Although the roasted suckling pig is far from what someone imagined, it is already a rare delicacy in Midland. In fact, in this world where spices are still considered luxury goods, it's not that the descendant of a big foodie country is particularly good at cooking, it's just that he dares to boldly use those expensive spices and then tries his best to pursue the taste in his memory.
Especially for the silver-bearded dwarves who only have nutritious meals No. 1, 2, and 3 on a daily basis, this roasted suckling pig, which some people thought was a failure, is already a new stimulation for their taste buds that they have never experienced before. No matter how careless you are about eating, you will never remain indifferent when you eat something truly good. It's just that you have to accept the idea of flipping barbecue with peaceful weapons... There are no dwarves who don't struggle.
But they gave in to their stomachs. Whenever Jermaine sees any meat, he imagines it to be like roasting suckling pig, skewering it on a spit, smearing it with sauce, and roasting it for two or three hours. Several times, Marit stood behind the dwarf whose gluttonous soul was opened, raising and lowering her fists, and so on several times. And her expression was full of contradictions and embarrassment.
Fen once asked someone: "Can dragon meat be cooked like this?" After saying that, the two of them looked at the pieces of meat marinated in coarse salt that filled almost half of Car No. 2.
"Although my hometown has said: dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground. But no one has actually eaten dragon meat, so there are no cooking methods passed down."
"Well, there are no dragons in your hometown. Isn't that boring?"
"Do dinosaurs that became extinct tens of millions of years ago count? In short, reptiles like crocodiles look closer. But I don't seem to have heard of anyone grilling a whole crocodile with sauce? Or maybe someone I made it, but it didn’t taste as good as I imagined, so why didn’t it spread?”
"Then...can't you do it?"
"It's not that it can't be made. Anyway, just make it and eat it. I don't know whether it tastes good or not." Someone judged it like this, and then the group of people rushed out the next night.
Although for Fen, a group of natives like Fan, the method of grilling dragon meat with sauce is impeccably delicious, some people still feel that it is not enough. After thinking about it seriously, he said doubtfully, "Is it because it's not fresh?"
"Fresh?" Everyone looked at the man who spoke. When it comes to eating, this man can be everyone’s teacher; so no one dares to ignore his opinions.
Seeing everyone's doubts, Lin explained: "Each meat processing method has its own suitable cooking method. The two complement each other, and you can't cook it just how you want. The advantage of salt-marinated meat is that it can be stored It takes a relatively long time. But if you want to barbecue, you need to bring some gravy to have a fresh and sweet taste. But we have marinated these dragon meats, so they are not suitable for barbecue."
"So fresh means?"
Hearing Fen's question, someone just felt confused. Is there no such thing as 'fresh' in Midi? If you think about it carefully, you can probably understand that most ancient people did not understand the difference between freshness and corruption before they knew bacteria. That’s why various precepts are needed to prevent people from eating broken things as food.
For example, in the Analects of Confucius: "The sacrifice of meat does not last three days." I haven't eaten for three days. 'Considering that there were no refrigerators for refrigeration or freezing in that era, Confucius' statement was actually a concept related to food preservation, not that the sage who was the most holy teacher wasted food.
Since they didn't have the concept of freshness, Lin simply explained: "The so-called freshness means that it has just been obtained. Before bacteria cause widespread spoilage, the ideal condition before the meat has deteriorated and become smelly. Marinate it with salt, This is because salt can dehydrate and reduce the chance of bacterial growth and action, thereby achieving a method that allows the meat to be stored for a longer period of time.”
"In other words, fresh means freshly killed?"
"That's right." But is it necessary to be so naked? Lin complained slightly in his heart.
It's just that the Lich can't detect the complaints in other people's hearts; or even if he knows about it, Fen will pretend he doesn't know. She just smiled coolly and said, "This is called freshness. If you want to eat something fresh, it's easy. Just wait for me and come as soon as you go."
He grabbed the Lich who was about to walk out. Seeing the look on the other person's face that he was ready to eat a certain species to extinction, Lin just wanted to ask the other person, are you really just like me and didn't come from my hometown?
However, the lich who was pulled back almost scared someone to the point of peeing with his glare. But for the sake of the continuation and survival of the dragon clan, what needs to be said is: "Do you know, even if a dragon comes back from hunting, we can't deal with it."
However, Fen was not satisfied with someone's answer. She showed a sharp look and asked: "Why, tell me!" Her tone was rare and stern, as if someone would say goodbye to the world immediately if the reason they gave was too blind.
Someone reluctantly took out his treasured sauce jar. The jar, which was not much bigger than a fist, was now mostly empty. After shaking it, you can still hear a shaking sound. Lin said: "We are almost out of sauce. So now even if you really kill a dragon and come back, we can only bake a small piece and the sauce will be gone."
