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Colette Tatou ([personal profile] thetoughestcook) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-10-06 08:55 am
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Anyone Can Cook | Period 4 | 10.06

There was a large projector set up in the front of the classroom, and Colette's chef whites were spotless, as if they were armor against anything that might seem awry.
"Bonjour," she said. "Today we will conference in with some friends of mine in Paris, Alfredo Linguini and his ... and Remy."

No, she still couldn't admit Remy was a rat out loud.

"I admit Remy's form is a bit unusual, but this dish is his specialty. I would not want to make ratatouille for class without his supervision."

With that warning, she hit a projector button and came up with an image of a gangly redheaded man with a gray rat balanced on his head. "Hi, I'm Linguini," the redhead said, grinning at Colette a little nervously. The rat waved. "Ready to go, Colette?"

"Always," she said, hoping nothing would go wrong.

The rat sprang into action, jumping here, grabbing Linguini's hand to make him chop one thing or stir another, tossing a rat-sized armful of herbs into the pot. The final project came out of the oven looking something like this."

"And so," Colette said, when they were done, "Ratatouille. I do not say 'anyone can cook' lightly. You have recipes similar to Remy's. Begin."

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[identity profile] elephantgadget.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Helen Haras-Uquara
vanillajello: (Shocked!)

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate Gregson
icecoldfrost: (omgwtf)

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[personal profile] icecoldfrost 2009-10-06 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Emma Frost
likethegun: (i'm slowly catching up)

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[personal profile] likethegun 2009-10-06 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam Winchester
lovemykilt: (dude)

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[personal profile] lovemykilt 2009-10-06 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Priestly

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[identity profile] justwantsquiet.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Sookie Stackhouse

Re: Sign In [10.06]

[identity profile] weetinyreese.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Kyle Reese

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] elephantgadget.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Rats. Some of Helen's favorite things. Truly. Still she'd never seen one that could cook.
vanillajello: (What the hell are you doing?)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You know what helps a lot when you're dreading a class because your mother's alter talked to the teacher and you have no idea what they might've discussed?

Seeing a rat cook. Even if it was only on a screen.

So, here was Kate, staring.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Joan was staring too.

Though she did glance over at Kate. "Only in Fandom, right?"
vanillajello: (What the hell are you saying?)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Yeah. Only in Fandom," Kate nodded, managing to pry her eyes away from Remy for a quick glance at Joan.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"How was your weekend?" Joan asked.
vanillajello: (Talking.)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate considered a few different words, the settled on one that was vague but accurate.

"Stressful. Yours?"

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Odd," summed up Joan's weekend best, between stopping a mind controlled wedding and Liir's not-so-dead mother.
vanillajello: (Smiling.)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm pretty sure we just summed up the weekend for most of us," Kate noted with a smirk.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Joan snickered. "I think you're probably right."
vanillajello: (Talking to Ben.)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Anyone whose weekend wasn't stressful or odd should... turn into rats or something."

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"But, see, things like that aren't so unusual around here," she pointed out.
vanillajello: (Talking.)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] vanillajello 2009-10-06 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Doesn't matter, I just want them to be vaguely uncomfortable," Kate replied.
lovemykilt: (open mouthed grin)

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[personal profile] lovemykilt 2009-10-06 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Priestly was pretty sure the rat cooking was the coolest thing he'd ever seen.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
So a restaurant had a Rat as a chef?

Interesting. He supposed it made enough sense. Or he would have if he could work up any enthusiasm.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] iknowstuff.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. It was a rat.

But it was pretty darn cute for a rat.

Re: Lecture [10.06]

[identity profile] weetinyreese.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
The only time Kyle had seen a rat involved with cooking was when it was the meal. He watched carefully. It looked like an involved dish.

Re: Cook! [10.06]

[identity profile] elephantgadget.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Helen began making ratatouille, though she would love some help.
likethegun: (i'm smiling to the left)

Re: Cook! [10.06]

[personal profile] likethegun 2009-10-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam had sort of believed Ms. Tatou when she'd said she really believed anyone could cook, but having seen a rat in action, Sam had more confidence than ever as he started preparing ingredients and looking around to see if anyone wanted to work together.

Re: Cook! [10.06]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Liir started his work on the recipe by himself, eyes focused almost harshly on the food. At first his movements were sharp, in jagged bursts, but eventually the action of cooking started to soothe him. The slices became smoother, quick and easy as the rhythm of the kitchen worked it's own magic. He'd made something like this at home when meat was in small supply and he'd had to go out and gather food for them.

Using a bit of the magic he'd learned from lady Glinda, he called a few of his herb pots to him, as well as the small jar of green salt he'd managed to pick up that was said to be from a unique source out of Gilikin.

In the end, his presentation was very nice, but the dish tasted a little different, just as a dish prepared with water from one country might taste different from water provided in another. To Liir, however, it smelled just a little bit more like home and he needed that.