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[center][b]Mistral Meals Day 4[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/18861430][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/188615/18861430_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Sora inspected the ingredients laid out by Compote. They smelled bad but she could work with that! The imperial was particularly fond of the bones. Taking inspiration from the Anniversary Cakes, she got to work into making a very memorable pungent cake. Using meat plucked from the [b]Picked-Over Bones[/b] and some delicious Musk Scrapper, she mixed it with various baking ingredients, stirring them into a cake batter and mixing it well. The batter turned out to be brown-colored, smelling horrid and looking a bit like poop. It was actually delicious. Sora distributed the batter into two baking tins and baked them in an oven. [center][item=Picked-Over Bones][item=Musk Scrapper][/center] While the sponge cake was baking in the oven, Sora prepared a jam of sorts. Using extracted honey from Honeycomb Fragments, she mixed it with writhing [b]Infestation Maggot[/b]s and the most pungent [b]Fragrant Orchid[/b] petals, creating a very sticky, smelly jam. The meat cake was ready in the oven, so the imperial took the bowls out and spread the interesting jam over the top layer, placing the other layer of the meaty sponge cake on top with a splat. [center][item=Infestation Maggot][item=Honeycomb Fragment][item=Fragrant Orchid][/center] Anniversary Cakes come in four varieties: Plant, Meat, Seafood and Insects, and Sora noticed she was still missing the seafood part. It wouldn't be the perfect 4-combo cake if it was still missing fish! Thinking quickly, Sora sourced out a perfect pair of gross and smelly fish to go with her newest [b]12th Anniversary Ultimate Sponge Cake[/b]. She threw the pair of fishes on top of the cake and sprinkled leftover maggots and stinky petals on top. [center][item=Deepsea Yawner][item=Humpback Anglerfish][/center] Not everyone may be a fan of Anniversary Cakes, but they are worth 25 food points, and hers was probably also worth a whooping 25 [emoji=seafood size=1][emoji=plant size=1][emoji=meat size=1][emoji=insect size=1] combined. Sora proudly presented her [b]12th Anniversary Ultimate Sponge Cake[/b] baking creation to [b]Cloudsong Confections[/b]!

[center][b]Day Four[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/90749287][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/907493/90749287_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Cirrus looks at his options today and heads over to [b]Marva's Munchies[/b]. His goal is mostly to hide the ingredients. He asks for some chocolate to melt down, and dips the Fragrant Orchids in the melted chocolate, hopefully trapping their... fragrance in the nicer-smelling casing. The Infestation Maggots he mashes up into a paste, setting it aside for later. He uses the Picked-Over Bones as a framing/armature setup to support his chocolate "pottery" - what was intended to be a vase but ends up looking more like a shallow bowl - which he fills with the maggot paste for structural stability. He presses in the orchids delicately on top. The whole thing looks pretty nice and smells [i]deeply[/i] contradictory. He tentatively offers a bite of the [b]Smelly Bouquet[/b] to Ursus.

Day 4 Ingredients: [item=picked-over bones][item=infestation maggot][item= fragrant orchid] [item=wild onion][item=sweet potato vine][item=blacksaddle wrasse][item=edamame][item=green shoots] Booth: Breezy Bento Tody's Chef: Smoothie [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/77606579][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/776066/77606579_350.png[/img][/url] Smoothie sipped her drink, unimpressed by the scene before her. When her boss noticed her standing there he sighed in exasperation. "Smoothie, you came to the festival too? Who is watching the bean lab?" Wyatt demanded. "Oh. Oh no. You didn't leave [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66020830]Squish[/url] all by himself did you." Smoothie waved one of her arms dismissively. "He'll be fine." She surveyed the scene, noting the drink in front of the chef and the food in front of the barista, and that weird kid with an extremely grown up looking spread of appetizers. "I love this. I love this energy. Should we like... make a steak?" Her heads consulted with each other via brief eye contact. Smoothie's cooking experience was mostly just throwing things in a blender. Wyatt was reticent to put her drinks on the menu but she sold them when he wasn't looking anyways, and people seemed to like them. Since today was opposite day or something, maybe she would try something savory. Soup was basically just meat smoothie, right? "My cafe is going to be burned down by the time we get back," Wyatt said dejectedly, burying his face in his hands. "He can't break that much stuff. Just buy a bunch of cups from the night market before we leave," Smoothie said, and off she went to produce her dish. Having lived in Plague for a while, the day's ingredients were far from off-putting. In fact, blended up maggots were a great substitute for bananas. She used them all the time. First up was to make the base with the picked over bones. "Hey kid," Smoothie called out. "Do you know how to make stock?" Twizz nodded. That took care of the boring part. Smoothie was gifted in the art of delegating. The maggots she would blend as a thickening agent, and now she just needed some more stuff to throw into the soup. Smoothie wandered to the Bento stall, appreciating the convenience of pre-prepped ingredients. She ignored Bloodstone's intense expression as she upended the bento box into her soup pot. There was some rice and vegetables in there, that would be good. She threw the fragrant orchids in to meet the requirement. Done. When Kada smelled what she was cooking, he walked over to her station with concern. "Did you put any herbs in here? With dangerous ingredients you don't- oh you're already leaving." "Throw whatever other stuff you want to in there, I don't care. I'm getting another drink, do you guys want anything?" She didn't wait for an answer before disappearing again.

