"Cooking 101"~ for A Little Drabble Do Ya

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Illya tasted some of the concoction cooking in a pot on his stove; nodding his approval.

He heard Napoleon call to him.

“Illya?”

“Kitchen.”

“What’s that?”

“You will see. Sit and I will give you some.”

“You cooked?”

“Yes.”

“I’m your guinea pig?”

Illya ladeled soup into a bowl, handing Solo a spoon.

“Mmm, delicious!”

“Egg drop soup made with chicken broth, soy sauce, sesame oil, onions and two eggs.”

“So you can cook, other than boiling water tovarisch...more please? Cost more to make than getting it at Changs, I’ll bet.”

“Tsk. The way you are eating, it will…”

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... time for lunch yet?

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yep, getting hungry! Don't forget to read "Solo's Revenge" posted earlier. I think you'll enjoy the imagery. lol!
Thanks for commenting and enjoying the soup. :D

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I wish I liked chicken broth. I do like the drabble though :-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

This was actually inspired by my first and successful attempt to make egg drop soup.

Glad you like the drabble in spite of not liking chicken broth. :D

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

I love when Illya is in the kitchen. Good stuff.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And my first try at making egg drop soup came out really really good. Could't help but put it in a drabble.

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

I love egg drop soup! Is the picture the one you made?

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

No not mine. I think mine actually looked better. "D

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

I knew what it was the second I saw the picture. Looks good enough to eat. I'll take a bowl please!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I was good to eat. I made some egg drop soup for the first time the other day and it came out so good that it inspired the drabble. lol! It's all gone, just like in the story.

So are you back on-line or just visiting via another computer?

[rhys-whittaker.livejournal.com]

All day I'd been thinking, man, I'd really like some Chinese for dinner. After reading that I'm taking it as a sign and will have it for dinner tomorrow night! But as carry out as I have less than Illya's skill in the kitchen (and yours) when it comes to making anything Chinese. Good for you, M! And fun Drabble.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you! So is this your inaugural post in Section VII? Welcome aboard!

The soup was easier to make than you think, and so is some Chinese food. I do it now and then and I don't even own a wok! Still getting take out is much easier.

[rhys-whittaker.livejournal.com]

Heya! You're welcome! Yup, pretty much. I also did one at about the same time for glengirl. I think I saw hers first, then read yours. I've been exploring, looking at the links listed on the right. I also commented on that retro toy puzzle someone had up. It really does look like a fun community, M. I'll get a user pic uploaded tomorrow.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Good you're jumping right it. Section VII is the only writing site. There are others that offer periodic challenges but only tied in to specific holidays. We're the most active MFU comm. Scrapbook and the Canteen are active but not always MFU related. MFUWSS has some interesting options for the the budding writer. The Map Room is for het and romance stories, Uncle du Jour is for gen, pre-slash and slash offerings.

If you look at the calendar for Section VII...clicking on the tag for calendar (to the right of the page) We have someone post the calendar of events and challenges on the site for the month, then each Monday the weekly portion is reposted.

Here's the challenges.

Monday: The Short Affair. posting and the next week's prompt. PicFic prompt is posted each Monday.
Tuesday: PicFic Tuesday story postings (week turn over between prompt and story posting.
Wednesday: A little drabble do you. 100 word drabbles On hiatus Wednesday is all about April- stories involving GFU, also on hiatus: Ladies Choice-stories about the women of UNCLE (and THRUSH too)
Thursday; Usually a challenge called What's My Line. A single line prompts a story.
The third Thursday of the month is the Great Episode challenge. Prompts based on 2 episodes from which to choose

Friday: Glenna hosts 'The Reading Room" her personal MFU story recoomendations for readers.
Saturday: I host 'Writer's Choice"- gives writers and readers a chance to rec their own stories or those of their favorite authors
Sunday: The Round Table Discussion: Glenna hosts a discussion on a topic that she posts.

Quarterly Challenges by La H Carabele; She has various prompts, quotes, holidays that she selects on which you base your story. Usually a window of a week to post

The calendar gives a more immediate view of things. If you click on any of the tags in the column to the right, they'll take you to the particular challenge so you can check them out in greater detail

[rhys-whittaker.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is all great info. Thank U! I know I'll get the hang of it as I go along.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

The Calendar is a blessing and put together by the very talented Lindafishes8. There are times some of us would be lost without it.

[rhys-whittaker.livejournal.com]

Terrific...I'll keep a close eye on it and refer to it often. Good to know.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, now it's definitely time for lunch, that sounds - and looks - delicious. Though I'm planning on baking apple and cinnamon cake this afternoon.

Really fun little domestic picture, thanks!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

A lot of readers are having the same reaction to this...wanting lunch. I wonder though if it would have been the same if I didn't include the pic? Hmmmm. I made egg drop soup for the first time the day before I wrote this. It really did come out delicious!

thanks for reading and commenting.