972 Farewell Dinner Party ③ ~ Ripple ~

"Excuse me. This is also a side dish and soup dish."

The next ones prepared for me were "Stripe Stew" and "Stripe Cream Stew". I was told in advance the order in which to bring the food for tasting.

"This side dish is also a very simple dish. I've prepared it to help Gelds understand what kind of food the stripe is."

With my explanation, Alvach and Nanaquém took the side dishes.

This is a simmered pumpkin-like stripe carefully boiled with milk fat and corn milk. I only use salt for seasoning, so you will enjoy the original flavour of the stripe.

"I see. The taste is fresh. Tripe, similar ingredients, gel, I don't think it exists."

"Yes, I came to the conclusion last year that the stripes go very well with dairy products. This one is only boiled with calon's milk and milk fat, but I think the flavor adds to the sweetness of the stripe."

"This tastes like sweets. You like the taste of Odifia, don't you?

When Eurifia asked, Odifia nodded, "Yeah." As usual, it's a doll-face expression, but it still looks very happy because Tour-din is around.

"So I decided to use this cream stew in view of the compatibility of the stripe with dairy products. The Lou people made it up."

"Mmm," Alvach nodded, carrying a stew with a spoon into her mouth.

Your thick shoulders are twitching.

"I, 'cream stew', street food, buy it, eat it over and over again. I was impressed with the completeness of it... but here we are again, with different completions. The power of the stripe, it's perfect, it's making use of it, it feels good."

So as Alvach tried to repeat his words, Reina Lou said, "Thank you very much."

"It will be my sister, Limi Lou, who finished the flavor of this dish and served as the compartment for today. Would you like to share your thoughts with Limi Lou later?

"I understand. I can't wait for that time."

Nanaqeem was relieved as Alvach retreated so much.

Then Vulcus, who finished his taste, raised his voice.

"I really think this soup dish is a great finish. Vanilla leaves are only used a few times, but it is obvious that this is the best choice. The choice of ingredients is also excellent: Aria, Nenone, Chatch, Remilom, Jaguar mushrooms, and Gibba shoulder and breast meat. For soup dishes made with stripes, it should be an unrivalled degree of completion."

And Vulcan's eyes glimpsed at the young disciples.

"Cyril Rowe, Roy, are there any differences?

"No... no"

"Yes, I think it tastes like nothing to complain about. I have also eaten a dish called Kurimushu several times, but I think it is a wonderful way to add another charm while maintaining its completeness."

The two names appeared to be in front of you, and they managed to suppress your inner surprise and remorse.

After listening to those words, Alvach gravely accepted them.

"At this point, Leggy, the stripes, the wonderful ingredients, understood. I look forward to next year's rainy season, what we can trade."

"I understand. Let's encourage Leggy and the people of Durham who are growing the stripes."

Since answering that, Martin has laughed at me and Raina Lou. The role of communicating the appeal of rainy season ingredients to Alvach and the others was achieved as early as possible.

This time, with Reina Lou's maneuver, there will be no long-lasting battles, and new dishes will be delivered.

"Thank you for your patience. Shaska and fried food."

They line up large plates filled with deep-fried dishes, small plates for dishes, and small plates for Shaska cuisine.

Alvach exhaled satisfactorily in the aromas that emerged from Shaska cuisine.

"Cocktail, fragrance and aroma." Cooked Shaska "?

"Yes, I tried adding leggy to the 'Cooked Shasca' I served earlier. It's a small difference, but I hope you like it."

And just like last time, this one adds flavor with pepper-like dust. It was possible to eat it on Fermes because it was made from the loose Rio de Janeiro, a river fish, rather than gibberish meat.

Other ingredients are carrot-like neon and bamboo-like chamcham, and buckwheat. It was a great pleasure during the rainy season for me to add a leggy like Gobo to it.

"And the fried dishes are tempura that I served earlier. I thought the leggy and the stripe would suit the tempura, so I'm ready."

