Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 41

Today is the day to record "Where's Nogizaka?" Sayori and Huahua are looking forward to it, because according to the script, the opportunity for them to display their cooking skills has come again.

"Boom, where did Nogizaka start? We are the host Bananaman, and here are Nogizaka-chan, yeah~!"

The opening remarks that have remained unchanged for thousands of years came from the mouth of Shitura, and the members also responded excitedly.

There were no guests invited for this episode, and the theme was not announced by Himura as usual.

"This time, Kurokawa, Shiraishi, Matsumura and Takayama will be in charge."

Shile said with a look on his face.

"Himura is entertained with handmade cooking, Nogizaka cooking challenge!" The four people who were named said in unison.

Himura, who knew nothing about this arrangement, saw the girl who was selected and knew that his stomach would suffer today.

"So those who entertained Himura were Himura's anti quartet, collectively referred to as the members of HK4."

"Isn't it? Are these people going to recruit me? What's going on?" The muscles on Himura's face were twitching unnaturally.

"What's going on, let them talk and listen." Shi Le asked the members of HK4 to explain in person.

"This time, it's mainly us members who are usually taken care of by Himura-san. To express our gratitude, we plan to make loving dishes for Himura-san," Maiyang answered as a representative.

"You don't think so at all, do you?" Himura expressed extreme doubts about this statement.

"It's true! That's what we think, it's a dish full of love" Kurokawa Aoi immediately called out, with an expression on your face that you misunderstood me.

"Still full of love?" Himura thought that if you didn't come to punish me, I would already be burning incense.

"Yes! It's full of love." Sha Youli had a cute sweet smile on his face, with a harmless expression for humans and animals.

"I have been taking care of you all the time, and bought you clothes, didn't you?" Shile asked.

"Yes, I bought all of them." When Himura thought about it, his wallet was still aching.

"So what happened to those clothes, have you lost them?" Shira-san always spared no effort to sow discord.

"Why did I lose it? I wore it at the handshake meeting, and fans said it was cute." Xiaoshi was able to save a lot of money because of Himura's generosity, and she was very happy for a long time.

"Well, you don't know how to cook, Matsumura?" Himura asked.

"What else did you do for us before?" Shile seemed to have opened up some memories that he didn't want to think about.

"It's Wumu Fried Rice," You Sha said calmly and calmly.

But the members and scholar-bureaucrats in the recording studio couldn't help laughing at Sha Youli's answer. Everyone still remembers the "five-eyed fried rice" she "refined".

"Is it really all right?" the banana people asked in unison.

"Absolutely no problem!" Sha Youli said calmly and firmly.

"I don't want to be a human anymore! Who would eat that kind of food?" Himura was already feeling sad for the fate he was about to face.

"Speaking of which, since this is a cooking project, there is one member who wants to avenge his shame no matter what." When Shile said, the members all looked in the direction where Huahua was.

"Oh, it can't be that brat, right? Are you trying to kill me?" Himura glared at the crew behind the camera, and they all looked away at the same time, counting the dust on the roof or It is to concentrate on looking at the stains on the ground.

"So who is it?" Shile smirked, because this time he didn't have to be a white rat for poison testing.

"It's me!" Ikuta Erika raised her hands with a fearless expression on her face.

"No! Ya Die, why is this guy?" Himura covered his face and screamed.

Ignoring Himura who was yelling beside him, Shile asked, "Is there something wrong with the cooking last time?"

"Yes, I couldn't look directly at it that time before," Huahua admitted generously.

"Last time, I poured the egg slurry directly on the induction cooker, and added dried fish and kombu, right?" This is a picture that no one can forget.

"I just didn't know how to operate the induction cooker last time. Now that I know how to use it, I think there should be no problem." Huahua's big and bright eyes revealed absolute confidence.

"Have you cooked anything recently?" Himura looked at the confident Huahua and asked with a glimmer of hope.

"No! I haven't even entered the kitchen." The clean answer extinguished Himura's last ray of hope.

"Do you really dare to say it? Where does the confidence come from?" Himura resigned to his fate after making the last complaint.

The program team arranged for each of them to be in charge of a dish that Ricun liked, and left the right to choose who made which dish to Ricun.

The dishes to be prepared are: Potato Salad, Mapo Tofu, Spaghetti Bolognese, Pork Chop Rice and Nanban Chicken.

