Third Floor Commonroom - Saturday evening, 11/29

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir had had some laundry to do, which had gotten done earlier today, and now was getting to some baking.

The first tray, the madeleines, were already done and had been separated; most on a platter for anyone who would come by and the rest in small bags for him to keep in his bag.

The second tray, which had just come out required coating in the chocolate sauce that was carefully simmering on the stove. Watching both the tray and the pan, Liir had to admit from the lovely chocolate mint smell that the new recipe was one he would have to use again.

Though he had to wonder why it was called a 'thin mint' with all that butter in it...

[open as common rooms are, with thin mint approximations!]

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[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton wandered in and flopped down on the couch. "Smells good," she said.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome to some," he offered to her as she made her way in.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"I don't know if I should after all I ate on Thursday," Peyton said with a smile. "But thanks for the offer."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Did you have a great deal of turkey then? And... potatoes. Gravy? Cranberries."

It was obvious he was listing things off in his head.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes..." Peyton smiled at him. "And pies for dessert, of course."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Pies, yes," and he thought of Ned. "I haven't done a pie in a while. What kind of pie?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Well, pumpkin's the traditional one," Peyton said. "But there were all kinds. I'm kind of partial to chocolate cream myself."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Did you go home? Or... was that here?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka walked into the room and hovered annoyingly just behind Liir's shoulder. "Are those for sharing?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He looked back and laughed just a little.

"Everything I make is for sharing," he said. "Just let me finish the chocolate ones."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka grinned. "Dude, you can finish anything you want. These smell AWESOME."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Not even gorging himself on food the past few days could keep Chad from wandering down the hall when he was sure he smelled other things being cooked. He was pretty sure he detected chocolate, though, and so he made sure Prince Oscar Pedro stayed put in the room.

The long, looong rumble of a grunt that emerged out of him once he spotted what it was Liir was baking was a pretty good sign of approval.

Oh, and the thumbs up helped, probably, too.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir smiled at that and gave a nod in greeting in return.

"You're welcome to the madeleines,' he offered, "as these'll be done soon enough."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Liir," Chad said, moving toward them, pointing their way. "These ones, right?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"The shell-shaped ones, yes," he told Chad as he waved a hand over the chocolate cookies.

"Still have to dip these."

Thankfully, he'd already put out the parchment; the last time he'd tried something similar, he'd forgotten until he had a wet and dripping cookie and nothing to put it on.

"It's been a while."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Need any help with 'em?" Chad asked.

Of course, he was asking through a mouthful of food by that point, so it was a bit muffled.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He only chuckled a little.

"Sure," he offered as he pointed to the sink and the paper.

"Scrub up and I'll be happy for the help. Especially as I'd like the coating to be smooth."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad dutifully headed for the sink.

"And how do you make sure they're smooth?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Not taking too much time with each one," he said as he looked over the set up. Parchment, check. Chocolate mint still smooth, check. Cookies, just about cool enough for dipping.

"With the two of us, it should be done quickly enough."

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

After everything he'd eaten at Thanksgiving, Jess didn't know how he still had room for food. But the smell coming from the common room was too good to ignore, and Jess couldn't resist peeking into the common room to see what was being made.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Cookies," Liir provided as he noticed someone (not that he'd taken the time to see who) peering in.

"You're welcome to anything on the counter."

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Jess asked, looking over the cookies and taking one of the madeleines. "Thanks. You made all these yourself?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He nodded, to both really.

"Yes. It's... something of a hobby, cooking. And I don't eat much, so, er, yes, I like giving it away."

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

"That's kind of a perfect combination," Jess said, smirking and taking a bite of the cookie. "Especially if you're good at it."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I like to think I'm not bad at it, at least. I let others judge beyond that.'

Though the faint smile on his face said he had an idea of what other people thought of his cooking.