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[tigerbomb]

That.. is a potato covered in cheese.

[yowokomete]

Neither of those words have any meaning to her. Shonagon frowns. She needs both hands to manage her plate and utensils as she serves herself, so she's finally sacrificed propriety and tucked her fan up her sleeve.

"A potato?" she repeats, the syllables turning to a flat staccato in her mouth. "Cheese? I've never heard of such things."

[tigerbomb]

"Don't have em on your side of the world?", the question was asked without condescension. "A potato's an edible starch that grows underground, then cheese is made from milk. You do something or other to it, then let it age for a while and it gets that kind of tang to it. So if you're lactose intolerant, i wouldn't eat it."

He shrugged, then started devouring his plate, ears open for any other questions about the lovely subject of food.

[hagswallop]

"It's better with curdled ox-cheese and not so mushy," Cludig whines. She's getting a second helping of the garnish one plate over.

[tigerbomb]

"...whats an ox?"

It was his turn to be confused.

[hagswallop]

"It's big, stubborn, horned, and doesn't float well alive. But if you keep them on land, you can use their milk to make cheese."

Dead they floated pretty well after a day or so, but then the cheese getting gets messy.

[tigerbomb]

"Ohhhhhh... Huh. That sounds neat."