"My favorite is potato salad. I really don't want to ruin it, so let's give it to Shiraishi. She seems to be more reliable. Nanban chicken is also my favorite, so I give it to Heichuan. Pork chops Don’t there be eggs in the rice, if you talk about eggs, you will definitely think of Ikuta, the rest of the pasta with meat sauce will be handed over to Takayama, and the mapo tofu will be in charge of Matsumura.”

Arranged in order, Maiyang and Sayori are the first to play.

As expected, the sackcloth was clean and tidy, and the steps were clear to handle the ingredients, while Sayuri looked at the ingredients and seasonings on the table with a dazed expression.

Safflower made a cut on the potato, wrapped it in plastic wrap and heated it in the microwave. While waiting, he made his own mayonnaise, made a sauce with mustard, egg white and salad oil, and then added cucumber and Ham, it is also a pleasure to look at.

After Sha Youli got over the initial overwhelm, the demon in his heart began to wake up. First, he cut the sweet peppers that were not used by Mapo Tofu into pieces of different sizes.If you are not satisfied with the degree of completion, you can tear it up by hand, making this dish a real "handmade dish".

Put these sweet pepper pieces into the wok, and add a full glass of water. I remembered that mapo tofu needs meat. I put the minced meat in before the water boiled, resulting in a brightly colored pot. hell drawing.

"Isn't there a so-called low-temperature cooking method?" Shitara in the studio said with a smile on her face, while Himura's face turned blue.

Maybe because he watched too much "Steel Refining", Sha Youli also followed up with an alchemy experiment, adding a lot of bean paste, soy sauce, and tomato sauce to the pot.Then I remembered that mapo tofu needs tofu, so I put a few pieces of uncut tofu in it. It was nothing at all, but an accident happened during the transportation, and one piece of tofu unfortunately fell on the table outside the pot. Hastily using the colander, pushing the tofu back and forth on the table like fishing for goldfish, smashing this unfortunate piece of tofu into thousands of pieces in the process.

After sweeping the tofu brains on the table into the pot, she added eggplant and carrots, which once again showed the power of her split muscles and bones. The pieces of different species in the pot floated and sank in the soup, A scene of chaotic hell.In the end, Sha Youli, who didn't think it was a big deal, tore a large handful of dried chilies into pieces and added them in, showing a satisfied expression on his face that he's done.

"Ma Po tofu, it seems to be thickened, right?" Sayori blurted out as she tilted her head thinking about something.

"Matsumura, you just said thicken the corn, right?" Shitura's voice came from the speaker into the kitchen.

"Yes, thicken it," Sha Youli said calmly, looking at the camera.

"Finally found the point, the essence of mapo tofu lies in thickening it," Shile Lao Huai said comfortingly.

Sha Youli was also overjoyed to see his insight.Then I picked up a bowl of starch, grabbed it and put it away, and a pile of starch was floating on the soup in the pot.

At this time, the sackcloth-like potato salad was also finished, and the two returned to the recording studio with a plate of their own favorites.

The first thing Himura tried was the potato salad made by Maimo.

"This is a whole potato salad, with lettuce and small tomatoes as a side dish, please taste it!" Maiyang introduced the dishes she made.

Himura cut the potato open with a fork, and took a bite with mayonnaise.

"It's delicious! Among all the potato salads I've eaten, it can be ranked among the top three!" Himura was quite satisfied with this dish and was full of praise.

Himura stopped after taking another bite, because there were other dishes waiting for him to try later, and the rest of Shitara found Nanase, Mai Mai and Hana to try, and the result of course made them smile , not even a drop of mayonnaise left.

Next, it is the "delicacy" made by the alchemist Matsumura Sayuri - "Mapo Tofu" from Chaos Hell, which makes Himura daunted!
"Please eat, mapo tofu!" said Sayori.

"Wait, Matsumura. What are these white things? Please take a look at the camera." Shitara didn't want to let down Sayu Ri's hard work, and would never let go of any opportunity to complain.

"What is this? Moldy or something?" Himura asked, pointing to the white mass.

"No, there's nothing wrong with it." Sayori said innocently and cutely.

"Okay! Then I'll start." Taking a deep breath, Himura took a spoon full of mapo tofu-like objects and slowly put them into his mouth.

Then, Himura's complexion couldn't stop changing, and his expression changed from being nonchalant at first, to wide-eyed in disbelief, and then his facial features became distorted.

The reactions of the members also kept changing along with Himura's wonderful expressions. They could imagine the power of this dish.

"Ah! It's so spicy~ but it's really not too bad." Himura himself was surprised by the result.

"Ah! That's great!" Sai Yuri was so happy that he couldn't help jumping up and down, and the members were also happy for her. In terms of Say Yuri's track record, he was really overjoyed.

