Guildfest 445/Glaes Spatula Cooking Competition/Log

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Event Name: Glaes Spatula 445
Event Instance: Prime
Real Date: 2023-06-25
Game Date of Event: 445-09-38
Point of View: Miskton
Gastronomist Judge Sestiva came through a large cake-shaped tent with pink canvas awnings.

Gourmand Soovie came through a large cake-shaped tent with pink canvas awnings.

Elizzibiana bows to Sestiva.

Lasaia beams at Soovie!

Elizzibiana bows to Soovie.

You nod politely.

Akeiro waves to Soovie.

Messica beams!

Sestiva says, "Good afternoon."

Messica waves.

Lasaia waves.

Elaun exclaims, "Hello!"

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

Nebby says, "Hiyas."

You exclaim, "Hello!"

Navesi nods politely.

look soovie

You see Gourmand Soovie Hoolendoo, a Gor'Tog.

Soovie has a square face with laugh lines, crinkled honey-hued eyes, a crooked nose and a cleft chin. He has pistachio-hued skin and a baker's build.

He is very tall for a Gor'Tog.

He appears to be wizened.

He is in good shape.

He is wearing a bright blue sling clasped with an engraved cambrinth disc, a crisply pleated white toque tilted back at an angle, a vibrant yellow neckerchief patterned with fiery red chili peppers, a double-breasted white chef's jacket with rolled up cuffs, a pristine white half-apron with a red checkered towel tucked in one side, some loose-fitting cotton pants with a grey-and-white houndstooth pattern and some sturdy black boots dusted with flour.

Elizzibiana says, "Greetings."

Selame bounces from where she is sitting!

look sestiva

You see Gastronomist Judge Sestiva Hunka, an Olvi Epicurean Entrepeneur.

Sestiva has a round face, sparkling amber eyes and a straight nose. Her black hair is short and curly. She has copper skin and a plump figure.

She is tall for an Olvi.

She appears to be a young whippersnapper.

She is in good shape.

She is wearing a red and black plaid flannel shirt, some sturdy canvas overalls feather-stitched with vermilion flames, some sturdy black leather boots with thick soles and a worn oilcloth workbag fastened with a miniature silversteel skillet.

Sestiva says, "Fellow gourmand Soovie and I hope that folks are ready for a day of flawless cooking."

Nawain gulps.

Tystreith waves.

Tystreith grins.

Selame sings in a soprano voice: 

"As the rain drizzles and the clouds collide,

A cooking contest on a dreary day shall preside!

Amidst the gloom, culinary skills will shine,

Creativity and flavors intertwine!"

You grin.

Navesi glances up at the sky.

Selame witheringly sings in a soprano voice: 

"Pots and pans, a symphony of sizzles,

Chefs and their creations, battling the drizzles.

On this gray canvas, they'll paint a feast,

Turning the somber into a flavorful feast!"

Soovie says, "Personally, I'm just hoping for no undercooked lotus this year."

Eskila wearily says, "Sorry, I'm here, so it won't be flawless."

You chuckle.

Soovie says, "And of course, for someone to impress me."

Tystreith laughs softly, trying to hide his amusement.

Lasaia grins.

Soovie rubs his hands together.

Selame sings in a soprano voice: 

"In the kitchen, the competition ignites,

A culinary showdown under cloudy heights.

As raindrops tap on windows with a gentle sound,

The flavors and aromas will astound!"

Sestiva says, "We can all strive for flawlessness."

Eskila wearily exclaims, "I'm gonna put a firework in it!!"

Messica grins at Eskila.

Selame thoughtfully sings in a soprano voice: 

"The weather may be dim and gray,

The cooking contest brings vibrance to this day.

Through gustatory delights, we shall sway,

As chefs whisk away the dreariness, come what may!"

Navesi blinks at Eskila.

Soovie blinks at Eskila.

Elore lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Selame hums happily to herself.

Akeiro looks at Selame and applauds!

Soovie says, "A bold choice."

Lasaia asks, "What could go wrong there?"

Sestiva says, "'For those who are ready to step up to the challenge, we shall open our list for competitors."

Selame bows to Akeiro.

Eskila wearily says, "Nothing."

Navesi raises her hand.

Lasaia nods to Eskila.

Zehira says to Nebby, "Are you cooking."

Sestiva just opened the sign-up list.

Elaun adds his name to the sign-up list.

Eskila adds her name to the sign-up list.

You add your name to the sign-up list.

Lasaia adds her name to the sign-up list.

Tystreith adds his name to the sign-up list.

Elizzibiana adds her name to the sign-up list.

Nawain inhales a great swallow of air.

Nawain adds her name to the sign-up list.

Nebby shakes his head at Zehira.

Navesi asks, "Important question. How long will the competition last?"

Messica adds her name to the sign-up list.

Nebby says, "Just here for the show."

Navesi adds her name to the sign-up list.

Elore asks Zehira, "Are you?"

Zehira nods to Nebby.

Ears tilted forward, Akeiro curls his tail around Selame's waist loosely.

Zehira shakes her head at Elore.

Zehira says, "I do not cook."

Elore grins at Zehira.

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Selame leans on Akeiro.

Elizzibiana says, "She has others to do it for her."

Zehira nods to Elizzibiana.

Soovie clutches his chest.

Soovie asks, "Not even toast?"

Soovie peers quizzically at Zehira.

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Sestiva says, "You shall have 15 minutes for cooking and then we will go one by one and taste the dish you choose to present."

Rezzian grins.

Elore takes a sip of her whiskey.

Navesi nods.

Lasaia nods to Sestiva.

Zehira says, "Oh no I"d burn the house down."

Elaun asks, "Is it safe to assume any meat is pretty fresh? for like cooking temperature purposes?"

Elizzibiana hums to herself.

Soovie ponders.

Akeiro says to Elaun, "To be sure best to start eating while it's still alive."

Soovie says, "Unless you say otherwise, we will assume you are using fresh ingredients..."

Akeiro nods to Elaun.

Kethrai leans back against Anuril with a loving smile.

Elaun nods to Soovie.

Soovie says, "I said to impress me, not poison us..."

Selame smiles at Soovie.

Lasaia wipes her forehead.

Rezzian grins.

Elizzibiana inhales a great swallow of air.

Elizzibiana slowly empties her lungs.

Selame whispers something to Akeiro.

Anuril quietly asks Kethrai, "Whose cuisine will reign supreme?"

Akeiro quietly says, "I charge extra for taking bowel ailments."

Akeiro shudders.

Eskila wearily says, "Ok... no firework in it then."

Eskila's ears droop for a moment.

Elaun stretches his arms.

Elaun gets some rugged punka gloves with fitted seams from inside his firesilk firecat.

Elaun slips some rugged punka gloves with fitted seams onto his hands.

Tystreith says, "It would be good to not die from food."

Tystreith nods.

Akeiro says to Eskila, "The fireworks are very fresh I assure you."

Elore sighs.

Akeiro nods to Eskila.

Selame giggles at Akeiro.

Nebby rubs Elore gently, massaging her muscles.

Sestiva says, "I think that we shall close the list in 4 minutes."

Nebby says, "That woulda had your vote."

Lasaia smiles broadly as she grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

Eskila wearily says, "An explosion of flavor."

Nebby nods to Elore.

Tystreith licks an alabaster stone.

Elore nods.

Elore says, "I mean, one little wand as a garnish wouldn't hurt anybody. Just saying."

Elore grins stupidly.

You say to Eskila, "There are uses for smoke in food, but I think fireworks would be a bit on the bitter side."

Soovie says, "During the 15 minute cooking time, we encourage you to display the important moments for your dish... As a reminder, everyone IS cooking at the same time."

Lasaia grins.

Eskila ponders.

Nebby says, "Would be great in a desert."

(Tystreith kisses his alabaster stone for a bit of luck)

Lasaia nods to Soovie.

Nebby nods emphatically at Elore.

Nawain nods to Tystreith.

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Nawain frets.

Elizzibiana mumbles something under her breath.

Lasaia grins at Elizzibiana.

Sestiva says, "The list will close in 2 minutes and then there will be 5 minutes where the contestants can prepare their stations."

(Elizzibiana rolls her back)

Navesi nods.

Sestiva says, "After that will be the 15 minutes of cooking."

Eskila wearily asks, "Prepare stations?"

Sonatina nibbles on Eskila's fingers playfully.

Sestiva says, "If you wish to reorganize your setup."

Nebby says, "Gotta chop chop before ya fry fry."

Sestiva says, "Perhaps the better prepared will already have done so."

Nebby nods to Eskila.

Elizzibiana nods to Sestiva.

You say, "Make sure you've got everything ready so you'll be good to go when the timer starts."

Selame nods to Akeiro.

Sestiva just closed the sign-up list.

Soovie rubs his hands together.

read list

The sign-up list contains the following names: 

(1) Elaun

(2) Eskila

(3) Miskton

(4) Lasaia

(5) Tystreith

(6) Elizzibiana

(7) Nawain

(8) Messica

(9) Navesi

Any number of people may sign up on the sign-up list while it's open.

Players of any race and profession may join the list.

You must be a subscriber to join the list.

There is no charge to sign up on the sign-up list.

The selection order is first-come, first-serve.

The sign-up list is closed.

Leaving the game is allowed. You MUST be back by your turn.

Leaving the room is allowed. You MUST be back by your turn.

You may only be on ONE list at a time. Joining another will remove you from the first.

Rezzian blinks in confusion for a second.

Sestiva exclaims, "We have a cohort of 9 who will lead the way to culinary genius!"

Nawain inhales a great swallow of air.

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

You look around, trying to appear nonchalant.

Kethrai casually observes the area.

Lasaia smiles.

Soovie exclaims, "Your five minutes of preparation starts now!"

Elaun casually observes the area.

Eskila pivots in Kethrai's direction and salutes him with her jousting lance, bringing the weapon downwards in a precise, fluid movement.

Navesi nods to Soovie.

Nawain gets a vardite World Dragon set with crystalline dragon tear eyes from inside her slender rugursora.

Selame rubs her hands together.

(Miskton moves over toward his station, and begins gathering tools.)

Soovie says, "And we will announce when the cooking time begins."

Kethrai looks at Eskila and applauds!

Nawain points her World Dragon at some peat and a flame shoots from the creature's mouth, making the peat quickly catch fire.

Nawain puts her Dragon in her slender rugursora.

Elizzibiana inhales a great swallow of air.

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Elizzibiana slowly empties her lungs.

Anuril applauds.

(Navesi begins by carefully setting up her station. She brings out several unlonchai buckets, still covered in frost, setting them out on the table in front of her. From one of them, she procures some cool ingredients: several pitchers of cream. From a pack at her feet she draws out her dry ingredients: a large pot labeled SUGAR, several smaller pots that may be spices, one containing vanilla pods, and several giant bars of chocolate.)

(Elizzibiana preps the cantrip water globe then uses the water ball to wash her hands.)

(Lasaia checks on the coals in her stove, making sure everything is at the desired temperature.)

Eskila leans over and licks Sonatina, getting a warm smile in return.

(Nawain adjusts her mittens and grabs several unlabeled containers from her rugursora.)

Eskila wearily says, "Ok."

Anuril chants in a baritone voice: 

"ES-KI-LA! ES-KI-LA!"

(Elizzibiana looks around and chooses the cleanest work area she can see.)

Lasaia pokes her finger at a small potbelly stove with stubby cast-iron legs.

(Elaun begins gathering the proper bowls and knives and brings them over to his station)

(Miskton places out several saucepans, a couple baking dishes, a large cutting board, and a number of bowls.)

(Eskila grabs two empty cauldrons, some large mixing bowls, several pots and spoons, and makes sure she has bags of sugar and flour, baskets of eggs and raspberries, a bottle of Prydaen bloodwyne, colored food dye, rainbow sprinkles, and lots and lots of butter.)

(Navesi raps one of her unlonchai buckets lightly. "Behave," she says in a low but sharp voice.)

(Elizzibiana steps pver to it then double checks it for any stray crumbles or flecks.)

Navesi glares icily, a smattering of frost forming around her eyes. The temperature around you momentarily drops a few degrees.

(Nawain places a small unlochai bucket next to her stove, nodding to Navesi.)

(Tystreith begins collecting an array of spices around his station, along with the glass bottle of Apple BBQ in his hands)

Navesi nods politely to Nawain.

(Messica sets up a portable camp stove with a Gnomecraft burner, and then gets out a variety of glass bowls and jars.)

(Lasaia takes a few empty bowls out of her bags, setting them down near her work station.)

Selame gazes thoughtfully at Nawain.

(Navesi finally produces two bowl-shaped molds, setting them off to the far side of the table. She casually whispers a few words of song, and the wood-burning stove to her left crackles with sparks, finally leaping aflame as she gently leans over and fans the tinder inside. She sets a pan upon the stove.)

Nawain gets a silver belt knife with a wolf-engraved hilt from inside her slender rugursora.

Justandulas says, "Very exciting. Good luck everybody."

Nawain observes a silver belt knife with a wolf-engraved hilt with fascination.

(Elizzibiana sets down some hhr'pao wrapped in leaves, a jar of stewed cabbage, a mortar of bibbleberries and some beef tenderloin on the cooking area table. Giving a quick glance around the work area, her brow furrows as she ignores the others in the area and sets to work.)

(Nawain cleans the knife carefully.)

(Eskila balances the jousting lance to hang between two cauldrons and begins to slather it judiciously with butter, really grinding it in until the whole lance is shiny. Then she gets a chainmail hauberk and drapes it over a third cauldron and lights the fire beneath it with one of her many knives. Then she butters the hauberk and sets the bowl aside to melt the rest of the butter.)

Sonatina observes Eskila with fascination.

(Elaun quickly goes through his list of ingredients, gathering some fresh lamb meat, onions, parsley, cilantro, some vinegar, salt, and pepper)

Eskila's ears stand up proudly for a moment.

act takes a few things out from his eddy and tucks them away by the station, then begins laying out utensils.

(Miskton takes a few things out from his eddy and tucks them away by the station, then begins laying out utensils.)

Lasaia glances at Eskila.

Lasaia grins.

Kethrai observes Eskila with fascination.

(Tystreith dumps a bunch of alabaster stones out of his rugursora and stacks them quickly around some wood briquets and lights it up)

Anuril blinks at Eskila.

Anuril looks at Kethrai and shrugs.

Eskila wearily says, "Yeah my station's ready."

(Navesi ends her preparations by setting out the recipe book in front of her, frowning and brushing at the smudges of flour on its cover. She procures a pristine, white apron, and swiftly ties it about her person, smoothing it with great care.)

Eskila wearily says, "Ooh cream..."

(Elaun elaun then pulls a bottle of fratvarit and a few trothfang fire peppers out of his bag that he brought)

Navesi pats a thick recipe book splotched with flour smudges.

Nawain gets a green apple from inside a white fruit bag embroidered with a simple cow and tied with silk ribbons.

(Elizzibiana sets down the few items she needs and discretely glances around at the others, checking her time.)

(Miskton gathers up flour, eggs, butter and milk, along with onions, shallots, mushrooms, garlic, lemons, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper.)

Nawain puts her apple on her white gold stove.

(Eskila rummages around the available ingredients until she finds a bucket of chilled heavy cream, and drags it over to her work table.)

(Tystreith pulls a large foil-covered item out of his rugursora and sets it down on his station)

(Lasaia sneaks past Miskton's station and craftily swipes a lemon.)

(Elaun finds a large sauce pan, a mixing bowl, and a cutting board and sets them at his station)

Lasaia says to you, "You saw nothing."

Rezzian chuckles.

Nawain inhales a great swallow of air.

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

(Miskton goes back and grabs some dill and sour cream to put on his station as well.)

Kethrai whispers something to Anuril.

(Elaun rummages around the storage area for a bit)

Elaun asks, "Do we happen to have any clam shells?"

(Tystreith finally sets his recipe box next to his spices and takes everything out of it)

Anuril nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Soovie says, "I see some interesting ingredients being prepped..."

Nawain shifts her weight.

Elaun says, "If not I can clean some quick."

Eskila wearily says, "Hauberks are good for dental hygene."

Soovie blinks at Eskila.

(Nawain opens a container and sniffs at whatever's inside, nodding to herself.)

Elaun fidgets nervously.

