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fandomhigh2011-07-11 03:02 pm
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Cooking For Beginners and Not-So-Beginners, Monday 3, Week 2
Steve's hopes that he would wake up this morning and have thumbs had been dashed. This made cooking class...substantially more complicated. It almost was enough to make him wish he'd held class last week, but it had been Independence Day. Also his ninety-fourth birthday.
"Hello, everyone," he said, glad that at least he'd turned into a pony that could talk. "Welcome to cooking class. We're not going to do introductions this week since some of us don't look like we normally do, anyway. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday last week, and now that we're here...well, if you can cook without thumbs you're doing really well already, but we'll see what we can do. Anyone who does have thumbs, if you'd like to jump in and help your classmates if it looks like they're having difficulties, I would really appreciate it and will award extra credit. We were going to do breakfast this week, but now we're not." That involved the stove, and Steve hadn't figured out how to work the fire extinguisher with his hooves yet. "Instead, we're going to do sandwiches and salads."
"A lot of things fall under the umbrella of 'salad'--potato salad, tuna salad, pasta salad, cole slaw--but for our purposes, we're talking about salads eaten as a meal, which are generally leafy greens-based. A sandwich is...well, it's stuff between two slices of bread. Salads and sandwiches are great because most of the time, they require no or very little actual cooking, and depending on how you construct them, they can pack a lot of nutrition." Steve proceeded to talk about including protein and dairy in your salad, and how iceberg lettuce was nutritionally worthless but other vegetables contained great nutrients, using his nose to push around bowls of slightly mangled ingredients to illustrate his points. He also hit on using different but complementary flavors and textures, like crunchy nuts and creamy cheese or dressing.
"A lot of the same principles apply to sandwiches. A sandwich doesn't have to be just mayonnaise and turkey on white bread, or peanut butter and jelly--although peanut butter and whole grain bread do create a complete protein. You can get creative with your sandwiches and try out all sorts of combinations of breads and fillings, and, of course, everything's better with bacon. You can also grill or press a sandwich to make a hot meal, usually with melted cheese as the 'glue,' but again, we're not using the stove today." He paused for thought. "Except peanut butter and jelly. I don't see that going well. So, uh. Your assignment is now to assemble a sandwich or a salad from thehandwavey ingredients provided, or at least try, and explain why you chose those ingredients."
The custodial troll was going to hate him.
"Hello, everyone," he said, glad that at least he'd turned into a pony that could talk. "Welcome to cooking class. We're not going to do introductions this week since some of us don't look like we normally do, anyway. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday last week, and now that we're here...well, if you can cook without thumbs you're doing really well already, but we'll see what we can do. Anyone who does have thumbs, if you'd like to jump in and help your classmates if it looks like they're having difficulties, I would really appreciate it and will award extra credit. We were going to do breakfast this week, but now we're not." That involved the stove, and Steve hadn't figured out how to work the fire extinguisher with his hooves yet. "Instead, we're going to do sandwiches and salads."
"A lot of things fall under the umbrella of 'salad'--potato salad, tuna salad, pasta salad, cole slaw--but for our purposes, we're talking about salads eaten as a meal, which are generally leafy greens-based. A sandwich is...well, it's stuff between two slices of bread. Salads and sandwiches are great because most of the time, they require no or very little actual cooking, and depending on how you construct them, they can pack a lot of nutrition." Steve proceeded to talk about including protein and dairy in your salad, and how iceberg lettuce was nutritionally worthless but other vegetables contained great nutrients, using his nose to push around bowls of slightly mangled ingredients to illustrate his points. He also hit on using different but complementary flavors and textures, like crunchy nuts and creamy cheese or dressing.
"A lot of the same principles apply to sandwiches. A sandwich doesn't have to be just mayonnaise and turkey on white bread, or peanut butter and jelly--although peanut butter and whole grain bread do create a complete protein. You can get creative with your sandwiches and try out all sorts of combinations of breads and fillings, and, of course, everything's better with bacon. You can also grill or press a sandwich to make a hot meal, usually with melted cheese as the 'glue,' but again, we're not using the stove today." He paused for thought. "Except peanut butter and jelly. I don't see that going well. So, uh. Your assignment is now to assemble a sandwich or a salad from the
The custodial troll was going to hate him.
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"Need some help?"
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"It's impossible!" Karla declared. "It's completely stuck and will never ever open for anyone. Ever."
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This was officially the weirdest thing ever. Even weirder than turning into a dog. "Um, want me to try?"
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Unfairest. Ever.
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He was going to just reach for the jar as he spoke.
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She had the snake-tooth beneath her hoof to prove it!
"I don't think it's going to come," she warned. "It's like...impossible."
It wasn't impossible.
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"Not impossible."
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"What are you making?"
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Like mayonnaise! She hadn't gotten much further than that, however.