Cooking for the Disinterested - Monday

[captainskullpoopl]

"Some people might argue that making sandwiches doesn't qualify as 'cooking' technically. Those people are sticks in the mud and have clearly never heard of a grilled cheese. Grilling is cooking! Although you don't make grilled cheese on a grill so that's a little weird, now that I think about it." Vanessa was getting distracted. "Anyway! Sandwiches."

"Griddled cheese is more like it." Deadpool said, holding up a hand for a highfive from Vanessa. "You can make anything into a grilled cheese and you can put anything you want on a sandwich. Maybe more Flaming Hot Cheetos..."

He had a problem, okay?

"I'm going to have to hide the Flaming Hot Cheetos from you, aren't I? There are other ingredients!" Vanessa told the students. "But you can put Flaming Hot Cheetos on your sandwich if you want. For crunch or whatever. We don't judge." Obviously.

Except for how they did. They did judge a lot.

They were like an extra pop of flavor! For shame, what would Guy Fieri say, Vanessa?

"We got bread and what I think is the collective food product of a small bodega or gas station to put between those two slices of sweet, sweet carbohydrates. My personal favorite involves canned cheese and Slim Jims," he said like he was sharing a trade secret.

"Or there's always peanut butter and--we forgot jelly. Peanut butter and Mrs. Butterworth's?" Vanessa suggested. Hey, she'd eat it. "It's up to you. The sky is the limit."

Library, Monday

[intotheout]

It was Martin Luther King Day in many versions of America, today, so Tip was spending her time at the library engaged in some traditional MLK Day celebrations.

Arguing with racist white people on Twitter.

"Oh my god. Tell me this dude is not actually trying to tell me that Dr. King would have voted for Trump." Tip had to set her phone down for a moment and walk away, ranting as she went, to reshelve books with more angry vigor than was strictly called for. She looked at Bill. "I don't suppose you take dictation?"

Bill hovered thoughtfully, then answered with a bubble version of the poop emoji.

"This is why I love you, Bill. You really good at getting right to the point."

[open!]

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, per. 2

[sharp_man]

"Today," Hannibal announced to the students, "we're going to discuss measuring. When following recipes, it's important to measure correctly. Dry ingredients and wet ingredients are measured differently."

He discussed how the most common items are measured, then presented them all with a simple recipe. "Today, you are each going to make a batch of these cookies. We will discuss each step as we go through it - how to properly position the oven racks and pre-heat it, how to measure everything, and how to cook them. Please ask for any additional help you may need."