Inari wants to live in peace

Episode 22 Opening the Shogun (9) Eel

It is enough to drain mud for two days with well water in barrels.With the permission of the late family, it was officially decided to hold a night party before leaving Hojo's territory to show off the eel dishes at that seat.

By the way, other faction feeders also bought eels from merchants, and your mud removal has already been completed.Exactly, well prepared.

In addition, it was supposed to be just a night club at first, but Hojo-san advertised it widely to the residents of the castle town.

Thanks to this, it developed into a festival, and many people rushed to Odawara Castle to see the fox daughter at a glance.

Even when the sun is setting, the front gate remains cluttered and can no longer be tidied.

As a solution, Odawara Castle's museum of sightseeing is quickly cleaned up, and the guardian pavilion that was used as a warehouse in normal times.

And when they were ready, Hojo-san and I stood side by side and gazed at the crowd gathered in front of the main gate.

"Inari, would you wave for the people?"

"Yeah... well, that's fine with me."

When I wave my hand as Hojo-san told me, the cheer of God Inari echoes like a tsunami.

(I'm not familiar with history, but was this really what General Koi did?

I wonder if it's strange to mix with Inari God.But it's just now, right?)

Honestly, there was no response from the people, so it was heartless.However, this kind of idle performance is only now.

For that reason, he kept waving his hand with a smile until the big applause stopped.

From the evening until the sun set and I was invisible, the people were full of energy.

However, being wrapped in the darkness of the night, it opened up for the time being, and after all, General Kani's role was successfully fulfilled.

Therefore, I will take the participants of my farewell party to the main gate of Odawara Castle.

The gates are tightly closed, so outsiders don't come in.For that matter, I want to sneak a sneak peek, but I don't want to hide anything else, so you can do whatever you want.

Above all, sea urchin kabayaki smells intense, so making it in the castle's kitchen can be miserable.Smell is expected to remain at least for a few days, especially in these days when ventilation is underdeveloped.

Since all the necessary seasonings are difficult to obtain with luxury items, we will build a simple stone camado near the main gate of Odawara Castle to avoid leaving untrained.

In addition, this time use charcoal instead of firewood, and fix the iron net firmly on the top.

It is a large size that Mikawa's blacksmith made in advance.

Originally I brought Hojo Territory fresh octopus and seafood to bake, but I didn't think I was going to bake eel.

Now that everything is ready, I stand in front of the stone camel and face the gathered people to explain briefly.

"The cooking method is simple.

Rip the eel, stab the bamboo skewer, and place it on the sauce and on the iron net.

I'm going to flip it over and burn it with a charcoal fire. "

Already a professional cook in the back of the house is helping me out.Former high school girls can cook easily in the first place, but they can't fish.

So this time, I formulated seasonings to make a sweet and spicy sauce that I remember eating in the future.

However, if you bake it over the eel, it will taste different again, but it is a contest.

Now, the eel is carefully prepared and stabbed in a bamboo skewer.All we have to do is stick it to the sauce and put it on the iron net in turn.

If you set it up so far, anyone else could do it, but this is quite difficult.

"Did you deliberately put it down in one piece instead of chopping it up?"

Return the questions of one of the farewell party participants appropriately and lift the small pot placed at your feet.

"It's a hassle, but the eels are better at baking than chopping."

Afterwards, I will add that it is only my preference.

Then I took off the lid on the pot, rubbed the black liquid inside with my fingers and licked it once. I felt that the taste was deeper than this morning.

Participants seem to be concerned about this, so hold up a small pot on the spot and dignify.

"This is the secret sauce that determines the taste!"

Secret sauce!?

The people gathered at the night club are very upset whether I was pulled by Norinori.

However, there was no profound meaning in the words now, because the owner of the eel shop who appeared on TV talked well about it, and the trade name that followed the kamayaki set was the secret sauce.

The official name is probably Kamayaki sauce.

But when I say it here, it's a promised future that later cooks' trials and mistakes will produce many secret sauces.

"The name is a secret, but it's not.Don't worry, I'll explain the details later. "

"" "... heh" "

I would have thought you wouldn't publish the recipe because I would tell you a secret, but I don't think so.

This eel sauce is still unfinished.I want you to make more delicious kamayaki due to the later cook's trial and error.

With such thoughts, after soaking it in a secret sauce, it is carefully placed on an iron net.

