VIDEO [Backdated to 2/15]

[lastcomfort]

[ The broadcast starts with the shifting of the camera to show they’re in someone’s lovely abode. Hm. Maybe you’ll recognize some people in passing before the show starts? Once the the camera is balanced, everything comes to light.

Welcome to Mochi House Kitchen where our heroes, Akira Kurusu and Orihime Inoue, are suit up in the ugliest aprons you have ever seen. For reference, Akira is in this one and Orihime is the buff cook. ]

Hello! It’s so nice to have everyone together again. We’ve been up north for a while and we missed Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have something to show everyone our appreciation!

[ Akira doesn’t seem to get the memo that they’re recording. Thinking that she’s still practicing or whatever, he asks: ]

Hey, do you think we should use ghost peppers for a separate chocolate filling? Not in all of them, but maybe a handful.

Oh, yes! We don’t want those to go to waste.

[ Which she will actually start to place the ghost peppers with some onion and the chocolate on empty dumpling wrappers. As she folds them over carefully and sets them to the side, it should be noted that they look...almost entirely the same as the regular chocolate filled ones from the outside. ]

Stop by and try your luck today with a free stuffed penguin today! Maybe I’ll just let you do all the talking. [ Wait, this is supposed to commemorate the holiday. Whatever. ] Where did you get these aprons, anyway?

I picked them up at the thrift store! I thought we might want to dress the part if we’re cooking for everyone. They’re very unique, aren’t they? I’ve never seen anything like them before!

[ Probably for a good reason. But they're on the Valentine's Day theme, right? ]

They’re perfect.

[ Orihime smiles then turns purposefully to the camera. ]

They’ll be ready soon, so get them while they’re hot!

Wait, were you recording?

[ And then she waves and turns off the feed. ]

Comments

[livingimpaired]

How did you make those? I have always attempted to fill chocolate with mapo tofu but it never seems to work.
If you tell me, I shall make something in turn to give. It is the season for sharing chocolates, isn't it?

[lastcomfort]

Really?? Of course! We'd share our recipe even without asking for something in return.

Part of the secret is we're layering multiple dumpling wrappers so they're thicker and have more structural integrity. That way we can shape them more easily and not worry about the filling gushing out. It'd be very sad to have bleeding penguins.

[livingimpaired]

Ah, I see. I hadn't thought of adding more layers so that the mapo tofu sauce would not pour out. It seems simple when one points it out.

But that is where genius comes into play when one cooks, is that not right, Orihime Inuoe?

And it would be sad to see bleeding penguins. All insides should stay inside until they shouldn't.

[lastcomfort]

I would love to try mapo tofu dumplings! That sounds sooooo good. And your sauce is already excellent!

Haha! Yes, something like that. I'm finding that it's fun to play around. Akira really helps inspire new ideas.

[livingimpaired]

You flatter me.
I shall be certain that you two are the first to try it.

So this was his idea?

[lastcomfort]

That's very kind of you!

It was a joint effort! I think we kind of click culinarily. We ended up making some food on the trip so when we came back we just thought that we might have even better luck in a real kitchen. We were going to make something more Valentine's specific but I thought penguins would be even cuter.

[livingimpaired]

I'm uncertain it is, but thank you.

Most penguins mate for life. I would say that your choice on animals is very Valentine's specific.

[lastcomfort]

Oh, I didn't even think of that! I was just thinking about how cold it's been. But that's even better!

[livingimpaired]

It is good that I could repay you so soon, then, for help in the recipe -- by giving you insight on something that you overlooked.

[lastcomfort]

It's exactly what we needed! I think it's a fair trade.

[livingimpaired]

Well ... if the chocolate comes out well, I might add them to my restaurant's dessert menu. So I'm not yet sure it is a fair trade, Orihime Inoue.

[lastcomfort]

You would?? But then I could eat it all the time!

[livingimpaired]

Is that really a negative?

[maskreant]

it might be better to integrate dark chocolate into maps tofu instead.

just a thought.

[livingimpaired]

A thought I will pass on, Akira.

[maskreant]

why not?

people add chocolate into curry. you can serve it as a Valentine's special in a heart plate.

[livingimpaired]

I don't have any heart plates.

[ Is that the real issue here? ]

[maskreant]

(laughs i thought this was a gag tag)

[livingimpaired]

I have a few concerns.

no he actually uses gifs sometimes

[maskreant]

list them.

AH

[livingimpaired]

1. I don't think that would be possible for you to do physically. Put your arm on my shoulder, I mean.
2. If it were, how many phonebooks are you on?
3. Please don't stack phonebooks on chairs; that's dangerous.
4. Never get that hairstyle.
5. Also is that a head wound? Looks like it.

YES

[maskreant]

1) it's supposed to represent our souls, but good observation.
2) i would be using a stool because phonebooks are relics of the past.
3) stools are safe and i'm not that short.
4) i won't be.
5) as i said, it's figurative.

YES!

[livingimpaired]

1. Your soul desires to be tall.
2. I feel the pride of phone books diminishing as we speak.
3. Mm. Don't sit on your knees on stools.
4. Good.
5. A figurative head wound upon my soul. What have I done to you lately?

[maskreant]

1) not wrong.
2) they're being erased from existence, too.
3) i won't.
5) lack of special offers and discounts.

[livingimpaired]

1. You're still growing. You'll get there.
2. Awful.
3. Good.
5. There is a 50% discount going on now. 75% if you're feeling like you are going to die this month.