Recipe #7: Surpresa

On my crusade to Brazil, I quickly noticed that I had to figure out good ideas for breakfast, since all Brazilians eat is bread and coffee (or if you don't drink coffee, cevada or chocolate milk), which is BORING and not filling. So I came up with this blend of hearty and delicious ingredients and called it "Surpresa" (Portuguese for "surprise"). I made it every morning during the phase when I invented it. That included dicing an entire potato before I began cooking. It was exhausting and took a while, but it was worth it. And since hash browns exist in the US, you can make it with half the effort!
Also, I remembered a few months later that my dad on his crusade to Canada had also invented a dish, called "Missionary Surprise," and it had most of the same ingredients, except ground beef was substituted for ham, his recipe used cheese on top, and he had it for dinner!

Vid: Three Wheels on My Wagon

This was a fun video to make with my family, and my green screening skills were really put to the test. It's really fun to have all the resources to make things like this. 

Hand-drawn Map of Shaarzahn

I realized that I never posted this on Pretzel Lectern, even though I made it over a year ago. Even though I don't think Shaarzahn is actually going to go anywhere at this point, I enjoy the idea of a Bronze-Age fantasy setting. This is probably the best map I've ever digitally made; I used Tolkien brushes for the terrain markings, and the font is Hylian from Zelda: Wind Waker. I really like how it turned out, and as I start on the map for Alfred's story, I think I'll use some of the tactics I employed while drawing this one.