The Snack Den

[Firox]

(made it home)



*Vay picks up ? As who are cooking get into position, luckily Vay had everything ready, decides to ask ?*
“?, how about you gets the tastiest and easy part of the cooking job, its called “expediter” every time we cook something it can be your job, its super easy and fun, and you don't have to do anything  tough, you gets to pick someone to ride on. That fun job all you has to do is make sure all are doing their job, and you gets to taste everything making sure the food is seasoned... that means every one will give ? A taste and see if it likes it or not, if not we can fix it, how does that sound like ?, you can do it”
*as all of us nod, and we tell ? What all of us are doing*


Joseph: “?, I'm going go be in charge of the bread and the cheese, and slicing of the veggies for the sliders”
Jyo: “?, I'm going to help out Arval making the sloppy joe mix”
myself: “I'm going to make the sloppy joe mix, while teaching Jyo how to make it, together we will work on the sauce, seasoning, and meat”
Firox: “?, I'm going to make the meat for the cheeseburger sliders”
Vay: “I'm going to prepare the drinks as usual, and help out where needed”
Flower: “sweetie ?, I'm going to also help out where needed, and cooking the meat too”


*once it know what all are doing, next up Vay asks ? While passing a small slice of berry pie*
“who would you like to ride on while watching?”




*Grace still getting paw massaged*
*Linette, and Zoran playing with the six*

[?]

*nods to each* sounds good ^^  thanks there * noms the pie* I'll watch Firox 

[Firox]

*Firox making sure that ? doesn't fall down and can see* "it means you get to ride on me, and watch everyone - simply watch and nom"
*from ?'s view, it can see everyone*


*once ? Is on top of Firox, we get started*
*Joseph starts off by cutting onions and green peppers outside the den, nice small diced for the sloppy joes, then comes inside to slice tomato, and onion for the cheeseburger sliders, even shows ? The sliced veggies to show that they are ready, covers them and set aside, next up he starts on shredding cheese for the sloppy joe*


*I show Jyo how to mix the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, and freshly ground black pepper, I taste to make sure its good, I pass some to Jyo in a small bread so he can taste it, and I pass some to the 'expediter ?' in a small bread so it can taste the sauce – after that the two of us start dicing the meat into small cubes*

[?]

*relaxes and happily watches as they make their food, happily tries it* taste nice 

[Firox]

*I smile* "thanks you ?"
(trying to bold the parts for ?)




*Firox and Flower together grind the meat for the cheeseburger sliders, once that is ready, they get the meat cooking at low Heat Wave first to cook meat from inside, they cut one in half check it, even show ? that is cook from inside, then they add cheese and quickly use full powerful Heat Wave to broil the meat and melt the cheese*


*Vay passes ? a boxed apple juice and a tasty nibble of garlic bread*


*while Firox and Flower  are cooking the meat, Jyo starts cooking the diced meat in one pan I do same in another pan, once the meat is half done, we add the onions and peppers, stirring so nothing burns, once the veggies are tender, we add all the sloppy joe mix to the meat/veggies, make sure its blended together, the smell it releases so good, makes our noses twitch, we show ? how its looking like, even pass some on a small piece of bread so it can taste it*


*Joseph this time cooks all the bacon separately*
*even passes ? A crispy bacon to nibble*


*between Joseph and Vay, they start getting the bread warmed up in a mix of garlic, shallots, and butter to get the bread nice and crispy*


*Vay, Firox, and Flower will form the bacon cheeseburger sliders*
*Joseph, Jyo, and myself will form the sloppy joe sliders*
*we all have everything ready, show ? Its ready to be formed*

[?]

*keeps watching closely while enjoying tsating all the food with the juice* 

*jumps down once all is ready*

[Firox]

*Flower picks up ? sets back on Firox's head tuft*
"almost sweetie ?, we still need to form them a few more minutes before enjoying, and Joseph can you get some french fries?"



