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[ettersberg]

Who: Thomas Nightingale (ettersberg) & various
What: dinner dates, accidentally stumbling about questers, a month in the life of one (1) thomas nightingale
When: january
Where: olympia
Warning(s): n/a (will warn in subject lines if anything comes up)

[ starters in comments. hit me up via pm or at abiosis if you'd like to do something! ]

Comments

[ettersberg]

And how does one sear properly?

[apricitous]

Your best bet [ And he's gesturing with his hands, as if he's holding the pan and the tongs ] is to make sure you get a good brown sear on every part of the meat. Old wisdom would say that it seals the juice in, but that's not necessarily true.

Mostly, it just adds to the depth of the flavor more than anything.

[ettersberg]

Do I put the meat on its short sides, too?

[apricitous]

I usually do, even if it looks a little awkward for a minute or two.

[ettersberg]

Well. ( thomas smiles for a moment. ) I imagine not many people will watch me cook.

[apricitous]

Probably just me.

[ Which comes with a smile and a teasing little waggle of his eyebrows.]

[ettersberg]

Well.

( a beat. ) Yes. ( and then thomas has to give in to the inclination to return that smile, done in by the waggle of eyebrows, the way clark so clearly doesn't mind looking a little ridiculous. it's — endearing. )

[apricitous]

[ How could he mind? He's with good company, a good friend, someone who he enjoys...]

I'll have to look forward to that then.