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00:00Tsunagiyasutomo's Nugget Party!
00:06This time, we'll see what's the most delicious way to eat a sweet potato.
00:09We'll have a competition to decide who's the king of sweet potato cooking!
00:12It's good!
00:14I've never eaten a sweet potato tempura like this before.
00:16It's a new era!
00:18It's a new era!
00:20Who will be the king of sweet potato cooking?
00:24I've been waiting for this moment.
00:26That's true.
00:31Hello!
00:32Hello!
00:33It's started!
00:34Yes!
00:35Yes!
00:36The players were excited.
00:38They got the best pearl.
00:40That's right.
00:41They have a good eye.
00:42Yes.
00:43It was amazing.
00:44But probably...
00:46A few years ago...
00:47When I got a diamond...
00:50Humans are no good.
00:52When you're greedy, you can't get it.
00:55But I didn't know about the pearl.
00:57I thought I couldn't get it.
01:00Thank you for the result.
01:02That's good.
01:03She said she wasn't greedy.
01:06But I thought she was desperate.
01:08She held Kusanagi-san's finger and said,
01:10Please touch this!
01:12She wanted us to feel how cold it was.
01:16But I think it's cold.
01:19I'm glad I got it.
01:21I'm getting excited.
01:23Yes!
01:24Yes!
01:26Yes, yes, yes.
01:27Hello.
01:28Hello!
01:29You're here again.
01:30Hello.
01:31Hello.
01:32How was last week?
01:33Congratulations.
01:35It was amazing.
01:36You got the first place.
01:38I got the first place.
01:39But I was almost right.
01:45But Oda-kun is full.
01:48What?
01:49What?
01:50That was fast.
01:51No way.
01:52Only twice in a row?
01:54I was impressed.
01:57I agree.
01:58I'm grateful.
02:02What do you think it is today?
02:05Today?
02:06Autumn.
02:07Matsutake?
02:09Autumn.
02:10Fruits?
02:12Fruits.
02:13Autumn.
02:14Cucumber?
02:15Cucumber?
02:16All of them.
02:18All of them?
02:19That's right.
02:20I've seen a lot of autumn neckties.
02:22No, no, no.
02:23That's right.
02:24You've searched a lot.
02:25That's amazing.
02:26That's right.
02:27When it comes to autumn, it's the taste.
02:29It's the taste of food.
02:31By the way, everyone.
02:32Do you know what the three tastes of autumn are?
02:35Persimmon.
02:36Matsutake.
02:37Summer.
02:38No.
02:39It's not in the list.
02:41All of them?
02:42It's not in the list.
02:43Chestnut?
02:44That's right.
02:45Chestnut.
02:46Sweet potato.
02:47Sweet potato is in the list.
02:49One more.
02:51The hint is chestnut, sweet potato, and chestnut.
02:56That's why it's Halloween.
02:58Pumpkin?
02:59That's right.
03:00The answer is sweet potato, chestnut, and pumpkin.
03:03Pumpkin is a little surprising.
03:05You take out the chestnut and put it on your face.
03:07That's right.
03:08It's pumpkin, so it's like Halloween.
03:10That's right.
03:11But if you put it together...
03:12It's in season.
03:13It's in season.
03:14Halloween is coming up.
03:16That's right.
03:17I want to eat sweet potatoes all year round, but it's autumn.
03:23That's right.
03:24Now, we have a project about one of the three tastes of autumn, sweet potato.
03:31First, please watch this video.
03:35One of the three tastes of autumn, sweet potato.
03:39There are various ways to eat sweet potatoes.
03:42There are many variations, such as snacks, snacks, and sweets.
03:46All of them are delicious, but let's ask people in town what their favorite way to eat sweet potatoes is.
03:53Grilled sweet potatoes.
03:55I like grilled sweet potatoes.
03:57Grilled sweet potatoes.
03:58Grilled sweet potatoes.
03:59Grilled sweet potatoes.
04:00It's delicious.
04:01Simple grilled sweet potatoes are the best.
04:05By the way, according to a survey on a recipe site, grilled sweet potatoes are the best.
04:10It's simple and popular.
04:12Simple.
04:14Wait a minute.
04:16Four brave players will stand up.
04:20Three people, Mr. Kusanagi and Mr. Yasutomo, will try it on the spot.
04:25They will decide what is the best way to eat sweet potatoes.
04:30Will they be able to beat the absolute king, grilled sweet potatoes?
04:35Now, the grand final of sweet potato cooking begins.
