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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-11-04 08:03:00

Entry tags:

! bonding activity, ! ic/ooc, philippa nightingale

SOPHOMORE BONDING: November

SOPHOMORE MONTHLY BONDING

On this chilly November afternoon, the sophomores meet in the kitchens for a bonding activity with Prospero, assisted by his companion elf, Ambrosia.

Students are broken up into pairs or groups of three, and they're given a basket of secret ingredients that they must make a dessert out of. They have exactly 90 minutes, after which their creations will be judged by Quinn Cunningham, Theresa Noble, Magdalen Gillis, Robin Youngblood, [Senior/Junior Volunteer E]. The volunteer judges won't know who made what dessert. (OOC: Please allow players who do not play a sophomore to have first dibs on volunteer slots. If there are still open spots by 10 PM Mountain Time, then anyone may volunteer.)

Prospero is his usual gentle, supportive self. Meanwhile, Ambrosia keeps giggling affectionately at the proceedings, and seems very excited to watch the volunteers try the (likely questionable) results of this game. There are other house-elves in attendance, ready to assist the sophomore contestants.

Everyone's basket of secret ingredients contains:

Bananas
Candied ginger
Dark chocolate (vegan)
Maple syrup
Curry powder

Each dessert creation must use every ingredient in the basket. House-elves will retrieve any other requested ingredients (e.g. flour, eggs, sugar, avocados), but Prospero will be on the lookout for anyone who is rude or makes unreasonable demands. Contestants are allowed the use of magic, assuming they are responsible with it, and are given access to all the equipment in the kitchen. House-elves will help students with equipment they don't understand, or with anything they feel unsafe doing (i.e. knife use).

The sophomore pairings are as follows:

Hayley & Regan	Joanna & Susana	Solomon & Frances
Gabriela & Micah	Cole & William & Estella	Calvin & Philippa

Please give your character's cooking skills a rating from 1 to 10 and discuss with your partner(s) what your characters are going to make! The results will be calculated with help from the RNG, but volunteer input/reaction may be taken into account.

The winning team gets to pick the menu served to the whole school on Monday for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Cole/William/Essie

magitechnically
2016-11-04 10:28 am UTC (link)

Essie is already bouncing on her heels when they get brought to the kitchens and when the actual event is revealed, her excitement only escalates. She's seen Iron Chef before.

When the ingredients are presented to them, she takes a moment to taste a tiny bit of the chocolate, ginger, syrup, and curry powder. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

"We could maybe make a spicy chocolate and dip the bananas in it? Or cupcakes? What do you guys think?"

Essie's cooking skills are probably a solid 7. She can follow recipes and instructions and does well with presentation.

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Re: Cole/William/Essie

notacad
2016-11-04 03:43 pm UTC (link)

William looks at the ingredients, thinking. Man, it just makes him hungry.

"I feel like cakes might be obvious, though they'd taste good. Maybe use the maple syrup to candy the bananas, then like you said, spicy chocolate dip - we could make those chocolate dipped fruit chips!" Will grins, because Essie's idea is good, but he thinks his is too.

Will is definitely more like a 6. He is capable of cooking, but he's more an ideas man so he doesn't have fine technique and he's more about flavours than presentation.

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Cole/William/Essie -

colemoss, 2016-11-05 11:33 am UTC

Cole/William/Essie -

magitechnically, 2016-11-05 11:41 am UTC

Solomon and Frances

keepmarchingon
2016-11-04 10:38 am UTC (link)

I'm awake at an unreasonable hour so i'm doing this early.

Solomon isn't bad at cooking for a fifteen year old, but there's a view ingredients there that aren't native to Honduras, that he's never cooked with. or tasted.

He's very hands on, very open and patient and kind to the house elves and his partner. But he's also insistent on tasting everything before and after adding it. He's also super free with ideas and suggestions. The easiest thing to make to incorporate all the ingredients would be a cupcake. And if Frankie wants to go for something more exotic, he also offers a few local desserts to Honduras that could possibly work.

