Nighthoof was quickly categorized into the same "totally not a pet I swear" category as Gareth's obviously-pet wolf. Although since the wolf didn't appear to be there during a blizzard, that whole thing held a bit more water. She was willing to believe maybe the giant elk with the flowering horns wasn't actually a pet, though. It didn't feel right. It felt more like Phoebe or Byron but... off. Sideways. It was hard to describe. She definitely suspected it would not care for her under ordinary circumstances, although Baby had seemed to like her well enough.
Ren had been hoping for a bit more... practical advice than "whatever you want." She appreciated his generosity, but she'd never eaten, let alone made, an omelette. She was... just going to have to wing it. She'd just eat some of everything before she put it in there. It'd be fine. She could figure this out.
Nodding with determination, she headed back into his pantry, and the sound of clattering soon followed. She went through the drawers one at a time in search of semi-fresh produce. From what she'd tasted of the pickled mushrooms, she couldn't imagine they'd pair well with eggs. He had some kind of... smoked... ham thing... in like a basket? Which seemed weird across the board but it tasted good so she cut off a chunk that was hopefully a reasonable size.
It took her a while, and it was probably distressingly noisy to Gareth, particularly when she bit into a raw onion to figure out what it was and let out a cry of distress. She hadn't known that onions came that small. Or that shape. There would probably be a moment of discovery later, when Gareth would wonder why there was an artichoke with a bite out of it, but she did manage to find some stuff she thought would work. Eventually, she came out with a wonky carrot, the remnants of the unfortunate onion, some spinach, several brussels sprouts, a cauliflower, the ham, and a few different kinds of cheese. She knew cheese was good, and could hopefully save whatever abomination she was about to make.
Following Gareth's advice, she pulled a chair up to the oven. Then she realized that even standing on a chair, she couldn't reach his fucking pans, which were hanging unreasonably high. She considered having a rat drop one on her, and then decided just as quickly against it. She also decided against jumping for similar reasons. She glanced over at Gareth; he didn't appear to be watching. Quickly, she kicked off her shoes and climbed up onto the counter, just long enough to grab the nearest pan. It would have to suffice.
Figuring out how one worked the stove itself, fortunately, was extremely straightforward. Fire hot. Put pan in designated hot flat space. She was a fucking engineer; if she couldn't figure out a stove, she'd be in real trouble.
She heated "some" (far too much) butter in a pan while she took a knife too large for her hand to the vegetables and meat she'd gathered. She was good with a knife, but this wasn't the kind she was accustomed to using nor the manner in which she was accustomed to using it. She managed to get them into edible-sized chunks, even if they were pretty uneven.
Once the butter had melted, she realized she had completely forgotten to whisk the eggs, and also wasn't one hundred percent clear on what the verb "whisk" meant in this context. She quickly grabbed the nearest mug, which was mercifully not nine feet in the air, cracked too many eggs into it, awkwardly and with a lot of shell removal afterwards. She added what she hoped was the right amount of salt (it was not), before having at it as best she could with a fork.
The butter was too hot by the time she got the eggs in, and they started solidifying immediately, so she started chucking in the other ingredients right away. The spinach shark down alarmingly. She probably should have gotten a lot more. Oh well. If she just added enough cheese it would hopefully be fine. Or at least edible. She kept lifting the pan up off the heat, terrified that it would burn on bottom. She put the cheese in as last minute as she could, and then began the arduous task of tryign to flip the thing in half. There was a lot of swearing.
The end result, which she plopped onto a plate, was somehow not burned, although quite brown, and not scrambled eggs but also folded terribly. The top half hung droopily over the bottom. But it seemed edible. It was an edible, overcooked, over-salted, carrot-cauliflower-onion-brussels-sprout-ham-cheese omelette. Her first ever cooked meal. Triumphant, she brought it over to Gareth on a plate, along with the jar of pickled mushrooms, which she'd decided she liked quite a bit.
"I didn't burn th' house down!" she told him enthusiastically. This had been her low bar to surpass, and she was probably as surprised as he was that she'd managed it. "An' I think it's even edible!" She took her fork, cut into it, and took a bite.
She made a face.
