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m_findlowTitle: Spice of life
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 430 - Amnesty, using Challenge 75 - Herbs and spices at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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drabble_zoneSummary: Ianto is curious about Jack's latest culinary adventure. A double drabble.
‘So, what does it taste like?’ Ianto asked, leaning over the kitchen island watching with intense curiosity as Jack took over his kitchen. Jack almost never cooked, not that Ianto didn’t know he was capable of it, he simply preferred not to. At least not if Ianto was offering to cook.
‘I dunno,’ Jack replied.
Ianto sipped his glass of wine. ‘What do you mean you don’t know what it tastes like?’
Jack looked at him in askance. ‘Ianto, it’s a spice from an alien world. Asking me to describe what it tastes like would be like an alien asking you to describe what cinnamon tastes like. It doesn't have an equivalent here on Earth. That’s why it’s rare, expensive and probably the only time you’ll ever get to experience it.’
‘Well, colour me honoured,’ Ianto teased. ‘Can you at least try? I mean, is it spicy or earthy or woody?
Jack swirled the oil around the pan and then dropped in a teaspoon of the spice to cook it off. He didn’t need to say more as the fragrance of the spice began to fill the entire kitchen. ‘Oh, that is different!’
Jack grinned. ‘Wait til you taste it!’
‘So, what does it taste like?’ Ianto asked, leaning over the kitchen island watching with intense curiosity as Jack took over his kitchen. Jack almost never cooked, not that Ianto didn’t know he was capable of it, he simply preferred not to. At least not if Ianto was offering to cook.
‘I dunno,’ Jack replied.
Ianto sipped his glass of wine. ‘What do you mean you don’t know what it tastes like?’
Jack looked at him in askance. ‘Ianto, it’s a spice from an alien world. Asking me to describe what it tastes like would be like an alien asking you to describe what cinnamon tastes like. It doesn't have an equivalent here on Earth. That’s why it’s rare, expensive and probably the only time you’ll ever get to experience it.’
‘Well, colour me honoured,’ Ianto teased. ‘Can you at least try? I mean, is it spicy or earthy or woody?
Jack swirled the oil around the pan and then dropped in a teaspoon of the spice to cook it off. He didn’t need to say more as the fragrance of the spice began to fill the entire kitchen. ‘Oh, that is different!’
Jack grinned. ‘Wait til you taste it!’
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Date: 2025-01-04 10:32 am (UTC)