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Let’s Make Pescatore Bianco #1
~Floyd ver.~
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Floyd
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Hey, Wani-chan, that chef coat looks pretty good on you. You totally look like you actually know how to cook.
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Sebek
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Humph, looks alone are meaningless. I’ll go through this program and learn the right skills, too.
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Floyd
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Oooh, so you don’t know how to cook, huh. Want me to give you some advice?
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Sebek
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I don’t need any! I would never ask for advice from a mere human. I will take on this task with my own abilities.
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Ghost Chef
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Based on what I just heard, does that mean you’re good at cooking, Floyd-kun?
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Floyd
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I’m prolly good enough? At least ‘cause they got me cooking a bunch of stuff at the Mostro Lounge.
Well, I bet I can cook up some tasty stuff better than Wani-chan, anyway.
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Ghost Chef
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I see. So, if you have some experience, you must know about the joys of cooking, then.
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Floyd
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Uh, the joys of cooking…? Eh, I guess I like to mess with recipes, at least.
Even if the dish ends up tasting different than I expected, that’s pretty fun, so.
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Ghost Chef
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Yes, yes, I fully agree with you, Floyd-kun.
Regardless, this Master Chef course is a program for beginners. I’ll treat you just the same as any other student!
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Floyd
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'Kay, sure. Let’s hurry and get goin’ already.
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Ghost Chef
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W-Wait…! I haven’t explained anything yet! Floyd-kun!
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Floyd
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―Oooh, so this is what the school’s kitchen’s like.
You guys definitely have more cooking equipment that we do in the Mostro Lounge.
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Ghost Chef
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Alright, let me explain to you today’s assignment.
Today, we’ll have you make a “Pescatore Bianco.”
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Floyd
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Hah? That’s a seafood pasta, right? That’s not new for me at all.
I’m usin’ the school’s kitchen for once, so I’d rather make something different from what I’m used to.
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[starts rummaging through the fridge]
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Floyd
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Ah, this block of bacon looks good. I bet it’d be tasty all diced up and thrown into a carbonara.
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Ghost Chef
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Don’t start picking through the ingredients in the fridge on your own like that! Also, that’s to be used in the soup for tonight’s dinner, so you can’t use that!
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Floyd
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What, you want me to stick to a set recipe with set ingredients? It’s not like this is one of Ishidai-sensei’s potionology classes.
Booooring~
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Ghost Chef
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The assignment has already been decided. If we were to let you change it, that would be unfair to others.
Of course, we’ll have you make a dish without seafood another time. But today, the assignment is the pescatore, so―
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Floyd
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Tch, you’re being real annoying…
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Ghost Chef
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WH-WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!? If you keep up that bad attitude, we’ll cancel the Master Chef course for today, you understand!?
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Floyd
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Fine, fine, a Pescatore Bianco. I’m feelin’ up to cooking right now, so fine, I’ll do it.
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Ghost Chef
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Okay, so first I’ll start by teaching how to prep the ingredients―
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Floyd
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For the clams, after rubbing the shells together and washing them thoroughly, soak them in salt water to remove all the sand.
For the shrimp, peel off the shell and devein them.
For octopus… Oh, we’re just going to be using these boiled ones, huh. Okay, then all I gotta do is chop them into chunks.
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Ghost Chef
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Oho, your prep methods are perfect.
The clams we’ll be using today have already been cleaned of sand, so all you have to do is rinse them.
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Floyd
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Okay~ Then I’ll fill a pasta pot with a ton of water and put it on the stove…
It’ll be a pain if the cutting board got all dirty, so I’ll prep the spices first.
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[chop, chop, chop, chop…]
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Ghost Chef
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You really do know how to set up the kitchen for cooking. I don’t even have time to give out any instructions…
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Floyd
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Next, I gotta do the main ingredients. Just gotta chop the octopus into bite-sized pieces.
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[chop, chop, chop, chop…]
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Ghost Chef
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You chop fast, and your pieces are uniformly cut… Yes, your knife skills are spectacular.
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Floyd
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All that’s left is shelling and deveining the annoying shrimp. I hate this part 'cause my hands get all smelly.
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[shells shrimp]
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Ghost Chef
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Your skills really are top-notch, since you’re cooking often, I see.
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Floyd
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Ah, the water’s boiling. Add some salt and set the timer… Then to throw the pasta into the pot~
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[pasta slides into the water]
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Ghost Chef
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You’ll use the cooking water when it’s time to sauté the pasta, so make sure you don’t throw it away.
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Floyd
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I knooow~
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Ghost Chef
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Whew… Except for that scary little bit at the beginning, it’s been remarkably smooth.
I sure hope that we’ll be able to finish this whole process without any issues―
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[SNAP, SNAP]
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Ghost Chef
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Hm!? What’s that sound…?
HEY, FLOYD-KUN!! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WHOLE CHICKEN FROM!?
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Floyd
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The vendors just brought these in.
But this really is a huge chicken. It’s gonna be a pain taking it apart, man~
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Ghost Chef
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Yep, yep, I’m sure it was difficult for you to cut off the thigh meat as well… I mean, hey wait, don’t be throwing in a chicken like this on your own!
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Floyd
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But the assignment’s too easy, I’m so bored.
Both the ingredients and the recipe’s just too “familiar” to me, so it doesn’t feel like I’m learnin’ at all.
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Ghost Chef
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Even so! No matter how good your technique is, if you make a dish that isn’t part of the assignment, I can’t give you a passing grade!
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Floyd
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So, the main thing about the Pescatore Bianco’s that it’s chock-full of seafood, right?
And the “bianco” part is something like, “has a white appearance,” or “uses white wine,” so…
As long at those two rules are kept in place, it’ll still be a Pescatore Bianco, no matter what I throw in, right?
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Ghost Chef
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I… Guess?
No, but… Mmm??
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Floyd
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I’ll make sure to use the ingredients the recipe calls for, too. So, time for us to keep going.
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