"...Technically," she said with a sigh. She was sure it wouldn't kill him, at least. "D'you... wanna try some?" she asked hopefully. "Or I could jus'... bring you some bread an' cheese." She'd understand. Having cooked one's first meal was surely a triumph and a night to remember, but kind of like any other first times, that didn't mean it would be particularly memorable or enjoyable for any other parties involved.
Ren had been hoping for a bit more... practical advice than "whatever you want." She appreciated his generosity, but she'd never eaten, let alone made, an omelette. She was... just going to have to wing it. She'd just eat some of everything before she put it in there. It'd be fine. She could figure this out.
Nodding with determination, she headed back into his pantry, and the sound of clattering soon followed. She went through the drawers one at a time in search of semi-fresh produce. From what she'd tasted of the pickled mushrooms, she couldn't imagine they'd pair well with eggs. He had some kind of... smoked... ham thing... in like a basket? Which seemed weird across the board but it tasted good so she cut off a chunk that was hopefully a reasonable size.
It took her a while, and it was probably distressingly noisy to Gareth, particularly when she bit into a raw onion to figure out what it was and let out a cry of distress. She hadn't known that onions came that small. Or that shape. There would probably be a moment of discovery later, when Gareth would wonder why there was an artichoke with a bite out of it, but she did manage to find some stuff she thought would work. Eventually, she came out with a wonky carrot, the remnants of the unfortunate onion, some spinach, several brussels sprouts, a cauliflower, the ham, and a few different kinds of cheese. She knew cheese was good, and could hopefully save whatever abomination she was about to make.
Following Gareth's advice, she pulled a chair up to the oven. Then she realized that even standing on a chair, she couldn't reach his fucking pans, which were hanging unreasonably high. She considered having a rat drop one on her, and then decided just as quickly against it. She also decided against jumping for similar reasons. She glanced over at Gareth; he didn't appear to be watching. Quickly, she kicked off her shoes and climbed up onto the counter, just long enough to grab the nearest pan. It would have to suffice.
Figuring out how one worked the stove itself, fortunately, was extremely straightforward. Fire hot. Put pan in designated hot flat space. She was a fucking engineer; if she couldn't figure out a stove, she'd be in real trouble.
She heated "some" (far too much) butter in a pan while she took a knife too large for her hand to the vegetables and meat she'd gathered. She was good with a knife, but this wasn't the kind she was accustomed to using nor the manner in which she was accustomed to using it. She managed to get them into edible-sized chunks, even if they were pretty uneven.
Once the butter had melted, she realized she had completely forgotten to whisk the eggs, and also wasn't one hundred percent clear on what the verb "whisk" meant in this context. She quickly grabbed the nearest mug, which was mercifully not nine feet in the air, cracked too many eggs into it, awkwardly and with a lot of shell removal afterwards. She added what she hoped was the right amount of salt (it was not), before having at it as best she could with a fork.
The butter was too hot by the time she got the eggs in, and they started solidifying immediately, so she started chucking in the other ingredients right away. The spinach shark down alarmingly. She probably should have gotten a lot more. Oh well. If she just added enough cheese it would hopefully be fine. Or at least edible. She kept lifting the pan up off the heat, terrified that it would burn on bottom. She put the cheese in as last minute as she could, and then began the arduous task of tryign to flip the thing in half. There was a lot of swearing.
The end result, which she plopped onto a plate, was somehow not burned, although quite brown, and not scrambled eggs but also folded terribly. The top half hung droopily over the bottom. But it seemed edible. It was an edible, overcooked, over-salted, carrot-cauliflower-onion-brussels-sprout-ham-cheese omelette. Her first ever cooked meal. Triumphant, she brought it over to Gareth on a plate, along with the jar of pickled mushrooms, which she'd decided she liked quite a bit.
"I didn't burn th' house down!" she told him enthusiastically. This had been her low bar to surpass, and she was probably as surprised as he was that she'd managed it. "An' I think it's even edible!" She took her fork, cut into it, and took a bite.
She made a face.
"...Technically," she said with a sigh. She was sure it wouldn't kill him, at least. "D'you... wanna try some?" she asked hopefully. "Or I could jus'... bring you some bread an' cheese." She'd understand. Having cooked one's first meal was surely a triumph and a night to remember, but kind of like any other first times, that didn't mean it would be particularly memorable or enjoyable for any other parties involved.
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