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

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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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Re: Cole/William/Essie
[info]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
[info]colemoss
2016-11-05 11:33 am UTC (link)
Cole...doesn't know much about cooking and he looks back and forth between Essie and Will as they discuss the possibilities and the flavor combinations. Honestly, his preference would be cupcakes because they're much more visually appealing, but he's not inclined to protest and nods and 'yeahs' along with both of them. Clearly, he won't be any help in making the decision and he's more than willing to play second (or third?) fiddle on this one.

When it comes to the actual work, Cole is a shaky 5. He doesn't cook and isn't familiar with the techniques or the tools, but his artistic eye will help the team when it comes to plating and presentation.

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Cole/William/Essie
[info]magitechnically
2016-11-05 11:41 am UTC (link)
With two artists and zero actual cooks, Essie thinks Cole may be right about going with cupcakes and hoping they'll make it through on presentation. Or maybe they can drizzle something on the fruit chips to make them prettier? (Or are cupcakes too easy to mess up?????)

Essie is mostly just here to have fun, so if Will has a strong idea of what direction they should head, she is also happy to be put to work!

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