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Chapter 259 - The Beginning of Grated Radish in Another World

After a dinner filled with heated negotiations (note, from Yuri's perspective), Yuri visited the kitchen alone. The head chef, Mand, had asked him to. He figured it was another request for some culinary wisdom, but if it improved his dining experience during his stay, Yuri had no objections. What Mand did with the recipes he provided was none of his concern. There was no benefit in keeping them secret, anyway.

And so, Yuri went to see Mand...

"I see... a sauce for fried foods..."

"Yeah. Raw vegetables are good for cleansing a greasy palate after eating fried food... but that mayonnaise stuff is pretty rich too, right? In terms of refreshing the mouth, it's not quite there."

In this country, or rather, among the wealthy, there was a deep-rooted belief that vegetables were what poor people ate. Still, when paired with the novel sauce called mayonnaise, raw vegetables were likely to be eaten to some extent, treated as an accompaniment to enhance the sauce's flavor, but...

"If it's just plain vegetable sticks without mayonnaise, folks might think it's cheap."

Incidentally, at the Adon estate, they ate salad normally, but this was because they were aware that Yuri's vegetables were in a class of their own. Since he couldn't reveal that fact, Mand was worried about how guests would receive raw vegetables.

Incidentally, the master and mistress of the house, Adon and his wife, were devising a plan to explain the rejuvenation of the women by promoting the effects of vegetables along with mayonnaise, but this had not yet been communicated to Mand.

"So, yeah. I tried to come up with a sauce based on fruit juice, but... it's kinda hit-or-miss, or maybe I should say people are divided on whether they like it or not."

The chefs had tried it, and their opinions had been split. Hearing this, Yuri understood. In his past life, he remembered that opinions were also divided on whether to put lemon on fried chicken. It was no wonder the same thing was happening here.

(In that case... maybe I should teach him something like grated radish?)

Fortunately, this country had a type of turnip, Suzuna in the local parlance, and they also had graters for grating cheese. There was a variety with a spiciness comparable to modern Japanese daikon radish, but he had his promise with Baron Darren, so he had no intention of teaching about that. However, if he hinted at the technique of grating a turnip, Mand would probably figure out the rest on his own.

(I'd really like to introduce Japanese-style grated radish or oroshi ponzu... but the crucial soy sauce isn't ready yet...)

Although he was starting to see the light, the soy sauce was not yet in sight. In fact, the development of Fermented Meat was progressing further, and he was getting close to creating something on par with the soy sauce of his past life. That said, a stable supply was still a long way off, and Yuri had no intention of teaching about it yet. Therefore, the release of recipes for Japanese-style grated radish and oroshi ponzu would be postponed.

It seemed Mand had never considered that some types of Suzuna could be used in such a way. However, he had received reports that Yuri had bought up a large quantity of Suzuna-like vegetables last time, and he surmised that Yuri must have discovered it among them. The source was said to be the north market, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to obtain it himself.

Watching Mand, who was groaning repeatedly, Yuri was secretly thinking about something. One of those things was,

(...Speaking of grated radish sauce, there's Japanese-style hamburger steak... but I don't have to teach him that yet, right...?)

And the other was,

(...Come to think of it... speaking of radishes, there's daikon mochi. It's just the right season for it, too... Maybe I'll try making some when I get back to the village...)

Both were, in fact, matters of appetite.