Chapter 20: Ch. 19 – Meal Prep

The Dawn apparently did have a kitchen, although Momo had to dig through a density of spiderwebs that rivaled an Egyptian catacomb just to see the stovetop.

Valerica had bragged about the fort’s “extensive and vast pantry,” which Momo had very naively believed to be true.

Translating from Valerica-speak to reality, what she meant was that they had several tiny knives, an array of mortar and pestles, one mixing bowl, and a centuries-old cookbook called Eating Undead Things is Good For You: A Necromancer’s Guide to A Nutritious Lifestyle.

The cookbook contained seven recipes in total. The majority of them involved only three instructions: find <insert bug>, optionally chop <insert bug>, and eat <insert bug> before it eats you. Momo had never seen a cookbook where the directions to find the thing and eat the thing took up 66% of the page.

The two other recipes were holiday-themed dishes. The holiday dishes each boasted an unprecedented two additional lines in their instructions—the first instruction being to locate a plate, which the recipe helpfully defined, in case the hopeful chef was wondering what that was.

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