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Just Desserts was sitting with his classmates on bench, looking around in silent amazement at all that was going on around him. His schoolmates were invited to the TV studio by Synthesis for a special taping. It was interesting to see how the studio worked, each of the employees running about doing their own business. The colt wasn't sure exactly what the program was suppose to be for, but it neat to have a different experience outside of the normal classroom.

On the center of the stage was a large table with baking supplies on top. 'Must be a cooking segment,' Just Desserts thought to himself. Maybe if he was lucky, he'd get to try some of whatever was suppose to be made on the show that day.

From his perch in the audience, Just Desserts continued to Phony watch as everyone bustled around to prepare. He even spied Synthesis, pacing around in circles. Just Desserts didn't know the other colt very well, but he couldn't help but wonder what was up. That pinkish colt was walking around like a nervous chicken, something JD was all too familiar with having grown up around chickens.

Creeping away from his seat, he slinked closer to investigate what was going on. "Psssst," JD whispered to get Synthesis' attention. "What are you doing? You look like you might lay an egg. Is this some kind of method acting to psych yourself up?"

"Get in character? Are you suppose to be playing a part here? I thought you were appearing as yourself on this show?" The colt was a little confused, as he hadn't really seen scripts or anything. What could there possibly be to prepare for if you were being normal?

JD shrugged, not wanting to pry too much. "If you're sure you'll fine, I can just go back to my seat. I'm excited to see what you'll make!"

"That?" JD turned to see where Synthesis was pointing. The closest kitchen appliance to them had a clear tubular structure and small blades inside. "That... is a food processor... it chops and purees stuff." Pointing to the machine with a metal bowl nearby, Just correct him, "that's a mixer." Having a mother obsessed with baking helped the colt to be familiar in the kitchen and with his gadgets. Though to be fair, not everyone used theses kinds of machines when baking or cooking, often people preferred the old fashioned by-hoof methods.

"What are you suppose to be making anyways?"

"So... a chocolate, savoury egg and cheese pie? That... uh... sounds... " Just didn't even know how that sounded. He knew mixing salty and sweet was a big thing, but chocolate and cheese? Bizarre, it just sounded bizarre, but he didn;t want to be rude. "That's an ... intriguing dish."

However, as things went on it became more apparent that Synthesis didn't know what was going on. "No, that's a spatula. Haven't you ever used one?"

Well that explained everything. The poor guy had never made anything before, not even a simple cookie? Just Desserts shook his head in disbelief for a moment. "Not even toast?"

Looking around, he could see why Synthesis was getting nervous. Not only was it a crowd of people looking, but everyone in TV land would see him look foolish on without having a clue about cooking.

Just Desserts stepped closer and patted him on the back. "I've helped my mom out in the kitchen loads of times. It's not too hard if you have a recipe to follow. Did they give you one?"

Just Desserts took the recipe from the other boy and carefully read over it. There was brief sigh of relief, this recipe was a simple one and something he was sure even a novice could handle. "Perfect! Chocolate Chip Banana Bread! This is really straight forward and delicious. You can do this easy."

Just Desserts looked at the list of ingredients and then peered at the table. "So the first thing you need to do is melt the butter. But that's really easy, you can do that in the mircowave, just pop a stick of the butter in a bowl and warm it up. And while that's happening you mix all the dry ingredients..."

JD paused to check if Synth was confused about what dry ingredients were "the sugar, salt, flour and baking powders. All the powdery stuff basically. See, " he tapped the recipe, "it tells you how much to measure out."

JD smiled, pleased that he could be of some help to the famous colt. "Ah, it's nothing much. Just following the recipe. You'll be great out there!" The purplish colt was positive that his brief tutorial would be enough to boost his classmate's confidence in doing the segment.

A stage assistant came over and murmured to the pair, nudging Synth along in a hurried manner. "5 minutes to air now, Synthesis. Time to get ready and get to your station, you can chit chat with your class buddy later."

The assistant rushed Synthesis off to his station, leaving JD to watch and silentlly cheer on the side lines of the set.