The Silver Wordsmith II

[Gemini 1737]

  

Second from The Silver Wordsmith

The beauty of cooking

 

A skill only mastered by a few and even more a rarity is to apply the mysteries of the void in order to reach an explosion that will sooth the mouth of the taster. 

 

Cooking, 

 

We teach our children the Blessed word of Larihei and her teachings. We teach our children the arts of self-defense against the impurities of the other realms. But sometimes we forget to teach our children how to gain sustenance, in which temperature meat must be cooked in order for it to be edible. Which vegetables can be eaten, eaten raw and which need cooking. 

 

Here is the smallest of instructions for children and those not familiar with cooking to start with, 

 

Meat

 

Chicken - A good tender meat that is best boiled or cooked with some water to maintain moisture. Chicken must be cooked to the fullest. 

Pork - A delicacy not everyone enjoys, best in different stews. Must be cooked to the fullest. 

Beef - The usually most liked of meats, can be used for more or less any food there is. Can be eaten raw but a small cooking is recommended. 

 

Vegetables: 

 

Carrot - Orange and elongated vegetable that is alongside with the ones below a basic ingredient for many dishes. Carrots can be eaten raw and cooked. Delicious both ways.  

Potato - A brown-ish/yellow vegetable that grows in the ground. Potatoes can be eaten raw but they offer little to none taste and feel rather flour-y in the mouth. 

Tomato - Round and red. Delicious and is a great base for many sauces. Can be used in cooking or for example on a sandwich. Tasty cooked and raw. 

Celery - A taste not meant for everyone but those who enjoy it uses celery for many a things. It is green and has small leaves on top of it. Celery can be eaten raw and cooked. 

Onion - A round, bitter when raw but sweet delicious vegetable that is used in almost every food.

Spices

 

Black pepper - One of the most used spices known for Mali kind. This one grows in warm areas in big bushes. Do not eat on its own but add the dried acorns into a soup or a stew. 

White pepper - White pepper is often used in dishes that need a peppery bite but where you don't want black flecks, such as in white sauces and potato dishes.

Bay leaf - The bay leaf is an aromatic leaf commonly used in cooking. It can be used whole, or as dried and ground.

 

Herbs

 

Basil - Goes well with different sorts of pasta foods as well as cheese. Mozzarella for exampple

Oregano - Commonly used in different tomato based sauces. 

Thyme - A lot like Oregano and basil. Can be used in cream based sauces as well. 

Dill - This one is perhaps my favourite. Commonly used in fish foods but I suppose only your imagination is the limit. 

 

These are the most commonly used ingredients in the realm. Go on everyone and surprise your friends with a newly acquainted skill. 

 

- The Silver Wordsmith

 

Spoiler

[!] Once again, a bunch of newspapers would be delivered within the Silver Walls to Her esteemed citizens. Children running around, seeming proud of being useful to the Motherland. As previously, a small note would be attached to every magazine. 

”I hope you enjoy my Diarchist propaganda, hope it tastes well” – Clearly, this was written in a sarcastic tone but who knows.- You can not hear the writer through writings. 

 

[Stump 709]

Aiera Sullas sat on a bench, reflecting on the state of things in the somber park of Lareh’thilln, where oddly she felt safest, in the place where numerous unfortunates had met their end. Decidedly, she didn’t linger on this pessimistic trend of thought, and only wonders where the seafood section was. Not on the back, she checked twice, hoping it was in fine print the second time. The aging thing exhales wearily, folding up her issue to hand to her daughter later on, perhaps to the end of some needed education.