Chapter 79

As a result, the team that lost was the apprentice team, who couldn't help but watch as Matheus and his team won, and they were so disappointed that they stopped working.

Rina looked at the team distribution and thought it was ruthless. There were veterans, mid-level members, young members, and apprentices, so they should have been evenly distributed... but they weren't. Of course, there would be a difference in performance.

"Well, let's start the terrifying punishment game!"

She raised her voice high to the dispirited apprentice team. Rina, who wouldn't participate in the punishment game, was quite relaxed.

"Seriously?"

"Ah..."

They looked so disappointed, it was pitiful. When you have a bad senior, that's what happens. They don't balance the teams by skill level.

"Well, since you lost the match, there's nothing you can do. Just give up."

"「...Y-Yes...」"

When Rina said this, they responded as if they had given up.

"Then, everyone who lost... you will fry all the onions that you just cut."

This, indeed, was hell. A hell that seemed to have no end.

"Wait, what?"

"All of them...?"

"「「「Eh!?」」」"

They looked at the mountain of onions they had cut and screamed. It was 600 slices of onions. It was understandable why they were so exasperated.

"By the way, when I say 'fry,' it's not just frying. It's not just a simple cooking task. That's why it's 'hell.'"

She gave them a warning. Because it wasn't just frying. It was more than just cooking.

"What do you mean?"

The apprentices asked, wondering if frying was not just frying.

"You will fry these onions until they turn a caramel color... in other words, a beautiful brown, on low heat, for a very long time."

At first, you can use medium heat to evaporate the moisture from the onions, but if you have a microwave, you can partially cook them to remove the moisture before frying, which would be faster... but there was no microwave. They would have to accept the hell.

"Brown... like burning?"

They didn't know about caramelized onions, so they were confused.

"Far from it. If you burn them, they'll taste bad, so you need to take your time on low heat, slowly... very slowly."

If you try to color them quickly on high heat, they'll burn and be ruined.

"How long will it take...?"

One of the apprentices asked, looking anxious.

The saying "Ignorance is bliss" fit the situation perfectly.

"About 1 to 2 hours?"

Because there was a lot of onions, and it depended on the moisture content of the onions.

Ahaha... good luck.

"「「「...W-What, 1 to 2 hours!?」」」"

Not only the losing apprentice team but everyone screamed. It was probably their first time frying onions for an hour.

I absolutely don't want to do it.

So, you better work hard.

"By the way, if you burn them, I'll punch you."

She wouldn't let them take the easy way out with high heat, and she wouldn't let them waste valuable ingredients. It would be disrespectful to the farmers who put so much effort into growing them.

"Wh-What... punch...?"

The cooks were speechless for various reasons, their eyes rolling back in their heads.