274 Twenty-sixth Day of the Black Moon ① - Anniversary Day

And two more days have passed, the twenty-sixth day of the black moon.

It is the day of the celebration of Dan-Rutim's birth.

The brief preparation of the festive dishes was entrusted in advance to the women of Rutim, and we did business in the lodging town as usual.

Even if we finish the business exactly and then return to the settlement, we will have only four hours left by sunset, so well there will be no problem.

So, there's still time by Jomtien, but there were already Li-Sudra and Yun-Sudra appearances today.

From what I hear, Sudra's house was also able to finish buying ingredients on the way home from this business, so she was able to loosen up somewhat on her home job as well.

Well, buying out ingredients for a family of nine is a lot of work without a luggage truck. Even the people in the Luu main house used to go down to the lodging town every three days, so even Sudra should have put a lot of effort close to it. Yeah, I guess that's why Donda-Lou went out of his way to buy a totoss and a luggage truck for his family, too.

(I'd like to make some excuses too and prepare a luggage truck with Totos so the Fou and Run people can use it)

Together, business went better today.

But...

"Looks like Yun-Sudra's getting a lot of work, too, huh?

When I called it that way, Yun-Sudra, who shrugged his giclée and body, dropped the Poitan fabric in his hand to the ground.

"Oh! Sorry!

With the momentum of sounding, Yun-Sudra turns bright blue.

"It's okay. Because Poitan is always baking more. This way, I'm sorry I suddenly called you out, right?

"Not at all! I was the devil!

It is Yun-Sudra, who picks up the fallen Poitan and stares at me in tears.

"I will take this Poitan home and pay the corresponding price! I'm so... I'm so sorry..."

"No, I said it's okay. You're doing so well that you can write off such failures. Isn't that right, Li-Sudra?

"Right.... It just seems like you are often a detour when Asta approaches you, Yun? I just want you to be careful because I can't safely pull myself back without doing something about it."

"Yes......" and now it turns bright red.

After all, she is a little of a rare type of daughter as a woodland lady.

So - are you going to be representing me, such as Ai-Fa and Raina-Lu, when Lara-Luu finds herself hanging out from the next stall?

Even if I didn't see it like that, I tried to keep a good distance from Yun-Sudra. Somehow, there was something about her hot eyes and her immediately reddish face that I also felt in Park.

So far I hadn't been in as much trouble as I was ai-fa against Lem-Dom for such an effort to do my job.

Thinking about that. But thinking about it without, Michelle and Mim brought me up to crackle.

"Ah, welcome.... That's a little cracky, isn't it, Mim?

"Yes, thank you very much the other day"

Michelle and I had been briefed several times about the smoked meat underneath, but it was supposed to be the first time Mime had come in five days since the day we invited him to the woodside.

"For a while now, I've been training at home. So... if you like, I'd like to ask Asta to taste it again..."

Mim was still carrying a big grass cage today.

My breasts are beating my expectations.

"Glad to hear that. Of course it's a dish made with giva meat, right?

"Yes, and I've also used a variety of other ingredients my father bought me"

There was a really sunny grin on Mim's face.

I'm sure it's pretty confident.

"See you in the luggage car.... Oh, Tour-din, I'm sorry, but can I let you stall me for a second?

"Yeah, of course.... but..."

And, after nagging, Tour-Din turns up like he thought he would.

I saw mime, not me.

"Um... could you give me a taste of that dish, too? You can take just a bite..."

"Yes, of course! I would be glad to hear your thoughts from so many people!

Mim makes his face shine.

Well, I was also convinced that I had recently picked up a wooden dish for a rarely appeared tasting.

"Each stall is prepared with one wood dish at a time, so if we split this up, we won't have to disobey the Forestside lesson. Then let me taste it in turn."

I first took Sheila-Lou out of the 'Giva Burger' stall and pulled her into the luggage car with the mimes.

Mim puts a grass cage on the carrier as he is overlooked by grass-eating Gilru and Jidula.

"I'm still studying, but I think it's finishing up better than the dishes you've tasted before. Gibba meat, as well as tau oil and mammalian vinegar, are ingredients like Totos that go wild."

