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Food Appreciation [Class Fifteen, Period #3]

Marshall looked kind of sad today. He was going to miss this class. Now he had to find another excuse to order one of everything off the Ching Tai menu because "research" probably wasn't going to cut it anymore.

"Hey guys, welcome to the last class. It's time to administer the final, which I hope has been less stressful than the other ones you might have had," he said. "Everyone come up to the front of the class one at a time with the food you've chosen and say a little bit about what you like about it. Then we get to eat."

Mmm eating. That brought his mood up a bit.

"And let me just say that this has been an awesome class to teach. Not only because, you know, I hardly had to do any work and I just got to eat food the whole time. But because you guys were awesome," he said. "I hope to see you guys in another class or around town or something. I don't feel bad about serving you booze at the bar now that I'm not going to be your teacher anymore."

He didn't feel too badly before, but still. He would have felt bad if he was responsible for a kid's hangover.

"So let's get started, shall we?"

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Come up to the front of the class and say a little bit about the food you brought.

Viki had brought a rather large array of many kinds of sandwiches.

"Sandwiches," she informed him (and them, she supposed), "as there are so many different kinds that you could hardly ever get sick of them no matter how long you've been eating them--and I should know, all things considered, though there's no accounting for taste--and they're very terribly easy to transport and depending on what you put on them, they can last for a goodly while as well. That's about all, I would assume, though I don't like to, unless there was a problem with my choice of food?"

"So, um, I really like you, Mr---- Marshall, and you're one of the coolest teachers ever?" She... actually wasn't sucking up. "But I think it's totally unfair of you to make us pick one favorite food. Just for the record."

Francine pulled a rather large cooler-bag off her shoulder. "So I picked ice cream because at least you can't make me choose just one flavor."

Plop. Half-pint of Cherry Garcia on the desk. Plop. Half-pint of Karamel Sutra. Plop. Half-pint of Phish Food. Plop. Chunky Monkey. Plop. Chubby Hubby. Plop. Mission to Marzipan. Plop -- no seriously, is it scientifically possible for that many containers of ice cream to even fit in that bag? It's like a clown car! Plop. Jamaican Me Crazy. THUD. ...That was the Half-Baked. There was a pint of that.

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"Tacos! You can put all sorts of stuff in them!" Marco said cheerfully. "And if can't eat stuff you can just skip it and they taste good."

"I brought pizza," Jen said sheepishly. "Mostly because, yeah, I work at Pizza Planet, but also because believe me, you really don't want me cooking. Not to mention that I have a pretty sentimental attachment to pizza, since I pretty much lived off of it for a year when my, er, roommates and I couldn't afford to buy groceries . . ."

She trailed off, scratched at her ear, and gestured to the stack of boxes. "And it's really a versatile food. I mean, have you seen the list of toppings?"

Uh oh, out came the notecards.

And the laptop. With the Powerpoint presentation.

No, seriously, there was a Powerpoint.

Someone had better stop her before it started up . . .

"Mini cheeseburgers!" she announced. "They are by far my favorite lunch and or dinner time meal. Or even for a snack. You just can't go wrong ever, with cheeseburgers."

And she had brought a large platter in, piled high.

"I brought a pie." Like there was a doubt. He'd tried for something different but it was just impossible. "More specifically a mudslide pie (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/mudslide-pie-recipe2/index.html). There's all different kinds of varieties and I'd just made this for a club and it was really good so I made it again. I figured most people would like chocolate. Pies can be sweet or sour or light or rich. There's really no limit. You just gotta get creative."

Hurley had two big buckets of fried chicken, which he set down.

"Hey dudes," he said. "I used to work at a chicken place, in California? But that wasn't what made me like chicken. I mean, I sorta worked there because I like chicken. It's crispy, and tasty, and you know how everyone says stuff tastes like chicken? I like to think fried chicken is kinda its own thing. Only it tastes like it does. And it tastes awesome. So... dig in."

"Frozen pizza," Peyton said. "With all the crazy add-ons you could possibly want. After... after my mom died it was all my dad knew how to cook, so... it became kind of special at our house."

