Dr. Valini Morse (valini_morse) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-11-21 09:46:00

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SHIELD Thanksgiving (meme)
Unsurprisingly, SHIELD had plenty of people who stress-baked, used cooking as an outlet, or just like tinkering with food (in and outside the Biolab). This widespread trend in culinary skills made Thanksgiving more of a gastric marathon than a hearty meal and emails would go around jokingly about fasting on Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare, or rooms commandeered and stuffed with pillows and blankets for the post-eating/drinking food comas.

The buffet tables were daunting to say the least, groaning boards living up to their name, and by the time you went up for seconds, the spread was different. After a tragic mix up between the hot mustard and nacho cheese, all the dishes were clearly marked with what was in them, and even some suggestions for pairing written in pencil by previous grazers. Val went for the mulled wine first, for liquid courage.

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	_flyboy_ 2013-12-18 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Brad raised his glass to that and took a sip. "Food holidays are the best." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-19 02:24 am UTC (link)
	She had to nod around a mouthful of food when he toasted, following suit quickly with her own glass. "Aww it's empty now," she eyed the drained cup. "Seconds at the drink table it is, you in?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2013-12-22 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Sure," Brad says grinning. He was almost ready for seconds at the food table as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-22 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	The perk of heading for drinks was walking past the food and planning her attack. "I think I saw prime rib being cut and plenty of shredded horseradish. Good place to start the next dish." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2013-12-29 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"Prime rib sounds like a great idea and I saw some awesome looking roast potatoes up there earlier that would probably go great with it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-29 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Earlier? Hm, might not be there any more," she teased and with drink in hand, headed for that rib and some vegetables to go with it. For appearance's sake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-02 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure there is still some left," Brad says as he finishes up his plate. He gets up to get his second one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-03 02:12 am UTC (link)
	She chuckled and picked another sizable plate before getting one full of mash potatoes, squash, mushy things. "Nice choices. Did you get a spare plate. For later?" she asked, stressing the last word. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-03 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"No. Mom always said never grab more food than you can eat so," Brad as he sits down to start eating again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-03 02:57 am UTC (link)
	She shrugged innocently and took a neat bite. "Just so you know, word is a food fight might possibly erupt after a few rounds," she added in a conspiratorial voice. "After everyone's had their fill." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-03 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Well then I better start eating faster then," Brad says grinning as he starts doing just that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-03 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	She chuckles and keeps eating from her to-eat plate. "Just watch the R&D tables, they're the ones that'll throw the first plate." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-04 12:27 am UTC (link)
	"That sounds pretty old school of them to actually throw a plate," Brad say curiously. He kind of thought they would have built some kind of launcher if they had planned this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-05 02:37 am UTC (link)
	She waved her hand while she chewed and swallowed. "Figuratively. I checked the light fixtures when we came in, in case they were going to pull a Carrie. I would not be surprised if there is a stuffing air cannon under one of those tablecloths. " (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-05 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"Well if things get out of hand can always call in a few favors for a vomit comet," Brad says in between bite of food and sips of beer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-05 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	She makes a face. "Please, no vomit-comet-talk while we are eating," she pleads. "But I'm sure there be department feuds after this, as usual." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-05 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	"It's not that bad as long as you have an iron stomach," Brad says still eating. "But then again I like to do a barrel-roll loop-de-loop's at over mach 2 without problems." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-06 02:29 am UTC (link)
	She smirks at his offhanded boasting. "I have a stomach of a different kind of iron, thank you. Lena made me promise to not make anything hot for the meal. You have fun with those pop-a-wheelies." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-06 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	"You should see if they will let you do a spicy food challenge day then. I know most of the pilots would get a kick out of that." Or get sent to the hospital for overdoing the spicy foods. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-07 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	"With vats of lassi and beer to help with the burn," she agrees, liking the idea. "And I'm sure the labs could concoct some scary hot sauces too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-09 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Milk too. That always worked for me," Brad says. "If Tim was still here I'd be scared he make a crazy hot pepper beer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-13 12:15 am UTC (link)
	She smiled faintly at the reminder of Tim. "He would and it'd probably eat through titanium, but he'd also think of some magic pill to neutralize the consequences too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-14 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah those science guys do some crazy stuff," Brad says grinning, "Kind of makes you wonder how they do it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2014-01-15 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"From what I've observed with Lena in Bio, it's either a wonderful, repeatable accident or more akin to them daring each other to break some law, legal or scientific," she admitted with a thoughtful squint. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_flyboy_ 2014-01-16 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I think the dare thing is more likely. At least from what I remember of high school science," Brad says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)