Toddlers and Teenagers Chapter 22: Incredible Cuisine and Minimalist Stew
In a verdant forest. The sun hadn't risen yet, and the sky looked a little white.
A wild boar with fangs was being chased madly by something in the forest, and fear took over the boar's heart, and at this time it ran as hard as it could, trying to shake off what was chasing after it.
"W-wh
A wolf howled menacingly behind the boar, and the boar ran faster at the sound of the sound of it.
"Very good......
In the distance, a goblin was standing on the top of the tree, watching the movement in the distance, waiting for something to come.
The wild boar, which was being chased by the wolf, ran into a forest in a panic, and the gray wolf slowed down when he saw this.
"Entangle!" The vines in the woods stirred as the goblins unleashed their magic. The emerald green vines instantly entwined the wild boar that ran into the woods.
The boar, entangled in the vines, struggled as it tried to escape from the vines. Seeing the goblin on the top of the immobile boar tree jumping down, the gray wolf rushed to the goblin's side.
"Good job, Fen. I reached out my left hand and stroked Fin's head in praise.
"Now let me take care of you......" I pulled the short knife from my belt from its scabbard.
When he saw the dagger in my hand and the approaching me, the boar struggled wildly out of fear.
I pointed my short knife at the boar's heart and stabbed it at lightning speed, "Ahhh!!!h
After struggling for a while, the boar had gone limp and died. Seeing this, I immediately disposed of the boar's carcass, and the short knife in my hand regularly divided the flesh from its body.
Fin's eyes stared at me as he processed the fresh meat, and I laughed when I saw Fin's expression. It must be hungry, "Eat." "I cut off the boar's heart with a short knife and handed it to Fin.
Seeing this, Finn took the food in my hand and tore it effortlessly, while I continued to handle the boar's flesh with a short knife......
"Okay, you can go back. Let's go, Fin. ”
After I had disposed of the boar's carcass, I motioned for Finr to leave with me. Hearing my shout, Finl walked over to me and made a gesture of poised motion.
I processed a portion of the wild boar meat and put it on Fin's back for consignment. I took the rest of the wild boar on my shoulders, and when I had done what I had done, I returned with Finr to the city of Ketier.
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The sky was getting brighter, and the morning was full of sunlight, waking up the sleeping goblins in Kejie City. They each started a new day......
The goblins on the street were shocked in disbelief when they saw the boar on me and Fin, and they seemed to be a little incredulous that I had hunted the boar on my goblin.
Finr and I walked towards a small tavern in the city, and the owner who entered the tavern and stood at the counter looked at me with some confusion.
"There are no shops yet......" he waved at me and motioned for me to leave the tavern.
"I'd like to borrow your kitchen, can I?" I pleaded with the innkeeper.
"Huh, what do you think I'm borrowing here?" said the boss to me a little lazily, and sneered.
It seems that there is no way...... Finr and I were going to leave the tavern and find another place to cook.
"Hmm?...... That's?!"
Just as Finr and I were about to leave the store, the boss saw a medal on my breastplate that all goblins knew.
This kid... Could it be?!
"Warrior Lord, please wait a minute! I'll be happy to lend you my kitchen. The boss suddenly shouted at me.
"Thank you. I smiled back at my boss, who was a little nervous.
"Come with me. ”
Since Finr and I were carrying wild boar meat, the boss led us through the back door into the tavern's kitchen.
That's a big deal......
Entering the back door, I found that at the back of the tavern was a larger courtyard. In the courtyard, warehouses for food ingredients and other houses that don't know what to stack are lined up in an orderly manner. I put all the wild boar on a relatively flat rock.
"Is there any water?" I asked my boss.
"Yes. ”
After hearing what I said, the boss quickly took out a bucket of water from the wooden house and put it beside me.
"Thank you. ”
I picked up the bucket and poured the water on myself and Fen's body bit by bit, and after a while all the blood stains on our bodies were washed away.
The kitchen here... It's really a little shabby, and I can't help but be a little stunned when I look at the earthen stove and iron pot in front of me.
I took the bucket from my boss and slowly poured the water into the pot, followed by a fire in the earthen stove, and I put the wood next to the stove into the stove one by one.
"Warrior Lord, I'll do the fire up. "The boss standing next to me took out a flint and steel to help me make a fire.
"Thank you, but I'll do it. "I declined the help of the hotel owner.
I controlled the fire elemental mana to gather in the palm of my hand, and a small ball of flame pulsed in the palm of my hand. Seeing this, I threw the flame into the stove, and the wood burst into flames when it was heated.
The boss standing next to me couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw my previous actions. It's not going to be... Magic, right?!
"That's... Boss, I may need water to trouble you next. I asked my boss.
