Formics Quotes

“You will soon learn that there ARE no strange stars, no alien skies"
- No?
"Only skies and stars, in all their varieties. Each one with its own flavour, and all flavours good"
- Now YOU think like a tree. Flavours! Of skies!
"I have tasted the heat of many stars, and all of them were sweet”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

“As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh at your jokes and invite you to their parties, but they do not like you. They like your power, they like what you will become someday.”
― Orson Scott Card, Earth Unaware

“ Look at all the beautiful, delicate layers! It's a perfect mille-feuille!
"Heh. I call it...
...Mushroom Mille-Feuille with Duxelles Filling.
Eat up!"
Incredible!
The exciting flavors of multiple kinds of mushrooms meld together with the crispy, ultrathin layers of piecrust in a moist and magical harmony!
"The main ingredient Rindo Kobayashi chose was shiitake mushrooms! She used olive oil to cook them into a confit, trapping and magnifying their natural umami flavor!"
Wait... this tang!
"Aah. Champignon mushrooms and shallots, sautéed to a golden brown in garlic and butter and then simmered to a paste in broth. Cracked nuts and heavy cream were blended in to make a Duxelles, which she then sandwiched between the Mille-Feuille layers.
*Duxelles is a mushroom paste often used as a base for fillings or sauces.*
A perfectly balanced tart note makes the salty savoriness of the confit stand out...
... while allowing the mellow sweetness of the shiitake to linger on the tongue!
Though I can't put my finger on what this sour flavor is from. What is it?"
"Ants.❤️
I extracted formic acid from ants and mixed it into my Duxelles!"
"WAAAAH?!"
Too much formic acid is poisonous, of course. But in small amounts it can be a wonderful culinary accent. It has no extraneous sweetness, just a sharp, invigoratingly tart tang.
"Not only that, if you add it to a sweet base, it can create deeper, more nuanced flavors than the more commonly used citrus fruits.”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 30 [Shokugeki no Souma 30]