Mistral Meals - Day 3
“Well, of course I can cook!” said Legatoth, when his name was drawn from the hat as the day’s contestant. “You don’t get to be as old as I am without learning your way around a kitchen!” If you’re in civilized parts, he thought to himself.
Looking at the ingredients, however, had him thinking maybe some parts were too civilized! He wasn’t sure he was following that fancy Coatl with her talk of “intricate design work” and “special effects”. It was food, for crying out loud! It should taste good, was all he’d been expecting ... now he had to make it look extra pretty? Good grief.
The Redtail Crane was the only ingredient substantial enough to make a whole dish out of, in his opinion, though personally he’d have been happy just noshing on those Petite Glasswing Butterflies. He plucked the bird, enjoying the sound of the butterflies in their jar. Sure was awfully pale under all those feathers … but that gave him an idea.
He found a mortar and pestle in a size he could handle and started pounding the Stonewatch Scrub to paste. It didn’t look like much, but adding a little spit began to catalyze the reaction he was looking for, and the mortar and pestle began to turn blue. Since he didn’t want his hands that color, he made sure to use a spatula when spreading it on the tail feathers he’d set aside. He’d figured they’d come in handy!
As if on cue, a stick of butter flew by, and on its second pass he grabbed it. He didn’t remember having those around when he was a hatchling - and surely he’d have remembered something like that! - but, you know, times change, and they certainly were convenient! He painted those wings too, before melting the stick on low heat and basting the bird, and then slipping it into the oven to roast.
Meanwhile, he picked through the Killifish, and sorted them into piles. He ended up with a satisfyingly even mix of colors. He cleaned them out and splayed them flat, and mixed up a butter-rich and sticky glazing sauce. When the bird was nearly done, he pulled it out of the oven, dipped the fish in the sauce and arranged them across it in color co-ordinated rows, like a rainbow. Another minute to cook the glaze firm enough to hold the fish in place, and it was time for the final touch, sticking the now blue tail feathers into the bird’s rear end and adding the blue butter wings somewhere around the shoulder. Voila! His Bluetailed Rainbow Crane Roast was done!
But wait. He forgot to work the Butterflies in! Good thing it was a three out of four challenge … Looks like he’ll be noshing on them himself after all!
“Well, of course I can cook!” said Legatoth, when his name was drawn from the hat as the day’s contestant. “You don’t get to be as old as I am without learning your way around a kitchen!” If you’re in civilized parts, he thought to himself.
Looking at the ingredients, however, had him thinking maybe some parts were too civilized! He wasn’t sure he was following that fancy Coatl with her talk of “intricate design work” and “special effects”. It was food, for crying out loud! It should taste good, was all he’d been expecting ... now he had to make it look extra pretty? Good grief.
The Redtail Crane was the only ingredient substantial enough to make a whole dish out of, in his opinion, though personally he’d have been happy just noshing on those Petite Glasswing Butterflies. He plucked the bird, enjoying the sound of the butterflies in their jar. Sure was awfully pale under all those feathers … but that gave him an idea.
He found a mortar and pestle in a size he could handle and started pounding the Stonewatch Scrub to paste. It didn’t look like much, but adding a little spit began to catalyze the reaction he was looking for, and the mortar and pestle began to turn blue. Since he didn’t want his hands that color, he made sure to use a spatula when spreading it on the tail feathers he’d set aside. He’d figured they’d come in handy!
As if on cue, a stick of butter flew by, and on its second pass he grabbed it. He didn’t remember having those around when he was a hatchling - and surely he’d have remembered something like that! - but, you know, times change, and they certainly were convenient! He painted those wings too, before melting the stick on low heat and basting the bird, and then slipping it into the oven to roast.
Meanwhile, he picked through the Killifish, and sorted them into piles. He ended up with a satisfyingly even mix of colors. He cleaned them out and splayed them flat, and mixed up a butter-rich and sticky glazing sauce. When the bird was nearly done, he pulled it out of the oven, dipped the fish in the sauce and arranged them across it in color co-ordinated rows, like a rainbow. Another minute to cook the glaze firm enough to hold the fish in place, and it was time for the final touch, sticking the now blue tail feathers into the bird’s rear end and adding the blue butter wings somewhere around the shoulder. Voila! His Bluetailed Rainbow Crane Roast was done!
But wait. He forgot to work the Butterflies in! Good thing it was a three out of four challenge … Looks like he’ll be noshing on them himself after all!
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