"By the way, why does this mapo tofu taste like sweet and sour pork ribs?" Himura was puzzled by this.

"It should be related to the ketchup. By the way, Himura, this piece here, what do you eat?" Shile saw an unknown object on the plate and asked Himura to try it.

After taking a bite, Himura changed his face again, this time he couldn't swallow it anymore, and the camera moved close so that everyone could see that the whole piece was a ball made of starch.

"This food is spicy and unpalatable! But it still tastes like sweet and sour pork ribs." Himura finally survived.

"Maybe I can fill in the special effects column!" Sai Yuri is confident that she has conquered this field.

"Don't even think about it!" Shile and Himura stopped her at the same time.

Next, of course, we have to share sweets and sweets. Shile called Ikoma, Nanamin and the perverted Yuri this time. Fortunately, Nanamin can eat spicy food. As long as you avoid those starchy balls, you can still eat it. It’s bitter. Ikoma and Yuri, after taking a bite, drank water desperately.

Because of the physical and mental blows, Himura chose the Nanban chicken made by Aoi Kurokawa as the next dish to try under the insurance situation.

Kurokawa Aoi also followed the steps. He chose two pieces of chicken thighs and cut them into bite-sized pieces, then added salt, black and white pepper and sake to marinate.

While the chicken is marinating, dice fresh onions and boiled eggs, add mayonnaise, fresh milk, salt, and black pepper to make a tartar sauce.

Turn on the fryer and adjust the temperature to 160 degrees, mix sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, mirin, ginger and chili powder to make Nanban vinegar.

At this time, the chicken is also marinated. Put the meat on the flour and put it in the fryer. After three or four minutes, it turns golden brown on both sides, then pick it up and put it on the oil-absorbing paper.

After 1 minute, soak the fried chicken nuggets soaked in oil for about [-] seconds on each side, pour the remaining Nanban vinegar on top, and then put on the tartar sauce. The Nanban chicken is officially completed!
Returning to the studio with a plate of golden and crispy Nanban chicken, Aoi Kurokawa put the plate on the table in front of Himura and said, "This is Nanban chicken, please taste it."

The camera is close, the golden fried chicken with the white tartar sauce looks mouth-watering.

"Then I won't be polite." Himura couldn't wait for this Nanban chicken that looked delicious.

The entrance is crispy, the ratio of sour and sweet is just right, the original taste of chicken is accompanied by the sweet and sour tartar sauce, and the spicy taste of Xiaoxu, which has reached the level of opening a shop.

"It's delicious!! It's crispy but not greasy, and the taste of sweet, sour and spicy is just right. You, Kurokawa, are more than enough to open a store with one hand."

Seeing Himura's appreciation, Shile quickly took a piece and put it in his mouth.

"It's really delicious." Shitara also gave Aoi a thumbs up.

When it came to the member's tasting session, everyone rushed to raise their hands. After obtaining the consent of the banana man and the director, Aoi Kurokawa chopped up the remaining fried chicken pieces so that everyone could try it.The members were all satisfied after eating, and they also said that the next dinner will be at the home of Mai Yang and Aoi, and taste the craftsmanship of these two chefs.

The last session came to Xiaoshi's Bolognese Spaghetti and Huahua's Pork Chop Rice.Although Xiaoshi doesn't cook often, at least she has some clues about what materials and steps to use, while Huahua is in a hurry and cooks all by imagination.

Bolognese pasta is also easy to make. Boil pasta in water, sauté minced garlic, onion and minced beef until fragrant, add tomato sauce and a little salt and sugar to taste.

But Hua Hua was wrong from the beginning. When did pork cutlets start to be made with chicken?
"Ikuta, what are you doing now?" Shitara's voice reappeared in the kitchen.

"Now I'm cutting the meat," Huahua replied, cutting the chicken breast into pieces.

"Understood, have you ever eaten tonkatsu?"

“have eaten”

"Do you like tonkatsu?"

"Of course I like it." There are really not many things Huahua doesn't like to eat, and Aoi Kurokawa still can't remember after thinking hard.

"Then you shouldn't make a mistake, right?" Shile-san is so bad that she keeps playing tricks on Huahua, it's scary!Nishino Nanase, who was sitting by the side, felt unnaturally scared.

After putting the chicken into the fryer, the meat turned white after being heated. Huahua asked in puzzlement, "Why did it turn white? It seems to be a mistake, isn't it reasonable?"

"What should I do?" Huahua was anxious and began to be at a loss.

