hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2005-10-04 11:14 am

KC - Like Bundt Cake

First of all, can we just say false alarm on the Kitchen Confidential business? It's not on hiatus permanently, just during the next three weeks while FOX airs baseball playoffs, like the rest of FOX's shows.

Now, speaking of KC, the following snippet was inspired by my ignorance of bukkake. I like to think I know a little bit about a little bit, but on this particular subject I didn't know squat until [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma pointed me to [livejournal.com profile] estrella30's discourse on bukkake, which somehow lead us all here, to celebrate our non-cancellation.

Kitchen Confidential
Jim, Seth, Jack, Steven, Cameron

Like Bundt Cake




Maybe it was because he was the new kid. Or maybe it was because he'd become a dishwasher's bitch only to be bought by Seth for a hot dog, but Jiminy Christmas, Jim just didn't understand what all the fuss was about. "Okay, can you explain something to me?" asked Seth during a lull in orders.

Seth looked up from sorting raspberries. "If you don't know how to tie your shoes by now, there's nothing I can do for you."

Jim smiled broadly. "Seriously, could you just tell me what bukkake is? Is it like bundt cake, because Steven was talking about -–"

Jim paused when Seth squashed a handful is raspberries all over the countertop. "Did you just -– you didn't just -– you," Seth sputtered for several seconds, smearing raspberries all over his white jacket.

Jack materialized from nowhere, club soda and lime in hand, because obviously that's was what chefs did. Seth waved him over, sputtering and grabbing his throat like he was choking.

Jack took a sip of his soda and lime. "Seth, I told you to leave the melodrama for the heath inspectors, you don't have to practice for me."

Seth continued to flail, and Jack frowned. "What's wrong with him?" he asked Jim, fishing his lime out with two fingers and tossing it next to the smeared raspberries.

Jim just shrugged. "I dunno; I asked him if bukkake was like bundt cake, and he just started -–"

Jim stopped talking when Jack spewed club soda all over him. "Okay, that's the second time this week!" Jim stomped his foot and then wiped his face, but Jack was too busy laughing to notice.

"Did you just compare bukkake to BUNDT CAKE?" Seth had regained his ability to speak, which was good for Jack, as apparently he'd lost his. "Someone please come rescue me from Jim's stupidity; I think we're all drowning here."

This was obviously Steven's cue to open the door of the walk-in and walk out. Jack stopped laughing long enough to eye his soux chef suspiciously. "What's down your pants, Steven?"

"Just the usual, cupcake," Steven said cheekily. "You want to have a looksee?"

"Maybe some other time," said Jack.

"Steven, what's bukkake?" Jim interrupted desperately. It was clear that there was something big he was missing, like with spanking the dishwasher, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

A look of shock managed to flit its way across Steven's face for two whole seconds. "So, you want to know about bukkake, my son? Follow me to the walk in, and –"

"Over my dead body," Jack retorted, setting his soda and lime down and crossing his arms.

"No!" Seth interrupted. "No necrophilia! Keep the bodies out the kitchen; we've talked about this before. No fucking near the deep fryer, and no dead bodies in the serving area."

Jim furrowed his brow. "So, it's not a cooking thing?"

Steven laughed. "Well, it could be, but I reckon that would be more of a special occasion thing, wouldn't it?"

Jack shook his head. "Steven, NO!"

How Steven managed to look innocent and so devious at the same time, Jim didn't know. "The boy wants to know about bukkake, Jack. It's part of the chef's code to share your knowledge with the younger Jedi."

"He is not a Jedi," Seth interjected.

"I am too," Jim protested. "I have a lightsaber and all."

"You want to have a look at mine?" Steven asked, all irreverence.

"No, Steven," said Jack.

Steven gave Jack a saucy grin and unbuttoned his chef's jacket. "Well, then, maybe you should look at my Chef's Code -- that I just happen to keep down my trousers."

Seth covered his eyes. "Oh my god, the health inspectors are going to shut us down forever. Maybe they're hiring at Dunkin Donuts."

Everyone turned when Cameron came flying through the kitchen doors. "Where the hell's the dark chocolate mousse and raspberries for table seven?" he hissed. "I don’t have all day, girls."

"Hey, Cameron," Jim hollered. "What's bukkake?"

The entire kitchen fell silent, which was a new experience for Jim. Even when he was sleeping on the sofa, he could hear reverberations of people yelling about cutting off their fingers.