"It's all right, just as told. The owner said to me politely.
I took out a short knife and easily cut off the wild boar's thigh, holding a short knife to cut the tendons on the pig's leg in a cross shape so that it would taste better. While I was still working on the pork legs, the water in the iron pot boiled.
Seeing this, I immediately put the processed pork leg into the pot and blanched the water, and gradually floated on the surface of the water by the high temperature.
After a few minutes, I scooped the pork leg out of the iron pot and put it in cold water to wash the blood off it. There was no smell anymore, and I smelled the smell on the flesh and nodded affirmatively.
Placing the deodorized pork leg on the wooden cutting board handed to me by the boss, I poured the water from the iron pot that had previously blanched the pork leg into the empty wooden barrel. Seeing this, the boss picked up the wooden bucket and poured the water into the toilet.
I picked up another bucket of water that my boss had placed next to me and poured it into the iron pot. When the water was not yet boiling, I looked for seasoning.
On the stove there were jars of spices, and I picked up one of the jars and poured out some powder and licked it with my tongue on my hand, which was salt. The slightly salty taste instantly filled my mouth.
I picked up another jar and poured out a little powder in my hand and stuck out my tongue and licked it.
I also poured out the powder in the last jar, which is a slightly pungent smell... And it's a little numb. This is... Pepper?!
Salt, sugar, pepper, is that all these spices to do? What are you going to do later? Looking at the only spices on the stove, I have a headache.
"Boss, do you have any other spices here?" I asked my boss about the spices.
"Sorry, I only have these three seasonings here. The boss said to me with some apologies.
When I heard what my boss said, I had to find another way to do it.
That's all I have to say, I sprinkle the salt well and evenly over the pork legs. Then use a short knife to pierce the meat one by one to ensure that the pork leg can be completely flavored.
"Warrior Chief, I have vegetables and fruits here for you to spice. "When the boss saw me marinating meat, he said this to me in a flash of inspiration.
Vegetables, fruits, and I felt as if I remembered something when I heard what the boss had just said.
"Where?" I asked subconsciously.
"Follow me. ”
The boss took me to the house where the ingredients were kept, and there were all kinds of vegetables and fruits on the shelves. Although I didn't recognize most of the fruits and vegetables on the shelves, I took a closer look.
"Huh?"
What is this? I suddenly saw one or two vegetables on the shelves that I knew.
I picked up these two vegetables in disbelief, but the smell of them convinced me that they were green onions and ginger.
After picking up the green onion and ginger, I immediately headed to the stove. After slicing the ginger, I cut the green onion into minced green onions for later use.
After the pork leg has marinated for a while, I pick up a short knife and cut the pork leg with the meat and bones into pieces that are easy to eat.
At this time, the water in the iron pot was gradually boiling, and I put the pork legs on the cutting board into the boiling water one by one.
"If only there were other spices...... I said with some pity as I put the ginger slices in the water.
The smell of ginger and the aroma of the meat gradually wafted out, "Not bad......" I nodded with satisfaction as I looked at the muscles cooking in the pot.
"Warrior Lord, might it taste better to add this?" As I took a closer look at the inside of the iron pot, the tavernkeeper walked up to me and placed a handful of yellow beans on the stove.
"What is this?" I asked, a little confused.
"This is a horse bean, which tastes powdery when cooked. "The owner told me about the beans on the stove.
It's strange that this bean always feels like I've seen it somewhere......
I picked up the horse beans on the stove and put them in the iron pot, after adding a certain amount of sugar and pepper, I picked up the lid next to the stove and covered the iron pot, which can greatly save the time of cooking meat.
The waiting process is long...... I stood in front of the stove and waited patiently, listening to the gurgling of the boiling pot in the iron pot.
While waiting, I started talking to the tavernkeeper. I was very interested in the stew I made, but I was sorry that the seasoning was not enough, otherwise it would have tasted even better.
"Warrior Chief, could you please teach me how to make this stew?" the tavernkeeper begged me.
"It's very simple, you just have to ...... like this" I told the boss next to me about the recipe for the pot of stew in front of me.
"It's that simple?" said the boss, incredulous, as there were so few ingredients used in this stew.
"But the most important thing is the freshness of the meat, like the wild boar meat I hunted, it is very suitable for stewing, roasting, frying and stir-frying......," I said to the boss.
"That's amazing. The tavern owner was a little surprised to know that he had been running the tavern for so many years, and the meat in the store was usually grilled and eaten.
Thirty minutes? As the time went on, I picked up the lid of the iron pot. In an instant, the heat in the pot and a unique fragrance came to the face.
"Looks pretty good. ”
Looking at the cooked stew in the pot, I nodded affirmatively.
