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[acquittals]

[The video starts with Cyrus just trying to get herself in the frame so she can be seen, but it eventually settles. There’s a proud smile on her face as her fox ears perk up and her tail can be seen swishing happily behind her.

Okay, proud moment over as she starts speaking.]

Hey, so I have a major request to ask. Can someone teach me how to cook some easy but decent meals? I mean, I learned about frozen dinners and they’re great, but they also deplete my Chroma buying them just as fast as, well, being like this. [She motions to her fox ears, allowing them to twitch a bit.]

Right now, I can make a decent salad! Everything else just tastes bland. I follow the recipes, but it just doesn’t turn out any better than ‘I guess it’s edible’. Anyway, I’d super appreciate someone helping me. I can repay with moonlacing, I guess, since right now my Chroma balance is fluctuating being like this.

Thanks!

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[wantsnudes]

[A fellow hungry fox-eared friend! Yusuke can relate.]

The key is to maximise nutritional value while minimising cost. Salads are as wasteful as frozen meals in that regard, because they're not filling and not especially nutritious, if composed only of green leaves and the like.

If you're able to follow recipes, the next step is to experiment with ingredients. Don't be afraid to throw unusual pairings together and find things that you enjoy.

[acquittals]

Um… unusual how? I mean, I’m not going to mix chocolate with vegetables or anything like that.

[In fact, she’s not sure if she wants to try something like that. If anything, that does sound pretty wasteful when she’s in need of saving her Chroma in this state. Though maybe it’s something she’ll try when she’s not in the Cordis phase.]

[wantsnudes]

Why not? If you've no money and those are the only ingredients to hand, it doesn't hurt to try.

[...Don't take culinary advice from a starving artist.]

[acquittals]

That sounds like a last resort. Right now, I have some money to at least invest into basic ingredients.

[What kind of life have you lived, you poor thing?]

[wantsnudes]

[Don't ask.]

In that case, invest in some non-perishables for the instances where you might have no money to speak of. The rest can be set aside for fruits and vegetables, which are a vital source of nutrition, and reasonably affordable. Decide what your favourites are, and you can build meals around those.

[...He doesn't buy fish or meat as anything besides a treat, it's too expensive.]

[acquittals]

Maybe I should do that. At least so there's something on hand for that reason. Though if I get vegetables, I'm more likely to just make a salad. Without knowing what to do with them, or how to properly cook them, they're unfortunately just a waste.

[Which is what's happening right now. She wants good food, she wants to make good food, it is not possible to make good food.]