Chapter 411: Pirozhki Bread Pie [9]

Gumihou: Ugh, this already difficult chapter took 2 days to edit, but then it was not saved? I had to redo it!!

Another unique western-inspired j.a.panese recipe. Even then, it’s pretty rare. This recipe is more like an easy pie hack than a real pie recipe.

There was also a rather out-of-place interaction which Gumi later realized was created especially to explain why Mukouda suddenly decided to make the Pirozhki Bread Pie recipe.

Anyway, made it more natural.

The first monster we encountered on the 32nd Floor was… a Stone Golem.

It came thumping towards us, but Sui insta-killed it at once.

The next thing that appeared was also a Golem, but a dull silver one.

“Hmm, an Iron Golem. They are quite tough and a bit troublesome to deal with.”

“”Hey, those are weak to heat, right? Take this!””

Guooohhh—!!

A powerful jet of Faux Dragon Breath shot out of Dora-chan’s mouth, enveloping the Iron Golem’s head. When the head melted away, it fell forward with a loud crash.

“That works,” said Fer thoughtfully.

“”Dora-chan is amazing~~”” Sui said admiringly.

“”Ehehe, but of course!””

While my familiars were complimenting each other over their ability to cause wanton destruction, I looked at the fallen Iron Golem.

It had disappeared, leaving something that looked like a dull silver grey rock.

“”Hey, why are the Drops so miserable looking?”” Dora-chan was clearly dissatisfied with the ‘reward’.

“Hmm, it might look a bit sad, but it’s a higher-level monster than the Stone Golem, right? So, the Drops should be something more valuable.” I said as I activated [Appraisal].

[Iron Golem Fragment]

A magic iron element. Magic iron from the Iron Golems fragments is more valuable than ordinary magic iron.

“Magic iron? Hey, didn’t Siegwald-san from [Ark] have a Warhammer made from this stuff? He was really proud of it too. Moreover, dungeon magic iron should be better than the regular thing.” I said encouragingly to Dora-chan. “Looks like your Iron Golem has great Drops.”

““Really? Hah! I’m so awesome!! Sui, I’ll take out all the Iron Golems and you get the Stone Golems, yeah?””

“”Okay~!”” [5]

Naturally, I, Mukouda, am in charge of picking up the Drops. Since I really can’t deal with Golems at all.

Anyway, we reached the Boss Room quite soon.

There were not many Adventurers on this floor. While rus.h.i.+ng through the corridors, we encountered a party fighting a couple of Golem. When Dora-chan and Sui destroyed the Golems with their insta-kill attacks, the Adventurers all dropped their jaws with shock.

There was no single ‘most powerful’ boss creature in the Boss Room, just a lot of Stone and Iron Golems. Naturally, they were quickly wiped out by Sui and Dora-chan.

After collecting the Drops, we headed for the 33rd Floor.

Our first monster encounter on this floor was an Iron Golem.

Naturally, Dora-chan eliminated it quickly with his Faux Dragon Breath. One after another, more and more Iron Golems appeared. All of which were eliminated by Dora-chan.

Guooo— guooo—

Faux Dragon Breath destroyed the Golems easily.

“”Mu, Sui wants to fight too…””

“Umu, Dora-chan has an advantage against the Iron Golems,” said Fer. “Let him do it, we can move faster this way.”

“Ahaha, we can get to the next floor more quickly this way, and Sui can fight more monsters. So, don’t worry about it.”

“”Really? Okay~!””

With Dora-chan destroying any Iron Golems that crossed our path, we slowly, but steadily made our way across the 33rd Floor.

Finally, when there was only the Boss Room left, Dora-chan, the sole contributor on this floor, suddenly announced.

“”I’m hungry~””

I had to laugh at that slightly petulant telepathic message. Well, it’s only natural for him to be hungry after burning (literally?) so much energy.

“”Sui is hungry too~””

“Umu, I as well. Moreover, it is getting late. Let’s sleep first and proceed tomorrow.”

“Right, it’s best to be rested before challenging the Boss Room. Any safe area around, Fer?”

“This way.”

With Fer in the lead, we went to the nearest safe area.

“Goodness, you guys are certainly troublesome sometimes…”

I muttered under my breath as I studied the [Net Super] screen.

