56.13-Takeyourselfoffoutofmystable

 

Previously on the Smole,

Jenny: "Have you done yoga before?"

Gordon: "I took a few classes."

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Raymond: "This is hard."

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Jesse: "Raymond has used chopsticks before. How can he be so clumsy?"

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Mason: "We just have to try and sleep through it."

Sarah: "I can't."

Mason: "Just try."

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Fjord: "Ooga booga! Honk honk quack quack!"

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Sarah: "Mason is the odd one for being able to sleep through it. That's so suspicious."

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Mason: "I'm thinking of going all in today."

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Raymond: "I'm going back to my old suspect. It brought me so far."

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Rhea: "You can choose to get a +1 to your current quiz at the expense of 10 points. Each quiz you survive thereafter up until the fifth quiz will result in 10 more points being lost."

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Mason: "You could also choose to get a +1 to the fifth quiz instead."

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"Unfortunately, you are the next to be executed. Please pack your bags and leave."

The contestants were unable to focus on their mission, causing a meagre 25/90 points to be added to the pot, making it 379/700 - or so they thought. It turns out that some of the contestants were offered a chance to boost their quiz at the expense of the pot. Sonya did so for the first quiz, causing 30 points to be lost. Mason boosted the latest quiz he took, immediately costing 20 points. The pot has thus been set back by 50 points to 329/700 points. Can they recoup their losses or is it too late? Will Mason survive till the end and become a recurring liability?

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Jesse: "I can't believe they would do this! The first quiz is bad enough, but this one? There's no endpoint to the penalty for 1 quiz mark. What were they thinking?"

Gordon: "This revelation changes everything. Why did Mason choose to accept this offer? He's a manager and does passive investments. He should know the limited upside potential and unlimited downside risk."

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Jenny: "I'm disappointed by the lack of a coffee machine. I would love a good cup of coffee right now."

"Good morning contestants. Hope you are enjoying your breakfast. You may enjoy it even more with a fresh cup of coffee. That's what you'll be doing today."

Finns are avid coffee lovers. According to World Population Review, Finland has the highest per capita consumption of coffee of 12kg. The contestants get a chance to recreate the distinctive Finnish coffee in 2 hours to earn 100 points, all or nothing.

Unfortunately, some of the ingredients they need to collect are in Finnish, and the only Finnish-speaking contestant has been executed. Contestants will need to first find out the required ingredients and then ask locals for help to translate the required ingredients.

Jenny and Mason are stationed at Hemmingway's Hideaway. This java hut is popular among students and scholars and houses lots of books and archives. The recipe has been torn and hidden in some of these books. To help them out, they can complete tasks to get clues.

Mason has to read off a teleprompter that increases in speed to get a clue to where they can find the recipe book and one of the required ingredients.

Mason: "A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat, and said, ‘I want you no longer, so takeyourselfoffoutofmystable'"

Mason: "Joneswashurledpile....hands. Shit it's going too fast. Boxerrearinghindandstrikingironstallion."

Mason: "I think the clues are about horses."

Jenny: "There's a horse statue over there. One of these books should have our clue."

Mason: "It's not this book."

Jenny: "I found it! We need 6-8 grams of maahan kaakaopavut."

Jenny: "Hello, we need 6-8 grams of mahan kakopavut."

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Gordon: "There's nobody here."

Jesse: "There's another building next door. Let's try that."

Gordon: "No one here too."

Jesse: "Maybe we can try one of these books."

Gordon: "You kidding bro?"

Jesse: "Oh! There's a food truck operator outside. We can ask the food truck operator."

Jesse: "Hi, what is mahan...something pavut?"

Food truck guy: "That means ground beans. You're unlikely to find them this season unless you check the greenhouse."

Jesse: "Thank you! How do you say 'thank you' in Finnish?"

Food truck guy: "Kiitos."

Jesse: "Kiitos! Let's go!"

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While Gordon and Jesse find the greenhouse, Jenny is trying to get the next clue by looking through the monocular.

Jenny: "I can't see clearly with all this snow."

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Jesse: "Where are the ground beans?"

Gordon: "They gotta be on the ground."

Jesse: "None of these look like ground beans."

Gordon: "Yo! Maybe it's potatoes! Potatoes are ground beans!"

Jesse: "You could be right!"

Gordon: "How many potatoes is 6 to 8 grams?"

Jesse: "Let's just harvest them all."

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Jenny: "Where is that clue?"

Jenny: "Oh, I see it! H. Stein! We need to look for a H. Stein."

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Jesse is on his way to deliver the potatoes.

Jenny: "I thought I saw a H. Stein here."

Mason: "You keep searching. I'll get the ingredients from Jesse."

Jesse: "I've got your ground beans!"

Mason: "That's a lot."

Jenny: "Aha, it's on the next page. I need 1.5dl of maito."

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Sarah: "Excuse me. Do you know what is maytoe?"

Sheree: "You mean tomato?"

