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[Lunatia's resident centaur lady is back on screen, and this time she's sharing the spotlight with... a table full of fresh vegetables? Still a bit dirty, fresh from the soil, good ol' vegetables... That Konoha bows over to start out.]

Hello, everyone! My name is Konoha... I'm a jinba, or a "centaur" if you want... I'm from Echigo in Japan, but lots of people say I'm from the past...

[She's just going to do the same introduction every time, counting off details on her fingers to make sure she gets all the good points... there's too many people on this thing and she doesn't check it enough to keep track... oops. Anyway-]

I wanted to ask people some questions about food! My husband and I have set up a little farmstead, but the crops are growing, um, way faster than they really ought to be... [we're just going to speed past the blush] and it's not like we actually have to work for money here, so I was thinking of not just taking the crops to market but... serving meals at the house? Or sending them to people elsewhere in the city? I don't know, but I've met a lot of people here who said they just eat food from the stores, and I know those are really convenient, but it can't be better than a home cooked meal, can it?

[Look at this big turnip! Isn't it healthy looking?! Don't you just want to eat it?? Konoha smiles, making the root vegetable dance around the screen.]

So... can I ask you some questions about what sort of food you like? Or what kind of things you miss from your home? Maybe what they make in your country with vegetables? If you give me some of your time, I'll send you some fresh ones as a "thank you"-

Promise!

[One last bow... and she and the turnip sign off.]

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Before I came here, I wasn't home for years, so I miss a lot of things!
I could honestly just go for a nice, fresh stir fry. Lots of garlic!
Meat optional, but beef or seared pork if I had the choice.

I'd pay for some fresher vegetables, by the way. :)

Aww! What an handsome turnip! Really cool to hear about a farm, too, and rad that it's doing so well!

I'm definitely willing to answer questions about food, so... I guess an easy default is roasted veggies and rice, for me. If we're being really specific to country-of-origin, though... Taro is king for sure!

[DID SOMEONE SAY VEGETABLES????]

That is one hell of a turnip. There's a lot I could cook with that.

[He's almost drooling.]

But as for vegetables from my home country, they it's a lot of potato, corn, carrots, onions but as for the ones I personally love it'd be tomatoes, daikon, shiso, lotus root, and bamboo shoots from Japan. My second home.

That thing is huge! What a good looking turnip. [ it's prettier than him?? ] I'm glad to hear the farm is going so well, Konoha.

I think we're both familiar with a lot of Japanese cuisine, but roasted or caramelized vegetables are good for this time of year! Though my favorite is bitter melon stir fry.

[ A centaur. Surprisingly, something he hasn't seen before. ]

Not a bad idea. There's probably plenty of guys like me who aren't so great at cooking for themselves.

Shen Wei is the cooking one. I'll ask him what he might want.

[ Oh, this is sweet... and she's lucky enough to have her husband here! ]

Hello!
It is good to meet you ( ◠‿◠ )
That turnip looks very delicious
I never thought I'd see centaurs here
You're from Echigo?
I knew some from there.
I was told my home sounded like it was called Japan too!

It's been a while since I had anything my dad made, but we had this stew back home where you put some sweet potatoes and plantains in coconut milk and kinda thickened it up with sago pearls.

[She realizes a lot of that might be difficult to farm, though, so]

Other than that? Stir fry with green beans and eggplant is really good in my opinion,especially if you get a lot of garlic in.

Ah, Konaha. It's been a while.

[Since Ren first arrived, really.]

I'm not picky when it comes to food, but I think my favorite is tempura lotus root. Really, just tempura in general is very good in my opinion.

Congratulations to you and your husband, Konoha. I'm pleased to hear the farmstead is already prospering.

[ It's a shame he's unable to see it, but he imagines the fast growth is due to very much tender love and care.

No further comment on that assessment.

Of course the best test of their quality lies in how they taste, and even though Noct despises vegetables... he did say he was going to make Ignis eat plenty of them. Might as well supply them to the apartment if that's the case. ]

If I may, I'd love to have a regular delivery of your crops. In fact, I was wondering if I could offer a suggestion for another location within the city that would benefit from your farm.