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"Haha. This isn't about you guys, is it?

After smiling at the gills, Mim removed the cloth wrap and the lid of the vessel.

Aromatic aroma spreads.

"Yeah, this guy looks delicious"

Sleeping in a deep dish of ceramic magnetism was a stir-fried meat and vegetables, covered with reddish sauce.

The vegetables are aria, eneon and pra, and the meat area is probably loin.

This is the first time Mim's baked dish has ever been cooked, so my expectations will increase.

"Here you go. Enjoy"

I moved the dishes one bite at a time to the wood dish I brought with Sheila-Lou.

The sweet aroma of tau oil and sugar blends with the aroma of Mammalian vinegar.

Looks very tasty.

It looks delicious - but I can feel a sense of ready-to-see somewhere.

The exterior looks just like the dishes I make.

So - transporting that dish to my mouth with anticipation exploded with further vestiges of surprise.

I accidentally meet Sheila-Lou in the face.

Neither had Sheila-Lou been able to hide his surprises.

"Asta, this dish..."

"Yes, I agree"

Me and Sheila-Lou looked back at Mime at the same time.

Mime rounds his eyes properly.

"What's up? Was there a problem?

"No, there's no problem. But this dish..."

"Yes."

"- It tastes just like the dish I make."

Mim turned her eyes round.

"To Asta's cooking? Is that true?

"Yeah. I'm researching a culinary dedication made with mammalian vinegar to wholesale it to my inn, and this guy looks just like that flavor."

It looked just like "Tarapa-flavoured sweet vinegar sprinkles" - a dish from which the amount of tarrapa was reduced - that Lem-Dom rubbed on the day he first came to Fa's house.

This sweetness, regulated by sugar and tau oil, so that the acidity doesn't come too far forward - and this texture that thickens and teases the meat and vegetables - was the second vinegar dish that followed "Vinegar Giva", conceived for the people of the woodland and the people of the Inn Town who are unfamiliar with something called vinegar, was its "sweet vinegar sprinkle".

"... but you seem to have a slightly different tongue than Asta's dish"

Sheila-Lou speaks that way, frowning at the troubles.

"The flavor, it's pretty close. So much so that Asta herself is likely to believe it when it comes to cooking....... but maybe the tongue of this juice is different?

"Yes, I'm sure this is Poitan and thickened.... I don't know, Mim?

"Yes, you're right. Is Asta not using Poitan? I also tried to use Gigo, but that seems to give me a little extra stickiness, so I chose Poitan."

"Oh well. I use powder made from dried chutch broth. I guess the feeling is it's close to using Fuwano"

"Chatch? Can you make powder like fuwano out of chatch? I've never even heard of such a method of cooking!

Looking excited, Mim looks back at Michele.

Michelle remained silent and shook her head to the side.

"That's Asta! I knew it wouldn't be on Asta!

"No, because that's what I got in my hometown. It's no surprise the people who live in Genos don't know. At the same time, I'm sure Mim will learn a lot from Michelle about what I don't know."

I put the wood plate down and stared at Mim.

My spine is getting cold again.

And I felt something open in front of me.

"Mim, I think your skill is really great. I can't believe I've been able to use Giva meat and Mammalian vinegar so far in just five days, and all I can think about is that I'm equal to you or more."

"That's too much to say. I haven't..."

"Yeah, you're only ten years old, and I guess you're going to keep your vertiginous cooking arm up. But I'm only seventeen, too."

I kept telling Daw Young not to be too disturbed.

"I also decided to learn to cook carefully from my father from when I got my mind on it until this year. I guess you're going to learn to cook from Michelle too. [M] So - we cook very similar dishes, but you're not me, and Michelle's not my father."

"- Yes."

"I think that's where we'll split up. We have a very similar cooking technique, and I'm sure we're close to where we're going to go, but we're still going to cook dishes that you don't know about. So I want you to know what kind of food you cook, and I want you to know what kind of food you cook."

"Yes."

"The flavor of cooking is not winning or losing. You don't have to decide to win or lose. But I want to compete with you, Mim, not win or lose."

