon is stealable if you are so inclined! (The person I stole it from didn't know who made it either 🙁)

[dolorosa_12]

Self recs are fine — thank you very much for sharing, and I look forward to checking out your fic.

Thank you also for the recipe, which looks delicious!