ok hc keith is good at cooking but only in large quatities his dad used to bring him down to the fire house and hed help papa kogane cook on his days so keith is utterly incapable of cooking for less than five ppl like five is just the smallest he can go it just feels too little if not ,,,,
i? fn love this?? headacanon? so? fn? much? like,
keith is really great at cooking from scratch. the firehouse kept a lot of the same staples on hand at all times so keith can work wonders and make diverse meals out of just beef, beans, some veggies, assorted spices, and cornmeal. just. the wonders. hot sauce goes on everything. which is why hunk and he dont like to share a kitchen. “how can people taste the food if youre burning their taste buds, keith?!”
and honestly this headcanon is so fn perfect for ketihs found family which,, IS HUGE. basically this headcanon is the best way to highlight hte fact that keith grew up surrounded by people who loved him, protected him and doted on him– went through the biggest tragedy a child can face– only to come out the other side with a slew of people who literally walk side-by-side with him through hell. so of fucking course hes gonna whip out those cooking skills and sit them down and teach them about the magic of using a tortilla for every meal of the day.
I made more..
So he only knows how to cook in large batches for like 5+ people,, and we’re talkin 5 firemen,, so really like batches for 8+ people- a lot of food. Perfect for the journey back to earth
Please imagine the team stopping on a semi-lush planet, and hunk’s doing the “scavenging for food thing” and keith just,, pops up. Out of a bush. Like a daisy. “Hey hunk, need help”
And so they sass around the mulberry bush,, lookin for noms
And they get back to camp and keith just goes into “the cook” mode, choppin shit and separating it out, lightin fires and what have you. And hunks just,, “okay.. Gotta feed /counts/ 9 people? Plus a wolf” keith “lol i got this”
Starts throwing stuff in the pot (in my head its gotta be a stew, i just see keith being really good at making chili) hunk is lowkey disturbed at how casual keith is about eyeballing his measurements, nervous cause hunk doesn’t /know keith can cook.
But anyways keiths got that food simmering, stirring and tossing scaps to the wolf like “yea he prefers raw food, i almost got him to fetch once by tossing some chunks of food around and bribing him to come back mid-bite with more food,, still didnt work”
Hunk learns a lot about keith’s journey while they cook (and by a lot i mean at least *some* things as compared to the rest of the team which knows 1. Space whale 2. Galra mom 3. Altean colony, see: romelle 4. Space wolf 5. Fuck lotor)
So the foods done cooking and everyone gathers round (they weren’t there to watch the food cook cause Reasons(™) so they just assume keith was there to help serve and nothing else. They start complimenting hunk on how delicious the food is and “man, youve outdone yourself”
Hunk is really quick to be like “LMAO hope you all don’t die this was made by keith” as he takes in a large mouthful of his own portion.
Romelle just hums happily while hugging her bowl. Pidge and allura are studying the aroma, coran starts going off about how the spicy-ness reminds him of some wild shit pop pop wimbleton used to make. Lance has to put the bowl down to properly gesture ‘YOU CAN COOK?!’
Shiro “thank the ancients we wont starve if we survive this war”
Krolias just quiet, she been knew