Chapter Two : In the Kitchen
"Mandy! Oh! Mandy!" I called in a singsong voice, winding my way through the extensive royal kitchens.
"Yes, Sweet. Over here." Mandy, my dear fairy godmother called from inside a pantry.
"I have come to help you cook, oh Mighty Chef. As Court Cook's Helper I am entitled to do said helping." I said curtsying and trying to sound pompous.
"Okay, Sweet. What do you want to cook today?"
"I was thinking something 'Lemon Poppy-Seed'."
"But, Lady I thought you didn't like anything lemon poppy-seed."
"I know, but… I can't explain it. I just feel like eating something lemon poppy-seed, maybe my taste buds are changing."
"Alright Lady, if you want something lemon poppy-seed than we will make lemon poppy-seed bread."
Mandy said this a bit skeptically, eyeing me then her eyes got big and she started to smile. I decided it was just one of those things you had to be a fairy to understand. It was true I had never in my life liked foods with both lemons and poppy-seeds in it. All the same there I was with this craving for lemon poppy-seed bread. It's a weird world isn't it?
Mandy and I baked all morning (me helping myself to the fresh lemon poppy-seed bread all the while.) We made two loaves of the lemon bread, and then we started on lunch. For lunch we made rabbit stew (you can never eat enough of Mandy's rabbit stew) and rollie pollie pudding (you can never have enough of Mandy's rollie pollie pudding either)