Eskila giggles.

Eskila wearily exclaims, "That's a joke!!"

Soovie says, "I'm not sure if that's their intended purpose..."

Anuril gazes up at the sky.

Elaun waves his hand distractedly.

(Miskton reaches into his eddy again and pulls out a sack of rice, which he sets on the station.)

Soovie asks, "Our five minute preparation period has concluded. Is everyone ready?"

Lasaia nods.

Elizzibiana nods to Soovie.

You nod.

Messica nods.

Tystreith nods.

Nawain whimpers softly.

Nawain nods.

Sestiva stares impassively, having observed the flow of preparation.

Soovie asks Sestiva, "Shall we have them begin?"

Selame applauds.

Sestiva says to Soovie, "We shall."

Soovie strikes a heroic pose.

(Elaun gatheres grabs some oysters and quickly shucks them, then scrapes and washes the shells and sets them near the fire to get rid of bacteria)

(Navesi stands up a bit straighter.)

You stretch your arms. Feels great!

(Lasaia carefully arranges prepared ingredients and several utensils down around her work area. Lying on top of ice cubes inside a bucket is a meticulously dissected squid, tentacles already cut, blanched, bathed, and kept cool to maintain their freshness.)

Soovie exclaims, "Your cook time starts now!"

Nawain gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Eskila gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Nawain puts her knife in her slender rugursora.

(Nawain tosses flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon and cardamom together into a bowl and mixes it thoroughly, until it is a coarse meal. She begins adding tiny amounts of cold water into the powder until it starts to hold together.)

(Miskton fills a saucepan with water, and in another places several eggs, with enough water to cover them, and puts both saucepans on the stove. He also pours milk into a small saucepan and begins heating that up, though keeping a careful eye on it and removing it once it's become warm. Putting the saucepan off the heat, he stirs in some yeast and a bit of sugar, then places it to one side with a kitchen towel over it.)

(Messica, saying "Be right back!" runs out of the field, returning a few moments later leading an elderly cow on a threadbare lead. She says: "For my recipie the cream is vitally important, so it's crucial to use the most experienced milk cow available." She proceeds to gently milk the elderly cow.)

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Elizzibiana smiles as she grabs a butcher's knife from the knife rack on the work area and with years of practice makes short work of slicing the tenderloin into easy roasting strips. She sets the knife aside after wiping it with a handy cleaning cloth, nodding to herself as the memories of being taught this recipe come flooding back, her lips curling over her fangs.

(Lasaia fetches a small sac from the ice bucket, procured from the innards of the sea creature, and draws forth a sharp knife from within her apron pocket. She turns the little pouch over in her hand until she finds the silvery vein from which to harvest the ink. Gently puncturing the skin, she allows the viscous black liquid to drain into a glass jar, and discards the casings from which it came.)

Soovie blinks.

(Miskton pours some Therengian river rice into a fine colander and thoroughly rinses it, then returns to the other two saucepans. After a quick check he removes the one with the eggs from the heat and places a lid on it, then stirs the rice and a bit of salt into the water of the other. After allowing the temperature to come back up, he places the lid on the saucepan and shifts it to lower heat.)

(Elaun elaun grabs a knife and begins chopping the lamb into very fine pieces. When he is finished with that, he sets them aside in a large mixing bowl)

Selame laughs happily.

(Eskila mixes tons of egg whites (eating the yolk along the way), sugar, the melted butter, and some vanilla in a very large bowl, beating with a spoon until it all comes together, then adds a ton of flour and continues until its smooth. Using the spoon she scoops some batter and pours it onto the heated hauberk and folds it over, pressing down to make sure its all flat. While that cooks she grabs a pot, and pours a huge heap of sugar and a little water together, stirring until her hauberk waffle is finished.)

Rezzian smiles broadly as he grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

(Nawain presses the dough together into a disk between two pieces of waxed parchment, then gently lowers the dough into her unlochai bucket and begins to count under her breath while grabbing a small yuzu fruit from her bag.)

You say, "I prepared the dough I will actually be using yesterday, as it needed time to rise and rest. However, for the sake of completeness I will be demonstrating the process again now. I can always find a use for this dough later."

(Navesi begins by taking her chocolate and setting it inside the pot atop her stove, pulling a wooden spoon from her station to gently set beside it. As she breaks off pieces and drops them inside, she delicately leans over and smells each piece of chocolate. When done, she breaks off a tiny piece for herself to taste.)

You grin.

Lasaia smiles to herself while briefly observing the hustle, bustle, and mouth-watering aromas from the other cooks.

(Tystreith combines his chili powder, paprika, oregano, ground mustard, garlic, salt, red pepper, black pepper, paprika, cardamon, cloves, fenugreek, and ginger into his recipe box and closes the lid tightly. He think shakes the box vigorously to mix the spices well.)

(Miskton cracks several eggs and separates out the yolks, then pours some flour into a mixing bowl, before whisking in a bit of salt. He makes a well in the center of the dough, and pours in his milk, egg yolks, and a fair amount of butter. Using a spatula, he mixes the ingredients together, gradually adding in a bit more butter as well, until he has formed a rough dough, then begins using his hands to smooth it out a bit until he's able to form it into a ball.)

(Elaun takes a trothfang fire pepper and gently lays it down on the stove while he begins chopping an onion, and the garden herbs he gathered previously)

(Elizzibiana looks around her area and spies the salt and pepper shakers among the spice bottles and jars, picking them up she gives a couple shakes over the beef then places them back to the side.)

(Nawain shaves some rind from the yuzu, then squeezes the fruit into a bowl, and sets both zest and juice aside. She grabs a small block of fresh goat cheese from her prep station and combines it with some finely chopped gaisroka and yuzu juice.)

(Miskton pauses a moment to remove the eggs in the saucepan, transferring them to a bowl of cold water. He then flours a table and begins kneading the dough. He does this thoroughly for some time, before applying some butter to the inside of a clean mixing bowl, transferring the dough, and covering it with a towel.)

(Messica holds up a jar of separated milk. She says: "Once you have the milk, you need to let it stand for a full day so that the cream separates to the top. In the interest of time, I've prepared another jar yesterday to show you how the process works. If you look closely, you can see that the cream has floated to the top--it's thicker and more yellowish. Using a ladle, you care carefully scrape the cream off the top." She carefully scrapes the cream from her jar of separated milk and puts in it in a small bowl. She then says: "Now we can set the cream aside for now--we'll need it shortly." She sets aside of the bowl of cream and gets out a saucepan, placing it on the unlit stove.)

(Navesi pulls out a tiny bottle of oil and tips it into her pot with the chocolate, nodding to herself.)

(Eskila pries the thin waffle off the hauberk and molds it against the tip of the buttered jousting lance, and makes another. Then another and another and another! Dozens of super thin chain waffles, each pressed against the lance and glued together with brushes of the melted sugar so they start to form a perfect waffle cone sheath from tip to base.)

You say, "Now, that will need to stand for some time, so now I will switch to my already prepared dough."

(Lasaia carries over a tall stock pot three-quarters filled with water and sets it on her stove - red hot coals fill the bottom on one side and warm peat on the other. She adds, to a much smaller saucepan, a few pads of butter and sprinkles of sea salt.)

(Miskton puts the towel covered mixing bowl to one side, then pulls out another bowl with a considerably larger ball of dough in it.)

(Eskila continues making waffles, but now sets up another pot and pours half a basket of raspberries into it and mushes them into paste between waffles.)

You say, "And now we move on to the star of the dish..."

Elizzibiana smiles as she grabs a butcher's knife from the knife rack on the work area and with years of practice makes short work of slicing the tenderloin into easy roasting strips. She sets the knife aside after wiping it with a handy cleaning cloth, nodding to herself as the memories of being taught this recipe come flooding back, her lips curling over her fangs.

(Miskton places a good sized nomlas on the table, giving the fish a quick pat. He then proceeds to efficiently disassemble the fish. The head, tail, bones, and organs are put aside, and he's left some some nice fillets.)

(Lasaia moves over to her cutting board, chopping up some red tomatoes, fresh garlic, shucked clam meat, dried Trothfang fire peppers, petite anchovies, and a small filet of grek that has been chemically cooked in lemon juice.)

(Elaun finishes chopping the herbs and vegetables, setting them into the bowl with the lamb. after he does that he retrieves the pepper from the flame and sets it on his chopping board.)

(Eskila pours a bottle of bloodwyne into the raspberry paste and adds just a little flour and sugar to thicken it up. Then she keeps making more waffles.)

Selame gazes thoughtfully at you.

You say, "I can use those other pieces later, perhaps for a stock, but for this dish I'll just need the fillets."

(Nawain finishes her counting and grabs the dough from the unlochai bucket, adds the very fine shreds of yuzu rind, and rolls it carefully to the perfect thinness, then cutting it into many smaller circles, which she tucks into muffin tins.)

(Navesi turns as her chocolate begins to melt, focusing on the cream at her station. She pours it carefully into one of the unlonchai buckets, adding scoops of sugar as well as pinches of what appear to be salt. She prepares and squeezes several vanilla pods and adds a little bowl of the extraction to the mix, tasting at each step with a tiny tasting spoon that is always set aside, never reused.)

(Tystreith opens his recipe box and sets it aside, then unfolds the foil containing a rack of boar ribs. Once the foil is open, he dumps the open recipe box over the meat and rubs it into both sides vigorously.)

(Miskton cuts the fillet up into smaller, bias cut slices. He then rubs the bottom of a dish with butter before adding some finely chopped onions, shallots, and a small amount of garlic, then placing the nomlas on top. He adds salt and pepper, then puts a layer of chopped mushrooms on top, scattering some finely chopped dill atop that, then pouring in some white wine until it nearly covers the contents of the dish.)

(Lasaia uses a spoon to taste the dressing and with a satisfied nod, douses the concoction with some oil and clam shell juice, stirring it a bit longer.)

Sestiva slowly walks around the various stations, carefully observing the cooking processes.

Soovie nods.

(Messica step for purposes of demonstration." She dutifully combines milk and a small portion of gelatin, then turns on the stove. She says: "Now we add low heat, and stir often. It won't take long to dissolve the gelatin." Shortly afterwards, she continues: "Next we let the mixture cool--again I'll skip that in the interests of time--and add the separated cream." She adds the cream, then says: "Now we add powerdered sugar and vanilla and mix well." Messica adds some powdered sugar to the saucepan and then starts mixing with her ladle.)

(Elaun moves the large sauce pan onto the stove and pours a bottle of fratvarit into the pan, then quickly tosses the trothfang fire pepper into the heating fratvarit)

(Navesi stirs her chocolate with one hand as she begins turning a crank on the side of her unlonchai bucket with the other.)

(Elizzibiana nods and pulls out some short sticks from the bag at her waist and quickly threads the beef strips on them, leaving room so all sides can be easily reached by the flames.)

Messica flails her arms about.

(Miskton puts his dish into the oven, then checks on his rice. He fluffs it up a bit, gives it a taste, then nods and empties the rice from the saucepan into another bowl, leaving it to cool. He then takes a little time to start clearing up his workstation and preparing ingredients for the next step.)

(Lasaia places the results - a finely minced paste - into a bowl and pours the salty melted butter from the stove over the top, blending the final ingredients with a wooden spoon to finish a traditional red fish sauce popular in pubs along the Oxenwaithe.)

(Eskila finishes putting waffles on the lance, and lifts it up once the last waffle is firm. Carefully she pulls the lance out, the butter making it quite easy to slide it. Casting the lance aside she's left with just the giant waffle cone. She kicks over the empty cauldron it was balanced on, and stands on it with the cone's tip facing downwards to pour the bloodwyne-raspberry jam into it.)

(Navesi whispers some sharp instructions to her bucket, and the crank begins to turn on its own! She gives a small pat to the frosty container.)

(Elizzibiana coolly looks around at the other competitors and nods to herself, a slight smile playing over her lips before she refocuses.)

(Nawain mixes butter that smells already like roasted gaisroka, brown sugar, and cloves until it is a unified creaminess, then adds eggs, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. She fills the tart shells nearly completely with the creamy butter, and tucks the tray into the stove.)

(Messica says "Now we add the gelatin and the leftover milk." She dutifully combines milk and a small portion of gelatin, then turns on the stove. She says: "Now we add low heat, and stir often. It won't take long to dissolve the gelatin." Shortly afterwards, she continues: "Next we let the mixture cool--again I'll skip that in the interests of time--and add the separated cream." She adds the cream, then says: "Now we add powerdered sugar and vanilla and mix well." Messica adds some powdered sugar to the saucepan and then starts mixing with her ladle.)

Nawain gets some peat from inside her slender rugursora.

Nawain puts some peat on some burning peat creating a small fire.

(Lasaia takes all of the squid tentacles from their chilly resting place and adds them to a separate bowl, pouring about half of the red sauce onto them and setting them aside to marinate.)

The peat smolders in the small fire.

(Miskton does take a moment to glance around at the other competitors, as he waits a few moments for his fish to cook.)

Soovie exclaims, "Five minutes down, ten minutes left of cook time!"

(Elaun finds a jar of beef stock in his cooking supplies and addsa it into the pan as well and moves away to allow it to come to a boil)

The peat in the small fire bursts into flames.

Nawain gasps!

Nawain gazes at a portable white gold stove with a fluted grate in the shape of a Rakash.

(Eskila realizes she forgot something and hurriedly rushes to the ingredients area to grab a bunch of chocolate chunks!)

Elizzibiana smiles to herself and grabs several of the beef skewers and flicks her fingers at them, small flames leaping at the meat so they quickly and easily roast with a light char. She sets them aside on a warm plate and covers it.

(Miskton removes his dish from the oven and very carefully pours out the liquid into a saucepan, before spooning off most of the mushrooms and transferring them to a small bowl. In a separate saucepan he melts some butter, then whisks in some flour, thoroughly blending it with the butter before pouring in the cooking liquid from the other saucepan, whisking constantly. He lets that cook for a bit, stirring often.)

(Lasaia notices the water coming to a boil, and quickly tosses a handful of dry noodles into the pot before returning to her other preparations.)

(Navesi takes out the bowl-shaped molds, two empty and two apparently full. She cracks open the two full molds to reveal two halves of crystallized, hardened molten sugar, each shaped like a bowl! She ever so carefully removes them, clearly worried that they may crack.)

(Miskton continues cooking for a short while, then takes the mushrooms and adds them in, along with a bit more liquid that has accumulated around the nomlas. After letting it cook a while longer, he adds some cayenne pepper and lemon juice, then beats several egg yolks with a whisk and vigorously stirs them into the mixture, cooking for just a little bit longer before removing from the heat. He adds some salt and pepper, tastes the sauce, then adds a little bit more pepper.)

(Elizzibiana unwraps the leaves from around the hhr'pao, she taps one corner to make sure they are still dry from this morning's baking. She places them on two different plates and sets them aside.)

(Tystreith quickly prepares an icy spell and casts it at the boar ribs, making it marinate in the rub for much more quickly than without magic. Once he's satisfied with the results, he takes the ribs and lays them down on his fire pit to start the cooking process.)

(Elaun takes the vinegar, and measures out a small amount and pours it into the mixing bowl with the lamb, onion, and herbs. He then measures out some salt and pepper into the bowl and begins to mix it.)

(Lasaia crushes up some peeled and dried chickpeas with a mortar and pestle, adding rice wine until she obtains the thickness and cloudy consistency she is looking for. She then pours the jar of squid ink into the mixture, stirring until smooth.)

(Miskton takes his sauce and thoroughly spreads it over the nomlas, then sets the whole dish aside to cool. In the meantime he peels and chops his hard boiled eggs and wipes down his work area.)

(Eskila rests her waffle lance down again and gets the bucket of heavy cream, the bottles of food dye and rainbow sprinkles. She adds sugar and cream to another large bowl and begins furiously whisking until it's whipped, adding in the sprinkles halfway. When it's done she pours the fluffy cream into the waffle lance, followed by a sprinkle of orange food dye, more whipped cream, then yellow dye.)

(Navesi takes the two empty bowl molds and turns to her melted chocolate, checking its consistency with her spoon. She uses the cornered lip of her pot to carefully pour the chocolate into the molds, then sets them into the third unlonchai bucket, closing the lid and patting it with satisfaction.)

