"Not a bad choice," he said happily, and the strong young man went back into the cellar to get the ingredients. It was a pound of sirloin, cut up. Two potatoes with salted cheese, cut up. With two smaller wooden cups of milk, along with the spices he presented for her, all within a pot that was half filled with water needing to be boiled. He told her all of this as much, and pulled up a chair as he watched her. He set the fire at the side of the kitchen so she didn't burn the house down, and showed her how to put on mittens as well, beforehand.