Each night during the Olympics all of the nations would eat together. Not only did it let all of the nation's catch up with each other, but also allowed them to brag about all of the medals they had won that day. Each night, a different group of counties, (except England for obvious reasons), would get together and cook meals from their homes. This time it was America's, Germany's, Canada's, Russia's, Romania's, and Brazil's turn to cook. America was cooking a southern dish called Hopping John, (a dish that includes black-eyed peas (or field peas), green peppers, rice, chopped onion, and sliced bacon.) Germany was cooking a dish called Rouladen. (A roulade of bacon and onions wrapped in thinly sliced beef.) Canada was cooking Lobster Roll. (Lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise and served in a toasted hot dog bun.) Russia was making Dressed herring. (Diced, salted herring covered with layers of grated, boiled vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beet roots), chopped onions, and mayonnaise.) Romania was making the dessert, Amandine. (Chocolate sponge cake with almond and chocolate filling, glazed in chocolate.) Finally, Brazil was making Bolacha sete-capas. (Composed of seven thin layers of dough consisting of wheat flour, coconut milk, butter or margarine and hydrogenated vegetable fat.)
While they were cooking, America started to notice something odd. He saw that the other countries were using a bag of what looked like milk. Although he tried to ignore it, he finally couldn't help but get annoyed by the fact that the milk was in a bag.
"America, what's wrong?" Romania asked as he walked by, noticing that America was grinding his teeth.
"Why is the milk bagged?" America asked with a scowl as he pointed at a milk bag near him. "Did Prussia mess around in here?"
"Nien, I made sure that my brother stayed away from the kitchen." Germany replied from the counter next to America. "Bagged milk is pretty common, America."
"Your joking right?" America asked in disbelief. "I thought only Canada used bagged milk. And I thought he did that only to annoy me."
"Hey, looks like you're the weirdo this time." Canada said with a laugh as he put the hot dog buns in the oven.
"Bagged milk is common at my place as well." Russia commented as he chopped the carrots. "However, at my place the bags are rigged enough to stand up by themselves, and are very hard to break. This makes them easier to transport but the only drawback is it is difficult to reseal the bags after you open them."
"But, milk jugs are so much easier. All you have to do is screw off a cap when you want milk, and after you're done you just screw the cap back on." America said with a frown.
"America, I suggest you give up arguing." Brazil said with a chuckle as he kneaded the dough. "Bagged milk is too common to the rest of the world."
"But why?!" America cried in an exasperated tone. "When I think of bagged milk I think of a zip block bag filled with water. It's just as weird!"
"We have bagged water in my country." Canada said.
"WHAT? WHY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH WATER BOTTLES?" America cried as the other countries started to laugh.
A/N: If you have never eaten Hopping John you haven't LIVED. It was originally a slave dish, which then turned into a sort of New Year's dish in the south. (But it can be eaten any day of the year.) I've copied a link here so you can see the recipe. Because OMG it tastes so good! Oh, and the main topic for this chapter is bagged milk is weird. Why do you have bagged milk world? WHY? What's wrong with milk jugs? Huh? HUH? And bagged water? WHY?! /recipe/15931/hoppin-john/