Chapter 41: Otherworldly Cooking

Chapter 41: Otherworldly Cooking

It’s now been 7 days since the Goblin subjugation

It’s late at night, and we’re in the inn’s kitchen.

As promised to Fran, I’m here to cook her some food. Since the sight of a lightly floating sword cooking would certainly cause a commotion, Fran is here with me too.

The cooks said “If it’s late at night after the Dining Room is closed, then there’s no problem”, so we’ve properly received permission. With this, I’ll give my all at cooking!

『Chan Chan Chara Chachacharara~』

「Chanchan?」

『Chanchara, Chan Chan Chan~』

「?」

『Welcome! It’s time for Otherworldly Cooking!』

「Oh~~?」

Not understanding the meaning of my words yet still guessing the mood, Fran started clapping.

『The first meal today is... This!』

「Meat?」

『Correct! Prepared for you today is minced meat from Rock Bison and Crash Boar: 30kg of each!』

Moreover, Rune Tulip bulbs that resemble onions, Golden Chicken eggs, breadcrumbs, and all sorts of spices were also prepared.

『Then, knead this Fran.』

「Nn.」

『You should make use of what you have, right?』

「With this: able to eat Teacher’s cooking every day.」

『Considering your Titles, you should also be able to make good dishes.』

「Can’t make what I don’t know.」

『Ah, that’s right after all.』

What Fran wants to eat is Earth’s cooking, and no one but me can make that. Even if similar cooking is possible, in the end the degree of refinement would end up different.

So, with that I went on to chop the Rune Tulip bulbs. For the sake of cutting them into fine pieces, I’ve decided to use Aura?Blade.

So far, I had used myself after taking a thorough wash through boiling and purification magic, but... Still, I had used Demonic Poison Fang for slaying Demonic Beasts earlier, so a bit of anxiety still remains. Until now Fran’s shown no sign of bad conditions, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s safe.

The finely chopped Rune Tulips were carefully stir-fried in the frying pan.

『Mix together the minced meats, then make an onion-shaped ball. After that, add spices and keep on mixing.』

「Leave it to me.」

I also mixed the remaining minced meat with Telekinesis. When that was completed, 60kg worth of special-hamburger base was completed.

Honestly, I had a feeling that I went overboard, but... When it’s put into Dimensional Storage it won’t go bad, so it’s fine.

『Now let’s start grilling the hamburgers.』

「Nn.」

Of course, flour is also being made use of. Udon, Bread, Naan and Okonomiyaki, all such carbohydrate-parade foods were around. Bread could be found in the standard baguette type, but there were also the rectangular type that Japanese people love.

We also made Chinese Noodles, since Lye Water was also at the market.

I don’t think that any mistakes were made when kneading the noodles, since the process of making them went well because of the strange water. And so, Ramen, Yakisoba, and more could be made.

Now, since we have rice and Naan... That has to be made.

『Well then, next I was thinking of making a special dish.』

「Special?」

Hey, hey, your expectations are a bit too high if your eyes are gleaming like that... Well, I guess I’ll just need to do by best, huh?

「What is it?」

『It’s a special-hyper-ultra dish! Its name is ―― Curry!』

「Kuuree? What is it?」

『Fufufufu. Well, you’ll see.』

Curry was my favorite food back on Earth. Here, I don’t eat — not even a single sign of appetite has shown up thus far. But the feeling of wanting Fran to eat delicious food is there instead. Therefore: Curry needs to be made. We can’t go on without it.

『Break the spices like this.』

「Beautiful.」

『It’s for the sake of making a delicious curry.』

「Cook it?」

『Right. While blending it, you keep on cooking.』

「Hmmm.」

One hour later, 3 business sized pots filled to the brim with curry sit in front of us.

In the beginning, we finished with just a normal sized pot. Spices are expensive, after all.

However, after Fran taste tested the first batch, she kept on eating it at a dreadful pace. In the blink of an eye, we ran out. Afterwards, upon Fran’s continuous demands, all of the remaining spices were put towards making curry in vast amounts.

Sweet, mild, and scathing flavors were made, and the vegetables and meat were altered to fit. Even if I say so myself, they’re masterpieces. If we took them to Japan, I have absolute confidence that it would sell.

「I was born to meet this dish.」

『You like it that much?!』

「Thanks Teacher.」

『That feels like the most emotion-loaded “Thanks” I’ve received up until now...』

I have to make sure that Fran doesn’t eat only Curry from now on...

Counting all the dishes made in these 2 days, ~2000 portions should have been made. In other words, we’ve made over 1 year’s worth of food. However, contrary to her appearance Fran is a big eater, so the chances that it’ll disappear sooner than that is quite high.

Well, with this there won’t be any concerns about meals for a while at least.

「For now: second serving of curry.」

『But you just ate...』

「Please.」

『... It can’t be helped. Only one more serving, alright?』

「Nn!」

Fran exercises properly, so just one more shouldn’t hurt... Right?