"I brought macaroni and cheese," Sam said. "It's great because if you want to get really fancy with like different kinds of cheeses or weird pastas, you can and it turns out great, but if you're running low on money and you just want something hot, you can get the cheap stuff and it tastes even better. It's kind of my go-to comfort food."

"I brought pie," Dean said, referring to the two fruit pies sitting on the table in front of him with an entire can of Redi-whip. "Because y'know it's pretty much the perfect food. Although bacon cheeseburgers aren't bad either. Or steak. Or chocolate. Or... well there's a lot of food that has something to say for it."

"Omigod, I can't believe you made us pick just one," Claudia whined, pulling boxes of Ho Hos (http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2004/04/13/sd1e01_homemade_ho_hos_lg.jpg) from her ~~insanely colorful~~ bag, then adjusting her pink cowboy hat (What? It totally went with her leather fringed micro-mini skirt. And the brown Uggs) before beginning to speak.

"Okay, these are Ho Hos? And despite the, you know, totally unfortunate name? They are sooooooo good? Because they're chocolate and cream and don't get powdered sugar all over you like donuts can? And are totally portable? And are good even if they're all smushed because you hid them in your desk drawer so your bitchy vegetarian friend wouldn't be all judgey?"

Firekeeper had brought rabbit. Which wasn't, technically speaking, her favorite food, but the only elk on the island was also employed in the office. So that was right out.

"Is rabbit," Firekeeper said with a shrug, indicating the platter of, well, a couple of rabbits that looked as if they'd been cooked over a campfire (that was because they had been). "Good, because right now they is fat with spring greens."

She had to wonder if anyone else would actually try it.

"I brought Bangkok-style drunken noodles (http://thaifood.about.com/od/oodlesofnoodles/r/drunkardsnoodle.htm)!" said Hoshi. "They're noodles and vegetables in a spicy chili sauce that are guaranteed to wake you up no matter how much you've had to drink. The nice thing about it is that they're pretty customizable since you can make them with chicken, shrimp, or tofu as well as alter the level of spiciness. Today, I made them with a mild chili sauce and with chicken, though there's chunks of tofu in there if you're feeling adventurous."

"I brought Chinese food," Summer announced, holding up a few cartons. "I love it because it tastes good and all I have to do is pick up the phone and order it. So it's very simple. Plus, it is good for every occasion. Like Thanksgiving or Chrismukkah."

"I uh, brought some of these vegan banana oatmeal cookies I found the recipe for a really long time ago (http://imac-kenzie.livejournal.com/3055.html)."

"It's really tough finding decent vegan stuff, so you hang onto the ones you have."

"Viki totally stole mine," Priestly said. "So, uh, I'm gonna bullshit something."

What? At least he was honest.

"So. I'm gonna go with condiments. Which I brought along with stuff to put said condiments on, like bread and cold cuts and things. Whyyyyy do I like them? They spice things up. Different sauces can completely change the over all flavor of a meal. The right condiment can make anything better." He paused dramatically. "Even pie."

Momoko reached a pair of chopsticks into one of the containers she'd brought to class. "This is my most favourite food! Tako... I mean, octopus-shaped hot dogs!" She grinned and held up a small... octopus-shaped hot dog. "They're cheap, easy to make - you just cut them and then fry them a little - they taste really good for lunch with rice or noodles and they're really really cute!"

"I brought lasagne," Andros said, which he had actually brought because he couldn't cook, "I've tried it before and it's another Terran food that I've come to like,"

Harry had left his decision to the last possible moment before coming to class, figuring that his favorite food for the day would be whatever he was hungry for at the time.

That's why he was holding up a burger (and fries, because fries are compulsory). "Burgers," he said, "can do no wrong. Even the bad ones are good most of the time and cover it with enough ketchup and mustard and pickles and whatever else and the really bad ones become edible. Plus you can get all your major food groups if you add cheese and some lettuce and tomato." Yeah. Like that was important to Harry.

"I brought dessert pizza (http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/36/Brownie_Dessert_Pizza3438.shtml)!" Eve said cheerfully. "Is it dessert, is it pizza? Who knows? Okay, I do. It's both. But it sounded good."

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