Eskila wearily says, "This is the part where I'd put a firework in there but its not going to light and explode so I'm not doing that."

Lasaia smiles as she tests the texture of a noodle, finding it firm to the tooth. She strains them - saving a bit of the starchy water - and adds the pasta back to the pot along with its milky reserves and the inky black sauce she has created. After a quick toss, she sets it onto the cooler side of the stove.

You chuckle.

(Navesi takes a quick peek into one of her buckets, mumbling a word of praise to its inside.)

Kethrai giggles at Eskila.

(Messica says: "Now we need to chill the cream. Fortunately, I bought the freezer box for Ikevindy at the GuildFest auction, and I have a batch here that's been chilling overnight." She proudly whips out a jar of chillded, prepared cream. She adds: "Now comes the fun part! We whisk!" She gets out a giant wisk sized for a Gor'tog and grins wickedly. She pours the chilled cream into the bowl, and beings using the improbably sized whisk to beat the cream.)

Nebby laughs at Eskila.

(Elaun after mixing the lamb thoroughly, he goes backto check on his sauce, which has started boiling, he moves it a bit away from the heat to allow the sauce to simmer at a lower temperature to form a demi-glace)

(Eskila fills her empty sugar glue pot with the almost-forgotten chocolate, heating it up again to melt it, and makes another bowl of whipped cream, really putting those paladin training muscles to work trying to stir both things at once!)

Navesi nods to Messica.

Selame snickers at Eskila.

Eskila lets out a hearty cheer for Messica!

(Miskton lightly flours his table, then takes out his dough. He separates out a small amount of it, then begins rolling the rest out into a large rectangle. He places down a layer of rice, then a layer of nomlas with the mushroom sauce pointing down. He then lays out his hard boiled eggs down the length of the nomlas, before putting the rest of the nomlas on top, with the sauce pointing upwards. He then covers the whole thing with more rice, carefully pressing down to pack the filling together.)

Anuril lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

(Nawain pulls out a small sauce pan, adds the rest of the yuzu juice, a healthy portion of chopped gaisroka tendrils, brown sugar, and the juice and bits of one apple, as well as a generous portion of pink peppercorns and tiny chili threads.)

Navesi says to Messica, "Unlonchai works well too, if you can tame the elemental."

(Lasaia briskly cleans the saucepan she used for the salted butter. Glancing at her orlog, she furrows her brow. She pours just enough sesame oil to coat the pan and leave a shallow pool, and leaves it upon the hotter side of the stove for a roisaen.)

Elizzibiana smiles to herself and grabs several more of the beef skewers and flicks her fingers at them, small flames leaping at the meat so they quickly and easily roast with a light char. She sets them aside on a warm plate and covers it.

(Messica, with a look of concentration, starts speeding up her whisking.)

(Navesi waits patiently as her bucket continues to churn away, eventually checking to see that the cream inside has turned to the correct consistency of ice cream.)

(Elaun elaun removes the oyster shells from near the fire to allow them time to cool and sets them off to the side)

(Miskton carefully brings up the side of the dough, brushing it with egg yolk as he overlaps it with dough from the other side to enclose the filling. He brushes the whole thing over with egg yolk and trims off the ends to leave him with a smooth surface. He then takes those trimmings and the dough set aside earlier to build a lattice pattern on the surface, before moving the whole thing into a buttered baking dish with the seam side down.)

(Eskila fills up her waffle lance with another helping of whipped cream and a drizzle of green dye, whipped cream, blue dye, whipped cream, purple dye! With her waffle lance filled up almost full, she prepares two more waffles and drinks the leftover batter.)

(Elizzibiana grabs the mortar of bibbleberries, taking the pestle from the mortar and crushes the berries slightly, just enough to soften them so they release their flavorful juice. Looking over the spices while she works she ponders how much she wants to add to the spiciness. Pouring the bibbleberries into a small sauce pot while adding a small handful of sugar, places it on her stove over the flames lowest setting and starts stirring the mixture. Looking over the spices she decides to not add anything since the berries are fresh and the beef has been marinated already.)

(Lasaia paces a few moments while the oil heats up and thins out. She then dumps the bowl of sauce coated tentacles into the pan. A soothing sound of *crackles* and *pops* fill the air from the frying seafood along with eye-watering burn from the trothfang peppers.)

Lasaia dramatically wipes a tear from her eye.

Elore nods to Haxen.

Nawain inhales a great swallow of air.

Selame nods to Akeiro.

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

(Navesi checks on her molded chocolate also, frowning slightly and dancing a little from foot to food as she clearly is waiting for something to happen.)

Haxen smiles at Elore.

(Tystreith shakes up his glass bottle of Apple BBQ sauce and pops the lid open. He grabs a brush out of the bottle and pours the already prepared mixture onto the boar ribs, using the brush to coat them. )

(Messica whisks faster and faster.)

Akeiro stalks around the area, searching every nook and cranny and grasping at something. After several frantic moments he exclaims,"Got em!" and holds up a large hairy spider while grinning like a child.

(Elaun waits for the demi-glace to finish reducing, appearing nervous about his time.)

Soovie says, "I'm seeing some lovely techniques being used today."

(Miskton cuts a small hole in the center of the dough, then uses extra dough to make a lotus petal pattern around the hole, once more brushing everything down with egg yolk before finally transferring it into the oven.)

Tystreith taps some dark stone-studded gloves that he is wearing.

(Lasaia uses an oven mitt to pick up the pan, tilting it back and forth. She flips the meat over to make sure both sides are evenly browned. While they finish cooking, she layers the steaming black noodles into the bottom of a ship-shaped bowl.)

Echyaes grins at Malorna.

(Nawain watches the syrup with a critical eye, occasionally checking the pastry in the stove for doneness. When the magical moment arrives, she pulls the perfectly brown and bubbly cheese tarts from the stove, sets them atop the stove, and focuses entirely on the syrup.)

Soovie says, "Also... some creative tools."

Soovie coughs.

Selame gazes fondly at Akeiro.

(Messica frenetically whisks the cream until its thick and forms stiff peaks.)

You say, "Now, while that's baking, just one last thing to take care of..."

Elore hums to herself.

(Elizzibiana nods after the pot spends a few minutes over the flame, just enough to allow the sugar to melt and thicken the juices slightly, she sets the pot to the side so it can cool. While it cools she cleans her utensils in tubs of soapy and clean water, afterwards she straightens and cleans the rest of the area.)

With one finger, Akeiro reaches toward his sand spider. The spider raises one of its front legs and taps Akeiro's finger as if to give him a high five.

Tystreith slings an ilglaiks skefne with a leather-wrapped haft off from over his shoulder.

(Eskila places one waffle inside the flared end of the waffle lance, sealing the cream inside as she forms a bowl out of it, then pours the melted chocolate on slowly, letting it solidify again in the winter air. With the lance entirely filled, she places the last waffle on the end to seal the chocolate, and sticks a wooden skewer into it to serve as a handle. Then she pulls it out again, takes the sealed cone from her bag, and considers both options. Finally she puts the skewer back in place and stows the firework.)

Sestiva says, "To approach the philosophical ponderings of how far innovation ought to go."

(Lasaia chooses a pair of tongs from her set of utensils, right as the squid begins to smoke, picking up each tentacle and placing it on top of her finished noodles. Using a ladle, she drizzles the rest of the sauce over the dish, giving it a splash of color.)

(Miskton adds some sour cream, coarsely chopped dill, lemon juice, and a bit of salt and pepper to a small bowl and stirs it all together. He gives it a taste, adds a bit more lemon juice, then sets it aside.)

Elizzibiana chuckles.

(Navesi finally pulls out the chocolate, taking one finger and watching the tip as it begins to glow. She runs it around the edges of the chocolate bowls, watching them melt ever so slightly, nodding to herself. She quickly opens another bucket and scoops her ice cream inside the chocolate bowl, then closes the other bowl over it, forming a sphere.)

Tystreith slings an ilglaiks skefne with a leather-wrapped haft over his shoulder.

(Elaun grabs a spoon and pulls the superhot pepper out of the demiglace and sets it aside, he then pours the demiglace into a metal bowl and glances at the crowd)

Elizzibiana smiles to herself as she takes the two plates of hhr'pao, placing the meat strips on one side of the flatbread, afterwards she artfully swirls forkfuls of cabbage on top of the meat. She takes the pot of bibbleberry jam and using a clean dull knife spreads it over the other piece of hhr'pao. You notice she taps the side of the knife opposite the flatbread with a glowing finger, using the now heated knife she seals the sides of the hrr'pao making it similar to pocket bread.

You pace back and forth.

Sestiva says, "But without innovation how would we find genius."

Elaun asks, "Can anyone get me an icy spell of some type please?"

(Eskila carefully lifts her waffle lance, which somehow holds its shape, and raises it victoriously above her head! As a final garnish she sets the colorful sparkler wand into the tip of the lance and sets it off, sending rainbow sparkles all over the place, and waves it around to make patterns in the air.)

Soovie exclaims, "Four minutes to go!"

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Done!!"

(Lasaia tops everything off with a squeeze of lemon and some chopped scallions for garnish. After cleaning the edge of the bowl with a cloth to present a nice, clean looking dish to the judges, she stands aside and waits for any remaining contestants to finish.)

Elaun says, "I need this to cool quickly."

Nawain gets a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain offers Elaun a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart.

Selame lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Elaun accepts Nawain's frozen-bone wand.

Elaun holds a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart in his hand and closes his eyes in concentration.

Elore lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Akeiro says, "Best I got is vertigo for food poisoning."

(Tystreith almost tried to use his skefne to flip over the ribs, but thought better of it and just grabbed two metal knives to flip it over and coat that side with barbecue sauce as well.)

(Elizzibiana makes sure the plates are clean and tidy, then artfully places some mint leaves and a pickled cherry pepper on the plate. The mint leaves to clear the palate while the pepper will clean the sinuses or add a bit of heat to the sandwich if wanted.)

(Navesi then takes her sugar bowls and encloses them around the chocolate sphere! Some hurried work, her face sweating a little, causes her finger to melt the sugar too, gluing the two halves together so that the transparent sphere completely encases the chocolate one.)

Elaun offers Nawain a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart.

Messica exclaims, ""Ok! The cream is ready! Next comes the chocolate! Alas, the proper preparation of chocolate from scratch is too involved for the time and equipment at hand, but fortunately there are some expert chocolatiers out in the islands." I recommend using chocolate mouse from Ratha!"

Selame snickers at Akeiro.

Nawain accepts Elaun's frozen-bone wand.

Navesi slowly empties her lungs.

Messica waves a rich chocolate mousse around.

Nawain puts her wand in her slender rugursora.

You say, "Now the tricky part... as long I formed the seal on the bottom properly, my pastry should be okay. But the timing between perfect and burnt can be quite unforgiving."

(Miskton gazes at the oven.)

Eskila wearily exclaims, "A whole moose?!"

Eskila peers quizzically at Messica.

Lasaia smiles.

Navesi lets out a long, contemplative breath.

Kethrai says, "Well, as long as the bottom isn't soggy..."

Lasaia grins at Messica.

(Messica says: "Use lots! We add it to the saucepan and add fresh milk! The fresher the better!" She returns to the elderly cow and milks it again, adding the milks to the chocolate mousse in the saucepan, then turns up the heat on the Gnomecraft stove. She continues: "While that heats, we'll prepare the chocolate shavings! I recommend the white chocolate bars from Sweet Life shop on Mer'Kresh!)

(Elizzibiana fiddles with the plates, wiping a stray dribble then rearranging the leaves in a more pleasing pattern then steps back after placing a cover over her plates.)

Messica waves a bar of white chocolate stamped RISSAN PRIME around.

(Nawain tastes the syrup with a spare spoon, beams, and pours the syrup into two small glasses, which she sets on the plate next to the tarts. A tiny sprinkle of gaisroka goes atop the tart to finish the dish.)

Selame leans on Akeiro.

Akeiro gets a black oak beam mottled by weathering from inside his entangling brambles.

(Elaun sets the rapidly cooled demi-glace to the side and begins to set out the oyster shells on a tray)

Navesi says, "Chefs, should I do the final preparation now? It is a bit... showy. Meant for doing at the table."

Elizzibiana says, "Done."

(Eskila boops Kethrai's nose with the now burnt-out sparkler on the tip of her cream-filled waffle lance.)

Akeiro twirls the oak beam through a convoluted series of gestures (showoff!). A raw bear haunch appears in his right hand!

Navesi raises an eyebrow in Soovie's direction.

Akeiro offers Selame a raw bear haunch.

You exclaim to Kethrai, "That's why it needs a nice, sturdy bread, and plenty of rice to soak up liquids!"

Ears tilted forward, Eskila curls her tail around Sonatina's shoulders loosely.

Selame accepts Akeiro's bear haunch.

(Messica starts shaving the bar of white chocolate, saying: "It's important to shave the chocolate as thinly as possible." She finishes shaving the chocolate bar, setting it aside. She reaches into her pack and pulls out a massive flagon the size of her head. She says: "Now, you probably though with all this mousse I was making multiple glasses of hot cholcate, but you'd be wrong. Hot chocolate is an indulgence, and indulgence should not be done lightly!" She carefully pours the entire saucepan of heated chocolate and milk into the gigantic flagon.)

Selame makes a rumbling noise of contentment in Akeiro's direction.

Kethrai wrinkles his nose.

You say, "But if I'm right, it should be good right about now..."

(Miskton withdraws his pastry from the oven, displaying the lovely golden brown it has achieved, as steam continues to slowly rise from the hole on the top with the decorative lotus design. He sets it briefly on a rack to cool, before transferring it to a cutting board and cutting off slices, displaying the beautifully layered interior. He then places a dollop of his sauce with each slice.)

Navesi says, "Well, I suppose I must..."

Selame sinks her fangs into a raw bear haunch and bolts down a bite.

Eskila wearily exclaims to Kethrai, "Surprise... no peanut butter at all!!"

You slowly and deliberately empty your filled lungs.

Anuril grins at Eskila.

(Navesi stares decidedly at her sphere-within-a-sphere. She carefully sets it upon a beautifully clean, low bowl for presentation, then takes another deep breath.)

Selame sinks her fangs into a raw bear haunch and bolts down a bite.

(Elaun scoops the seasoned raw and fresh lamb that has been soaking in vinegar and spices into the oyster shells and forms them to all be the same amount)

Navesi exhales lightly, determination flashing in her eyes as they begin to glow white, tiny sparks sputtering and dancing around them. She raises one hand casually, electricity arcing between her fingertips.

(Elizzibiana watches the others as they finish up, a slight smile playing on her lips.)

Soovie says, "A little over a minute left! If you haven't started plating, you might want to consider it..."

Lasaia smiles broadly as she grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

(Messica adds a ridiculously generous portion of whipped cream to the top of the flagon, then sprinkles on an entire chocolate bar's worth of choclate shavings. "And there we have it! The ultimate mug of hot chocolate!")

Lasaia gazes at Navesi.

Anuril asks Eskila, "Does your waffle lance shout anything interesting?"

Messica curtsies.

Eskila wearily says to Anuril, "I don't know how to make food do that but I guess you can shout "look out" when you run with it."

(Miskton adjusts the angle of the slices on the plate slightly, trying to get the best showcase of the layered interior.)

Eskila ponders.

(Elaun then takes the demi-glace and using a sweeping motion drizzles a line of the sauce onto each oyster shell with tartare in it)

(Navesi's fingers glow with electricity, and she delicately reaches out and allows it to arc to the sugar sphere! It crackles and glows, cracking substantially under the pressure of the current.)

Eskila wearily asks Sonatina, "Do you have my plate armor?"

Anuril laughs at Eskila.

Eskila wearily says, "I should start plating."

Elizzibiana gnaws lightly on her lower lip, as if lost in thought. The razor-sharp tip of one of her fangs breaks the skin and causes a tiny bead of blood to appear. Almost absent-mindedly, she catches it with the tip of her tongue.

(Elaun rapidly chops a fire pepper into rings and garneshes each dish with a single ring)

(Miskton leaves the major part of the pastry intact for the moment, though, including the steam hole with the lotus design around it.)

(Navesi's sugar sphere suddenly pops! Tiny shards and a rain of sugar powder rain down upon her chocolate sphere!)

