The Blue Carbuncle: A Recipe

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: A Recipe
Author: azriona
Rating: R
Author's Notes: I’ve been on a cooking kick lately (I’m writing a restaurant AU, so sue me). I started to wonder how one would cook the goose. I’m pretty sure this isn’t quite the recipe anyone used. (And yes, I know I’ve skipped a few steps.) Can be read either as ACD or BBC, I think.



Take one goose. Pluck and clean him of his fine feathers; set aside for later laundering. Rub his skin with oil and sweet-smelling herbs; avoid his ticklish places (optional). Stuff him with sausage and onions. Roast, turning often for a nice brown color, until hot, and serve on a bed of greens.

“John, your sheets are white.”

…Serve with potatoes.

 

Beryl Coronet: The Price of Freedom

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Canon Story: The Beryl Coronet
Title: The Price of Freedom
Author: azriona
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: I thought it interesting that Mr Holder refers to his niece, Mary, as a “girl,” when Watson clearly sees her as a “woman”. (Or maybe that’s just philandering Watson looking for his next wife.) I'm not entirely sure this works, so I'm very interested in what everyone thinks of it.


Girl, my uncle says, though I was never a girl under his care. He thinks me sheltered and innocent. Sheltered, yes; innocent, perhaps. But I know a cad by the state of his collar, and I recognize Holmes for a kindred mind.

The price of freedom was my reputation; Sir George, my ticket. I think it is a fair trade.