Baking: Sweet and Savory | Monday, 3rd period

[sharp_as_knives]

"Good morning," Hannibal said when everybody had arrived. "My apologies for last week; I was rather under the weather. This week, we'll be working on something simple and from someplace other than Europe, as requested." He smiled and nodded at the students who'd requested those things.

"Mochi is a traditional Japanese food - it can be a snack on its own, or it can be combined with other things. I have a number of examples here. It has only a few ingredients, and is fairly simple to start, though you do need to be precise and careful."

He pulled up the recipe on one wall and went over it with them. "You may make the plain version, or dress it up however you like. Please feel free to ask me questions if you have them."

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Re: Talk to the TA!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"And if not, there will be other ducks," Hannibal said. "And I know a lot of good recipes for duck."

Re: Talk to the TA!

[myownface]

"That would be a way better metaphor if my duck wasn't bright yellow and squeaky," Sparkle pointed out, but he gave a little grin all the same. "But I'll let that slide, this time."

Re: Talk to the TA!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Hannibal said with a grin and a nod. "And I'll remember the squeaky ones aren't for cooking. Although you could probably make a yellow mochi duck."

Re: Talk to the TA!

[myownface]

...

And that was a gasp. Just, outright.

"I'm going to do that now. I'm going to do that right now and the ducks are going to be mango."

Just, you know, because declaring that was important.

Re: Talk to the TA!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"Mango goes well as a mochi flavor," Hannibal said, grinning. "Would you like some help, or would you prefer doing it yourself?"

Re: Talk to the TA!

[myownface]

"I'll take the help if you're offering," Sparkle decided. "I've never actually worked with fresh mango before, I have no idea where to start."

He'd be so dismayed when he realized exactly how much of the inside of the fruit was actually inedible fibers.

... And so covered in mango juice.

Re: Talk to the TA!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"With a sharp knife and a lot of patience," Hannibal said. "Shall we?"