Posted by Civilian Char’les Harv (Officer’s Mess Chef) in A Day With Koro

Posted by Commander Shedda Mal’athar (Executive Officer) in A Day With Koro

Posted by Civilian Char’les Harv (Officer’s Mess Chef) in A Day With Koro
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Reaching for the scrubber, Koro nodded eagerly and scrubbed at the spots he could see. His concentration was so intense that the tip of his tongue stuck out. After a couple minutes, he scrunched his eyes and then looked at Harv. “is it clean enough for magic?”

~Koro

Harv looked at the pot and smiled. “I think so. Ok. Let’s begin.” He knelt down and looked at Koro, placing his hands on the boy’s shoulders. “Now listen, this is important. When we are doing the magic, the food will take in whatever you are feeling. Joy, sadness, anger… whatever you feel will go into the food. So you want to think of happy times. Good times. Make sure all your happiness goes into the food. Then, when your grandmother eats it, she will feel that happiness. And it will help her feel better. Ok?”

Chef Harv

It was true. Shedda had seen it time and time again during digs and reconstructions. The feelings and intents came through clearly in the remains of what was left behind. Those were physical permanent, or semi permanent, things. She saw no reason why it would not apply to food. The smell and taste of food certainly could trigger strong emotional responses and memory. Shebgave Koro an encouraging smile. If today’s conversations were any indication he had plenty of happiness to pour into it.

Shedda

Koro took his job very seriously so he gave a firm nod to Harv and a tiny smile to Shedda. “Okay, what do we do first to make happy soup?” he asked, very focused on the task at hand.

~Koro

“Well,” Harv began, “…first we have to get vegetables and proteins prepared. And to do that, you are going to have to use a knife. A very sharp knife. And if it isn’t used properly, it will cut you and it will hurt. Are you ready for that?”

Chef Harv

Shedda was all for kids learning practical skills. She’d learned to use a knife and other things very early, but she wasn’t sure how Sair felt about it. She knew Harv was helping Koro cook though. She bit her tongue before she mouthed off that there were such things as child kitchen knives that were safer than regular knives. She was pretty sure putting her two scents into his kitchen would end in a fight, in front of Koro. “We could give him cut resistant gloves,” she commented quietly.

Shedda

Harv looked up and said “And then how would he learn to use a knife properly?” and then looked back at Koro. “So? You want to learn how to use a knife so it does what you want it to and not hurt you? I promise… I can teach you so that it does exactly that.”

Chef Harv

Koro looked between Harv and Shedda and chewed on his lip for a moment. “Umm, maybe a little knife?” he said with a frown before nodding (more to himself) and then giving Harv a more confident nod as well.

~Koro