Memory - Second day of "Land of Cooking" —Original—
Description: Kino and Hermes are picked up at the hotel of a country by twenty adults, all thanking Kino for showing them their cooking and asking to observe while they cook. Kino seems surprised by the turnout, and agrees to being observed but makes it clear they won't tell the others how they do it.
They're taken to a large kitchen and provided the finest ingredients, including a live chicken selected by Kino prior to entry. Kino then proceeds to cook, expertly killing and plucking the chicken for cooking. One of the observers mentions to Hermes that Kino is good with handling the knives, and Hermes responds that Kino was carefully trained in the art of using knives back at Master's place. But after that... their cooking is, quite frankly, a disaster. They don't bother to measure any ingredients whatsoever and end up putting all of the chili provided in, to the point where the chicken is tomato-red. With full confidence in their work, Kino uses various seasonings with no particular rhyme or reason before finally declaring the meal complete. The crowd praises their work and then hurriedly divides up the portions to try, resulting in all of them making spectacular faces while still somehow managing to heap praises on the food, to Kino's pleasure. The people end up eating all of the chicken other than the serving Kino had, and Kino and Hermes leave the same day.
Once away from the country, Hermes insists the food was terrible and everyone looked sick, but Kino seems convinced that they did a great job. Kino claims it was a fun country, while Hermes mutters it was a weird one.
Note: the original Japanese does not particularly gender Kino, and by default most people tend to assume Kino is male upon sight, so assume cases of "Miss" etc. are just some polite referral to Kino (one official translation uses Mx.) unless otherwise noted.
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Day 374 - animal death, food preparation
Date: 2021-06-20 05:25 am (UTC)Description: Kino and Hermes are picked up at the hotel of a country by twenty adults, all thanking Kino for showing them their cooking and asking to observe while they cook. Kino seems surprised by the turnout, and agrees to being observed but makes it clear they won't tell the others how they do it.
They're taken to a large kitchen and provided the finest ingredients, including a live chicken selected by Kino prior to entry. Kino then proceeds to cook, expertly killing and plucking the chicken for cooking. One of the observers mentions to Hermes that Kino is good with handling the knives, and Hermes responds that Kino was carefully trained in the art of using knives back at Master's place. But after that... their cooking is, quite frankly, a disaster. They don't bother to measure any ingredients whatsoever and end up putting all of the chili provided in, to the point where the chicken is tomato-red. With full confidence in their work, Kino uses various seasonings with no particular rhyme or reason before finally declaring the meal complete. The crowd praises their work and then hurriedly divides up the portions to try, resulting in all of them making spectacular faces while still somehow managing to heap praises on the food, to Kino's pleasure. The people end up eating all of the chicken other than the serving Kino had, and Kino and Hermes leave the same day.
Once away from the country, Hermes insists the food was terrible and everyone looked sick, but Kino seems convinced that they did a great job. Kino claims it was a fun country, while Hermes mutters it was a weird one.
Note: the original Japanese does not particularly gender Kino, and by default most people tend to assume Kino is male upon sight, so assume cases of "Miss" etc. are just some polite referral to Kino (one official translation uses Mx.) unless otherwise noted.