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73097463][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/730975/73097463_350.png[/img][/url] [Item=Picked-Over Bones][item=Infestation Maggot][item=Fragrant Orchid][/center] Bones! Runewing rubbed his paws together. He knew [i]exactly[/i] what to do with that! If he made a bone broth curry the fragrance should disguise the smell - although he was sure there were plenty of mirrors who would find the natural scent of these ingredients very appetising, he didn't want to stink out the whole event and drive other dragons away! He diced the maggot meat and tossed them in his mixture of spices. Getting rid of the outer skin did make it smell less, so he felt like he was on the right track. He finely chopped the orchid to add some fresh green colour to the dish and its health benefits. He kept some 'raw' flowers in a sealed tub that could be added as a garnish for those dragons who [i]wanted[/i] some additional pungency to their meal. He allowed the meat and everything else to continue cooking in the broth, and then he carried his pot to [b]Windsinger's Wokbook[/b]. He needed a cart this time to carry all his cookbooks too. He planned to exchange [i]all[/i] of them with Tonraq. Runewing was a largely self taught chef, and didn't follow recipes but did appreciate them for introducing him to new techniques, flavour combinations and ingredients.

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(Day 4) [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=88508097][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/885081/88508097.png[/img][/url] After Yesterday's ingredients...there's this. Reclusia would definitely give her a look of sympathy if she saw these firsthand. Nonetheless, she got to work, grounding up the meat of the [b]Picked-Over Bones[/b], [gamedb item=28127],[gamedb item=30387], as well as [b]Infestation Maggots[/b], then hand-mixing in some beaten egg yolks, chopped onion, bread crumbs, crumbled [gamedb item=16040], oregano, garlic, and basil. Transferring the mixture into a loaf pan, She dices up some [b]Fragrant Orchid[/b] petals, mixing them in with event-supplied tomato sauce, than graciously lathers it onto the meatloaf before finally putting it in the pre-heated oven to bake. When the one-hour period was done, She takes the meatloaf out from the oven and cuts out two slices to arrange on a dish, one leaning on the other, sprinkling on salt, pepper and drizzling more of the orchid-tomato sauce over them and adding a garnish/side dish of [gamedb item=48]. Nodding slightly to herself with the results, she brings the [b]meatloaf[/b] to Syrah at [b]Tender Tidings Tea[/b]; she wasn't sure how the Imperial would make of the somewhat pungent-yet-strangely-delicious odor, but it was worth a shot. The meaty and slightly spicy heartyness of the meatloaf with the potash peaches to cleanse the palate was pretty good though, as she confirmed to herself later.

