God of cooking

Chapter 72: Footprints in front of his feet (3)

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A 7-points curd. For a curd to have that score, it was being perfect. It was to the point that he thought if it was possible to make something beyond that. Jo Minjoon looked at the clock with a confident face. 50 minutes. There were still 1 hour and 10 minutes left. And, what he had to do right now, was to rest for an hour. Because he could finish his dish in 20 minutes and still have spare time. Looking at Jo Minjoon being still, the judges approached him.

"Minjoon. Why are you standing still?"
"Because I have to wait for 50 minutes."

He said it bluntly. Emily asked with a perplexed voice.

"Do you mean that you have nothing to do for 50 minutes?"
"Yes. Oh, but just because of that, it doesn't mean that I could have chose the one hour time."
"........I understand that. But are you really planning to rest for 50 minutes?"
"I think that it's not only me doing that."

Jo Minjoon said that while slightly glancing at his surroundings. It was just as he had said. Even Sasha had spare time because she was waiting for the bread to ferment. Alan let out a sigh.

"It seems like there isn't going to be any funny scenes."
"We don't know. Maybe Martin will get to know the aesthetics of slowness."

Emily shrugged her shoulders. Joseph didn't say anything and looked down at his sudachi curd, and lifted a small spoon of it.

"The flavor of the curd, can I try it?"
"Of course."

There was no need to evaluate. The sudachi curd he made right now was of a better quality than those he had previously made. Of course, the cooking score was the same 7 points as now, but even the particles of this curd were beautiful. It was quite well poached.

Joseph ate a bite and then, closed his eyes and savoured it. And after that he put a soft smile.

"I will be expecting it."

Alan and Emily took out their spoons with faces that wanted to eat it. Jo Minjoon just served the curd in front of them without saying anything. And after they ate it, they were putting the same face as Joseph. Alan's corner of his mouth raised.

"I remember that Dave spent a few months to make the sudachi magnificently. You stole those months in just a moment."
"Because cooking is everyone's."

Jo Minjoon said that and smiled brightly. Alan looked at him with a face you couldn't know what he was thinking. He seemed to want to say something, but turned back. Jo Minjoon glanced slightly at his surrounding. The situation for those who chose the two hours was different. In the case of Joanne she seemed to be busy because she was making chocolate cream to put in the cheesecake, but just as the judges had said, Sasha was just waiting for the bread to ferment.

But the one who who had the most leisure was Jo Minjoon. He didn't really have anything to do. Although he had to roast the cashew nuts and parboil the celery before the jelly got hard, it was better the later he did it.

The time passed slowly, but without rest. The ones who chose the one hour time also started cooking, and Sasha too put her dough in the oven and started the finishing steps.

Jo Minjoon started to move only when there were ten minutes left. He quickly roasted the cashew nuts in the frying pan, and parboiled the celery. And he put the peeled pear in sugar water and simmered it. There was no need to put it for long. When the sweet flavor of the pear seemed to mix with the sugar sufficiently, that was the time when it suited well with the other ingredients.

And after that, there wasn't even 5 minutes left. However Jo Minjoon didn't hurry. Because if he did the finishing touch, he would finish. He went to the freezer and brought the jelly. A transparent and yellow jelly wriggled like pudding.