*Vay,, Firox, and Flower – grab bread first, in pairs of 4 – first they add the meat with the cheese, then strips of bacon are added, followed by condiments, an onion sliced thinly, and a tomato sliced thinly, followed by the top bread*


*Joseph, Jyo, and myself – we also grab bread first, in pairs of 4, we add the sloppy joe mixture onto the bread, we add lots of shredded cheese, with the heat of the meat it slowly starts to melt the cheese, finally we top it with a bit of extra sloppy joe sauce, and add the top bread*


*since ? is the expediter, it's job is to taste, we cut 3 sliders into quarters, 4 equal parts, all of us get a quick taste, we pass ? One of each – cheeseburger slider and a sloppy joe slider, its a small 2 bite sampler to make sure the sliders are good, well formed, and super tasty*


Vay “how are they ?, is it ready for everyone to eat?”
*the younger ones still a bit small but growing healthy will get two of each, Fi and Ethan a bit bigger will get three of each, rest of us, including ? Will get four of each*


*Flower picks up ? from Firox and sets ? down on it's favorite eating area, takes it's plate over*
*Vay gives the ? it's favorite juice to drink*


*next up while most of us get the sliders onto plates, Joseph goes out to grab various order of french fries for the sides*
*once all the sliders are on the plate, Joseph arrives and adds a nice big portion of french fries*


*Flower calls on the rest* "its ready everyone, come and get them"
*Vay* "today we have sliders and french fries - sloppy joe sliders, and bacon cheeseburger sliders, everyone gets some of each, enjoy"

[?]

*happily starts to enjoy once it is all ready* 

[Firox]

*the six never had sloppy joe before, sweet, tasty, messy meal, loved it*


*Vay returns to ? refilling it's drink*
"next time we make a meal together, you can gets to the do same fun expediting job, watch and taste, congrats ?"


*Joseph picks a science fiction movie to watch while eating, its "Guardians of the Galaxy"*
*does inform ?* "plenty for seconds"


*Vay turns ? around so its facing the screen while eating, lays down to watch movie while eating*
*Firox, Flower, Jyo, Linette, Zoran, Grace, Iordan, and myself also lay down nearby to watch the movie and nom*
*the six, Fi, and Ethan lay on the couch to watch movie, making silly messes*

[?]

*nods happily and enjoys the movie while chowing down on the food* 

[Firox]

*I ask everyone if anyone wants seconds*
*all of the 8th Eevees want one of each, I get them all - Enis wants two of the sloppy joes, its the kit loves messy meals*
*I pass them each one, Vay refills their drinks*


*Vay whispers to ? while it eats, and not disturbs others watching movie*
"ice cream sandwich or ice cream cone for dessert?"

[?]

*happily says * ice cream sandwiches* ^^

[Firox]

*Vay grabs a couple of each, as usual starts with the younger ones first, the 8 Eevees, each grabbing what they like*


*next up passes ? a nice big ice cream sandwich - two big chocolate chip cookies, a thin layer of chocolate coating inside of the cookies to prevent them from getting to soggy, and a nice big scoop of vanilla ice cream*
*also there is some made with Snicker's flavored ice cream, Rocky Road flavored ice cream, and Banana flavored ice cream*
"Vanilla or flavored?"
*she holds the box open for ? to pick*


*before ? picks, I leap next to ?, grab a Snicker's flavored, and taunt ?* "going to win or relax"
*I make sure to nibble the bottom cookie, and let the cold ice cream run over the top of the ?'s paw*
*in a way, in ?'s view - asking "first one to be taken down next time"*   

[?]

vanilla sounds good  *happily enjoys the shakes paw* hey 

[Firox]

*I grin*     *probably knowing that I'll be first next time*
*I enjoy mine even though I was supposed to go after the Vees*


*the six remember, let Mia take it*
*holds bag in maw and cutely walks over to where ? is nomming the ice cream*
"?, we gotz this for ya"
*passes ? a nice large bag of M&Ms Plain - giggles cutely, then returns back with the other smaller Vees to watch the movie*
*its not the king sized bag, also not the super large 'Halloween'-sized bag, more of in between the 'shareable' size*
*of course there is a lot of them, so ? can save them for the next time, and enjoy the ice cream dessert first*




*Vay smiles, taken a photo of the younger one, then relaxes with a nice big yawn and stretch*