"No egg-splanation needed" ~ for A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

This cooking thing was getting better as Kuryakin stared triumphantly at his home made breakfast.Toasted Wonder Bread, buttered and sliced into nice even strips. Two soft boiled eggs nestled in shot glasses for egg cups...his first ‘eggs and soldiers.’

Preferring the yolks, not the whites as they made him think of fat, fat made him think of gristle... much of his diet back in the Soviet Union.

The toast finished; Illya spooned the last of the egg from each shell.  Despite unpleasant memories, food was food; he was not one to waste it.

Old habits died hard...

Comments

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Nice drabble. Funny how food brings back memories. I never knew what the "soldiers" were in that term. Thanks.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I just found out they were called soldiers as well. Growing up my family just called it 'dipping eggs." Hmmm guess what I had for breakfast when I wrote this. lol!

Glad you liked it.

[avery11.livejournal.com]

Such a sweet image, Illya learning how to cook, and struggling to enjoy the result.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I guess I imagined him always on the go with no real home life of person to teach him how to really cook.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

*aww* But I hope that one does die. (*heads for kitchen*)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Chuckle. Thank you! :D

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how something as simple as an egg can bring such a mix of emotions. Lovely drabble.

(ps. you've sent me to the kitchen. I have a sudden urge for egg and soldiers, lol)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Food does trigger memories, along with scents. Dang, I should have made egg and solders for dinner tonight. I would have been easy to make.

It's over 36˚ C here and supposed to be like that all week, with terrible humidity.

Here I have my car back and am staying inside anyway...but at least it's there if I suddenly decide to go have an ice cream cone later. (giggle)

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I like him being proud of his creation. It warms my heart.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I grew up around male figures who didn't cook or fend for themselves in a way...partly my mother's fault. So I guess that rubbed off on me about IK not cooking other than for basic survival needs. So this little meal in a way is a a triumph as it's not his usual fare of substance cooking.

Glad it warmed your heart. Thank you!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Very nice - I like the triumph in the simple accomplishment of breakfast. Next he'll manage bacon, maybe.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I think rashers and bangers since he lived in England and went to Cambridge, maybe mushroom on toast?

In 'The Suburbia Affair 'he felt ambitious enough to try a soufflé but, he needed a recipe...ie a 'formula'... So I wonder how that soufflé would have come out if he got the chance to make it. :D

Thanks for the compliment!