04:42Here it is.
04:43I see.
04:44I love sweet potatoes.
04:46Sweet potatoes are simply grilled sweet potatoes.
04:49It's simple.
04:50It's simple.
04:51Can I eat it?
04:52Yes, you can.
04:53I like grilled sweet potatoes.
04:54I can't get what I want.
04:56Well, well, well.
04:58You can't get what you want.
05:00What?
05:01Really?
05:03So, is there a sweet potato dish that is better than grilled sweet potatoes?
05:07Now, the grand final of sweet potato cooking begins.
05:13I love sweet potatoes.
05:14I'm so happy.
05:16There are four qualifications to challenge the absolute king of sweet potatoes, grilled sweet potatoes.
05:23First, the absolute king will compare grilled sweet potatoes with the challenger.
05:29The second round will be a competition between the winner and the challenger.
05:35So, there is a good chance that the absolute king will lose in the first round.
05:41The king will be the one to compete with the absolute king.
05:46Are you ready?
05:47Yes.
05:48I want to eat it, so I'm being quiet.
05:51I know what you mean.
05:52I want to eat it.
05:53I don't know what kind of plan this is.
05:54There are some things I can't eat.
05:56You're being honest.
05:58Don't say things like that.
06:01Yes.
06:02I'm going to eat it.
06:03Please.
06:04Now, the absolute king, grilled sweet potatoes, will appear.
06:07Let's watch the video.
06:10The absolute king of sweet potatoes, grilled sweet potatoes, will be introduced by...
06:16Shinomoto, a sweet potato shop in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
06:21This shop specializes in grilled sweet potatoes, and they eat grilled sweet potatoes all year round.
06:26However, it's not just a sweet potato shop.
06:29It's so famous that no one in the sweet potato world knows about it.
06:35We've been to Japan three times for the national sweet potato grand prix.
06:40Three times?
06:41The first time was in 2020.
06:43The second time was in 2023.
06:45And this year, in 2024.
06:47We won and sold out.
06:49Wow.
06:50At first, our dream was to become the best sweet potato shop in Japan.
06:53But when we won the first time, we thought we had to set a new goal.
06:57Now, our goal is to become the best in the world.
06:59The second and third times are just a passing point.
07:04Wow, that's cool.
07:05What we're aiming for now is to become the best sweet potato shop in the world.
07:09That's a lot of confidence.
07:11He's the absolute king of sweet potatoes, grilled sweet potatoes.
07:16Kobe sweet potatoes and Shinomoto sweet potatoes?
07:20We're going to compete with Anno Kogane from Tanegashima, Kagoshima.
07:25The skin is white.
07:27Yes, the skin is white and the inside is orange.
07:30It looks delicious.
07:31It's a sweet potato with a lot of beta-carotene.
07:34It's a sweet potato that tastes like pumpkin or carrot.
07:39It's a sweet potato, but pumpkin?
07:42Carrot?
07:43I don't know, but it's amazing.
07:46He's even more particular about choosing sweet potatoes.
07:50I've always said that 70% of baked sweet potatoes are the ingredients and 30% of how they're baked.
07:54That's how important the ingredients are.
07:56First of all, maturing is the key to making them delicious.
08:01We harvest them for at least three months and store them in the storage room.
08:05Then we sweeten them and take them out.
08:08Freshly picked sweet potatoes aren't sweet.
08:12By maturing them for a month, two months, three months, the sweetness increases and they become sticky.
08:18Of course, we're particular about the farmland.
08:20We have a contract farmer in Tanegashima, Tokushima, and Ibaraki.
08:24Even if the sweet potatoes were grown in the same field as the farmers,
08:31we noticed that the taste would change slightly in the neighboring field.
08:35So we even do a field designation.
08:37Field designation?
08:39He's definitely not qualified to be a king.
08:42He's a strong opponent.
08:44How do you bake such a strong sweet potato?
08:48First, the most important thing to do before baking is...
08:52Why do you cut it?
08:54This is to see if it's rotten.
08:56The stem here is hard and has dirt on it, which makes the texture bad.
09:01So I cut off the stem for people who eat the whole skin.
09:05Sweet potatoes are said to rot from the tip,
09:08so it's important to cut off each stem to see if there's any rotten part.
09:15Next, we'll bake the sweet potatoes.
09:19You bake them with this?
09:21Yes, it's called a convection oven.
09:23It's a method of baking with only hot air.