"It's okay to bake a small piece, so why not!"
Sister, you are so domineering! "In this case, the dragon died unjustly. After roasting a small piece, what to do with the rest? Waste is shameful, isn't it, girl." Lin's last sentence was asked loudly to a certain blond girl.
When Halumi was called, her eyes widened at first. After realizing that she had become the focus of everyone's attention, she hesitated and finally nodded reluctantly and said in a very low voice: "Well, waste is shameful."
I said, wild girl, where is your persistence? It was forgotten so quickly.
Bringing the topic back to eating, Fen asked: "So what ingredients are needed for the sauce? What I tasted are honey, sugar, salt, ginger, sesame seeds, peanuts, garlic, um, what else? Where are you going? Take it? Is it enough to move a few kilograms at a time? "
Let me go, sister, your tongue is really smart. Do I have any secrets to tell you? Besides, how many kilograms of those materials are needed? This is for personal use! It's not about doing business.
"Teacher!" Kaya suddenly shouted, which of course attracted everyone's attention. She didn't show off and said directly: "Have you tasted this before? When you were at the Tower of the Great Sage, you ate duck." She wanted to confirm because the taste was a little different. So after eating it, I was a little unsure whether the sauces between the two were related.
This girl has such a good memory, she can still remember things from a few years ago. Lin didn't have any answer, just nodded to indicate that he was right. When other people heard that ducks could do it, their eyes lit up again. The remaining sauce can't be used to coat a dragon, so it's not a big problem to coat a duck. However, Kaya put her finger to her lips and said, "But the taste seems to be different from before. Is it related to the different meat?"
"That's not the case. It's just that my formula has changed."
"The formula has been changed? What do you mean?" As an authority on magic present, Fen certainly knew the meaning of these four words. But she didn't expect it to have anything to do with food.
And someone said without any secret: "I have only eaten those things before, and I probably know how to make them. But I have no idea about the materials required and the processing methods. So of course I have to keep experimenting and trying. Eat it. But all kinds of spices are hard to get. The second-hand dealer I went to last time saw that I was a magician and all I wanted was some herbal ingredients. He actually recommended me to get bat guano. I took bats After all, it’s just excrement that goes into food, isn’t that too embarrassing?”
"So, what does this have to do with us?"
"Don't be in a hurry. No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat it every day. I need time to collect ingredients and try to prepare the delicious food in my impression. These cannot be achieved overnight. It is precisely because it is delicious enough that it is worth waiting. , isn't it? During this period, just make do with simple meals."
Lin tried to appease the greedy lich in his stomach. Fen narrowed his eyes, showed no displeasure, and did not utter any sarcasm. He was calm and calm, which made people even more scared. What is the calm before the storm? This is what it looks like in front of you.
On the contrary, others, like the Lich, were not completely convinced, but it seemed that they could not force someone to continue making these unique dishes. So it can be expected that the next days will be like what the man described: living on a meager diet... I watched the man on Carriage No. 2 eat for a long time, but the portion was still almost full. Is this a simple meal?
However, no matter how much time Lin and his team spent on eating, how much delicacies they ate, and how many modest achievements they made during this period of time, they were still making progress and would eventually reach the goal. destination.
In the western part of the Lost Continent, the Pilsen District is divided by the Magician Association. The headquarters of the district branch, Pilsen City, has another better-known name - the school city.
This is because the city of Pilsen is on the edge of the traditional development area of Midi. The war that lasted for a long period of time caused intellectuals who just wanted a little peace to flee here.
Pilsen Magic Tower - a city that had not been built yet - was one of the reasons most people chose it because it had become the headquarters of the district branch selected by the Magicians Association. This represents the gathering of a considerable number of magicians here, as well as the gathering place formed in response to the needs of the mages. There is adequate protection and providers to meet the needs of life, so people gather here.
As long as the war lasted, the gradually formed city of Pilsen took in as many people as possible. Until more than a hundred years ago, when large-scale wars gradually subsided, enough talented people had gathered here.
The so-called enough means that there will be other people willing to follow here and seek the most advanced knowledge in the lost land. The city of Pilsen does not need to attract people as a peaceful place apart from the scourge of war. The people gathered here have also become an attraction.
Today's Pilsen City can be said to be a small country-level city-state. Moreover, ordinary people who are not magicians and magic apprentices account for the vast majority, which is different from where most of the magician association branch headquarters are located.
Such a city has no city walls. It can also be said that its growth and change have no time to build any city walls. So when Lin and his party came into contact with more and more people from the wilderness, they realized that their destination, Pilsen City, had arrived. Read the latest chapters of "Magic Tower's Starry Claw Bookstore" for free as soon as possible.
