Rachel’s Cooking Show
“Welcome back.” Rachel said smiling at the camera. “Today I’m making my no fail chocolate cake. In the last segment I mixed the cocoa, flour, and baking powder. Now I’m going to cream the butter and sugar. A microwave is good for softening the butter, but make sure you don’t melt it…”
They looked at her through the glass window.
“What do you suppose she’s doing?” asked one,
“She thinks she’s hosting a cooking show. A rather unfortunate case.” the other said, as they watched her beating an imaginary bowl. They then moved on to observe the next patient.
Joanne Fisher
When I’m cooking I sometimes like to pretend I’m hosting a cooking show, but maybe I’m not where I think I am…
This was written with the prompt about a cooking show provided by the Carrot Ranch September 9 Flash Fiction Challenge.
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Haha, I used to do that when younger after watching ready steady cook, but I’d be cooking a fried egg and toast :). I still cook like Gordon Ramsay though :), no messing about.
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Pretty sad plot twist, if I must say. Made me tear up a bit. π’
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“You don’t have to be crazy to cook here… but it helps”
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When Rachel Ray went a recipe too far…
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Wait… so thereβs no cake?
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Well there’ll be an imaginary cake, once it’s ready.
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Sad one. The mind and its madness.
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Oooh! You total caught me off guard with the end! Love it!
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Thanks βΊοΈ
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Joanne, the way you moved the focus from the observed to the observer to reveal a different reality was spot on.
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The cake looks delicious but that story is so sad.
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I would be locked away too if anyone could see me answering myself π€£ love the twist.
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Me too π
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Sad little twist at the end π¦ I like to pretend I’m on a cooking show when I cook, too. But I’m not doing the cooking instruction, I’m on Chopped or Beat Bobby Flay and announcing what I’ve made to the judges.
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