(Tystreith grabs his knives to lift the ribs off the firepit and onto a serving platter at his station. He then continues to brush his Apple BBQ sauce on each side of the rack to finish the dish.)

(Messica carefully displayes a gigantic flagon of hot cocoa topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.)

(Elaun grabs some live edge wood slabs and plates his tartare on them, making sure to focus on neatness of presentation)

(Navesi quickly pulls out a pitcher of liquid. Her finger burning again, she carefully lights the liquid inside on fire! Blue flames leap up from the pitcher as she pours it over the chocolate sphere, which also catches alight!)

Selame offers Akeiro a flagon of Prydaen bloodwine.

Elaun dusts himself off.

Elizzibiana hums to herself.

Elizzibiana stares blankly into the distance.

Elaun exclaims, "Alright! done in barely time!"

Elaun laughs!

Anuril quietly says, "Ooo..."

Tystreith says, "There we go."

Rezzian smiles broadly as he grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

(Navesi's chocolate sphere withstands the flames for a few seconds, then suddenly collapses, melting in a profusion of darkness over the sumptuous ice cream beneath.)

Navesi bows.

Kethrai applauds.

Soovie exclaims, "Time!"

Eskila wearily exclaims to Navesi, "You're too fancy!!"

Navesi smiles at Eskila.

Navesi says, "It is a very simple dessert! All about presentation."

Soovie exclaims to Navesi, "That IS showy!"

Tystreith says, "Oh wow."

Eskila wearily says, "Mine's all about the eating."

Navesi nods to Soovie.

Sestiva says, "For dish presentation, we will be going in order of the list."

Selame gazes at Navesi in awe.

Elaun says, "Me first."

Elaun beams!

Kethrai quietly says to Navesi, "Might want to stick yours in the bucket till then."

Navesi nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Sestiva says, "You have 5 minutes to organize your thoughts."

Sestiva says, "And then we shall start."

(Navesi gently sets her dish into the bucket to keep it cool.)

Selame nods at Akeiro, obviously agreeing with his views.

Nebby gazes at Elore.

Elore smiles at Nebby.

Nawain closes her white gold stove.

Elore leans on Nebby.

Nebby leans on Elore.

(Nawain picks at the remaining apple bits on her prep station.)

Nawain opens her white gold stove.

Nawain gets a green apple from atop her white gold stove.

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

Lasaia leans on Rezzian.

Rezzian grins at Lasaia.

Elizzibiana gets some mintberries from inside her spidersilk pack.

Nawain gets an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps from inside a sculpted leather beverage holster.

Grinning, Nawain pulls a swig from an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Selame sniffs the air around her.

Elizzibiana takes a bite of the mintberries.

Sceth nudges her grotto monkey into its nightsilk harness.

Nawain offers Elaun an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Elaun accepts Nawain's applewood keg.

Grinning, Elaun pulls a swig from an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Akeiro inhales a great swallow of air.

Elaun offers Nawain an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Nawain accepts Elaun's applewood keg.

Tystreith inhales a great swallow of air.

Tystreith slowly empties his lungs.

Nawain offers Tystreith an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Tystreith accepts Nawain's applewood keg.

Grinning, Tystreith pulls a swig from an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Akeiro spits his gum into his left hand.

Tystreith offers Nawain an itsy-bitsy Ilithic applewood keg reinforced with howlite-studded leather straps.

Elaun says to Nawain, "Thank you."

Nawain accepts Tystreith's applewood keg.

Nawain beams!

Nawain nods.

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Akeiro sticks his gum behind his ear.

Selame giggles at Akeiro.

Elizzibiana takes a bite of the mintberries.

Elore leans on Nebby.

Soovie sniffs the air around him.

Nawain closes her white gold stove.

Selame makes a rumbling noise of contentment in Akeiro's direction.

Soovie says, "I must admit, I am excited to taste your creations."

Akeiro says to Soovie, "Me too."

Akeiro nods.

Akeiro takes a sip of his bloodwine.

Anuril whispers something to Sonatina.

Anuril whispers something to Sonatina.

Elaun fidgets nervously.

Sestiva quietly observes the contestants and their promising dishes.

You look around, trying to appear nonchalant.

Sestiva asks Soovie, "Is it tasting time?"

Soovie nods to Sestiva.

Anuril gets a felt pennant embroidered with the slogan "Taffelberry True!" in bright purple thread from inside his silk backpack.

Nawain inhales a great swallow of air.

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

Lasaia smiles.

Soovie exclaims, "Yes, it's their time to shine!"

Anuril waves a felt pennant embroidered with the slogan "Taffelberry True!" in bright purple thread around.

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Selame lets out a loud "Huzzah!"

Kethrai gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Elaun grins.

(Eskila glances over herself and realizes she's somehow covered in tons of whipped cream and has a waffle stuck to her tabard.)

Soovie asks, "Going first, Elaun! Will you present your dish to us?"

Elaun says, "Judges! Today I have prepared for you some lamb tartare drizzled with a fratvarit and trothfang fire pepper demi-glace served in a cleaned oyster shell."

Nawain beams at Elaun!

Lasaia lets out a loud "Huzzah!" for Elaun!

Elaun says, "I used onion, parsley, cilantro, vinegar, salt and pepper to season the lamb tartare, as well as provide some textural juxtaposition with the crunchier veggies to the tender lamb meat."

Akeiro lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Elaun says, "The demi-glace was made by boiling fratvarit with beef stock and a trothfang fire pepper, I chose this sauce in hopes that the fruity alcohol would help alleviate the up-front bite of the pepper."

Anuril grins.

Sestiva nods to Elaun.

Elaun says, "Then using the help of some cold magic, i cooled the sauce and shell to provide a chilled vehicle for the dish."

Eskila's ears droop for a moment.

Kethrai trills softly at Eskila.

Elaun says, "The fire pepper ring on top can be eaten, or treated as a garnish."

Light snow begins to fall from the sky.

Kethrai gazes up at the sky.

Anuril glances up at the sky.

Eskila hugs Sonatina, who wraps her arms around Eskila with a warm smile.

Sonatina blinks.

Elaun smiles.

Sestiva says, "I did note Nawain's excellent sportsmanship in lending you his chilling tool."

Soovie takes a small portion of the lamb tartare and holds it close to his face, inspecting it for consistency and appearance.

Elaun says, "It was greatly appreciated."

Navesi smiles at Nawain.

Nawain exclaims, "He's pack!"

Kethrai slips into a sleek stormy grey camlet raincoat with wide pockets.

Nawain grins.

Nawain leans on Elaun.

Elaun grins at Nawain.

Elaun smiles.

Elaun fidgets nervously.

Elizzibiana hums to herself.

Sestiva picks up one of the cleaned oyster shells filled with lamb tartare drizzled with a fratvarit and trothfang fire pepper demi-glace.

Anuril quietly says to Kethrai, "Sounds too spicy for me."

Sestiva tilts her shell to observe the appearance of the dish and tastes it.

Kethrai quietly says to Anuril, "Korya would love it."

Anuril nods in agreement.

Soovie takes a bite, chewing slowly.

Nawain shakes her head as if clearing it.

Navesi says, "I do wish Korya were here. She was always one to watch."

Soovie asks, "How did you choose the flavors you added to your tartare?"

Soovie peers quizzically at Elaun.

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Elaun says to Anuril, "Thats what cooking in alcohol is for, helps delay the kick of the spicy until after youve tasted the natural rich nutty flavor of pepper fruits."

Elaun nods to Anuril.

Elaun says, "Well, I am rakash."

Anuril grins at Elaun.

Elaun laughs!

Elaun shakes his head as if clearing it.

Elaun says, "Heavy spices are our cuisine."

Elaun says, "Strong flavors."

Nawain giggles.

Tystreith nods at Elaun, obviously agreeing with his views.

Tystreith studies the faces around him.

Tystreith shakes his head as if clearing it.

Soovie nods.

Soovie exclaims, "A good start to today's contest!"

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Lasaia lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Tystreith lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Selame nods in agreement.

Anuril applauds.

Selame lets out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

You let out a hearty cheer for Elaun!

Eskila looks at Elaun and applauds!

Navesi looks at Elaun and applauds!

Kethrai applauds.

Elaun says, "And fratvarit is the drink we are most commonly known for, I chose it so the sweet spicy of the demi-glace would add flavor layers, while the vegetables in the tartare added textural."

Messica applauds.

Elaun smiles.

Sestiva asks, "How would you describe the texture of your tartare?"

Elaun says, "It is tender, but not so tender as pate."

Elaun says, "And the onions and raw herbs add a little bit of crunch to the bite."

Sestiva nods to Elaun.

Elaun smiles.

Anuril waves a felt pennant embroidered with the slogan "Taffelberry True!" in bright purple thread around.

Soovie says, "Thank you for your entry."

Soovie grins at Elaun.

Elaun says, "Thank you."

Elaun grins.

Soovie says, "Now then, I believe our next contestant went a little more non-traditional with her dish...."

Soovie says, "Eskila, please present your dish for us."

Kethrai lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Eskila wearily exclaims to Soovie, "Hi! This is weird I know but can I ask that you salute me?? It's tradition with lances and stuff!"

Navesi applauds.

Anuril screams!

Sonatina observes Eskila with fascination.

Anuril applauds.

Kethrai snaps to attention and hails Eskila with a crisp hand salute.

You ponder.

Elizzibiana raises an eyebrow.

Eskila angles her ears forward, gazing curiously at Soovie.

Soovie says, "Unusual indeed..."

Nineve shifts her weight.

Soovie snaps to attention and hails Eskila with a crisp hand salute.

Eskila gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Messica beams!

(Eskila presents her life-size cream-filled waffle lance and shakes off the snow from it, rainbow cream dripping from small cracks between the thin waffle scales barely keeping it together. She pulls the spent sparkler from the tip, showing off how the raspberry-bloodwyne mixture sticks to the sparkler's handle. Then she raises the lance in salute, before lowering it straight at Soovie and taking a running charge!)

Soovie says, "But I shall play along."

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Sonatina applauds.

Anuril's jaw drops.

Rezzian grins.

(Eskila grins stupidly and stops just a few steps into the charge, raising the lance back against her shoulder.)

Anuril sighs.

Kethrai gasps at Eskila!

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Sorry if that spooked you!!"

Elizzibiana blinks.

Messica giggles.

Haxen smirks.

Eskila wearily says, "You shouldn't joust unless both people saluted."

Selame laughs happily.

Anuril gives a slight nod.

Eskila wearily says, "Anyway!! This is my super explosion rainbow jousting dessert! With authentic wounding simulation though that never should happen in a proper joust. I never made it before so I don't know how to eat it but I imagine you get two of them and do a pretend joust but actually really bash them into each other and then when they explode you have waffle cone parts and cream all over. Or I guess you can just eat it from the bottom to the tip or tip to the bottom like an ice cream cone?? There's chocolate in the bottom to keep it from falling out when you raise it like I am now. I almost put a firework for the handle but its more fun to explode it against an opponent than from the inside out."

Soovie blinks.

Nawain giggles.

Eskila inhales a great swallow of air.

Eskila nods.

Messica grins.

(Eskila lowers the lance in both paws and holds it out for the judges to inspect.)

Soovie asks, "Was this the first time you created this dish?"

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Yeah!"

Lasaia grins.

Anuril chants in a baritone voice: 

"ES-KI-LA! ES-KI-LA!"

Eskila wearily says, "I doodled it in paper a lot before though."

Nawain giggles.

Tystreith chuckles.

Eskila wearily says, "I've been thinking of it forever."

Sestiva says to Soovie, "Quite.. unusual choices made."

Kethrai quietly asks, "Three points for breaking on the head, yeah?"

Selame giggles.

Soovie asks, "A bold choice, very bold. Did you try making any of the individual components before?"

Eskila nods to Kethrai.

Eskila wearily says, "Five if you knock them over."

Anuril nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Eskila wearily says, "Just the waffles once."

(Eskila peels off the waffle stuck to her tabard and nibbles it.)

Sonatina leans over and licks Eskila, getting a warm smile in return.

Eskila wearily exclaims, "I'm not a cook really but I wanted to see this become a real thing!"

Nawain beams at Eskila!

Selame praises Eskila.

Eskila wearily says, "I got tips from my friends who cook."

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Elizzibiana ponders food poisoning stay away

Lasaia says, "The method looked way fun."

Messica grins at Eskila.

Lasaia grins.

Eskila wearily asks, "Yeah I have no idea how waffles are made! So the chain hauberk over there was the best I could do to get the dimples??"

Rezzian grins.

Malorna grins.

Anuril chuckles.

(Messica bites her lip to keep from laughing.)

Nebby laughs!

Sestiva asks, "What made you not want to experiment with your theories beforehand?"

Eskila ponders.

Eskila wearily says, "Other stuff going on I guess."

Selame says to Eskila, "I don't know about anyone else but I personally love a good food fight."

Eskila nods to Selame.

Anuril nods to Selame.

Lasaia says to Selame, "I wouldn't mind if someone stabbed me with dessert waffles."

Lasaia smacks her lips.

Messica nods at Lasaia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Selame nods at Lasaia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Sestiva ponders.

Sestiva asks Eskila, "How do you feel about food?"

You ask Lasaia, "As long as you aren't wearing your good clothes?"

Selame exclaims to Lasaia, "Right into my mouth!"

Sonatina says, "In the mouth."

Eskila wearily says, "I should have practiced, trained, but... I was busy training in paladin things mostly... um."

Eskila ponders.

Eskila wearily says, "Food's good."

Eskila nods.

Eskila wearily says, "Tasty usually. Not raisins."

Eskila wearily says, "Raisins are awful."

Rezzian chuckles.

Selame nods at Eskila, obviously agreeing with her views.

Messica giggles.

Lasaia grins at you.

Eskila wearily asks, "Why take a perfectly good juicy grape full of love and tender juices and then squish all the juices out and let it get wrinkly old person in the sun??"

Eskila sobs.

Eskila wearily says, "Poor grapes."

Selame laughs happily.

Elizzibiana snorts, loudly.

Kethrai rubs Eskila gently, massaging her muscles.

Anuril pats Eskila on the back.

Tystreith chuckles.

Soovie says, "Definitely a dish I would want to serve outside."

Eskila wearily says, "I'll eat almost anything though. Sometimes even stuff that's not food it turns out."

Eskila nods in agreement.

Navesi observes Eskila with fascination.

Eskila wearily says, "You can't be a paladin without food because food is what makes your body be a body. It's really important."

Sestiva carefully cuts portions from each part of the lance and passes halves of it to Soovie.

Anuril quietly asks Kethrai, "Perfect for tournaments! Can't you just see folks in the stands with their waffle lances?"

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Eskila wearily says, "Bye lance.."

Eskila nods to Anuril.

Eskila wearily says, "And when it explodes, the point of impact gets all the raspberry blood, and then the rest is an explosion of rainbows."

Messica beams at Eskila!

Soovie pulls a fork out and pokes it at his lance pieces, inspecting the waffle crumb before taking a bite.

Anuril giggles at Eskila.

(Eskila returns to her work area and fetches the original lance, still quite buttery.)

Eskila leans on her lance.

Sestiva tastes the raspberry-bloodwyne mixture.

Eskila grins at Sonatina.

Eskila reaches over and grooms Sonatina's ears for a moment, purring softly.

Sestiva says, "Thank you, Eskila, for your innovation and abundant creativity."

Eskila pivots in Sestiva's direction and salutes her with her jousting lance, bringing the weapon downwards in a precise, fluid movement.

Sonatina lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Selame nods in agreement.

Eskila wearily exclaims to Sestiva, "Thanks!!"

Messica lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

Sestiva asks, "Miskton, are you prepared to present your dish?"

You nod.

(Miskton walks over to the judges and sets down his pastry, with several prepared slices on plates with forks next to the rest of the dish, still displaying the decorative lattice and the lotus design around the steam hole.)

You say, "I have prepared a savory pastry, stuffed with Therengian river rice, nomlas with onions and a mushroom sauce, and hard boiled egg."

You say, "This is a dish with some flexibility to it, but the main points that are needed are a rich fish as the core, an enriched dough to hold its shape and contain the filling, and a grain of some sort to absorb flavors and hold the rest of the filling together. The egg is optional, according to taste, but I find it goes quite well with the fish."

