How to eat pineapple buns on the immigration ship

Chapter 200: Eating Raw Tomatoes
Is there going to be any trouble now?! Kagawa looked at Manager Hill in front of the team with trepidation.

Fortunately, after Manager Hill said this somewhat off-topic remark, he turned back and concentrated on introducing the layout of the vegetable production department to them.

This made Kagawa feel relieved.

The vegetable production sector is comparable in size to the staple food production sector.

If the staple food production department of the Fourth Production Escort Ship presents the visitors with golden waves of wheat this autumn, then the field style displayed by the vegetable production department is a colorful gem box.

The students stood on the floating platform, looking out at the seemingly endless vegetable fields from mid-air, and kept exclaiming in amazement.

Because there is no interference caused by natural factors such as pests, the vegetables here naturally do not need to be sprayed with pesticides. After obtaining the consent of Manager Hill, the students could not help but touch the vegetables hanging on the branches.

Kagawa now stopped in front of a large tomato.

The vegetable production department sprinkled water once at six in the morning. Now as the sun rises, the water vapor on the vegetables gradually evaporates. The water vapor brings the fragrance of ripe vegetables into the students' noses, which makes them enjoy it very much and also makes Kagawa swallow his saliva.

“This is a really good tomato.”

Kagawa swallowed his saliva wildly and stroked the skin of the tomato with trembling hands.

It’s not that she was afraid of breaking the tomatoes. Just kidding. She used to grow tomatoes in her hometown. Unless they were very ripe, the tomatoes were actually a little hard when they were picked.

The reason why her hands were shaking was because she was now using her willpower at full steam to stop her appetite from returning and tempting herself to commit the original sin of gluttony.

In simple terms, this is: Kagawa is greedy for this tomato.

"Haha, Kagawa-san, how about it, our department's new variety of tomatoes looks good, right?"

Seeing this, Manager Hill, who had been paying attention to the situation here, immediately walked over quickly.

She became even more excited when she saw Kagawa clinging to the tomato so reluctantly.

"How about this, Kagawa-san? If you're hungry, why don't you just pick these tomatoes and go to the kitchen to have a good meal?"

"what?"

These words suddenly woke Kagawa up from her delirious and hungry state where she was drooling. She looked at Butler Hill with an expression of disbelief.

"What's wrong? Is there something missing? It's okay. I can use my authority to apply to the escort ship's agricultural product equipment department—"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood, that's not what I meant!"

Kagawa quickly stopped Manager Hill who had already opened his personal terminal and was about to press the call button.

"Excuse me...Do you think tomatoes are the main dish?" Kagawa asked nervously.

"Huh? Is there any problem with that?" Butler Hill looked at her in disbelief.

This is a big problem!
Kagawa quickly went through the dishes that would use tomatoes in her mind, but no matter how she thought about it, whether it was when she was in school or when she was a corporate slave after graduation, in her eyes tomatoes were almost only a side dish or seasoning.

The only exception should be sugar-coated tomatoes, but that is more like some magical way of eating fruit than a dish.

Kagawa sorted out his thoughts and explained the matter to Manager Hill.

"So, in ancient food culture, tomatoes were not actually used as main course vegetables?"

Manager Hill looked at the tomatoes hanging on the branches beside her with astonishment. She had expected that once the tour started, Kagawa would most likely bring her some big news, but she didn't expect that the first one would be so important.

It almost overturned the perception of tomatoes by all vegetable production departments.

"Yes, the ancients added tomatoes to dishes in the hope that the unique sweet and sour taste of tomatoes would be incorporated into the dishes to make them more flavorful. At the same time, the red color of tomatoes can stimulate appetite. Therefore, for the ancients, tomatoes can promote their meals from the perspective of vision and taste. Therefore, as long as natural conditions permit, most of them will use tomatoes as a very good natural condiment." How good can it be? The fact that this alien species, tomatoes, can conquer the Chinese people's tongues is enough to prove its value. Kagawa added in his heart.

At the same time, I silently shed a tear for various Western condiments, including salad oil. It is not to say that in the 21st century, an era of globalized market economy, Chinese people will not be exposed to foreign food, but judging from the fact that salad oil has not entered the kitchen on a large scale, imported condiments that suit the Chinese tongue are still rare.

Kagawa's words made Manager Hill, who was very talkative when facing her just now, fall silent. Even when Kagawa asked, "Can I pick one to taste?", he mechanically replied with a "hmm".

Naturally, Kagawa noticed Butler Hill's silence, but her stomach was clamoring for the big tomato in front of her, so she followed her desire and "took advantage of the chaos" to ask Butler Hill for his opinion and quickly picked a big tomato.

After simply wiping the skin, Kagawa bit through the skin and flesh of the tomato. At this time, the rich juice of the tomato flowed out from both sides. If Kagawa had not been flexible enough, even if her body was not splashed, her shoes would probably have been in danger.

The juicy and thick flesh of the big tomatoes made Kagawa really indulge in it.

When she had eaten most of the tomato, Butler Hill blinked his eyes as if he had just woken up.

When Manager Hill regained his spirits and looked at Kagawa again, he was shocked again by the way she was eating a raw tomato.

"Kagawa-san...? Is it okay for you to just eat the tomato?"

Manager Hill looked at Kagawa with an uneasy look on his face. Kagawa was now a popular figure in the production of escort ships. If Kagawa fell down and had to be sent to the hospital because of eating tomatoes today, then she, as the person in charge, would probably be laughed at by her peers in other production departments for the next ten years.

No matter how colorful Butler Hill's inner world was, the only thing left in Xiangchuan's mind was this delicious tomato. When she heard Butler Hill's words, she showed a puzzled expression on her face and said:
“Tomatoes can be eaten raw.”

As she spoke, she took another bite of the tomato pulp. The thick pulp combined with the sweet and sour juice greatly satisfied her taste buds which had been eating too much greasy food recently.

Kagawa's words immediately attracted the attention of the students around him.

When the students around, especially those in Class 8 of Grade 1, saw Kagawa staring at the crops again, they knew what big thing she was going to do next.

So when they saw Manager Hill coming over, everyone in Class 8 of Grade 1 had an expression of "as expected" on their faces.

But when Kagawa took a bite of the tomato given to him, these gluttons lost their composure.

The unique fragrance of tomatoes floated in the air, and the sweet and sour taste made the students, who had just finished their meals and were still a little full, saliva began to flow wildly.

Why did Kagawa just start chewing——

Can tomatoes be eaten directly?

Is this the smell of tomatoes?

These are the inner dynamics of students from other classes.

It smells so good! So greedy! I want to eat it!
These are the inner thoughts of Class 8, Grade 1, All-Stars.

But Kagawa just found an opportunity to pick a tomato when Manager Hill was distracted. Now that Manager Hill has recovered from his thoughts, they definitely have no chance.

After listening to Kagawa's words, Manager Hill looked thoughtfully at the tomatoes hanging on the branches.

When she is doing practical work, she always spends more time in the early stages to clarify her ideas, but once she steps into the fields, she immediately becomes vigorous and efficient in doing things.

So her hesitation did not last long. Less than a few seconds later, Manager Hill reached out and picked up a tomato hanging on the branch next to her. After picking it, she imitated Kagawa and wiped the water droplets off the tomato. She put it to her mouth nervously and took a light bite.

The other students watched her with bated breath.

They watched Manager Hill take one bite, two bites, three bites... The further she got to the end, the faster Manager Hill chewed. After a while, she even finished the tomato before Kagawa.

After swallowing the last bite of tomato pulp, Manager Hill looked at the tomato trees beside him with shining eyes and said excitedly:

"too delicious!"