Chapter 116 - The Sanada Family’s Curry (1/2)

The Sanada Family’s Curry

The day of the school festival. Yesterday, there were no classes, and for the whole day, every class and club was devoted to the preparations for the school festival. After getting to school and taking attendance, it was free time. I immediately headed for the home economics room. The closer I got, the clearer the delicious smell of curry became. Peeking inside, Hiiragi-chan, Sana, and Kanata were giving off an irritated atmosphere.

“…What happened?”

In front of each of the three people, there were various large pots used for cooking.

“… Just now, we were about to compete on whose curry would sell the best.”

Kanata explained simply.

“Sounds interesting.”

It’s probably more likely that they’ll work harder this way, rather than if they were to just sell a random one. So, this is why Sana was so late coming home yesterday. Even coming to school, she was quite a bit earlier than me.

Yesterday, the three of us except Sana, were preparing the ingredients that we had bought. We peeled potatoes in an assembly line fashion. Partway through, it seems that her class ended up being fine, and so Sana joined us, and continued with the cooking.

“Then, that means your ingredients are all basically the same. It’s just a competition based off of how the roux is arranged.”

“Sanada-kun, just watch. My curry will sell the fastest.”

As usual, when it comes to cooking competitions, Hiiragi-chan turns childish and takes it seriously.

Sneaking a look into the pot, the roux was the same color as that of the ones sold in stores, but there was a slightly spicy smell. Even if curry is just curry, there are many different kinds. For Kanata’s pot, it’s uniqueness was clear. The curry was a slightly yellow color. I could see a bit of paprika.

“So it’s Thai curry.”

“… Correct. Yesterday, I bought enough ingredients while staying within the budget.”

I see. Literally, a single twist on the flavor.

“…”

“… W-what….?”

Sana looked back at me while stirring the pot.

“Well, even if you don’t sell any, don’t get too depressed, okay? That’s just reality though… Yeah, don’t mind!”

“Please don’t just randomly decide that Sana’s going to be depressed, and then try to cheer me up. Stupid.”

Well, I mean… As you can probably guess, Sana’s was just the usual mass-produced kind that was just made by putting store bought roux into the curry with no uniqueness whatsoever. I guess if you’re hungry it’ll still be delicious… Comparing the two, it was clear which was inferior. Also, while I wasn’t watching, Sana might have put something into the curry. That point raises the danger level to max…

“While Sana is at the haunted house, Nii-san is going to watch over the curry.”

“Haah? Why me?”

“I mean, this is the flavor of the Sanada family.”

“Don’t decide that something that you make is representative of the Sanada family.”

“It would be okay like this… at least that’s what yesterday’s advisor said.”

“Please don’t call Mom an advisor.”

“A sweetness and spiciness in a ratio of about 7 to 3. There’s no mistaking it! Since it’s quite sweet, I’m sure a lot of sugar is added.”

… That sweetness isn’t this type of sweetness, okay? It’s not that there’s sugar inside the roux.n In the first place, the thinking that curry with a lot of sugar tastes good, means you’re already going down a terrible logical path.

Well, the store-bought roux is quite nice. It won’t be more of a success than the other two, but it also won’t result in failure. It’s perfect for someone on autopilot.

We could see the school grounds from the window of the home economics room. There was a tent that was also used for the sports festival set up. The school yard was the same.

“The ingredients and roux are all a little bit different, so, what are you going to do about the price? All the same? Or to each, their own?”

Hmmm, the three of them thought.

“For me, it isn’t like we’re trying to start a business or anything, so I do believe going a little bit into the red is fine.”

The ingredients were paid for by club funds after all.

“… Taking a loss feels bad, so I do want to profit.”

“Sana agrees with Kana-chan.”

It should have been set so that with the rice, you should be able to get a serving for 400 yen. That would have at least kept us above the line.

“I would feel bad if there’s things leftover, so 400 yen is fine.”

“Sensei, you’re so reliable.”

“Eheheh. I know, right?”

After thinking for a bit, Kanata decided.

“… For me, 500 yen. The paprika, and the coconut milk…”

I guess those were probably expensive. Still, Thai curry at this price should still be considered cheap I believe. Since it’s Kanata, it’s probably pretty tasty too.

“Fufu. I see that everyone’s lacking some confidence.”

She pushed out her flat chest.

It’s not that they lack confidence, they’re just being realistic.

“Sana, is going with 600 yen! The Sanada family’s curry is at least that delicious.”

“Where does that confidence come from?”

“The right price for the right things. Sana made it with a lot of care.”

“The prep work and even heating on the stove was all done by me though?”

Speaking of what Sana had done, it was just putting in the roux. (If you don’t include the weird arrangements that she had made that is) … She took the best part of making curry.

“Please stop shaming the Sanada family…”

I can already imagine people feeling pitying her and then buying up the leftovers.

There are about 200 servings among the three, so each person has about 65 servings. If it goes well, it’ll probably disappear in 2-3 hours.

“Preparations at 10:30 and it’ll start at 11. Depending on the order of who sells out, they’ll also make the portions for tomorrow.”

There were no complaints to my suggestion.