PP SYS Ch 38: What A Treasure Really Is

PP SYS Ch 38: What A Treasure Really Is

"Oh, sorry! I didn't see you there," I said as she smiled.

"It's all right! I was just wondering when you were going to be back, but I thought you might have one more class," Tallia said as she looked me up and down. " What happened to you?"

"Stone carving in Art, so I came back to clean up real quick," I said, thinking about how she was just going to stand and wait here for another hour if I hadn't returned.

"Oh! Well, I am sorry for coming by like this!" Tallia said as she started to blush, but I shook my head as I pulled my card out and opened my door.

"Come in, and I will just get washed up quickly and change my clothes," I said as I went over to my dresser and grabbed new clothes. I would just skip the shower, I guess, and clean up.

"Thank you, I was feeling a bit awkward out there, but I didn't want to miss you," Tallia called from my bed as I went into the bathroom to wash up.

"Well, you can wait here if you want. I think that Nemona is going to be coming by later, so you can wait with her if you want," I called back.

"Actually, she told me that she is going to be staying late. They are having some problems with something at her work," Tallia called back as I turned the taps off and changed. I wondered what she was even doing down there.

"I will figure something out," I said with a wink, and then headed up to the front.

[Very good. While you have the knowledge of a master chef and most of the skills, from what I have scanned, you lack many major ingredients for something complicated. This seems to be part of the test in itself. I have to respect your teacher for putting you to the test, but I already have uploaded the recipe of what would work best with the food you have.]

"I look forward to seeing what you create, Landon. I wish I could have seen what Hassel described to me, but I wish to see what you can do in the kitchen!" Saguaro declared, and I nodded with a sigh as I got to work.

The first thing that I did was grab a large pot and put it on the stove with water and a dash of salt. There was some small tubed pasta with angle-cut ends called penne that I would be cooking, but the water had to get up to boil first.

I was making homemade Alfredo sauce from scratch, which was surprisingly easy! To start, I had to collect a few simple ingredients such as butter, heavy cream, garlic cloves, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. I started by melting the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat.

The water came to a boil, so I turned it down, tossed in the penne pasta, and then looked up the class briefly. They were all staring with rapt attention, but I had to get back to what I was doing.

Once it melted, I added the minced garlic and sautéd it for about a minute. Next, pour in the heavy cream and stir until it starts to thicken. Once it thickened, the last part was to add in the grated Parmesan cheese. I continued stirring until all of the cheese had melted into the sauce and then seasoned it with salt and pepper. Finally, I removed from the heat as Saguaro came over to the pot to taste, but I slapped his hand back.

"Let it rest first; I will drain it and then you can try it together," I said, not even really sure why I did, and even less why I smacked my teacher's hand, but he stepped back.

"The smell is romantic! If you say that I should wait, I will listen! Students! Can you smell that aroma?! This is close to what a treasure really is to me!" Saguaro declared with his hands in the air, and I laughed as I walked over and drained the pasta and then plated it on a large oversized serving platter.