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Cooking for the Count

RWDrabble 2.0.009 | Word: Garnish

Stephen Dalton
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3 min readJan 10, 2025

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Count Dracula in formal attire is eating an oversized bowl of tomato soup with a grilled cheese on the side.
Count Dracula eating tomato soup — Bing AI image creation tool — Adapted with PowerPoint Designs.

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I’ve been locked away in this drafty Transylvanian castle for years. Cooking for the Count is my sole mission in life and what keeps me alive. Alive as in still human.

I’ve seen many of the other servants here who haven’t aged. No, thank you!

After serving the Count his dinner, he was always complimentary.

“Sorry, dragă, I’m not very fond of grilled cheese. But the blood soup was delicious, darling.”

“It was tomato soup, Drac.”

“Of course, Suflețel. Just having a little fun.”

“Oh, yeah, it was garnished with roasted, crushed garlic. Perhaps, now you’re ready for your stake?”

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