Chapter 8 (2/2)
Yet, my son and my brother are spoiling me, allowing me to have a small connection which is making me feel miserable with myself.
[By the way, what are those tools, Maria?]
Brother sensed that he couldn’t make me change my opinion on this, so to avoid the heavy atmosphere he changed the topic.
Well, he was probably interested in them to start with too.
The sorrowful nature of a merchant.
[These tools are cookwares, and the paper is something called a recipe which supposedly is an instruction of how to make food. Apparently their angel came up with these things. If prepared according to the instructions, it’s possible to replicate the flavor the angel came up with.]
[So this is cookware huh. But, isn’t it something a child came up with?]
[Brother, are you making light of this? Apparently my sons employees and serfs praised the food so much that they called it food worthy of being on the dinner table of the G.o.ds.]
[Oh, that was rude of me. Maria, by using that recipe, can you make something for me to try?]
[Hah, I guess I’ve got no choice, huh.]
From the doc.u.ments produced by the angel I took out a recipe named [vegetable tempura].
Since he likes vegetables it’s a good match, and with this I can make it with the ingredients I have here currently.
The trick for it to taste delicious is to not coat it with just water, but also by gently applying egg as the finisher.
I should also before heating the foodstuff make sure that the water and egg of the coating is cold and then slowly heat it.
In order to replicate the flavor of the angels cooking, I faithfully follow the recipe.
After finis.h.i.+ng the preparation, I take the food that I have prepared on a plate, and place the plate in front of my brother.
Then I leave the four toothed fork that the angel came up with next to the plate.
[This is brothers share. Let us thank the forest for this harvest.]
[It’s got a yellow fluffy appearance yet, it’s surprisingly crispy. Let us thank the forest for this harvest.]
Brother has bad table manners, he took the fork and stabbed the tempura, then he took the cleanly stabbed tempura and carried to his mouth.
I also wanted to quickly taste the flavors of the angel, so I also brought it inside my mouth.
The moment it reached our mouths, we both froze for a moment, then exclaimed loudly.
[Delicious----!]
[Hey, Maria. This is without question food worthy of the G.o.ds! This is the first time I eat something this delicious!
[This is the benevolence of the G.o.ds! There’s no mistaking that this is the food bestowed upon us by an angel!!]
They were overcome with emotion because of the texture and deliciousness of the crunchy tempura after tasting it for the first time.
[If we follow the recipe, we will eat nothing but food this delicious, did I understand this right?]
[According to the letter, that’s what’s going to happen.]
[This cooking is going to spread throughout the kingdom. As long as we have these recipes and these cookwares, we can create this flavor, how wonderful. Moreover, this four toothed fork, after stabbing the food with it it’s easier to support the food with it. ]
[That’s true. This simple thing, why has noone thought of it so far? The four toothed fork has great utility value.]
With my right hand I held the fork with a feeling of wonder, fixedly watching it.
[Maria, this fork, these cookwares and these recipes, I’d love for our company to sell them.]
Brothers spirit as a merchant had apparently been ignited.
Well, anyone can make these dishes with these tools, so it will certainly sell.
My sons letters never carried anything except happy tidings.
However, I know the rumors.
That his fiefdom was in financial straits, and that it wasn’t always a dance on roses.
I asked for my sons approval after the fact, but I gave brother the right to sell it.
Of course half the profits were sent to his territory, according to our agreement.
Even if I’ve turned rusty, I’m still the daughter of a merchant.
After that my brother moved quickly.
After borrowing the recipe and cookware from me, he immediately started producing them.
As expected of the man who established the Ree Chérie company as the leading business in the kingdom.
The recipes were sold as [The angels gift] together with the cookware.
Because the food was already sold in restaurants affiliated with the company, on the day of the release, it was immediately sold out.
Even though the recipes and cookwares were ma.s.s produced they couldn’t keep up with demand, and the foods fame kept rising.
After a while, the food had penetrated the whole kingdom, and even the royal palace was supplied by the company.
After tasting the food, visitors from other countries spread the fame of the food even further.
The four toothed fork was used by the n.o.bility, who used it to eat pasta that quickly turned into an extremely popular dish after a short time.
My restaurant is also selling the recipes taught by the angel in our store, and from the store exclamations of deep emotion keep coming.
Then, the guests without exception say this to me.
[Maria, I’ve never eaten anything better tasting than this!]
[Of course, because a cute angel thought of this.]
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