Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai Chapter 278

Published at 21st of April 2023 08:43:33 AM

Eating Onigiri And Taking A Break

「No, we are having onigiri today!」

「Aah, onigiri, huh. That’s nice」

Elnkaasan says while smiling after hearing Mina tell us our meal today. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I see, so it’s onigiri. It’s the classic type of food the same as a sandwich that you can eat on the go. 

「So you immediately taught the chef of Sylford’s house how to make rice, eh」

「Yes, I was asked how to use the rice so I taught them and suggested making it into the menu for lunch」

Come to think of it, we also brought some rice as souvenirs for the Sylford family.

「I mean, Mina remembered how to cook rice」

「That’s obvious! Rice can go well with hamburgers like bread you know! So I’ll be sure to memorize this!」

Mina enthusiastically says while tightly clenching her fist when I say that.

I see, so she didn’t just go into the kitchen for a long time to keep up appearances and aim for the dish Bartolo made, huh? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

While I’m feeling a little admiration toward Mina, Eric - who sit beside me - slightly pulls my sleeve.

「Oi, Alfried, what is this ‘rice’?」

「....I’m also curious about what that is」

Taking advantage of Eric’s question, Lunsan - who is behind Eleonorneesan - also asked.

I guess Eleonorneesan - who is between them - is not planning to answer, she’s staring at the basket without any particular reaction.

「It’s one of the staple food eaten in Kagura. It’s small white grains with a sweet taste, and goes well with rice and fish」

「So it’s sweet!?」

「No, it’s not the sugar-like sweet, I guess it has an umami taste with sort of sashimi-like sweetness」

「「……I, I see」」

Eric and Lunsan nod with subtle expressions on their faces when I give them a simple additional explanation. 

Those two definitely didn’t get it. Oh well, it’s faster for people to try to see food in actuality rather than explaining them with words. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Then, I will open it」

After Mina cheerfully say that, she continues to open the basket in the middle.

It was tightly packed with neatly shaped triangular onigiris inside. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Hmm, they are white and neat. How do you eat these?」

「It’s the same with sandwiches, you can just grab them with your hand and eat them」

「That’s right!」

If you only listen to the spoken lines before, then it would seem like a young woman ignorant of the ways of the world trying to eat commoner’s street stalls food.

However, everyone will be the same if they have a dish from a foreign country in front of them.

「Hou, so this is the rice Nord-dono was talking about? Now then, let’s quickly have a taste, shall we」

Egar-san grabs an onigiri with his big hand and brings it to his mouth without hesitation.

「Ooh! The more I chew the more the sweetness comes out!」

Egar-san expressed his impression of the onigiri after eating it.

「Hm? What’s this? There is something inside?」

「Yeah, onigiri is commonly eaten together with side dishes, so we put the side dishes inside」

「I see, this is like a sandwich. Now what is the inside of this onigiri, I wonder」

Egar-san takes a bite of the onigiri in a somewhat excited manner.

「Nnuohh? What, it has a similar flavor to yesterday’s soy sauce!」

「Yes, the chef thought it was going to go well with soy sauce, so it looks like he tried to make a soy sauce-based sauce and mix it with the grilled fish」

When Egar-san yelled in doubt, Mina - who was standing by - explain.

What the, it’s definitely going to be delicious isn’t it? Onigiri with grilled fish and soy sauce-based tare sauce, that’s an absolutely dangerous combination! www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Indeed, this will certainly go well with rice! I also agree to put the fillings inside!」

Seeing Egar-san happily savoring the onigiri, Natashsan, Lunsan, and Eric also reach out for the onigiris.

「Minsan, are all the fillings the same?」

「No, some of them have different types of fillings. The three onigiris Egar-san took in a row have the same ingredients」

「Does they have vegetables inside?」

「There are no vegetable fillings」

Naturally, there are no vegetable fillings in onigiri. Aside from something like makizushi.

「That’s good then」

Maybe he thought there is nothing to be afraid of if there are no vegetable fillings in the onigiri, so Eric casually grab a nearby onigiri.