09:26The idea is to remove as much moisture from the sweet potatoes as possible and make the taste of baked sweet potatoes stronger.
09:32Is this a special oven?
09:34No, it's a bakery oven.
09:36There are many bakeries that bake sweets and bread.
09:40Is it okay to say this?
09:42Ishiyaki and Tsuboyaki are said to have been tried in various ways,
09:46but Mr. Nomoto noticed that this way of baking was the most delicious in terms of baking and taste.
09:52After baking for about an hour and a half...
09:57This is the Anno Kogane of Kobe sweet potatoes.
10:02I think baked sweet potatoes are the best.
10:07I don't know how much I can show off the sweetness of nature,
10:12but I think baked sweet potatoes are the best.
10:16By the way, baked sweet potatoes are in season in December,
10:20and the moment you open it, the juice comes out.
10:23It looks delicious.
10:25It's sweeter and tastier than when it's hot.
10:30Mr. Kusanagi and Mr. Yasutomo, please enjoy it.
10:34The best in Japan for baked sweet potatoes.
10:38Kobe sweet potatoes, Shinomoto Anno Kogane baked sweet potatoes.
10:43Here you are.
10:47Yay!
10:49I want to eat this.
10:51This is Anno Kogane.
10:56It's a very fashionable shop.
10:58This is good.
11:00It was amazing in the video.
11:03Everyone, please eat.
11:07This color matches well.
11:09It's orange.
11:11Mr. Kusanagi has become one with the trainer.
11:17It's a pumpkin.
11:18That's the color.
11:20Let's eat.
11:22It's completely different.
11:24Let's eat.
11:32It's delicious.
11:34It's sweet, but it tastes like sweet potatoes.
11:39There are many sweet potatoes that are too sweet now.
11:43It doesn't feel like baked sweet potatoes.
11:46It tastes like baked sweet potatoes, but it's sweet.
11:49The skin is delicious.
11:51This is amazing.
11:52It's delicious.
11:53This is electric.
11:55This is the winner of the three-time national championship.
11:59This is delicious.
12:01This baked sweet potato is a temporary champion.
12:07This is a temporary champion.
12:13This is a champion.
12:15This is a champion.
12:17This is a final match.
12:22This is the first challenger.
12:25Please wait a moment.
12:27This is very delicious.
12:29I will announce the rules of the game.
12:31This is very delicious.
12:36This is it.
12:39This is a challenger.
12:41Please choose from these four sweet potatoes.
12:47The dish that I choose will appear on the screen.
12:53Please choose at random.
12:55I don't know the order.
12:57Please choose, TOMO.
12:59I will choose.
13:01I can choose.
13:03Please choose.
13:05I will choose.
13:07The shape of the sweet potato is cute.
13:09The shape of the sweet potato is cute.
13:11Please choose.
13:13I will choose.
13:16I will choose.
13:18The challenger is this.
13:29This is a sweet potato.
13:33Please stand up.
13:36This is a sweet potato.
13:38This is a sweet potato.
13:42The challenger is a sweet potato.
13:48I came to this store.
13:51This is a popular store.
13:53This is a sweet potato.
13:57What kind of store is this?
13:59This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:03I feel the infinite potential of sweet potatoes.
14:05I suggest various ways to eat sweet potatoes.
14:12This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:18This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:24This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:30This is a popular product.
14:35This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:44I showed you the process.
14:48This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:51This is a sweet potato specialty store.
14:53This is a sweet potato specialty store.
15:00This is a sweet potato specialty store.
15:04We use round sweet potatoes.
15:07There is a reason why many round sweet potatoes were imported to Kansai.
15:11It looks cute and tastes good.
15:14I think round sweet potatoes are delicious.
15:16I use round sweet potatoes.
15:20He uses round sweet potatoes.
15:24By the way, thin sweet potatoes are sweeter.
15:27Round sweet potatoes are less sweet.
15:30You can choose according to your taste.
15:33I use sweet potatoes.
15:35I use sweet potatoes.
15:38I use sweet potatoes to make sweet potatoes as sweet as possible.
15:45You use sweet potatoes.
15:47What are you talking about?
15:50I bake sweet potatoes in the oven for an hour.
15:52I cut the sweet potatoes in half.
15:54I don't put the sweet potatoes in the oven.
15:57I put the sweet potato paste in the oven.
16:00What is in the sweet potato paste?
16:02This is the sweet potato paste I used earlier.
16:05This is the sweet potato paste I used earlier.
16:10I use brown sugar.
