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diff --git a/public/assets/models/wire_basket.glb b/public/assets/models/wire_basket.glb
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diff --git a/scripts/gen-assets.sh b/scripts/gen-assets.sh
index 0e7119a..d46b3f2 100755
--- a/scripts/gen-assets.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen-assets.sh
@@ -196,17 +196,23 @@ do_prep2d() {
 do_stations() {
   # the air fryer bench
   gen_3d air_fryer      241 "a chunky black modern air fryer appliance with a pull out drawer basket and a round dial on top, matte plastic body"
-  gen_3d wire_basket    243 "a square wire mesh air fryer basket tray with a crumb rack, empty, seen at an angle"
-  gen_3d chicken_wing   245 "a single raw chicken wing piece, pale pink skin, plump, on nothing"
-  gen_3d wing_cooked    247 "a single golden crispy fried chicken wing, glistening browned skin"
+  # REJECTED (the procedural rack reads better from the top-down camera and never occludes the wings):
+  #  gen_3d wire_basket    243 "a square wire mesh air fryer basket tray with a crumb rack, empty, seen at an angle"
+  # REJECTED (per-piece food stays procedural — its COLOUR is the gameplay read):
+  #  gen_3d chicken_wing   245 "a single raw chicken wing piece, pale pink skin, plump, on nothing"
+  # REJECTED (same: browning is a live tint, not a second mesh):
+  #  gen_3d wing_cooked    247 "a single golden crispy fried chicken wing, glistening browned skin"
   # the deep fryer bench
   gen_3d fryer_pot      249 "a deep stainless steel stockpot of golden cooking oil, tall straight sides, no handle visible, seen from a low angle"
   gen_3d fryer_basket   251 "a round wire mesh deep fryer basket with a long metal hooked handle, empty"
   gen_3d drain_rack     253 "a small rectangular wire cooling rack on short legs over a metal tray, empty"
-  gen_3d chip_raw       255 "a single thick cut raw potato chip fry baton, pale starchy white"
-  gen_3d chip_golden    257 "a single thick cut golden fried potato chip, crisp browned edges"
+  # REJECTED (per-piece food stays procedural — raw-to-golden must tint per frame):
+  #  gen_3d chip_raw       255 "a single thick cut raw potato chip fry baton, pale starchy white"
+  # REJECTED (same: the gold IS the judgement):
+  #  gen_3d chip_golden    257 "a single thick cut golden fried potato chip, crisp browned edges"
   # the egg bench
-  gen_3d egg_carton     259 "an open cardboard egg carton holding six brown eggs, lid folded back"
+  # REJECTED (ships with six eggs baked in; that bench is about which eggs are YOURS):
+  #  gen_3d egg_carton     259 "an open cardboard egg carton holding six brown eggs, lid folded back"
   gen_3d egg_carton_empty 260 "an open EMPTY cardboard egg carton with six empty moulded hollows, lid folded back, no eggs in it at all"
   gen_3d mixing_bowl    261 "a wide shallow white ceramic mixing bowl, empty, seen at a three quarter angle"
   gen_3d tall_glass     263 "a plain tall clear drinking glass of water, empty of anything else"
diff --git a/src/scenes/eggbench.ts b/src/scenes/eggbench.ts
index 4055c64..a336f38 100644
--- a/src/scenes/eggbench.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/eggbench.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from '../sim/eggs';
 import { el, Panel } from '../ui/hud';
 import { loadBackdrop } from './props';
+import { loadProp } from './assets';
 
 const BENCH_Y = 0;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ export class EggBenchView implements View {
     );
     this.glass.position.set(2.1, BENCH_Y + 0.45, -0.4);
     this.root.add(this.glass);
+    // ponytail: NO glass prop. The generated tumbler renders opaque, and this
+    // glass exists solely so you can WATCH an egg sink, stand or float in it.
+    // A pretty glass you cannot see through deletes the float test.
     const water = new THREE.Mesh(
       new THREE.CylinderGeometry(0.4, 0.35, 0.62, 20),
       new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0x6fa8c4, roughness: 0.15, transparent: true, opacity: 0.5 }),
@@ -127,6 +131,15 @@ export class EggBenchView implements View {
     );
     this.bowl.position.set(0, BENCH_Y + 0.31, 0.55);
     this.root.add(this.bowl);
+    // The cylinder stays as the drop-target geometry the eggs measure against;
+    // the real bowl just stands where it stands.
+    void loadProp('/assets/models/mixing_bowl.glb', 1.65)
+      .then((prop) => {
+        prop.position.set(0, BENCH_Y - 0.01, 0.55);
+        this.bowl.visible = false;
+        this.root.add(prop);
+      })
+      .catch(() => undefined);
     this.bowlMix = new THREE.Mesh(
       new THREE.CylinderGeometry(0.92, 0.92, 0.05, 28),
       new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0xf4f0e4, roughness: 0.35, transparent: true, opacity: 0 }),