[b]Mistral Meals - Day 4[/b] [center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/90294918][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/902950/90294918_350.png[/img][/url][/center] As soon as [b]Reishith[/b] learned he was going to the Mistral Meals as the night’s contestant, the other Sandsurges in the Weyr began to impugn his culinary skills. He glared at [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/90015474]Scorch[/url]: “You put them up to this!” he accused. Scorch just laughed. “Whyever would you think that? Surely you remember the treatment [u]I[/u] got last year! Now it’s your turn!” “But I [i]defended[/i] you!” Reishith protested. Still, he had to admit the ribbing was good-natured, rather than cutting. He also recalled that Scorch had put to work everyone who had tagged along to watch. It had actually been rather fun! “So…. this is going to be a group activity, eh?” The thought was confirmed by grins all around. Once at the venue, he signed in, and then set them to work. No choice in the matter - they were making soup! “Scorch, get that pot of water filled up so we can start our stock. There’s still plenty of meat on these [b]Picked Over Bones[/b], and they’re big enough to have loads of marrow inside. We’ll need aromatics…” He turned towards [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93316352]Leapinth[/url]. “I am NOT peeling the garlic this time!” she said, “Let [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93316353]Lizardeth[/url] do it!” Her sister gave her a dark look, but began the process. “Fine, you can work on the rest of these vegetables. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/88574432]Lezard[/url], how about you give her a hand with that? There are a lot here I want to add. These for the stock, those for the soup”, he pointed. He passed the [b]Infestation Maggots[/b] to [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89249985]Suforuth[/url] to brown gently in melted butter. “[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/94314575]Coniferth[/url], you won’t mind blanching these [b]Fragrant Orchids[/b], will you?” The Windchanter had a resinous aroma all his own, so Reishith thought he wouldn’t notice the smell so much. “A little vinegar should neutralize them, and then just a quick dunking so the flavor beneath isn’t overwhelmed.” He sent [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89249524]Heilequinth[/url] to pick out some tart red fruits and start a thick compote, while [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89247009]Sassenath[/url] prepared a dumpling dough. “Okay, now we’re going to fill these orchids with the fruit and mold the dough around the petals…” He left three of them at it, while he strained his broth, with Lizardeth’s assistance. He added the soup veggies for eating,and let them simmer until tender, then the maggots, toasted golden. He helped finish the dumplings and slipped them in to cook with the lid closed, until they rose to the surface like clouds. He had forgotten to keep Scorch busy. Scorch was not upset; it gave him a chance to inspect the booths. He stopped at the Windsinger’s Wokbook. This one was different… It did not appear the nocturne behind the counter was selling anything to eat at all! Just books? He poked through them, until a title caught his eye. He was about to ask the price, when he saw the sign that said “Take one, Leave one”. Hmm, that could work! He pulled out his trusty barbecue book, which he had been coming to feel he had outgrown. It wasn’t as thick as the book he wanted though. “Er, excuse me, is this okay to trade for that one?” he asked. “Yes, fine!” Tonraq replied - a little curtly, it seemed to Scorch. But no matter, he had his prize! The soup was being dished out into bowls as he returned. “Oh., there you are! Just in time to eat…,” someone began, but he waved them off. “Reisihith! I got you something!” With a flourish he presented his friend with a hardback tome: ”Phineas Phynder’s Field Guide: The Comprehensive Compendium of Cultivated and Foraged Fungi” “No way!! Where did you get this? I’ve always wanted a copy, but I thought it was out of print…” Scorch gestured in Tonraq's direction. “Maybe we should treat him to some of your dumpling soup, huh?”

Day 4 [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89500818][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/895009/89500818_350.png[/img][/url] Mus Rattus' guest chef today is the somewhat offputting Qi Rong, who quickly heads directly to the meat and begins picking stuff out. Mus Rattus himself is a zombie dragon, so he sweats a little when Qi Rong pulls out the picked-over bones. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/94125458][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/941255/94125458_350.png[/img][/url] It may seem counterintuitive, but today they aim for Curly Cream. Durian ice cream is a thing, so maybe some other smelly flavors could be interesting. The picked over bones are stripped of the rest of their meat and the meat is smoked, while the bones themselves are placed in boiling water for later. The infestation maggots are freeze dried and coated with sugar to create a crunchy sweet topping. The fragrant orchid is chopped and blended into a paste, adding sugar and water to create a syrup. Then, they create the ice cream base using cream, milk, vanilla extract, salt and sugar, churning it and adding the orchid syrup and meat bits before freezing it. After it is frozen, they scoop some out into a cone and top with maggots, adding a bone or two as decoration as well! The ice cream is smooth and creamy, with a hint of smoky saltiness from the meat. Picked-Over Bones / Infestation Maggot / Fragrant Orchid