Posted by Civilian Jerrin Yeceb (Student) in Holodeck 2- Cooking with the CNS

Posted by Lieutenant Siennadye Nox (Counselor) in Holodeck 2- Cooking with the CNS

Posted by Civilian Jerrin Yeceb (Student) in Holodeck 2- Cooking with the CNS
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Jerrin was instantly amused and his maroon eyes lit up. “Man, I’d have paid to see that.”

Finishing up with the onion, he set it to the side. “He’s not a bad person, Hass. A little… over-zealous for my liking, which makes him seems bit shady, but, I dunno, I’ve met a lot of not so great people and he does mean well. But I can understand why my mom hasn’t exactly gone out of her way to get to know him. I just find it weird, though. I mean, there’s this whole family there and she’s basically acted like they don’t exist. It’s weird.”

~Jerrin

Sienna contemplated that as she chopped fine chunks of the Basil. “I suppose it would be weird, if someone had had a normal life with a normal loving family and normal support.” She tilted her head to one side and paused, biting her lip before continuing. “I don’t think anything about your mother’s history could be considered normal. She was traumatized and has worked to get through and past it to lead a happy and healthy life. I am betting that she isn’t really ready to work on her relationships with her family. Besides, I think she has had her hands full adjusting to being a parent of an almost fully grown young man. In that context, its probably not a shock that she has not been oriented on her extra family. And maybe it is weird, but it’s not a bad thing.”

“I suppose,” Jerrin said uncertainly.

“Do you want to spend more time with them?”

Nox, CNS

Having finished his initial task, he set down the knife to the side. “I don’t know. I guess it would be interesting to know more about them. I really don’t know anything about any family, aside from Vora and what she’s told me about my father. Other than that, details are a little… sparse,” he said, gritting his jaw slightly in irritation, but trying to seem casual.

~Jerrin

She handed him the bread slices and a tray. “Place these on the tray without touching each other and put them in the toaster oven behind you on 5. While they are cooking, grind up this roasted garlic into a paste.” She slid a covered dish in front of where he stood for when he was ready for it. Inside was still warm roasted garlic cloves. Next to it she placed olive oil. She tossed the rest of her chopped basil in the bowl and began mixing up the ingredients, adding seasoning as she felt necessary.

“Okay,” Jerrin said simply as he went about dealing with the bread. He didn’t know what garlic was, but was glad Nox had specifically pointed it out.

Sienna wondered if he was irritated at the lack of information on his father or the family in general and decided it would be helpful to ask in as gentle a way as she could. Imitating his casual attitude she nodded. “I can understand not knowing this can be very frustrating. It can leave one feeling not a little alone in this world and maybe a bit afloat. Is it just your father you want to know more about, or everyone in general?”

Nox, CNS

As he worked on the garlic, the young man gave a slight shrug. “Depends. I mean, my father is kind of the obvious one, but then when my mom started talking about him it kind of made sense why she didn’t like talking about him, or their life. So if I can’t know about him then I guess I want to know about the others.”

~Jerrin

Sienna took a clean spoon and scooped out some of the tomato mixture. It tasted almost perfect. She added a bit more salt and mixed more. “From what I have read, your father isn’t exactly the world’s best role model and he did a lot of damage to your mother. What do you think you would get out of knowing him? Or maybe more accurately, what do you want to get out of knowing him?”

Jerrin glowered slightly as he shifted on his feet slightly, still ready with knife in hand. What a question!

She set the mixture aside and began readjusting her work area for the main course. “If you don’t know… that is a totally valid answer, I am just curious if you have an idea or not?”

Nox, CNS

Tapping the tip of the knife on the cutting board, Jerrin didn’t reply, but after several moments he just shrugged. There were words on the tip of his tongue that said otherwise, but it wasn’t exactly the kind of conversation he wanted to have.

~Jerrin

Sienna noticed, not only on an empath level, but also his facial expressions and body language displayed his agitated state. He either didn’t know or he didn’t want to talk about it and she wasn’t going to push. She figured that would be quite a heavy subject and probably not one he was ready to visit but she wanted to see where his line was currently so that she could see progress later as they continued. She merely nodded, dropping that part of the subject without malice.

“Garlic is really key to great Bruschetta… the appetizer we are making. Chefs often don’t add enough or simply make it a part of the mixture of tomatoes, basil and spices. But for me, roasted garlic is more deep in flavor and doesn’t have a sharp tang to combat or displace the natural tang of tomatoes. Thus, I prefer using a roasted garlic paste on the toast as a base.” Satisfied with the flavor of the tomato mix, she passed the bowl over to him. “After placing a little layer of the garlic paste on the toast, go ahead and place a spoonful of this on the toast as well.”

“Have you ever had Italian food?”

Nox, CNS