16:14I use brown sugar because it is milder and more nutritious than white sugar.
16:23Sweet potatoes are sweet.
16:25I don't use any preservatives.
16:30I coat the sweet potatoes with egg yolk.
16:33I sprinkle sesame seeds.
16:34I bake sweet potatoes in the oven for 10 minutes.
16:38This is a sweet potato sweet potato potato.
16:41I'm confident.
16:43I study each process.
16:46I make it with care.
16:49This is a sweet potato sweet potato potato.
16:52I will definitely win.
16:55This is a sweet potato sweet potato potato.
17:07This is a sweet potato sweet potato potato.
17:16I eat this.
17:19Are you okay?
17:23Do you have a spoon?
17:29This is a mild sweet potato sweet potato.
17:31This is a sweet potato sweet potato.
17:34This is not as sweet as I thought.
17:36Is that so?
17:38This is good.
17:39This is a mild sweet potato, but the taste of sweet potatoes is strong.
17:42This is a sweet potato sweet potato, not white sugar.
17:46What should I do?
17:48This is very good.
17:52This is very good.
17:53This is not the sweet potato I imagined in the past.
17:56In the past, sweet potatoes were too sweet.
17:58That's right.
17:59This is a sweet potato, isn't it?
18:01I have decided.
18:03Which one is the winner?
18:06Is it a sweet potato sweet potato potato?
18:09Judges, please decide the winner.
18:121, 2.
18:14This is the winner.
18:171, 2.
18:22Have you decided?
18:23Judges, please decide the winner.
18:28The winner is No. 2.
18:34This is a sweet potato sweet potato.
18:36This is a close game.
18:38This is a close game.
18:44This is a sweet potato sweet potato.
18:46The first dish I ate was also very good.
18:56I won the second dish.
18:59Looking back at it now, I think the first dish was better.
19:05I regret it.
19:07The first dish was very good.
19:09To be honest, this dish is very good.
19:13How should I say this?
19:15But it's delicious.
19:17Originally, sweet potatoes were used.
19:21This is a sweet potato.
19:23This is a sweet potato.
19:24This is a sweet potato.
19:25This is a sweet potato.
19:26We often eat this.
19:28I know this.
19:30This is a sweet potato.
19:31This is a sweet potato.
19:32I don't need a sweet potato.
19:34I know this is a sweet potato.
19:37SHINOMOTO has never eaten this.
19:40I think this is a sweet potato.
19:43Did you change your answer?
19:45I think this is a sweet potato.
19:47It's okay.
19:49You chose the one you are used to eating.
19:53The process is different.
19:55I think this is a sweet potato.
19:58I added two and three sweet potatoes.
20:02SHINOMOTO is a cruel battle.
20:06I think this is a sweet potato.
20:08The order is different.
20:10I didn't know if I changed my answer.
20:12This is a sweet potato.
20:14This is a sweet potato.
20:16I added two and three sweet potatoes.
20:18The process is the same.
20:20The process is the same.
20:21I think this is a sweet potato.
20:25I think this is a sweet potato.
20:28I think SHINOMOTO has no enemies.
20:31I think this is a sweet potato.
20:33I think this is a sweet potato.
20:37Next is SHINOMOTO.
20:40It's difficult.
20:42I think this is a sweet potato.
20:44Who will choose the next sweet potato?
20:46I choose this.
20:48This is very difficult.
20:50I think you are busy.
20:52Please choose this once.
20:54I choose this.
20:56Which one do you choose?
20:58I will choose this.
21:00Well, it's pretty hard.
21:02Number 4.
21:03Here I go.
21:10You're good.
21:12It's pretty hard.
21:14Yes.
21:15So, the challenger is...
21:19Tempura!
21:20Tasty!
21:21Tasty!
21:23Tasty!
21:24Very tasty!
21:25I want to do it again.
21:26You want to do it again?
21:27That's not what I meant.
21:30The challenger is...
21:31Tempura's signature dish, Sweet Potato Tempura!
21:36I came to Kyoto Gion.
21:39It's 5 minutes' walk from Yoshimoto Gion.
21:42Kyoto Tempura, Tenno Meshi.
21:47Welcome to Tenno Meshi!
21:50He's so hyper.
21:52What is this place?
21:55This place was established by KUSHIKATSU TANAKA.
22:01KUSHIKATSU TANAKA opened this tempura shop in August.
22:07I was wondering if there was anything other than KUSHIKATSU TANAKA.