I put it that way, and then I put my head on it.

"Well, I accidentally spoke hot, but that's how I honestly feel. To sum up, we're talking about working hard for one person."

"Yes, thank you"

Mim didn't look like she was bluffing or lighting up.

It's just glittering like those eyes are proud of something.

"I don't think I fully understand Asta's words yet... but I also want Asta to eat her own dish and I want her to eat Asta's dish"

"Yeah, that's enough. Thanks, Mim."

"Welcome, Asta"

That's what Mim laughed at me for.

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After that, it soon became Jomtien, so we rushed off to the Kimmus Tail Pavilion.

Today's contribution was "Roll Tino", so I made it according to the contract, and then I also made "Giva's Sweet and Vinegar Sprinkle" for tasting.

"Hmm. This guy sure feels easier to eat than previous dishes"

With a difficult face, Milan-Math said so.

"But once the dish like" Vinegar Giva "is fried in oil, I have the feeling that it tastes a bit like nothing else. I can't imagine which dish would please the guests - me and the others."

"Right. It wasn't a good idea to change the dedication from time to time, and in the first place, how about we distribute the tastings again and ask about the reputation? Of course, I'll take the cost of the ingredients here."

"Hmm..."

"So, actually, I'd also like to ask for a tasting of this one."

And I point to the first flat pan I left on the workbench.

Milan-Math turned out to be so difficult.

"Was that what you feed me, too? Because it smells strange, I thought it was a dish that I would take to Xuanrong Pavilion."

"Yes, not only Xuanrong Pavilion, but also the Grand Tree Pavilion in the South and the Westwind Pavilion."

The contents of the pan were 'Giva Curry' under study.

It's still in the prototype stage, but the flavors are getting a lot better together, so I wanted to get feedback from the people in the Inn Town here.

"This guy uses plenty of shim vanilla. Does Milan-Math not like vanilla?

"I don't use so much vanilla. Not to mention I've never spoken of Sim's vanilla."

"I wanted to see if it was a dish acceptable to those people. If you don't like it, can you give me a taste?

"If you want to eat, I'll try it..."

Despite the suspicious face, I dropped the contents of the flat pan into the iron pan for just one cup in a wooden dish.

My beloved scent fills the kitchen.

"Really, you smell like sniffing. The Sims are going to cry and rejoice."

If that's really the case, it's worth the effort to make just that.

Besides, as we go through the research, the assessment of the women by the woods is twitching.

Vanilla had added two varieties since then.

The fragrance hasn't changed significantly, but I think the taste is extraordinarily close to the curry I know.

Still, it was a lot more ethnically flavored, but since originally in Genos we had to substitute baked poitane for nan instead of rice, that's good again.

Furthermore, the ingredients were also to be added the fruits of Tarapa, Myrmu and Lamam.

Tomato substitute tarapa is cool, Myrmu, which part is hidden. Speaking of which, I didn't think some houses would have thrown tomatoes and garlic at curries, so I hired them.

Lamam fruit is the fruit of the apple that the nail used to marinate the chit. This gave the rambling 'Giva Curry' some mellow.

I thought I would try Panem honey as well, but I decided to reject this because the cost ratio is likely to increase.

So, even the herb formula repeated the trial and error, and also adjusted the amount of fuwano powder and milk fat used in the process of making the roo, so that the taste should have improved significantly compared to the first day of making.

"How about that? I don't think it's as hard as the smell."

As far as my senses were concerned, I intended to aim for about the middle between sweetness and medium spiciness.

Milan-Math, who ate my brought baked potatoes by hitting the warmed 'Giva Curry', gives a "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" voice.

"It tastes odd. It doesn't taste bad... but I can't find the words."

After saying it that way, Milan-Math turned to the kitchen entrance and said, "Hey!," he shouted.

A skinny daughter with brown hair peeks at her forehead and face.

"Duh, what's wrong? Can I help you?

"Take a taste of this guy, too. You could say more thoughtful words than I do."

Your daughter walks into the kitchen with her shoulders squeezed.

She is the daughter of Milan-Math, who was arrayed at the reception desk after cleaning the rooms. The name is Terrier-Mass.

