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Dec 12, 2010 17:18

[Have a video of Winry in what looks to be a chef's kitchen. Part of the workspace is currently being used by Winry to build pies. Three empty pie shells are on the counter, as well as various fruits. A ball of raw dough is also on the counter, surrounded by flour. There are some pint boxes of fruit, ready to be prepared for the pies. A couple ( Read more... )

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[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 03:53:07 UTC

[And Naoto is sitting in the kitchen quietly observing. It's how she learns best, after all.]

I take it you're not working from a recipe, are you?

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 04:00:41 UTC

[Little smile.] No, I've made enough fruit pies, I can just sort of throw those together. The peach pie needs a little syrup, though, so I'll have to add some sugar water to it.

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 04:31:03 UTC

[A nervous laugh.] I'm not confident enough in my cooking skills to try and experiment with the recipe. Baking is a lot like chemistry: if you follow the formula exactly, you'll end up with the same result every time.

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 04:34:57 UTC

[Takes a little flour in her fingers and flicks it at Naoto] If you don't experiment, you don't learn!

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 04:48:27 UTC

[Catches it in the face and blinks, covering her mouth with one hand as she sneezes.]

I prefer experimenting in the laboratory, not the kitchen. I've never been terribly domestic. You should have seen my flat when I first moved in... You'd have thought a family of pack rats lived there...

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 04:53:22 UTC

Ed likes to say all alchemy began in the kitchen. So you could think of what I'm doing as lab work, just in a different kind of lab. [Is amused at Naoto sneezing.]

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 05:13:50 UTC

And Ed's a terrible cook. [Of course, one could say the same thing of chemistry...] Well, if this is a lab setting, then we both need to be properly dressed, don't we?

[So without further ado, Naoto is going to tie on a rather utilitarian white apron with an orange cartoon kitty face stitched on the front. Kanji's handiwork, of course. Naoto would never be caught dead in a pink frilly apron.]

So, where do we begin?

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 05:18:33 UTC

[Grins] You could peel and cut up the peaches.

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 05:28:33 UTC

Well, I'm pretty handy with a knife...

[Luckily, the kitchen is equipped with all the sate of the art gadgets and cutlery. One of the advantages to being so well-off: you can afford the best tools for the hired help. So Naoto is going to wash the peaches off in the sink before peeling the skin from them.]

Are they all going to be peach pies? Or are you making some different ones?

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 05:30:17 UTC

The apple one is ready to go into the oven; the peach one is next, and then I've got one more to do. I thought a berry pie. [Nods at a couple of pint boxes of berries.]

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 05:37:05 UTC

Mm! [Still peeling.] It must seem awfully convenient to be able to get fresh fruit, even during winter. We have supermarkets that keep fruit stocked all year round.

What's your favorite kind of pie, Winry?

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 05:41:39 UTC

We put up a lot of fruit and vegetables at home, but the trains do bring fresh product in. They just cost a lot more. Rezembool doesn't usually get those things, but I know Central and East City do.

But these fruits are amazing. [Winry pops a berry in her mouth and smiles as she chews.]

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 05:45:54 UTC

Some of the farmers still do canning and preserves, but it's not something I've ever done. I suppose most people don't see a need for it these days. [Although peach preserves are really tasty!]

I prefer to purchase from the local markets, if I can. You have to pay a little more, but I've always tried to support small businesses. Besides, I personally think the fruit they sell tastes better than the stuff at Junes. [Oh, if Yosuke heard her say that, he'd be crushed...]

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 05:49:33 UTC

It's not really that hard to do and it tastes very different from house to house - each family has its own recipes, you know? Granny has recipes from her great grandparents that we use when we make pickles and hot sauce.

[action spam!] truthinfortune December 13 2010, 05:58:39 UTC

Most of my family's recipes have to do with hangover remedies... [A bit of laughter. Well, just goes to show that she's not the only one who's had a bit of a drinking problem...] The majority of the cooking has always been provided for by the household staff, but there were a few occasions where my mother would insist on cooking. Like my birthday. She'd make me breakfast in bed: pancakes and eggs with bacon. And later on, she'd make a small cake just for us to share.

[Okay, the peaches are now peeled! Time to pit them.]

[action spam!] hands4healing December 13 2010, 06:01:59 UTC

Granny has some of those, too. But she likes cooking, and she started teaching me how to make simple meals when I was pretty young. I had to help get ingredients ready, too.

[Starts rinsing the berries in a colander.]

Oh, did you have a recipe for that cake you wanted me to make? I'd like to try to bake one before the party, just to make sure I can make it right.

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