The sauce overflowing with kabayaki comes into contact with the calming coal and evaporates in an instant.

At the same time, the aromatic smell spreads into the courtyard, stirring up the appetite of the gathered people.

"Whoa, what's that smell!?"

"Your appetite is so intensely stimulating!"

"Inari-sama is not obsessed with it!"

As the gallery waits for the eel to burn now and now, the smell of a sweet sauce continues to stimulate the appetite of participants.

It feels like I can't stand it anymore.

Still, baking eels takes time.

Probably won't burn at once because of the firewood fire, but I think I might accidentally burn the thermal adjustment myself.

So this time, I chose to cook carefully with charcoal so as not to fail.

"Does Inari God like eels?"

Pretty much.

It is an endangered species in Japan in the future, and it is rarely eaten in summer.

The rest is simply bad, it feels like the back finger is pointing at the eel because it promotes its extinction, and the price is quite high, so nature and feet are far away.

Putting aside the circumstances that have passed away, it is time for the eel to burn in a good condition, so I call the backhouse nearby.

"Heavy box"

"Here."

Ask the awkward grandfather who discussed planting to grab the heavy box that he hastily made.

It was just a wooden box because it was a sudden job and there were no decorations or anything, but it is a fine heavy box for me.

But anyway, while laying the bamboo skewers one by one in an empty space, careful not to disintegrate them.

Now that the series of work is finished, I give the heavy box to the back house again.

"Rice."

"One moment please."

She then carefully laid down the white rice cooked in an earthenware pot, using a wooden shabu-shabu, without crushing the rice grains or the eel below.

"It's over."

"Thank you."

Now that the heavy box is back, next place the eel kamayaki on the rice so that the shape does not collapse.

Finally, when all the bamboo skewers are removed, the nodding is completed.

I didn't do much work, but I was able to do it without fail, so I exhale.

Then one of the participants startled to see the cuisine for the first time and called out with excitement.

"Inari God! Oh, my God!?"

"It's nodding. If you put it in a bowl, you can chop it into eel rice bowls and mix it with rice, and it will make a splash."

Tilt the newly completed nodding slightly diagonally to make it look good to the participants.

And after confirming what I saw, I received chopsticks from the back house, and I took the heavy box and blocked it, so I asked you to do it with one hand.

(Because it is incomplete, it may be a bumpy taste somewhere.With this work, I can't remember the old days.

Will the taste be tightened slightly if I get Japanese pepper and chili pepper and sprinkle them?)

Is the nodding I ate when I was a child too beautiful?Or I don't know if it was really delicious.

However, I got the heavy box back from the back house, and if I think about it inside, I don't say a word. I usually eat small meals, but now I eat it like a bracket.

Eventually I finished eating beautifully even a grain of rice in the corner of the heavy box, and I said that it was a welcome meal with a satisfying face.

After that, I didn't think that there would be a limit to the amount of eel shipped.

All the people gathered at the night club were cheeking on the pottery with an impetus.

That's why I didn't say a word, because I was heartless stuffed in my stomach, so I pulled it off.

At the very least, if you can taste it or taste it, there is some kind of reaction that I'm watching, but I'm a little scared, to be honest.

So I waved a topic that had little to do with taste.

"Kamayaki is excellent as a knob for alcohol, and it's nutritious."

"Oh, my God! I have to eat eels every day!"

With rice on your cheeks, your son Honda finally realizes what he has done by making an exhilarating statement.

I'm glad they liked kayaki so much that they lost their words, but it seemed a little too effective.

It is certain that eel shops will occur throughout Japan, and Japanese eels will be pushed into extinction without keeping them until 2200 A.D.

Moreover, it was the ironic story of me who promoted environmental protection that created the kickback.

I don't know how to be valued after I've passed away.

However, I could not overlook the fact that the Japanese people were driven by the desire to eat eels and headed in a tasty direction.

At least if we do not strictly restrict the distribution of eel, it is likely to be completely extinct.

Those who make a living as fishermen don't have to wait for a big boom, but it's only natural that they do it for a living.

So I will prepare another job and ask you to do it during the prohibition period.

If you can make enough money to make a proper living, you should be able to change jobs even if you're reluctant.

Although it is still a cake painted in the painting, it is good to call myself Inari God because the proposal will be passed soon.

I've only counted so many things I'm glad I did God, but now I have to leave it behind.