"Such matters may be easily handled come morning.  Now come..."<br/><br/>And Gariland gets to spend his evening learning how to prepare some terribly, thoroughly interesting cuisine.  The cooking contest, as young Vulan explains, is three rounds of three dishes each, and attracts all manner of 'novel' cuisine for the Duke's pleasure.  The first day's menu looks like this:<br/><br/>Pelgrane Liver Pate with Spiced Mungberries in Reduced Cream Sauce<br/>Jerked Erb Meat Over Three-Spice Noodles<br/>Dire Spider Goulash with Pickled Acorns<br/><br/>(And odds are Gariland is happy that<em>he</em>will not have to eat any of this.)