Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[not_in_the_book]

"Can you hand me the ginger?" Ronan asked, as he ground some spices with a mortar and pestle. "The fresh, I mean." The fragrant smells of cooking curry were already pervading the common room, and probably making their way through the rest of the dorms. When Isabel handed over the asked-for ginger, he added some to the mixture in the mortar, and went back to grinding. "Thanks. I hope this isn't too spicy for whoever else comes along," he added.


[OOC: Open, as common rooms are! Come have some curry. :D]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That just means more for us? Although we might get sick of it if we're eating it all week," Isabel pointed out.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan eyed the pot. "... All week might be optimistic," he said. "The way I cook, it's more likely to be at least two weeks. How's the naan coming?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Okay? I think?" she said hesitantly. "It's not like I've ever made this before."

[not_in_the_book]

Laughing, Ronan leaned over to eye the oven. "Naan bread's not hard," he said. "Just heat it up and you're good to go. You can probably take it out of the oven now, actually. Want to start throwing pappadums into the frying pan? They'll kinda puff up, they don't take long."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi followed her nose upstairs to the fifth floor. "Something smells good! Is there anything I can do to help?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Into the frying pan, they puff up, not too long. Okay, I can do that." Which she did. "I'm still not sure I believe when you say you can't bake."

[not_in_the_book]

"I think we've got it under control," Ronan said, smiling. "But you're welcome to have some when it's ready."

[not_in_the_book]

"Ask Anders. Seriously. My cupcakes explode. Everything just sort of... fails miserably."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi Hoshi," Isabel waved. "You can eat. There's going to be a ton."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But why? That's the part I'm not getting," Isabel explained. "Can't you just talk to them? Or is that not applicable to baked goods?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," said Hoshi, making herself comfortable on the couch.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Good, because it all smells really good," said Hoshi.

[not_in_the_book]

"Honestly? I'm not sure. Theoretically, I should be able to talk to, y'know, anything. Which includes baked goods, yes. It just... doesn't work, for some reason. It's like I offended the Gods of Baked Goods in a past life or something."

[not_in_the_book]

"Have you had much Indian food before?" Ronan asked, as he began chopping cucumber for a raita.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you need to have a talk with Jeff, the God of Biscuits," she teased. "Maybe he can intercede for you. But in the meantime, the brownies I made will have to do."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Occasionally," said Hoshi. "We get it in Japan like everything else, but usually it's been tweaked to make it more palatable to the Japanese taste."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's all Ronan's doing," Isabel told Hoshi. "I've never had Indian food before. He's fixing that."

[not_in_the_book]

"Mmm, brownies," Ronan said, grinning. "Are they spicy brownies? Please say they're spicy brownies."

[not_in_the_book]

"How so?" Ronan asked. "Would that be less spicy? Or is it just a focus on substituting more traditional Japanese foods?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg wasn't exactly looking to cook for herself tonight so she was pleased to find people cooking on another floor.

"Hey guys." she said when she came in. "What's cooking?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel shook her head sadly. "Unfortunately no. I figured dinner would be spicy enough for people. Dessert should be mellower. But I do have a bottle of Tabasco."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that's nice," said Hoshi. "It's always good to try new things."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Indian food," Isabel replied. "Enough to feed an army. I hope you're hungry."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's what I figured," she nodded. "He said it's spicy. I love spicy stuff so I'm sure I'll love it."

[not_in_the_book]

"Hmm." Ronan's grin widened. "I have something that I think you'll like even more..."