22:10So, I came to Tenno Meshi, which is a part of Japanese food culture.
22:16We don't just serve tempura.
22:18We want to satisfy our customers.
22:21So, we came up with a special tempura.
22:29A special tempura.
22:31What kind of tempura is it?
22:34Let's take a look at the menu.
22:36Is it a course menu?
22:38Yes, it is.
22:41We have two courses for you to choose from.
22:49He wants you to taste the best tempura.
22:52He has a perfect order and timing for each course.
22:57Wow, there's salmon on it.
23:02This is the first course.
23:05It's a miracle sweet potato tempura.
23:08I will compete with this.
23:11Tenno Meshi will compete with this miracle sweet potato tempura.
23:19This is a special tempura because of its thickness.
23:23Usually, sweet potato tempura is served in a flat shape.
23:28I wanted to make it thick and sweet.
23:33So, I made it thick like this.
23:35The sweetness spreads in my mouth.
23:38It's very delicious.
23:42Let's take a look at the process.
23:45He's using Beni Haruka, which is said to have the highest sugar content among sweet potatoes.
23:52First of all...
23:54What is this?
23:56I'm going to turn this into a baked sweet potato.
23:59It's baked sweet potato.
24:01I wanted to make a thick sweet potato.
24:03So, I decided to make a baked sweet potato.
24:08By making a baked sweet potato, I can increase the sweetness of the sweet potato to the maximum.
24:14So far, everyone has made a baked sweet potato.
24:16I succeeded in making a soup stock.
24:19He turned a baked sweet potato into a tempura.
24:22This is amazing.
24:25Then, he took the baked sweet potato to the kitchen.
24:34Where is this?
24:35This is a refrigerator.
24:36A refrigerator?
24:37Did you bake it?
24:39Yes, I did.
24:40After taking it out of the refrigerator, I put it in the refrigerator to cool it down.
24:44Then, I can increase the sweetness of the sweet potato to the maximum.
24:48I let it sit overnight.
24:50The surface of the sweet potato is completely different.
24:53If you don't do this, you can't serve it to customers.
24:56That's amazing.
24:57I see.
24:58He is very particular about this.
25:01Then, he deep-fried the baked sweet potato.
25:05He used tempura flour.
25:07He is particular about how to deep-fry the sweet potato.
25:11I deep-fried it to make the most of the taste of the ingredients.
25:14I deep-fried it to make it crispy.
25:17I deep-fried it to make it thinner than a normal tempura.
25:23Three minutes later.
25:25It's well-deep-fried.
25:28This is the specialty of this restaurant.
25:30This is a miracle sweet potato tempura.
25:32This is a taste that only we can eat.
25:36I'm sure it will be a victory.
25:38I will never lose.
25:41He is very particular about this.
25:43This is a tempura of hell.
25:44This is a miracle sweet potato tempura.
25:49We have prepared this, too.
25:52This is a miracle sweet potato tempura.
25:57The chef says this is a tempura, so he recommends salt.
26:01Please eat this as you like.
26:03Please put the salt here.
26:06I will eat this as it is.
26:08I'm sorry.
26:09Yes.
26:10The sweet potato was baked once.
26:12The sweet potato was baked once.
26:14I didn't hear it, so I was surprised.
26:19The name of the dish is different.
26:21This is a devil.
26:22This is a sweet potato tempura.
26:24I will eat this.
26:28This is thick.
26:31This is delicious.
26:34I put salt on this.
26:36This is delicious.
26:37This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
26:41This is also the strength of tempura.
26:44This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
26:46This is very delicious.
26:48I have never eaten such a sweet potato tempura.
26:50Please put the salt here.
26:51This is delicious.
26:54This is very delicious.
26:56This is very delicious.
26:58This is the third dish.
27:00I will eat this.
27:01This is the second dish.
27:02This is a sweet potato tempura.
27:05This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
27:08Please decide the winner.
27:13Have you decided?
27:15Please judge.
27:18The third dish is this.
27:21This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
27:23This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
27:25This is also a dish with a lot of sweetness.
27:26This is a dish with a lot of sweetness.
27:28This is a dish with a lot of salt.
27:32There are also dishes in order.
27:34There are dishes in order.
27:38There are many dishes with a lot of salt.
27:43I think this dish is a dish that has become a part of the times.
27:47That's a good comment.
27:51Sweet potato tempura is sometimes shocking.
27:54This is harder than I thought.
27:56I don't have this.
27:58This is a dish that has a lot of sweetness.
