You know it well. We also use them to flavor our food.
Jin was talking about the nuts that Gawel had picked, which he thought were Prickly Ash.
"How do you eat it?"
Jin knew that Prickly Ash was used as a spice, but he did not know how to process it.
"There are several ways, though."
Annette answered me.
"The green peppercorns are harvested before summer, washed, boiled, drained, and used.
"I see."
This is how they are used in modern Japan to make tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce) such as sansho kelp.
"Also, the ripe fruit is sometimes picked, the seeds are removed, and the peel is ground and sprinkled on grilled meat.
"Oh."
Jin had once been treated to an eel bowl by his boss in modern Japan, and he had eaten it sprinkled with powdered sansho (Japanese pepper), and had loved the aroma.
I would like to have some of that powder, if you don't mind.
Jin offered,
"Oh, sure. I have some freshly made ones.
Apparently, he had just made it recently.
But, you know, the aroma is better if you grind it just before use.
"Oh, then I'd like to use the unground ones, not the powdered ones. If possible, please share some of the seeds as well.
"Sure."
In this way, Jin obtained not only powdered Sansho, but also seeds of the Sansho tree. He would eventually cultivate it in Penglai Island.
Furthermore, the old man would like to get some saplings from a place that will not disturb the residents.
The day when Sansho will be added to the table of Horai Island is coming soon.
* * * *
"Thank you very much for everything.
"No, no, you are the one who helped us.
A little after 2:00 p.m., Jin and the others left the elder's retreat.
They returned to a short walk away. <, <> slowly soared into the sky.
"Goose, you were shouting in surprise when you first got on board, weren't you?
Saki said in a derisive tone to Goose, who was sitting next to her.
"Oh, that's because it was the first time I flew in the sky. ......!"
"I remember the look on your face when you did that."
"Shut up! I'm used to it now!"
"Oh? But you don't want to look outside, do you?"
"......"
"...... are good friends."
Elsa, who had been listening to their exchange, blurted out.
"Yes, they are."
Jin thought that Saki was probably a good match for Goose, who could express his emotions so directly.
I'm sure he's a good match for Goose.
"Well, now we can finally get started.
Jin returns to Horai Island and brings <> to the workshop.
Topaz is in charge of the chrysalis of the <> and the seeds of the Prickly Ash.
I left the powdered sansho to Perid. Soon we will be able to eat kabayaki.
A small amount of dye powder is dissolved in water and impregnated into the wooden paper.
"When this dries, will the color remain the same?"
"Father, that's the problem."
With Reiko as his assistant, who has no problem getting the dye on her hands, Jin proceeds with his experiments. Elsa and Saki were observing.
Jin wondered if this would be a photographic method of wetting, so to speak.
The first photographs taken on earth were called "wet plate" photographs, in which a colorless, transparent glass plate was dipped in silver nitrate solution to make a photosensitive film.
As the name implies, the process required photographing while the plate was still wet, which made it less convenient to use, and it was replaced by the later development of the .
The dry plate has been replaced by celluloid film, and now digital photography is in full swing.
A quiet word.
Jin thought about it, because it was a little different from the <>, but as it was now, it was only going to make a very unwieldy photographic machine.
"Jin, why don't you try dissolving it in <>?
Saki then came up with an idea.
Aethenol is a synthetic substance made by dissolving free magic element (ether) in water made of magical isotope (magiisotope), and is an extremely powerful energy source.
Assuming that the fact that the color does not change after drying is due to the volatilization of magic power, we can use ethenol-impregnated paper as photographic paper, and erase the free magic element (ether) after taking a picture.
"I think we can try diluting the ethenol with water instead of pure ethenol."
"That would certainly be a good idea."
I was also curious to see how the free ether would react with the dye from the rainbow caterpillar.
"I'll give it a try, then."
Reiko prepared pure ethenol and diluted ethenol 10, 50 and 100 times. She dissolved dye powder in each of them.
They are then applied to wooden paper and allowed to dry.
"Father, try to add some magic to it."
"Okay."
As he had done with Hazavance, Jin put magic power into his hand.
"Oh."
The color of the undiluted and the diluted version changed in the same way.
"You did it, Jin."
"Yes, thanks to Saki. Thank you.
"You're so shy. But I'm glad I could be of help.
This exchange of ideas and mutual complementation is what Jin hopes for.
"......We are now one step closer to our goal."
"Hmm? What goal?
Goose heard Jin's muttering and asked him a question.
"The technology of the <>.
"That's also ......."
I was about to say, "That's crazy," but Goose kept his mouth shut. He had a feeling that Jin would be able to pull it off someday.
"First of all, I'd like to take pictures with the whole family when the camera is ready," he said.
"Yes, I agree."
"Yes, that sounds great!"
Elsa and Saki agreed without hesitation.
"Yes? Isn't that a camera?"
But Goose blames them for the slight difference in the name.
"Yeah. A similar machine in my world was called a .
"I see, so you call it by the name of your world because it was made by Jin.
"That's what I meant."
As he answered, Jin knew that he would finally be able to devote himself to .
It was a day when the wind blowing on Horai Island was somehow giving a hint of autumn.