Hyouka - Volume 03 - The Kudryavka Sequence - Welcome to KANYA FESTA! (1)

rice, so please plan what you need beforehand. If the ingredient basket has
run out, you are allowed to procure ingredients within the confines of Kami
High. We have the Gardening Club cooking sweet potatoes today, you
know?"
Oh, I see. As the ingredients are first-come-first-serve, it would be better for
the first contestant to prepare the ingredients for his teammates as well. I'm
glad that Fukube-san is cooking first, as I would easily get overwhelmed by
too many choices.
"And now, first participants, on your positions..."
"Well, I'll be going."
Fukube-san waved his arm and headed towards the tables making up the
makeshift counter. The four counters were set up in such a way that they
surrounded the ingredients in the centre.
The Cooking Club president raised his voice from the podium.
"Wild Fire: START!"
The ingredients Fukube-san procured were three cups of rice, one bag of
dried sardines, a bit of frying oil, a bottle of sweet vinegar ginger, four blocks
of tofu, half a radish, three spring onions, six potatoes, a bit of black sesame
seeds, 200g of sliced pork, one pack of sweet prawns, and a packet of potato
starch. As for seasonings and spices like miso, soy sauce, wasabi, chili
pepper, it seems like there is no limit on how much we can use them.
Fukube-san thought deeply for a bit before proceeding to boil a pot of water.
Using the time the water takes to boil, he began to cut up the spring onions.
Taking one of the three spring onions he'd procured, he began to chop them
up into many tiny bits, though not as fast as professionals would chop them.
It hardly looked hazardous. He next took out the dried sardines. Ah, so he's