Cameron narrowed his eyes. "Oh, that's right, ask the gay guy all the dirty questions. Well, let me tell you something, straight boy, you wouldn't know good bukkake if it slapped you in the face in thirty below zero."

"Wouldn't it be a bit cold for all that in thirty below?" Steven asked randomly. "I wouldn't think the trajectory would be good at all. Probably freeze before you'd got your rocks off."

Cameron shot Steven a dirty look, but turned his wrath on Seth instead. "You, Mister Pastry Chef, you better get your pasty poufy ass moving unless you want to entertain table seven with your bukkake skills, you got it?"

Seth swallowed as Cameron spun on one heel and left the kitchen. "This is all your fault," Seth snapped at Jim after Cameron was gone. "I'll get you for this, and your little dog too."

"Okay, enough bestiality talk," Jack said, coming to Jim's rescue. "Seth, make some mousse, and Jim, here's bus fare, go over to the library and look up 'bukkake' on-line. You'll find out everything you could want to know."

Jim nodded his head. "Thanks, Jack."

Steven's smile was all teeth. "No, really, mate, thank you. I think I know exactly what Jack's going to be doing for tonight's special now."

As Jim walked off, he caught Seth sticking his fingers in his ears and singing 'Lalalalalalalagoingtojaillalalalala."

Overall, it was a day just like any other at Nolita, but what Jim really wanted now was some bundt cake.


-end-

For those who don't know, bukkake is when you, or you and several of your mates, ejaculate on someone's face. Yes, really.

[identity profile] sffan.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
*giggle*

Poor Jim.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, when you work with Jack Bourdain, what else can you expect?

[identity profile] sffan.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. I actually just finished reading "Kitchen Confidential" Sounds like Jim got off lucky. Tony Bourdain likely would have been in the walk-in taking film on it all.

[identity profile] thecomfychair.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
we've talked about this before. No fucking near the deep fryer, and no dead bodies in the serving area." I love that this is something they need to discuss. and I love an innocent Jim. bundt cake.

*muffled yet echoing sporfle* This will teach me to read fanfic at the library.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel for the people around you ;)

[identity profile] thecomfychair.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily I just got a few dirty looks and no one asked me to explain why I was laughing so hard...

[identity profile] robanybody.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
*wheeze* Oh, dear God, I hurt something laughing at this. "Is it like bundt cake?" is going to be my response to everything from now on. :D And I love your Steven. And your Jack. And your Seth. And really, everyone you write because it's just perfect.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a wicked time writing this, so it makes me very happy to hear that you enjoyed it so much. Thank you!

[identity profile] kat8cha.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lalalalalalalagoingtojaillalalalala." Ee hee hee hee. And god Jim asking about bukkake was just *classic*. Ee hee hee. And Steven was so perfectly written! As was Seth, Jack and Cameron.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!

A Bourdain Totem, for all the KC fic

[identity profile] plumtastic.livejournal.com 2005-10-05 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
*howls*

Okay, I'm starting to wonder if The Bourdain would still be sniggering in a corner.

Well, yeah, if there's booze and cigs, I'm sure he'd be giggling up a storm.

Re: A Bourdain Totem, for all the KC fic

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-17 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I think, should I ever come in contact with the man himself, I will just plead temporary insanity due to food. He'll understand that better than, like, anyone else.

[identity profile] smonsterbite.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Finally saw 1.03 last night, so finally got to read this. It's been taunting me from my flist all week.

HMOG. It just keeps getting better. Show and fic. I really think Steven lives in your head, his dialogue is so spot-on.

I actually really like Jim. He's so darn earnest and clueless, but he manages to pull it off without being irritating. "Fine, but I'm *not* double-knotting them."

Unlike Tanya, but let's not talk about that.


[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-17 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually really like Jim. He's so darn earnest and clueless, but he manages to pull it off without being irritating.

It really is a fine line, and he does it well. FYI: Steven actually does live in my head, and believe me, it explains a lot.

(Anonymous) 2005-10-13 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. I just found out about this community and I have been reading since 6am when I was supposed to do real work. I love this story because it is so Jim.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-10-17 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you liked it!

[identity profile] maybedarkpink.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
God, I cannot wait for this show to come back! And now I know what bukkake is, and that it is not like a bundt cake. Bundt cakes, yummy. ;)

You make bundt cake *scary*

[identity profile] fashes.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
You are all powerful.

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