How to eat pineapple buns on the immigration ship

Chapter 296 Chocolate in Preparation
"Kagawa."

Squad leader Lu Daiqing spoke while peeling the crispy shells of chocolate chips.

"Hmm? What's wrong, class monitor? Do you need something to drink?"

Kagawa shook the milk jug in his hand.

"Thank you, I'm not thirsty...that's not the problem. I remember you told us in the group last night that you had prepared a new type of bread, right?"

"Yes, Yating and the others ate with great relish. I served freshly baked pizzas for dinner, and no one even touched the fish soup."

Last night, Xiangxue and Lin Ming almost staged a futuristic martial arts scene in front of everyone over the last slice of pizza. Xiangchuan decisively stuffed the last slice of pizza into his own mouth, resolving the dispute at its root.

Although Xiang Xue eventually used both crying and pleading to ask him to bake a whole pizza for her after the next batch of mozzarella cheese was ready, it eventually turned into him owing the whole family ten pizzas. The reason he owed so many was because Xiang Weiguo heard that pizzas could be made using normal frying pans and wanted to bring more to the company to persuade the shareholders and the Agricultural Bureau to develop a cheese production line.

"Then... why are we shelling this bean here now?"

Squad leader Lu Daiqing patted the chocolate chip crumbs off his hands and used his relatively clean little finger to adjust his non-prescription glasses.

"Because the oven is baking." Kagawa spread the shelled chocolate chips from his bowl onto the baking tray. "A pizza can usually be divided into eight slices. You know how much everyone in our class eats. It's considered a minimum if someone eats a quarter of it in one go, and it's not uncommon for someone to finish a whole slice. Even if we bake two trays at a time, it would take twenty or thirty baking sessions to satisfy everyone."

"Considering that you all said in the group last night that you wanted me to provide meals, I will definitely do it on the premise that you can at least eat until you are 80% full."

It's not that Kagawa is exaggerating. After making the second and third pizzas yesterday, if it weren't for the fact that his own employees are from noble families and know the basic etiquette of letting the elders of the host family have a taste, everyone would have been grabbing a baking tray and starting to eat.

This is after I fed him one piece when I baked it for the first time.

The gluttons in Class 8 of Grade 1 can eat even more than their own club members, especially the group of sports club members led by Mandy, the arts and literature committee member. To say that one of them can eat as much as two would be an understatement.

There's no reason why squad leader Lu Daiqing wouldn't know.

“Okay, to be fair, at least four trays should be baked before everyone comes over to try them; that would better appease their hunger. But…”

The class monitor turned to look at the Class 8 members who were standing or sitting around peeling chocolate chips.

"I now suspect that you're using new food products to lure us into working for you."

Kagawa didn't like hearing that. She raised an eyebrow.

“This is called an equivalent exchange. You need new kinds of bread to satisfy your curiosity and appetite, and I need manpower to help process the shells of chocolate beans. I have pizza, and everyone has manpower. Isn’t it a normal market transaction to exchange what we want?”

The squad leader gave a wry smile.

“We have the manpower and are very willing to help, but—”

He turned to look at the shipping container behind him. "If I remember correctly, Kagawa-kun, this is the third time you've added unclamped beans to our bowls, isn't it? Is this new food... difficult to make?"

Does Kagawa, who maintains a cooking success rate of over 90%, really need to prepare so many spare ingredients?

"That's not difficult. All you need to do is add some sugar or milk powder, then have Xiao Chu or Da Xing grind it with a machine, and heat it repeatedly to adjust the temperature."

Making homemade chocolate is now even more difficult for Kagawa than making the yeast he first started with.

"So, what's the purpose of preparing so many ingredients...?"

“Because the quantity used is huge, and I have plenty in stock, I can go all out.” Kagawa gave him a deep look. “Once this stuff is made, you guys will definitely fight over it. I need chocolate for making bread, cakes, and other things. If I don’t prepare enough, there might be a resource war between the Tongue Club and Class 8 of the first year.”

The other class officers, who were quietly working nearby, burst out laughing when they heard this. Mandy, the arts and culture representative, exclaimed:
"Is it really that exaggerated?!"

"We've been together for a semester, don't you think I don't know what kind of people you are?"

Kagawa's casual remark immediately silenced everyone else.
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Despite their complaints, they chatted while working, and occasionally Xiaoxing and Daxing would bring them milk and snacks, so their hard work wasn't to the point of being exploited.

By the time they had finally finished peeling the pizzas that Kagawa had assigned them, the piping hot pizzas were served.

After letting her family try the pizza last night, Kagawa tried making different flavors of pizza. She almost wore out her Geegle search page last night trying to find some reliable recipes. There was no other way, as she didn't have enough pork or vegetables, so she could only try to find some flavors that she could make right now.

Among the pizzas she baked for Class 8 of Grade 11 today were some new flavor combinations she tried.

Fortunately, the foodies of Class 8, Grade 1, were not picky about pizza after finishing their work. They even cut the pizza slices of different flavors in half and divided them equally with the others, wanting to try as many different flavors as possible.

Everyone was immersed in the awe and enjoyment of the new food, so things were much quieter in Kagawa.

She sat reclining in her chair, holding a slice of pizza, casually scrolling through the screen, browsing various topics on social media. When she saw the topic of the "Draft Law on Adjusting the Proportion of Increased Agricultural Production," she remembered that there seemed to be a similar bill recently, so she turned to look at Ouyang Yating and the others beside her.

"Is there any news lately about the bill that the Agriculture Bureau solicited our opinions on last time?"

The three were secretly surprised: it was rare for her to care about this kind of issue!
However, no one showed it on their faces, and Aino, who was well-informed, shook his head.

“I asked my dad before, and he said that it would take quite some time for the bill to be officially promulgated. It might be piloted on the main ship soon, but he doesn’t know the details.”

Kagawa nodded.

"It's good to try it out. After all, people with hands-on cooking experience make up 90% of the entire Third Fleet. Modern people don't lift a finger to cook, so it would be a real joke if they mixed up the salt and sugar."

The three looked at each other, and couldn't help but laugh when they recalled how the potato shreds were cut into potato chunks when they first joined the A Bite of China club.

Nowadays, even families with average means have basic vegetable-cutting equipment, so they'll probably only have to worry about seasoning and cooking time.