"They run off eckeltricity, do they?"

[torino10154]

Getting us started a few minutes early!

Welcome to the Dad Bod edition of firewhiskeyfic! We, your Mods - sdk and torino10154, are so glad you could make it. We love everyone tonight. Feel free to friend us on DW. We promise not to stalk you... much. :D

Your challenges for this month are:

Arthur Weasley

Ottery St Catchpole

Misuse of Muggle Artifacts

Plugs

Tinker

NEW - Dad

Quick clarification for newbies: you don't have to use all the prompts--though that does make for a fun fic!--but since one of the categories for voting is "Best Use of Prompt" we do recommend using at least one. Also, we added 'Dad' as one of the prompts to help with anyone not doing Harry Potter. LOL In future we will try to have 2-3 prompts each round that are not HP-specific.

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And just so we're clear, you don't have to write pr0n, though it definitely makes for interesting reading when characters change right in the middle of shagging because you're too drunk to remember who you're writing about. ;) You can write for any fandom (including original), but keep in mind the majority of our players are HP people. Anything goes!

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Torino is getting us started before rushing off (returning shortly with rum) and Shelly will be along in a bit with her usual bottle of Jack. (Don't worry. Not drinking the whole bottle.) How about you folks? What's the drink that's got you through the last year or the one you look forward to having the next time you're out with family or friends?

Let's get our drunk on!

Comments

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[torino10154]

It;s a nightmare, honestly. LOL Eventually one just had to STOP reading comments or nothing will get done.

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[ride_4ever]

I have still not even started drinking yet...still getting distracted by reading and answering comments. Maybe I need to turn off comment tracking for a while?

But first I'm gonna answer one or two more comments....

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[corvidology]

I'm waiting for the booze to kick in... C'mon booze!

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[ride_4ever]

Well, I went ahead and had something to eat. It was time to feed the spouse and I ended up having some of what I made for him: linguine with chicken and broccoli, accented by my home-made tomato-heavy spicy pasta sauce.

Now, it's about damn time that I start drinkin' and writin'!

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[corvidology]

2 margagritas, jone and half bottles of wine and i'm ready!

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[ride_4ever]

Is that what you've had so far or what you've got lined up?

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[corvidology]

Consu;med I have high tolerlnace.

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[ride_4ever]

Yeah, I have high tolerance too! Wheeeeeeeee!

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[corvidology]

I nay have exceedted my capabilities;. Just tried to send it ot my mother and then sent he mods the wrong fil,e!

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[ride_4ever]

Oh noes! You sent your drunk!fic to your mom?

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[corvidology]

NO but only because I realzierd at the last possibnle mom ent.

As it was, I sent he mods the wrong file and had to sen it again.

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[ride_4ever]

Well, depending on where the mods are in their drinking maybe they couldn't tell the diff anyways. LOL LOL.

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[corvidology]

I'm realy \o/

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[ride_4ever]

\o/

Hey, are you aware that the \o/ has a special designation in dSC6D fandom?

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[corvidology]

No I was not! Edufmkaste me!

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[ride_4ever]

In due South and Canadian Six Degrees fandom the \o/ is called a "PGA" which stands for "Paul Gross Arms" and dates back to Paul's music video to his song "Voodoo" where he flings his arms up just like that.

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[corvidology]

I fucking love fanjdom!

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[ride_4ever]

Fuck yes!

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[mywitch]

That sounds DELICIOUS - I had tuna fish :D I admire peipe who can actually cook!

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[ride_4ever]

The pandemic made a cook of me. Before COVID, I ate in restaurants almost all the time -- since March 2020 I've been making every single meal a home-made meal except for twice a month that we walk to a local pizza place and get a pizza to take home -- other than that, no take-out food and no delivered food -- it's all on me to cook or bake every day.

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[oldtoadwoman]

I learned to make fried rice last year. AND I learned how to make banoffee pie. It is probably not a coincidence that I gained weight last year. (Banoffee pie is MAGICAL.)

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[ride_4ever]

Banana! Toffee! Cream! Yum!

I'm impressed. I have NOT mastered making things that require a pie crust.

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[oldtoadwoman]

I don't even try to make my own crust. I just buy a pre-made graham-cracker crust for the banoffee pie.

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[ride_4ever]

Oh, a pre-made crust! Okay then, how about sharing your recipe for the filling?

Banoffee (banana toffee) Pie

[oldtoadwoman]

- pie crust

graham cracker crust

(I just buy a pre-made one. The original British recipe involves grinding up some brand of "digestive biscuit" that I'm not familiar with. A pre-made graham cracker crust works *fine*.)

- filling

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

14 oz (1 can) of condensed milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

4 ripe bananas sliced

(the recipe says 4, but this always seems like too much, so slice them *as you need them* and not before)

Melt butter in medium sauce pan. Stir in brown sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until dissolved. Add condensed milk and bring to a boil for a few minutes, stirring constantly until thick and color darkens. (If you don't cook it long enough the pie will never set up and you'll just have goo... but it will be delicious goo, so it's still a win. On the other hand, there's a solid chance of burning it at this point... and it's STILL delicious. The burnt pie was honestly my favorite because it tasted like toasted marshmallows.) Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Layer sliced bananas in the pie crust and pour filling in over the bananas. Refrigerate for at least two hours. (My notes say "2-3 hours until firm".) I've also experimented with adding more bananas on top after it's set.

- topping (don't make this until the pie has been in the fridge setting for a couple of hours)

1 1/2 cup heavy cream

2 Tbsp sugar

chocolate shavings

(I just throw chocolate chips in a nut grinder, but you could also probably get away with just mini chocolate chips)

Beat cream and sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. (I even did this with a hand-crank mixer once when I'd misplaced the electric one during the last move and it still worked; it was just kind of a pain.) Spread whipped cream over over chilled pie and top with chocolate shavings.

This is a total sugar bomb. I love it!