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Hm...Have you ever had Tira Misu? I mean good, home-made Tira Misu.

Nnnope, don't think I have. At least, I've never heard the name. What is it?

It's delightful dish that was passed down to me from my Mother. Her recipes are some of the only real mementos I have left of her. It's a layered pastry with several textures in it, that works well as both an after dinner dessert and breakfast entree'.

Sounds pretty tasty to me. Mind sharing the recipe?

Of course. You should know that it's a sensitive dish, however, and even a slight variance can change the taste and texture entirely.

That can be true for other pastry recipes. Guess it would depend on the preference in the end.

Let me write it down.

1. Ready two cups of hot coffee.
2. Ready two-to-four teaspoons of sugar, depending on sweetness preference.
3. Mix them in a shallow dishpan and set aside.

4. Ready one-half cup sugar in a cup.
5. Separate four eggs into the whites and yolks.
6. Beat the egg yolks until fluffy, then gradually add the half-cup of sugar.
7. Add in one-half cup of marsala wine and heat the substance until it thickens.
8. Whip one pound of marscarpone cheese until it's also creamy, then add the mix you just made into it, then whip all of them together until smoothly blended.

9. Gather Lady Finger-type pastry crackers and dip them in the coffee mix you made in the first steps.
10. Line the soaked fingers in a deep bake pan, side-by-side. Like a log raft.
11. Cover the layer of fingers with the mix.
12. Make another layer and top off with heavy whipping cream.
13. Sprinkle cocoa on top and cool it down for a while.

I'd suggest serving with coffee.

Huh, with coffee, eh?

Sounds like quite a few specialized ingredients. Guess I know what I'm shopping for next time we're at port somewhere.

Thanks for the recipe.

Of course.

Oi.

[Wait, give him a second. The word recipes instantly caught his attention, but now he's backtracking and actually listening to rest and he's pretty sure he knows this voice. They've talked before, right? Yeah. Yeah, they have. The last time he was in this world. In fact...]

Aren't you sailing like five shitty feet from me right now?

....

Oh, so you're there now? What the heck, the Bottomless Pit said you were gone!

[Snorts out a laugh, because never has there been a more accurate description of Luffy.]

Eh, well, I was. Couldn't really tell you what happened, just that apparently I vanished for two weeks. Second time it's happened in as many months... Last time I ended up back home for two years, though. At least that didn't happen again.

[He has a feeling there's still a lot of stuff he's forgotten from his first visit to this place.]

Huh.

Guess I should consider myself lucky I've only had one disappearing act.

Well, you didn't miss too much at least, right?

Nah, guess not. Just whatever went down at that shitty place with the nightmares, kinda disappeared right in the middle of that.

[Which sucked and was totally lame. Ah well.]

Anyway, look -- you are right next door, yeah? I'll come over. No point talking over these dumb things.

Not that that sounds any better, but at least we're well away from there now.

-good point. Okay then, I'll be in the galley.

True. Wouldn't have minded kicking that Navy asshole in the face once or twice, though. Alright, m'coming over.

[Doesn't take him long at all to hop on over to their ship, and within a couple minutes he's poking his head into the galley.]

Yo, anybody home?

[He'll be met by the smell of something chocolatey. Gaius sits at the table within the galley, slicing up the latest pan of brownie-cookie goodness. He lifts a hand in greeting.]

Hey.

[Chocolatey is ALWAYS a good smell. Sanji takes a moment to appreciate it as he meanders over to stand across from Gaius, hands casually in his pockets.]

So... Ice cream, requests for recipes specifically for shitty sweets, and then I find you with this. Guessing desserts are your thing, huh?

Good guess.

[He plops a square of the brownie layered with cookie dough on a plate and slides it towards him before helping himself to one.]

Although I wouldn't mind learning non-dessert dishes either. But sweets are always top of my list.

[Drops down into one of the chairs, snatching up the brownie square and looking it over.]

Mm, I can definitely help you with that. And I got a whole damn library of dessert recipes. Snacks and such, too. You trying to catch the attention of a lady or something?

[Seeing as how that's one of Sanji's favorite reasons to create the perfect chocolatey treat, ahahahaaaa.

TAKES A BITE, taking his time chewing it so he can taste all the various flavors.]

Hey, this ain't bad.

