Straw Hat's Kitchen

A Fruit Salad with a Gentleman's Charm

Ingredients: (Serves 4)

1 Orange

1/4 of a Pineapple (Approx 200g)

6 Strawberries*

1 Banana

1-2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice

30ml of Liqueur (Kirsch etc.)**

2 Tablespoons of Granulated Sugar

Mint leaves for Garnishing

Procedure 

1) Peel the orange (including the white fibers if you're being fancy) and remove the sections with a carving knife one by one. Do this over a bowl*** and set aside any juice that's left over. Peel and core the pineapple, and then cut into bite-sized pieces. Remove the stems and halve the strawberries.

2) Put the fruit from step one into a bowl, and add a mixture of the leftover orange juice, lemon juice, liqueur and sugar. Leave the bowl to cool for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator.

3) Just prior to eating, cut the banana into coins of about 1cm thickness, mix with the chilled bowl of fruit and serve in a fancy bowl. Garnish with the mint leaves.

Found on: Page 84 & 85

Category: Dessert

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*It wants dainty, petite strawberries, if the illustration's anything to go by.

**It states only that, but seeing as Kirsch is a fruit brandy, I'm assuming it's asking for liqueur with fruitier notes. If anyone happens to be a liqueur connoisseur, do let me know what you think would go with a fruit salad~ (And of course kids, no drinking! /I'm a kid myself what am I saying |D )

***I seriously cannot get a good translation for the bit in the book, so I'm just suggesting you do it over a bowl since you'll probably drip juice into there. But if you're a meticulous cook who doesn't spill juice thank you very much, make sure you've got a bit of orange juice to add to the mixture.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND I'M BACK BABY

Wow "I do hope to be able to continue recipe translations before the end of April!" Hahhahahahaha oops sorry. So yeah, I've crawled out of my hole and here I am with a lovely Fruit Macedonia to break hiatus.

Ah yes, about that, the name is literally Fruit Macedonia of Apology before you start killing me for screwing around with the name but yes, I admit I had a little fun there ;u; If you recall it's what Sanji served Nami waaaaaaaaaaay back in the Baratie arc.

Well that's it for now, and I look forward to the next recipe I get to ruin with my horrible translations translate.

Yes, I'm a scumbag who hasn't updated this blog in a few gazillion years (3 weeks). Life's been pretty hectic and I haven't had much time to sit down and do a translation at my leisure. Also, I'm helping with Kuro-Hachi's gift to Oda's translations, and as such that is my main priority at the time being.

I do hope to be able to continue recipe translations before the end of April! For now, the blog will be on hiatus, BUT IT WILL NOT BE CANCELLED.

With lot's of love, and many sincerest apologies,

White Sea Dish- Sky Fish Sauté

Fish with a tasty fried flavor; sandwiched together with cheese.

Ingredients: (Serves 4 people)

Horse Mackerel- 4 fish (600g/21oz. each)

Mozzarella Cheese (Round Ball type)- 100g/3.5oz.

Salt- To taste

White Pepper- To taste

Weak Flour*- Appropriate amount

Egg- 1

Breadcrumbs- Appropriate amount

Salad Oil- Appropriate amount

~Sauce ingredients~

Tomato- 1

Onion- 1/4 (50g/2oz.)

Ketchup- 6 Metric Tbsp/5 Imperial Tbsp

Vinegar- 2 Metric Tsp/1.5 Imperial Tsp

Olive Oil- 2 Metric Tsp/1.5 Tsp

Pepper Sauce- Appropriate amount

~End of Sauce Ingredients~

Purple Onions- Garnishing

Basil Leaves- Garnishing

Procedure

1) Clean the fish and slit it open.** Halve the mozzarella balls and slice them to a thickness of 8mm.

2a) For the sauce, cut up the tomatoes and onions, and blend all of the sauce ingredients together.

2b) Beat the eggs***

3) Stuff the mozzarella, the salt and white pepper inside the fish, where you made the opening. After which, mix the weak flour, the beaten eggs and the breadcrumbs together. One by one, dip the four fishes in this mixture, making sure you completely coat each fish.

4) Pour the vegetable oil into the frying pan to a depth of 1cm, and heat it to 160°C, before adding the horse mackerel to the pan. Shallow fry for about 5 minutes, flipping the fish once in between. Take the fish out and place in a net lined with paper to drain the oil.

5) Thinly slice the purple onions. Serve one fish with the onion and basil garnish, with a helping of sauce on the side.

Found on: Page 36 & 37

Category: Main Course

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* Weak flour is flour with low gluten content

** You'll want to make sure you don't fully slice the fish in two, since you'll be stuffing it with mozzarella and it would be troublesome if it fell out while frying. Think of the fish like a baguette sandwich if it helps, and leave it with a spine that bends.

