Sauce Complete
After lunch.
*Bang!*
“Whoa!!!”
“Ah… ehehe.”
“Hey, Young lady! Don’t ‘ehehe’ me! Open the door quietly!”
Mr. Abe scolded me.
“Sorry.”
“Haah… So, what’s up?”
“Oh, tonight, we’re having a barbecue with everyone!”
“””Barbecue?”””
“Oh, you’ve never heard of it? Umm, it’s where you grill and eat meat and vegetables outdoors. Tonight, we’ll have a Lampail family gathering—my family, the servants, and the private soldiers all eating together.”
“Eh? All of us? Including the master?”
“Yep, everyone! Because everyone’s part of the Lampail family. It’ll taste even better when we eat together, don’t you think?”
“”“...…”””
Huh? Did I say something weird?
“Young lady, got it. Give me instructions.”
Saying that, Mr. Abe ruffled my hair, a bit roughly.
“Alright then, let’s get started on preparing for the barbecue!
For the vegetables, slice the Tamaons (onions) about 1 cm thick, halve the Peepars (bell peppers), divide the Cornmoro (corn) into thirds, and cut the Nassu (eggplant) in half with shallow knife cuts.”
“Young lady~ What’s a shallow knife cut?”
Annie, who was on veggie duty, asked.
“Hmm, it’s like this—making crosshatch cuts on the skin. That way, the juices or sauce can seep in, and the Nassu becomes tastier.”
“Wow~ I never liked Nassu because it didn’t absorb flavor well. Do you think it’ll taste good this way?”
“Yep, it’ll be delicious. Give it a try tonight!”
“Alright, I’m looking forward to it!”
Aww, Annie is so cute.
“For the meat, cut the beef and pork into 5 cm pieces, and the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Oh, put the chicken bones into this pot.”
“In the pot? Isn’t that trash?”
“It’s not trash! It makes good stock.”
“Well… okay then.”
“Make diagonal knife cuts on the sausages too. Slice the bacon thick.”
““Got it.””
Mr. Abe and Ben were in charge of the meat.
“Then I’ll work on the sauces!”
Since there’s no soy sauce here, it’s going to be a salt-based sauce.
Hmm, maybe a green onion salt sauce or a lemon salt sauce. Actually, let’s combine them into a green onion lemon salt sauce!
“Salt~ sesame oil~ finely chopped Negi (green onion)~ and finally~ lemon juice~ mix, mix~! Let’s make it tasty~ mix, mix~”
Even though I was just making barbecue sauce, I started humming. Since I had my back turned, I didn’t notice I was being watched.
“She’s even humming. Looks like she’s having fun.”
“She’s just mixing, though.”
“As long as the young lady is happy, that’s all that matters.”
Oh! Let’s make a garlic salt sauce too! The guys will probably like it.
“Gar, gar, gar, gar, garnikku~! Chop, chop, chop! Add salt, sesame oil, pepper, and mix, mix, mix!”
“”””Bwahahaha!!!””””
Oh no…
I was so focused I forgot people were around!
When I turned around slowly, Mr. Abe, Ben, Brother Noel, and Brother Gene were all clutching their stomachs, laughing. Sara hand Annie were shaking their shoulders, trying to hold back laughter.
“W-Why are you here, brothers?!”
“Haha… You went to the kitchen and didn’t come back… so we… hahahaha!”
Brother Noel, stop talking while laughing!
“Ahahaha… Jo… What… haha… are you making… ahahaha!”
Brother Gene wasn’t even coherent anymore.
“Ugh… Fine! You don’t get to taste it then! Hmph, and I worked so hard to make it delicious…”
“”!!!””
“W-Wait, sorry! Really, I’m sorry, Jo!”
“Jo, please don’t sulk! Show us that usual cute smile of yours!”
They’re desperate.
“Just don’t laugh anymore, okay?”
“”Of course! Thank you.””
Wow, they switch gears fast.
“Alright then, let’s all taste it~”
(Ohh!!!)
I grilled the sliced pork.
“This sauce is the Negi Lemon Salt Sauce, and this one is the Garnikku Salt Sauce.”
““Delicious~~~!!!””
“”So tasty~!!””
“Young lady, this is amazing! The garnikku flavor really packs a punch. It’s addictive.”
“The Negi Lemon Salt Sauce is light and refreshing. As expected, Jo’s cooking is always great.”
The taste test was a big hit.
“With these sauces, we can make the meat and veggies taste even better, right? I think they’d even go well on salads. What do you think?”
“Young lady, if it’s this easy to make and tastes this good, there’s nothing to complain about.”
“If we bring these sauces on expeditions, I think it’ll improve the meals a lot.”
“Why expeditions?”
I explained the private soldiers’ meal situation that I heard about in the morning to Mr. Abe, Ben, and Annie.
“So that’s how bad it was, huh?”
“Yeah, that’s why I thought I’d go teach them how to cook—”
“”No way!!””
Sarah and Annie objected simultaneously.
“Young lady, the private soldiers are all men!”
Ah, they sound just like Father.
“Don’t worry. I won’t go alone the first time.”
“Young lady, am I your bodyguard then?”
“Oh, it’s not you, Mr. Abe. It’s someone I admire—someone with beautiful combat skills, strong, and super cool!”
“Eh? Is that… me?”
“It’s not you, Ben. Young lady, who is it?”
“Nancy!”
“Oh, then I can’t compete.”
“… (Poor Al.)”
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