forum Romance one on one anyone? (CLOSED)

Started July 11, 2018 by Deleted user

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"I expected it to be good, but not amazing."

"So it's amazing?"

"It's great." She smiled softly. But not amazing… wonder if he'll catch that?

"Thanks, I'm not that great at cooking." He smiled back.

"You'll improve. I can teach you how to get the full potential out of an apple. It's an unusual ingredient, especially when it comes to meat, but it's wonderful when prepared properly."

"I'll probably blow up the kitchen when you try to teach me."

"Failing that badly would take talent, honestly. It's quite difficult to blow up an apple unless it's intentional."

"We'll see about that."

Vixie shrugged. "If you say so. Do you want to do that now or another time?"

"Your choice."

"Well, we haven't really got anything else to do. I'll be right back." Vixie stood up and turned into a fox before trotting out the door, soon returning with a basket full of fresh apples.

"Okay then."

Vixie changed back and placed the basket on the table. "Come on, then. We've got all day, technically, but I'd really rather it didn't take that long." She began slicing apples, tossing a knife to Leon so he could do the same.

Leon caught the knife and lazily walked over to the kitchen and began slicing apples.

"You want to leave the skin on the apples if you can. They get crispy and soak in a lot of the flavors." She put a few apple slices into a pan.

"I did that too." He said as he put a few apples slices into a pan.

"They need to be in the pan by themselves for a bit so that the juice lays on the bottom of the pan, then you add the meat." She lay a piece of lean beef in the center of the pan. "That way, the beef will soak in the flavors while it cooks, and instead of just putting flavor on top, it's all throughout the meat."

He kept slicing the apples and listening.

"The honey is for extra flavor." She added some honey to simmer in the pan. "You add that last, as you don't want the sweetness to overpower the savory flavors of the meat itself. Then, you make a honey glaze with a few spices and put it on the finished meat." She started making the glaze. "You put spices on after that, since they'll stick to the honey."

He did what she did on a different pan.

"Now we wait about… five minutes for the meat to cook to medium before taking it out of the pan."

He nodded and leaned against the counter.

After roughly five minutes, Vixie took the pan off the stove and set it on a wooden board. "Voila." She removed the beef and apples from the pan, setting them neatly on a plate.

Leon did the same and chuckled, "Here's mine."

"Let's swap and see how you did." Vixie pushed her plate over to Leon and took his, tasting the beef. "Not bad. Not perfect, but I've got plenty of time to teach you. I think… maybe you added the beef too late? Some of the juice had evaporated by that point."