Although the roasted suckling pig is far from what someone imagined, it is already a rare delicacy in the land of wonders. In fact, in this world where spices are still considered luxury goods, it is not that the descendants of a big foodie country are particularly good at cooking them.
For food, he just dared to use those expensive spices boldly, and then tried 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 their daily basis, this roasted suckling pig, which some people think is a failure, is already a new taste bud stimulation that they have never experienced. No matter how they are not particular about what they eat.
People will not remain indifferent when they eat really good food. But in this way, they have to admit that they use peaceful weapons to flip the barbecue... There is no dwarf who is not entangled.
But they still succumbed to their stomachs. When Jermaine saw any meat, he imagined it would be like roasting a suckling pig, skewering it on a spit, smearing it with sauce, and roasting it for two or three hours. Marit said it several times
They all stood behind the dwarf whose gluttonous soul had been opened, raising and lowering her fists several times. 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 once 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, so that's 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 expected, so why didn’t it spread?”
"Then...can't you do it?"
"It's not that it can't be done. Anyway, just make it and eat it. I don't know if it tastes good or not." Someone judged it, and then the group of people rushed out the next night.
Although for a group of natives like Fen, the dragon meat stir-fried with sauce was impeccably delicious, someone still felt that it was not enough. After thinking about it seriously, he said with doubts: "Is it because there is no
Is it 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 opinion.
Seeing everyone's confusion, Lin explained: "Each kind of 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. Isn't there such a thing as "fresh" in Midi? If you think about it carefully, you can probably understand that most ancient people didn't understand the difference between freshness and corruption before they knew bacteria.
It's a big difference. That's why we need all kinds of precepts to prevent people from eating broken things as food.
For example, in the Analects of Confucius: "The sacrifice of meat will not last for three days. If it lasts for three days, it will not be eaten." Considering that there were no refrigerators in that era to refrigerate or freeze, Confucius' statement was actually a concept related to food preservation.
It was not the sage who was the most holy teacher who wasted food.
Since they didn't have the concept of freshness, Lin simply explained: "The so-called freshness means just 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 of preserving meat for a longer period of time.”
"In other words, fresh means freshly killed?"
"That's right." Is it necessary to be so naked? Lin complained slightly in his heart.
It's just the complaints in other people's hearts that Lich can't detect; or even if she knows, Fen will pretend she doesn't know. She just smiled coolly and said: "This is called fresh. If you want to eat fresh,
It's easy. Just wait for me and I'll come as soon as I go."
He grabbed the Lich who was about to walk out. Looking at the other person's face, he was ready to eat a certain species to extinction. Lin just wanted to ask the other person, are you really not like me, are you from me?
Did you travel back in time from your hometown?
However, the lich who was pulled back almost scared someone to death with his glare. But for the continuation and survival of the dragon clan, what needs to be said is: "Do you know, even if you hunt a dragon and come back,
There’s nothing we can do about it.”
However, Fen was not satisfied with someone's answer. She showed sharp eyes and asked: "Why, tell me!" Her tone was rare and stern, and it seemed that as long as the reason given by someone was too blind, she would say goodbye to the world immediately.
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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, a rattling sound could be heard. 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 a loud question.
A certain blonde girl.
Halumi's eyes widened when she was named. 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 has been thrown out of the window so quickly.
Bringing the topic back to eating, Fen asked: "So what kind of ingredients are needed for the sauce? I tasted honey, sugar, salt, ginger, sesame seeds, peanuts, garlic, um, what else? Where are you going?
Take? Is it enough to move a few kilograms at a time?"
Let me go, sister, your tongue is really sharp, do I have any secrets? Besides, what are you doing carrying several kilograms of those materials? This is for your own use! It is not for business.
"Teacher!" Kaya suddenly shouted, which of course attracted everyone's attention. She didn't show off and said directly: "Have you ever tasted this before? When you were in the Tower of the Great Sage, you ate duck."
I want to confirm because the taste is a little different. So after eating it, I am not sure whether the sauces between the two are related.
This girl has such a good memory that she can still remember things from a few years ago. Lin didn't have any answer, but just nodded and said yes. When the others heard that duck could be cooked, their eyes lit up again. The remaining sauce couldn't be applied.
It's not a big problem to paint a dragon and a duck, right? But Kaya put her finger on her lips and said, "But the taste seems to be different from before. Is it related to the different meat?"
"That's not true. It's just that my formula has changed."
"The formula has been changed? What does it mean?" As an authority on magic present, Fen certainly knew the meaning of these four words. But she couldn't imagine what it had to do with food.
And someone said without any secret: "I have 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 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. Isn’t it too embarrassing to put feces into food?”
"So, what does this have to do with us?"
"Don't be anxious. No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it if you eat it every day. I need time to collect the 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 lich who was aroused by the greed in his stomach. Fen narrowed his eyes, did not show any displeasure, and did not utter any sarcasm. He was calm and calm, which made people even more frightened. What is the calm before the storm? ?This is what it looks like in front of you.
On the other hand, other people, like the Lich, were not completely convinced, but it seems that there is no way to force someone to continue making these unique dishes. So it can be expected that the next days will be like what that person described: Living on a simple 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 diet?
However, no matter how much time Lin and his team spent on eating during this period, how much delicacies they ate, and how many modest achievements they made, they were still making continuous progress, and would eventually reach 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 located on the edge of the traditional development area of Midi. The war that lasted for a long time caused intellectuals who just wanted a little peace to flee here.
Pilsen Magic Tower - a city that had not yet been built in this place at that time - would become one of the reasons why most people chose it because it had become the headquarters of the district branch selected by the Magicians Association at that time. This means that a considerable number of people gathered here. A gathering place for magicians and wizards formed in response to the needs of mages. There are sufficient protections and suppliers to meet daily needs, 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 the large-scale war gradually subsided, enough talented people 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. Pilsen City does not need to attract people as a peaceful place outside of war, and the people gathered here have also become an attraction. human condition.
Today's Pilsen City is not an exaggeration to say that it is 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 the location of most magician association branch headquarters.
Such a city has no city walls. It can also be said that its growth and change have left 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 their destination, Pilsen City.