porchwood:porchwood:…when Mom finally got pregnant, one very wet autumn, she craved nothi

porchwood: porchwood: …when Mom finally got pregnant, one very wet autumn, she craved nothing so much as katniss tubers. Boiled, roasted, made into stews; her favorite was browned in a pan and tossed with salt and oil and wild garlic. She sent Dad out to the lake every couple of days for more and flew into a panic when the first frost struck. Dad laughed as he told us of ruining his work boots and catching a horrible cold, slogging around the lake in early November to stock their root cellar with katniss tubers so Mom would have them into the winter. It reminded him of an ancient tale where a pregnant woman craved a special kind of lettuce so badly that she made her husband steal it from the neighbor’s garden, and the baby wound up named after it. I told Alys it was hopeless, he said, chuckling, every time I begged him for the story. You were bound and determined to be Katniss. Katniss kept me alive, so I could grow up to be your papa, and it kept your poor mama happy while she carried you.~ “A Never-Ending Feast: Part Two” (When the Moon, Ch 8) “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” with a small side of “Rapunzel” (if anyone missed that ;D). I originally posted this pic along with the recipe, which (funnily enough) became pregnant Alys Everdeen’s go-to dish for cravings. ;D The recipe can be viewed here. Remember 500 years ago when I posted this? (Dammit, Jack. I SO did not see you coming…) That Jack/Alys/Raisa Rapunzel plot bunny is positively siren-singing my name! -- source link

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