The leggy is finely sliced and stir-fried, and the stripe is thinly sliced to the size of a mouth. I think that this alone is not enough, and I have prepared mallow and gibberish rose meat rolls similar to amari shrimp.

"This gibbon meat tempura is wrapped with dried oyster meat crushed with tau oil and fish sauce. Please be careful, too much soy sauce will damage the taste."

The small platter for separation is prefilled with a skewer. I prepared it as a condiment for Daikon and Shima and Ginger, and grated the root of Kel.

"Ah, Kel's roots are hard, so maybe we should refrain from Odifia."

When I spoke like that, Odifia nodded cutely.

It's expressionless, but it's kind of a warm chest of love.

"Mm-hmm. Leggy flavor, 'cooked shaska', completeness, enhancement. The flavor of the earth, while so rich, the river fish, harmonious, is more mysterious."

If it wasn't a completely new dish, Alvach seemed delighted, above all.

That's where Vulcus flies his gaze towards me.

"Lord Aster. Didn't you say that the vegetables of the rainy season were acquired for the first time in the kitchen today?

"Yes, but I had last year's experience, so I was able to handle it without any problems."

"But Shaska didn't exist last year during the rainy season. Does Astor mean that he reconciled this taste with the occasion today?

"Yes, yes. I originally thought Leggy would suit this dish.... were you dissatisfied?

"I'm not dissatisfied, so I'm surprised."

Vulcus followed me with thin, thin eyes.

"I wasn't watching Asta-san cook, but finishing Shasca as a grain would be cumbersome and difficult to make again. Or did you cook a tasting dish in small quantities first?

"No, it was a hit scene, but... Leggy was used to it because she had similar ingredients in her hometown."

"Even so, it's been a year since Astor dealt with Leggy. It should prove that Astor is an extraordinary cook."

"Um... is Vulcus mad at you?

"Are you angry?" Vulcus pulled up to the eyebrow root.

"I'm impressed. If it's true, I'd like to rush to the spot and take Astor's hand, but I'm restraining myself from thinking it's out of order."

"I see... that's a shame."

Then Eurifia smiled strangely.

"It's fun to see an unexpected side of Vulcan when Astor is here. You really like asta."

"Of course. I don't think any other cook is as heterogeneous or as good as Astard."

"I agree. Aster, enthusiasm, backed arms, rare and extraordinary. Aster, thank you for your good luck, gods."

As long as I was afraid, I paid a warm tribute to both expressionless names from left and right.

To save it - perhaps not - but the underlings bring in new dishes.

"Thank you for your patience. It is a stewed dish of gibba meat.... except for the sweets, this is the last dish prepared by the forest people."

"Oh, it's the last time. You've tasted six of them, but you'll feel them in no time."

Certainly, there was no new dish or opportunity for Alvach to make a long speech later in the day. I just secretly raise my chest as to how this last dish is going to be.

"Alvach, this is the dish that Marfila-Naham made. Should I call her for an explanation?

"Hmm, I hope so."

Alvach agreed to serve this dish in advance. Because this dish does not use rainy season ingredients, it was not originally requested.

But Alvach was pleased. Platica would have told me that Marfila-Naham was making a wonderful dish. Murphyra-Naham finally finished the dish after a short time since it was first unveiled at the Harvest Festival in the Ravitz settlement.

On instructions from Malstein, one of the surnames goes to the adjacent rug to call Marfila-Naham. With Yun-Sudra and Ray-Matua on the spot, Marfila-Naham approached us with hikochiko.

"Oh, oh, thank you for waiting. Ki, Ki, please eat my dishes today, Ho, Ho, so long as I'm really sorry."

"Well, calm down. I'm about to have a taste."

I tried to calm down like that, but Murphyra-Naham had his eyes swimming with rage. Recently, she was experiencing a slight but uncommon amount of agitation.

