First Bowl [Ship Planning Video]

[ricebird]

[Kotori planned on this being a text post. Keyword being planned, because the tortoiseshell cat on her shoulder decided to bat at the light box and press the "live video" button.]

Ah! Slowburn-chan, no--!

[Oh. They're live. Lovely. Not how she wanted this to go, and her face is RED on camera, but no choice but to roll with it.]

Ahaha, um... hi, everyone. So um... I meant to text this, but... I guess I have a few questions?

So someone brought up the idea of a restaurant ship, one that'd be open to both sides and serve food from our worlds as well as recipes from this one, and... I kind of like that?

B-but I'm not that good a cook yet, let alone able to run a restaurant! So... anyone interested in being a head chef? And ideas for names? And any recipes you'd like included? Sorry I know this is a lot... and thank you...

[And this is why she wanted this to be a text.]

Comments

[unshod]

That will be fine. So long as the whole thing does not stink of fish, it will be acceptable. It is the smell more than the taste that I find so off-putting.

And I am glad they are to your liking. They are yours to do with as you wish.

[ricebird]

Good. Hopefully it won't smell at all; fish isn't supposed to smell much if it's fresh and cleaned properly. And there'll be other smells too, of course. What are some foods you miss from back home?

[unshod]

Hearth Cakes.. Pig Oat Mash. Most things are similar here, Enough so to not have me miss much, but those two i have yet to find an equivalent of.

Also breads breads and pastries made with nuts and honey.

[ricebird]

[Hang on, writing more of these down...]

Breads and pastries we can do, for sure. Hearth cakes... are those like the oat cakes they serve on the ships? And what's Pig Oat Mash like? They all sound delicious!

[unshod]

Hearth cake does not have any oat in it.. I believe it is flour, butter, sugar, dried fruits. Perhaps mixed with milk? I have never made it, so I am unsure all of what goes into it.

Pig oat mash is apples, dried salt pork or a smoked bacon, dried rolled oats, berries, and ale, though some substitute ale for water. It's very good, I have made it a number of times.

[ricebird]

Ah, so it's a porridge? [A really, really tasty porridge, from the sound of it!] And hm... maybe we can meet up sometime to figure out the right consistency.

[unshod]

I suppose yes. It is like a porridge but thicker. I would be glad to teach it to you, though I find that the butter available here is not as rich as the butter we would use back home.

[ricebird]

I see... we might be able to add some cream to help with that. Or make our own butter; I've never done it before, but I don't think it should be too complicated.

[... She's not wrong, but it's going to take its sweet time. At least Fenris will be a big help with churning.]

[unshod]

I have yet to see any hallas here for make butter from, so perhaps the cream will help.

[He'll churn butter, sure.]

[ricebird]

Hope so. Um, what are hallas?

[She's picturing something along the lines of a sheep or goat, MAYBE a cow.]

[unshod]

I believe the closest thing I have seen to a Hallas has been what I have heard called a deer?

[ricebird]

Oh wow, really? I... don't think I've ever heard of deer being milked for food, but now I'm really curious!

[unshod]

Yes, it's typically a companion of the Dalish.. ah, nomadic elves of my world. They do not hunt Hallas so much as use them as a human might use a cow for milk.