When we arrived at the safe area, Fer suddenly announced, “I want freshly made food. There are no other Adventurers here so get to it.”

“… …”

While it is true that we are the only ones within the safe area, your way of asking for food is horrendous, you know?

Anyway, no amount of muttering is going to put food on the table, so let’s get started.

[10] “Make something different.”

“Wait, what now?” I was hoping to make a meat stir-fry of some sort with rice…

“”Yeah! We’ve been having a lot of rice lately, let’s have some bread instead!””

“Hey, didn’t I give you guys Bolognese Dog in buns last time?”

“”Oh yeah, that was good. Something else with bread then.””

“Fine, fine.”

This was why I am now perusing [Net Super] for something inspiration…

“Oh? Sliced bread is on sale today? What a nice coincidence. Wait, sliced bread… something different… Nice! Let’s make that!”

I came across this recipe back in j.a.pan when I was trawling the internet for ideas on how to use up large amounts of minced meat I had gotten from a sale. The Pirozhki Bread Pie, a variation of the actual Russian Pirozhki Pie, was the answer.

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It was a recipe that was delicious, easy to make and used up lots of minced meat and diced vegetables. I’m sure everyone will like it.

After purchasing a stack of sliced bread as well as other necessary ingredients. I took out my magic stove and started the prep work.

First, dice the onions and fry them until translucent.

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Then, add the minced meat. I used both Dungeon Pork and Beef since I like the robust flavour of beef and the tender texture of pork. I break up the meat as I fried it into crumbs before adding frozen cubed vegetables I had just bought off [Net Super].

For seasoning, I took my favourite shortcut and crumble a consommé cube into the mixture before adjusting the flavour with salt and pepper. Once the meat was done, I set it aside to cool.

Now for the interesting ‘pastry sh.e.l.l’ part of the recipe.

First, cut the crust off the bread and then flatten the white square of bread with a rolling pin. Next put a good amount of filling in the centre, leaving just 1cm of s.p.a.ce to seal the mixture in. I like to use slurry made from flour and water as a sealant.

After lining up all my Pirozhki Bread Pies on a tray, I brushed them with a bit of salad oil and slide them into the oven to be grilled.

While the first batch was grilling, I got started on the second batch. Hmm, next time, I should try putting ketchup or curry powder into the filling, maybe spread Dijon mustard on the bread first, or-

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“O- oi! Isn’t it done yet?”

“”Ah~ there’s nothing like the smell of cooking bread~””

“”It smells delicious~~””

“Give it another two minutes,” I said. The smell of toasting bread and meat is pretty amazing, no wonder they’re impatient.

Soon, the oven dinged.

When I opened the oven door, the smell seemed to rush over my face.

“Can we eat now?”

“”Can we eat now?””

“”Eat now~?””

“Hold, on,” I said as I put on oven gloves and slid the tray out. I was just putting the hot tray of Pirozhki Bread Pies on the stove when a group of people suddenly rushed into the safe area.

“Go! Go! Go!”

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I froze in place.

Being highly alert people, the Adventurers who had just rushed in turned their highly focussed attention on the abnormality in the safe area. Namely, a weird guy holding a hot tray of food next to a magic stove.

I really can’t fault them when their mouths collectively dropped open in shock.

[Gumihou: I had to edit this twice. Well, the second edit appears to be even better, so, yay?]

[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs

[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs

[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue

[4] Structural Change: Change pa.s.sive sentence to dialogue

[5] Delete Repet.i.tive or Pointless Information… starting to delete pointless scenes now

[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose

[7] Add Dialogue Tag

[8] Creative Licence Taken

[9] It’s a hand pie made with bread, lol. Instead of dough, the recipe flattens out shokupan or sliced bread, covered the edges with egg wash (or slurry) to make it stick and folded over meat fillings and fried (or baked).

The ‘Pirozhki’ or ‘Piroshki’ is Russian for ‘Meat Hand Pie’

So, technically, 食パンでピロシキ means ‘Sliced Bread Hand Pie’

A lot of information is stacked on top of each other. Split it up into something more natural yet still conveys information.

[11] Added details to lengthen the moment from ‘giving info’ to ‘uh, like, wut?’