A Mid-level (Middle-aged) Office Worker’s Laid-Back Industrial Revolution in Another World
Episode 141: Dinner today.
Takeo was in the kitchen after lunch.
"Chef, I'm sorry to bother you.
"Whoa, Takeo. Hey, what's up?
Thought tomorrow's meeting was a little later?
"Yes. I would like to have a cooking meeting with raw cream a little later tomorrow.
By the way, are you determined to cook for dinner today?
"Hmm? I'm going to decide..."
"Earlier, I went to the dryer and bought a lot of stuff, so I'd like to try something at dinner this evening.
"Oh well.
I don't mind. We'll let our young man help us, so we'll be fine.
"Yes. In the meantime, you line up what you've bought.
Arrange dried shiitake, dried small fish, dried shrimp, and baked fish.
"... shrimp?
The chef makes a difficult face.
"... earlier, when I told Mr. Frederick, he looked the same..."
"I'm sorry... by the way, why did you buy a shrimp?
"Alice, the lady said she had never eaten, so I was wondering if I could make something.
"... you've never eaten?
"What's up?
"I haven't served shrimp at the table in nearly a decade at Elvis Mansion.
"Yeah. Mr. Frederick told me, 'Because there are few repertoires for high'.
"There's that too... the last time I put it out... a little bit.
"What happened?
"... Alice, the lady said 'yummy'..."
"What? That Alice lady??
"Ah. I was 8 or 9 at the time... I took a bite and said it was not good and threw shrimp away.
"... it's again..."
In Takeo, Alice felt that even if it didn't taste good, she wouldn't throw food away.
"Only that shrimp dish was later and earlier mentioned by Miss Alice as' unsavory '.
Even now, I'm too scared to let it out.
"You had a shock run to everyone.
"Oh. You were eating Nico... and all of a sudden I'm going to get real and throw in 'unsavory' prawns... that scared me.
"... but it's just a child's seizure, isn't it? Does it develop by the time you don't serve food?
"Now the late Alice, your daughter's parents are heartbroken.
I tried not to serve shrimp because it was expensive.
"I see... by the way, what dish did you serve?
"That's salt boil.
"?... what's the taste?
"Salt."
"... the shell, of course.
"There is.
Takeo almost held his head in the words of the chef.
"Wasn't there any other way to cook?
"No, the head chef at the time said, 'If you enjoy the flavour of ingredients, only salt boil'.
"There... to some extent, I agree... it's not raw, it's dry, right?
Freshness is important if you enjoy the flavour of the ingredients, and there will be any way to soak them thinly in lemon juice or mix them with finely fine-grained sissy and salt... "
"No, I do... but the chef at the time was a stubborn man... and I didn't have to bend the policy I had in mind.
"Weirdly stubborn were those who direct the cooking...
If you were 8 or 9, you would have loved the dark flavors... and they didn't taste good.
Takeo says Simi Jimi.
"Oh, it was only salty.
"I'm going to throw some of that food when it comes out.
"So I don't want to let it out.
"... well, you're going to be on the table in the future because of today's cooking performance.
"Takeo, please.
"No, no, we'll all make it, right?
Takeo smiled bitterly.
and the cook in charge of the main, salad and sweets comes around the two of us.
"And you're past the point.
So, what are you making for dinner today?
"Personally, I would like to make two types of egg soup with this spaghetti.
"Uhm.
First of all, why do you make two kinds of soup?
"I'm going to make stock separately with shiitake and small fish.
"What is Dashi?
"It's like a soup vegetable.
"That's bouillon.
"Surely Bouillon simmers meat, fish and vegetables, doesn't it?
"That's right.
"Where I was, I was taking it from vegetables, so I thought I'd do it.
"I see."
"Cut the shiitake vertically into about 4 equal portions and then dip it in the water.
"How long?
"Is it two bells?
"... that's a long time.
"I don't know if I'll get out right with that... but it's a challenge.
"I see. How do you do little fish?
"Take your head and guts clean and dip them in the water.
"... how long is this?
"Is this half a bell?
"That's hard..."
"Because I'll see it on my watch.
"Okay.
"I've never been honest with you about shrimp, but here, how were you putting it back?
"I used it as an ingredient, so I put it in a boiling pan and it was simmering.
"Hmm... why don't we dip this in the water, just like the little fish, and then put it on fire?
"Okay. You just have to serve three pots for soup.
"Please.
The main person in charge starts instructing him to give out the dimensional torso pan.
"What is this spaghetti?
"I'll use yesterday's butter.
"Mm-hmm. You're not like yesterday's carbonara, are you?
"Yeah. Those were raw cream and cheese soothing food.
This time I will soothe the butter.
"Hmm, I see.
"When I'm soothed, I think I'll shake a chopped sissy, do you have a sissy?
When the chef turns to the salad person, the person in charge nods.
"Sounds like it.
"Okay, I'll take that one.
"What about the salad?
"The main thing is going to be spaghetti... oil, so what about a light salad?
"You have that too.
"But, you know, the soup isn't bouillon either, so I plan on cooking lightly for the whole thing.
"Hmm. Only the main oil... don't worry.
"Dear Kitamizato, can you add a little oil to the soup to make it more edible?
The main person in charge asks.
"Um... I sometimes add small bits of bird meat and pork to taste and oil, but...
This time I want to make sure the subject is the difference between shiitake stock and small fish stock.
"I see. So egg soup is lightly salted and better seasoned.
"Yeah, that's it this time, please.
So can you match the salad well?
"Right. Shall I add a little oil using Kitamizato-like mayonnaise?
"I'll take care of it.
"Okay.
The salad rep nods.
"Okay, for now.
Do you want to work on getting stock for dinner today?
The cooks moved in unison.