Cooking with Astrid and Hiccup Season 2

Episode 2: Ambrosia

"Hello everybody and welcome back to the second episode of cooking with Astrid and Hiccup. I'm Hiccup and this is my lovely co-host and girlfriend Astrid." Hiccup introduces as he was hanging, tied up, upside down from the ceiling.

"We'll see about the girlfriend part." Astrid mumbled.

"Astrid, for the love of Thor!! I swear that I never slept with Cami. She's just my neighbor!!" Hiccup said as he dangled above the stage. The blood rushing to his head.

"That's why Tuffnut and Ruffnut ran out of the studio yesterday." Astrid explained shooting a glance at Cami who was being restrained by several stagehands. "They should be back soon so that we can resolve this."

Cami was a lot stronger than she looked and managed to wiggle out of the stagehands grips and come up on stage.

"Listen here blondie. He's mine!!! You're not the only one who can use knives!!" Cami said while brandishing her collection.

"Who let her in here with weapons!!" Hiccup yelled but both Astrid and Cami ignored him. Even the audience was captivated by the catfight that was threatening to break out.

"Is it me or does my cousin always go for the heavily armed women?" Snotlout whispered to Fishlegs.

"It's probably because he is a masochist." Fishlegs whispered back.

"HEY!! I'm not a masochist!!" Hiccup yelled from the cocoon that he was bound in.

"Sure you aren't cuz......" Snotlout said.

Cami and Astrid began circling each other while the audience watched in rapt attention.

"HOLD EVERYTHING!!" The twins yelled as the studio doors were opened.

Everyone watched as Tuffnut and Ruffnut sauntered in with Barf and Belch trailing behind them. In their dragons maws there were two figures. Both looked unhappy to be manhandled.

"Eret!!" Astrid shouted as she saw who was in Belch's maw.

Ruffnut smirked. "We found him lurking behind the studio."

"Okay......" Hiccup said hesitantly. "And who is that?"

"Why...... this is the one and only Maury!!!" Tuffnut stated dramatically. "We figured that this drama would be easily resolved with him around."

"And they were filming the Maury show right in the studio next to us." Ruffnut added.

"I'll help if it gets me out of this dragon's maw." Maury mumbled. "But it would take a while before the results are in."

"Well why don't we take a commercial break and then we'll be back with our recipe for the day." Tuffnut announced and motioned for Snotlout to cut the feed.

When the show returned after break we could see Astrid and Hiccup, who had an ice pack on his forehead, behind the counter.

"Did you have to release me so roughly?" Hiccup muttered.

"Did you have to have a 'baby momma' on the side." Astrid muttered causing Hiccup to sputter.

"I don't!" Hiccup stated. "I've hardly talked to Cami, let alone sleep with her!!"

"And yet she's pregnant." Astrid muttered in return.

"Astrid, you know I would never cheat on you." Hiccup stated looking Astrid in the eye.

Astrid watched him for a moment before a sigh escaped her. "You can't lie to save your own behind."

"So you believe me?" Hiccup asked to which Astrid nodded. "Yes, you couldn't lie when you broke my favorite knife, and you'd be a sputtering mess if you were lying now. Sorry for doubting you."

"But that still doesn't solve the 'Cami problem'" Astrid added.

"Yes yes, I know, but shall we continue with the show for now?" Hiccup asked as he took out the ingredients.

Astrid nodded and faced her audience. "Today we'll be making Ambrosia. We'll need 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1 tablespoon sugar, 4 ounces sour cream 6 ounces homemade mini marshmallows, approximately 3 cups, 1 cup clementine orange segments, approximately 6 clementines, 1 cup chopped fresh pineapple, 1 cup freshly grated coconut, 1 cup toasted, chopped pecans, 1/2 cup drained maraschino cherries."

As Astrid was just about to get ready to demonstrate she noticed that Hiccup sneaked a couple of mini marshmallows away to eat.

"Place the cream and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment and whip until stiff peaks are formed." Hiccup stated as he watched Astrid at work.

"Then add the sour cream and whisk to combine." Astrid was definitely taking out her frustrations with the whisk.

"Add the marshmallows, orange, pineapple, coconut, pecans and cherries and stir to combine." Hiccup said this as he tried to pluck another mini marshmallow from the pile only for Astrid to hit his hand with her wooden spoon.

"OUCH!!" Hiccup mumbled while rubbing his hand.

"Transfer to a glass serving bowl, cover and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving." Hiccup said as he put the bowl in the refrigerator, but not before triumphantly plucking a mini marshmallow from the top.

Astrid rolled her eyes and mumbled. "You and your sweet tooth."

Ruffnut grinned as she led Cami and Eret along with Maury on stage after the recipe was done.

"Well the results were quite interesting." Maury began.

"How interesting?" Astrid asked curiously.

"First of all. Cami over here isn't pregnant." Maury stated which caused Cami to flush with embarrassment as the audience let out shocked exclamations.

"Second of all. It seems she was Hiccup's stalker and Eret asked her to get between the two of you so that he could have you back, and then she could make a move on your boyfriend." Maury stated. Eret was trying to slowly inch away but was stopped by Toothless and Stormfly who blocked his way.

"I see." Astrid said sharply and pulled out her axe from behind the counter.

Upon seeing the axe both Eret and Cami raced out of the studio with Astrid following close behind. Their screams could still be heard from the lot.

"Interesting girlfriend you got." Maury commented to Hiccup as he left to get back to his own set.

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Producer's note: (Opens envelopes)...... Sees bills for Maury's services and those of private investigators.........(goes bug-eyed)......TUFFNUT!!!! RUFFNUT!!!