You say, "I chose Therengian river rice as my grain, both for familiarity, and because its mild flavor gives it plenty of room for all of the flavor it absorbs during the cooking process."

You say, "Overall, it's a very rich and savory dish, which is why it's best served with something that can cut through that a bit, hence the additional sauce on the side. A little acidity from the lemon juice, and the sharpness of the dill. The mushroom sauce directly on the fish helps a bit in that regard as well, with the lemon juice and a hint of heat from the cayenne, while the mushrooms help to enhance the rest of the savory flavors."

Lasaia smiles at you.

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

You nod politely.

Sestiva cuts into the savory pastry to examine its filling and how it's layered in.

Soovie says, "It has a lovely aroma."

You nod in agreement.

Soovie asks, "Can you describe the pastry more?"

You say, "The aim is to be very fluffy, and rich in flavor, thanks to all of the egg and butter in there. Provides it some body to help hold its shape, and a bit of a chew to it."

Soovie says, "I know you prepped it prior to today for time."

You nod.

You say, "Yes, it needs to rise for a fair while, and then rest before use."

You say, "It can't achieve the proper texture, otherwise."

You say, "A less sturdy bread would require a much thicker layer to contain the filling, and be a bit much."

Soovie says, "It's a good thing we're having the contest in winter then, butter pastries can be so tempermental in the heat."

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

You grin.

(Navesi glances at Nawain's txistu and fidgets a little.)

You say, "It has some sugar in it, but not especially sweet. It could be made so, but not for this dish."

Nawain grins at Navesi.

Soovie cuts into his pastry with his tasting spoon and takes a bite. Chewing slowly as he analyzes the flavors.

Lasaia grins.

Soovie says, "Yes, I can see how a sweeter dough wouldn't be appropriate for this dish."

Soovie nods appreciatively.

Sestiva takes a small bite of the pastry with its various fillings, and examines the texture of the rice.

You say, "The rice is well cooked before adding to the pastry, as too much liquid remaining in it would be a problem, during the baking process."

You say, "It needs to be able to absorb juices from the fish, without becoming soggy."

Sestiva says, "Thank you very much Miskton for your lovely entry. It's a fine follow-up for a past Glaes Spatula silver medalist."

You smile.

Nawain looks at you and lets out a hearty cheer on your behalf!

Messica beams at you! What a warm feeling!

Haxen looks at you and lets out a hearty cheer on your behalf!

You bow.

Anuril applauds.

Rezzian applauds.

Kethrai applauds.

Selame looks at you and lets out a hearty cheer on your behalf!

Nineve applauds.

Lasaia beams at you! What a warm feeling!

You say, "Thank you very much."

Sestiva says, "If the contestants will indulge us, Soovie and I need a few moments before we move on with tastings."

Soovie joins Sestiva's group.

Messica nods.

Sestiva says, "Five minutes and we will return."

Gastronomist Judge Sestiva's group went through a large cake-shaped tent with pink canvas awnings.

Lasaia nods.

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

Eskila wearily says, "I want to try just making eggs and butter and see how that goes... i bet its amazing."

Nawain gets a candied green apple from inside a little mossy green lunchbox painted with the portrait of Belirendrick IV.

Nawain offers Tystreith a candied green apple.

Tystreith accepts Nawain's green apple.

Nawain gets a candied green apple from inside a little mossy green lunchbox painted with the portrait of Belirendrick IV.

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

Nawain offers Elaun a candied green apple.

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

Elaun accepts Nawain's green apple.

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

You say to Eskila, "Just eggs and butter? Probably tastes amazing, though could get rather greasy."

Elaun says, "Oh? an apple."

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Tystreith takes a bite of the apple.

Eskila wearily says, "Grease is tasty too."

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

Elaun says, "Eggs, butter, and sugar makes something."

Elaun nods.

Selame gets a wine-soaked strawberry from inside her thigh bag.

Selame takes a bite of the strawberry.

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

Selame takes a bite of the strawberry.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Selame takes a bite of the strawberry.

Selame takes a bite of the strawberry.

Elaun asks Nawain, "Did you want this apple back?"

Elaun laughs!

Malorna says, "Making me hungry."

Nawain exclaims to Elaun, "Nope! Eat it!"

Nawain grins.

Selame gets some candied onion-stuffed piglet from inside her thigh bag.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Selame offers Malorna some candied onion-stuffed piglet.

Malorna accepts Selame's onion-stuffed piglet.

Beauris says to Eskila, "}esk I'll make sure I dont go to any of your dinner parties then, goodness."

Malorna beams at Selame!

Tystreith hums to himself.

Malorna takes a bite of the piglet.

Elaun says, "I saw this was happening and just wanted to try."

Selame gets a glass of Elven mango fizz from inside her thigh bag.

Selame offers Malorna a glass of Elven mango fizz.

Malorna accepts Selame's Elven mango fizz.

Selame winks at Malorna.

Malorna says, "Snack break."

Malorna winks at Selame.

Selame leans over and scratches Malorna's back.

Tystreith gets a rotund Rakash-shaped pillow from inside his zala rugursora.

Tystreith buries his face in a rotund Rakash-shaped pillow.

Malorna lets out a sigh of contentment.

Zehira says, "Snacks are good."

Beauris says to Eskila, "Or be like Zehira and hire a cook or chef."

Malorna takes a bite of the piglet.

Zehira nods to Beauris.

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Eskila wearily says, "If I have a dinner party I'll probably get someone else to cook... Korya does good noodles and stuff, or ask Cryle for sandwiches... yeah."

Elaun says, "Goes fantastically with the Foodgates Eludia made for me."

Nawain exclaims to Eskila, "Allye is amazing at catering, too!"

Eskila nods to Nawain.

Messica says, "She really is."

Malorna clears her throat.

Selame gets a shrimp sainyuso roll from inside her thigh bag.

Elaun says, "Just a whole guildfest of snacks."

Messica nods at Nawain, obviously agreeing with her views.

Selame offers Zehira a shrimp sainyuso roll.

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

Navesi says, "Korya certain has made some delightful dishes."

Nawain nods at Navesi, obviously agreeing with her views.

Nawain takes a bite of the apple.

Zehira says, "Oh oh."

Eskila wearily says, "Or I can get a basket of mice from the food tree!! And some fish for Keth."

Zehira declines Selame's offer.

Elaun says, "I want to try all the food at the end."

Nawain says, "Spiciest noodles ever."

Nawain giggles.

Zehira says, "I'm a vegetarian."

Zehira smiles at Selame, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Selame ponders.

Malorna takes a sip of her fizz.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Tystreith rubs an alabaster stone.

Selame taps something inside her thigh bag.

Navesi says, "Just be careful of Nakori, unless your tastes align well with hers. Sometimes that alignment is... necessary."

Elizzibiana gets a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers from inside her spidersilk pack.

Elizzibiana offers Zehira a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Elaun chuckles.

Navesi says, "Though I have to admit, her dish was memorable."

Zehira accepts Elizzibiana's paprika popcorn.

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Zehira says, "Thank you."

You say, "Those rats were surprisingly tasty."

Zehira smiles at Elizzibiana, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Elizzibiana nods to Zehira.

Selame gets a radish sainyuso roll from inside her thigh bag.

Selame offers Zehira a radish sainyuso roll.

Elizzibiana says, "Closest I have to vegartian currently."

Zehira accepts Selame's radish sainyuso roll.

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Selame giggles.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Zehira says, "It's not for everyone I know."

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Malorna takes a sip of her fizz.

Kethrai leans back against Anuril with a loving smile.

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Elaun takes a bite of the apple.

Anuril waves a felt pennant embroidered with the slogan "Taffelberry True!" in bright purple thread around.

Selame says to Zehira, "Usually save those for the songbirds to snack on, make them nice and plump."

Selame hums happily to herself.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Zehira grins at Selame, her dimples flashing into view.

Navesi clears her throat.

Zehira says, "I assume they are good nice and plump."

Zehira laughs softly, trying to hide her amusement.

Selame nods at Zehira, obviously agreeing with her views.

Selame takes a bite of the roll.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Navesi says, "Are there any other contestants who would mind swapping places for me in presentation order? I have some obligations I may need to take care of."

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Elizzibiana asks, "Rice makes em explode, doesnt it?"

Nawain says to Navesi, "I'd be happy to, but I'm not too much ahead of you."

Elizzibiana asks, "Or is that only uncooked rice?"

Navesi nods to Nawain.

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Messica says, "Same here."

Navesi says, "Well, it's something at least."

Eskila wearily says to Sonatina, "Going to get some more jackets and caps."

Elizzibiana ponders.

Selame says to Elizzibiana, "I haven't seen one explode yet."

Malorna takes a bite of some candied onion-stuffed piglet and chews carefully on it.

Malorna finishes off her onion-stuffed piglet.

Selame ponders.

Navesi smiles at Nawain.

Malorna licks the tips of her fingers.

Navesi says, "Thank you both."

Elizzibiana chuckles at Selame.

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Selame angles her ears forward in curiosity.

Lasaia smiles broadly as she grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

Anuril whispers something to Navesi.

Nawain grins at Tystreith.

Anuril bows to Navesi.

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Selame says to Elizzibiana, "If I happen to find an explosion of feathers in my bag though, I suppose I know what happened to them then."

Elizzibiana snickers.

Mristralor just arrived.

Lasaia grins at Rezzian.

Eskila offers Anuril a tailored twill competition jacket labeled with "Beanpops!".

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Lasaia nods to Rezzian.

Anuril beams at Eskila!

Lasaia nods to Navesi.

Eskila offers Kethrai a tailored twill competition jacket labeled with "Beanpops!".

Kethrai accepts Eskila's competition jacket.

Kethrai's ears perk up happily.

Lasaia ponders.

Kethrai slips out of a sleek stormy grey camlet raincoat with wide pockets.

Kethrai slips into a tailored twill competition jacket labeled with "Beanpops!".

Eskila offers Messica a tailored twill competition jacket labeled with "Beanpops!".

Messica accepts Eskila's competition jacket.

Messica beams at Eskila!

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Anuril adjusts his competition jacket into place.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Anuril nods to Eskila.

Eskila wearily asks, "Want the hats?"

Messica exclaims to Eskila, "Thank you!"

Kethrai says to Eskila, "Of course."

Tystreith glances up at the sky.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Zehira takes a bite of the popcorn.

Eskila gets a jaunty twill competition cap from inside her orange bag.

Rezzian takes a sip of his rum.

Eskila offers Kethrai a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!".

Kethrai accepts Eskila's competition cap.

Eskila gets a jaunty twill competition cap from inside her orange bag.

Elaun fidgets nervously.

Anuril says to Eskila, "May as well."

Eskila offers Anuril a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!".

Kethrai puts a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!" on his head.

Anuril grins.

Anuril accepts Eskila's competition cap.

Eskila gets a jaunty twill competition cap from inside her orange bag.

Anuril puts a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!" on his head.

Eskila offers Messica a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!".

Mristralor just arrived.

Messica accepts Eskila's competition cap.

Navesi nods to Lasaia.

Messica exclaims to Eskila, "Thank you!"

Lasaia nods to Navesi.

Ears tilted forward, Eskila curls her tail around Sonatina's waist loosely.

Anuril stands near Eskila.

Anuril strikes a heroic pose.

Kethrai leans back against Anuril with a loving smile.

Elaun says, "This is so nerve wracking and exciting."

Tystreith nods at Elaun, obviously agreeing with his views.

Eskila wearily says to Kethrai, "Hooligan."

Nawain paces back and forth.

Elaun asks, "Were like, a third of the way through judging, right?"

Tystreith says, "This is a very heavily Rakash competition with the three of us here."

Lasaia grins at Nawain.

Kethrai says to Elaun, "Just about."

(Nawain sniffs at her tarts, checking their temperature.)

Nawain squints.

Nawain opens her white gold stove.

Gastronomist Judge Sestiva's group came through a large cake-shaped tent with pink canvas awnings.

Sestiva says, "Thank you for your patience."

Lasaia smiles.

Nawain coughs.

Nawain hums to herself.

Nawain closes her white gold stove.

(Anuril leans against Kethrai and holds up two fingers in a V shape while winking.)

Nawain beams!

Navesi nods politely to Sestiva.

Elaun smiles.

Sestiva asks, "Lasaia, are you prepared to present?"

Navesi says, "Chefs, I have requested to swap places with Lasaia, if it's all right with you."

Lasaia says, "Yes but I was wondering if I could let Navesi go first, she has to leave soon."

Lasaia nods to Navesi.

(Kethrai tilts his competition cap rebelliously off to the side.)

Eskila looks at Lasaia and applauds!

Lasaia says, "I can go last if need be."

Anuril looks at Kethrai, obviously trying not to grin.

Selame praises Lasaia.

Navesi bows to Lasaia.

Soovie nods.

Tystreith says, "Three Rakash, one Prydaen, one Human, one Elf, one S'kra, one Gnome, and one Kaldar. Wow."

Sestiva says, "Navesi can go first."

Lasaia nods.

(Navesi straightens her apron.)

Beauris glances up at the sky.

Kethrai says to Tystreith, "Hope they like it spicy."

Tystreith grins at Kethrai.

Zehira studies the faces around her.

Haxen tugs one side of his smoking jacket down, straightening the jacket on his shoulders.

Soovie says to Sestiva, "Our competitors this year are generous with each other. I like it."

Tystreith says, "Elaun already gave them one taste of spice."

Navesi says, "I call my dish Triple Element ice cream, for the three elements used in its creation: ice, fire, and electricity."

Nawain gazes at Navesi.

Selame perks her ears up happily as she gazes at Navesi.

Sestiva nods to Navesi.

Anuril quietly says, "Triple element ice -dream-."

Navesi says, "It should be served in a delicate, low bowl, the ice cream coated with the melted dark chocolate and dusted with minuscule shards of crystallized sugar."

Lasaia nods at Anuril, obviously agreeing with his views.

Anuril winks at Navesi.

Nawain grins at Anuril.

Navesi smiles at Anuril.

Soovie nods.

Navesi says, "For a fancier presentation, one may use a zig-zag pattern of a light caramel sauce at the bottom of the bowl and garnish with fresh raspberries, lightly dusted with powdered sugar to add to the snowy feel."

Nawain drools.

Selame smacks her lips.

Navesi says, "I assume that you recall the presentation I made during the preparation period, but if you like, I have a spare packed in case you would like to view it again."

Soovie says, "Please, a second viewing is helpful."

Navesi says, "The ingredients are simple but the presentation is a showcase of the three elements at their finest. It is meant to impress."

Navesi nods.

Nawain leans forward.

Tystreith laughs softly, trying to hide his amusement.

Tystreith nods at Nawain, obviously agreeing with her views.

(Navesi pulls an unlonchai bucket from underneath her station, carefully removing from it a still-intact dish: a perfect, chocolate sphere surrounded by a transparent one of crystallized sugar, set into a low bowl atop the zig-zag of sauce.)

Navesi takes a deep breath.

(Navesi sets the dish in front of the judges.)

Navesi exhales lightly, determination flashing in her eyes as they begin to glow white, tiny sparks sputtering and dancing around them. She raises one hand casually, electricity arcing between her fingertips.

Nawain gazes at Navesi.

(Navesi's fingers glow with electricity, and she delicately reaches out and allows it to arc to the sugar sphere! It crackles and glows, cracking substantially under the pressure of the current.)

Nawain gasps!

(Navesi's sugar sphere suddenly pops! Tiny shards and a dousing of sugar powder rain down upon her chocolate sphere!)

Nawain beams at Navesi!

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Explosion!"

Anuril grins.

Nawain grins at Eskila.

Selame bounces from where she is sitting!

Rezzian grins.

(Navesi quickly pulls out a pitcher of liquid. Her finger burning, she carefully lights the liquid inside on fire! Blue flames leap up from the pitcher as she pours it over the chocolate sphere, which also catches alight!)

Lasaia quietly says, "I want electric ice-cream."

Beauris ponders warmage wannabe?

Nawain nods at Lasaia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Rezzian grins at Lasaia.

You stroke your beard in thoughtful contemplation.

(Navesi's chocolate sphere withstands the flames for a few seconds, then suddenly collapses, melting in a profusion of darkness over the sumptuous ice cream beneath.)

Selame nods at Lasaia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Tystreith says, "Dessert and a show."

