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Challenge #11
In your own space, interact with someone.

Anyone have a new special interest? Want someone to listen and ask thoughtful questions about your hyperfixation? I'm here for it. I want to hear about your joy!

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flamingsword

I'm not much a fan of lavender as a smell or a tea, but as a flavor in cookies it is apparently acceptable? It tastes more like rosemary or like the smell of pine? I don't know, I'm chalking it up to high-temp cooking alchemy.

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ysabetwordsmith

To me, lavender is one of the things that tastes like soap. :P I like some other florals, though -- rose and jasmine are favorites. And I've made flower salad.

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flamingsword

Cinnamon Orange Rose Shortbreads sound like they would be an amazing summer cookie, but you'd need some sort of rose reduction, or to mix a couple drops of rose essential oil into the butter to get enough flavor to stand up to the orange and cinnamon. Plus, if you're cooking at high temps, the terpenes that people with scent sensitivities react to would all bake out, so it would become foodsafe. And your house would smell fantastic. Hmmmm. Now I want to try that.

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ysabetwordsmith

Cardamom and rose are often combined in Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine, which is where I picked up the taste. Usually that involves rosewater, occasionally rosepetals or some other form. I've tried rose syrup but found it overwhelming and soapy. :P Rosewater is more scent and texture than taste.