Video to All | Bassoon day 28 | also action welcome!

[myblueskies]

[Romeo's face grins through the screens. It's been a pretty scary few days and he's been trying to keep his spirits up as much as he can and to help everyone else do the same. It had been pretty tricky though!

But then there had been a message on the screens and Romeo had gone to investigate and found the pumpkins, he knew what they were because he had asked when they had first found them on the platform! But he hadn't known you could make faces out of them!]

Does anyone's world have the tradition about putting faces in pumpkins? I don't think my world did! I didn't know what a pumpkin was before so I guess we didn't! How do you do it?

Also what can you make with pumpkins? They are vegetables right so we could make soup or mash it? Does it taste good mashed? Or we could fry it and eat it with rice or noodles. I'm not sure it would go well with fish but there's still a lot of fish in the store rooms.

I know it's not Blue teams time to cook but tasty food always makes me feel better so if anyone wants to come and have some food I am going to try and make something with a pumpkin and make a face with one as well!

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[stealsyourheart]

Right!

[ He grins and rolls up his sleeves ]

So I suppose the first step is to hollow it out ... can you cook, Romeo-kun? It feels a bit wasteful to chuck out the insides, but I can't cook so...

[myblueskies]

I can cook! It was one of my jobs in the temple so I learned to make lots and lots of tasty food! I never cooked with pumpkin before but I'm sure we can make something yummy!

[He agrees they shouldn't waste the insides if they took them out, that wouldn't be good at all!] How do you hollow it?

[stealsyourheart]

Excellent, I'll leave that part to you.

[ He eyes the pumpkin ]

Well, I guess if we take off the top, we can maybe scoop out the insides with a spoon?

[myblueskies]

I'll make sure you get some of the yummy food when I make it! [Cut the top off? He studies the pumpkin and nodded.] We will need a big knife for that!

[And off he goes to find one, looking through drawers until he finds a big knife.]

[stealsyourheart]

Thanks kid.

[ He takes the knife off him ]

Here, lemme do that bit. Wanna get us something to put the insides in?

[myblueskies]

[He let's Kaito take the knife and nods, he could find something! A bowl probably. There's bound to be a bowl somewhere. He opens a couple of cupboards- the problem with a lot of people using a kitchen is things don't quite go back the same place every time. But he soon finds one and skips back over.] Here we go! I think it will fit in there.

[stealsyourheart]

[ Kaito tests the knife and then starts working at taking the top of their chosen pumpkin ]

Good find! [ He grins ] Here, I've gotten the top mostly off... d'ya think the hole is big enough to scoop?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo studied it and then nodded.] Yes! I bet if we get two spoons we can scoop all of the inside outside! [And off he goes again, in search of spoons.]

[stealsyourheart]

Make sure they're big ones!

[ He calls back and when Romeo returns he accepts one and salutes him with it ]

To the work of disembowelment!

[myblueskies]

I will! [He finds two big spoons and comes back triumphantly, grinning at Kaito!] Alright! To disembowelment! [That's a fancy word! He pushes the spoon into the top of the pumpkin to start scooping out the insides.]

[stealsyourheart]

[ Kaito grins back and digs his spoon in as well ]

I wonder if this stuff is edible BEFORE we cook it? Do pumpkins count as fruit or vegetables?

[myblueskies]

I don't know! I never ate it before, I never even saw one before. But if it's a fruit or a vegetable we should be able to eat it right? It's only things like meat that make you sick if you eat it before it's cooked!

[So maybe they could just eat this pumpkin goo out of the bowl!]

[stealsyourheart]

True, but some fruit and veg taste bad, right? And we don't even know if this is ripe?

[myblueskies]

They do? I never found any that taste bad? But... If it is not ripe will it make us sick?

[He's not sure and there isn't a library here for them to look up the information!]

[stealsyourheart]

Eh, I've had a few I prefer cooked...

[ He says thoughtfully, and eyes the bowl of seeds and flesh ]

Dunno. It might, I guess. Maybe we could ask someone?

[myblueskies]

We could! That's a good idea! Do you know anyone who knows lots about fruit. Or vegetables. [Whatever a pumpkin is!]

[stealsyourheart]

Hm. Well we could ask Tony-san? He seems to like cooking. Or maybe Iden'no-san? Who else likes cooking, do you know?

[myblueskies]

I didn't know mister Tony liked cooking! Who is Iden'no-san? I haven't met her yet I don't think? [He's met a lot of people, but no one by that name that he remembers.]

[stealsyourheart]

He cooked for me all last... 'month'.

[ He grins ]

Mmm... she's the lady with the pokemon? Does the welcome pack stuff.

[myblueskies]

He did? That was really kind of him! [He thought for a moment.] Yes I think I spoke to her when the inspectors were here! On the information screens.

[stealsyourheart]

She's very cool. [ He grins ] I reckon she'd know how to cook too.

[myblueskies]

I bet she does! How comes you don't know? I could teach you if you want! I didn't really know how to cook before but I got taught and I practised lots so now I can make lots of yummy food!

[It's an important skill and also really fun. Romeo is sure Kaito will be good at it, he seems really clever and knows lots of things already!]

[stealsyourheart]

Eh, it's not that I don't know any... more like... I've not had any reason to learn. I can make instant noodles easily enough! But there's a difference between cooking because you like it and just... making do.

[ He grins at Romeo ] But if you wanna hold lessons, sure, I'll come along.

[myblueskies]

You think I could teach lots of people? I think that would be really fun! [He had taught Elfnein Italian after all so maybe he would make a good teacher!

And he does think knowing how to cook is very important.]

[stealsyourheart]

I don't see why not.

[ He grins at him ]

We all get a bit bored, right? Why don't you offer and see if anyone is keen?