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fandomhigh2024-05-14 04:44 am
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This Sh*t is Bananas, Part Duex: Tuesday, Third Period [05/14].
As if to make a statement, Summer was flanked by bowls brimming with bananas at the front of the cooking classroom, beaming with a sort of serene happiness to be back in her element of horrible power in dredging up the culinary sins of the past and exposing the world to them. And directly in front of her were two cloches covering the terrible mysteries they would be exploring today.
"Welcome, everyone," Summer said, "to This Shit is Bananas, Part Duex, a class where I return to the topic of horrible old recipes that should never see the light of day again, but with a specific focus on bananas. Now, bananas are a very interesting fruit. It's one of the most popular ones in America today, and some scientist believe it's actually the first fruit, like, ever. So it's been around for a while, which means there's been plenty of time for us to really fuck it up. We've also improved it in a lot of ways through genetic breeding and things that, which means its definitely didn't come out in nature as the perfect fruit like some Creationist may suggest. In fact, the banana was all know and love today is known as the Cavendish banana, named after some super-Britishly-named duke back in the 1820s. And now, it's a staple for lunch boxes and track meets, full of potassium, and bound to clutter freezers everywhere in wilted browned form because you're definitely going to make that banana bread out of it some day, really!"
There was a pause, as she looked over the class to see whose eyes might be glazing over at the 'educational' part of the class, and then grinned.
"We are definitely not going to be making banana bread in this class. We are going to be making stuff like this."
She opened the first cloche to reveal ham and bananas in hollandaise sauce.
"And this."
The next cloche revealed what might look, at first blush, like something wholly inappropriate for a classroom setting but was, in actually, just Christmas Candle Salad.
"Now," Summer said, "these two recipes were what inspired me to focus on the horrible things we did to bananas in the past, and so that felt like a great place to start for this week: the classics, and on two sides of the spectrum: one for its absolutely baffling combination of flavors and the other for its rather...unique presentation that's sure to catch the eye and make you wonder if people back then were seeing the same thing we see now. So we're just going to dive right in, we'll go over how to make the recipes, and, as we make them and maybe try them for ourselves if you're bold enough, discuss how and why these things might have come to be or just your thoughts and opinions in general.
"And if your thoughts and opinions generally revolve around regret? That is totally valid."
"Welcome, everyone," Summer said, "to This Shit is Bananas, Part Duex, a class where I return to the topic of horrible old recipes that should never see the light of day again, but with a specific focus on bananas. Now, bananas are a very interesting fruit. It's one of the most popular ones in America today, and some scientist believe it's actually the first fruit, like, ever. So it's been around for a while, which means there's been plenty of time for us to really fuck it up. We've also improved it in a lot of ways through genetic breeding and things that, which means its definitely didn't come out in nature as the perfect fruit like some Creationist may suggest. In fact, the banana was all know and love today is known as the Cavendish banana, named after some super-Britishly-named duke back in the 1820s. And now, it's a staple for lunch boxes and track meets, full of potassium, and bound to clutter freezers everywhere in wilted browned form because you're definitely going to make that banana bread out of it some day, really!"
There was a pause, as she looked over the class to see whose eyes might be glazing over at the 'educational' part of the class, and then grinned.
"We are definitely not going to be making banana bread in this class. We are going to be making stuff like this."
She opened the first cloche to reveal ham and bananas in hollandaise sauce.
"And this."
The next cloche revealed what might look, at first blush, like something wholly inappropriate for a classroom setting but was, in actually, just Christmas Candle Salad.
"Now," Summer said, "these two recipes were what inspired me to focus on the horrible things we did to bananas in the past, and so that felt like a great place to start for this week: the classics, and on two sides of the spectrum: one for its absolutely baffling combination of flavors and the other for its rather...unique presentation that's sure to catch the eye and make you wonder if people back then were seeing the same thing we see now. So we're just going to dive right in, we'll go over how to make the recipes, and, as we make them and maybe try them for ourselves if you're bold enough, discuss how and why these things might have come to be or just your thoughts and opinions in general.
"And if your thoughts and opinions generally revolve around regret? That is totally valid."
Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
Re: Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
Yes, Stark. But you should have been worried before that.
Re: Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
And considering that the recipes seemed to have been approached with some actual glee and even worse adjustments by some students, Summer was looking terribly proud of herself.
That was almost as heartwarming as people just chucking it into the trash or throwing up!
Re: Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
"I'm very worried then. And terribly curious about what's to come."
He was tempted to ask if there would be banana and ham in jello tomorrow but he didn't want to accidentally inspire anything.
Re: Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
And she certainly hadn't been in the process of doing anything like that recently, either!
She just smiled sweetly at him. "You knew what you were signing up for," she said. "I'm just making sure no one's disappointed."
Re: Talk to the Teacher - Bananas, 05/14.
"I knew exactly what I signed up for," he told her. "That's exactly why I'm worried and curious!"