Chapter 26: Dragon hand mixer

When Lynn walked out, Char exclaimed,

“Father! Are you going to cook something delicious? Char thinks that fruitcake will be good.”

Fruitcake is Char’s current favorite food.

But this time, I can’t make her wish come true.

“I’m sorry, I can’t make fruitcake because I don’t have the ingredients or utensils for making one. We need an oven to bake it, you see.”

“Muu, we don’t have an oven in our house?”

Char dropped her shoulders in dismay.

It costs 2 points to install a magic oven in the kitchen. I have accumulated 37 points so there is plenty of points for creating one. However, baking a cake requires other small utensils. There are many things to prepare, such as measuring cups, flour sieves, baking molds, etc. And most of all, I didn’t really remember how to bake a cake.

However, I still remember that it is important to measure things when making sweets. I felt that those various scales are indispensable.

“Don’t be sad. Let’s go to town to buy a cake sometime. I’m going to make mayonnaise today. Mayonnaise tastes good too, you know.”

“Is it delicious?”

Char is still not feeling energetic.

“Char, you love baguettes, right?”

“I love it.”

“I’m going to make a sandwich with a baguette cut in half. I’m going to add sliced tomatoes, sliced onions, lettuce, avocado and smoked salmon on it.”

“Ooooh….…”

“Mayonnaise is like the conductor of an orchestra, it brings the individual ingredients together.”

Char probably didn’t know what orchestra is, but she nodded as if she had understood me.

“It’s a combination of tomatoes, onions, lettuce, avocados and smoked salmon, an all in one, is it?”

“Exactly! When each ingredient is mixed together, it transforms into a supreme taste that rises to the heavens.”

“Oooh!”

Charl is now suddenly full of motivation, in stark contrast to how she had been just a moment ago.

“Father, let’s make mayonnaise! Char wants to eat this supreme sandwich and become a rising dragon soaring through the heavens!”

O-okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s good to be motivated.

“Alright, let’s wash our hands and then make mayonnaise.”

In time for dinner, we got to work.

I cracked two egg yolks into a bowl, then I added a little amount of vinegar and salt.

“First, mix them well. Mix it well while incorporating air.”

Using a whisk borrowed from Lynn, I stir until everything is thick.

“Phew, this takes a lot of strength.”

After mixing for a while, my arms started to get heavy. Maybe I was an adult when I was cooking in my previous life.

I’ve never been this tired.

Or, was I using a hand mixer that time?

“Char wants to do it too!”

Char looked at me with her hands shaking in excitement.

“Can you make sure you don’t spill it?”

“Yes!”

I was a little worried, but I felt sorry for turning down Char’s wish, so I let her do it. Besides, those eyes are shining with anticipation.

Even if it fails, I just have to recreate it.

Fortunately, I still have eggs to spare.

“Okay, be careful.”

Char received the bowl carefully. Then, using her small hands, she deftly stirs the mayonnaise.

“Oh, you’re good at this Char.”

“…………”

Char usually quickly gets happy as soon as she receives a compliment, but now she is devoting herself to making mayonnaise with a serious face.

“Okay, Char, keep stirring. I’m going to add some olive oil.”

Thanks to the dragon power, Char’s hand doesn’t stop at all. She continues to stir the eggs in a steady rhythm.

I meticulously drip a thin, thread-like dribble of olive oil into the bowl.

“Whoa, it’s starting to solidify!”

“Aren’t your hands tired?”

“Tired? Why is that?”

For Char, who is a yellow dragon, this probably doesn’t count as exercise.

“Then keep mixing, I’ll slowly add the oil.”

“Yes!”

About a cup of olive oil was added to the bowl and the mayonnaise was complete.

“Is this mayonnaise?”

“Yes. It’s delicious on meat, fish, and vegetables, or you can use it when grilling.”

“Oh~ hurry, hurry. I can’t wait to try it!”

Just then, Lynn, who had gone to Lulu’s place, returned.

“I’m back! Right now, she didn’t have any salmon, but I did get some freshly caught mackerel. I’ll smoke this and use it.”

I’ve never eaten smoked mackerel, but Lynn seems confident.

I should trust the chef’s sense here.

“Just in time. The mayonnaise is ready.”

I offered the freshly made mayonnaise to Lynn.

“So this is mayonnaise huh. Can I taste it?”

Lynn put a little mayonnaise on the tip of the spoon and put it in her mouth.

“……This is interesting. It’s more like a dressing. As Cedie said, it would be nice to put it in a sandwich. Mmm, I think this will also go well with smoked mackerel. I’ll borrow your kitchen.”

Lynn placed a medium mackerel on a cutting board. It seems that the preparation has been done at sea.

“The amount of fat and the firmness of the meat are both the best. The seafood on this island is certainly unlike any other.”

With skillful knife cuts, Lynn quickly fillets the mackerel.

Just when I thought that she will chop the flesh into pieces, she now cuts it into sashimi-like slices.

But what is she planning to make by cutting it like that?

“Are you going to make sashimi?”

“Sashimi? What is that?”

“I thought you are going to eat the fillets raw.”

“Fufu. I’m not going to do that.”

Lynn laughs as she continues to work.

In this world, there is no custom of eating fresh fish raw.

I wonder if that is a uniquely Japanese culture.

I recalled that mackerel has parasites, so I was relieved when Lynn is not going to do it.

“What are you going to do with that fillet?”

“Normally, you smoke it in chunks, but if I do that, it will take a long time, right? So, I cut them into these thin slices to save time.”

Lynn took out a burlap sack from the back of her bag. Inside were wood chips.

“Ah…… is it okay to do it here? If not, I’m going to smoke it outside. Where can I make fire?”

“There’s a place to make fire on the side of the field.”

It is the place where I burn the dead leaves and branches that always appear in the field.

“I’ll use that spot then.”

Lynn came out with mackerel.

Char and I looked at each other and then we quickly followed Lynn.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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