[Overgrown produce, huh? That's worth keeping an eye on.]

I do my own cooking, but I'd rather buy directly from the source if I have the choice.

You interested in direct sales?

I usually prefer hearty stews! When you move around a lot in your life, having something warm like that in taverns really reminds me of home.

[ He then thinks for a bit. ]

But to be precise, I'm a fan pork stew lately, with some pickled radish on the side to cleanse the palate!

Oh, how lovely!

[ Ophilia applauds her and her husband’s efforts with an ear-to-ear grin. Good on you, not-so-little turnip! ]

I hail from a province where it snows year-round, so stews and such are always popular. I always make sure our visitors try our vegetable soup!

But what of your home? What do they enjoy most there?

My homeland of Wales, of course, serves the standard variety of vegetables -onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce. Anything you would find in the local markets here. I am more interested in what they grow in Echigo. Enlighten me for a moment about your land.

[ It's unlikely he'll visit Echigo anytime soon, though some of her manner of dress and culture does remind him of a few memorable faces in their crew. ]

Good to see the farm working out.

So what all do you have? Cabbage? Corn? Grilled corn is the bomb.

[ As far as vegetables go. Cabbage is boring in a vacuum but coleslaw...

Although it's really not the climate for barbecue to pair it with. ]

Oh, my! What a funny little coincidence! I’m from Japan as well. It’s been a while since I’ve heard anybody call that area ‘Echigo’—we know it as Niigata Prefecture now. I hope we can get along regardless, though!

[ Something about Shinobu’s smile suggests she’s already been told about one Konoha from Echigo, but she’s otherwise good at feigning surprise. ]

In any case, I know someone who likes simmered salmon with daikon radish. I’d ask for some produce on his behalf, but I’d say he’s given you plenty of grief already.

[ Sitting seiza behind her is the man in question. If he’s listening to anything that’s being said, nothing about his expression shows it. Would it kill him to be polite in somebody else’s (virtual) company for once? ]

I don't eat much and I doubt you're familiar with the same cultivars from my home, but I've personally always been fond of artichokes. Strawberries as well, but ah, that's a fruit.

I have to ask, though: Do you grow any manner of herbs? I do love tea.

[Oh hey, it's the...jinba...that ran away. She's married? There's two of them? More importantly, she's offering food?

Considering his own perpetually low chroma levels, this particular Shen Qingqiu has been living mostly on instant meals and things since he arrived—and while he's used enough to bland foods and simple meals, he can't help being particularly attracted to those fresh vegetables on the screen.]

Wouldn't it be rather a big task, to offer meals to everyone like this? Even if not everyone accepts, the work would still be time-consuming.

[oh, this is lovely. Goddess bless you, centaur friend...]

Ah, that is an absolutely wonderful idea. I like vegetable and seafood dishes, especially if they've got a bit of spice to them. There's nothing as of yet I can't get here that I miss from home outside of certain varieties of wild game, but I have been enjoying trying things that are unfamiliar to me enough that it's not bothering me all that much.

[ Hold the phone there's another half-human here?! Do his eyes deceive him?! ]

You are the first among many here, apart from myself, who are part animal and not due to the moon's effects.

[ He's just surprised is all... ]

But fish stew...it is a staple in my country.

I hated veggies as a kid. All I wanted was the "good stuff". [Candies and the real meal and such.]

As an adult? Asparagus. At least if it's cooked correctly.

Ah Konoha we're always trying to make an effort to serve dishes from home at the teahouse but it can be so hard to find some of the ingredients. If you ever find yourself with an excess of burdock or kabocha I'd be happy to take some off your hands. And if you find yourself lacking the hands to harvest them all my comrades have quite a bit of experience with that as well.

[Is that the sound of Mikakzuki offering up the labors of sword house for involuntary field duty? Of fucking course it is.]

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