bury me in strawberries.

vegan chee'cake.
yup.
if you don't know about it,
you might be an A*-hole.
no joke.
it's good.
like, real real good.
or, more grammatically, really good.
there's been a few years of r&d on my personally preferred version,
but,
i've got it poppin' all the way of the charts now,
like, to eleven.
real talk.
and today is the day, y'all.
mmhmmm.
the day when the woodlsy goodness gets a slice of strawberry magic,
and fridge-cooled chee'cakey hottness.
believe it.
check the two-tone-type teleport:

kaBOOMfire.
neighbors,
there's real strawberry jammie-jam,
and powdered freeze-dried strawberries IN it,
and then a shallow slather of original chee' styles over that.
y'gotta excavate the extra big taste, y'feel me?
the crust?
crushed oatmeal, pulverized graham crackers, a little bit of ground coconut,
sugar, vanilla, earth balance buttery dopplegangbangin', and soymilk.
yeah.
it's crisp, it's crumbly, and it's F*ing expert.
i mean,
if your crust is weak and waterbabyish,
how can you expect to build a better treat on top of it?
no way.
it brings the thunder or it doesn't.
simple as that.
don't even bother attempting active participation if you're gonna wimp out
right at the first step.
there's only room around the Folk Life & Liberty Fortress for the hottest hot fire.
tepid turds aren't ever invited.
hence the two-tone stripe of creamy chee'-style filling.
hmmm?
because there's twice as much big action in a double-dose of flavors.
don't be dumb.
instead, heed my mantra, friends:
too much is the right amount,
and superfancy unnecessariness is all i want to know about.
a little lemon juice, for that mandatory tang,
plenty of vanilla lemon extract, for power-packed palate-teasing pleasing.
i like it.
and it gets better every time i make it.
the fruit on top?
mmmm.
strawberries are great, and when they're confectioners sugary,
and vanilla-smooched, they're even greater.
again,
lemon is the key to making berries better,
and a little pectin-rich jam helps keep it heavy-duty.
you want some wimpy treats?
that's your problem.
over here,
we're keeping it 100% awesome,
and summertime flavors are fully functioning and entirely operational right now.
there's no time for half-A*'d crap.
me and my people, here and elsewhere, have only got time for baked greats.
no joke.
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it isn't like there's a whole lot of fun hiding around the corner.
i think that's the main thing to remember.
fun is HOW you make it,
not where you make it.
i'm holed up in my castle,
watching birds eat the seeds i scatter,
and i'm sipping tea while i do it.
it's not exciting, but i enjoy it immensely.
it's greener than it's ever been here in the woodsly goodsly mountains,
and i s'pose there's something to be said for that.
even after the awful and overlong wintertime terror that this year brought,
the summery heat and light are going at it exxxtra hard.
nature wins up front,
and out back.
i think maybe i should start rooting for the winning team, huh?
a little bit more outdoor doings should do the trick.
there's an amazing amount of up-here magic waiting to be experienced.
now,
if i can just get ten seconds off away from working;
never quiet, never soft.....