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My first headcanons! I decided to keep the x reader bit out for now, but I might put some Top Gun guys x reader headcanons up later. These were really fun to write, so I hope you enjoy!
(Let me know if you want me to write a fic with these in!)
Warnings: Mention of fires, possibly a bit OOC for Goose and young Mav
If it's young Mav, he'll be pretty bad at cooking
I mean, he can probably heat up a tin of soup or some baked beans (do they have those in America?), but don't trust him with anything else
I can imagine him and Goose trying to bake something (think basic cake mix), and next thing you know, the fire brigade's at the door
If it's older Mav, he'll able to cook some basic things, stuff like pasta, scrambled eggs, and so on
If he does attempt baking, though, it won't be very good
Maybe it's not quite bad enough to cause a fire, but he'll probably have mixed the ingredients wrong or something, or he'll forget to grease the baking tin
Tbh it doesn't taste bad, but it probably has a weird texture or something, and will most definitely not be aesthetically pleasing
But he's so pleased with himself that he's managed to bake something without setting the kitchen on fire that nobody really wants to burst his bubble
Is a TERRIBLE cook
He would find a way to literally burn a salad
Carole had to ban him and Mav from the kitchen
Like, she loves him, but she doesn't love having to call the fire brigade every single time Goose and Mav decide to try cooking (again)
Goose thinks it's hilarious whenever he and Mav mess up - until Carole makes him and Mav scrub all the charred food out of the pans (and buy her some new ones)
She arranges to go to McDonald's with Bradley if she knows Mav and Goose are cooking that night
They'd try to teach Bradley, but Carole's not having any of it
"Hey, Bradley, want to find out how you can-" "NICK!"
I feel like Bob would probably be the best cook out of them all
But it's like a hidden talent
It's probably Phoenix who finds out
Bob is not happy at first
For one thing, he's now got to bring all the food to every. single. party
But once Phoenix manages to persuade him and makes the other guys pay for the ingredients, he'll do it
And he loves it when people compliment his food, although it makes him blush a lot
But he won't let Mav, Hangman, or any of the other bad cooks near his kitchen
He probably uses a different pan for everything (think omelette pan, milk pan, etc.)
He's probably really, really cautious about getting burned
Like if he's frying something, he will probably wear full-on oven gloves
And if he does get burned, even just a little bit, he will hold it under cold water for at least half an hour before wrapping his hand firmly in ice, and continuing to cook
That's probably why he hates being distracted while cooking
He also hates when people mess with his cooking, even if it's just giving something a little stir
Or adding some spices into a sauce he spent ages getting just right
That's one of the few times when he gets really angry
People messing up his system will turn him into a rage monster
This guy has a system for everything in the kitchen, and if you mess with it, even once, out you go
Once Hangman made the plate stack top-heavy while drying the dishes, and now he's not allowed near the cupboards
Then he messed up Bob's pans, and Bob kicked him out of the kitchen
But it's just because he loves cooking so much, and he wants everything to be perfect
And it's all worth it in the end, because his food is really delicious
I feel like he's a barbecue guy
Like, this guy loves barbecues
In any type of weather
He would probably get the barbecue out in the middle of winter if Rooster hadn't locked it in the shed (and thrown away hidden the key)
He's also good at frying stuff (even though he drives Bob crazy by using the omelette pan to fry everything (Bob was about ready to throw a rolling pin at his head the last time that happened))
When he's not got the barbecue out, he'll fry literally anything in sight
Literally anything
He also likes deep-fried stuff (but will just get the fast food anyway because he's too lazy to set everything up)
But anything else?
NO.
Do not even let him near the tinned stuff, or you will come back to find the smoke alarm blaring, and a charred, blackened mess (probably in Bob's favourite non-stick pan)
He's also pretty bad at baking (about young Mav level)
Bob despairs of ever getting him to stop messing up the pans, so he simply won't allow Jake into the kitchens anymore
So Jake has to sneak in, make his food, and sneak out again
But Bob always catches him, mostly because Jake's cooking always smells very strongly of barbecue sauce
Rooster's already chased him out several times
I think he'd be a pretty decent cook, better than Mav, but maybe not on Bob's level
He probably learned it from his mum
And fortunately, by the time he was old enough to learn, Mav was already banned from the kitchen
He can do most things - fry, heat up tinned stuff, etc.
He's a pretty decent baker, too
Obviously he's not on Bob's level, like I said, but he's good enough that Bob will allow him into the kitchen
He respects Bob's ordered kitchen (and secretly wishes he was that organised)
He'll stand guard outside the kitchen (with a rolling pin) whenever Bob is cooking, and doesn't want to be disturbed
He's chased Hangman out a couple of times (and probably Mav some of the other bad cooks, too)
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