Cooking with Matt

[piwakawaka]

Tiwa is discussing where she and Matt can take over the kitchen and the rats are moving out of the way. Her plan is fairly simple, everything they'll have will be baked in the end as that gives more time for cleaning afterwards.

Everything isn't prepped but a lot of things are as that means more time for the good parts of cooking. When she's sure that everything's set then she goes to the door to see if she can spot him.

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[piwakawaka]

"Chicken most of the way as that helps it soak up all the curry flavors, beef browned and mainly cooked, it's mince so cooks fast. Lamb not quite as much since you want it to still be a little tender,"

As she looks over the pies, she points out as the meat's fairly obvious to see though the chicken's a bit hidden by curry.

[semicharmed]

"But now we're going to bake it, so it'll cook more."

This is sllllightly a question.

[piwakawaka]

"Yes, but first we put the rest of the pastry on top and make designs."

[semicharmed]

Matt eyes a perfidious bit of leftover pastry dough.

"Are you picky about the type of design?"

His will be ... impressionistic.

[piwakawaka]

"It depends what you do," She's curious so won't say no just wants to see.

[semicharmed]

Matt's effort ...


Looks a lot like a very sad half-pie-crust.

It doesn't quite reach all the way across.

[piwakawaka]

Tiwa carefully adds another half and hands him a knife,

"Cut or prick out a design with that."

[semicharmed]

Matt considers the knife.

And the already-lopsided pie.


With a bit of tugging, he shifts the crust to the center of the pie, with a bit of space all around, and starts poking holes in it with the knife.

The end result is reminiscent of a pentagram or magical circle, though it doesn't contain any actionable magic symbols.

[piwakawaka]

Tiwa tries valiantly to not giggle too much as she finishes the other pies.

A few are pretty simple but one has a kind of spiral shape going on, "It looks good."

[semicharmed]

Matt shoots her an amused, but somewhat suspicious glance.

"Good."

[piwakawaka]

Her face is one of the purest innocence, she practices as she finishes of the last one,

"There, they can go in now and we can figure out what to make for dessert."

[semicharmed]

Once the pies go safely into the oven, Matt slumps back against the nearest counter.

"Dessert."

A slightly dazed grin.

"Okay, fairygirl, hit me. What're we making?"

[piwakawaka]

"That's up to you. Scones, afghans or we can keep it simple and just make a trifle,"

She just looks smug, this is nice and soon there will be delicious food.

[semicharmed]

"A trifle?"

Matt's eyebrows arch, impressed.

"Is-- that's like a pudding, right?"

[piwakawaka]

"Yeah, it's got pudding as part of it."

[semicharmed]

"If it's simple, I say we go for it."

Simple to make + awesome-sounding = win!

[piwakawaka]

"Easily done,"

In a few moments the mess is cleaned up and then Tiwa presents a rather pretty bowl, "What kind of fruit do you like best?"

[semicharmed]

"Mango?"

[piwakawaka]

"I think I saw some of those in the fridge,"

The ingredients are all fairly simple and a clean cutting board and knife is put in front of him along with some mangos.

[semicharmed]

:DDDDD

"How small do you want these?"

[piwakawaka]

"Bite sized so dice them up. I'm going to start on the cream."

[semicharmed]

If there's one thing cooking-related that Matt knows, it's what a bite-size piece of mango looks like.

He feels good about this!

"This is practically a health food," he notes with a faint smile as he starts to slice.

[piwakawaka]

"Practically, yes, it is."

[semicharmed]

In between slice attempts, he sneaks a glance at Tiwa.

He guesses they haven't ... talked much today, except about cooking and movies.

But that's okay, right?

[piwakawaka]

She's beating whipped cream but feels the glance and looks up to give him a fleeting smile.

Talking is something she's unsure of how to do with him or with James as everything feels complicated and like it could break if pressed too hard.