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Class today was in the cafeteria kitchen. Mick had talked the office staff into letting his class ~~handwavily~~ know. When his class arrived, they'd find him standing between two tables. One was covered with a canvas tarp. One was covered with...probably just think of them as objects. Some of them were still moving.

"G'day. Thing about the bush, thing about lots of places, is they look dead. You get stuck somewhere and you think you're gonna starve. You're wrong. There's more tucker out there than you can poke a stick at. You just gotta know where to look." Mick gave an overview of how to find bush tucker, and a bit about surviving in the Outback.

"Now's your chance to give bush tucker a go without havin' to look for it." He explained what the objects were and then waved his students over. "Go on, give it a try, 'specially the honey ants." He pointed at them. "Just bite the end off. They're real sweet, fellas back home love 'em."

Mick gave them a little while, and when he was satisfied they were done, resumed speaking. "Now, the other important thing to remember is that you can live on bush tucker, but it tastes like shit." He grinned and pulled the cover off the table, revealing not a table but a long grill, long enough for all of them to work at together, and opened one of the fridges to reveal all sorts of ~~moddable~~ meat, fish and veges. "Even got a stool for the little fella." He nodded at Robin ~~if he was there~~. "Don't want you falling in and lighting yourself on fire." Mick flicked on the gas, lit the grill, and stepped back. "This is a tradition back home. Gotta know how to use a barbie and the best way to learn is to have a go."

Before the students left, Mick told them, "Next week we're gonna pay a visit to my old wateringhole, so meet me at the end of the Causeway."

[~~If you don't wait for the OCD I'll make you eat a witchetty grub~~ OCD up; have at it!]

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Like someone just offered you a mangrove worm for tea.

Edited 2010-06-04 08:41 (UTC)

Feel free to question Mick's sanity; he won't be offended.

Or really, really don't. There's PLENTY to go around, and some handy plastic containers if you want to take samples for your friends

Practice your barbecuing techniques and then enjoy your cooking. Or not.

But probably don't offer him any barbecued witchety grubs.

He's happily eating a handful of witchetty grubs.

They're delicious!

And just pretend I spelled witchetty grubs correctly everywhere, please.

If you want to talk to Mick, it will be SP as I have to take sick critters to the vet in my morning.

Cara

Back in her leathers, Cara crossed her arms and glared at Mick.

This was the perfect capper to yesterday's bout of temporary insanity, really it was.

Cara had eaten more than enough grubs for one lifetime while stuck in that potential future with Richard.

Still, a Mord'Sith didn't baulk simply because something was distasteful, so she stoically chewed on a handful of witchetty grubs.

Cara was just about ready to commit murder over the teacher making them eat bugs when there was meat to be had, but decided to focus on picking out a tasty looking piece of animal instead.

Even she could sear meat into something resembling edibility. Usually.

Jonas

The food on the island was something Jonas was still getting used to so to have some completely new and unfamiliar foods thrown in was going to take some time and organization to get used to.

Still, he couldn't deny that he wasn't interested.

Bad taste or not, Jonas was going to try it. Even when his face wanted to screw up in distaste and he wanted to stop chewing, he didn't. He wanted the memory. It'd make it easier not to eat one of these again.

Jonas could barely use a toaster so being asked to barbecue was going to be a challenge. He really didn't want to set himself on fire but if he could pick this up quickly, it'd be an accomplishment.

He made sure to watch other students before he picked a fish and went about trying to cook it first.

James of Krondor

He imagined it was like the food on Kelewan, from stories he'd overheard. Not that he put much stock in stories from soldiers, as they were bad as sailors with exaggerations and stories.

Still, on a long trip, this would be useful knowledge.

Some was quite disgusting, some was palatable, and some was actually good (honey ants). James tried a bit of each, savoring the flavors.

James grinned. So much easier and tasty than trying to forage food. The Midkemian native would be having steak today.

Ah, the girl from the fire last night. James did not make any comments about her current or former wardrobe choices, but quirked an eyebrow at her should she look his way.

[Leaving for work in a bit!]

Edmund Pevensie

Edmund had been in a situation where he'd eaten some strange things, but that was nothing like the food Professor Dundee was describing. He listened with a mixture of curiosity and an unsettled stomach.

Edmund was not about to back out, and so tried one of each thing, even managing to keep his grimace to himself during certain taste tests.

This was much more Edmund's pace. He wasn't terribly good, but he was putting on a good show of controlling his section of the grill with some seafood.

Edmund was here, suffering with the rest of the class, ready to listen to any panicked whispers about whether they really had to do this or not.

Robin

Actually the grub, ants and worms weren't that bad. If you were a frog that is.

If they were called Prawns in Australia how'd the saying 'throw a shrimp on the barbie' start? This was what Robin wondered as he practiced grilling. He was having some trouble getting each side even.

Clark Kent

Ocker 101 - fourth period - week four [4/06]

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Listen and stare

Sample some bush tucker

Toss a prawn on the barbie

Talk to the TA [04/06]

Talk to Mick

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