In the Kitchen with Dad and Bill

Bill: "It's 11:30."

Dad: "Already?"

Bill: "Daylight saving time."

Dad: "Curse you New Zealander George Hudson who first proposed the concept of daylight saving!"

Bill: "Right. So I want pancakes."

Dad: "No."

Bill: "Cookies?"

Dad: "Nuh uh."

Bill: "Mochi?"

Dad: "That is just ice cream. You seem to be going the wrong way."

Bill: "It has dough on it too!"

Dad: "You can have eggs."

Bill: "My favorite! So what do we do first?"

Dad: "You want to help? Okay first we need to pick a vegetable to go in it."

Bill: "Mochi."

Dad: "No. You can have broccoli, spinach, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes, or any combination thereof."

Bill: "I'll take the crab juice."

Dad: "Hehehe... classic Simpsons. Now pick a vegetable."

Bill: "Fine. I'll do broccoli."

Dad: "Excellent choice. Now it's best to start with steamed broccoli but if it's raw or frozen that's fine too you'll just need to steam or microwave it first."

Bill: "Ooh nuke mine so I can get superpowers!"

Dad: "That's not science. Besides everybody knows you need gamma rays for that, not microwaves."

Bill: "Who says?"

Dad: "Neil DeGrasse Tyson."

Bill: "Damn. That checks out."

Dad: "Can we finish? You want to mince up your chosen cooked veg very fine and mix it with two beaten eggs."

Bill: "Why did you chop it up?"

Dad: "To keep you from picking it out."

Bill: "That's dash cunning of you."

Dad: "I know some stuff. Now get a nonstick pan and put it on medium high heat and add a touch of butter and swirl it around."

Bill: "Mochi probably would have been healthier."

Dad: "Ahem. Pour in your egg and veg and, as the egg starts to come together, scrape the bottom to make little egg curdles."

Bill: "Mmm curdles."

Dad: "Now usually I plate when the eggs are together but still a little shiny because, as we all know, done in the pan means overdone on the plate. However you are a baby so for you I like to take the undercooked curdles and form them into a patty and let them stick together. Then I  flip the whole thing as a unit and cook the other side til firm. This allows me to cut the patty up into uniform squares for you to eat instead of a mishmash of scramble bits."

Bill: "I do like square foods. This doesn't look like enough though. Can I get a side of mochi?"

Dad: "I will cube up some whole wheat bread and cheddar. Call it.... deconstructed mochi."

Bill: "I won't be doing that. But, since it's ready, I'll eat it. I'm pretty hungry. Thanks Dad."

Dad: "You're welcome, buddy."

Bill: "Five o'clock will be here before you know it. Do you have a plan for dinner?"

Dad: "Yep."

Bill: "Cake?"

Dad: "Eat your lunch."