Sarah: "No, that's Simlish."

Destiny: "I think she means maito, which means milk."

Gordon: "Yeah that's probably it."

Sheree: "There's a milk event across the street. If you take part in it, you can get milk for free."

To collect milk, the contestants have to throw balloons filled with milk at each other and squeeze it into the buckets.

Sarah: "Get ready for it!"

Gordon: "Oof! You threw too hard!"

Sarah: "How was that hard? It's a balloon! Just admit you can't take a hit."

Gordon: "I lost my footing."

Gordon: "I'll get back at you for that."

Sarah: "Squeezing fresh milk."

The last clue is with the barista Lashonda Hayes. They have to answer 3 consecutive knowledge questions pertaining to Finland correctly to retrieve their last clue.

Mason: "Quiz me."

Jenny: "How many states are there in Finland?"

Mason: "Shit, I didn't read up on that."

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Sarah: "It felt like Gordon was forgetting that we had a task - a timed task. He seemed more interested in fun and revenge."

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Gordon: "My milk can is full!"

Sarah: "Take this one!"

Gordon: "You missed!"

Sarah: "You dodged!"

Gordon: "I'll get the last laugh."

Sarah: "Oh no, some dripped out."

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Mason: "I'm ready to give it a go."

Lashonda: "Question 1: What party is the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin from?"

Mason: "SDP. Social Democratic Party."

Lashonda: "Correct."

Lashonda: "Question 2. Where does Santa Claus live?"

Mason: "He isn't real but if he did it would be in the North Pole."

Lashonda: "Incorrect. He lives in Rovaniemi, Lapland."

Mason: "What bullshit."

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Mason: "I have never heard such bullshit in my life. I already humoured them by providing the hypothetical answer."

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Gordon: "Here you go. All the milk you need and more."

After intense cramming, Jenny gives it a go.

Lashonda: "Name one vitamin that rye bread contains."

Jenny: "Vitamin B."

Lashinda: "Correct."

Lashonda: "Question 2. In which year did Helsinki host the Summer Olympics?"

Jenny: "Give me a minute to recall...1952."

Lashonda: "That is correct."

Lashonda: "Last question. What is Finland called in Finnish?"

Jenny: "Suomi."

Lashonda: "The answer you are looking for lies in the bagel."

Jenny: "I found the clue. I need sininen elintarvikeväri. How do I even begin to pronounce this?"

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Sarah: "Hello, I'm back. Do you know what sininen elintavikevari is?"

Sheree: "Elintarvikeväri. You're looking for blue food colouring."

Jesse: "Do you know where we can get some?"

Sheree: "Try visiting the Town Hall. It's two streets ahead."

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To obtain the last ingredient, the contestants must mix the different food dyes together to make blue food colouring.

Jesse: "You're the preschool teacher. You know your colours. It's all yours."

Sarah: "This is a bit more advanced than primary and secondary colours."

Sarah: "Did Jenny say what shade of blue?"

Jesse: "Nope. It's probably the default blue."

Sarah: "Aah!"

Jesse: "What happened?"
Sarah: "I wasn't careful. No biggie. Let me just get a quick clean-up and I'll try again."

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Jenny: "What took you so long?"

Sarah: "Accidents happened. Here's your food colouring."

Jenny: "I got the last ingredient."

Mason: "About time. Where's the recipe book?"

Jenny: "...I don't remember."

Mason: "Well go and find it."

Jenny: "It must be around here somewhere."

Jenny: "I found it! We first need to grind 8g of the potatoes."

Mason: "I don't have a grinder."

Jenny: "Use your hands or something to crush it."

Jenny: "Steam the milk. Then add a few drops of blue food colouring."

Mason: "Finnish coffee is weird."

Mason: "I've brewed the coffee."

Time for the moment of truth. The barista will try the coffee Mason brewed. If she finds it satisfactory, the points will be earned.

Mason: "Enjoy."

Mason: "Well?"

Lashonda: "Hmm."

Mason: "How do you find it?"

Jenny: "Don't keep us in suspense."

Lashonda: "What is this?"

Jenny: "Coffee."

Lashonda: "I know coffee and this isn't it. Why do I taste potatoes?"

Lashonda: "Let me show you what real a real Finnish espresso tastes like."

Mason: "It tastes a bit weird. It's a bit sour."

Jenny: "But so much better than whatever we concocted."

The contestants tried to recreate Finnish coffee but failed, so no points have been earned. Will they be able to do better in the next mission?

Next episode...

Romon: "Welcome to Masterchef!"

Mason: "I think it's only fair if the ones who didn't take part in the singing bonus mission got a chance here."

Gordon: "Can you even cook bro?"

Mason: "The dough is too tough. I'm going to cut it."

Romon: "Did you remember to preheat it?"

Mason: "We can't serve that."

Sarah: "But then we have nothing to serve."

Sarah: "We should have thought about this first."

Romon: "Time's up!"