Around the World

[Megan Sims]

Megs walked into her classroom, taping names to the pantries of the work stations, naming the students who would be working at that particular kitchen, and then placing a card with a continent written on it on the bench. She then walked to her own station and set out a collection of cookbooks, she then waited for the students to arrive, find their place and get settled. She then stood up and walked around her bench so that she was in the middle of the room.

She was pleased with how the previous pizza class had gone and she hoped that Amber and Miranda had enjoyed their reward for their hard work.

"As you may have noticed, you have no recipe on your bench today, only a card. That card will tell you what continent your food will be coming from. As always, your pantry and fridge is well-stocked. On my bench are a number of cookbooks that you will be able to find something in. What I want you to do, it to decide on a main and a dessert to make, of course you are limited to the time we have in class." She smiled around at the students. "Okay, you can get started, please try not to trample each other as you find a book. And I want you to copy the recipes you have used into your recipe books."

Students pairings and continent
Adonya van Rutherford - Anna Andropova - Africa
@neigh - @running9 - Europe
Cara-Jean Kitchi - @anya - Australasia
Cortney Smit - Miranda Florin - South America
@paisley - Aisa

OOC: Students will have around 45 mins to get the meals made (including prep time) so that they have time for presentation and clean up - just so you have a timeframe when looking at recipes.

[Cara-Jean Kitchi]

Cara shifted her bag on her left shoulder, trying to work out why she always carried the infernal thing on her weak shoulder, a shoulder that was feeling the pain more and more often, but she pushed it to the back of her mind during training and just worried about it a later date.

She walked into the cooking room, pleased to get back into classes now that the holidays were over and she could get back into thinking about schoolwork again. She walked along until she found a station with her name on it, along with a name she didn't recognise. She guessed she'd just find out who the person was when she met them. She put the black apron over her head, tied it around her waist and washed her hands, she was most intrigued to find that there was no recipe for them to follow, other than the word Australasia, which could mean anything, and meant that it was best to wait for instructions

Once the room filled up with other people, she turned her attention to Ms Sims as she spoke about what was happening. She chewed on her bottom lip, not sure how to go from here as she wasn't one to take charge - like ever - and was better at following directions. So, she did was she did best, she waited for the other to take charge and tell her what they would be doing.

[Cortney Smit]

Regardless of the weather, Cortney was still strutting around in her cheer uniform, albeit with woollen leggings and a long sleeved thermal under the top, and she waltzed into the home economics room. "Hey Ms S!" She said as she danced along the stations until she found the one with her name. She did a small victory dance when she saw her partner's name and get gave the teacher a huge grin. "You sure can't beat a winning team!" She bounced into the kitchen and quickly dropped her bag on the ground before pulling the apron over her head and tying it around her waist. "South America?" She asked softly as she picked the card up. "Whatevs." She bent down and grabbed her recipe folder out of her bag and placed it on the bench. Even if Ms Sims hadn't handed anything out, it would probably still be needed.

After the instructions were given, she bounced over and snagged a couple of books on South American food and bounced back to their work station. "Mains or desserts?" She asked Miranda as she started leafing through one book and sliding the other to her friend. She didn't mind which the other girl picked as the food all looked good to her and she couldn't wait to start experimenting.

[Miranda Florin]

Miranda ducked into the bathroom to wash her hands before she headed back into the hallway, skillfully dodging the other students. She might be a familiar face to most, or at least, it felt that way sometimes, but she wasn't a cheerleader, nor really involved in the social ladder of the school, so she didn't expect the benefits.

As she reached the home ec classroom, she greeted Ms. Sims, then headed hopefully towards Cortney, beaming as she spotted that her name was indeed matched with the cheerleader's, "Thank you!" The teacher had separated them the last few times, but this time, Miranda knew that they would be well in the running. She pulled out her recipe binder, laying it on the workspace, then turned to look at the little card again. It didn't really give them much of an idea of what they were up to, but it would probably be revealed.

And indeed it was, as Ms. Sims started the class. Miranda smiled as she heard the explanation. She looked up at the recipe books, but Cortney was already coming back with them, and she took the ones she was offered with a smile. Flipping through the books, she considered the question, then found a recipe with a picture that looked nice, "Desserts, please!"