And the rugs that intercepted it - with the exception of Roy and Cyril Rowe, who had long focused on the presence of Marfila-Naham - were calm itself. However, I wonder why this girl is so warm, just tilting her head.

"Hmm. Marfila-Naham at Naham's house. I've been face-to-face at a dinner party earlier, and I've been told that name over and over, but I don't think I've had much opportunity to talk to each other before."

As Dari-Sauti said, Murphyra-Naham nodded many times like a broken robot.

"Ha, ha, ha, yes. I apologize for the delay in greeting you, my lord, Dali-Sauti. Whatever I can't do, there's nothing wrong with Na, Na, and Na 'ham's house... well, please forgive me."

"Impossible? Because you are the best or the worst, do you often join the castle town? When it comes to people who visit the castle town, I hear their names every time, so it's just that it's in their ears."

That said, Dali-Sauti also had a bitter smile.

Well, that's fine. While you're talking like this, your dishes are getting cold. Please explain and give me a taste. "

"I understand, I understand."

Marfila-Naham, who sat in the seat that Ai-Fa had vacated, began to burst out after breathing heavily and deeply.

"Yes, I use Aria, Chatch and Ma Pra as ingredients in your cooking. Giraffe, giraffe and giraffe are fatty breasts. Ah, asta is what we call rose meat. Ah, ah, slice the rose meat thinly so that the taste is easy to spot, finely chop Aria and Ma Pra, and chop the church into squares. First, fry the vegetables lightly with the fat of the gibbon, then simmer with the rose meat. Ah, yes, no, but before that, I carefully sautéed the minced Aria. Well, when the minced ants turn candy - oh, candy is a confectionery made by melting sugar. Uh, uh, years later, Asta taught me that it's a smooth, shiny wood hue. So, let's light up the minced candied ants and the stock taken from the smoked fish called Aneira, and throw the ingredients there. So, the ingredients earlier were rose meat, Aria, Chatch and Ma Pra. That's it, that's it..."

"Calm down," Ai Fa put his hands behind Murphyra-Naham's shoulders.

After Murphyra-Naham uttered a funny voice, it was about to collapse. But Ey-Fa was holding both shoulders to support it.

"Others shouldn't have so carefully explained how to cook. Wouldn't it be enough to explain the name of the ingredients used?

"Sho, sho, ingredients? Ok, ok. Uh, uh, ah, I used salt, pico leaves, miso, tau oil, sugar, white mammalian vinegar... and vanilla... oh, sorry! Wow, I don't really know the name of my Sims' vanilla!

"Couldn't Asta tell you because she doesn't remember the name of the vanilla?... you don't use any more ingredients besides vanilla?

"Yes, no! Ah, and I'm finely scraping Rama, Arrow and Minmi, and throwing it too. Mi and Minmi are a little expensive, so I didn't use them before, but it seems that I really need that flavor, so I decided to use them with all my heart. Well, it's really just a small difference, but after all, I thought this was absolutely necessary, and I used it in today's cooking. Fortunately, my father's parents also forgave it, so if there is a feast next time, I would like to use Minmi in your banquet dish -"

"Mmm. Calm down."

Eye Fa, who stood on her knees with a rug, softly loosened her shoulders while supporting Marfila-Naham's back with her smooth tire.

"When people get nervous, they tend to stretch from neck to shoulder. Your shoulders are like stones."

"Ah, ahh... I'm so comfortable..."

Murphyra-Naham closed his eyelids gently with an expression of forgetfulness.

Incidentally, because food for tasting is an extremely mild amount, by the time Marfila-Naham's tongue was more than half full, everyone had already finished eating it.

"... this dish is delicious."

And Marfila-Naham pierced the loose gap, and Alvach grossly declared.

Murphyra-Naham said, "Yikes! I was about to jump up while I was sitting. But it was held down by Ey-Fa's hand.

"Don't get mad. And don't be nervous. My shoulders became like stones in an instant."

"Ah, ahh, it's so pleasant...."

