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Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Friday, 3rd period

Dec 12, 2014 00:25

"Good afternoon." Hannibal nodded at the students. There were candles burning cheerfully around the Danger Shop, on counters and in corners and stuck with their own drippings to the ventilation hoods. Hannibal had given up trying to remove them. Still, at least your teacher wasn't possessed this week, right ( Read more... )

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Sign in! never_dull December 12 2014, 05:25:19 UTC

Exam time!

Re: Sign in! iceolatedqueen December 12 2014, 12:28:35 UTC

Elsa of Arendelle

Re: Sign in! shippedtomaine December 12 2014, 16:05:58 UTC

Emma Swan

Re: Sign in! shippedtomaine December 12 2014, 16:06:58 UTC

Emma Swan

Thread 5

Listen to the lecture, ask questions never_dull December 12 2014, 05:25:50 UTC

Up to and including, "OMG THERE'S A TEST??"

Research your meal and cook your food! never_dull December 12 2014, 05:26:22 UTC

Make it good!

Present your final never_dull December 12 2014, 05:26:56 UTC

Show the teacher what you made!

Re: Present your final wildandbrave December 12 2014, 17:28:48 UTC

Well, as it turned out she was planning on visiting her father and making him dinner this weekend, so was Cosette above using this class as a practice run?

No.

The trick with managing her father was always to try to get him to eat a good meal without him protesting that it was too extravagant, and while she had plenty of experience in persuading him she always felt bad about that after a while.

Therefore, the challenge was to come up with some really flavorful dishes that didn't look like they were too fancy, which meant that she had to rule out the shrimp recipe she'd been eyeing with interest. In the end, she went with herb-crusted lamb chops, a maple-glazed salmon fillet, and a broiled flatiron steak with some steamed vegetables and plain rice on the side.

God only knew how she'd ended up deciding on horchata for the drink, but after tasting it she decided it had been a good idea.

Re: Present your final never_dull December 12 2014, 23:05:06 UTC

Hannibal nodded at her meal. "Simple, but flavorful for the most part." He eyed the plain rice and lack of ornamentation. "Perhaps a bit ascetic in places. Although not in the drink." The horchata was definitely a welcome stretch.

"Well done overall, mademoiselle. My one suggestion given your current menu would be to place the rice under the meat - it will soak up a bit of the juices and gain some of its flavor. Alternately, you could use a recipe that makes it stickier, and mold it into shapes."

If you really had to do something so plain.

Talk to Hannibal! never_dull December 12 2014, 05:27:13 UTC

Before or after class, he's here!

Re: Talk to Hannibal! iceolatedqueen December 12 2014, 12:31:11 UTC

Elsa was one of those who had missed last week's class, unfortunately, and so she was looking at least somewhat chagrined as she approached Hannibal.

"Excuse me, Doctor Lecter? You had mentioned something about a make-up lesson for last week's class? I was lost in the woods peeling branches off of trees at the time, I'm afraid."

That would have been a weak excuse anywhere but here.

Re: Talk to Hannibal! never_dull December 12 2014, 22:58:04 UTC

Anywhere but here, Hannibal wouldn't have spent the class period arguing with Bob about proper presentation, either.

"So I heard, and thank you for that." Hannibal nodded to her and took out his calendar. "If you'd like to make it up an hour or two before dinner one day, we can eat the fruits of our labor after."

He paused. "Actually, I wrote to Mr. Ween earlier today asking to meet with him. If the pair of you would prefer to coordinate your times, you could come together."

Because Hannibal had no designs on children that way, but a future queen might be extra conscious of propriety.