Saturday morning.
Because he had arranged with Minato and the others to give them a detailed lesson on Squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish, Mu Yue sent a Shadow Clone to guide his disciples while his real body taught Minato and Kushina how to cook at their home in Konoha's Main City Area.
The reason he had not switched them around, having the Shadow Clone teach cooking while his real body taught the disciples, was mainly because the Shadow Clone did not receive the Chef skill's boost.
The Shadow Clone could use all the Ninjutsu Mu Yue knew, but it could not benefit from skills like Chef and Teaching.
Mu Yue placed a fish on the cutting board for Minato and Kushina to watch, explaining as he cut it.
"When handling the fish, first make an angled cut behind the gills and sever the spine."
Mu Yue chopped off the fish head, then reminded them, "Trim the fish head a little after cutting it off. Cut this side of the gill cover away so it will hold its shape better when fried. It'll look much nicer when plated."
"No wonder mine never looked good. So there was another step," Kushina said with a look of sudden realization.
As he processed the fish meat, Mu Yue warned them to control their strength carefully. They only needed to cut through four-fifths of the flesh and must not slice through the skin, or the appearance would already be ruined.
At this point, Mu Yue took out two fish he had prepared in advance and let Kushina and Minato try for themselves.
Minato did fairly well. Perhaps afraid of cutting through the fish, his cuts were a little too shallow. Kushina, meanwhile, sliced straight through the skin.
"Hahaha, this fish is too soft. It broke apart with