28:03I can't believe it.
28:07I can eat this at the beginning and at the end.
28:11Are you the judge?
28:14The sweet potato tempura won.
28:20This is a great battle.
28:22This is a great battle.
28:26This is a hot battle.
28:29This is a fierce battle.
28:32Which dish do you choose?
28:34I choose the first dish.
28:37I choose the fourth dish.
28:48This is sweet potato tempura.
28:51I choose the third dish.
28:53This is a familiar taste.
28:58The challenger is sweet potato tempura.
29:03I came to KYOKU in Kyoto.
29:06This is a shop that is located in a complete residential area.
29:10This is a shop that is located in a complete residential area.
29:12What kind of shop is this?
29:14This is a specialty store that sells sweet potato tempura.
29:19This is a specialty store that sells sweet potato tempura.
29:23The owner of this shop is a former chef.
29:26He wants to launch a specialty store that serves all kinds of food.
29:29He came to this shop.
29:32This shop opened in 2019.
29:34This is a popular shop in the repeater section.
29:38This is a menu of sweet potato tempura.
29:42This is the sweet potato tempura I'm proud of.
29:45This is very good.
29:51What is the menu of this sweet potato tempura special?
29:57This is the sweet potato tempura I'm proud of.
30:00I will compete with this sweet potato tempura.
30:03This is a new sweet potato tempura that has never been eaten by a customer.
30:15It's a new kind of sweet potato.
30:17How do they make it?
30:21What's the variety?
30:22This is Ibaraki's Beni Azuma.
30:25Of course, we've tried a variety of varieties.
30:28Beni Azuma is a type of sweet potato.
30:31It has less moisture and has a crunchy texture.
30:35That's why we use Beni Azuma.
30:39I see.
30:40There's a way to make it and a way not to.
30:44First, we cut the sweet potato.
30:47The most important thing here is...
30:49Do you do everything by hand?
30:51That's right.
30:52No way.
30:53If you do it by hand, there's a difference in thickness.
30:57If you change the thickness,
30:59there's a difference in texture and color.
31:02That's amazing.
31:03This is the most appropriate thickness we've tried.
31:10This is hard.
31:11Next, we fry the cut sweet potato.
31:14It's not a sweet potato.
31:15How hot is it?
31:17It's 180 degrees.
31:19If the temperature is low, it will bend.
31:22You have to fry it as straight as possible.
31:26Regular sweet potato is fried in low-temperature oil.
31:30The moisture is completely removed and sugar is sprinkled on top.
31:35Raw sweet potato leaves the flavor of sweet potato.
31:39In order to make the texture of sweet potato important,
31:41we fry it in low-temperature oil for 3 minutes.
31:43In addition, we don't use sugar.
31:45We make it by mixing the three ingredients of the store.
31:49This is the raw sweet potato of Kyokansho.
31:53I think you can enjoy a different texture than ordinary sweet potato.
31:59It's a new feeling.
32:02I can't stop eating.
32:05I can definitely win.
32:08The texture of sweet potato that I've never eaten before.
32:11Kyokansho's raw sweet potato is here.
32:15We've seen it.
32:17This is the raw sweet potato we prepared.
32:23It's very thin.
32:24Please eat it.
32:27I'm surprised.
32:31It's delicious.
32:32Oh.
32:37This is amazing.
32:39This is amazing.
32:40It's completely different.
32:41It's not as crispy as the original sweet potato.
32:45The softness of the sweet potato remains and it is crispy.
32:49The softness remains?
32:50Yes.
32:53It's a habit.
32:55This is delicious.
32:56It's delicious, isn't it?
32:57It's delicious.
32:58It's like freshly made.
32:59It's like freshly made because it's raw.
33:02It's very delicious.
33:03It's all calculated.
33:04The thinness, material, and density are all calculated.
33:10Is Kyokansho's sweet potato tempura or Kyokansho's sweet potato tempura?
33:17Are you ready?
33:18Yes.
33:19One, two.
33:22Yes.
33:24Have you decided?
33:25Please give us your judgment.
33:27The winner is sweet potato tempura.
33:31Wait a minute.
33:33Wait a minute.
33:34Wait a minute.
33:36Have you forgotten?
33:38No, no.
33:39Have you forgotten?
33:40No, no.
33:41You've forgotten, haven't you?
33:42You're the judge.
33:43Is that true?
33:44Yes.
33:45I think the order in which it's cooked is good.
33:47Yes.