Tystreith nods.

Lasaia nods to Tystreith.

Navesi bows.

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Navesi!

Sestiva says, "Lovely."

Tystreith looks at Navesi and applauds!

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Navesi!

Messica applauds.

Raising her vanilla-spiced tea to Navesi, Selame gives her a toast.

Navesi says, "If one is not an elementalist, I believe there are devices that can aid in the creation of the electricity and fire."

Soovie says, "I may have to look into these."

Lasaia looks at Navesi and applauds!

Navesi says, "And of course, the humble unlonchai bucket does a great deal of the work."

(Navesi pats her bucket and mumbles into it a word of praise.)

Lasaia grins at Navesi.

Soovie asks, "Can you remind me, what flavor was the ice cream again?"

Sestiva examines the bowl of ice cream with its toppings and tastes it, taking notes.

Navesi says, "As for the taste, as you bite into it, you should be met by a perfectly smooth ice cream, complemented by the crunch of the many tiny slivers of crystallized sugar. Pure, strong vanilla is almost an aromatic from the cream, contrasted with the supreme, rich darkness of the melted chocolate overtop, still warm and oozing in your mouth."

Navesi says, "I chose a simple vanilla, ideally perfectly balanced with a light sweetness from the sugar, and a pinch of salt."

Sestiva asks, "How are your raspberries prepared?"

Navesi says, "They are picked fresh and very lightly chilled."

Soovie takes a bite of his ice cream, angling his spoon to include a single raspberry.

Tystreith glances at Nawain.

(Eskila makes a bit to mimic Soovie's.)

Eskila licks her lips.

Nawain gnaws on her lip.

Stelling rubs Lasaia's head.

Rezzian grins at Stelling.

Lasaia hugs Stelling, who wraps his arms around Lasaia with a warm smile.

Stelling hugs Lasaia, who wraps her arms around Stelling with a warm smile.

Lasaia says to Stelling, "You missed -electric- ice cream."

Soovie says, "I must say, the presentation was quite spectactular but I'm a little sad I didn't get to break my chocolate sphere myself."

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Lasaia grins at Soovie.

Stelling chuckles at Lasaia.

Soovie says, "I really wanted to feel that *CRACK* with my spoon."

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

Navesi nods to Soovie.

Stelling says to Lasaia, "I'm.....not sure how I feel about that."

Messica giggles.

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Nineve grins.

Elaun says to Stelling, "Shocked."

Tystreith laughs!

Navesi says, "A trade off that must be made, sadly."

Stelling chuckles at Elaun.

Stelling says to Elaun, "Or not."

Soovie nods to Navesi.

Stelling grins at Elaun.

Elaun chuckles.

Soovie says, "To be fair, I often think of how I can prepare a dish for the masses as opposed to a smaller grouping."

Navesi says, "You may also notice a very faint scent of ozone wafting from the plate, which is from the electricity used. I balanced the hint of bitterness with the sweetness of the cream."

Nawain says, "Ooo, ozone-flavor."

Nawain praises Navesi.

Sestiva says, "For tasting notes, you might want to consider macerating the raspberries with sugar and add a squeeze of something acidic. The rest of the preparation is so thoughtful, so having every element of your dish at that same level would make it flawless."

Navesi nods to Sestiva.

Lasaia ponders elemental martinis with miniature lightning rod stirring sticks.

The snowfall grows very heavy.

Lasaia drools.

Selame gazes up at the sky.

Navesi says, "In truth, Chef, I am new to cooking."

Stelling chuckles at Lasaia.

Nineve ponders the snow adds even more flavor

(Selame sticks out her tongue to catch snowflakes.)

Navesi says, "But I have done a lot of study of the Elements, and I thought it would be fascinating to pair them in this way."

Kethrai whispers something to Anuril.

Anuril nods to Kethrai.

Tystreith says, "Oh there went Tek."

Anuril gently kisses Kethrai on the cheek.

Nawain beams!

Nawain nods to Tystreith.

Eskila perks her ears up happily as she gazes at Kethrai.

Sestiva says, "Thank you very much for your dish, Navesi."

Eskila looks at Navesi and applauds!

Messica applauds.

Navesi bows to Sestiva.

Navesi bows to Soovie.

Rezzian applauds.

Tystreith waves to Tekhelet.

Nawain beams at Tekhelet!

Tystreith grins.

Nawain just kissed Tekhelet.

Messica smiles at Tekhelet.

Kethrai whispers something to Eskila.

Anuril lets out a hearty cheer for Navesi!

Haxen applauds.

Kethrai looks at Navesi and applauds!

Soovie says, "A lovely entry indeed."

Kethrai hugs Eskila, getting a smile in return.

Navesi says, "Thank you for the gracious hosting, and to Lasaia for allowing me to present so I could still make my other obligations."

Soovie grins.

Soovie says, "Speaking of, I believe it is Lasaia's turn to present her dish."

You gaze into Navesi's eyes and applaud her heartily.

Tekhelet runs his fingers through Nawain's hair.

Nawain beams at Tekhelet!

Kethrai hugs Sonatina, who wraps her arms around Kethrai with a warm smile.

Kethrai places his hands on Anuril's shoulders and directs a soft, rumbling purr in his direction as Kethrai presses his forehead against Anuril's.

Rezzian says to Lasaia, "Good luck."

Tystreith looks at Lasaia and applauds!

Navesi says, "I will be off now, with luck to return before the end. Good luck to all the competitors. What I have seen so far has been magnificent."

Messica beams at Navesi!

Messica waves to Navesi.

Navesi nods politely.

Eskila waves to Navesi.

You wave to Navesi.

Soovie grins.

Sestiva exclaims, "Thank you for participating in the Glaes Spatula!"

Navesi fastidiously adjusts her attire, ensuring everything is in its proper place, then turns and walks briskly out.

Eskila pushes her spectacles up the bridge of her nose.

Soovie asks Lasaia, "Will you present your dish for us?"

Lasaia just left.

Stelling frowns.

Elaun says, "Oh no."

Sestiva ponders.

Soovie blinks.

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Shy!"

Soovie asks Sestiva, "Am I that frightening?"

Stelling says, "Well that's not like her."

Sestiva asks Soovie, "We're not that intimidating are we?"

Haxen gasps!

Stelling casually observes the area.

Twilight Tippler Lasaia just arrived.

Nawain giggles.

Rezzian grins at Lasaia.

Lasaia babbles incoherently.

Stelling exclaims, "I found her!"

Stelling just tried to yank Lasaia towards him!

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Stelling points at Lasaia.

Lasaia says, "I'm back."

Tystreith grins at Lasaia.

Messica grins at Lasaia.

Soovie says, "Oh good, we thought you ran away from us because we were scary."

Lasaia laughs!

Lasaia asks, "Am I up?"

Nawain nods to Lasaia.

Tystreith nods to Lasaia.

Soovie nods to Lasaia.

Messica nods to Lasaia.

Lasaia beams!

Sestiva says, "You are indeed."

Lasaia enthusiastically says, "I hope you enjoy. Mine is a sea-inspired dish consisting of salty brined bases, spicy almost-traditional red fish sauce and smoky citrus fish flavors throughout. The rice wine and squid ink will add a hint of a sweetness...and I always like to say a little alcohol goes a long way in making everything better."

Lasaia breaks out in a silly grin.

Lasaia says, "The use of dry noodles versus fresh will alleviate some of the salinity overpowering the meal when the squid sauce is combined with the red fish one on top. I added Trothfang fire peppers instead of regular hot peppers in the red sauce for an extra kick. The grek in that particular marinade and topping was prepared in advance by soaking it in lemon and lime juices, chemically cooked, so that it would be fall-apart tender for chopping and blending."

Lasaia says, "The chickpea paste was my own creative innovation, as I found that the squid ink and rice wine mixture in the noodle sauce was initially too thin and watery, so I added it as a thickener. It's subtle flavor was lost amongst the other ingredients so it worked."

Lasaia says, "The pan-fried squid on top is there to add a little meat and heartiness, a contrasting texture, as a crunchy vessel for the hot red sauce that would otherwise get lost in the wet noodle part, and for overall oceanic deliciousness."

(Lasaia presents the judges with a boat-shaped bowl of steamy black noodles tossed in squid ink sauce and topped with spicy pan-seared tentacles.)

You stroke your beard in thoughtful contemplation.

Lasaia just left.

Nawain winces.

Sestiva flashes a wide grin.

Soovie blinks.

Sestiva exclaims, "Well, least she left us with her dish to taste!"

Stelling laughs!

Nawain laughs!

Rezzian grins.

Messica giggles.

You chuckle.

Haxen grins.

Anuril coughs.

Anuril appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Tystreith says, "Nerves, I'm sure."

Tystreith nods.

Sestiva says, "And now we can taste it without the close watch of the chef's eyes."

Sestiva nods.

Elizzibiana asks, "Hmm, did she lose her way?"

Nineve says, "It must be the snow storm."

Elizzibiana nods to Nineve.

Elizzibiana says, "Snow can make everything look the same."

Stelling nods in agreement.

Sestiva says, "Sometimes there's pressure when you know the chef whose food you're tasting is watching you."

Twilight Tippler Lasaia just arrived.

Rezzian smiles at Lasaia.

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Nineve lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Zehira gazes intently into her sanowret crystal, and scintillating sparks of light dance across its surface.

Stelling lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Messica grins at Lasaia.

Lasaia says, "I'm not scared I promise, I got too close to Navesi's ice cream."

Lasaia laughs!

Sestiva says, "Thank you for leaving us the dish."

Stelling snickers at Lasaia.

Eskila wearily exclaims to Sestiva, "I could have taken off my glasses for you!!"

Selame giggles at Lasaia.

Lasaia grins at Sestiva.

Lasaia asks, "So sorry, did you have any questions for me?"

Lasaia beams at you! What a warm feeling!

Sestiva asks, "For your pan-fried squid, could you remind us how you prepared it? How did you get it to be so crunchy?"

Sestiva asks, "Is it the breading that's crunchy? Or the squid itself?"

Lasaia says, "I marinated it in half of the red sauce first, I chose not to batter it and lose any flavor with the extra grease, so I counted on the pastiness of the sauce to sizzle and add some crunch to the outside by pan frying it in only that."

Agheel just arrived.

Lasaia says, "Just the outside skin of the squid would be crunchy, just enough, and the inside tender."

Soovie takes a bite of the tentacle on top of his pasta and starts chewing... and chewing... and chewing...

Lasaia grins at Soovie.

Sestiva subtly nudges Soovie in the ribs.

Nawain giggles.

Nawain chews her gum.

Haxen chuckles.

Stelling takes a sip of his frostwynne.

Lasaia quietly says, "It is an acquired taste."

Soovie says, "I do like the flavor it picked up from the marinade."

Rezzian says, "Its lovely , I had it last week."

Rezzian adds to Lasaia's praises.

Lasaia nods to Soovie.

Lasaia says to Soovie, "Thank you."

Sonatina snuggles up to Eskila.

Soovie says, "I think you could have really amplified the flavors using a batter with some spices."

Sestiva says, "I love the freshness of the citrus overtones."

Soovie nods to Sestiva.

Lasaia beams at Sestiva!

Lasaia nods to Soovie.

Eskila offers Sonatina a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!".

The snow increases in severity and is now a blizzard.

Soovie says, "Yes, I do enjoy a good citrus note. I can taste the thoughtfulness you put into choosing your ingredients."

Rezzian glances up at the sky.

Lasaia smiles.

Sonatina nods to Eskila.

Eskila offers Sonatina a tailored twill competition jacket labeled with "Beanpops!".

Sonatina accepts Eskila's competition jacket.

Eskila offers Sonatina a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!".

Sestiva makes notes on her judging sheets.

Sonatina accepts Eskila's competition cap.

Lasaia says, "When you spend time on the sea, a fish that cooks itself and -helps- with scurvy is ideal."

Lasaia hums to herself.

Soovie chuckles.

Stelling chuckles at Lasaia.

Messica grins at Lasaia.

Sonatina puts a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!" on her head.

Soovie says, "A lovely presentation. Thank you for your efforts Lasaia."

Lasaia exclaims, "Thank you!"

Selame lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Stelling lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Raising his dark rum to Lasaia, Rezzian gives her a toast.

Lasaia says, "I'll try to stop running off so much."

Lasaia laughs softly, trying to hide her amusement.

Stelling chuckles at Lasaia.

You gaze into Lasaia's eyes and applaud her heartily.

Lasaia beams at you! What a warm feeling!

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Lasaia!

Raising his Lethean ouisque to Lasaia, Stelling gives her a toast.

Eskila looks at Lasaia and applauds!

Soovie grins at Lasaia.

Lasaia just left.

Nawain giggles.

Haxen frowns.

Nineve chuckles.

Soovie says, "I believe our next contestant is Tystreith."

Nawain covers her mouth with her hand.

Soovie grins at Tystreith.

Twilight Tippler Lasaia just arrived.

Tystreith inhales a great swallow of air.

Tystreith slowly empties his lungs.

Nawain grins at Lasaia.

Lasaia grins.

Nineve smirks.

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Tystreith!

Stelling rubs Lasaia's head.

Lasaia rubs her head.

Stelling chuckles at Lasaia.

Tystreith says, "Good day to you, judges! What I have here is a rack of Rakash spiced applewood-smoked baby back boar ribs basted in apple barbecue sauce. I used a combination of chili powder, paprika, oregano, ground mustard, garlic, salt, red pepper, black pepper, paprika, cardamon, cloves, fenugreek, and ginger as a rub because we Rakash really like our spices."

Tystreith grins.

Tystreith says, "The ribs were chilled with my own frost magic to marinate them. Once the meat was on my applewood firepit, they were then basted in my home-made apple barbecue sauce which was brought to me by my lovely trader friend Teavira since I left the bottle at home. The barbecue sauce was prepared from mashed apples, tomato paste, lemon juice, dry mustard, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, salt, garlic, onion, cinnamon, and cloves."

Tystreith says, "I chose Apple barbecue as my sauce for one reason only: apples are very important in Rakash cuisine. I had it pre-prepared to make the basting process much quicker than it normally would have been if I had prepared both the rub and the barbecue on the spot. The sweetness of the apples cuts some of the stronger spiciness, but all in all, there is still an abundance of flavor! More than anything else, I made it with the love of my Pack."

Nawain beams at Tystreith!

Sestiva nods to Tystreith.

Sonatina drools.

Selame takes a sip of her tea.

Akeiro takes a seat near Selame.

Ears tilted forward, Akeiro curls his tail around Selame's waist loosely.

Selame perks her ears up happily as she gazes at Akeiro.

Akeiro takes a sip of his bloodwine.

Elizzibiana hums to herself.

Soovie asks, "How did you cook the meat, in terms of rareness?"

Tystreith says, "I cooked it to a nice medium-rare, still pink inside but not as raw as it fell off the boar."

Tystreith grins.

Nawain chuckles.

Akeiro takes a sip of his bloodwine.

Sestiva asks, "How would you describe the consistency of your apple barbeque sauce?"

Soovie nods to Tystreith.

Lasaia clears her throat.

Lasaia casually observes the area.

Nawain pats Lasaia on the back.

Akeiro takes a sip of his bloodwine.

Sonatina nods to Eskila.

Eskila chews on Sonatina's shoulder. Weirdo.

Sonatina gives Eskila a smooch.

Tystreith says, "I would say the consistency is pretty thick so it sticks to the meat better. A thinner sauce would just run right off."

Selame kisses Akeiro on the nose.

Selame winks at Akeiro.

Akeiro kisses Selame on the nose.

Selame shivers.

Soovie nods.

Rezzian smiles broadly as he grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

Soovie exclaims, "Thank you for your entry!"

Messica applauds.

Tystreith nods to Soovie.

Tystreith beams!

You gaze into Tystreith's eyes and applaud him heartily.

Rezzian applauds.

Soovie smiles at Tystreith.

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Tystreith!

Eskila looks at Tystreith and applauds!

Tystreith sweeps an apple-green foil cone off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing at the same time.

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Tystreith!

Nawain giggles at Tystreith.

Tystreith grins at Nawain.

Sestiva asks, "Elizzibiana! Are you ready to present your dish?"

Elizzibiana bows to Soovie.

Elizzibiana bows to Sestiva.

