[ It'll be like doing it themselves, except they can keep their hands clean. Amami's going to use hot water to soak the mushrooms so it'll take less time, and then be instructed to slice them as thin as he can while the chicken stock comes to a boil on the stove for the soup base. The tofu and bamboo get sliced, and npckun just sort of eyeballs how much of the vinegar and soy sauce they add and taste tests for the right flavor. Mushroom and bamboo take longer to cook, so they go in first, then the chili to infuse heat into the soup, salt, pepper, a little bit of cornstarch mixed with water to thicken the soup. They make Amami stir the pot and keep everything swirling while they beat two eggs and slowly pours it into the pot so it cooks in silky ribbons like in egg drop soup, and they step back to pull a stool over to the pantry so they can get at the bowls stored way up high. ]
-—just a drop of sesame oil, because you want the fragrance without it cooking. And then after the soup is portioned, you'll add the scallion at the very end— it's for color, so you don't want to stir it in, just sprinkle it on top to finish off the dish!
[ Little by little, as they go through the steps, they do seem to cheer up considerably without realizing. Because cooking is fun, teaching is fun, getting to boss somebody around is fun, and it's very easy to take your mind off things while cooking because there's a certain order and time limit to things and you're constantly moving, there's no time to be sad. ]
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[ It'll be like doing it themselves, except they can keep their hands clean. Amami's going to use hot water to soak the mushrooms so it'll take less time, and then be instructed to slice them as thin as he can while the chicken stock comes to a boil on the stove for the soup base. The tofu and bamboo get sliced, and npckun just sort of eyeballs how much of the vinegar and soy sauce they add and taste tests for the right flavor. Mushroom and bamboo take longer to cook, so they go in first, then the chili to infuse heat into the soup, salt, pepper, a little bit of cornstarch mixed with water to thicken the soup. They make Amami stir the pot and keep everything swirling while they beat two eggs and slowly pours it into the pot so it cooks in silky ribbons like in egg drop soup, and they step back to pull a stool over to the pantry so they can get at the bowls stored way up high. ]
-—just a drop of sesame oil, because you want the fragrance without it cooking. And then after the soup is portioned, you'll add the scallion at the very end— it's for color, so you don't want to stir it in, just sprinkle it on top to finish off the dish!
[ Little by little, as they go through the steps, they do seem to cheer up considerably without realizing. Because cooking is fun, teaching is fun, getting to boss somebody around is fun, and it's very easy to take your mind off things while cooking because there's a certain order and time limit to things and you're constantly moving, there's no time to be sad. ]