*** It seems the Japanese are a fan of telling you that your egg has to be beaten just when you need to use it.

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So, the holidays turned out to be the busiest week of my life. Here's what I managed to do anyway, I feel terrible for always taking so long. 

axc333, out!

Hello everyone!

So, I notice this blog's already got 34 followers! I really don't know what to say, I'm glad I'm getting so much support from you all. So I guess I'll just say a big hi to everyone!

Ah so, the thing is, I do want to include pictures with the recipes, but I think it'd probably be copyright infringement if I were to scan the book's pictures and upload it onto the blog...

And that's where you all come in! Well this is really just a favor I'm asking of all of you, so please don't feel obliged to do anything.

If you guys try out the recipes, would you be so kind as to take photos of the finished dish, and submit it to me? This way, everyone has a picture of the recipe and I'm not infringing copyright. It would be really nice if someone could do this! Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine too!

Gin's Fried Rice

A fried rice with corned beef dish that can be cooked in a single frying pan.

Ingredients: (Serves 2 people)

-Rice (360g/13oz)

-2 Eggs

-Corned Beef (50g/2oz)

-1/4 of an onion, approximately 50g/2oz

-4 Brown Mushrooms (Small sized)

-Salad Oil (1 Tablespoon [Metric & Imperial] )*

-Salt (1 Teaspoon [Metric & Imperial] )*

-Black pepper to taste

-Japanese Shouyu (1/2 Tablespoon [Metric & Imperial] )*

-Spring onion (Garnish)

Procedure

1) Finely chop the onion, remove the mushroom's stalk and cut the mushroom into thin slices. Cut a little of the spring onion into small pieces. Beat the eggs. **

2) Fry the mushrooms, the corned beef and half of the onions. (Do not add salad oil)***

3a) Move the ingredients in step two to the edge of the pan, and add the salad oil in the now empty space. Then, pour the beaten eggs in that space and fry. Quickly, before the eggs harden, add in the rice and mix it in.

3b) Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the rice, and add the remaining onions. Pour the Shouyu evenly into the pan, mix everything together well. Serve on a dish and garnish with green onions.

Found on: Page 8 (Pic: Pg 6)

Category: Main Course

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* The Imperial values are only slightly less than their Metric counterparts, by about 0.1 or 0.2. If you're a perfectionist, add a little under 1 tbsp/tsp.

** Beating the eggs isn't actually included in this step, it's only mentioned in about 3a, when you're supposed to be putting everything in, so I added this for the sake of convenience.

*** I'm not sure why, but they state "with the exception of salad oil", so I left it in small print not to avoid confusing anyone.

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Whew, this one was pretty hard to do. (at one point i put it in google translate to double check something and it told me to put human skin in the pot????)

Sorry for taking so long too...

Special thanks to Tumblr user icantbelieveimadeanaccount who so nicely sent me her half-done translation, and making life easier for me when translating this~

Luffy and Zoro's favorite Bread sticks

Stylish Western Fried Bread

Ingredients: (Amount can be changed)

- Bread Sticks (Normal bread, cut into 6 strips)

- Cinnamon Sugar (Your preference)

- Condensed Milk (Your preference)

- Deep Frying Oil (Your preference)

Procedure

1) Heat the oil to 170°C, and put the bread strips into the oil. Fry them for 1 minute 30 seconds, or until golden brown. Place the fried bread sticks on a paper towel, and leave to drain of excess oil in a sieve (or similar utensil).

2) Dust the bread ears with as much cinnamon sugar as you want, and serve with condensed milk. (Dip your bread sticks in the milk!)

Found on: Page 80 & 81

Category: Light Snack

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Ah, I'm saving its illustration in the book for something else, but it'll be up soon enough. I'm still getting the hang of coping to a schedule and being a responsible human in general, but I'll try my best not to procrastinate!

Gan Fall’s Pumpkin Juice.

A milky pumpkin drink.

Ingredients: (3-4 cups)

-Approximately ¼ of a Pumpkin (300g/10oz.)

-Water (300ml/10oz.)

-Honey (2 Tablespoons [Metric]/1.5 Tablespoons [Imperial])

-Granulated Sugar (Your preference, recommended amount is the same as honey)

-Cow’s Milk­­ (Your preference) [See Below]

Procedure

1) Remove the pumpkin seeds and skin, and cut the fruit into about 1cm thick cubes. Place fruit into a small pot, add water and place the lid on the pot. Cook over a medium flame. Turn off the flame once the pumpkin has turned soft.

 2) Place the fruit in a blender, together with the honey and the sugar. Blend till smooth, cool in the refrigerator.

 3) Pour the cooled juice into glasses, and add the amount of milk you want. Stir and serve chilled. It is also delicious served hot. (However avoid serving lukewarm.)  　

Found on: Page 80 & 81