Lasaia beams at Elizzibiana!

Elizzibiana nods.

Elizzibiana says, "Yes."

Sestiva exclaims, "Wonderful!"

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Elizzibiana!

(Elizzibiana mutters something under her breathe as she waves her hands over her covered dishes, the light snow immediately sizzling and melting away.)

Zehira gazes intently into her sanowret crystal, and scintillating sparks of light dance across its surface.

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Elizzibiana!

(Elizzibiana uncovers her plates, picks them up and places one in front of Soovie and the other in front of Sestiva. She then grabs two sets of prewrapped silverware in a cloth napkin if the judges have need of them and places them on the table in front of them.)

Elizzibiana fondly says, "Savory and sweet, the flavors give a unique umami to the sandwich. The tenderloin is cooked to a tender and juicy perfection in the flash flame provided by my guild, with a slightly charred crust. The bibbleberries add a sweet and tart flavor to the dish and a moist layer for the hhr'pao, complementing the beef perfectly. The stewed cabbage provides a sour and tangy taste, which enhances the overall profile of the dish while giving a bit of crunch."

Elizzibiana proudly says, "Pokeke'pahamin is usually made with sweet bread and fruit jams or jellies spread in multiple layers. I preferred to change it slightly to a flat bread with cooked meat, pickled cabbage, and bibbleberries to keep it fairly simple. By doing this it makes the sandwich a bit more portable for when I am out travelling to various meetings and events."

Elizzibiana humbly says, "It also gives me more protein to help recover from the long distances I travel. Other berries I've used in the past are blueberries, red gooseberries, thimbleberries, and of course taffleberries."

Lasaia gazes at Elizzibiana.

Tekhelet gently kisses Nawain on the forehead.

Elizzibiana longingly says, "When I used to live in Arthe I found a ready source for some of the berries fresh, so I decided to combine items from areas I've lived in. Sadly I was unable to find some fresh yeehar but that can be used if marinated for awhile to help tenderize the meat."

Elizzibiana nods.

Soovie exclaims, "A versatile dish!"

Elizzibiana nods to Soovie.

Elizzibiana says, "And rarely spoils but if it does I can easily make it up."

Sestiva says, "I do tend to feel that Warrior Mages with their mastery of the elements to be well suited for the culinary arts."

Sestiva nods.

Elizzibiana nods to Sestiva.

Elizzibiana says, "Built in burning touch, chiller."

Nawain just nudged Tekhelet.

Tystreith nods in agreement.

Tystreith grins.

Nawain grins at Tekhelet.

Elizzibiana says, "Amongst others."

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Soovie says, "Mmm, it is true that your mastery of the elements is beneficial. Luckily, with enough plats - you can hire someone to maintain the stove temperature."

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Sestiva grins at Soovie.

Elizzibiana says, "True."

Sestiva asks, "How is the tenderloin sliced?"

Sestiva says, "Or not sliced for that matter."

Elizzibiana says, "Sliced fairly thin but just thick enough to thread on a wooden skewer. By keeping it thin it cooks quickly with burning touch."

Nineve gazes intently into her sanowret crystal, and scintillating sparks of light dance across its surface.

Elizzibiana says, "But doesnt overcook, it takes a masterful touch."

Nawain shifts her weight.

Nawain gnaws on her lip.

Elizzibiana says, "I will admit I have burned it in the past."

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Nawain grins at Elizzibiana.

Haxen smirks.

Elizzibiana says, "Still ate it though, no waste."

Elizzibiana shrugs.

Soovie asks, "I see that you chose to serve this as a flatbread, how does it hold up while traveling? Do you prepare it in advance during your trip or is this something you whip up on the side of the trail?"

Elizzibiana says, "Flatbread or hhr'pao as we call it can be done either way. I prefer to pre make it and wrap it in leaves."

Nawain nods to Nineve.

Elizzibiana says, "It holds up rather well."

Soovie nods.

Soovie asks, "And how did you season the tenderloin?"

Elizzibiana says, "But since it is unleavened it can be whipped up."

Elizzibiana says, "With a bit of salt and pepper at the time of cooking, but before that it is marinated."

Elizzibiana says, "With ahh."

Elizzibiana says, "Blood orange juice, pineapple juice, diced green onions, and diced pickled peppers along with some fresh ginger."

Elizzibiana says, "Sorry, had to translate in my mind."

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Lasaia smiles at Elizzibiana.

Elizzibiana says, "That is why I didnt use any citrus juice in the berries, would be too acidic in my eye."

Soovie nods.

Sestiva asks, "As a sandwich, could you describe the series of layers from bottom to top?"

Soovie takes a bite of his flatbread and closes his eyes as he analyzes the flavors.

Elizzibiana says, "Typically it would be a layer of hhr'pao, then some berry spread, meat on top, then stewed cabbage on the top. You can put another layer of spread if you choose too. Some have added the pickle pepper as slices in the sandwich."

Elizzibiana says, "Then sealed with the side of a heated blade."

Soovie blinks.

Eskila pushes her spectacles up the bridge of her nose.

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Haxen drools.

Soovie asks, "Seal? So this is not an open-face flatbread but more of a handpie?"

Elizzibiana nods.

Soovie says, "Ah, this explains why it travels so well."

Elizzibiana asks, "Correct, like a ahh pocket bread?"

Soovie says, "I was having a hard time envisioning how the toppings weren't falling off."

Soovie grins at Elizzibiana.

Elizzibiana nods to Soovie.

Elizzibiana grins.

Cheyee trills softly at Eskila.

Eskila hugs Cheyee, who wraps her arms around Eskila with a warm smile.

Elizzibiana says, "I know that you have used silverware before hence my supplying it."

Soovie says to Elizzibiana, "An appreciated touch."

Elizzibiana says, "I in travelling just use clean hands to eat."

Cheyee bows to Anuril.

Nawain chews her gum.

Jazzmin just arrived.

Eskila wearily says, "Pocket bread, fits in your pocket."

Soovie says, "And we thank you for your efforts in this dish."

Elizzibiana grins at Soovie.

Elizzibiana says, "Thank you for holding it."

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Elizzibiana!

Eskila looks at Elizzibiana and applauds!

Rezzian applauds.

Tystreith takes a sip of his lemonade.

Messica applauds.

Soovie grins.

(Elizzibiana steps back)

Nawain gnaws on her lip.

Anuril gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Lasaia looks at Nawain and drools.

Anuril raises two fingers to his brow in a quick hand salute.

Rezzian sways unsteadily for a moment.

Cheyee hugs Eskila, who wraps her arms around Cheyee with a warm smile.

Soovie says, "I believe our next contestant is Nawain. Please present your dish."

Nawain beams!

Raising his lemonade to Nawain, Tystreith gives her a toast.

Lasaia nods to Messica.

Messica lets out a hearty cheer for Nawain!

(Nawain beams as she presents buttery, cinnamon-touched flaky pastry shells with generous dollops of gaisroka-infused goats cheese. A small glass of warm peppercorn, chili, and gaisroka-spiced apple syrup sits beside the tart, ready to be drizzled to taste.)

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Nawain!

Elizzibiana slowly empties her lungs.

Nawain spreads out the edges of her tutu both hands and does a little dance step.

Nawain says, "Hello! This is was my father's favorite tart, and I hope I captured why! It's a buttery pastry that has cinnamon and a tiny bit of very fine yuzu rind worked into the dough. I used fresh goat cheese which I started infusing with roasted gaisroka last night."

Nawain exclaims, "There's a little glass of syrup that I invite you to drizzle over to taste. It's sort of complicated, with gaisroka, yuzu, and apples, and has a spicy note with peppercorns and chili threads. I put it on the side because some people don't like too much spice, but I wanted to make sure you had the full Rakash experience!"

Nawain winks at Tekhelet.

Nawain beams!

Eskila wearily exclaims, "They're having lots of full Rakash experiences today!!"

Nawain grins at Eskila.

Anuril nods at Eskila, obviously agreeing with her views.

Tystreith nods to Eskila.

You grin.

Elaun laughs at Eskila.

Malorna grins.

Nineve nods to Eskila.

Lasaia nods to Eskila.

Sestiva says, "It's lovely to see the expressions of cuisine."

Nawain beams at Sestiva!

Soovie takes a bite of his tart, choosing to forgo the syrup with his initial tasting.

Nawain gazes hopefully at Soovie.

Soovie says, "I can taste the hint of yuzu in the pastry."

Sestiva looks at the consistency and color of the syrup and tastes it separately.

Nawain nods at Soovie, obviously agreeing with his views.

Soovie asks, "And you said I should drizzle the sauce on?"

Lasaia grins at Messica.

Nawain says to Soovie, "If you'd like! It's got a bit of a kick, but the sweetness should tone it down."

Soovie drizzles some of the apple syrup on his tart, then takes another bite.

Soovie chews on his fingertips.

Sestiva drizzles the syrup with a light hand onto a bite of goat cheese tart.

Nineve grins.

Tystreith takes a sip of his lemonade.

Tystreith takes a sip of his lemonade.

A pained expression crosses Tystreith's face.

Soovie asks, "How long does it take you to make the syrup?"

Tystreith says, "Why did I drink this."

Sestiva pops the bite of syrup-drizzled tart into her mouth and tastes it.

Tystreith puts his lemonade in his zala rugursora.

Haxen chuckles at Tystreith.

Nawain says, "Not too terribly long, actually! It just needs to come together with the juice and soften the apple bits."

Tystreith gets a goblet of bacon-flavored milk from inside his zala rugursora.

Soovie nods.

Tystreith says, "This is worse actually."

Tystreith puts his milk in his zala rugursora.

Nawain says, "It's no demi-glace."

Soovie asks, "Do you use whole peppercorns or break them up a little?"

Nawain grins at Elizzibiana.

Tystreith gets a thick pumpkin-spice milkshake topped with mounds of whipped cream from inside his zala rugursora.

Nawain grins at Elaun.

Nawain coughs.

Tystreith says, "Ahhh here we go."

Lasaia grins at Nawain.

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Elaun smiles at Nawain.

Elizzibiana chuckles at Nawain.

Nawain says to Soovie, "I broke them up a little, so you could get the flavors, but then strained out the bits. No one wants that much crunch in their syrup. Probably."

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Soovie nods to Nawain.

Messica giggles at Nawain.

Soovie says, "It's true, I would be unhappy to break a tooth today..."

Nawain winces.

Nawain nods to Soovie.

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Nawain gnaws on her lip.

Sestiva asks, "How do you prepare the goat cheese? What type of consistency do you have for it?"

Nawain says to Sestiva, "That's the fun part! I stirred in roasted gaisroka - that's the citrus flavor - and let it chill together overnight."

Nawain says to Sestiva, "It should be fairly soft and almost runny at this point."

Sestiva nods to Nawain.

Soovie licks his lips.

Sestiva says, "Thank you Nawain for your lovely Rakash heritage tart."

Nawain beams!

Nawain spreads out the edges of her tutu both hands and does a little dance step.

Messica applauds.

Eskila looks at Nawain and applauds!

Rezzian applauds.

Eskila lets out a hearty cheer for Messica!

Nawain exclaims, "Thank you!"

Messica lets out a hearty cheer for Nawain!

Nawain stands near Tekhelet.

Tystreith lets out a hearty cheer for Nawain!

Nineve applauds.

You gaze into Nawain's eyes and applaud her heartily.

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Raising his pumpkin-spice milkshake to Nawain, Tystreith gives her a toast.

Eskila wearily asks Messica, "Do you need to stand on my shoulders??"

Selame giggles.

Messica exclaims to Eskila, "I'm good. Thank you though!"

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Ok!"

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Tystreith takes a sip of his milkshake.

Lasaia says, "Two lances for stilts."

Lasaia nods to Eskila.

Lasaia grins at Messica.

Soovie says, "Last but... certainly not forgotten..."

Eskila wearily says, "That's a pointy shoe."

Messica beams!

Lasaia beams at Messica!

Soovie says, "Messica, please present your dish."

Messica curtsies.

Soovie grins at Messica.

Haxen lets out a hearty cheer for Messica!

(Messica carefully displayes a gigantic flagon of hot cocoa topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. She says: "Here is the ultimate mug of hot chocolate! Made with the finest chocolate mousse from Ratha, the best white chocolate from Mer'Kresh, VERY fresh milk, and thoroughly whipped fresh cream! The rich bitterness of the piping hot chocolate is pleasantly cut by the sweetness of the chilled cream. You won't find a more heavenly or decadent drinking experience anywhere!")

Messica says, "Although mousse is an unusual choice for making hot chocolate, I find that it leads to a fuller-bodied drink--I surmise that's partially due to the eggs in the mousse, and also that by making the mousse ahead of time, the cream and chocolate are more completely blended, just as chocolate cake can often taste richer and smoother on the second day after baking. And to be more specific, I should note that the chocolate mousse, although a Rathan recipe, cannot actually be bought there. I was trying to recreate the taste of the chocolate mousse from Pishuna Ithniwe at Hallow's Eve, and one of the halflings from the Halflings-in-a-Box show at Ratha's Golden Heron Inn traded me a family recipe--she's the one who makes the Inn's delicious mocha fudge. To prepare the mousse itself I used more Rissan chocolate from Mer'Kresh--the darkest that can be bought."

Nawain beams at Messica!

Lasaia grins at Messica.

Messica says, "The secret to getting the whipped cream so light is the amout of rotational kinetic energy introduced into the cream. The bigger the whisk and the faster you whip it, the better the results. Eating a hearty meal prior to preparation is necessary to fuel the whole-body-workout that proper whipped cream requires."

Nawain giggles.

(Messica says: "Oh! Speaking of the cream, I should go return this cow to the Gnome who let me borrow her!" Carefully setting down her unwieldy flagon of hot cocoa, she races away with the elderly milk cow in tow. She returns very shortly, sprinting back up to the judges and skidding to a stop, gingerly picking up her hot cocoa once more.)

Eskila nods in agreement.

(Messica proudly presents her gigantic flagon to the judges, saying: "And that's my dish! Are there any questions?")

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Why didn't you return the cow while they were on break?!"

Nawain giggles.

Messica flails her arms about.

Messica blushes a bright red color.

Nawain exclaims to Eskila, "Cause the cow wanted to watch the rest of the competition, obviously!"

Nineve chuckles.

Elaun slowly says, "Presentation."

Soovie ponders.

Elaun giggles.

Lasaia nods to Nawain.

Soovie asks, "So it wasn't your cow?"

Eskila nods to Nawain.

Elaun waggles his fingers mystically. Ooh...impressive.

Messica says, "It was not. I alas am not a farmer. But there is a Gnome farmer who lives near here and she graciously let me borrow hers."

Beauris says, "And here I thought my guild was the masters at borrowing things."

Lasaia says, "Messica's famous cocoa co-op...I'd shop there."

Lasaia nods emphatically.

Messica grins at Lasaia.

Nawain nods at Lasaia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Nineve says, "If they had tarts too, for sure."

Haxen smiles broadly as he grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

Sestiva dips her clean spoon into the flagon of hot cocoa and lets it coat the back of the spoon to see its consistency.

Soovie says to Sestiva, "I must admit, this is probably the freshest milk I've seen used at a contest..."

Sestiva gazes at Soovie.

Elizzibiana gets some pickled cherry peppers from inside her knapsack.

Messica beams!

Elizzibiana takes a bite of the peppers.

Soovie asks, "A bold choice, what if the cow had kicked the bucket over?"

Soovie shudders.

Nawain gasps!

Sestiva says, "Or the milker."

Cheyee leans on Eskila.

Nawain polishes her luck charm.

Eskila snuggles up to Cheyee.

Nineve chuckles.

Elizzibiana puts her peppers in her spidersilk pack.

Soovie takes a sip of his hot cocoa.

Elizzibiana gets some candied mint leaves from inside her spidersilk pack.

Messica exclaims, "An advantage of being a gnome is that cows often kick to high to hurt us!"

Selame giggles at Messica.

Nineve nods at Messica, obviously agreeing with her views.

Nawain laughs!

Messica says, "And being so low to the ground we can roll to the side."

Elizzibiana takes a bite of the leaves.

Nawain exclaims to Messica, "Full-body whipped cream, evasive milking... Gnomish cooking sounds very exciting!"

