Chapter Seventy-Eight: Food and Ambition
Autumn is the time when all kinds of materials are the most abundant, and it is also the season when it is easiest to gain weight.
At night, a group of witches and a young man are engaged in a secret activity!
It turned out that Lawrence and his family were busy in the kitchen researching new foods.
The kitchen wasn't big, and Sariel was bending over to wipe the pots with a cloth.
Lawrence took advantage of the fact that Keharlan and Delen were outside to pick garlic sprouts, and reached out and slapped Sariel's ass.
Syllable!
Sariel slowly stood up and looked at Lawrence with a frown, "What are you spanking me for?" ”
Lawrence smiled and reached out again, straight at Sariel's ass and smacked again.
Saliel lifted her leg straight up to block it with the side of her leg, then kicked Lawrence in the stomach.
Lawrence quickly retreated and dodged, and hurriedly said, "It's okay! It's okay! Cooking matters! ”
Sariel also felt that cooking was important, and reminded: "Next time I do this, I really have to fight back!" ”
"Oooh." Lawrence could only respond obediently.
Sophia, who was on the side, looked at Lawrence, then at Sariel, and quickly picked up the cloth ball and bent over.
"Sariel, I'll wipe the pot for you."
"Okay, it's better to be Sophia!" Sariel is happy, there is only one bad guy like Lawrence who has nothing to do.
Lawrence saw Sophia deliberately twisting her little ass in front of her, although she didn't want to fight, but seeing that Sophia was so active, where could she snub her!
Just as she was about to go over and give her a small reward, Saril stood up and stared at Lawrence with a warning look.
"Well, cooking matters." Lawrence quickly stepped aside with a serious face and began to prepare for cooking.
Kehalan and Delen cut some garlic seedlings, and Loshanda took some sterilized eggs.
Lawrence quickly said, "It's almost right, Sariel, you chop the garlic sprouts." ”
"Okay." Saliel picked up her kitchen knife and began to chop the garlic sprouts.
Lawrence added salt and seasonings to the flour and some water and stirred well.
Sariel had been watching Lawrence in action, and today it was clear that instead of making bread, she was making another simple and delicious food.
What it is, Lawrence will talk about it when it is done.
Lawrence quickly stirred the flour and water into a delicate batter and set it aside to rest.
The iron pot had been cleaned, Lawrence prepared plates and knives and chopsticks, and washed a spatula.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Lawrence added water to the batter and stirred it to make a more delicate thin batter.
"Eggs." Lawrence stretched out his hand.
Sophia handed over an egg, and when Lawrence cracked it into the thin batter, she handed another one.
After beating four eggs in a row, Lawrence began to stir, and after stirring, he added the chopped garlic sprouts.
Sariel brushed a layer of oil in the iron pot and couldn't help but say, "That's it, it's not enough to eat, right?" ”
Lawrence ignored Sariel and quickly spooned the batter into the pan and spread it evenly, then used a spatula to control it.
Because there is no pan prepared, it is difficult to control the heat when spreading pancakes.
"The fire is slightly smaller." Lawrence said softly.
The flames soon faded.
The batter in the pan quickly turns a golden hue and smells hot and appetizing.
Lawrence quickly served a pancake to the plate with a spatula and moved on to the second pot.
Several witches gathered around the plate and looked at the large pancakes on the plate.
Golden and delicate, soft and moist, both in appearance and color, pancakes are more attractive than bread.
"How do you eat this?" Delen for a while, won't.
Lawrence said: "You can just pick it up and eat it with chopsticks, or you can cut it into several pieces with a knife and eat it with chopsticks. ”
Delenn still won't, and said to Lawrence, "You eat one and we'll see." ”
Lawrence stood up helplessly, and while spreading the pancakes, he cut the round pancakes into four slices with a knife with one hand, and then rolled up a piece of pancakes with chopsticks with one hand and put it in his mouth and took a small bite.
It's hot......
Lawrence quickly put down the hot pancakes, "Just eat it." ”
The witches quickly understood.
These fresh, hotter pancakes, the better they are, are very much to the taste of witches.
Just like an iron stove needs hot air, witches generally prefer hot food that is higher than their body temperature, but they often do not have this condition, and most people in this era eat cold food.
Even kings eat cold food at many banquets and large occasions.
The witches themselves are not very fond of cooking, and most of the time they deal with fruit and dry food.
Soon, with the delicious and nutritious supplement, the witches who played cards until midnight had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Saril and Sophia begin to teach Emmabull and the others how to spread pancakes.
Sophia made a serious request to the two maids: "In the future, the bread can be reduced every morning, and there will be egg pancakes to eat every day!" ”
"I can skip the bread, the egg pancakes must have it!" Sophia admonished again.
Emma took a bite of the greasy, soft pancakes and quickly fell in love with the food, which was more delicious than bread.
"Yes, Sophia-sama, I'll prepare these egg pancakes early."
What the host's family eats, the maid must have eaten, and both Emma and Boer love this delicious food.
Bull was relatively poor since he was a child, and his standard of living was much worse than that of Sariel and Emma, and he thought differently.
"Lord Sophia, it takes a lot of oil to make pancakes, and if you don't kill pigs this year, you can only use sheep fat and whale fat, but these are not suitable."
There is very little sheep fat, and fish oil such as whale oil is not tasty, mainly as fuel.
"It's okay, just buy some pigs from outside," Saliel said. ”
Sariel, who is in charge of the family's finances, knows the matter very well, "Emma and Alalie said that when any merchant comes, let her spend money to buy some lard from the merchants. ”
"Lard can be stored for a long time, and it is enough to buy twice a year, buy three barrels first, and if you can't finish eating, you can share it with others."
Emma said, "Okay, I'll ride the sheep to the town at noon." ”
Lawrence quickly sat in the dining room and waited for dinner, and did not say anything about the arrangements of Saril and the others.
Sariel's approach gave Lawrence a new way of thinking.
"Perhaps more adventurers, navigators, merchants, and craftsmen could be gathered through the issuance of quests, or through procurement and incentives."
"Although it is very cold here and not suitable for farming, I can open casinos, weapons shops, shipyards, factories and restaurants, taverns, pawnshops and banks and other places of consumption."
Gambling and alcohol are things that cannot be banned, especially for robbers and pirates who make quick money.
Instead of letting others earn this money, it is better to earn it yourself!
Unable to develop agriculture and animal husbandry on a large scale, Lawrence decided to establish high-end consumption places to earn money from the robber aristocracy. (End of chapter)