Chapter 9 Grape Spider X Halberd Eater Begins X Bullnose Pig's Egg Cooking
Toad Tiger Mountain.
The airship carrying everyone slowly landed on the top of Tohu Mountain. Toahu Mountain is a very peculiar mountain, itself is a whole boulder, the aboveground part is 2347 meters, the underground part is more than 30 kilometers deep, and the circumference of the whole mountain is about 100 kilometers. The most amazing thing is that the above-ground part of the toad is divided into north and south halves by a straight canyon. The Ghibli River flows through the gorge and its channel plummets from 1 kilometre wide to more than 200 metres as it enters the gorge. The river in the valley is churning and rushing, the mist is shrouded, and the cliffs on both sides of the river are towering.
"We're here!" Menqi stood on the edge of the cliff and pointed to the canyon.
"Wow...... What's down there? Tuodou looked at the bottomless (mist) valley with a cold face, and his voice trembled a little.
"Don't worry, it's just a very deep river, because the current speed is fast, so once you fall down, you will rush all the way to the sea." Menqi took off his boots as if nothing had happened.
"I'll go first."
Menqi jumped down under the shocked gaze of the candidates, swooped down into the middle of the canyon, as if grasping something, hanging in the air. Then he turned over and hung upside down picking something.
"There are grape spiders inhabiting the Toad Tiger Mountain, and she is going to pick the eggs of the grape spiders." President Nitro explained to the candidates, "In order to protect the eggs from becoming a delicacy for the beasts on the road, the grape spider hangs the eggs in the valley with strong silk. As long as you successfully grab the spider silk, collect the eggs, and finally climb the cliff back to the top......"
After a while, Menqi climbed up and raised the purple spider egg in his hand: "What~ Just use this to make boiled eggs!" That's the question for this test! ”
The wrestler Tuodou moved to the edge of the cliff with trembling feet, and when he looked down, he was suddenly dizzy and his legs were weak: "It's simple...... Except for the madmen... Who... Have the courage to jump down the valley!? ”
Before the words fell, the voices of other candidates were heard.
Strange Fang: "Ah, that's right! ”
Xiaojie: "I'm just waiting for this kind of exam!" ”
Leoleo: "The physical fitness test is much easier to understand than doing ethnic cuisine!" ……”
Then some of the candidates jumped off the cliff to pick the eggs.
"What about the others? Is it to abstain? Menqi asked back.
"It's a kind of courage to give up!" President Nitro comforted the candidates who stayed at the top of the cliff, "The hunter test is not only available this year, let's continue to work hard next year." “
Yuan did not jump into the valley with the person, but sat on the side and looked at the sky in a daze.
"Aren't you going to pick spider eggs? Our halberd is an egg dish, so you wouldn't expect to challenge my grape spider egg dish with a regular egg dish, would you? You should be aware that although good ingredients do not necessarily mean good food, ingredients are definitely an important part of the quality of the food. Seeing that Yuan didn't go with everyone to get the spider eggs, Menqi came to Yuan's side and said with a wicked smile.
"I think you did it on purpose!" Yuan glanced at Menqi angrily: "It's not that you don't know that I'm afraid of heights......"
"You don't have to worry about this, if that's what you're talking about, I've already collected it......"
Yuan interrupted and was about to continue teasing his Menqi, turning his hand and taking out the eggs of the grape spider as if he were juggling.
"How did you do it! Oh yes...... Is it your telekinesis, has it been developed? What are the specific capabilities? “
"Trade secrets!"
In fact, when Menqi jumped down the canyon, Yuan had already launched the 'Kitchen Tricksters' to ask the elves to help pick the spider eggs, of course, at the same time, he used the 'hidden' technique, and he wouldn't be found without 'condensation'.
After that, some candidates climbed back to the top of the cliff and set up a cauldron to boil spider eggs. When everyone tasted their boiled 'boiled eggs', everyone showed incredible expressions.
"Well... It's delicious! The taste is not only strong, but also melts in your mouth, and ordinary eggs are simply incomparable! ”
"The joy of discovering new ingredients, how much can you understand this time? We food hunters are fighting for our lives! "At this time, Menqi did not forget to 'rehabilitate' the food hunter.
The wrestler Tuodou looked a little hot-eyed, and asked Xiaojie for half a spider egg, and was silent after tasting it.
"How?" Menqi asked.
"I confessed this year. Will be back next year! Tuodou said convincingly.
"Next year you'll be even more tragic." Yuan rolled his eyes and complained in his heart
So far, in the second test, there are a total of 42 qualified candidates for Menqi's cooking, plus a source waiting for the halberd competition.
