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fandomhigh2018-08-28 12:22 am
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Cooking 101, Tuesday, Period 1
Karla was absolutely devastated that the first day of classes was devoted to introductions and that she wouldn't be cooking. She'd been planning to get to the school early and whip something up for the class to nibble on while they did introductions, but Cook had kept her late with questions about an upcoming banquet and then Warren had needed her help choosing a suit and then Nyles had pestered her about a trip he wanted to take with her friends and by the time her family was done with her, she was barely making it to class on time to begin with.
Weird that.
Cook, at least, had handed her a basket of nutcakes to hand out, so at least no one had to starve during her class.
"Hello, students," she said as the class filed in. "Welcome to Cooking 101. This being our first week, we're doing introductions as per Fandom custom. Those of you who are new to the island, yes, you will do this every day this week and for every semester you're here. I'm Karla, graduate of FH Class of 2013, and we were doing introductions then, too."
She grinned at them. "So, today, I'm going to ask you the basics: names, grades, favorite foods, anything specific you're looking to learn in class. I've been cooking for years now - got started in the dorms in fact - so I'm pretty sure that we'll be able to handle anything you're looking to learn."
That was very optimistic of you Karla. As was the idea that you could cook in the first place.
"And, in the last half-hour of class, you're gonna make your favorite fast, go-to meal. Whatever you make when you need to eat, but you don't have much time. Eggs, cereal, a sandwich, whatever! But at the end of the class, I want you to have prepared something you can show to the class." She held up her basket. "Feel free to have a nutcake while you make your introductions!"
See, naysayers! One class down and no disasters! She was so good at this!
Weird that.
Cook, at least, had handed her a basket of nutcakes to hand out, so at least no one had to starve during her class.
"Hello, students," she said as the class filed in. "Welcome to Cooking 101. This being our first week, we're doing introductions as per Fandom custom. Those of you who are new to the island, yes, you will do this every day this week and for every semester you're here. I'm Karla, graduate of FH Class of 2013, and we were doing introductions then, too."
She grinned at them. "So, today, I'm going to ask you the basics: names, grades, favorite foods, anything specific you're looking to learn in class. I've been cooking for years now - got started in the dorms in fact - so I'm pretty sure that we'll be able to handle anything you're looking to learn."
That was very optimistic of you Karla. As was the idea that you could cook in the first place.
"And, in the last half-hour of class, you're gonna make your favorite fast, go-to meal. Whatever you make when you need to eat, but you don't have much time. Eggs, cereal, a sandwich, whatever! But at the end of the class, I want you to have prepared something you can show to the class." She held up her basket. "Feel free to have a nutcake while you make your introductions!"
See, naysayers! One class down and no disasters! She was so good at this!
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Like how to use a fire extinguisher, maybe?
"What's hotpot?"
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"Hotpot's, like, the best!" Ringo enthused. "You get a big pot of soup stock, and then you cut up a bunch of uncooked ingredients; meat, vegetables, fishballs, and whatever else you can think of that sounds good. Once the soup stock is almost boiling, you toss in some of your ingredients and then get to argue over when they're cooked enough to take out and eat." She grinned. "You also get to yell at people for putting in too many things at once time because that cools down the pot too much, and how are you going to find the stuff you put in if someone just buried everything in cabbage?"
Hotpot involved a lot of criticism, apparently.
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"So it combines communal dining with arguments, huh?" Karla asked, laughing. "Sounds like something that would be quite the hit at my table over the winter."
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She shook her head. "Anyway! A kotatsu is a sort of low table with a blanket around it? You sit down and tuck your legs underneath, and then there's a heater under too. It's soooooo toasty."
Mmmm, just thinking about it had Ringo looking excited.
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Karla just stared at her. "I am going to need seven. Immediately."
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"That's the power of a monopoly," Karla noted, because she was a terrible influence.