Mrs. Dabney could not stop laughing as she sat in the mess hall late at night. "So what did the other students do?" She asked as she dabbed the corners of her eyes with a cloud pattern handkerchief. "Honestly I have never seen so many people ghost me so fast." Ariana said as she watched Shirley season the cauliflower and cheese soup. "Don"t forget to add the chicken broth that we made." She said and Shirley quickly jumped to fetch the broth. "Flora did you finish mashing the apples?" She asked as Flora spooned a generous helping of applesauce into her mouth. Her big, round eyes sparkled with delight as she stuck her thumb up in the air."Fantastic! Let"s make some pancakes." She said as she skipped over. "Wait Ms. Drake." Lee called out making Ariana slump downwards. "Please Lee! Just call me Ariana!" She whined but Lee shook her head. "Not yet Miss, we haven"t been together long enough." She said as she pointed towards her pot. "Can you come try this first.... I don"t think I have it right yet." Ariana patted Flora"s back and gave her a pleading look. "Leave some for the pancakes please?" Flora"s eyes started to water and she reluctantly nodded her head in compliance. "Thank you. Alright Lee what can I help you with?"
"Is this really necessary?" Mr. Dabney asked in a bored tone while Mrs. Dabney giggled. "Have you tried the mess hall food?! No offense ladies." Ariana said as she scooped up some cooked ground beef. "None taken." They answered back. "Of course! I"ve had it! Lee has been a mess hall lady since my school days." He said nonchalantly. "But you never went back after we started dating. You liked my simple meals." Mrs. Dabney said as she poked her husband"s cheek. He instantly flushed and averted his gaze. "I"m saying it wasn"t so bad." He replied with a pout.
"Wasn"t so bad, is still bad but less meaningful. So Lee you"re right it needs a little something... oh! Dried red pepper!" She shouted and Flora rushed over with the seasoning. "Thank you Flora." Ariana said as she graciously took the seasoning. She then dumped some into the pot and gave it a good stir. "So like I was saying my cla.s.s completely cut off whatever relationship they had with me and avoided even looking at men. Thank the heavens that my roommates knew me better and still stuck with me. Well Talisha looked more excited then anything... I"m pretty sure she wanted to fight me next."
Mrs. Dabney started laughing again while her husband started drawing circles on the table. "Okay, try it now." Ariana said as she gave Lee a spoonful to taste. "Oh yes!" Lee exclaimed. "Right! So next let"s do some tortillas as this simmers for a bit longer. Do you have the recipe?" Ariana asked as Lee nodded her head. "Okay now, Flora pancakes." Ariana said as she moved to Flora. "Shirley be generous with that cheese." She said as she sniffed the air. "Right." Shirley said as the Lumas happily eyed her.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
"Okay so flour, baking soda, apple sauce, cinnamon, eggs and milk. The pan is hot, now we pour and wait. When you see little bubbles come up in the batter you flip." She said happily as Flora nodded her head enthusiastically. "You know what would go great with those pancakes? Maple syrup! I would kill for some maple syrup." Mrs. Dabney said as she started to drool. "I know right! I"m working on making it but it will take some time." She said as her smile froze in place. "Well I"m pretty sure everything is almost done.... I"m gonna go and check on the meatloaf and turkey." Ariana said as she moved to the oven.
"So Pascal said you want to have some extra lessons after cla.s.s." Mrs. Dabney said as she watched the Lumas float around. "Yes." Ariana shouted from within the kitchen. "Mr. Dabney came to look for me and offered me some extra cla.s.ses to perfect my bonds with my familiars and... and to... perfect my fighting style... he agreed to help me become stronger. I really thank... I... Mr. Dabney thank you." She said as she stepped out from the kitchen. "I just wanted to fight someone who"s strong." Mr. Dabney said as he blushed a deeper red. "You"re so sweet Pascal." Mrs. Dabney said as she planted a sweet kiss on his cheek.
Mr. Dabney"s ears started to smoke as his eyes grew wide. Ariana and the mess hall ladies tried their best to hold in their laughter. "Well breakfast, lunch and dinner sampling should start soon. Thank you for being our guinea pigs tonight." Ariana said with a beaming smile. Suddenly there was a knock on the steel doors. Ariana looked at the doors and still felt a horrible cold chill. "Sorry.... one second. We got a few more guests." Ariana said as she took a few hurried steps towards the door.
"Are we late?" Halina asked as Talisha, Edlyn, Xander and Cayden walked in. "No, right on time. We should have everything out in a few minutes." Ariana said as she ran back into the kitchen. Moments later Ariana and the mess hall ladies walked out with trays of food. "So what we will be trying today are my mom"s cafe special pancakes. Topped with strawberry sauce and whipped cream. Crepes with chocolate and bananas. Loaded baked potatoes. Meatb.a.l.l.s in barbeque sauce. Fried rice. Meatloaf. Turkey sandwiches. Tacos with freshly made sour scream and salsa. Cauliflower and cheese soup and finally strawberry lava cake." Ariana said as everyone eyed the food.
"You know we have maple trees. You could try and make some homemade maple syrup." Cayden said as he plated food for himself. "Mrs. Dabney was asking for maple syrup too." Ariana said as she plated some food for Edlyn. "What is maple syrup?" Halina asked as she grabbed some pancakes. "A sweet liquid that you put on waffles, pancakes, bread pudding and some times to flavour bacon." Ariana said as she watched Mrs. Dabney took a bite of pancakes.