Experimental Engineer Tweedum came through an umber tent draped with mammoth hides.

Lasaia nods to Nawain.

Mossy just arrived.

Tweedum rummages about his person, looking for something.

Messica exclaims to Nawain, "High energy! To burn off giant flagons of hot cocoa!"

Tweedum rummages about his person, looking for something.

Nawain grins at Messica.

Elaun laughs!

Experimental Engineer Tweedum scrambles northwest.

Haxen grins.

Sestiva asks, "For the milk used in your cocoa, did you separately heat it?"

Experimental Engineer Tweedum just arrived.

Tweedum asks, "What is happening here?"

Tweedum puts his bag in his leather haversack.

Elaun says to Tweedum, "Cooking."

Nawain exclaims to Tweedum, "Cooking!"

Sestiva exclaims, "Glaes Spatula!"

Sestiva says, "Messica is presenting the final offering for Glaes Spatula."

Tweedum asks, "'are you sure cooking outside is sanitary?"

Messica says, "I did not separately heat it, but since it was so fresh it was still warm from the cow. I find that separately heating it risks scorching it, not to mention requiring a separate burner."

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum screams!

Selame holds her hand up before her mouth and begins to cough, her shoulders shaking. Hope it's not contagious!

Tweedum yells, "RATS!"

Eskila wearily says, "Run little rat run."

Nawain observes Tweedum with fascination.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Malorna says, "Better than inside with kitchen rats."

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Malorna chuckles.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tystreith says, "No rat kabobs today."

Messica blinks.

Tweedum exclaims, "You cant eat this stuff there's rats!"

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Soovie says, "Sir..."

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Nawain says, "Thank goodness we already presented everything."

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

(Eskila goes around the various work stations to collect scraps and goes behind the tent to make a feast for the now free rats)

Nawain squints at Tweedum.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Soovie thumps himself on the head. Doh!

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Rezzian grins at Nawain.

Messica winces.

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

Soovie says, "Stop that."

Tweedum flails his arms about.

Tweedum exclaims, "Sanitary this isnt!"

Tweedum gets a kitchen rat from inside his leather haversack.

Cheyee lets out a hearty cheer for Eskila!

(Miskton shoos away a rat that gets too close to his workstation and the rest of his pastry.)

Tweedum drops a kitchen rat.

A kitchen rat scrambles to its feet, then rapidly stumbles away.

(Nawain shoos a very tiny rat away from her stove.)

Tweedum flails his arms about.

Tweedum screams!

Experimental Engineer Tweedum scrambles east.

Elaun says, "Well then."

Rezzian shakes his head.

Soovie gazes up at the sky.

Eskila wearily says, "Over here! I'm not going to eat you, look, there's waffles and eggs and a tiny whisk if you want to make rat cream..."

Nawain says, "At least it wasn't feral hams."

Nawain gazes up at the sky.

Soovie says, "Some folks worry me."

Rezzian grins.

Selame nods at Soovie, obviously agreeing with his views.

(Messica tries to maintain her professional composure.)

Nawain pats Messica on the back.

Rezzian smiles at Messica.

Sestiva looks at Soovie and shrugs.

Soovie pats Messica on the back.

Elizzibiana leans back.

Sestiva says, "Apologies for the interruption, Messica."

Sestiva says, "Your cocoa is clearly too irresistable."

(Eskila herds the rats around to the back of the tent and leaves them with their feast of scraps.)

Nawain giggles.

Nawain adds to Eskila's praises.

Messica says, "Rolling out of the way sadly works less well with rats than with cows."

Lasaia grins at Messica.

Messica beams at Sestiva!

Soovie says, "Luckily, rats don't like crowds..."

Malorna chuckles.

Elaun asks, "How long had he had those in there?"

Tystreith says, "Who knows."

Nineve says, "Nobody take any hams from him anymore."

Sestiva says, "Thank you, Messica for sharing your rich and decadent cocoa."

Messica curtsies.

Eskila looks at Messica and applauds!

Messica exclaims, "It was my pleasure. Thank you for hosting this competition!"

Rezzian lets out a hearty cheer for Messica!

Nineve applauds.

Tystreith lets out a hearty cheer for Messica!

Elizzibiana says, "I dont take any hams from him to begin with, dont trust where they've been."

Sestiva says, "For this year's Glaes Spatula, unfortunately we coincided with the last day of the Festival of the Guilds."

Nineve nods at Elizzibiana, obviously agreeing with her views.

You gaze into Messica's eyes and applaud her heartily.

Sestiva says, "And we felt that the participants of Glaes Spatula ought to be properly recognized and their foods should be shared for longer than what remains of the day."

Sestiva ponders.

Sestiva says, "One moment as I think logistics."

Elaun nods.

Sestiva flashes a wide grin.

Eskila applauds.

Lasaia nods.

Haxen grins.

(Elizzibiana glances up at the sky and mutters under her breathe)

Lasaia grins at Rezzian.

Elizzibiana quickly fetches a list from inside her red cloak, and reads the paper briefly before tucking it back into her cloak pocket.

(Messica marvels.)

Messica says, "Cooks who study logistics are the true masters of the art."

Nawain nods at Messica, obviously agreeing with her views.

Elizzibiana fixes Beauris with a cold, reptilian stare.

Nawain exclaims to Messica, "I bet they do maths, too!"

Eskila wearily says, "There's too much math in cooking, thats why I didn't measure anything."

Beauris blinks at Elizzibiana.

Messica nods at Nawain, obviously agreeing with her views.

Elaun says, "Or at least baking."

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

Tystreith gets a Party Surprise bonbon dipped in semi-sweet chocolate from inside his zala rugursora.

Tystreith takes a bite of the bonbon.

Tystreith takes a bite of the bonbon.

Elizzibiana says, "Baking you must measure in, cooking not so much required."

Chark just arrived.

Soovie says, "Baking does require a touch more precision."

Tystreith takes a bite of the bonbon.

Elizzibiana nods to Soovie.

Elaun says, "As my father says to me "cooking is art, and baking is math in a pretty outfit."

Tystreith nods at Elaun, obviously agreeing with his views.

Tystreith takes a bite of the bonbon.

Haxen grins at Elaun.

Eskila wearily asks, "What's the difference between cooking and baking??"

Malorna says, "I just eat stuffs."

Nawain exclaims to Eskila, "Patience!"

Nawain grins at Eskila.

Elaun says, "Well, when you deviate in cooking, you get a different flavor."

Sestiva says, "Due to the constraints of the Festival of the Guilds, we will be opening a separate Glaes Spatula tent in a few days that will showcase this year's entries and we will announce the winners at that time. [OOC: The Glaes Spatula tent will arrive on Wednesday sometimes in the evening.]."

You say, "Baking needs fairly precise proportions to not end up with a burnt husk, or a dense rock."

Elizzibiana says, "Banking is like breads, rolls and things. Cooking can be like a stew."

Elaun says, "When you deviate in baking, you get a different dish."

Nawain laughs!

Elizzibiana says, "Baking even, not banking."

Nawain nods to Sestiva.

Sestiva says, "And the Glaes Spatula tent will remain around for at least a week."

Nawain asks, "Will it be up here in Theren?"

Messica beams!

Lasaia beams at Sestiva!

Elizzibiana says, "A tart for instance, baking is the crust, cooking is the filling. Generally that is."

Sestiva says, "Correct it will be outside Therenborough."

Tystreith nods.

Nawain nods.

Nineve says, "Very nice."

Elaun says, "Im gonna need an empath for this suspense."

Elaun laughs!

Nawain grins at Elaun.

Nawain nods in agreement.

Tystreith nods at Elaun, obviously agreeing with his views.

Eskila wearily asks, "Will people get a food wand that summons their food?"

Elizzibiana lets out a hearty cheer for Sestiva!

Elizzibiana lets out a hearty cheer for Soovie!

Sestiva says, "There has been excellent cooking and baking and drink-making for this year's Glaes Spatula, so Soovie and I need time to go over our competition notes."

Rezzian smiles broadly as he grasps your lesson, encouraging you.

You exclaim, "I will look forward to seeing everything!"

Eskila wearily says, "So I don't have to make any more waffles again with chainmail? I burned my arms abit trying to squeeze them flat."

Elizzibiana says to Eskila, "If they win, first second or third."

Lasaia grins.

Eskila nods.

Elaun says, "I look forward to eating everything."

Lasaia exclaims, "Thank you for the contest it was fun! Good luck to everyone!"

Lasaia nods to Elaun.

Lasaia rubs her abdomen.

Tystreith says, "Me too."

Experimental Engineer Tweedum just arrived.

Tweedum squints.

Elizzibiana says, "Same here, cant wait to try others."

Sestiva says, "Soovie and I decided to invest into our own tent so that perhaps Glaes Spatula can be a yearly event with its own indoors premises, instead of being held at the Festival of the Guilds."

Nineve asks, "When will we know the results? today?"

Nawain says, "Thankfully, there will be time to shed all of this shopping-weight so we can fill our pockets with tasty food."

Nawain grins.

Nawain gasps!

Lasaia grins at Sestiva.

Nawain lets out a hearty cheer for Sestiva!

Messica gasps!

You just feel so pleased with yourself, you can't help letting out a hearty cheer.

Messica gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Tweedum exclaims, "Try one of the rats! Crunchy!"

Elizzibiana nods to Sestiva.

Eskila lets out a hearty cheer for Sestiva!

Elaun asks, "Oh?"

Anuril applauds.

Messica exclaims, "That would be amazing!"

Nawain exclaims to Sestiva, "That would be incredible!"

Soovie says to Eskila, "If you don't place in the contest, you can always try to find a merchant that will add food to a food wand you already own."

Elizzibiana says to Sestiva, "That would be very appreciated."

Lasaia gives Tweedum a gentle poke in the ribs.

Sestiva says, "Our contestants deserve to cook without having to worry about temperamental weather."

Tystreith gets a baked ham sandwich from inside his zala rugursora.

Sestiva nods.

Tystreith offers Tweedum a baked ham sandwich.

Tweedum accepts Tystreith's ham sandwich.

Tweedum puts his sandwich in his leather haversack.

Lasaia says, "Not to start any rumors but I think Theren may have run out of hams."

Soovie nods to Sestiva.

Lasaia glances at Tweedum.

Soovie says, "Or rats..."

Soovie glances at Tweedum.

Elizzibiana chuckles at Sestiva.

Lasaia grins at Soovie.

Elaun says, "Or sabateurs."

You say, "That's wonderful news."

Nawain giggles.

Tweedum says, "Doubt it."

Eskila wearily says, "Will the tent be around here or in Zoluren?? There's lots of people who can't travel out of Zoluren most of the time, you'd make more money I bet."

Elizzibiana says to Eskila, "Theren was said."

Sestiva asks Soovie, "Do we make money on this?"

Eskila wearily says, "Oh."

Tweedum mutters something into the air about rat sandwitch.

Tystreith laughs softly, trying to hide his amusement.

Soovie says to Sestiva, "We can incentivize it when we have our own tent."

Elizzibiana says to Sestiva, "Charge an entrance fee to cook."

Elizzibiana chuckles.

Eskila gives Sestiva some coins.

Eskila gives Soovie some coins.

Sestiva says to Soovie, "Ah, charging entrance fees."

Soovie nods to Sestiva.

Sestiva gives Eskila some coins.

Eskila giggles.

Elizzibiana winks at Sestiva.

Sestiva says to Eskila, "Thank you for your thoughtfullness, but it's quite all right."

Soovie gives Eskila some coins.

Soovie chortles softly at some secret joke.

Eskila wearily exclaims, "Ok!"

Tweedum squints.

Nineve asks, "When will the results be announced?"

Beauris says, "Five plats to be a contestant, one plat to enter the tent."

Soovie says, "Wednesday."

Beauris snickers.

Elaun says, "When the tent opens."

Soovie says, "We have many notes to compare."

Nineve nods.

Elizzibiana says to Beauris, "Shush."

Anuril hugs Eskila, who wraps her arms around Anuril with a warm smile.

Tweedum rubs a giant trinket.

Anuril waves.

Tweedum shakes his giant trinket!

Malorna exclaims, "Good luck all chefs!"

Elaun says, "I feel like I woefully didnt do enough for my presentation."

Eskila hugs Anuril, getting a smile in return.

Elaun chuckles.

Nineve waves.

Tweedum rubs a giant trinket.

Eskila taps a jaunty twill competition cap labeled with "Beanpops!" that she is wearing.

You hear a clap of thunder as something streaks down from the sky toward Tweedum. It crashes down violently and quickly bounds up to Tweedum, taking on the shape of a giant clockwork monstrosity.

Soovie says, "We're excited to have our own space for this contest in the future as it means we can setup anywhere we wish."

Anuril grins.

Tystreith gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Tweedum puts his trinket in his leather haversack.

The clockwork giant reaches up with a limb to pick its nose. As its finger drives into its head, the head tilts back on a giant spring and bobs back and forward wildly as the giant pulls back some imaginary brass booger.

Beauris says to Elaun, "Thats why you practice for next time."

Nawain praises Soovie.

Soovie says, "Once again, thank you all for coming and presenting us with your fine dishes."

Nawain says, "Oo, provincial cooking challenges..."

Nawain chortles softly at some secret joke.

Nineve says, "Just dont forget to give the judges the food to taste."

Soovie winks at Nawain.

(Tweedum pull some levers and turns some dials on the clockwork gaint. It looks to be searching for rats.)

Beauris praises Sestiva.

Tweedum waves at a giant. With a horrible metallic screech, it turns toward him and waves back, knocking a passing bird from the air.

Nawain bounces around happily.

Tweedum says, "Protect them."

Elaun ponders.

Experimental Engineer Tweedum scrambles east.

Elaun says, "I was gonna offer a lift to theren on a Dessertgate, but no moons are up."

Lasaia ponders.

Elizzibiana waves.

Elaun coughs.

Sestiva says, "Thank you again to all those who participated in this year's Glaes Spatula and the very enthusiastic and wonderful audience to the grand cooking extravaganza."

Elaun says, "I mean from theren."

Tystreith glances up at the sky.

Elaun says, "To like haven."

Tystreith says, "Huh."

Messica beams!

Tystreith says, "I didn't even notice because of the snow."

Messica exclaims, "It was tons of fun!"

Sestiva says, "Soovie and I will be comparing notes for our final vote tally as well as put the final touches to our soon to be unveiled new Glaes Spatula tent outside of festival grounds."

Elaun says, "I had a wonderful time."

Messica beams at Sestiva!

Sestiva bows.

Lasaia says, "Yes, me too, thank you."

Lasaia bows to Sestiva.

Lasaia bows to Soovie.

Rezzian says, "Well done all."

Sestiva exclaims, "I hope everyone has a wonderful time at Festival of the Guilds!"

Lasaia says, "Even though I got bzapped by Navesi's ice-cream, would do again."

Nawain gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Nawain gets a silky red pennant embroidered with the Warrior Mage Guild crest from inside her slender rugursora.

Lasaia nods emphatically.

Sestiva exclaims, "It's the final day, so get your shopping done!"

Nawain offers Tekhelet a silky red pennant embroidered with the Warrior Mage Guild crest.

Rezzian grins at Lasaia.

Rezzian takes a sip of his rum.

Eskila gets an impish expression on her face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Tekhelet accepts Nawain's red pennant.

Nawain gets a silky silver pennant embroidered with the Clerics' Guild crest from inside her slender rugursora.

Nawain is waving her silver pennant so frantically it appears she thinks she can influence the future with her efforts.

Tystreith exclaims, "Shopping!"

Tekhelet is waving his red pennant so frantically it appears he thinks he can influence the future with his efforts.

Nawain grins.

Tystreith gets an impish expression on his face, and lets out a hearty cheer.

Lasaia waggles her fingers mystically at Rezzian. How nice.

Messica gasps in terrified panic, trembling and flailing her arms about!

Eskila joins Cheyee's group.

Selame stands up.

Rezzian edges away from Lasaia.

You say, "A little break to rest up from the contest, then I've got to get my shopping in."

Soovie waves.

You nod.

Lasaia exclaims to Rezzian, "To the merry wine!"

Messica waves.

Selame stretches her arms.

Lasaia waves to you.

Nawain waves.

Gastronomist Judge Sestiva's group went through a large cake-shaped tent with pink canvas awnings.

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