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The little information about Civil Wars are found in Wikipedia and also taken from Gone with The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. There could be mistakes, so forgive me! I did not live during the Civil War times!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Twilight, Civil War or sushi.
Chapter 11 - Civil War Sushi
I took all my willpower not to spit it out.
"Um, this is really creative, Emmett," I said slowly, swollowing it with a gulp that should win the Nobel Bravery Prize. The pizza base was not completely cooked, and the gummy bears overcooked. How did that happen? Oh, by the way, gummy bears don't go well with salmon. It tasted like a fish that has been dead for a week.
Thank god Edward can't read my mind.
"That's all?" said Emmett sadly. I swore his lips trembled.
"Well, I shall give my final opinion when I'm done with both dishes, Emmett. Trust me, it's for the best," I said diplomatically.
"Ok," said Emmett. Then he brightened. "But you like mine best, isn't it?"
I smiled weakly, resisting the urge to roll my eyes.
"Jasper, what have you cooked?" I turned to Jasper, facing him with a smile.
He bowed at me, and opened his silver platter with a flourish.
"Since Carlisle prepared something he liked from his human life, I figured I should prepare something I remembered most in my human life to. There's one memory stood more prominently than all others, and that is the food I ate during the Civil War,"
I kind of blew me off when he said Civil War. Though I knew he's a major during the Civil War before he got bitten, it still kind of threw me. It was like someone had said, "Hello, my name is Jasper Whitlock, and I was a major during the Civil Wars, pleasure to meet you,"
"And what do you eat in Civil War?" I asked interestedly.
"Salted pork for good days, hominy in worse time, when the blockage got worse sometimes not at all. I remembered for a month I had to go barefoot," he looked kind of wistful when he recalled his past days. "It was horrible, but lucky because I didn't contract any diseases. Coffee and sugar are a blessing. The Yankees got everything but we, the Southerners, the Confederates, none at all! Damn the Yankees! They know nothing of - "
"Jasper, calm down!" called Carlisle, who walked next to Jasper and put a hand on his shoulder to calm him. Jasper was suddenly energetic and patriotic, affecting the rest of us. I found out I have tears in my eyes, and Emmett and Edward was standing straight, with their hands on their backs, eyes blazing with patriotism for their country.
Jasper took a calming breath, and said, "I'm sorry, Bella. I have no love for the Yankees,"
I looked back to the silver platter, and saw what Jasper had prepared.
"Um, sushi? I thought sushi is Japanese food…" I trailed off blinking.
On the platter was little rice rolls arranged like a Confederate army flag. The sushi was rice wrapped in crispy seaweed, and between the rice was something brown. Jasper had even cut tomatoes into shapes of rose as a decoration.
It actually looked tasty.
"Just because he make a picture out of his rice doesn't mean it's good, Bella," whispered Emmett by my ear.
Jasper leaned over and smacked Emmett's head.
"This is a new creation, Bella. Alice and I went to Japan last week and I got my inspiration there," he then explained to me. "I used Japanese rice and nori (that's the seaweed) of the highest quality, wrapped with salted pork. Don't worry, Bella," he added. "I have scraped off the excess salt off the meat, so you wouldn't have high blood pressure. the tomatoes represented my love for the Confederates, and how bitterly I still regret that we have lost,"
Jasper raised his head and saluted to me, and said, "For the love of my lost country, I present you Civil War sushi, created by Major Jasper Whitlock," said Jasper solemnly. "Please try, Bella, and tell me if it is good or bad,"
He handed me a pair of chopsticks and brought me a small plate of sauce with some green goo on it.
"This, madam, is soy sauce and wasabi. They are excellent with sushi, or so I've been told,"
I took the chopsticks, and picked up, with some difficulty, a piece of sushi. I was touched by the story, but after I've had pig's blood, I don't really feel like having pig's meat.
"Here goes for nothing," I thought, and ate it with a swift chew.
Guess who will win the bet? Chapter 12 tomorrow! Don't worry - you haven't see the last end of the Cullens' boys cooking. A naughty sneak peak: they better watch out or they'll all be whipped!
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