Alvach gazed at Murphyra-Naham, who was massaged by Ai-Fa, with a puzzling light on his blue eyes.

Nanaquém, who was looking at it sideways, shrugged her shoulders without expression.

"Alvach, mouthfeel, rare. Keep quiet. Keep quiet."

"No. It's impossible to go home, Gerd, without telling me. I'm trapped in a big surprise.... Aster, did you finish this dish, Marfila-Naham, by yourself?

"Yes, she didn't build it on her homemade cuisine, she developed it herself. I think the impact of Vulcans is also remarkable, but what about it?

"Is my dish influencing this dish? I can't answer that."

That's what Vulcus did to his mouth. There is no change from the nose to the upper expression, but it seems to be thinking deeply.

"Just... I think this combination of vanilla is familiar. No, it's not just vanilla... this practice of combining the flavors of all ingredients and trying to reconcile them... certainly doesn't seem like my cuisine..."

"Yes, when I first tasted this dish, I first associated myself with Vulcan food."

Raina Lou, who had been quiet until now, made a remark.

"But soon, I remembered that this was a dish that I was familiar with - that is, a dish that came from Asta's teachings. Could Marfila-Naham have come up with such a dish because of the strong influence from both Asta and Vulcan?

"I agree. This dish, the influence of both sides, can be felt. Head, sometimes beaten, astonished, Vulcan cuisine, identical, and heart, sometimes wrapped in satisfaction, astor cuisine, identical. Together, it is the first time that this dish has been completed. I remember the big surprise."

"Maybe it's the opposite of me. I feel at the same time the satisfaction I get from the very familiar taste and the shock I feel when I eat Astard's dishes."

Reina-Lou, Alvach, and Vulcus each saw a serious light.

And Vulcus looked back at his disciples.

"How did you feel? You should be able to analyze the taste of this dish more objectively than I do."

"Yes... I feel the same way myself. This must be a cuisine that incorporates both the Vulcan and Asta manners."

That's how Roy looked up at heaven as if he could not hear it.

"Honestly, I feel like I've been hit. That's what I was trying to cook."

"... you had these dishes in mind, right?

"I wasn't aiming for a taste like this. It's just a matter of manners. I thought your food and the food in the woods were both equally wonderful... so I wanted to incorporate both beauty."

Roy said that with a fairly tired voice.

Vulcus nodded one nod and turned his gaze towards Cyril Rowe.

"How about you, Siri-Raw? If you'd been eating my food longer than Roy, you'd be able to think deeper."

"I'm sorry... but I'd like to refrain from feeling anything."

Cyril Rowe closed her eyelids tightly.

The luxurious fingertips are grasping their leg clothes and trying to push their emotions to kill them.

"I'm not sure I can speak calmly right now... right now..."

"I understand," Vulcus said, turning to Alvach.

"Anyway, this is a great dish. Whatever you do, it's obvious."

"Obvious. Vanilla, seasoning, ingredients, distribution, excellence. The only thing that is clear is that the type of ingredient, the increase, the ideal, will change the herbs and seasonings, the distribution, and so on, so it is not easy. That way, in anticipation of the end... at this stage, this dish is complete. The combination of vanilla is exceptional. Besides, I'm proud of being used there, Myanz, Buchera. Myanz, Buchella, if it doesn't exist, this taste won't be complete. Of course, there are seven other varieties of vanilla, and the same is true, but the addition of Geld's vanilla is delightful."

"Well, then, is this dish made of nine varieties of vanilla?

Eurifia plunged her words into Alvach's long tongue.

Alvach nodded, "Mmm."

"When it came to vanilla, taste, sparks, it was difficult to play around, discern, but I felt nine kinds of colors. Or am I wrong?

"No, there are definitely nine varieties of vanilla used here, including Myanz and Buchella."

Vulcus answered, not the person who made it.

By the way, that's the right answer. Besides Myanz and Buchella, this dish uses pico leaves, chit nuts and gingi leaves, as well as vanilla similar to cumin, turmeric, lemongrass and Laurier, whose names we don't know.

