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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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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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	Re: Solomon and Frances keepmarchingon 2016-11-04 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	(Cough cough you forgot her score cough) But Solomon is STOKED by her enthusiam. They are gonna be the best team clearly. But half of it probably does turn into her showing him how to do things and him asking her questions. And him randomly complimenting Will obvs. "You know who else likes cupcakes. Will likes cupcakes." Best wingman ever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Solomon and Frances

anadem
2016-11-04 04:23 pm UTC (link)

(I TOTALLY KNEW THAT. YUP. >> Also, it's 42 probably floating around between an 8 and a 9, but she definitely Full Disclosured her abilities being a bit advanced to Prospero. Y'know, just in case. She doesn't want to be unfair.)

They really are going to be SO GOOD at this. But, yeeeeeah. Definite pauses for geeking out over baking equipment and techniques and different ideas they could have gone with instead. Maybe next time! Clearly Magic Baking Club should be a thing.

A+ on that wingmanning, Solomon! Though Frankie is totally more than happy to compliment Will and very cheerfully reply, "Yeah, I know! I've given him some before. He seemed to like it! I mean, at least I think so?"

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	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)

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