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timebethine ([personal profile] timebethine) wrote2023-10-28 11:00 am
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[Closed Post: Baklava]

Laertes delights in the many spices of the Mansion's kitchens--he lost several hours one evening just opening every bottle and smelling it, acquainting himself with the differences between cardamom and allspice, sage and bay. Today, he is intent upon celebrating those spices with a baklava recipe he's found, and so he's roped Sagramore into serving as his sous-chef. While Laertes prepares the dough to laminate, he sets Sagramore to chopping nuts up finely. "This recipe saith walnuts," he says, "but another hath pistachios, and a third one walnuts and almonds mixed."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"In Turkey it would be pistachios." This is a good task for him, the kind that requires enough focus that he doesn't get bored with it.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"As my master bids me," lightly. He leaves the nuts -- mostly pistachios, let it be said -- and wipes his hands clean on a dishtowel, which he then throws over his shoulder before going to open the refrigerator.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Always," bumping his shoulder before going back to the nuts.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sagramore laughs, that pleased surprised laugh he has when Laertes unexpectedly charms him. "Even so?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thou wilt spoil me." He puts the knife down and goes back to the fridge.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughs. "Thee butter and I honey. It's almost Biblical." Then he hesitates. "Dost not remember it? Thou hast me at another task already."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hm." The book is laid open on the counter, and he goes to look at it. He's found on numerous occasions that while he can see perfectly well into the distance, words on the page do not resolve without considerable squinting and effort, and he's largely not bothered with reading since he left Constantinople and had no princely studies to be pursue.

He spares a glance to see whether Laertes is actually paying any attention to him, and then bends to the page.

"The lemon peel, yes. And cinnamon."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Since Laertes isn't looking, he picks up the book and holds it closer to his eyes, although that never actually works, and squints at it.

"Ah-- boil them together with honey and water."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"For Christ's sake--" testy with himself, for being found out.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sagramore swallows several protests, one after the other. "I admire thee for thy reading," finally.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was," still with a bit of tension in his tone. "I'd rather listen to thee speak on what thou hast learned than set myself to it. --Aye, anything small and close, but there's little I do that needs precision; I can see the end of my blade."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, nay," the lift of his shoulders sinking. "I'm sorry. It's not on thee. Thou hast the right of it, it's pride."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-28 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"I won't be much help to thee in the kitchen." He closes his eyes. "Art thou never disappointed in me? I always think thou wilt find the thing thou canst not countenance and be done, or at least draw away."

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