sharpasafawkes | (no subject)

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*this is a trap. :|a*

That's not fair. I didn't know what would go with it. *reaching into the can and popping a couple pieces of olives into his mouth, slight face at the idea of eating it with the broth*

That's why you do what you're doing now, try a little of what you're going to use and think of what goes with it. Even then you've got to try them together just to be sure, sometimes one changes the other.

Here.

*taking one of every different can out of the cabinet for Shaun to see* What do you suggest? *putting the open can of olives in the fridge, because a hawk can't make him eat things he doesn't want to*

-put those in a bowl and cover them. You don't put opened cans in the fridge, they go bad.

Let's see... Wait! Right, you should be able to save this one with what we've got.

*getting the bowl. Turnbull will be so confused about what happened here when he comes to make dinner.*

How?

First off you're going to put another can of broth in there and this can of concentrated tomatoes, then set it to low heat. Now I can bet we don't have the cream, but we can work with the milk...

*working! puts everything in and then carefully sets the burner exactly at "low" and goes to check the fridge again*

The milk says "skim". Is that all right?

It'll have to do, measure a cup of it out and pour it in the pot.

What kind of cup?

*learned his lesson from the can opener incident*

Mesuring Cups, they'll have markers on the side to show you how much to use.

*again, this takes a while, but finds one and adds the appropriate amount*

now put the heat up to medium, and use a whisk to make the soup as smooth as possible. If you've got any basil you can put that in too.

Hold on.

*looking for basil :|a* What's a whisk?

The little metal thing that looks like a cage attached to a handle.

*in a moment*

This?

That's it. Now you're trying to make up for the fact that we're missing a blender, so whip fast.

Easy. *sets the temperature and starts at it*

[...Sometimes you are an adorable teenager. Watching to see if he spills any]

*maybe a drop or two but not much*

There, how's that?

[This is an approving nod.]

Add a dash of salt, pepper, and oregano, and you've got yourself tomato soup.

How much is a dash? *collecting these things*

A quick shake of it, not too much though.

*dashes!

the proportions are probably questionable.*

Here, I'll get you a bowl.

...You're not using me as a test subject, are you?

Of course not. You supervised everything, didn't you? You shouldn't have any reason to be worried if you did a sufficient job.