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While the meat was cooking.. so far as she could tell, Keen headed over to go through the spices. Hmm, first touch, something kind of... squishy, it tasted okay and could make a lovely base for a dipping sauce! Score!

Keen put that in a bowl and went back to get something else. Mold... ew.. lots of mold. Well that made up for her luck with the meats.. Now she had to work with the moldy stuff. Blue cheese... maybe that was what it was? It would have to do. She added it to the sauce base and sprinkled a bit on the meat. This would be like meat on a stick.. Kabob kind of. The sauce could be a lovely dip when put in a second bowl so they could add it themselves!

Kari wasn't sure how to react to this challenge. On one hand, she wouldn't have to see the minis getting butchered this time around, but she also wouldn't be able to tell how accurate she was in her preparations. "Well, I said I would do my best and I've gotten this far already, so I can't be indecisive now", the ghoul murmured to herself, shaking off her nerves for the daunting task before her. Striding towards the table she reached her hand out for what would hopefully be her ingredient.

Fluffy...

That was her first impression when she set her hand down. As her hand traveled further, the fluffy texture continued endlessly. A tail? Wait... an extremely long, fluffy tail... was this a Boafox?

"Now for the last one...", she mumbled, reaching her hand out one last time.

More scales? But wait, there was fur on this one, as well... and wings...horns... "Oh... this one may be trouble", Kari groaned, a sinking feeling forming in her stomach if her hunch was correct.

Wiping her eyes on her rolled sleeves, Kari carefully set aside the mangled boafox and marked it with a toothpick for easy retrieval. Now she just had to figure out what spices she had. A minute of feeling around yielded an assortment of bottles. Dabbing her finger in one, she pulled out some powder and put it to her tongue.

The first taste held an oily texture. She could use this to glaze her boafox. Setting it next to the toothpicked mini, the ghoul reached for another bottle, dabbed her finger, and tasted... mint. This would make a very nice seasoning! Dabbing her finger into the last bottle, Kari was met with... blood?! No... it tasted like blood, but not quite... what in the world had she picked up?

In any case, she could make a blood glaze with mint seasoning. To do that, she would need to cook her boafox while basting it in the blood and oil glaze.

Starting off, Kari took out the innards of the Boafox. At least she tried to. After a copious amount of squishing and squelching, she deemd the task complete and did her best to position the mini on its stomach in a deep cooking pan, its paws tucked underneath as though crouching. She coated the boafox with the minty spice she'd obtained earlier, then mixed her oily and blood-like spices together until she had enough to fill the deep pan halfway. Giving the Boafox it's first coating, she put the Boafox in the oven to cook, pulling it out every so often to give it another coating while checking the crispness of the skin that slowly formed with every new coat before popping it back into the oven to cook once more.

With ten minutes to spare, Kari pulled out the Boafox and checked the skin. It felt nice and crisp to the touch while giving off a slight minty aroma. She couldn't see her work, but at least it smelled alright.

An invisible challenge!! To be honest, Hanna was not entirely thrilled about it but he still was going to do his best. When the clock ticked down Hanna started investigating what was in front of him, trying to figure out what he could make.

After skating his hands across the counter top for a minute, he felt his hand brush by something. Bingo! He went closer to it, managing to put a hand around it and pick it up. It was tiny! And slightly scaly took. It took him a second to realize what he was holding was a Luck Dragon. Hanna put it back down, in a place where he'd remember where it was, and continued onward.

He set about with his hands looking for a mini a final time, this time more intent on finding one. There was a jangle this time as he moved around and he blinked, homing in on the mini. Another Jambalawwa, although this one had a tail this time. Setting down the mini next to the other, Hanna decided it was now time to make his dish.

Now it was time for the spices. Grabbing, or at least aiming to grab them, three, Hanna sat them down in front of him and tasted. The first was spicy, just extremely spicy, and Hanna frowned as he tried to scrape the taste away. Usable, but not idea.

The second was... moldy. Gross! He pushed it away. That definitely wasn't going to be used.

The final one was salty, which was extremely helpful. Always needed salt, salt can make good food taste great. At least glad he had two things to help, he started to work on cooking everything.

The meat went into a pan to cook, the sliced tearjerkers and bad for your eyes in another, while the mashers started to boil in a pot of water. The salty thing was added to all three, in a small amount, to help. The veggies, besides the mashers, got a touch of the spicy as an added kick.

The mashers were what Hanna attended to first, having put them on first. They were cooked and he turned to finally mash them and puree them into mashed.. mashers. They were good, regardless, and he made sure to add the salty stuff and a tiiiiny bit of the spicy before he moved on.

The meat finished second, as far as he could tell, and he tasted it before leaving it in the pan. The juices that had come off of it tasted great and he wanted to keep them.

The veggies were last, only by a minute, and they were fine if spicy. Glad that everything had come together, all Hanna had to do was plate it now.