[Adonya van Rutherford]

Blythe walking into the home economics classroom, a smile already on her face as she looked around. After greeting the teacher, she turned towards the stations that had name cards set up on them, walking through them until she'd found her own. Dropping her bag next to the station, because anyone that couldn't see it was an idiot, she turned to grab her apron and put it on, looking at the namer of her partner, someone she didn't know, and the name of a continent, which seemed to have something to do with class that day.

When Ms. Sims finally started class, and explained what they would be doing, Blythe considered for a moment, then shrugged, "I'm doing mains. You can do the dessert." What kind of desserts would they have in Africa anyway? Without giving her partner a chance to complain, she walked up to the front of the classroom and grabbed two promising-looking recipe books, which she lay on her side of the workspace and began flipping through, finally finding a recipe that would work with both what they had in the classroom, and the time limit. If she had enough time when it was in the oven, she could even make a traditional side-dish, rather than just rice, which would probably win them extra points. She would show Cortney's partner that there was a better partner for the head cheerleader!

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Liesl walked into her creative cooking class and saw students at benches with a card on them.  She said a hello to the teacher.  Locating the card with her name on it she walked over to the bench where another girl was already there. Her partner was named Cara and they had the Australasia continent.  The girl wished they could've had Europe but seeing as she came from Europe that would've been an advantage.

The teacher started talking once the bell had rung signaling the beginning of class.  The teacher said they were to have a main dish and a dessert.  Once the teacher said they could begin she grabbed some cooking books before walking back to the work station. She put the cooking books on the station and turned to her partner.  "I can do the desserts if that's ok with you or you can do them if you'd rather do desserts then the main dish."  She said to the other girl. 

Liesl didn't care what she did.  Desserts sounded like more fun but she wasn't here to have fun.  She was here to learn, and right now, she was here to cook.  Not to have fun though enjoying it was an added bonus. Knowing they had 45 minutes she started flipping through pages trying to find both a dessert and a main dish just in case she ended up doing the main dish. Pavlova seemed like a good choice for a dessert and it would be within the time limit.  The lamington looked interesting though it was ten minutes over the time they had to cook.    She found a grated carrot, apple, and raisin salad that would work well for the main dish.  They both wouldn't take long to make though it just depended on what the other girl would like to cook seeing as Liesl didn't have a problem doing the dessert or the entrée. 

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Chase hurried down the hallway to the elective wing. He was sort of excited to see what they were doing today. He hoped he would be able to work with someone other than Cortney. He hoped for anyone's sake that Cortney and Miranda would be together. He entered the room and sure enough Cortney and Miranda were partners, luckily. He looked around for his name to find it paired with a girl named Amber. He was in fact the only male in the class, which he was completely fine with.

Once everyone was in the class, Ms. Sims explained what they would be doing today. It all sounded fun and once they got their assignments, Chase was glad they got Europe. He listened to the other countries and he knew nothing of the top of his head about what type of food was eaten/made there.

He looked to Amber, "I'll take main dishes, if you'd like." He really hoped she would be alright with doing desserts, though it wouldn't be hard. With that sorted out, Chase went off to look for a recipe. Flipping through the pages not too long he came upon an Italian dish. Chicken Marsala. He'd had it before and he only hoped that he could replicate it.

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Amber was a little disappointing when she got to class and saw that she would have a new partner today.  She was just getting used to Miranda.  The boy who was her new partner offered to take the main dish.  "Sure" she agreed, with a slight smile.  She was fine with that because desserts were more fun and she had more experience with them.  

Back at home, Amber would sometimes bake with her mother, and that was the only thing that the two of them ever did together just the two of them.  Her mother got a little frustrated if Amber didn't do everything exactly her way, but it was still something that Amber had mostly pleasant memory's of.

Amber looked threw the desserts.  There were a lot of things that looked good.  Some of them were too complicated but some of them seemed simple enough.

The Vasilopita looked good and the most interesting because it had a coin inside and whoever found it was supposed to have good luck, but she wasn't sure if she would be able to get a coin to use.  She didn't have one because she didn't usually carry money with her but, if she did, it probably wouldn't be clean enough to bake into a cake anyway.  She looked threw the ingredients they had to work with and she was able to find all of the ingredients, except a coin.

Carrying the recipe book opened to the page, Amber walked up to the teacher, nervously, "Um...  Ms. Sims, if I make this is there a chance that I could um... have a coin to use?" she asked.