After lunch, I worked on my chores.
Perform minor miscellaneous tasks such as collecting materials and maintaining tools.
I'm the leader, but I do my chores neatly.
I am king, and I will not flip back.
"Shadow of Fire, may I have a moment?
As I was working silently, Saori spoke to me.
"It's fine, but what's the matter?
I put a stoneware spear on the wall that I hadn't used in a while.
"This is it....."
Saori showed me the textbook he had in his hand.
It's a family science textbook, and it's a cooking page.
There was a picture of miso soup in the corner of the page, and she pointed to it.
Miso soup?
Yes, I'd like to make it.
"Oh, that's good! Miso soup is a classic dish for Japanese people."
"Besides, there are turtles in this ocean, right? I wonder if it would suit miso soup."
"Definitely. Let's make it!
"I want to make it too... but I don't have the miso that matters"
Ah.
I completely forgot.
I forgot when, but I thought about making miso.
But I accidentally forgot.
Because when I tried to get started, I did something nice with someone.
"We need soy to make miso anyway."
"Soybeans aren't even close?
"Yes, soybean fields. There is no problem if you harvest there. However, the problem is the amount to be harvested. A good amount of soybean is needed to make miso. We can only harvest a few bones by ourselves, so we need to ask our favorite vegetables to lend us the monkey army."
I looked inside Asia and found my favorite vegetables.
Having just returned, she is now rewarding the Order of Monkeys.
I was eating some white fruit.
I cut it to the size of a bite and thought it was something like cherimoya.
Even our cheeks fall, commonly known as "Forest Ice Cream."
Yes, ahn
Ukiy ♪
The monkeys lined up politely and opened their mouths to be sweet when they came to their turn.
And when you let me eat Cherimoya, I leave Ajito happily.
"May I have a word with you, love vegetables?
Speak to the love vegetables that have finished feeding the monkeys.
I asked for help making miso because I needed soybeans.
"I don't mind - Meiko, are you okay?
I confirmed with Meiko, who is the leader of the handicraft team.
"It's okay. I've gathered enough rubber."
"Then no problem! So, what do I do?
"Ask the monkeys to harvest the soybeans."
"Okay! Then I'll give the Reata a reward for the fire shadow."
Rika
Leaving the preparation of dinner to the pictures, I went out alone to pick fruit.
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Thanks to the work of the monkey army, a sufficient amount of soybean was collected.
I know once again that Mankai Tactics is number one.
Now, let's make some miso.
I decided to teach Sakuri how to make miso.
Miso is originally made over a long time.
However, since we were ready to go down this time, it could be completed in a short time.
Still, it will take a day, so I will make shortcuts even more.
"First, clean the soybeans you've harvested."
Put a lot of water in the earthenware bucket and throw soybeans into it.
I'd rather have a lot of water sucked into the soybean.
"--That's the original process, but this time it's a shortcut."
Eh?
"Crush the soybeans before washing them in water."
"Shatter?
"Yes, crush in the same way as the shell. Just don't make it dusty like a shell. The extent to which most soybeans break in half. Finally, it's going to crush lightly."
Demonstrate while talking.
Gently crush the soybeans in the wooden base with a wooden hammer.
The molds and hammers were to be used for other purposes, but they were also useful here.
"When you're done crushing, wash it with water."
"Why did you break it first?
"To suck moisture more efficiently."
I see, when it's cracked, it's easy to get water in.
That's what I'm talking about.
Soybeans look beautiful at first sight, but they're actually pretty dirty.
That's why I carefully wash the water and clean up the dirt.
It should be done while replacing the water many times.
"This way, after washing in water, it will crush lightly again."
"Shatter again!?
"Yes, again. To make it easier to absorb moisture"
It was crushed to the extent that it would not shatter again.
"So, soak it in the water from here. It's supposed to be more than 10 hours of soaking, but it's a shortcut course, so one hour is enough."
"Wow."
Well, the taste will deteriorate, but that's very kind of you.
The absorption rate of soybeans is not halfway.
In just an hour, the water in the earthenware bucket was visibly reduced.
"Refill the reduced amount of water and simmer"
Transfer to a large bronze pan and simmer the soybeans.
"Stewing can't be shortcut to a boulder, and if you hurry here, you'll make a big mistake. So we have to make sure we succeed in this process."
I picked a grain of beech soy with chopsticks.
It was crushed and already crushed with chopsticks and broke into hollows.
It feels like you tried to grab the egg tofu with chopsticks.
"When it's as soft as it is now, it's done."
Transfer the boiled soybeans to a different container to cool them.
This is the final step when it cools to a temperature that doesn't feel hot when touched.
"Finally, mix the salt and koji."
"Koji!? When did you get it ready?
"When I tried to make miso before. By the way, koji can be made with soy and wheat. I'll show you how to make them later."
After mixing salt and koji, knead them in with your hands.
Until the soybeans that kept their original shape while being hollow became chaotic.
Over and over, over and over again.
"That's it! That's all I need to spend today."
"Ooh! Miso in one day... amazing!
"If you're going to spend what you make on that day. If it is used after the next day, it is necessary to cover the miso container with heavy stones. Otherwise, it separates inside and the taste gets worse. That's why I put heavy stones on them and store them for about six months before using them."
"Really? You know Fireshadow better than family science textbooks."
"Family science textbooks have always been more modern know-how."
This is how Miso soup was added to our meal.
However, compared to modern miso soup, the taste is not as good.
Nevertheless, since it didn't turn into miso soup, we were excited by the roughness of our snorts.
Eggs, milk and miso.
Our food culture was progressing without stopping.