>>5238511"Why is it so... yellow?" Cylia wonders. "It looks almost like..."
"Like egg yolk? Yeah, that's the point. It's egg drop soup, after all. Now, watch this..."
Using a ladle, you stir the pot of thickened broth slowly, and with your other hand you slowly pour the contents of the egg into the broth, allowing them to immediately solidify into long strands within the soup.
It's a lot of egg, but it's also a big pot. It takes a while to get it all poured out, and the nearly boiling soup has cooled significantly by the end. You pour up a bowl and top it off with some sliced greens before handing it off to Cylia.
"There we go! How does that look?" You ask.
"Almost like shredded meat, i guess? It smells like eggs, though."
"Should be nice and filling. However, we're not done yet!" You declare.
To start off with, you set a pot of (sadly synthetic) cooking oil on the stove to heat.
Next, you pull a roll of pre-prepared dough out of the fridge and begin slicing the log into segments, which you then cut in half to make varying lengths of rectangular dough.
As soon as the oil is hot, you dump the dough off into it. This makes the oil angry, which ends up scaring Cylia somewhat.
"H-Hey, that's boiling oil, you know! Should you be standing so close to it?! Isn't that dangerous?!"
"Oh, sure. I've been burned before. That's just one of the dangers of cooking, though."
"Seriously...? Is it worth risking injury just for some food?"
"Oh, absolutely. Don't forget, you think <span class="mu-i">soda</span> is spicy. I'm pretty sure a jalapeno would kill you."
"If you think so, then i'd probably agree. I don't know what a jalapeno is, though."
<span class="mu-i">"The jalapeno is a type of fruit pod which contains highly poisonous compounds, causing extreme pain in anyone who consumes them. This is the plant's natural defense mechanism, but humans have taken a liking to the euphoria induced by the pain it causes, so it's used regularly in cooking."</span> SHODAN informs her over the intercom.
"Oh, right. I forgot, humans are insane." Cylia mutters.
"Oh, that's nothing. Don't get me started on masochism and sadism."
<span class="mu-i">"Masochism is a sexual fetish in which one partner enjoys being humiliated or having pain inflicted upon them, typically via spanking or-"</span>
"LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHODAN, PLEASE NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!" Cylia yells, covering her ears.
You chuckle and pull the fried wontons out of the oil, giving them a shake and placing them on a wire rack to cool.
Picking one up, you blow on it and take a bite. The flavor is very light compared to wheat on earth, but the salt and MSG make up for it. Somewhat.
Cylia is still blushing from before, so you hand her the other half of the wonton to take her mind off it.
"Here. These are basically crackers for the soup. They're not bad, i think."
Cylia takes it and tosses the whole thing into her mouth without actually looking at you out of embarrassment.
<span class="mu-i">"Indirect kiss~"</span> SHODAN taunts.