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

something.
"Team Classics Club is now gathering the prawn heads that Chitanda took off
a while ago. What is she planning to do with them?"
Sweet prawn heads... while they aren't exactly inedible, what's that got to do
with the flour?
As I tilted my head in puzzlement, Chitanda-san quietly whispered,
"...Kakiage."
That's it! Looking at the makeshift kitchen, Mayaka was indeed making
kakiage.
Using these seemingly trash-like ingredients, Mayaka was able to make them
shine. She had just breathed new life into this "trash" and given it a new
name: "kakiage." Mayaka had basically just lectured us on how to never give
up! This is not trash! Anyone is capable of shining! Long live Mayaka! In
fact, we're all amazing! I felt as giddy as a grade school student.
Dipping the vegetables and prawn heads into the dissolved flour, she heated
up the oil. However...
"You have five minutes remaining!"
Can she make it in time?
Mayaka seemed to be searching for something. What is it? She should be
pouring oil over the kakiage by now.
After looking around the utensils tray, she glared at the president on the
podium and shouted, "Hey, Cooking Club! At least prepare a ladle!"
Oh yeah, there didn't seem to be a ladle. It was really bothersome when I was
making the pork miso soup, I had to make do with a spoon. The president
frantically instructed one of his female members to go find one at once. The
girl began looking around for a ladle. Hurry up! Any ladle would do, there's
no time! In the end, she managed to borrow a ladle from another team that
wasn't using it and handed it to Mayaka. Dammit, that's a minute gone!