Queen of the Kitchens

This morning, there was an announcement during breakfast.

Chef Louis mother is very sick and he is needs to go to France be with her.

Which means we will have no cook in the middle of school. Which means we need a new chef.

But guess what? There aren't that many chefs with a clearance high enough to even know about our school. And it will take forever to clear the ones with a clearance. Well, not forever. A couple weeks. We should have a chef by two weeks.

Luckily, a handful of the students have been trained in various kitchen jobs. And all the Blackthorne boys had to do KP duty* at some point. We're assigned to position based off skill level and grade.

Unluckily, I am both the oldest person and one of the better chefs. So guess what? I have to not only help, I have to run the bloody kitchens for two weeks. I have to design meal plans, give the orders, keep everything running smoothly and.....

You'd think someone else would have taken extra credit in the kitchens. Nope. There is not a single Junior or Senior who trained to run a kitchen. I mean, there are some who know how to wait tables in Bangladesh and they're all willing to help...but everything now rests on my shoulders.

I am queen of the kitchens.

Agh.

-K


*KP Duty is a military term. KP stands for Kitchen Patrol or Kitchen Police.

Too Mad To Think Of A Clever Title

Ok:

• My hand hurts (The whole dislocation thing...) 
• It was only the Sophomores (But every single girl at the school is pretty mad) 
• I'm still mad at Alex (and basically every male in the building)
• The guy I bit was a Blackthorne Alumni. 
• My split lip was from the fight. It was split open again during interrogation because one of the guys hit me. Granted, I provoked him (I said something that wasn't very nice in Farsi) He is actually the only person I'm not extremely mad at. He showed up afterwards and looked so said, and brought me a box of chocolates. (I'm not saying I can be bribed with chocolate...but yeah.) He said we all did a really good job. 
• The way I wrote about it made it sound very unprofessional. I took out large gaps. Like the beginning. In the whole reading thing, there was all the try and be your friend etc. The way I wrote it make it look very sloppy. 
• Chef Louis totally made us all special cakes. He was also outraged that they would do this to us! And on Valentine's Day! We tried to explain it was still a pretty good plan, because we were all relaxed and everything. It was funny trying to calm him down while we were all made too. Anyway, we got lots of cake. 
• Most of the girls have recovered and are looking forward to venting at P&E on Blackthorne Boys. 

ALSO:
On a happier note: I will be posting my "About Me" Post next week.
To make it fun, my roommates will also be doing a guest post sometime this week or next. So, my roommates will also be answering a "About Me" Post. I think I'll just have them both answer the questions on my "About Me." Maybe in a different text color....I saw a blog do that earlier,


When you email in my questions, let me know which one you would prefer. Should Jess and Lily get their own "About Me" post this week or no?

-K

Valentine's Day Part One

I am so bloody upset right now.
Wanna hear how my Valentine's Day went?

We all gathered in the lounge. The decorations were amazing. The hot chocolate bar was a big hit, as were all the strawberry heart shaped tarts I made. So we'd all settled down and were watching TV.
All the girls wrapped in fuzzy blankets and got in a pile like kittens. The boys came in as we were finishing Miss Congeniality. They sat on the couch and the floor,(though they didn't all pile together) and actually watch North and South with us.
Obviously, not ALL the boys came.
Some had dates today and some were on a hike in the woods.

We had just started Revenge of the Bridesmaids when a just about everyone fell asleep. Not the cute doze off sort of thing.

The drugged sort of sleep.

Then men dressed in tactical gear walked into the room.

It was only me and Patty. She back up and stood back to back with me. The girls around me were sluggishly moving, They saw the threat but could do nothing about it.

I don't think anyone had their weapons. Patty is the dart expert, but all she had were here aluminum knitting needles. And we both knew, from past experience, you need solid needles to fight. The aluminum ones just bend.

"Hot chocolate bar?" she asked
"Right"

And we began warily walking towards it, keeping an eye on the strangers who were slowly fanning out.

Patty grabbed a handful of skewers from the platter. I picked up a knife that I had brought to cut fruit.

