Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Officer’s Mess Kitchen- Food for a Crowd

Posted by James Sinclair in Officer’s Mess Kitchen- Food for a Crowd

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Officer’s Mess Kitchen- Food for a Crowd

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Faye moved back to him after propping up the lovely flowers on the counter against the backsplash. “First, another kiss,” she said that strange giddy tone creeping back into her voice.

Dag grinned and said “Well… if I must.” and slipped his arms around her and pulled her to him, bent down, and kissed her, not caring that her mother was standing there… with a knife by her hand.

It was hard to explain but when he kissed her like that it felt like everything in the Universe was okay, the way it was supposed to be. “Mmm, hi,” she said softly, gazing up at him. Back at her cutting board, Shara just smiled to herself.

“And then if you don’t mind, I need someone to start cooking the vegetables while I make the dough for the wraps. And she’s not allowed to cook.”

“No cooking implements for me,” Shara said with a wink in Daggum’s direction as she picked up the knife again and set about chopping the vegetables that Daggum needed to cook.

Faye just shook her head, but she was grinning. If nothing else, her mother was entirely irrepressible. “We’ll probably want on of Harv’s extra large skillets. Medium heat with some oil in the pan once it warms up. Sautee and try to get things evenly cooked. We’ll add the special brine at the three-quarter mark.”

~The Calloway Women

“Yes Chef!” Daggum said loudly and then chuckled. “Sorry. I watch a lot of Dante’s Kitchen on my off time. That Rordan Gamsey is such a stickler…” He went over and pulled out the biggest skillet he could find, which was actually a massive paella pan, but he carried it like a skillet. He set on the induction heater and then grabbed a bottle of olive oil and splashed some in the pan. “Ready for those veggies… Mom.” he said to Shara, and then looked at Faye and smirked and winked.

Daggum

Faye snorted as she found a bowl to make the flatbread in and turned to watch her mother’s reaction. Shara lifted the cutting board, side stepped towards Daggum and, with the back of a knife, scrapped the full board into the pan. “There you go, Son.

Daggum chuckled. “Usually when people call me that, there are three words that immediately follow.”

Spatial anomaly? Nah, not likely. Temporal anomaly? Stranger things had happened. As Faye measured out some water she realized what was weirding her out. “It feels natural,” she said softly, really to herself.

Shara, with her keen hearing turned to Faye. “What feels natural?”

Faye gestured to the three of them with a floured hand. “Us. Here…”

“But?” Shara said, her expression sobering, seemingly already knowing what Faye was going to say.

“He’s not here,” she said, forcing herself to breathe deeply.

Shara set her knife down and crossed the kitchen, pulling Faye into a tight embrace and kissing her forehead. “Yes, he is. You’re cooking, Faye. You certainly didn’t get that from me,” she said, pulling back and smirking.

As she moved back to her station Shara gazed deeply at Daggum. “Edward would have liked you too,” she said as she went back to her vegetables. After all, they had a lot of hasperat to make.

~The Calloway Women

“I would hope so…” and he looked at Shara and smiled. He stirred the vegetables for a moment and then said to the room at large “So Faye… did you tell your mom about dinner?” and he grinned.

Daggum