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Shuji Tsushima

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[thesettingsun]

Let's start with salt and pepper and then branch out from there.

[No reason to start exciting and end up with boring.

Shuji picks up a salt and pepper chip and, after only a moment's hesitation, takes a bite of it.]

[maidhem]

Excellent place to start, good sir. Atticus would be proud of your restraint!

[As Shuji takes a bite, he'll be met with a chip that crumbles as delicately as tissue paper on his tongue. The salted and peppery flavors are there but not overwhelming, but it's still undeniably kale.

Crisped, roasted kale. Not soggy, steamed, wilted kale that he's likely familiar with.]

[thesettingsun]

[Shuji chews thoughtfully for a second, though it's probably obvious by his expression that he doesn't hate it.]

...This actually isn't that bad?

[Don't sound so surprised...]

[maidhem]

[She looked at him with actual surprise.]

You didn't think you were really going to die, did you?

[thesettingsun]

No, but... I was pretty confident that it was going to taste terrible or at least mediocre...

[maidhem]

So you doubted how good properly cooked lettuces can be?

[thesettingsun]

...Basically, yeah.

[sorry Felicia]

[maidhem]

[Felicia scooted closer, a very serious look in her eyes.]

You never learned how to eat your vegetables when you were young, did you?"

[thesettingsun]

I eat my vegetables just fine!

[Except when he's on the shitty college student diet, which is most of the time.]

[maidhem]

[She looked up at him earnestly-- for a quick answer like that could only be a denial!]

Do you wanna try different ways of cooking them? I can give you samples to try so you can see what you like.

[thesettingsun]

I'm really not that much of a cook... I mean, sure, if you want?

[He'll probably be able to make something edible???]

[maidhem]

Ooooh~ We're getting into the Fall, too-- that mean's it's Squash Season!

[Though, in her eyes, it's always season for some kind of squash. :|]

I'll show you how to make something really fun with acorn squash if you want. It's great for the season!

[thesettingsun]

...I think I had spaghetti squash once...

[And it tasted really bad.]

[maidhem]

That squash is tricky. You can't really get it to taste like spaghetti, so you need to make it taste like a different thing.

[Felicia made a face. She disliked how everyone insisted on making spaghetti squash like spaghetti just because of how it looked when it came apart.]

[thesettingsun]

Then why have I only seen it in fake-spaghetti form?

[That's just an insult to spaghetti, and also to spaghetti squash apparently.]

[maidhem]

Because people trying to cut carbs really don't want to do that, so they mess up good food to help themselves feel less guilty.

[She wasn't a fan of fad diets. Cutting carbs had it's purpose, but only for people with specific health problems and it was never a good long term solution for the general population.]

[thesettingsun]

Makes sense. I know I'd be grumpy if I had to cut good food out of my diet.

[maidhem]

Moderation is usually the key, not complete elimination. People don't get that. I mean-- people who are lactose intolerant can still have ice cream if they prepare themselves ahead of time, which is good! There's so many good foods they'd be missing out on otherwise.

[thesettingsun]

Aren't there lactose free versions of ice cream?

[maidhem]

There are, but they don't really taste the same as just going and getting a tub of Edi's for yourself.

[thesettingsun]

That sucks. I'm glad I don't have any allergies.

[maidhem]

That's the only one I've got-- and it's not so bad. They make lactose pills, too. So I just take one of those and I can have all the ice cream I want without worry!

[thesettingsun]

Is that why you're into this alternative food stuff?

[Things only a health nut would try.]

[maidhem]

[She shook her head.]

No-- I'm actually careful about that stuff. I'm studying to be a physical therapist, you see, and I can't help but stumble upon a lot of information about these things just by doing my homework.

Some of it is really interesting!

[thesettingsun]

Oh - it's good to know things about diet if your job is making people healthy. You'll be a well-rounded health person.