/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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Aw man, you guys. Thanks for the support. I plan to do this at Naka-kon next year, so if any of you Midwesterners want to help, please do! I might test this out at a smaller con in Chicago called Uchicon first though just as practice. I'm actually really anxious about this because the majority of people that turn up to Hetalia panels are there for the yaoi, but I'm glad to know that at least this appeals to someone. You guys also gave me so many ideas. I don't even know where to begin! This is going to be tl;dr brainstorming and multiple posts. Please bear with me.

From the sound of it, I should include more world food culture. I haven't decided whether I want to do strictly desserts and the impact/value they have within their respective cultures or do an appetizer, main, dessert recipe workshop yet, but how does this sound: Gourmet Trio (who will be referred to as GT if being spoken of later) introduces special club guest Japan to new members (insert other countries and the audience). Japan and GT talk about a particular item (a dessert or meal item), the significance of what's used, how to make it, what part it plays in Japanese society, etc. In between these explanations, however, GT relates these ingredients or items to foods or food theories found in their own homes or other countries. For instance, Japan has a lot of desserts for specific holidays/events and a lot of them are made with emphasis on presentation. Turkey could perhaps relate it to the story of Sultan Mahmud II visiting a man's mansion and being served compote in an ugly ice bowl after eating everything else off crystal (The story's about the maintaining the flavor of the food with the sacrifice of presentation. It makes sense if you read it. I'm just paraphrasing). Or, after talking about an item, we could do a Good Eats type of thing with a related fact about the cookware or food in relation to how it was historically used/eaten or to the culture.