33:48I think so, too.
33:49Yes.
33:50Yes.
33:51This is very surprising.
33:52Is that so?
33:53This is the taste of sweet potato tempura.
33:57I see.
33:58I want you to try it.
34:00It's sweet potato tempura, but it's not sweet potato tempura.
34:03It's sweet potato.
34:04This is unexpected.
34:08The winner is sweet potato tempura.
34:11This is delicious.
34:12It's so big.
34:15It's very big.
34:17It's very big.
34:18It's very small.
34:19Please try it.
34:21This is delicious.
34:22I'm surprised.
34:24I will press the button.
34:25Please do.
34:26Please press the button.
34:27What is it?
34:28It depends on the item.
34:30I want a different item.
34:31I agree.
34:33What will come?
34:34I'll press the button.
34:35Yes.
34:37I'll press the button.
34:44I got a great item.
34:45What is it?
34:46We are good at drawing.
34:50This is sweet potato.
34:52This is sweet potato.
34:54This is the last one.
34:56This is the first sweet potato.
34:59Will this come out?
35:00Yes.
35:01Will this come out?
35:02This is a great balance.
35:03This is great.
35:04This is sweet potato.
35:05This is a special sweet potato.
35:07I'm curious.
35:08This is the strongest challenger.
35:11The challenger is sweet potato.
35:17We came to Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
35:22I'm thirsty.
35:26Are these all sweet potato fields?
35:31Yes.
35:32These are all sweet potato fields.
35:36Most of the fields in this area are growing sweet potatoes.
35:41The production of sweet potatoes in Ibaraki Prefecture is the highest in the country.
35:45The domestic market share is more than 90%.
35:50This is a shrine of sweet potatoes.
35:51This is a shrine of sweet potatoes.
35:52This is a shrine of sweet potatoes.
35:53This is a shrine of sweet potatoes.
35:54Is there a shrine of sweet potatoes?
35:58This is a rabbit and a turtle.
35:59Hello.
36:00Hello.
36:04Kurosawa Farm, a farmer who has been growing sweet potatoes for 90 years.
36:11He is a very famous farmer in the sweet potato industry.
36:15He has been the best in Japan for the first time in two consecutive years.
36:24What are you doing now?
36:25I'm harvesting sweet potatoes for sweet potatoes.
36:30For sweet potatoes?
36:31Yes.
36:32I have to make sweet potatoes that look good and have good contents.
36:38Especially for star-shaped sweet potatoes, I try not to give them stress.
36:43I'm particular about making soil.
36:45I put organic matter in it and make it into soft soil.
36:49If the soil is hard, it will be stressful to grow.
36:55By making the soil soft, I can make soft and sweet sweet potatoes.
37:02I see.
37:03When you grow sweet potatoes, the soil is very important.
37:09By the way, sweet potatoes can be harvested in 120 days.
37:17There are three varieties of sweet potatoes grown by Kurosawa Farm.
37:23This variety is called Tamayutaka.
37:25It is an old variety.
37:27It was popular until about 20 years ago.
37:31About 10 years ago, there was a variety called Beni Haruka.
37:36Now, 70% of them are soft, sticky, and sweet.
37:41Beni Haruka is a variety of sweet potatoes.
37:45This time, I will compete with Beni Haruka's sweet potatoes.
37:49Kurosawa Farm competes with Beni Haruka's sweet potatoes, which are popular now.
37:55Let's take a look at how Kurosawa Farm makes the best sweet potatoes in Japan.
38:03These are sweet potatoes that have been thawed.
38:06Thawed?
38:07Yes.
38:08The sweet potatoes that have just been harvested are not yet sweet.
38:12So I let them sit at about 13 degrees Celsius for about a month.
38:16The starch in the sweet potatoes turns into sugar.
38:19When they are made into sweet potatoes, they become sweet sweet potatoes.
38:22I see.
38:25This is a steamer.
38:26A steamer?
38:27Yes.
38:28This is Kurosawa Farm's original way of steaming.
38:31It is steamed in two stages.
38:33Normally, it is steamed at a high temperature.
38:37In our case, we first steam it at a high temperature,
38:40then lower the temperature a little, and steam it for a certain period of time.
38:46The temperature and time of steaming is a secret.
38:49However, if you steam it at a high temperature and a low temperature twice,
38:52the texture and sweetness will change.
38:55How sweet will it be?
38:58Next, we will peel the steamed sweet potatoes.