Solomon's cooking ability is about a solid seven because he hasn't used all the equipment or ingredients before, but he's clearly comfortable in that kind of setting and seems to have an idea of what he's doing.

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Solomon and Frances

anadem
2016-11-04 03:44 pm UTC (link)

YES. THE SONG OF HER PEOPLE IS CALLING HER.

Ahem.

Frankie's momma is a baker, so she's kind of got this one, dudes. She also watches a borderline unhealthy amount of Chopped. And Cake Wars. So much Cake Wars. It's all honestly a bit unfair.

So Frank's already going into this one incredibly stoked. But she's ready to listen to Solomon's ideas and to very happily work off of that. Because, seriously, cupcakes are never a bad idea. And they could kind of combine the idea of the desserts from his home into a cupcake? And maybe make the frosting based on Chili Hot Chocolate? Or ... maybe just make Chili Hot Chocolate to serve on the side? Or both?

She's also very happy to show Solomon how any of the more unusual equipment works and is patient and thorough when explaining. Because baking's awesome! And so is the decorating part.

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keepmarchingon, 2016-11-04 04:09 pm UTC

Solomon and Frances -

anadem, 2016-11-04 04:23 pm UTC

	Re: Solomon and Frances notacad 2016-11-04 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	Will is like PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME, BRO when he sees how the pairings work XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

Calvin & Pippa

evercreep
2016-11-04 11:46 am UTC (link)

Calvin is nervous about this team-up. He's going to be trying hard not to make things difficult, especially since Pippa seems sensitive right now. CAN HE MANAGE IT? WE'LL SEE.

Calvin knows how to cook on a very basic level. Lots of irresponsible siblings and overworked parents means he had to figure out how to feed himself and his little brothers periodically. However, he's very utilitarian about it. He's around a 6 for skill.

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Calvin & Pippa

orangepip
2016-11-04 04:55 pm UTC (link)

Pippa has MIXED EMOTIONS at having to ~bond~ with Calvin, but she really enjoys cooking, and the challenge of using secret ingredients sounds kind of fun, so... let's do this? [INSERT WARY GLANCE HERE] Pippa has had a lot of practice with experimental vegan baking, and she likes making the effort to pretty up a finished dish, but the end result usually looks rustic rather than refined. Her skill level is about 7.

"You can make vegan ice cream out of bananas and maple syrup," she tells Calvin. "We could chop up the ginger and chocolate and add that in. But I don't know where the curry powder comes into it?" She sometimes adds sliced bananas on top of curry, but would a curry banana ice cream work with chocolate and ginger? Should they do something more advanced, like a banana bread? Oh dear. This is starting to feel like a puzzle she doesn't know the answer to.

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Calvin & Pippa -

evercreep, 2016-11-05 05:18 pm UTC

Calvin & Pippa -

orangepip, 2016-11-05 05:34 pm UTC

Calvin & Pippa -

evercreep, 2016-11-05 05:56 pm UTC

Calvin & Pippa -

orangepip, 2016-11-05 06:12 pm UTC

Calvin & Pippa -

evercreep, 2016-11-06 03:42 pm UTC

Calvin & Pippa -

orangepip, 2016-11-06 06:14 pm UTC

	Ree and Hayley reehobbs 2016-11-04 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	Sadly, Ree's cooking skills are average at best. However, "ginger and dark chocolate tastes fucking amazing together. This can't be that hard," she decides. The curry powder does stump her a little, though. Thoughts, Ferris? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tinyrebel
2016-11-04 04:26 pm UTC (link)

Don't worry Ree, Ferris is here! She's been cooking since she was little and between her mother, aunt and grandmother plus the many hours of cooking tv she watches, Ferris has this in the bag.

Ferris, in her typical way, would have taken over and explained her idea quickly. She'd explain that there is an easy way to make banana ice cream by freezing the bananas and adding ginger and curry in moderation would actually work really well. Plus maple dark chocolate bar on the side. Which she would totally help Ree out if she wanted to go that way but it's Ferris, sorry, she's not the most team player of people.