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We are so cooking now!
“So, it says the pan has to be preheated before putting in the oil and meat in.”
Alex was reading from the recipe, the instructions on how to prepare a poultry meal for, well several people actually. But they were both working hard in building their new home on Lira San, the guesthouse of their friend’s they had been staying in having become to small with all the pets Zeb had acquired not to mention their family soon enough growing with kits on the way as well.
In essence, they needed a much bigger house and building it was the way to go.
And besides Alex was eating for more than just himself. The kitten caboodle on his tummy demanding their fair share currently from everything Alex put in his mouth, well, food stuff.
So cooking it was after a hard days work of labour in the rather warm climate.
“Preheat? Why would that matter? I mean the pan is gonna heat up anyway when the stove is fired up, right?”
Zeb was being as confused about this cooking thing as Alex was. But they had to learn for their growing family to do this, the cooking thing.
The two certainly having gotten used to eating well. The permanent invite at their friends house during dinner time for one, not to mention the several taverns across the village were they lived filled with foods of plenty to chose from any given day.
Alas with things now changing in their family, the two in their own wisdom having decided it was time to learn to cook. If not for their own benefit, then for their kits sake.
“Makes sense, Zeb love. Let’s just skip the extra step as I feel hungry already. The quicker we get this ready the better.”
“Yeah, his hard can this cooking really be? I mean, we fought in wars after all! Planned uprisings, overthrew the Empire! So this should be a cake walk?”
Alex felt the kicks there too, not just him getting hungry but the wee ones too. Letting their parent know they needed food!
“Felt that!”
“Aww! Kitties be hungry!” Zeb cooed and placed his hand on Alex’s belly, feeling the tiny feet against his palm.
“We better get moving, or I’m gonna feel it soon too!”
They did, quickly moving through the checklist on the recipe, throwing in all the ingredients into the large pan at once with the meat added last, firing the stove up to the max.
Zeb added some flavouring there was well, pouring it in more likely. Just in case…
“For the taste.”
Zeb commented to Alex.
The oven was fired up, the pan input and the two sitting down to have some tea while waiting for their dinner to cook.
“Wasn’t so hard now was it.”
“Nope. Can’t wait to taste it.”
They chatted and played a few games of card while waiting for the dinner to be ready.
Only after some time…
“Do you smell that, love?” Zeb sniffed the air around them.
…and then, the smoke alarms went off! The hellish noise breaking the air.
“Holy crap!”
Zeb and Alex were by the stove so fast, the fire extinguisher coming in handy for sure!
The remains of the burnt roast there in the pan decorated by the whitish foam, having turned into a smoking heap of cooking dreams it was!
“So, pizza okay then, love?”
“Sounds heavenly!”
Zeb made the order, a speed delivery it was too.
Thankfully, their favourite place catered such requests this late in the day.
As they sat and munched away on the delicious food finally, the topic of cooking came up again.
“So, you said there was some cooking classes in the common house?” Alex started.
“Yeah, yeah, love. This week too. We’d better enrol!”
They both chuckled at their own shenanigans. As guess this domestic stuff was harder than being a rebel warrior after all!