39:06The shape and size of the sweet potatoes are different,
39:09so you have to do it by hand.
39:11If you do it by machine, you can't peel them all the way to the delicious part.
39:15So we peel them one by one carefully at home.
39:18You have to do it by hand.
39:20In order to make delicious steamed sweet potatoes,
39:22Kurosawa Farm does not allow any compromise.
39:26Look!
39:27By the way, the amount of sweet potatoes peeled in a day is 3,000.
39:31That's amazing.
39:34Then, we line up the sliced sweet potatoes and dry them.
39:39What is this room for?
39:41This is a room to dry the dried sweet potatoes.
39:45Dry them?
39:47It is common to dry the dried sweet potatoes in a vinyl house in winter.
39:52Since the room temperature is from minus 5 degrees to 20 degrees,
39:55the dried sweet potatoes are automatically adjusted to the appropriate temperature for the dried sweet potatoes
39:59so that they can be made regardless of the season.
40:03By the way,
40:04it seems that the simplicity is important to improve the texture of dried sweet potatoes.
40:10These are dried sweet potatoes from Kurosawa Farm in Beniharuka.
40:14Since they are dried, the deliciousness and sweetness of the dried sweet potatoes are condensed,
40:19so I am confident.
40:21After all, dried sweet potatoes are steamed, peeled, sliced, and lined up.
40:28It takes a lot of time and effort, so I think I can definitely win.
40:32Kurosawa Farm Beniharuka's dried sweet potatoes,
40:35which are made carefully and the sweetness of sweet potatoes is maximized,
40:40is here.
40:42Here is the last challenger.
40:46This is dried sweet potatoes from Beniharuka.
40:49It is really golden.
40:51Let's eat.
40:53Let's eat.
40:56It's delicious.
41:00It's delicious.
41:03I'm in trouble.
41:06It's delicious.
41:08When I put it in my mouth and chew it, I can feel the sweetness.
41:13I eat what I want.
41:16That's right.
41:18Compared to the dried sweet potatoes I usually eat,
41:21it doesn't remain in my mouth.
41:23It's smooth.
41:25It sticks to my teeth a little more.
41:27It's like gum.
41:29But I can't feel anything.
41:33He is in trouble.
41:36Will he be the male king of dried sweet potatoes?
41:39Or will he be the challenger of dried sweet potatoes?
41:42Wait a minute.
41:44I'm in trouble.
41:46I'm in trouble.
41:48I'm in trouble.
41:50I'm in trouble.
41:52I'm in trouble.
41:54This is the final battle.
41:56Please judge.
42:00Who will be the winner?
42:05The winner is...
42:08This one.
42:10Congratulations.
42:13The winner of this battle is...
42:16Dried sweet potatoes.
42:19What?
42:21What?
42:23This is a close game.
42:26What do you think?
42:28It's a close game.
42:30It's a close game.
42:32The ingredients are good.
42:36I ate a variety of ingredients.
42:40I ate a variety of ingredients.
42:43The last ingredient was simple.
42:45I think so.
42:47I think so.
42:49I think I'll eat dried sweet potatoes again.
42:52You'll be eating dried sweet potatoes again.
42:54You'll be eating dried sweet potatoes again.
42:56You're not ready yet.
42:58You're not ready yet.
43:00If I had chosen the second ingredient, I might not have won.
43:05You might have won.
43:07What are you deciding?
43:09Dried sweet potatoes were great.
43:11I want to eat dried sweet potatoes again.
43:14Dried sweet potatoes have a variety of faces.
43:18It's a half face.
43:20You know that, right?
43:22We've been doing this since we were kids.
43:24It's important.
43:26It's great.
43:28That's all for today.
43:30Eat a lot of delicious food.
43:34Bye-bye.
43:36Eat a lot of delicious food.
43:46What kind of food do you like in winter?
43:48Oysters.
43:50I like fried oysters.
43:52I'm a champion of oysters.
43:54You can fry them or eat them raw.
43:56You can fry them or eat them raw.
43:58I'll eat oysters next week.
44:00I'll eat oysters next week.
44:02I'll eat oysters next week.
44:04I don't know.
44:06I can't decide.
44:08I don't know.
44:10Don't believe him.
44:12Please watch the next episode.
44:14The next episode is the best curry bread.
44:16The next episode is the best curry bread.
44:18The next episode is the best curry bread.
44:20This is soft.
44:22This is soft.
44:24I'm getting a little hungry.
44:26I'm getting a little hungry.
44:28Don't give up.