"Did you say something just now, Ikuta?" Shile, who saw everything in his eyes, asked deliberately.

“The meat seems to have turned white”

"Isn't it the same color as tonkatsu?"

"Yes, it is"

"What color is the fried pork chop?"

"Tawny"

"But you've turned white"

"." Huahua was speechless because she didn't know what was going on.

After picking up the white "pork cutlet" from the deep fryer, Huahua started to cook the eggs. She beat two eggs in the bowl and put them in the wok without breaking them up. Fortunately, at least this time, they poured them into the wok. It is not a small progress.

Suddenly, Huahua knew that she forgot to add bread flour, so the meat turned white, so she hurried to get the bread flour, and just sprinkled it on the fried chicken breast. Everyone in the studio who witnessed this scene , cried out in surprise again.

After putting the chicken sprinkled with bread flour into the pan, Hua Hua exclaimed in less than ten seconds: "Ah, the bread flour is missing!"

Huahua had no choice but to sprinkle breadcrumbs on the chicken in the fryer again, but the same result reappeared. Instead, the breadcrumbs gathered together and formed a mass of fried breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs, poured over those "pork cutlets" to make them look tawny.

Just now, I was so busy dealing with those "fried pork cutlets" that I forgot about the eggs that were being boiled, and it turned the semi-liquid egg slurry into scrambled eggs, but at least it was definitely edible, which is also an improvement.

After serving the rice, Huahua began to put the "pork chops" on top of the rice in the bowl, then added scrambled eggs, and it was done.

"Ikuta, are you done?" Shitara's voice appeared in due course.

"Yes, the pork chop rice is finished! I have performed to my own standard." While speaking, Hua Hua picked up the bowl, smelled it and felt very satisfied. This time, she will definitely be able to avenge her shame.

"Actually, I like pork chop rice the most. I eat pork chops, eggs and onions as condiments. The bite is so powerful."

Shile's soft words, which shook S's heart, made Huahua's complexion, which was originally full of joy, change drastically, and she almost dropped the pork chop rice in her hand.

Panicked, Huahua immediately took remedial measures, quickly took a sliced ​​onion, put it in a frying pan and started frying it, thinking that it would be tasteless if it was just like this, so she casually added some rice vinegar when she saw a bowl of rice vinegar at hand.

At this time, Himura even wanted to kill Shitara, and the good "pork chop rice" was finished, and he still wanted to talk about onions. Isn't it me who wants to eat later?

Sweeping the fried onions into the bowl of "pork chop rice", Huahua felt that the color was a bit plain, and specially decorated it with a coriander like a flower arrangement, like a delicate work of art, at least in Huahua's eyes That's right.

At this time, Xiaoshi's spaghetti bolognese was also finished, and the two returned to the recording studio with their own works.

The first thing Himura tried was Xiaoshi's spaghetti bolognese.

"This is the authentic Bolognese spaghetti taste. It feels like homemade cooking. It's very good." Himura gave a positive comment, and Xiaoshi was also very excited.And the rest were wiped out by Sayuri and Na-chan.

Followed by the last dish, "Pork Chop Rice" made by Ms. Ikuta herself.

"How is it? You think it's delicious just looking at it." Huahua introduced it to Ricun with confidence and anticipation.

"Is this pork cutlet rice?" Himura couldn't help laughing.

"Although it's a bit different from what I imagined, I really think it should be delicious," Hua Hua said confidently with a natural smile on her face.

Himura picked up a piece of white meat with chopsticks, looked at Huahua and asked, "What is this?"

"It's pork chops!" Doubt flashed across Huahua's big eyes, didn't she ask knowingly?
Putting the meat in his mouth, after chewing it two or three times, Himura smiled.

"Oh, why are you laughing?" Huahua looked puzzled.

"First of all, the meat has no taste, but at the end of the meal, the smell of vinegar comes out," Himura explained.

Hua Hua had an unacceptable expression on her face: "Why is this happening?"

Shile then asked again: "What kind of meat did you use this time?"

"Pork is used," Hua Hua answered with certainty.

"You're wrong, this is chicken," Shile said sharply.

Huahua scratched her head unconsciously, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Oh, I made a mistake."

But in a blink of an eye, he revived with blood and said: "But it's the first time I'm doing it, and I'm very satisfied to be able to finish a dish."

"So, it's a shame." Shile admired Miss Ikuta's self-healing ability.

"Successful sister!" Himura couldn't help complaining, but I was the one who got hurt!

(End of this chapter)