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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Ah, quick question. What do people eat on a regular basis?

[Normally this would be an easy question to answer, but....she's so confused.]

I mean, I imagine you can't eat the same thing every day, but how do you keep it diverse too? Do you have to go shopping every few days? And cooking, do you have to do it three times a day too?

Honestly I have no idea how you get anything done if you're cooking or eating all the time.

[HELP HER.]

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[freeholding]

That assumes that people actually eat three full meals a day. And that they make everything from scratch or even prepare things themselves. That's very rarely the case.

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Then what do you do when you can't make anything from scratch?

[freeholding]

Semi-processed foods from the store. Recipe books. Trial and error. Take out.

permavoice.

[symmachy]

I'm a vegetarian. But I really only eat fruit and drink tea. Not much cooking involved.

permavoice.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Oh, you eat? I assumed you...

[You know. Did that one thing.]

[symmachy]

[a small smile]

I do. Mostly to maintain appearances, but this body can use the sustenance as well. [pause] I do have another way of eating, of course.

voice.

[seclusion]

Well, at home, my butler cooked everything, three times a day and sometimes for snacks or something. He was really good at it, but he had plenty of time left over for other things, too! I don't know how to cook at all, but he made it seem pretty easy... I guess if you learn how to do it, it doesn't take that much time. I ate all kinds of things just fine.

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

What do you do for food now? Do you cook for yourself?

voice.

[seclusion]

No, I still haven't learned my way around a kitchen... I realized I really like apples! And people help look after me, they're really kind, and they know what they're doing, about cooking.

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[motioned]

Well, cooking doesn't have to take a long time! Not if you find simple recipes.

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

I don't...really know what a simple recipe entails though.

[Help her Obi Wan Ahiru, you're her only hope.]

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[motioned]

Well, what you're going to want to look for depends on what you like eating. What kinds of foods are your favorite?

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[retraced]

You don't have to spend a lot of time on every meal, but you should eat something three times a day.

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

But, what? What kinds of things? I can't imagine a person could live on soup and sandwiches day in and out.

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[retraced]

There are a lot of simple pre-made meals in this world. Breakfast cereals, ovens that heat frozen food up quickly. They usually don't taste as good as a prepared meal, but they're good for people who don't have a lot of time otherwise.

[gaveherwings]

How do you keep it diverse? Well- I assume you've seen the variety of options here in port. Not that half of them- less than half, at that, are of significant nutritional value.

Personally I don't cook much for myself, I tend to get most foods prepared. Franz nor I have much time to be puttering around a kitchen- but a leisurely meal is nice, a sociable one even more enjoyable. It gives people a chance to sit and talk.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Actually, I haven't gotten a chance to see the variety of food in the city. I don't eat, so it's not like I've ever needed to.

[gaveherwings]

But it's not as though food isn't nearly everywhere you look! Surely you just haven't been considering it as anything edible, till very recently.

It's funny isn't it? You get the taste of truth from a different angle, even just once, and your whole perspective shifts around it.

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[momchester]

.......Why?

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

I've...suddenly found my self with a need to learn how to cook.

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[momchester]

Okay. What happened?

[aprettybutterfly]

Beans. Sugar cubes. Sometimes bananas. No cooking, takes too much time.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

That doesn't sound very healthy.

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[surgicalshot]

Aha, well... people eat what they like! It's not just everything. I don't like Italian, really, so I don't eat it, but I could eat Japanese any day of the week! I'm probably not the best person to ask, though, I always order out.

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

That's probably a good idea, to figure out what they like...

[It's the obvious answers that slip by you, really.]