Next, Hyuga Shinichi carefully lowered the sliced potato sticks into the pot of sizzling oil. Since they didn't need to fry for very long, he added them a little later.
At the same time, he put the pork patties that had already been drained of oil back into the pot for a second fry, which would make their crust even crispier and more delicious.
Hyuga Shinichi stared intently into the pot with his Byakugan, watching until everything was nearly done.
Then he quickly scooped it all out and set it aside to drain.
Next, he poured all the drained potato sticks into a basin, sprinkled them with salt, and began tossing the basin repeatedly so that every stick was evenly coated.
After a flurry of activity, the delicious fried pork patties and potato sticks were finally ready to serve.
Hyuga Shinichi had someone help divide the two fried dishes among the plates and bring them to the table. Then he brought out the ketchup he had made himself and told everyone they could dip their food in it.
Hyuga Shinichi had put so much care into preparing these treats for two main reasons.
For one, he wanted to win over everyone who would be helping with the cooking later and prevent any arguments or unpleasant scenes.
He also wanted everyone to sample his cooking first. The rest of the dishes would take a while, so he figured they could have a little something to tide them over. After all, fried food like this was popular with both adults and children.
The children could hardly wait. They eagerly picked up their chopsticks and began eating.
When they were done, they all gave him a thumbs-up and said how delicious it was.
One particularly bold child even exclaimed loudly,
"It tastes even