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

"...A sweet scent is coming from the dish of Team Classics Club! How
formidable, for them to impress just by scent alone!"
Meanwhile, a sweet smell of roasted soy sauce came from Tani-kun's team.
"Team Fata Morgana has also finished their teriyaki. The colour looks
superb. One cannot think of these people as mere students. Just who are
they?!"
You're dealing with Lady Chitanda Eru, daughter of the Chitanda farming
clan! Remember her name!
There was no time to wash the frying pan. As soon as she filled the pot with
water and brought it to boil, without waiting she went straight for the sweet
prawns, speedily removing their shells. She then turned the fire down when
the rice began to boil. And when the pot of hot water started boiling, she
threw in the sweet potatoes. Taking some radish, she began making wasabi
sauce. Yup, guess that's the way to prepare sweet prawns.
Meanwhile, she briefly cleaned the bowl that held the tofu a while ago and
placed the starch in it. I wonder what she's up to now. Feeling curious, I
decided to look on.
Though the potatoes were now boiled, she didn't discard the soup right away.
Using a pair of chopsticks and the miso spoon, she skillfully scooped the
contents out. After draining them of moisture, she placed them into the bowl
holding the starch and began grinding them with a mortar. Was she good at
making food that involves grinding stuff? Starch and boiled potatoes, just
what was she making? Cooking sure is complicated. People who possess the
most surprises are the most interesting after all. I'm very looking forward to
this. Taking the white stuff that emerged from the bowl, she wrapped them
with a cloth and began squeezing them into lumps. She then dumped the
lumps back into the soup.
"It seems Team Astronomy Club is continuing with their Avant-Garde
cooking, I pray for the health of our judges... Whoa, Team Classics Club has
just made imo-mochi! This Chitanda is extremely skillful! But, are they
going to be okay?"