Drabble: The Torchwood Buffet Mystery

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Title: The Torchwood Buffet Mystery

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, Owen, Team

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 264 – Holiday Food at tw100

Spoilers: None

Summary: There’s a thief in the Hub…

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

 

 

 

Torchwood’s Christmas buffet was a thing of beauty, the entire team having pulled together, preparing and cooking the feast. Every kind of Christmas food imaginable was arrayed across tables that practically groaned under the weight.

 

Team and guests were in festive mood, filling plates and glasses, laughing and chatting merrily, until Owen’s indignant voice silenced them.

 

“’Ere, who pinched the twiglets?”

 

Everyone looked at each other until a suspicious scrunching sound was heard from under the tables. Ianto lifted the cloth.

 

“Think I’ve found the culprit.”

 

There was Nosy, its snout buried in the twiglet dish.

 

“Bloody typical,” Owen grumbled.

 

The End

Comments

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I've had the Nosy/twiglet idea for a while - can't remember who suggested Nosy might like twiglets, but somebody did. Anyway, it fit the prompt well enough. We always used to have twiglets at Christmas, but very rarely at other times. It's interesting to see what foods people associate with Christmas besides the obvious.

Thank you =)

Note to self:- buy twiglets...

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My uncle always used to steel all the twiglets at our family Christmas

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I think I was the usual twiglet thief at ours! I'd also eat as many meringues as I could get my hands on and steal the parsley garnish from the plates of sandwiches.

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Ugh I hate parsley!
Meringues are good though :-) but only home made ones that are slightly gooey in the middle. I dont like the rock hard ones you get from supermarkets with the slightly chemical lemon flavouring!

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Exactly! My mum and my late aunt used to both make the gooey-in-the-middle kind of meringues and I adored them. Haven't had any for years, mum doesn't bake anymore and I'm useless in the kitchen. But back when I was a kid, family gatherings meant home made meringues. Brings back a lot of good memories =)

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I saw this post on my flist and thought of you.
http://bakebakebake.livejournal.com/3677773.html

They look so cute, a nice twist on the traditional meringue. :-)

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They are seriously adorable! It's amazing what people come up with =D