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fandomhigh2025-06-26 02:11 pm
sharp_man) wrote in fandomhigh2025-06-26 02:11 pm
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Philosophy of Food, 3rd period
Class today met in the Danger Shop, which had been made to look like a very nice dining room, with a gourmet kitchen at one end in case anybody needed to make any last-minute adjustments to their offerings.
"Welcome to our final class," Hannibal greeted them with a smile. "I hope you've all brought your signature items. Today we'll be eating them. There will be no judging, only sharing these things and our stories about why these things are important to us and what meaning they may have."
He waved at his own offering. "I have made croque monsieur. My parents passed away when I was young, and I lived in an orphanage for some time. When my uncle adopted me and moved me to Paris, one of the first things I was given to eat was this. It's a kind of comfort food - a sandwich with ham and gruyère cheese, on good bread, with a béchamel sauce poured over it. Not terribly glamorous, but it held great significance to me."
He sat and nodded at them to do the same, then waited for their dishes and explanations.
"Welcome to our final class," Hannibal greeted them with a smile. "I hope you've all brought your signature items. Today we'll be eating them. There will be no judging, only sharing these things and our stories about why these things are important to us and what meaning they may have."
He waved at his own offering. "I have made croque monsieur. My parents passed away when I was young, and I lived in an orphanage for some time. When my uncle adopted me and moved me to Paris, one of the first things I was given to eat was this. It's a kind of comfort food - a sandwich with ham and gruyère cheese, on good bread, with a béchamel sauce poured over it. Not terribly glamorous, but it held great significance to me."
He sat and nodded at them to do the same, then waited for their dishes and explanations.
Re: Class activity
"Oh, I enjoyed it well enough," Liliana said, though she had not yet picked up her spoon to try it and showed no intentions of doing so. "I have always had an irrepressible sweet tooth, darling."
The dessert was fairly decent. Not particularly inspired, none of the touches that Hannibal would expect from someone with a true love of the kitchen, but it was something easy that had clearly been made many times before. A competent, if not terribly inspired, offering.