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Hunter's exclusive airship conference cabin. President Nitro introduced the 42 candidates who passed, "I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the 42 candidates here. I'm the representative head of the Hunter Test Review Committee, Nitro. It was supposed to be the last exam that I didn't show up in person. However, once you come to the scene, you will inevitably fall in love with the feeling of entering the venue, so since I have already arrived, I have decided to accompany you along the way. ”
Nitro paused for a moment and then announced, "Due to the accident in the second test, there is now a special situation where a candidate and the examiner need to have a special battle to decide whether the candidate can take the next test. 'Halberd' is a method of resolving disagreements among high-class chefs in recent years. The winner is decided by cooking, and the winning side can make demands, and the losing side must be satisfied. Since the review requires an odd number of people. I now decide that all of you will have one electoral vote. The 42 of you need to taste the chef's food, rate it, and vote on which chef cooks better. The chef with the most votes will receive your electoral vote. If you cast a tie, your electoral vote will be considered a abstention. In addition, please judge carefully, as your performance in the judging will also be marked as a reference score for future tests. Now that the two chefs are ready to serve the halberd, please move to the airship restaurant and wait for the judges. “
The 42 examinees followed Nitro and the others into the restaurant. Gen and Menqi were already in place at the two cooking counters in the center of the restaurant. The tables prepared for the candidates are arranged around the front, left and right sides of the table. Satz, the examiner of the first test, and Bukhara, the examiner of the first half of the second test, sat on the podium. President Nitro and Mr. Beans stepped up to the podium. After the candidates were seated, Nitro gestured to Mr. Bean. Mr. Douzi went to the microphone and announced: "The halberd of candidate No. 406 and one-star food hunter Menqi has officially started, and the topic is 'Egg Cuisine' is not limited to the category of cuisine, please start." “
As soon as Mr. Bean's voice fell, Gen and Menqi began their own cooking.
'Egg dishes', the eggs prepared by the two are all grape spider eggs, and the purple spider eggs are neatly placed in the egg tray. But neither of them used the spider eggs first.
Yuan carried in three high-nose pigs from outside the restaurant. Gen planned to use the new dish he had researched during the second test to make this halberd, which was originally seriously flawed, but when Gen tried the boiled grape spider eggs, the idea came to mind. The last piece of the puzzle of the new dish is found. Gen began to feel the body structure of the three high-nosed pigs with a 'circle'.
"He actually did this with 'circles.'" A few people in the restaurant who knew how to read were a little surprised, but then they understood. There have also been people who used the 'circle' to sense the structure of the body of living beings, which was used for hunting or surgery.
Menqi also noticed Yuan's movements, and after the initial surprise, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she also began to use the 'circle' to assist in processing the ingredients in her hands-the adult grape spider.
"Gen, what is he doing? Just touching a high-nosed pig with your eyes closed? Leoleo asked Kurapika for some reason?
"I don't know, but I'm probably feeling the structure of the ingredients...... "I don't know how to read it yet, but Kurapika can probably guess the intention of the source.
"That's right, that's how it should be...... Is it just a delusion? I felt a very strange feeling from Gen and Menqi...... How can I say it, it's a bit oppressive...... Do you feel it? Jj? Strange Fang interjected.
"I feel it too! Do you know what that is? Xiaojie responded.
After a few minutes, the source felt the body structure of the three pigs. Memories, organizes, and composes when everything is clear to you. The source suddenly moved, and the sword flashed up.
"So fast!! Keep an eye on him, he shouldn't be as dangerous as Hisoka. Some candidates think so.
"The source is amazing!" Xiaojie is sincerely admired.
"Well, the speed, strength, and accuracy of his knife are perfect, if it is used in combat...... "The strange fang is obviously influenced by the family.
Menqi didn't make any amazing moves, just washed a few grape spiders and threw them into the pot to stew.
The performance of the high-nose pig division on the source side has come to an end. After wiping the cooking knife, return the knife to the sheath. Sort the ingredients that have already been divided. Cut the pork belly into meat cubes, stack them neatly in a huge pot, pour in water, and simmer over heat. Then chop the pork bones except the leg bones and throw them into a separate pot with the washed pork stomachs to simmer.
'Week'! The source is familiar with the way to take out the bone marrow of the pork leg bone of the high nose. When all the bone marrow was removed and placed on the table, Yuan began to show off his amazing knife work. This time, the speed of the knife is also amazing, but there is a little more lightness in the knife light. The bone marrow of the pork leg is cut along the bone marrow fibers in the knife light and is cut into filaments of the same length and thickness of hair, and all the bone marrow filaments are spread flat on the desk without a trace of breakage.
At this point, Gen finally began to process the eggs of the grape spider. Yuan placed the two large basins side by side on the countertop, picked up the third large basin with one hand, and pinched the grape spider eggs with the other hand. The hand shadows flew, and the grape spider eggs on the egg tray disappeared one by one. In the large basin in Yuan's hand was a slightly purple transparent egg white, and in the two basins on the table, one was a dark purple egg yolk, and the other was discarded egg shells. After a while, all the eggs are separated, and the egg whites and yolks are stirred separately. Source soaks the bone marrow filaments into the egg white liquid......