Bring back Cream on Cream or we riot

[otomechapilot]

(All Travellers, new and old, hear a peppy tune as Sara starts the livestream in her industrial brushed steel kitchen. This time, though, Travellers can wave it off with a thought if they want or need to...)

Heeeey what's up guys, welcome to the new Liminal Space. I'm Sara Smith, and I'm here with a friend to teach you how Liminal Space and the network work through the magic of cooking. Thanks to Armin, I figured out how to make this opt-out, so if you have better things to do than learn how to make a perfect bowl of ramen from scratch - like, really from scratch - you can tune out now, and I'll be accepting questions from anyone about where this is and how to deal with it after!

Still here?

Cool, Mr. Shinjiro Aragaki, veteran Traveller, is gonna show us how to make a piping hot bowl of Hagakure Ramen from the fabric of reality. Take it away Shinji-kun!

Comments

[fruitknife]

I'm older than you. If you're gonna fuck around with honorifics at least do it right. [It's a half-hearted grumble, since Shinji knows it's mostly because he's not the only 'Shinji' here, but.]

First things first, most Westerners who think they've had ramen ain't had real ramen. Of course the prepackaged shit tastes like you paid about 20 yen for it. You did pay about 20 yen for it. You want the real shit, you gotta put some effort into it.

[With that, the counter is suddenly laden with lots of ingredients - noodles, of course, but there's also eggs and vegetables, as well as beef stock.] If you wanna make your own food, that'll take some practice. If you can tell Liminal to fuck off with its shit, it's easier to tell it what you do want, but you still don't get edible food right away. Meantime, plenty of us cook. Or just make the shit finished, but what's the fun in that.

Anyway, first off, sesame oil. Heat up some'a that before you get goin' and you'll have better ramen for it.

[And he's off, explaining the steps as he goes, until he has a largeish bowl of steaming ramen.]

[otomechapilot]

I know three honorifics, Other Shinji is -san, and no offense but you really aren't a -chan.

There used to be packets of quote "Oriental flavor" unquote ramen in my homeworld, which is among the dumbest things I've ever heard; whoever gives me the the best answer to what "occidental flavor" ramen is will get a bowl of it.

[photonicfighter]

Maybe it's when you make a pack of vegetable-flavored Mr. Noodles and then you throw in some spaghetti sauce and a Kraft Single?

[Her last overlay has had some experiences, apparently.]

[otomechapilot]

Remember that you have to eat it if it's the best entry.

Someone please save Dakki.

[photonicfighter]

It wasn't that bad! But it wasn't that good, either....

[loyalrebel]

Steal seasoning and spices from your neighbor after punching them in the face, never use any of it and overcook your noodles.

[otomechapilot]

...I can't actually argue with that.

[loyalrebel]

On a more serious note, if you want to have something middle eastern displayed I can do something.

offstream but public

[otomechapilot]

That would be great.

I'm looking for stuff from homeworlds and Jaunts - if you can think of stuff from a Jaunt you want to bring back, too, I'm up for that.

Re: offstream but public

[loyalrebel]

Brownies.

And fudge.

[fruitknife]

Ain't wrong there.

[loyalrebel]

Maybe some pepper if you are feeling daring.

[fruitknife]

The most exciting goddamn food in the world, obviously.

[otomechapilot]

I've met white guys who claim they don't like onions. Onions.

...but only after I started Travelling.

[ninjayeehaw]

Y'all could always go fer obocchan, that's respectin' yer superiors!

[It's also hella outdated, Kinji, not everyone is a fucking weeb who lowers his own status like that.]

This sounds like a right neat show y'all've got goin', though - mind if I come help out someday?

[otomechapilot]

Here on Snackin' With Sara we accept any suggestions about what Jaunts and homeworlds you, the viewer, want to sample the food from.

What I'm saying is yes.

We're also doing poutine once I learn how from Casper.

[ninjayeehaw]

Well, I still remember how t'make all them cakes an' tarts from my overlay back in Harrogate - might well be the one good thing t'come outta that. An' I also run a ninja oden stand back home!

No longer being livestreamed, public

[otomechapilot]

No need to unlock the doors or windows, just turn your head after the call is made and suddenly noodles!

If you're up for Harrogate pastry we can serve it with Strength's Own Hot Chocolate and spooky ghost marshmallow. Then we can get something good out of Harrogate.

[ninjayeehaw]

Ain't like any a' the pastries themselves were all that spooky. Probably they were one a' the only things keepin' half a' Harrogate goin' durin' nightmare season.

[Which might be thinking a bit highly of himself, but Harrogate was a small town and his baked goods were exactly that: good.]

[helborn]

You should come over, I made things even bigger now so we've got plenty of space to work.

[fruitknife]

Guess I should be glad you know that many. [Why's the other Shinji get the more formal one when he's closer to Sara's age, anyway.]

The fuck do they even mean by 'Oriental' flavor?

[He's trying to be semi-polite for the sake of this broadcast, since it's Sara's thing, which is the only reason he's not in fact muttering about stupid gaijin.]

private, psi protect 2

[otomechapilot]

Powdered soy sauce and maybe dried green onion.

...I said it was incredibly dumb. Was I wrong?

let's just roll with that double protection, someday Shinji will have it...

[fruitknife]

Fuck's sake, that's worse than I thought. Not even any ginger?

all across the sky

[otomechapilot]

If there was I couldn't taste it.

Like... wasn't kidding about "take the noodles, throw out the packet, cook our own broth." My excuse is I was from the postapocalyse.

[fruitknife]

Less places to get the noodles, that's fair. You still knew how to make 'em taste half-decent.

[shiroganeheir]

Shinjiro-senpai, would it be possible to get one of those bowls, please?

I am suddenly experiencing quite a bit of homesickness.

[fruitknife]

Sure thing.

[shiroganeheir]

Thank you. Are you currently in your usual space?

[fruitknife]

Sara's place, so she could do her stream thing. I'll be back in mine soon enough.

[senpaidol]

Oooh I haven't been this hungry since I was literally stuck on a deserted island. That looks incredible!

[fruitknife]

Two extras, then?

[senpaidol]

If it's not too much trouble.

[fruitknife]

Wouldn't'a said anything if it was.

[teamblue]

[You know who's listening in intently to all of this? This guy.

Sara and Shinjiro are now forever on his OK list. They know about new foods.

But he's not gonna interrupt yet. Maybe at all.]