"The most important goal in cooking is to bring happiness and health to others." Fei Yi looks out over the faces of his would-be students for a moment, and then continues. "To that end, we must forever be aware of the needs of our customers, and cook for them foods we know will fill their bodies with joy and strength. For a true chef, using food to hurt someone is anathema." He reaches out one hand, leveling a single claw at you and then each of your companions in turn.
"Each day in this shop, we have several customers who come to us with special needs. For the next two weeks, each day I will direct you to serve one of these customers. They are patient people, who know that they will be given exactly what they need if they only wait, so you may take your time to craft the perfect dish for them. And I will stand by to judge how well you do."
Each day, a special customer will arrive in the shop with particular needs, and you will be asked to make a dish using four of the ingredients listed below to answer these needs. You will recieve -5 points for each appropriate ingredient, and +1 point for each inappropriate ingredient. However, since these customers are patient, willing to wait for the best, you'll be able to try as many dishes on them as you have wisdom points, so eventually you may just get it right. But be warned! We won't be telling you WHICH ingredient is correct in a combination, so you'll have to watch the points for each try. Additionally, for each day that you do not guess correctly after all of your guesses are used up, you will recieve +10 points, and for each day you don't even try, you'll recieve +5 points.
Additionally, please note that each customer is unique to the cook. In the end, the person with the lowest points will win this test.
(Please note that if there are days when you absolutely cannot be online, or cannot be online with me at the same time in order to properly deal with your guesses, we will arrange new times for such things, so you won't be penalized for that. Just make notes in your thread about such situations.)
Ingredients - Use
1. Pork - Strengthens the body, offering greater endurance in adversity
2. Fish - Strengthens the mind, offering quickness of thought
3. Beef - Soothes the mind and promotes a restful feeling in the body
4. Chicken - Provides the body with enhanced quickness and grace
5. Tofu - Enhances the body's sensitivity to magic and spiritual energy
6. Shrimp - Dampens the body's sensitivity to magic and spiritual energy
7. Rice - Fills the body with a sense of oneness and completion
8. Noodles - Soothes nervous energy and doubt
9. Bok Choy - Cools the body and calms the blood
10. Leek - Strengthens the appetite and enables the body to better absorb foods
11. Carrot - Sharpens inner sight, allowing better understanding of the inner self
12. Crab Sponge - Sharpens the wit, promoting clearer thought
13. Black Beans - Invigorates the spirit and magic.
14. Ginger - warms the body and invigorates the blood.
15. Sesame Oil - Enhances the abilities of other foods.
