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[souffle_girlek]

Early in the morning, before most of the bar is awake, a tiny time traveler visits the kitchen. She would stay at home for a late-night snack, usually, but...

Well.

Ace already knows way too much about the Wells' romantic life, and about one picosecond downstairs at the farm let her know that sticking around would only teach her more. And since Bar was getting a break in the quiet hours of the night, Ace decides to fetch a snack herself. It's really too bad she left her current project on top of the microwave when she left.

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"Well, you see, it's not as easy as going 'yay, souffle'... well, actually, that's pretty much the whole plan, but you have to make it a flavor first, and there's all sorts of flavors." Oswin explain, her nerves translating to babble as she leads them into the kitchen.

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Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"Are you sure you haven't done this before?" Oswin asks, raising an eyebrow. She made souffles for a year (for a given value of 'made') and never had technique like that.

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor's cheeks redden slightly. "No, I... It was sort of a reward? To get to do it? I mean, that's how she put it, anyway, and, well," he says, separating another egg as he speaks, "there were times when she'd let us go into the kitchen. Holidays, when she was overwhelmed. I'd separate eggs for what felt like hours, but it was worth it, to... be there with her."

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

Oswin nods, carefully mixing in the flour.

"I know what you mean - that's why I make these, you know. It's my mum's recipe."

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor knows that Oswin misses her mother--he would, too, in her position. So he's unsure of what to say about it now.

The boy separates his third egg carefully. "Did she teach you how to cook?"

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"She did! She was the best cook ever, really - there was always something tasty in the house." She grins, working steadily on the base. "But souffles were her thing. They were always so pretty."

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor smiles gently, setting the bowl with four yolks aside after he separates yet another egg. He works on a fifth and then a sixth as he speaks. "That sounds so good. My mother's 'thing' is Vollkornbrot--bread with sunflower seeds and rye berries."

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"Volllllllkornbrot." She rolls the word on her tongue, grinning. "That's a fantastic word, we should try to make that next." The yolks disappear into the base in turn.

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor finishes with his eggs, and brings them to the mixer. He attaches the bowl to the mixer's base and turns it on to whip them into submission.

He turns it off when the egg whites are fluffy and stiff, and peak when he lifts the whisk. "We can. It starts with sourdough, I believe. How's that base coming?"

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"Ready for you!" She chirps, moving out of his way to go fetch the souffle pan. "Those look good."

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor could be smug and say, "of course they do," but he's never whipped eggs before, and he's glad they look good. He's even gladder that she said it.

"Okay," he says, and detaches the bowl from the mixer to carry it over to her. "So how do we fold this in? Carefully, I assume?"

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"Very - you don't want to lose all that air you just beat in." Oswin agrees, setting the the pan near the waiting pot and hands him a spatula.

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

The spatula is an offensive shade of neon chartreuse. Autor thinks she did it on purpose. Still, he doesn't mind using puke-green spatualas as long as they get the job done.

He drops the egg whites in with a bit of the base and folds them over as instructed, blending them in. "Like this?"

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"Yep - so you want to get them mixed in enough that they won't make white streaks in your finished souffle, but not so much that it goes all flat." She explains helpfully.

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[herr_bookman]

Autor makes good use of his snot-colored, yellow-green spatula. Soon, he presents to her a filled baking dish of soufflé batter.

"We've preheated the oven, right?" he asks, carrying it over there. "How long do we put it in for?"

Re: Autor is great at separating eggs

[souffle_girlek]

"About twenty, twenty-five minutes? It needs to be puffy and golden on top, but not burning." She explains. "Now, have you ever played Dutch Blitz? Because you're going to."

Choices:

Nineteen minutes?

-or-

Twenty-six minutes?