Living On Your Own, Friday, Period 1
Tyler was not wearing his pink, frilly apron today. He took class much more seriously.
Instead, it was one with a tuxedo print.
He seemed in high spirits as he waited for the students to gather, and if his movements were a little stiff, you'd have to know him well to notice. The bruise on his cheek, though -- that was a little harder to miss.
"Happy Friday," he greeted. "We are cooking today. Cooking's important, both because it's cheaper than going out all the time, and because it's safer -- if you cook for yourself, you know what's in the food." This was perhaps more important to Tyler than it was to most people. "And don't say you can't cook, ninety percent of it is just following directions and I know you can all read."
"Today we're going to make chili and then Meg will show you how to bake brownies. Chili's a great specialty to have because the ingredients are cheap, most people like it, it's easy, and it stores well, so you can make a huge batch and eat it all week." He demonstrated the steps to preparing a simple chili, and handed out recipes for that and for vegetarian chili. Once the pot of chili was bubbling away, he added, "and now, after my TA demonstrates, it's your turn to cook. Ingredients are at the workstations back there. Work alone or in pairs. And if you get into a food fight, you get to clean it up." He did have his limits.
Instead, it was one with a tuxedo print.
He seemed in high spirits as he waited for the students to gather, and if his movements were a little stiff, you'd have to know him well to notice. The bruise on his cheek, though -- that was a little harder to miss.
"Happy Friday," he greeted. "We are cooking today. Cooking's important, both because it's cheaper than going out all the time, and because it's safer -- if you cook for yourself, you know what's in the food." This was perhaps more important to Tyler than it was to most people. "And don't say you can't cook, ninety percent of it is just following directions and I know you can all read."
"Today we're going to make chili and then Meg will show you how to bake brownies. Chili's a great specialty to have because the ingredients are cheap, most people like it, it's easy, and it stores well, so you can make a huge batch and eat it all week." He demonstrated the steps to preparing a simple chili, and handed out recipes for that and for vegetarian chili. Once the pot of chili was bubbling away, he added, "and now, after my TA demonstrates, it's your turn to cook. Ingredients are at the workstations back there. Work alone or in pairs. And if you get into a food fight, you get to clean it up." He did have his limits.