"In fact, this dish seems to have been completed by incorporating Myanz and Buchella. When Platica had eaten before, she still hadn't met Myanz and Buchella, so she thought it was unfinished as Marfila-Naham."

When I explained that, Alvach nodded, "I see."

"Nine varieties of vanilla, interwoven colors, are stunning. But other ingredients are just as important. Seasonings, fruits, ingredients, whatever is missing, this harmony cannot be obtained."

I tried to hammer him, but Vulcus spoke earlier.

"Yes, that's why it's hard to add more ingredients… but I understand how Alvach feels painfully. That is the only hole in this finished dish. With this gorgeous flavour, it is too rare for vegetables to have only three varieties: Aria, Chachi and Ma Pra. Without breaking this harmony, there should be a few vegetables that can be added just by fine-tuning. That possibility is making us uncomfortable."

"Mm-hmm. It lacks texture. With different textures, vegetables with different textures, you will see a further leap forward. Furna, it's right."

"Oh, if it's a farna, you might not even need a fine-tuning. However, it will be more important to put in the heat."

"Hmm. Is it difficult, Pelle?

"Pelle... that swiftness may be a vendetta. But if we can reconcile it, it will be a new colour."

"Oh my God," Eurifia, not Nanaquém, cut off the reward for both.

"It sounds like a dish that I've never seen before for a gastronomer, Lord Alvach, or a cook, Vulcan. Reyna-Lou and his Vulcan disciples have kind of changed their eyes....."

"Hmm? Eurifia, do you object?

"It doesn't make any sense, but I only get the impression that it's as great as the Astas and Vulcans that I've had at all these feasts and dinners."

Eurifia smiled loosely and looked at Dari-Sauti.

"What about Dari-Sauti? Is this a special dish for the people around the forest?

"No, I'm just as delicious as Eurifia. Of course, it's a big surprise that young Marfila-Naham has produced so much food... but it just seems like the word" delicious "comes out."

Dari-Sauti said the same with a smile.

"But I'm sure it's a dish of great significance to Kamado-chan. I'm proud that Marfila-Naham, the woodland mammal, made such a dish."

"Yeah, that's right. I would be very proud to say that Vulcan, the chef of the castle town, had a great influence on Marfila-Naham."

The heat released by Alvach and Vulcus was a calm atmosphere, relaxed by the calm air released by Eurifia and Dari-Sauti.

Martin, who was just watching the scene, said.

"Anyway, it's still a little tasty. And then there's Vulcan and Platica cuisine, and sweets made by woodside chefs. I want you to eat them first and then discuss them to your heart's content."

"Hmm. Marfila-Naham, I'd like to talk to you later."

When water is directed to Alvach, Marfila-Naham says, "What?" She raised her voice loosely. Having been pushed over her shoulders by Eye-Fa, she continued to relax with a trance.

"If Murphyra-Naham is a little familiar with the air, he will be able to listen to the words with calm. I'd appreciate it if you'd give me time until then."

Ey-Fa spoke like that, as far as I could smile, as if he were the guardian of Marfila-Naham.

Regardless, the Murphyra-Naham dish seemed to have brought great ripples to many people, as expected.

(But Eurifia and Dari-Sauti's opinion was fresh. For those who are not involved in cooking, it doesn't matter how it is made)

But it also feels like it has a side of the truth.

It is important whether it is delicious or not, such as cooking. Whether it is a complex flavour grown independently in Genos or a novel flavour from a different country, it is just an added value. Conversely, such added value could adversely affect good judgment and objectivity.

(It's our job to bother our heads, and that's why we want to cook delicious food, but it's a pain.)

And Marfila-Naham's cuisine was recognized as equally "delicious" by Vulcan and Alvach, who analyzed the dishes from various perspectives, as well as by Dari-Sauti and Eurifia, who were less interested in such things.

First of all, I was more proud of that.