I Shall Survive Using Potions!

"Welcome to today...."

Hmm.

The lord nodded at my greeting.

Here, there are eight men and women surrounding the table in the "Little Silver" dining room.

Yeah, there's no reception room at the former orphanage.So there was a big table and a lot of chairs, and it was not too cluttered and kept clean, so there was no other choice.

I, Reiko, the owners of three medium-sized merchants who do business behind our backs, the branch manager of a large store with its head office in King's Land, who will meet for the first time, and the Lord and his family ordinance (Land Steward), a total of eight people.

Household ordinance is the highest ranking servant who is entrusted with the substantive management of the territory... that is, the lord's right arm.

In Japan, butlers tend to be regarded as playing that role, but they take second place to family ordinances.Well, sometimes Land Steward is translated as "butler" at the time of translation, so there are many things.

And the three guards standing behind the lord and the ruler are not counted beyond the number of men.

Then there are two soldiers standing outside the door of this room, by the carriage in front of the front door.

Well, if there were two little daughters, four local merchants with a proven identity, and about five orphans, then the escort would have been enough.

Actually, you're right.

... if Reiko and I don't take it seriously.

Regardless, the merchants were worried that it would be disrespectful to call the lord here, but we would not be able to do it at the lord's place even though it was a social gathering that we would host and invite others.

So I was afraid that I had received an invitation, but as expected, I received a reply that I would attend.

Well, I thought maybe.

I wrote on the invitation that I'd show you where to make dried goods, jerkies, pickles, etc.

You used to eat our processed foods, both metaphorically and physically...

And when the lord replied to his attendance, he sent invitations to the merchants.

... well, they're coming.

It is an invitation from me to wholesale a lot of spices, and it is an opportunity to see the inside of us (chance). In the first place, there will be no merchant who will be invited to a small group party attended by the lord and will not be absent.

So naturally, the branch manager of the big store who called for the first time was happy to participate.

No matter how big a store it is, there is no such thing as an opportunity for someone who is just a branch manager to have a long conversation with the lord.Probably sold me quite a favour this time around.This will also help in the future.

"Now, that's why we've gathered here, the subject explanation and the cheer conversation will start slowly while eating, so let's start with the preparation of the meal."

Self-introduction is omitted.

There can't be anyone in this membership who doesn't know each other.

And if we don't provide food and drinks before we talk, we can't convince the explanation.

... yes, serving food and beverages, showing samples of equal products, tasting parties.

Chillin '!

When I rang the handbell, the children came with glasses, plates, cutlery, etc.

Young Aral is in charge of a small cutlery basket that does little damage if it falls or falls.I've got a spare for you.

No, at first Aral tried to take it off, but it was a big bang.

Well, I know how you feel. It would be tough for a young child to be out of the group and to treat it uselessly.

So I had to assign work to Aral.

Then, after arranging the dishes, we serve the dishes.

I didn't put the dishes on the table from the beginning, of course, to highlight and impress each dish by serving them sequentially.Creating presentations is the foundation of business.

And like course cooking, we don't think about the overall composition and decide the order.

Impact oriented for sales.

In this area, course cuisine as a luxurious dish... when you finish eating the previous dish, the style of bringing the next dish... is not established.The luxurious dishes that nobles and rich people eat are arranged at the table from the beginning.

... of course, after-dinner tea or the one with the syrup on the crushed ice that is served in winter will be served at the end...

That's why this time it's a wave-like attack.

But, well, from the soup first.

It's troublesome to serve soup on the way.

That's why the first dish transported after the plates, glasses, drinks and cutlery were placed was consomme soup.

There is no tradition of 'taking dashi stock' around here like in Japan...

Well, if it's royal cuisine or a super-class shop in King's Landing, I might be getting soup properly.

... but it's troublesome to get some soup.Especially Western-style...

Bouillon, fondue, and consomme, which are the basic soups for French cuisine, require a lot of meat and vegetables to be simmered and processed for a long time, which is costly and laborious.Well, you can't do it in home cooking or in the town cafeteria.

Like in Japan, it's quick to take soup from shredded sauces, boiled dried, kombu, etc...

Ah, even though the cooking itself of fetching soup is fast, it takes a lot of effort and time to make bonito, of course.

Anyway, the soup around here is "the guy who put a lot of stuff in the spot and simmered it," such as minestrone and pork juice.

So this consomme soup...

Guests meditating (pinching) their eyes with an expression that seems to be hearing voices like howling as soon as they swallow with a spoon.

Mm-hmm. I made this from a local cow without cheese or chicken.

How about it!!

... just because it depends on the cooking method doesn't have anything to do with what we sell.

In other words, it has nothing to do with the product you want to sell this time.

It's for my complacency!You can't just serve soup to a meal!

That's why the next one is live.

After making sure everyone finished their soup, my cue brought me the next dish.

This time, the next dish will be delivered as soon as you have eaten a little, without waiting for everything you have served to eat.

It's obvious because it's not a "dinner party" where you eat all the dishes served, but a "tasting party" where you can taste various dishes one by one.

And the dishes are carried one after the other, filling the table.

In the middle of the table, you can also find bottles of alcohol.Wine, brandy, whisky, beer, sake, rum, and more...

Of course, the dishes include dried foods and jerky made in Little Silver, dishes made with plenty of spices, fried foods, Japanese, Western, Chinese, Italian, French, and many more.

... of course, there are no English dishes such as eel jelly.

They mainly use what they sell at home, spices, seasonings, and ingredients that they plan to sell from now on.It is an ingestion technique that also serves as a tasting party and grabs the stomach.

Me and Reiko explained the new dish whenever the lord was made to eat it.

I have not eaten much expensive food in my previous life, so I am mainly in charge of explaining the cheap ones.I left the explanation of the tall one to Reiko.

... shit!