"It smells so good. The boss was already intoxicated by the peculiar aroma.
I picked up the spoon by the stove and took a little bit of the soup to my lips and savored it. "It tasted ok. "I said with some approval.
But the pork leg wasn't soft enough, so I poked it lightly with a short knife on the meat. It may not taste good on the soft texture, but it is the best taste for an old man.
Cook for another fifteen minutes... I put the lid back on the pot and added some new wood to the stove.
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At this time, outside the tavern, many goblins involuntarily stopped when they smelled the fragrance coming from the store. They were all puzzled by the smell and reveled in it......
"Looks like Jade has finally come up with a new menu...... "Several of the warriors in leather armor swallowed involuntarily.
When the guards on the city wall smelled the smell of meat, they also swallowed silently. I really want to start the meal early......
Inside the main city of Kete.
"This smell is amazing, what new dishes have they made?" asked the guard on the parapet with some curiosity.
"No, it seems to be coming from the outside city. Another guard said as he sniffed carefully at the scent in the air.
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Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and I opened the lid. The pork leg in the pot was already very soft at this time, "This should be fine." I nodded and said silently.
"Boss, do you want to try it?" I picked up the stone bowl on the stove, put a piece of pork leg and a spoonful of soup in a spoon and handed it to the boss.
"Thank you. The tavern owner respectfully took the bowl from my hand and savored it.
This bean is really familiar... I always feel as if I've seen somewhere.
I took a bean from a spoon and chewed it in my mouth, and the taste of the powder kept coming to my mouth. This... I'm familiar with this taste, and the horse bean turned out to be soybeans......
Wait a minute... With soybeans, wouldn't it be possible to make soy products?!" I thought to myself.
"You're so good, Master Warrior!" the tavern keeper was a little fond of the stew I made.
"Yes. ”
When I saw the satisfied smile on the tavernkeeper's face, I laughed too.
"That boss, I'll give you the rest of the wild boar, and I'll give you the money to borrow the kitchen. I said politely to the tavernkeeper.
"No, no, no, Master Warrior. You are so kind, thank you for teaching me how to make this stew and thank you for giving me the rest of the wild boar. You don't really have to give money. ”
Hearing what I had just said, the tavernkeeper declined with some trepidation.
"Oh well. Looking at the embarrassed look in the boss's eyes, I didn't want to say anything.
There is no casserole to hold food here...... Glancing at the kitchen, I shook my head helplessly. That's it... I controlled the earth elemental magic in my hand, and a stone casserole appeared in my hand in an instant.
The tavernkeeper was a little dumbfounded at the sight of the light in my hand. This... It's magic!
"The quality was not bad. I tapped my hand on the stone cauldron made of magic and said with satisfaction.
Washing the dust in the stone pot with clean water, I picked up the soup spoon and put the stewed meat in the iron pot into the stone pot spoonful by spoon. When the cauldron was almost full, I stopped and picked up the lid next to the stove and put it on the cauldron.
"That boss, I'll go first. I nodded to the boss and picked up the stone pot and was about to leave.
"Lord Warrior, if you're going to drink at the Jade Tavern next time. The cost is mine!" said the tavernkeeper, clapping his hand on his chest.
"Okay! I'll come. ”
With the stone pot in my hand, I strode out the back door of the tavern......
It's noon.
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The Underworld, the residence of the Black-Framed Elder.
I cast a spell to open the magic barrier and walked straight in.
"Are you back?" said Hei Frame with some surprise when he saw me coming back with a stone pot.
"Yes. I placed the stone pot in my hand on the table in the room.
It's a bit hot. Seeing that my hands were a little hot and swollen, I laughed helplessly.
"Burned? Come and show me. "Black Frame motioned for me to go over and show him the burns on my hands, and I walked over to Elder Black Frame and stretched out my hands in front of Elder Black Frame.
"Hydrotherapy. With the incantation chanted by the black-framed elder.
A cloud of azure water enveloped my hands, and the gentle flow of water gently healed the burns on my hands.
"Thank you, Elder. "I thanked the black-framed elders.
"It's okay, you still have something to do, right? "The black box motioned for me to do what I had to do.
Hearing Elder Blackframe's words, I quickly walked out of Elder Blackframe's residence and walked to the ground. I also had to make bread for my mother (the elf), and I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of it.
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Shortly after I left, the black frame opened the lid of the stone pot that was placed on the stone table.
The stew in the stone pot was steaming at this time, "Oh? Looking at the stew in the pot, the black frame smiled knowingly.
Hei Frame picked up the soup spoon on the stone table, took out a small spoonful, and put it in his mouth to taste with relish.
"You're yours, Tut. I didn't expect you to have this kind of talent... You're so much better at cooking than those so-called chefs. ”
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