A Time to Eat

Submitted into Contest #74 in response to: Write a story that takes place across ten days.... view prompt

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American Creative Nonfiction

All Purpose Flour

Eggs

Milk

Cooking Oil

Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

Preheat oven.

Mix dry ingredients together.

Slowly blend wet ingredients into dry mixture.

Stir until a ball of dough forms.

Sprinkle extra flour onto surface.

Roll out dough ball until half of an inch high.

Cut uniform discs from dough.

Place disc on lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake in preheated oven.

Periodically check for consistency.

Remove baking sheet when discs have risen and golden brown.

Allow resting time.

Serve with desired jellies or jams.

Eggs

Pinch of Salt

Cracked Black Pepper

Diced Onion

Diced Tomato

Chopped Spinach

Shredded Cheese

Pat of Butter

Preheat skillet.

Add pat of butter.

Crack eggs, one at a time, into mixing bowl.

Remove any shell fragments.

Add salt and pepper.

Beat egg mixture until smooth.

Pour egg mixture into skillet.

Sprinkle onion and tomato on right side of skillet.

Add spinach and cheese.

Fold left side on top.

Flip over.

Remove from heat.

Potatoes

Pinch of Salt

Cracked Black Pepper

Diced Onion

Cooking Oil

Preheat skillet.

Wash and rinse potatoes.

Peel and shred potatoes.

Add dollop of cooking oil to skillet.

Spread out shredded potatoes in skillet.

Sprinkle salt and pepper.

Monitor for consistency and opaqueness.

Flip over.

Remove from heat when golden brown.

Pat of Butter

Strips of Bacon

Any Seasoning, if desired

Preheat skillet.

Add pat of butter.

Watch for sizzling bubbles.

Add strips of bacon, one at a time.

Sprinkle on desired seasoning.

Watch for curled edges.

Flip over.

Remove from heat.

Oranges

Wash and dry oranges.

Cut oranges in half.

One by one, squeeze each half until juice is collected in bowl.

Strain juice to remove any seeds.

Pour juice into a pitcher.

Serve.

Coffee beans

Water

Cream or Milk

Sweetener

Measure out desired amount of beans.

Grind beans to desired consistency.

Add to coffee filter.

Add water to reservoir.

Brew.

Pour.

Stir in condiments.

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Bread

Peanut Butter

Jelly

Spread peanut butter on both slices of bread.

Apply jelly on one slice of bread.

Sandwich the slices of bread.

Consume.

Ground beef or pork

Basil

Oregano

Diced Garlic

Diced Onion

Peeled and Diced Tomatoes

Pinch of Sugar

Pinch of Salt

Noodles

Water

Fill pot with water and bring to boil.

Add noodles to salted water.

Cook noodles to desired texture.

Brown meat in a skillet.

Drain meat.

Combine tomatoes, onion, and garlic with water.

Cook down into a sauce.

Add cooked meat.

Season with basil, oregano, and sugar.

Stir.

Drain noodles.

Remove sauce from heat.

Blend noodles into sauce.

Serve.

Mixed Greens

Grape Tomatoes

Sliced Red Onion

Kalamata Olives, pitted

Cheese

Olive Oil

Red Wine Vinegar

Wash mixed greens, tomatoes, and onion.

Drain and rinse olives.

Combine half of olive oil and half of red wine vinegar into shaker bottle.

Toss mixed greens, onion, and olives in a bowl.

Portion salad mixture into individual servings.

Add tomatoes.

Sprinkle cheese on top.

Drizzle vinegrette onto salad.

Eat, Ha, Jan, Jesti, Menjar, Manghja, Spise, Eten, Sooma, Jist, Syoda, Manger, Ite, Comer, Essen, Troo, Boroa, Ithe, Mangiare, Eszik, Valgyti, Est, Iessen, Jesc, Manca, Yest, Ata, Away, Yisty,

Bwyta

Meal, vakt, bazkari, obrok, menjar, pastu, jidlo, maltid, maaltijd, eine, ateria, repas, miel, comida, mahlzeit, geyma, etkezes, maltio, beile, maltite, miltai, lessen, ikla, posilek, refeicao, masa, yeda, jedlo, biadh, yizha, pryd o fwyd

It is time to eat.

Es hora de comer

è ora di mangiare

il est temps de manger

es ist Zeit zu essen
Taberu jikandesu
on aika syödä

Let's chow down.
vamos a comer
mangeons
andiamo a mangiare
Lass uns runter chowen
Tabemashou
murskataan

Thankful for food.
Agradecido por la comida
Merci de préparer à manger 
dankbar für das Essen
grato per il cibo
Tabemono ni kansha
kiitollinen ruoasta

Author's Note: This take on the prompt could clearly go on for more than 10 days.  I enjoy learning different techniques of how to prepare meals.  The above recipes are just one ineration of how to fix the finished product. . . .note I didn't include precise measurements.  I also enjoyed learning new spellings and pronounciations of words.  As you might know already, the list could go on as languages grow and expand regularly.  

Nota del autor: Esta versión del aviso claramente podría durar más de 10 días. Disfruto aprendiendo diferentes técnicas de cómo preparar comidas. Las recetas anteriores son solo una muestra de cómo arreglar el producto terminado. . . .nota que no incluí medidas precisas. También disfruté aprendiendo nuevas ortografías y pronunciaciones de palabras. Como ya sabrá, la lista podría continuar a medida que los idiomas crezcan y se expandan regularmente.

Note de l'auteur:  Cette interprétation de l'invite pourrait clairement durer plus de 10 jours. J'aime apprendre différentes techniques de préparation des repas. Les recettes ci-dessus ne sont qu'une inération de la façon de réparer le produit fini. . . .note Je n'ai pas inclus de mesures précises. J'ai également aimé apprendre de nouvelles orthographes et prononciations de mots. Comme vous le savez peut-être déjà, la liste pourrait continuer à mesure que les langues se développent et se développent régulièrement.

Kirjoittajan huomautus:  Kehotuksen ottaminen voi jatkua selvästi yli 10 päivän ajan. Nautin mielelläni eri tekniikoista aterioiden valmistamiseksi. Yllä olevat reseptit ovat vain yksi esimerkki lopputuotteen korjaamisesta. . . . Huomaa, etten sisällyttänyt tarkkoja mittauksia. Nautin myös uusien sanojen oikeinkirjoituksesta ja ääntämisestä. Kuten ehkä jo tiedät, luetteloa voidaan jatkaa, kun kielet kasvavat ja laajenevat säännöllisesti.

Nota dell'autore: Questa interpretazione del prompt potrebbe chiaramente andare avanti per più di 10 giorni. Mi piace imparare diverse tecniche su come preparare i pasti. Le ricette di cui sopra sono solo una parte di come riparare il prodotto finito. . . .note non ho incluso misurazioni precise. Mi è piaciuto anche imparare nuove ortografie e pronunce di parole. Come forse già saprai, l'elenco potrebbe continuare man mano che le lingue crescono e si espandono regolarmente. 

Auctor est scriptor Nota:  Hoc scilicet potuerunt ire in pro plus accipere in promptum X diebus. Mihi placet diversa arte parare cibum. Et super recipes es sicut unum ex ineration figere quid ad speciem operis. . . .note non includit precise compotis. Nova quoque ego fruendum -spellings eruditio et verborum pronounciations. Ut, sicut jam nostis, quod album could vado in ut expand linguae crescere et solemniter esse acta.

December 27, 2020 15:16

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