Chapter 30: Memories of a Foodie
In the interstellar, how can poor foodies find happiness?
Pepe will not hesitate to tell you: watch the live broadcast!
Born in a poor family in the third class of the empire, Pepe had no contact with natural ingredients when she was a child, and she was extremely sensitive to the taste of nutrient solutions, and she was a "anorexic" child who caused headaches to parents and teachers when she was a child, and she once thought that she might be like the doctor said, if she didn't work hard to eat, she would not live to be 20 years old because of systemic organ failure.
When she was 12 years old, her cousin Ernika, who was studying in the imperial capital, heard about home remedies to stimulate her appetite from her roommate, so she spent a lot of money to send her a small jar of dried plums, this pickled natural ingredient, the price is not only several times higher than that of raw plums, but also can only be bought in the most expensive snack shop in the imperial capital, and the daily purchase is limited.
At that time, Pepe already needed to rely on weekly nutritional injections to maintain a normal life, and her height and weight were not even comparable to that of her 10-year-old cousin Shanny. After receiving her cousin's dried plums, she was first amazed by the exquisite packaging, and then was persuaded by the price on the bottle label, and did not dare to open it at all.
Peipe's mother was moved by her daughter's sensibility, and took the thin and weak her into her arms in distress, unscrewed the glass bottle that reflected the colorful light with a ruthless heart, poured out a dried plum and stuffed it into her daughter's mouth.
If the previous 12 years were bleak because he had not eaten enough, then it is no exaggeration to say that when he tasted dried plums for the first time, Pepe's whole world was lit up.
Unlike the nutrient solution, which tastes bland or stimulating, the sweet and sour taste is so real and direct to the taste buds, constantly stimulating her saliva secretion, and the action of sucking on the dried plum is as if the slow release button has been pressed, and every bite is a new experience. She can even chew and nibble on that small piece of preserved fruit to create a different layer.
When she came back to her senses, she had eaten three dried plums in a row, and her lips and teeth were still full of sweet and sour aftertaste.
"Mom, I want to try drinking a bottle of original nutrient solution." Pepe heard herself.
With the taste of dried plums in her mouth, she drank half a tube of the children's nutrient solution that her mother held with trembling hands in one go, swallowed it and touched it for a long time, feeling that there seemed to be still hunger in her stomach, so she simply drank the remaining half tube in two or three sips.
Before she had time to ask her mother for credit and let her boast about her obedient eating, she was hugged hard, and her strength was so great that it even hurt a little. Her mother's whimper sounded in her ears, quieting her subconsciously trying to struggle.
Compared with herself who wants to cheer, her mother may need catharsis more at this moment.
A solution to anorexia has been found, but in a family like theirs, even if the parents smash the pot and sell iron, they can't afford to feed her with dried fruits for every meal. Replaced with discounted cheap natural ingredients, if eaten raw, the taste is difficult for even other members of the family to swallow, let alone her with a sensitive sense of taste; When it comes to cooking, the skills of professional chefs are not well known, and most of the interstellar people are doing it blindly, and the cost of overturning is too high.
Just when the whole family was lit up by the new hope that had just appeared, and had to give up due to financial problems, Star Network Live publicly tested a new feature - sensory sharing, which is only open to members.
Pepe looked at the first round of user reviews, and other districts had mixed reviews, but the food district boasted skyrocketing. In order to build momentum, the live broadcast operators invited some chefs from restaurants to promote their signature dishes, although the production process was not broadcast, but the specially set up "food tasting" link has been worth the membership fee!
"It's all good!"
"Incense! It's really fragrant! ”
"The taste restoration degree after entering the mouth needs to be improved, but there are six or seven images, and it is delicious!"
"With the taste sharing, I can dry two tubes of nutrient solution in one go!"
After hesitating for a long time, she still took out the pocket money she had saved for several years and opened a member of the Star Network live broadcast for half a year......
Today, 21-year-old Pepe is studying at university on the nearest first-class planet to the Imperial Star, and often corresponds with her cousin Onika who lives in the imperial capital.
In particular, Pepe, who is introverted by nature, with the encouragement of his cousin, opened an account dedicated to copying the recipes of food anchors, discussing the feasibility of imitation by ordinary people, and will also launch a civilian version of delicious dishes, giving more poor people like himself the opportunity to eat natural food ingredients.
Over the past few years, she has also accumulated some popularity, with hundreds of thousands of fans, voting for the anchors that fans are most interested in every month, and choosing her signature dish to reproduce has also become a reserved item on her homepage.
Today, Pepe was a little puzzled by the messages that appeared in her comment area and private message area, which Internet celebrity anchor bought the water army to swipe the data?
After reading a few carefully, her ridiculous thoughts were completely dispelled, and the smile in her eyes turned serious, and she read them more carefully. Fans flocked to her, almost all of them to give her Amway a rookie anchor? And there are a lot of her diamond fans who look at the ID, and the credibility is extremely high.
To be cautious, she looked at the results of this month's vote, and since it was only less than two weeks, there was no significant gap, but ...... The third-ranked anchor called "Sunny Day", if she remembers correctly, hasn't it only been two days since it started?!
Enter the homepage of the sunny day,A simple and clean new account,Nothing bells and whistles,Only the cut of the four live broadcasts in the past two days,There is also a newly opened event page,Look at the interface description It should be for fans to share imitation dishes,But no one has uploaded it yet.,It's a little empty.。
After the comparison, Pepe finally clicked on the latest video of Sunny Day, which is also the one with the highest number of views and topics, and watched the birth of a bowl of pasta masterpiece in person.
"Noodles? What is that? ”
"Wow, it's a bit of a hassle to knead the dough, but it's still a bit interesting to look at the finished product."
"This bowl of noodles is not only beautiful in appearance, but also delicious......
"Lard? I must have missed something QAQ"
She let out such and such exclamations while watching, and unconsciously finished reading the theme cut of "simple oil residue noodles". Then, with curiosity about lard residue, she quickly brushed up on the previous issue, and even called up the note function for the light brain, planning to read it twice again to deepen the details and important steps.
Just when Pepe clicked the follow button, ready to carefully study the anchor's lard-themed dishes and decide which one could be called her signature dish, the prompt pop-up window of the Star Network live broadcast popped up:
"The anchor you follow 'Sunny Day' has started broadcasting, and the theme of this live broadcast is 'Secret Chili Sauce', come and watch!"
With an inquisitive mind, Pepe entered the live broadcast room.
And this evening, there were countless people like her on the AllStar Network, who witnessed the birth of the miracle.