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Choice Of Ingredients
After Mina’s teaching about bearing as a maid had settled down, we got to our main objective of shopping for food ingredients. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Alfried-sama, what would you like to buy first?」
「I’m going to buy vegetables first, after that is meat」
Considering the problem of freshness, it would be better to buy raw food as later as possible.
「Understood. I shall guide you there」
Loretta nods and leads the way.
The main street is crowded with people, but due to the overflowing dignity and power from the Duke’s house emanating from Loretta and Gideon’s, people quickly move away, making our walk very comfortable and refreshing.
Is this the only world that great nobles are able to see?
「How about this one?」
「Ooh, it’s nice!」
The place Loretta leads us to is a greengrocer on the main street.
Looking at the store at a glance, there is quite a lineup of produce here, and the produce being displayed appears fresh.
「We, welcome! What would you like to purchase today?」
The greengrocer’s face turned pale and flustered at the sudden visit from people of a Duke’s house and he was nervously yet skillfully rubbing his hands together in deference.
While servants like maids and butlers may come to purchase some things, it is rare for the nobles themselves to go shopping.
「Do you have potatoes, eggplants, cherry tomatoes, spring onions, lotus root, and bell peppers?」
「Aah, yeah」
When I told him the go-to choice ingredients for deep-fried skewers, the greengrocer replied carelessly for some reason.
Huh? Isn’t his attitude too different from how he treats Loretta and Gideon?
Eh well, this is a common street in the end, it’s just what you’d expect. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I was convinced by that reasoning but it seems like Loretta - who introduced this store - didn’t approve of his attitude. The greengrocer’s face turns pale as he senses something when she shows a slight displeasure.
「E, eh!? C, could it be, you are also a noble-sama!?」
「Ah, un. Pretty much」
Why does it feel so sad that I have to be the one saying this?
「I sincerely apologize for my rudeness!」
「No, don’t worry about it, really. Can you show me the vegetables I told you earlier?」
「Y, yes! Right away!」
The greengrocer hurriedly retreated to the back.
I’m sure they would probably select the freshest vegetables among the vegetables I specified in particular, carefully.
「Different from that maid, Alfried bearing is certainly that of a noble, but strangely, you don’t give off the aura that would make people think you are one」
「Gideon, you’re noisy」
It’s also irritating when people genuinely treat it as if it’s a mysterious thing.
No matter how I wear formal wear or master the bearing of a noble, it seems like I don’t have the aura of a noble.
「Thank you for waiting. Everything here is fresh and just got procured this morning」
While I was suffering from Gideon’s spontaneity, the greengrocer returned from the back.
「Can I touch it to check?」
「Yeah, sure――I mean, please」
From the greengrocer’s view, it seems like I am a noble who’s way too approachable.
And even though it just happened a moment ago, his previous tone is about to return.
Maybe the compatibility between this ossan and mine might be too good.
I silently and carefully examine the vegetables as I would just embarrass the greengrocer if I were to speak too much and slip up. .……un, it is just as the greengrocer said, it looks like they had carefully selected the freshest vegetables in the store. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
None of them were stale and there were hardly any unshapely vegetables.
Not only do they have contracts with good farming families, they also seem to have good judgment.
「They’re really good. I’ll buy them all」
「Thank you very much. Where should we deliver the vegetables to?」
If it were just me I could just store them all using Space magic in my subspace but I can’t do that since there are so many eyes around. And it is also quite far if we are going to bring it to our carriage.
「Please deliver it to the Misfid mansion」
「Understood」
Just when I was troubled over where to send them, Loretta asked the greengrocer to deliver it there.
Just like with the Sleepers’ pillow, it looks like it’s convenient to shop like this if you live in the royal capital.
Considering that I can use Teleport, it might not be a bad idea to set up bases in various locations in the future.
If I were to use bases as a location to bring in goods, I could become a merchant and it would also serve as a safe Teleport location where I don’t have to worry about the surrounding people. That’s not a bad idea.
「Oi, Alfried. Those deep-fried skewers of yours, will it go well with mushrooms?」
「Sure. You can just give your favorite mushrooms to the storekeeper if you want to eat them 」
「Okay」
Gideon picked a large blue-capped mushroom that looked like eringi mushroom and shoved it to the greengrocer.
Just buy the ingredients you want to eat if there is any.
When it’s deep-fried skewers, almost all ingredients can be made delicious.
「Al! How about strawberries?」
「Hmーm, even with the deep-fried skewers method, it’s difficult with fruits」
I have actually never eaten them, nor have I ever tried to fry them.
It has a soft texture and sourness, so it’s doesn’t seem to match with deep-fried skewers.
「But, I think it will be tasty if it’s banana」
「Really!?」
Ra-chan’s eyes sparkled when I told her that while picking up the banana displayed nearby.
Looks like she likes fruits.
「Does it make bananas tasty when fried?」
「Un, it will become tasty. It’s similar to grilled bananas」
「……'grilled banana'?」
Loretta looked puzzled when I explained it so.
It seems like there is no custom of grilling bananas and eating them here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Probably, it’s when you grill a banana, right? I feel like it is something delicious」
Although she had been fully occupied with maintaining her bearings as a maid, Mina is oddly calm and eager only at this moment.
Due to Ra-chan and Mina’s strong requests, we decided to also buy bananas.
Looks like I’m going to be asked to make deep-fried skewers and grilled bananas when we return to the Slowllet’s mansion.
「I guess the vegetables will be this much」
Behind the greengrocer were stacked the wooden boxes to be sent to the Misfid’s house mansion.
Eventually, everyone added their favorite ingredients for the deep-fried skewers and it ended up being a lot more than expected.
Oh well, it won’t be a problem to have too many so I guess it’s fine.
「Well then, next is the meat store」
Since we finished shopping for vegetables, Loretta guided us as we headed to the meat store.
「This is my recommended meat store. From the left are stores specializing in pork, cow, and chicken meat」
After walking for about 5 minutes from the greengrocer, Loretta stopped halfway on the main street.
There were about three buildings with black brickwork lined up, and each store seemed to be specialized in meat.
When I tried to take a quick look inside the pork store, I saw pork being displayed in the commercial-use refrigerator. The meat is carefully separated by types and parts, and there were also meat from pig-type monsters instead of just regular pork.
As expected from specialized stores, they have quite an abundant variety.
「What kinds of variety would you like?」
「Then, black pig 1」
「Black pig? Why do you choose such a cheap variety? We should use the more expensive variety like the red pigs or blue pigs」
Gideon interjected from the side when I specified the variety.
「Just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s delicious after all」
In the end, what I’m going to make is just normal deep-fried skewers. I’m not going to make high-quality deep-fried skewers.
And when I told him that I had never tried cooking with those high-quality varieties of pigs, Gideon still had an unsatisfied look on his face but backed off.
「……which part?」
「The boneless ribs, thighs, fillets, all in blocks」
After answering the blunt question, the storekeeper retrieves the stored parts from the refrigerator and cuts them into the specified sizes.
「Al! There is also pig-san’s head!」
Ra-chan innocently points at the pig head part on display.
Hmーm, as expected, that part probably can’t be used for deep-fried skewers… www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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TL Note :
1. 黒豚, Berkshire pig
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