drabble for woodburner -- similar tastes

[incandescens]

Title: similar tastes
Requester: woodburner
Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Requested Topic: Zuko and Katara (not as a pairing, just the characters) discovering that on some issues, they actually get along quite well.
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/685692.html


"Which one's that?" Katara asked.

Sokka and Aang crept closer, peering over the edge of the dune. Leaving Katara and Zuko alone together roused fears of battles, explosions, and general aggrieved Bending.

"Triple-distilled soy," Zuko said. "Four drops. Then one flake of the chili."

Katara hmmed. "And a splash of seal blood vinegar."

"XO sauce!" Zuko objected.

"Let me try it."

A pause.

"Not bad," Katara allowed. "All right. We add that after the vinegar but before the garum."

Zuko nodded.

Sokka and Aang crawled away, flashing each other thumbs-up.

The evening's barbecue was off to a very promising start.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

**giggle** True -- Fire Nation Barbecues are probably excellent!

[incandescens]

But I can see Water Tribe spicing of food also being an important cultural thing -- imagine the winter's survival on stored seal meat and fish otherwise!

[branna.livejournal.com]

I love the whole concept of Zuko and Katara as cooking buddies. And seal blood vinegar!

Water Tribe spicing must be very idiosyncratic, though, give the limits of what they have available. I don't know of too many spices that grow in really cold climates, and trade can't have been booming in recent years. And in a climate that cold, they wouldn't need the salt, chili etc. as preservatives to quite the same degree, so it would really be more about flavor.

[incandescens]

(nods) I couldn't find out anything convenient about Inuit cooking offhand, or I'd have tried to throw in something more specific.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

SO CUTE. ♥

[incandescens]

Thank you!

(Love the icon.)

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

On a related matter, DeepDiscount informed me that my Season 3 box set shipped yesterday. (They seem to be where it's available the cheapest when you take into account the discount you can get by going to it through livesearch.com.)

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it's nice to see a drabble on something I've actually seen for a change. :)

[incandescens]

Glad you like it. :)

[incandescens]

Aha: thank you very much.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*giggles far too much*

They're so cute when they agree. *laughs*

[incandescens]

They are!

[nojojojo.livejournal.com]

::heeeeeee::

Thank you. =)

[incandescens]

A pleasure. (Ask for one yourself!)

[nojojojo.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling too guilty to do that -- I'm so behind on reading the Library, and I have nothing to offer in return. ::hangs head::

...But if I *were* to ask, it would be for comfort food: Ukitake and Kyouraku. Eeeeevil Ukitake preferred, but of course your call.

Not that I'm asking. I would never do anything that passive-aggressive. ::darts look at incandescens, then away:: Not ever.

[incandescens]

So noted. :)