it's time for the WHO (who) PUDDING (pudding) COOKOFF (cookoff)

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Username/Display Name: un: vierge // dn: odette
Server Channel: #general
Time: Early afternoon, probably closer to the 18th don't look at me

Aight, I'm about to enlighten a whole helluva lot of you so buckle up.

Le Réveillon is a holiday feast far and away proving the superiority of French. You'll never doubt who's on top of the ladder after a taste, so Giselle if she's still talking to me and I and anyone else who gets it are gonna school the rest of you on real food.

Normally we'd do that kinda thing for Christmas Eve and New Year's, but seeing as god and I aren't exactly on good terms and that means nothing to most of you besides, let's push it closer to the end of the year. Let's say [CONVENIENT DATE HERE]. Get the feeling some of you sad sacks are just as used to being alone for the holidays and need some kinda excuse.

Course, if you think you've got the superior recipes in your corner, you can always challenge us in the kitchen. Gauntlet? Consider it thrown. There's an industrial kitchen floor big enough for a full iron chef brawl or two.

Or we can duke it out the old fashioned way, if you wanna go for the real brawl.

((OOC: I'll throw a log up for cooking challenge, feasting, brawling, etc. after the holiday weekend, so around like the 26th or 27th. This way we can dodge overlapping with celebration plans and ICly the log can fit somewhere between xmas and new years. Unless someone else has an actual new years thing planned, I'll try to fold NYE stuff in there somewhere maybe?

Also it's close enough to the Figue and Ringo adventure that I think it's more than fair that characters can still be blasted with the truth beam for this post if you want. Go nuts.))

Comments

un: satorumon

[unliminal]

you gonna make fried chicken?
it's the realest christmas food there is

[cardsharked]

Forgot that's what you all did out that way.

That one's gonna have to be in your hands. Figured we'd go with the classic chestnut roasted turkey or slap up a whole oven of quails. You want it fried, gotta do it yourself.

[unliminal]

you got it
i've never fried chicken myself but not like there's a KFC floor
i think

[fixtures]

Might that be the food of tradition in your homeland, Satoru?

I would be happy to learn the recipe at a later time, though regrettably, I do not think there will be space for it in the menu at this particular event.

[unliminal]

i can bring my own no sweat
maybe i'll even think about sharing
but yeah it's THE xmas dish back in japan

un: headmaid, dn: Giselle

[fixtures]

Dear Odette,

I am rather looking forward to preparing Le Réveillon at your side.
And, moreover, I am grateful for this opportunity to feel closer to dishes I have not made in some time...

As for the guests: I do ask that if you have concerns, to inform me post haste. I will endeavor to meet the requests made of me, time and preparation permitting.

It is my pleasure to serve you.

Best regards,
Giselle

P.S.
I have no such intention to cease speaking with you, unless, of course, you ask that of me.

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Missy - [yes she is making a little fun]

Probably the first time I'm looking forward to cooking anything in a long while. Guess that's just the siren song of competition.

Had to give you an out even though you wouldn't take it even if someone put it in your hand.

- o

ps. dinde ou caille?

[fixtures]

[ Oh... it seems like an innocuous message, but it means more than Odette may know. Even the part where she got called 'missy.' For perhaps one of the first times since coming here, she feels like a person again in this exchange — being thought of, considered this way, despite Odette seeing something so dark in her. It's a weight lifted off her, to be treated so normally... wherever she is, her smile grows a touch warmer. ]

Caille.

[ and here's where she'd type the rest of her response in French.... IF SHE COULD REMEMBER HOW TO WRITE IN IT ]

That is the preparation I have more experience in, though I am capable of preparing both for one banquet, were that what you would like.
Which is it that you would prefer?

un: montjoie, dn: charlie

[frankish]

I WANT TO HELP! France's reputation is on the line here!

[cardsharked]

That's the spirit! If things get hairy, you might just need to tank a few blows.

Can you actually cook?

[frankish]

[ ................... ]

I'm a good taste tester...?

[fixtures]

Oh?
We would be most pleased to have you.
Could it be that you enjoy kitchen work? Or perhaps you simply have a desire to help, regardless of method...

[frankish]

I can't say I've done much cooking before, but there has to be something I can do.

Like go on a quest for ingredients! It'll be a whole new legend, starting right here, right now!

un: elderflower, dn: SH.

[airdnd]

[ she is sensing an opportunity to organize an event and therefore make work for herself... count her in! ]

Do you need any assistance with planning and coordinating, Ms. Odette?

[cardsharked]

Huh, maybe.

Kinda figured people'd come alone, cook for their side, duke it out, then eat and drink when we're all worn out.

[Being a rather shrewd person, it's unlikely that Odette really thought so little about the planning - but she's deliberately not making a very public show of hosting, for whatever reason.]

un: redmoon / dn: NICO🦇

[crimsin]

ooh oooh can i be the person who shouts "allez cuisine" at the beginning to start the competition??

[ Nico that's not helpful... ]

[cardsharked]

With the freaking bell pepper?

You got any other talents or cooking specialties?

[Half of the French(?) here are turning out to be useless... What a letdown from her countrymen and pseudo-countrymen.]

un: evan kelmp

[verkelmpt]

Are spectators allowed? If it's a competitors and judges only thing, I totally understand.

[cardsharked]

Not sure there'll be a whole lot to spectate, kid. You might as well just come to eat... or cook. Can you do either of those things?

un: skull, dn: ☠️RYUJI☠️

[boneface]

dont u ppl eat snails

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A lotta people eat escargot. Cook it up in butter and throw it with some crusty bread and the chewiness lines up perfectly. Great small plate. Says something about your palate if you gotta problem with it.

un: velluminous, dn: Ms. Vaux

[velluminous]

I will cook if my assistance is welcome. There will be no brawling.

Also, I do not know what "French" is meaning.

[cardsharked]

Aw. I was kinda hoping someone would take me up on it. This way we're just gonna have to let the dishes speak for themselves, I guess.

We're French. Me and Giselle, that is. What kinda specialties do you make?

un: antikythera / dn: 🍎

[hexensabbat]

No idea how to cook but I'm game to learn! Oooor to taste your food, Odette and Giselle!

[cardsharked]

This ain't the minor leagues, you know. You'd be cutting your teeth on something that's taken out way stronger men. You really wanna risk it under my watch?

What's the eating situation like for you and your sis, anyway?