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[apothekitty]

WHO: anyone
WHERE: Daffodil's front lawn
WHEN: Day 32, mid-morningish

[ at some point mid-morning, a pasturewide cubecall goes out: ]

I'm holding lessons in Daffodil's pasture. Come if you want to, don't if you don't.

[ yeah, that's it. that's the whole thing. BUT if you do show up, the apothecary cat has set up several stations outside of her little workshop/cathouse: a makeshift firepit with a wooden drying rack, several large pots of varying sizes, and is currently in the process of chopping up a pygmidillo. and I do mean chopping. we are cleaving through bone here.

* For those who would notice, the ribbons in her hair are now Daffodil-yellow, but her collar is still black. ]

Comments

[aididitmyway]

[She still looks a little tired and—since the last time maomao saw her—she's got some little pinprick scars around her lips and mouth.

But! She's here! She hauled herself out just for this!

And she's watching Maomao butcher the thing in fascination.]

Wow...

[apothekitty]

You just have to be confident in your strike.

[ WHACK, straight through the bone ]

[electricflock]

[i live here]

Do you have everything you need?

[adorabrawler]

[ Watching the apothekitty go chop chop chop... ]

... What's this about lessons?

[apothekitty]

For now. It'll depend on how indepth we're going today.

I also promised that Caster girl on Clover I'd show her the basics of cooking.

[apothekitty]

Learning how to deal with preserving food.

...And basic cooking for Caster.

[aididitmyway]

[jesus girl]

Like for spearfishing?

[apothekitty]

For the most part, yes. Hesitation leads to missing, or no actual impact.

Would you like to try?

[adorabrawler]

Oooh...

... Will it last longer than it does in the fridge?

[apothekitty]

Freezing is a legitimate method of preservation. However, these should work whether you use that cold box or not.

[aididitmyway]

I—

Sure. It probably wouldn't hurt. Do you know how to butcher fish actually, too? No one's really impressed with that part even if I know how to spearfish because of Perci...

[rugpull]

Thank ya miss doctor for yer hard work.

[apothekitty]

Fish are easier than birds or larger animals. If you have any recently caught, I can certainly show you that.

[adorabrawler]

Oh, neat. I guess it wouldn't hurt to learn. Never thought I'd need to before, but...

[ here we are, away from civilization..... ]

[apothekitty]

It is my hope that if people are properly occupied, they will cause me slightly less trouble.

[ WHACK goes the knife through bone, very casually. ]

[aididitmyway]

I do.

Can we preserve it the same ways as other things? Like—I guess we can, because I used to eat shredded squid all the time, but fish aren't really squid either...

[apothekitty]

[ this is her life, girl ]

If nothing else, if there's more that is available and preserved, the less people will have to go out into the forest on inadvisable trips.

[apothekitty]

If it was shredded, it was probably dried. In which case--

[ she points to the drying rack ]

We can get them laid out there. There's also smoking. Without knowing the flavor profile, I'd recommend those options.

[aididitmyway]

I'll go get them! Give me a hot minute, okay?

[electricflock]

[chirps, okay]

Lot less people know how to cook than I would have thought.

[apothekitty]

I'm worried about the children.

[ Maomao is 17 years old. ]

[apothekitty]

[ she nods, waving her off

whenever she returns, Maomao has started a small fire for the drying rack. ]

[terraria]

( hefts a few jars and pots of his own from lily, setting them by her table. )

I took out a few of my preserves for your lessons. It should serve to give everyone a taste of what the end product is like.

—are you going to ( flinch at the cleave through bone...... scary. ) use that entire thing for a demonstration?

[aididitmyway]

[She comes back with a couple of decently sized fishies, wrapped up in some paper.]

Here we go!

[adorabrawler]

True... Not that I've done any hunting myself.