[Chewing a healthy bite of his own helping, he grins approvingly.]

Sounds good to me. -lady? Oh no, I just like sweets.

[The various stashes of candy around the galley and maybe even about the ship are testament to that, if not the pockets he's sewn in his cloak and all.]

Not too hard either- just a combination of two delicious things.

[Making it deliciouser.]

Oh.

[Well that's not exciting. 8|]

I was hoping there was a lady involved. [SIGH.] Mah, well. I can do pastries, pies, cakes... Anything chocolate, fruit-filled, cream-filled, you name it. We can fill you up to the shitty gills with sugar, if you want.

[Shoves the rest of the brownie into his mouth.]

Also real food. Not trying to turn your kitchen into that damn Candy Island. [Makes a face, then grins brightly.] I can show you how to make my favorite pasta dish!

[He laughs, shrugging.]

Sounds good to me.

[Because you can't go wrong with him and sugary anything.]

...aw, nothing wrong with a mini Candy Island in here, right? Well, I guess the rest of the crew might have objections.

Pasta? Do tell.

Candy Island was a shitty nightmare.

[/DOOM.

You try going there with Captain Bottomless Pit and see if you survive the sugar rush and subsequent crash that comes with it!!!

But then he grins again and bounces up to go poke around all the cabinets and such, being nosy as all hell so he can see what ingredients the place is stocked with.]

Yeah, pasta! Noodles, you know. My favorite is spicy seafood pasta. Living on the ocean like we do, it's always a good thing to have as many seafood recipes tucked away as you can. Keeps things from getting too boring.

[He only vaguely remembers it, but there's still plenty of whatever he'd stored up and stashed here and there, or at least, the things that didn't seem too perishable anyway.

Thankfully Gaius managed to fend off said Bottomless Pit during the last visit, keeping him busy with pie and fish jerky.]

That's a good point. Seafood can get pretty monotonous pretty fast if you're not creative- unless you're a dragon and can eat fish day in and day out, anyway.

Mm. Sometimes it can be a challenge, too, if you're sailing with anyone who has allergies or, you know, is part fish themselves. Keimi-chan is a mermaid, so usually I end up making something totally different for her. And back home we have a doctor who's a reindeer, so that a whole different issue...

[Pulls open another cabinet and heeey, look, spices! Awesome. He starts pulling out various things and sets them on the counter.]

I can show you how to make pasta from scratch, if you want. I usually make a whole fuckton at once and then store most of it. It'll keep for ages, and it's good for quick meals. Or I can just go grab some from my ship.

[He's about to comment about having their own mermaid aboard but gets derailed on the mentioning of someone who's a reindeer.

And aw yeah, of course he's got a decent selection of spices.]

Sweet. Let's do this. I'm all for learning how to do it from scratch.

[Beams over at him. Yay, a willing pupil! He doesn't get very many of those...]

Awesome! It's really freakin' simple, doesn't need many ingredients either. You got any shitty eggs? That and flour. Little olive oil and some salt, too, and we should be good.

[Further digging through all your stuff until he finds various bowls and cooking sheets that he's happy with. And a rolling pin! And hopefully your knives are nice and sharp, otherwise he'll be making disapproving faces at them. 8|]

Oh yeah, we got eggs.

[Having chickens on board does have its perks!

Gaius gets up to grab the ingredients Sanji names. And the chef should be pleased to know those knives are in very nice shape.]

Anything else?

Nah, this'll work. So look, it's real simple. We're just gonna mix all of this.

[Gestures at their nice little pile of ingredients.]

And make dough. Kinda the same as if you were making bread or anything else, really. Egg yolks only, though.

[Stars cracking the eggs, collecting the yolks in one bowl and the egg whites in the other. They can always make something else with those. No need to waste anything!]

Ooh. Okay, I get it.

[He folds his arms, watching since Sanji's got the eggs covered. And hey, egg whites means meringue!]

Anything you want me to do?

Yeah. Wash your hands.

[Dumps the flour in, along with the olive oil and a little salt. Not really measuring anything, he's just kind of eyeballing it all. He starts loosely mixing it together with a fork, but it's definitely going to need more than that...]

Then you can start going at this.

[He gives a two-fingered salute before moving to get those hands washed- after slipping off his fingerless gloves and all.]

You got it.

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