Chapter 110: Cycle 31 (8)

Dear Diary,

I took a gamble and made the cordon bleu sauce thing for the cooking competition. It turned out ok, but I know I could have done better. I should have gone with the meatballs. 

I mean, I still got third place, but I could have won with meatballs. 

Nat got second place. She made a simple pesto that was just amazing. I think making it a light dish was what got her extra points. I mean, the judges had to eat twelve pasta dishes and that can’t have been easy. 

Well… ok, it couldn’t have been easy for Mar. The ants can eat any amount of anything, and I think it wasn’t hard for Lewis until the very end. He is a dragon, after all. 

Anyways, the winner was a kobold named Gin. I’ve seen her around, but not much because I guess she cooks for herself every day. Thinking back, mostly I just remember her asking for plain ingredients. She made fettuccine and a yellow cheese sauce with bacon and mushrooms in it. I’m pretty sure the sauce was supposed to be a macaroni and cheese sauce, but we don’t have the right tools to make macaroni. It was super thick, and she baked it for like ten minutes before serving, so yeah that’s an adjusted macaroni and cheese. I wouldn’t have thought of putting mushrooms in it, but apparently (oh, she diced them) they added just the right variation in texture to put her dish over the top. Like, I would have used ham. But then ham has salt in it, so that combined with the bacon and cheese might have made the dish too salty. 

After the competition, Nat and I asked Gin to cook with us on a regular basis. She said not every day, but twice a week or so she’ll come over and take the lead in cooking. 

I’m gonna learn so many new recipes from her, it’ll be epic. 

Anyways, not much else happened today. It was great. 

Goodnight, Dungeon!