「……what about meat?」

「There are some, I think they were around this place in the basket!」

After Mina points that out, Lunsan and Eleonorneesan quickly stretch their hands and secured the meat onigiris.

What an easy-to-understand action. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Then, I will try this one!」

「I will also take this one」

Natashsan and Lunsan grabbed the onigiris without asking Mina about their fillings.

And then, they take a small bite at them just like that as though pecking at the onigiri.

「Ahh, indeed! I also understand what Al-kun said about this being sweet!」

Natashsan says while nodding *kokurikokuri*.

Mm-hmm, rather than being delicious, the word ‘sweet’ will come out first when you eat rice.

Even though I have eaten many types of rice in my previous life, Kagura rice still has the very best taste.

「I wonder what is the filling in my onigiri? It’s nice knowing what is inside, but not knowing them is also exciting, isn’t it」

「Right. There are occasionally times even back in our mansion when there are unexpected fillings inside the onigiris which surprises me」

「Eeh! Then what kind of side dish did you have that time?」

「There were sausages or cheese」 1

「I never ate it before, but that sounds like they will go well together」

「Both of them are good, but I prefer the one with cheese better」

「I will also ask the chef to try various types! ......ah, but we will not be able to see what is the filling so if we add vegetables inside....」

「That’s right. I think you can mix vegetables with meat for the fillings」

The conversation between Natashsan and Elnkaasan makes a sudden change from a peaceful one into a suspicious one.

Apparently, they are thinking of trying to do something about Eric’s dislike of vegetables more than expected.

「Mu, this one is a grilled Doss tuna? The umami of the Doss tuna and the saltiness goes really well together」

On the other side, the kid who doesn’t eat vegetables was savoring the onigiri without noticing that.

This might be the last time he can eat onigiri with his hand, free from care like this. Later on, I’m sure he will be nervous as he chooses the onigiri and eats them using a fork and a knife.

And the next time we meet, he’s going to say something like he can’t eat onigiri without a knife or a fork.

Oh well, let’s leave that kind of matter aside and eat.

The soy sauce-based sauce is nice and all but I’m sweating right now so I want the saltiness of Doss Tuna.

I pick up an onigiri at the same line as the one Eric picked and bite into it.

Immediately after, the grains of rice gradually melted inside my mouth and the slice of Doss Tuna - the fillings - slowly came out. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

The sweetness oozes out each time I chew on them and blend splendidly with the salty umami from the Doss Tuna.

Aah, I guess it’s because I’ve been sweating a lot, the saltiness tastes particularly good.

It feels like the sweat that contains salt in them are immediately replenished after flowing out of my body.

「……this onigiri-thing, goes very well with meat」

「Right?」

Perhaps Lunsan and Eleonorneesan took a liking to the meat onigiri, they ate the onigiris with gusto.

If I leave it as they are then we’re going to run out of meat-filling onigiri later, so I’ll also take one meat-filling onigiri and put it on my plate to ensure I got one.

Then, I immediately try eating it after I finish with the Doss Tuna onigiri.

Hmーm, the salty-sweet sauced beef is out of this world.

The salty grilled fish is good, but this kind of taste of salty-sweet meat with rice like a gyudon is also wonderful.

(Gyuudon / Beef and Rice)

「Un, I still prefer fish after all」

「Me too!」

Nord-tousan and Sylvio-niisan were intensely decreasing the number of onigiris with grilled fish mixed with soy sauce-based sauce while I’m eating two onigiris like that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

That side also has the crisis of being wiped out, so I take some and put it on my plate in a hurry.

When I notice it, the contents of the basket that has the white color of onigiris inside had already become empty baskets, and there were also some onigiris that had disappeared without me being able to eat them.

……fuuh, it’s nice to have your favorite ingredients mixed in, but I wish you eat them a little more equally.

Author Note :

The onigiris were passed around! Next will be magic training! That’s for sure!

Chapter end