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[gastronomics]

[ The video starts on a single glass:



It's set on a counter next to a sink. ]

Caramelized bacon with crystallized egg yolk, to end on a dessert note of anti-griddle-frosted mango sabayon. It's good but..

[ It's not good enough. She sounds disappointed in herself. Her hand comes and slowly pushes the glass of breakfast into the sink, where it goes to waste. She goes slow enough that it almost looks like a tragedy when the perfectly crisp bacon hits the sink and breaks in its fragility, the mango sabayon tripping down the sink slowly like the spilled blood of breakfasts in some kind of breakfast war. ]

Everyone's worlds have so much more to offer in advancing my cooking and I haven't taken enough advantage. Tell me about your world's cuisine, please! In particular, breakfast. We'll worry about the other meals later, one step at a time.

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[reachnotflexibility]

[What even is that? Human food is strange.]

Back home we have something called Pulan Toast. It's similar to your French Toast from what I've been told.

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[gastronomics]

How is it made? What's the difference between it and French toast?

Video | Fuck if I know man

[reachnotflexibility]

It's... uh. Huh. I don't know how it's made. I've never actually cooked the dish myself. The chef aboard the Normandy would serve it whenever he made French toast for the crew. I can't eat French toast - it's levo - so I can only tell you what I've been told. Which is that it's like French toast but not nearly as good.

Sorry, it's all I've got.

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[gastronomics]

So just a molecular variation then. I'm sure I can whip something up for you, Mr. Alien!

[ She'll actually learn his name one day. Listen there are no aliens in her world and most of them are just customers, they don't actually talk to her outside of it. He is the Official Mr. Alien (TM). ]

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[reachnotflexibility]

Thanks. Do you think you could manage something close to waffles too? I've heard good things about them but we have nothing like that on Palaven.

It's Garrus, by the way. Garrus Vakarian.

[He never actually gave her his name. Maybe that would help.]

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[gastronomics]

Sure. Waffles and pancakes are virtually the same batter, just prepared differently. It shouldn't be too difficult.

[ THUMBS UP ] Nice to meet you, Mr. Alien! I'm Alice Nakiri.

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[reachnotflexibility]

[Oh, two could play this game.]

Likewise... Miss Chef.

What about bacon?

[He'd never heard so many people fawn over the same food as they do bacon, and unfortunately it doesn't work with any dextro meat back home.]

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Miss Chef, I like it! Thanks Mr. Alien!

[ Don't think that move worked too well, Garrus. ]

They have bacon made out of soy, turkey, chicken, and other things, I'm sure I can figure it out.

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[reachnotflexibility]

This is why he lets Shepard do the talking

I've been told that there's only one bacon and the others are all "wannabe bacons."

[That's it. That's the extent of his knowledge.]

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[gastronomics]

That's just what people who don't have taste and just want pure fat usually say. You can't even say all pork bacon is the same if you've cooked it properly, since there are a hundred different ways to cook it.