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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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

“Can’t say I have,” Jerrin said simply, switching tasks easily and following her instructions to the letter. He handled the toast with a delicate touch, though it took him a couple tries to figure out how much of the tomato mixture to put on so it wouldn’t overflow. “My mom and I eat a lot of stuff from back home, though she likes to try something new once or twice a week. But Earth has a lot of cuisines.”

~Jerrin

Sienna smiled softly watching him put his mind to the new task. Jerrin was smart and though he might not admit it, he was kind too. He was a good kid going through a lot of complicated things. She finished setting up for the main course, pulling out a massive casserole tray. “That it does. I found that there were many correlations from Italian food to Betazed formal food when I studied at the Academy. The focus in Italy’s culture is on the family and sharing a meal together that lasts several hours. Mind you, I think I am torturing you enough by having you cook with me and spend an hour with the meal afterwards, so I won’t torture you further with a many course meal.”

“I don’t know. The cooking isn’t so bad,” Jerrin mused.

She grinned and pulled out her pasta roller. It was a semi automated pasta maker. She wasn’t going to spend a whole day making lasagna noodles from complete scratch. It would take too long. “A lot of times its an entire day affair when you factor in the preparation, cooking time which doubles as social time and then finally the eating and drinking of wine, ending in desserts. Its very much like Betazed family days that way. Even though my family didn’t often do the cooking, we did a lot of social time mixed in our eating. I only really learned to cook later in life.”

Nox, CNS

The teen stopped and eyed the weird contraption. “What the… what is that?” he asked, tilting his head and examining the machine with a dash of wariness mixed with curiosity.” The rest of what she said flew right past him and though he could process it afterwards, his attention had a definite focus.

~Jerrin

She blinked and looked down at the pasta maker and in typical fashion, pressed her lips together in an expression containing her amusement. Finally she smiled. “It is a pasta maker. So a part of the main dish we are making are thin sheets of pasta. We layer on the ingredients and the pasta over each other repeatedly to make the dish. However, before I can begin that, I need to make the pasta itself. Lasagna is easy, its just flat wide strips no more than a millimeter or two thick. I prefer thinner instead of thicker.”

Sienna paused and then turned, bringing out the ball of pasta dough she had made earlier in the day. “This is the pasta dough. Would you like to touch it?”

Nox, CNS