Although she still hasn't been able to overcome some fear towards the hunters by the woods, within months of poking each other in the face, she has come to treat me and the women normally. It's her original temperament that keeps her at bay.

"Oh... the aroma is tremendous, but the taste is delicious, isn't it?

That being said, Terrier-Mass smiled softly at me.

"The meat and vegetables are delicious. And... I feel like I'm hungry from the side where I eat."

"Hmm, sure. I feel like my stomach just started making noise about giving me a meal."

"Maybe that's how Sim's vanilla works."

I wonder how I would feel if I could smell this curry at dusk, even by the woods and in the lodging town.

I just imagined how much fun I was getting.

"This is still at the prototype stage, so it will take a little while to make it a sale, but once you've finished convincing, can you consider if it can be handled in the store?

"Hmm. But then, how do you fold with other dishes? Put three dishes down for a day, huh?

"No, if I can, I just want to prepare the spices and cook the meat and vegetables there"

Fry the various spices and arias in milk fat and combine them with water and fuwano flour. If anything dries and solidifies it, it could also be sold as a curry loo.

"This guy may even be able to make Kimmus and Karon taste good, but I think Giva meat is the best choice. At least Gibba meat has a stronger stock than Kimmus skinless meat or Caron's foot meat."

And personally, I thought pork rose meat was perfect for curry.

Of course there would be a preference for beef and chicken, but this is well only an individual preference.

"In my hometown, this is a classic dish in the middle of nowhere. There's a part of you that's a little excited about how much accommodation you can accept in town."

"Hmm. Well, let's just wait for the day this dish is done"

In response, I was able to follow Kimmus's Tail Pavilion.

Walk down the street with Sheila-Lou, holding a flat pan covered with a lid.

"You're going to go around the rest of the inn, right?

"Yes. I'm sure Nail will be happy, but what about Naudis or something? The people of the south seem more inclined to shun Sim's culture.... and I'm looking forward to hearing from your husband at Westwind Pavilion."

"Every time I eat, I have become fond of this flavor. I'm sure there aren't many people in the west or south who find this flavor delicious."

Saying, Sheila-Lou smiled calmly.

"I'm sure this kind of food is what Asta's unique dish is all about. I don't think even a daughter named Mime could cook something like this."

"Yeah. Unless a similar dish originally existed in Sims and Castle Town, it's unlikely that this vanilla blend would match."

"And that girl can cook her own dishes with knowledge and skill that Asta doesn't know? … Asta, I feel this body just a little bit"

"Huh? Why not?

"By the woods, there is no technology for making delicious dishes. All we have learned is what was brought to us by Asta.... I'm sure this won't make me or Rayna-Lew line up next to Asta or that girl, will it?

As I walked, I looked back at Sheila-Lou.

Sheila-Lou's expression was very calm, but his eyes are filled with chopped light.

I shook my head at you and said no.

"But I think people around the woods have their own preference. If we could taste me or Mim's cooking and improve it more to our own taste, that would be the knowledge and technology of the people by the forest. I learned the technology that has long been worked out in my hometown, and Mim learned the technology that has been worked out in Castle Town from Michelle, but isn't the Forestside settlement the moment that that technology is about to come into being now?

"Technology is about to be born, moments..."

"That's right. Don't you feel that the knowledge and technology gained from me and Mim will be at the core, from which a new food culture for the people by the woods will emerge? From now on, Sheila-Lou, her children, and their children will take over their knowledge and skills and develop something unique to the forest."

"That's kind of distracting... and it's a blinding story"

Sheila-Lou takes a deep breath with her hands over her chest.

"I would like to thank the forest that today was the day of duty. I'm going to tell Raina-Lou all the words Asta gave me... but I'm sure Raina-Lou will mourn much for not being able to spend the day with Asta."

"That's an exaggeration.... but I'm so glad you said it that way"

Even for me, I didn't feel like today was anything special.

Twenty-sixth day of the black moon. I'm going to carve that date deep into my chest.

And the fact that it was Dan-Rutim's birthday kind of made me feel like a huge congratulation.