#foodric

[wordswithkittywitch]

For the AU thingy, how about Adric & pizza, Regency!AU please?

Adric. Pizza. Regency. Regency Pizza. Okay. I’ve done a quick look into pizza’s timeline and yes, there was something like that we would now recognise as pizza in the early nineteenth century, even if it hadn’t really spread out of Naples.

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The trip to Naples, thus far had been a disaster: Nyssa had gotten sick, their ward hadn’t left the library except to sleep, and Tegan had only just now tracked down where Adric had gotten to, in a small shop stuffing a thin piece of bread with chunks of tomatoes and cheese on top of it.

“What on earth is that you’re eating?” asked Tegan. Holding up one hand to show that he was  going to talk, if she would just wait for a moment, Adric chewed, swallowed, and replied, “Delicious.”

[wordswithkittywitch]

I think that Adric can cook three or four things really well, and the rest of what he makes in the kitchen appears to exist to get the maximum calories into him with the least effort.

[hipsterbrigadier]

Doctor Who OTP's

Foodric

Teawald/mugwald

[wordswithkittywitch]

I was thinking about Adric's relationship with food. I believe we see him eat (or try to) at least once a serial, which results in Adric being reduced to the character trait "Adric loves food" as often as "Adric is a know-it-all teenage git" or "Adric knows too much maths". That's just what happens in fandom. Writers put forth a multidimensional character and the fandom makes a lot of jokes about one aspect. I'm not going to ruffle my feathers about that. I know, "Adric's always hungry because Adric's a teenage boy" but I thught maybe there was more to it than that.

What I was thinking about is that one of  the first things we see Adric do is steal some melons. Then he goes off and reveals that the only person looking after him is Varsh and he's more interested in revolution than making sure is kid brother has enough to eat.

After that, Adric makes a point of finding something to eat at least once a serial, and usually enough that someone comments on it. It just made me think, it's entirely likely that Adric went hungry for most of his life before meeting the Doctor. I hate to compare him to stray dogs, but with with animals and even people, once someone goes hungry for a significant amount of time they tend to get rather keen on not repeating the experience. If Adric's not used to knowing where his next meal is coming from, it might be why he tends to throw himself into every opportunity to eat he finds as he travels.

So... I think I have a starving Adric headcanon now. And it makes me sad.

[omnomadric]

*gives cookie*

Thank you.

[omnomadric]

How do you feel about cheese? And, on a similar subject, is there any food you DON'T like?

Oh, cheese is fine. It’s particularly good in those toasted cheese sandwiches-- I quite like those. I don’t like it as much once I’ve had four of those sandwiches and—they, well, stay. The Doctor said I ought to have followed it up with a dish of stewed prunes, and I think the fact I didn’t answers the question about food I don’t like.

[omnomadric]

What is your favorite kind of food?

Generally, whatever food's in front of me. Let me show you what's in front of me right now.

Tegan introduced me to an Earth delicacy. It's a kind of soup, with noodles in it; and it comes in lots of different flavours. There's chicken and prawn and beef and pork. This flavour is "instant". I'm not sure what nature of animal an "instant" is, but it is delicious.

I'll have to ask the Doctor about Instants. I hope they're not sentient, then I'd have to stop eating this soup.

[omnomadric]

Adric you need more love. You are very precious. Here take some cookies.

Thancoof.