NOVEL NEXT Chapter 780
She asked me about dishes that used konjac
I entered the kitchen and spotted Ms. Helena amongst the busy cooks.
Ms. Helena apologized about calling me here, but I could see that it was unavoidable.
Ms. Gelda had also followed me to the kitchen. I suppose she was also curious about what we were going to do.
“So…”
“It’s about the konjac, right?”
“Yes. I heard that Lady Claire bought a great quantity of it. Six barrels, in addition to the one brought back today. And so I cannot let it go to waste. So I thought that I would ask for your help. As I do not have any experience with it.”
“I understand. If you don’t know anything about it, it will be difficult to think of different ideas. Well…did you taste it yet?”
“I did it with a few of the other cooks. I thought that the texture was rather interesting. The taste was rather plain, and I’m not sure it is good on its own.”
“While it’s made from potatoes, it tastes quite different. As for the taste, it really depends on the person. But Tilura and Liza liked it.”Though, I think they also just enjoyed the texture more than anything.
Leo and Sherry did not like it at all.
“I see… So we must cook it in a way that does not ruin the texture. Do you have any ideas, Mr. Takumi?”
“Hmm… I don’t actually know much…”
I had not cooked much in my past life. And so I did not have any good ideas.
I didn’t really have time to cook. Except for the rare occasions that I made hamburgers… In general, I would just throw ingredients together and fry them. Never anything that took much preparation.
“Well…boiling them?”
In Japan, it was often boiled with meat and potatoes.
Since the konjac was already boiled once, it would be quick to absorb the soup. That being said…I think you needed soy sauce for that?
Did they even have that in this world?
“In any case, there is this dish with meat and potatoes. Just cut up the potatoes and konjac in small pieces and mix them with fried meat. And then you boil them in a kind of soup. Unfortunately, you need soy sauce…”
“Oh, I see. We have other dishes that are quite similar to that… They are quite easy to make.”
We had been served something like pot-au-feu before, as well as stuffed cabbage. And they had consomme and bouillon.
Though, from what I heard, regarding bouillon, they had to boil it for a very long time. That meant using a lot of wood for the fire. So it was a very expensive ingredient in this world.
Obviously, that wouldn’t be much of a problem in this household. But most commoners had not even tasted it.
“Well, it might be a little difficult then. Perhaps a different…”
“Oh? But we do have soy sauce, Mr. Takumi.”
“Really?”
I probably looked quite dumbfounded.
Well, I suppose it wouldn’t be surprising, if they had soybeans… But don’t you also need koji mold to make it? And you get that from rice plants.
In other words…there is probably rice growing somewhere around here?
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