A man moved slowly away from the little group. When he deemed himself close enough, he lunged. Patty and I grabbed the pot of hot chocolate and threw it as one. He went down under a wave of partially warm hot chocolate and a heavy pan. As he lay stunned, Patty darted forward and stabbed him rapidly in the back. She is a master of acupuncture and pressure points as well as dart throwing. The man lay there, temporarily paralyzed. And unless they had someone who knew which point counteracted it,,,it was going to be out for awhile.

Another man walked forward. He jerked his head toward a buddy and they advanced together. I flung myself onto one, flipping him to the ground. Patty held off the other until I was ready. Then she turned, quickly poking him in the back. It seemed to work through the vests, which was good.

As soon as she had turned, I jumped on the man she had been holding off. I swung around onto his back and choked him out. He fell to the floor.

Then they all began advancing at once. Patty and I stood back to back and tried to hold them off. We were doing pretty well, but I could feel myself wearing down. I saw out of the corner of my eye one of the men raising a gun and pointing it at Patty. I tried to scream a warning but it was lost in my throat.
She was hit with a little dart and went down. I had a second to think

"Thank God it's a tranq. dart." as I went down, kicking and screaming under the attack of all the remaining people.

I felt my kicks getting weaker and the tips of my finger went numb. Then the world faded into black.

-K

Polite Potato Boy

So I was in the Kitchen. Louis was out so I had the room all to myself! He wanted to take the day off, which was fine with me, since it felt a little weird not doing all the cooking after his break.  When I bake by myself, well. especially if I'm spinning all over the room doing a million things, well....

I spin all over the room. 

Stir the sauce, slid over to the oven and check it. Peek in at the food cooling in the fridge, etc

I got in to a wonderful flow. I finished the sauce, a wonderful work of art, and had finally set it aside to cool.  Since nobody was watching. I went ahead and threw my spoon across the room into the sink. Hey. I'm a knife thrower. Of course it went in. 

Then I heard the clapping. 

I turned, already prepared on what cutting remark I could give Alec when I saw it was David. 

So I said. "Um. Hello?" 

Instead of saying something like, "that was a pretty dramatic spin back there between checking the over and getting some salt" he asked
 "Would you like some help?" 

"That would be nice." I answered, since you have to give a polite answer. Madame D. is back, for heaven's sake!

He walked in and started helping me peel potatoes. 

WOW. 

He is uber polite. 

Like, he has old fashioned country boy manners.

Madame D would be so proud!

-K 

(More Update Later) 

Happy New Year! I'm out of TV Shows

Ok, ok. I’m sorry I haven’t posted in awhile.

(Happy New Year and all that)

Quick update: Abby had two kiddos. A boy named Mathew, and a girl named Morgan. They are both extremely cute. Townsend looks extremely confused about everything. Cammie and Zack love them.

School starts the 9^th. I can hardly wait. I’ve binged watched all my favorite shows that I was behind on and now I’m caught up.

What to do now?

I even watched a few seasons of cooking shows! Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, (Note: No throats were cut ):  ......), and Cupcake Wars. I’m trying to think of a new TV Show. Any suggestions?

-K

Christmas Dinner

So I got board and decided to go to the kitchens. I know my term for training is over, but I like the kitchens.

I found our awesome chef making green bean casserole. And I was like: What the Heck? I didn't know you made green bean casserole?

He told me he had got these recipes from the girls who had to stay. (He didn't know I was going to stay, so he hadn't gotten one from me) He did this so the girls could feel more at home during Christmas Break. I stayed and helped him and I made some of the recipes my family always makes. Like cinnamon rolls, and Bread Pudding.

Fandom Fridays

So, I've decided to have Fandom Fridays!

These will most likely be once a month.

hey, don't look at me like that. I have a TON of classes, ok?!

Not to mention the undercover specialized training thingy Lily talked me into. It's extra credit.

I have to apprentice under someone at our school for a semester. So I've been working with the school chef.
He swears he'll never give up his creme brulee recipe, but I will break him,

Also!!! I changed the look of the blog! This will (Hopefully) make it easier to read.


Got to go

-K