Coping through Cuisine, Community Center, Monday evening

[sharp_man]

"Welcome, everybody." Hannibal smiled. "One of the simplest and most obvious ways of using food to help in coping is comfort food. Comfort food can be something different to each person; it tends to be things we associate with childhood or a feeling of safety. So today, I would like to hear what you consider a comfort food, and we'll be making them. I will help anybody that needs it."

He gestured at the table up front and his own dish. "A traditional French comfort food is gratin dauphinois, so we can start there."

He would not be sharing his own personal comfort food. He had made promises.

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[sharp_man]

Comfortably!

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[white_oleander]

Astrid Magnussen

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight Hendrickson

Listen to the lecture

[sharp_man]

Think of what your own comfort food is.

Class activity

[sharp_man]

Discuss your own comfort food, then use the kitchen to make it. Hannibal has plenty of handwavy ingredients and knowledge to help if you need it.

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[guillermothegreat]

Was it cheating if Guillermo made the same food he made the other day in the common room?

He decided to still make it since it was a comfort food to him and he enjoyed making enchiladas .

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[sharp_man]

If it was a comfort food, it wasn't cheating.

Hannibal nodded as he walked by.

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[onlyajones]

Jo had no idea what to make for her own comfort food and she looked rather lost as she stared helplessly at the different ingredients.

She knew what her comfort drink was but the idea of cooking was still rather daunting to her.

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal nodded to Jo. "You can't decide?" he guessed. "Or you're not sure of where to start?"

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[flamesburned]

Liz’s favourite comfort food was a mint chocolate cake.

She was a bit nervous about the idea of cooking and being around the oven though, so she was still a bit hesitant to start preparing to cook.

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[sharp_man]

"Deep breaths," Hannibal murmured as he passed. "Fire is unlikely with an electric oven, unless you're particularly poor at cooking."

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight was totally going to cheat a bit and use the recipe he had chosen as his final for the cooking class Ignis had taught last semester. He had managed to pull it off and had been looking for an excuse to try it again. And Pizza was a wonderful comfort food so he figured making the BBQ pulled pork Pizza again was a good bet.

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[sharp_man]

"Would you normally be making the pizza yourself?" Hannibal asked.

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[furrybluefreak]

Kurt knew exactly what he wanted to make- one of his favorite dishes he always made with his folks back home in Germany. He knew they didn't have time to make a full complicated version like they used to...and he was pretty sure he couldn't pull it off on his own anyways. So he opted to make a simple version of Apple Strudel for the class.

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal walked past and nodded, pleased to see that Kurt was making an effort at even a simple version of a more complicated food.

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[white_oleander]

There were a lot of different directions Astrid could take this, really. From authentic food from street vendors during her days in Mexico, morning croissants at the cafe down the street from their apartment in Paris, herring sandwiches in Amsterdam. Claire's vintage attempts at happy homemaker casseroles...

But, really, when she got right down to it, Astrid realized that her mind just kept going back to one thing, and, in a way, the fact that it was what it was almost sealed the deal for her, and she figured there was nothing else she could pick for this.

So she went searching for what she'd need, which wouldn't be much, but that was why she thought it would be a little more difficult to find. But find them she did, returning to set aside a box of saltine crackers while she twisted open a jar of peanut butter to get to work on spreading it over the plainest bread she could find before the grape jelly made its unsurprising and expected arrival to the party.

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal chuckled a little as he walked by; he was never surprised when an American student chose PBJ.

Share your food!

[sharp_man]

Eat! Eat each other's food! Discuss!

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[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo was used to cooking an abundance of food so he had made more than what was needed, so he had heaps of enchiladas to share.

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[alwaysonguard]

The extra large pizza Dwight had made would probably be enough for everyone to have a slice if they wanted. And he had to admit he was a little proud of himself for pulling it off again. He had a feeling the rest of the class might not be this easy so he was going to enjoy success while he could. But there was pizza there for anyone who wanted to try it!

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[furrybluefreak]

Kurt was thrilled to be able to make something that he remembered so fondly from back home... even if this was a much simpler version. He made sure to make several so there were plenty for everyone to try, and probably enough for leftovers to take back to the dorms.

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[white_oleander]

Well, Astrid would be happy to share from her sleeve of saltine crackers, and she could whip up another PB&J at a moment's notice, if anyone was interested.

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[flamesburned]

After a bit of a nervous start Liz was able to make her Mint Chocolate Cake and it more or less looked like it was supposed to.

She had followed the recipe and had managed to not set the food on fire, so despite everything she was rather hopeful that it would taste as good as it had turned out.

Talk to Hannibal!

[sharp_man]

He's here!

OOC!

[sharp_man]

*snore*