Brinens and Things

Silksong has some “wishwalls” where people post requests. A wish board that is “empty” of requests for Hornet's purposes still seems to have markers on it, just smaller ones.

These could, perhaps, be quests Hornet feels other people can handle.

So maybe someone else is looking at the board and seeing things like this:

Shawl Stitching
"My shawl is falling to pieces and is no longer befitting of a pilgrim. With a bit of thread, it could be good as new."
Repair Pebb’s shawl.
Reward: 5 rosaries.

There's also plausibly wishes specifically asking for other NPCs, the way some of the wishes specifically ask for Hornet.

Demon Bluff is a turn-based single-player card game derivative of Blood on the Clocktower. It's very compute-intensive but I like it. The itch.io "demo" is in fact a complete game.

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a bunch of little puzzles. There are mobile app versions with no ads or such.

Loop Hero is a paid game where you restore features to a world by playing cards as the hero walks through it, and you also get to improve a camp. I think it's pretty fun, though some optional content could be better implemented.

Timberborn is currently in Early Access but it's pretty fun to see someone else play.

Jazzybee's Stardew Valley Character Creator is a neat dollmaker (are dollmakers games?). With itch-dl, it's easy to poke through the assets for recombination, too.

Also Stardew Valley and Terraria are good too, but I expect people here already knew that.

Things I particularly miss while avoiding gluten include:

• Bread and bagels. I've been too cowardly to try substitutes – if I don't try any bread substitutes then for me they exist in a superposition of being adequate and being inadequate, but if I try them and they're inadequate then I'm certain.
• Refried beans. You would think this would be fine, since they're beans, but I like plain black refried beans with a few spices but no added oil or sugar, and nobody I know of who does gluten free refried beans also makes those. I should arguably try for a batch at home but then it wouldn't be a convenience food.
• Mock chicken nuggets. All the vegan nuggets are coated with wheat bread crumbs. There are dead-chicken nuggets that are gluten free but I have been virtuously not buying them, for which I deserve all the points.
  • Same goes for vegan hot dogs.
• Broth concentrate. Better than Bouillon, I miss you so much. I want something full of yeast extract and garlic and onion, not MSG and sugar.
• Chinese-style soy sauce. Yes, it is different from Kikkoman.
• My preferred instant ramen. Instant rice noodle soups aren't the saaaame.
• Being chill about cross-contamination and sharing dishes.
• Restaurant food. Even when a restaurant claims to be gluten-free it's basically a gamble.
• Buying cheap store-brand foods. I pay like 1.5x the price for canned chickpeas these days.
• Carmex lip balm. My understanding is the company also does products with non-certified-GF oats and I don't know if they do anything about cross-contam.
• Using arbitrary brands of soaps. Stop putting barley in things!

Things which are surprisingly fine include:

• Desserts
  • I can make banana-chocolate muffins at home which are pretty good.
  • Same goes for brownies.
  • The grocery store has premade cakes which are also good. Expensive, but cakes are for special occasions anyway.
  • Chocolate tofu pie is easy to do a gluten free version of, you just need a premade GF crust.
  • Most Breyers ice cream flavors are gluten free.
  • NuGo does a bunch of gluten free protein bars.
• Chips
  • Tostitos plain tortilla chips are generally gluten free.
  • Kettle Brand chips also are.
• Tater Tots
• Hot cereal: I personally seem to tolerate certified gluten free oats, possibly, but for people who don't there's Cream of Rice which can be cooked in the microwave.
• Any old dry beans, as long as I sort and wash 'em first.