Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

[love_hurricane]

Characters; Sanji and OPEN
Time; Uh idk whenever, he's in the kitchen all day, so.
Location; The kitchen I KNOW BIG SURPRISE
Content; Shenanigans, also Sanji is trying to cope with a two week smoking ban on Chopper's command. Yeah, he's not happy about that.
Format; Prose or action, whatever suits.
Warnings; He sets himself on fire periodically and

Comments

Don't worry! I've been in France for a week anyhow :D

[love_hurricane]

Falling back against the work surface to smooth down his hair and collar whilst watching the anxious student flit back and forth in front of him like an agitated bird, the cook chewed a lip at the escalating list. Really, to him all of the things she mentioned were as natural and easy as breathing and sleeping, and he wasn't really a teacher; he didn't know how to do that sort of thing properly. Still, a lady had come to him to seek aid, and he would rather drown than turn down a damsel in distress in her hour of need.

Giving her a smile filled with more confidence than he felt, he pulled out a chair for her whilst chirping encouragingly at his abrupt pupil. "Well then, I'd better get out the cutlery for you first."

Swooping around the kitchen in a practiced manner he quickly gathered together all of the familiar items, laying them out on the table in an orderly way; increasing in size from left to right and changing functionality from top to bottom. There was everything that he thought would be brought up on a basic level, from teaspoons to measuring cups and mixing bowls.

"Now, for a start, which of these do you recognise?"

The hand in his trouser pocket crossed fingers involuntarily in hopes that there were at least some.

Lucky duck =3=

[bigdaddyzgirl]

Halting in her tracks she paused long enough to take deep breaths to satisfy her lungs. She had been hyperventilating since yesterday afternoon when she found out about the test. Running a hand through her curls, she shuffled over to the counter top and studied the items. She recognized all of them. They were items that she had seen before. Fluffing her curls once more, she leaned her hip against the counter-top and pointed to the row of mixing bowls.

“Now I know for a fact that all of these are mixing bowls.” She said confidently. Moving down the line, she inspected all of the other kitchen items that Sanji had set out for her. “Alright, I also know that these are measuring cups and spoons. I just don’t know how to use them.” Pausing a moment, she collected her thoughts before continuing. “So when a recipe asks for half a cup of something, does it mean I fill one of the measuring cups half way, or can I just use a regular cup?”

Yeah it was awesome ^^;

[love_hurricane]

A sigh of relief stifled itself into a business-like cough, as Sanji nodded along with her assessments, although her not knowing 'how to use them' puzzled him until her question. He gestured in a give-or-take manner with his hands.

"Well, if you want to be dead accurate you use the measuring cup half way, but most cups are about the same size- it's a traditional amount that became an accepted mass, because china cups had to be of a certain size to meet regulations so that the trading companies could figure out the balance of wares... Er, not that that really matters!" He floundered slightly, blushing and holding up his hands; he didn't need to confuse matters with the history of importing tableware and porcelain, oh man, he was going about this all wrong he'd known it...

"Uh, well, anyway, in short, you can generally trust most cups to be accurate, but if you use the measuring sort then you're guaranteed to be correct." He picked up a dessert spoon; "It's different for spoons through- a dessert spoon-full is very different from a tablespoon-full, and a 'heaped' spoon-full is more different still, so you really have to know the difference between them, or you'll be in trouble."