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Piper Halliwell (trytobenormal) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-05-29 12:26:00

Current mood:	nervous
Entry tags:	:class, :mingle, asami sato, damon salvatore, elena gilbert, euphemia li britannia, haruka tenoh, kitty pryde (evolution), neil perry (au), piper halliwell, tieria erde, todd anderson (au)

[ action | open | mingle style ] Cooking Class
[Piper had the cooking lab set up and ready to go. She was nervous as all heck, but she was as ready to do this as she was ever going to be. She found herself questioning why she was doing this, but no point in running that through her head now.]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Cooking Class.

[She gave them all a somewhat nervous smile.]

This is a first for me, so I'm looking for a lot of feedback on this one. What are you interested in learning? What are you current skills? Stuff like that. We can do recipe courses, like what you see on a cooking show, or we can teach specific techniques for people who are looking for something more rudimentary.

[She picked up her apron.]

I have some extra aprons in the back, so grab one if you didn't bring your own. Cooking can get pretty messy, even when you know what you're doing.

[She put the apron on, and, while everyone was getting theirs, handed out a sheet of paper with a recipe on it.]

We're going to start with a simple recipe today so I can figure out where everyone is in their skill level.

{OOC: MINGLE IT UP!! I'll make a comment below so people can thread with Piper specifically. I'm also going to set up a feedback thread so characters can leave feedback. There's also a post on Piper's journal for the class where people can leave recipe requests for future classes, as well as questions for future classes about techniques.}

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	trytobenormal 2014-06-10 03:42 am UTC (link)
	[Clean up can come at the end of class. Which, now that others were starting to pull things out of the ovens, and Piper had excused herself to go check on some of the other students, was coming up close.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-10 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	[ Haruka has so much chicken now. So much chicken. It hadn't looked like this much chicken until she realized people were going to have to eat it. It looks and smells good, but she's got her fork poised over a serving without taking a piece of it yet. ...oh, whatever, self. Even it's awful, it's not the end of the world. Haruka swallows quickly anyway. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-11 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	[As long as it's cooked enough and not too much, it shouldn't be terrible! Maybe a little overseasoned, but not terrible. Piper came over again.] Well, did we get the proportions right? [She smiled a bit, watching Haruka's face for a reaction.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-12 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Mm. [ Haruka has a fairly decent poker face. Her mouth is a bit pert right now, though. Herself as a cook and herself as a consumer apparently have two different ideas about how much ranch dressing should go into baked ranch chicken. She offers Piper the plate and a clean fork. ] You're the teacher. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trytobenormal
2014-06-12 01:53 am UTC (link)

[Okay... that didn't mean good things. Piper bravely took the offered utensil and carefully took a taste.]

Mm...

[She blinked a few times, but kept the majority of her reaction in check.]

I think we over did it on the dressing, yeah? Of course, the whole thing is to taste, and it's kind of subjective. But, we still need to be careful not to really overload it, right?

[Lesson learned?]

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	actsmagnificent 2014-06-12 03:56 am UTC (link)
	But the crumbles were fine. [ She's just going to point that out, though from the look on her face she agrees with that assessment. It flowed really quickly.... Still, Haruka made you eat her food. That deserves sincerity. Her expression softens accordingly. ] I'll be careful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-12 04:17 am UTC (link)
	They were. You recovered on that really well. [She nodded.] You'll do fine. The next class is in five days, so we can work on it then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-12 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds good. [ Taking a sip of a glass of water to clear her palate, she takes another bite. That's...pretty strong, yes. Can she still feed this to Michiru...? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-12 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe later, we can figure out some ideas on what to do with the extra. There isn't anything else going on in the classroom today, and the bots can handle lunch service at the restaurant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-13 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	[ For a moment Haruka thinks Piper's talking about serving this at the restaurant to get rid of it, and that's a very uncomfortable moment. Fortunately, her brain catches up to her paranoia. You must work at, or run, a restaurant. ] So you're teaching from experience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trytobenormal
2014-06-13 03:19 pm UTC (link)

[She nodded.],/small>

Sort of. It's a passion of mine, and I've been gearing myself up to run a restaurant back home. [Cooking for parties, her family, basically doing all that stuff as practice.] I just didn't have the money to invest right away, but I found a nightclub in my price range to invest in that I'm using to get the money to start the restaurant.

Here, I actually took over one of the restaurants to run.

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	actsmagnificent 2014-06-14 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	I hope I've patronized it. [ This much ranch grows more tolerable the more you eat it. Haruka's determined to make it through this chicken breast. One down....eleven to go. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-16 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Well, have you been to the steakhouse? Because that's the one I'm running right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-17 02:38 am UTC (link)
	....d'you take reservations? [ She's been, once or twice, probably with Michiru. But it's funny that should be the place, because she's had a running gag about owing Kitty a steak since she got here. Wouldn't they both be surprised if she actually delivered. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-17 04:06 am UTC (link)
	[That got a small chuckle.] Sure. We haven't packed the place out, yet, but we'd probably have to have the entire population of the dome there at the same time to have that happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-17 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	I'll get back to you, then. [ And look. Having a conversational partner meant she could eat this without focusing too much on it. That's probably enough ranch chicken for one day, though. Plenty for later... ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trytobenormal 2014-06-17 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	[She nodded.] I hope to see you there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-06-19 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	[ Haruka just grins as she starts wrapping up her leftover chicken. You will, someday. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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