In the monastery of the Astral Knights Chapter, the kitchen is almost the busiest area, because it not only provides the daily diet of the Space Marines, but is also responsible for the diet of the mortal servants in the fortress.
Under normal circumstances, there are at least more than 500 chefs and cooks working in 19 independent kitchens. Every day before dawn, the icehouse door will be opened to carry various vegetables, fruits, meats, etc. taken out by the servants.
After cleaning, they lay quietly on the chopping board and waited, and then others took over the work.
Although it only provides breakfast, lunch and dinner, there are more than 30,000 people in the fortress not counting Space Marines, so the kitchen is basically busy from morning to night.
Thanks to the relatively favorable natural conditions of Naisen IV, the battle group is provided with natural food rather than synthetic food from the hive. Even the lowest servants can eat pure natural grains and vegetables. That's it.
To put it bluntly, the food is even better than the middle level of the hive city.
In addition, each mortal servant has a limited supply of meat, eggs, milk, and sugar and wine.
As for the Space Marines, the standard is much higher. Not only is it basically meat, but the supply is huge, so there are five dedicated kitchens serving the Space Marines 24 hours a day.
For the restaurant owner Rozim, he is mainly responsible for these five kitchens, and he does not need to worry about other kitchens.
But something is bothering him today.
"well--"
With a sigh, Rozim frowned deeply, making him look like an old man, but with a pair of energetic eyes.
But at this time, his eyes looked tired and sad.
He used the spatula flexibly, and the thick soup rolled back and forth in the pot, as if the liquid was obeying his words, turning and rolling freely.
When the time came, he raised his arm and the soup was poured into the bowl without leaking.
After that, he brought the dishes to the table. Hank Evans made a sound of exclamation. Then he picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of soup. He looked at the small pieces of meat inside and said with a smile:
"Boss, are you sure this is safe?"
"Fuck you, eat it! I won't kill you!"
Rozim hummed in a muffled voice, and then placed an iron box on the table with a bang.
It was a gray-green tin, with a funny alien creature sticking out its tongue on the front, and a circle of text surrounding the pattern.
The most eye-catching one is [Happy Ant Cow]
Surrounded by a circle of smaller text is "Killing aliens has never tasted so delicious!"
There is also a line of smaller words in the lower left corner [More mandible bones increased by 20%]
There is also a line of vague words on the side, which seems to have been scratched off deliberately, but the words "Use Grade Ant Cow Ration" can be vaguely seen.
The remaining prompts below have not been erased at all, and it is impossible to see what was originally written.
Hank Evans picked up the spoon and took a careful taste. After chewing for a while, he nodded and praised:
“It is indeed noble food, very fresh and very delicious.”
"I said it would be no problem! Those people's plan was to deceive me!"
Hank Evans put down his spoon and smiled:
"Boss, isn't it too harsh for someone to blackmail you with your life? And..."
As he said that, the assistant chef picked up the can, took a look at the remaining ant beef inside, and actually screamed in surprise.
"Fuck!"
As soon as he threw the box away, a big white flesh insect with a mouth full of fangs flew out and almost gave Hank Evans a bite in the face.
Fortunately, the kitchen assistant was smart enough to dodge immediately. The meat bug bounced around after it landed on the ground, and seemed to be preparing to continue attacking. It looked very ferocious.
"Fuck! It's true!"
Accompanied by Rozim's angry cry, a flame roared in and quickly enveloped the flesh worm. In the end, it struggled for a few times and stopped moving.
"What a fucking old turtle! You actually sold me a product like this! Didn't you say it's already been dealt with!?"
Rozim smashed the small flamethrower on the table and began to curse someone angrily.
The cook looked at the charred flesh worms on the ground with lingering fear and shook his head.
"Do you dare to believe what those smugglers say, boss? And these are obviously resold from the Astra Militarum."
"I wonder if it's cheap..."
"The problem is, boss, you dared to open an ant-cow restaurant in Zhongchao with these smuggled ant-cow cans... As a result, you had more than 20 customers on the first day of opening, and you lost all your money."
It was also seized."
"Alas, I am suffering——"
Rozim sighed and fell down on his chair. During this period, he felt that he had been really unlucky. He finally saved some money to open a restaurant, and he was ready to run it well and lay the foundation for his future retirement. He didn't expect that this would happen.
He initially came up with the idea of opening a specialty ant-cow restaurant because of the cheap and large quantity of these canned ant-cows. After all, most of the time, only those who live in the nest have the financial resources to enjoy this high-quality meat.
In fact, it was very successful at the beginning. After all, the residents of Zhongchao were also very interested in this kind of "noble meat". Although the restaurant's price was not cheap, it was at least within their affordability.
Who would have thought that halfway through eating, the food would suddenly turn into a predator.
Antbulls are a very famous creature in the empire, partly because of their strength. This half-insect creature has thick limbs and an ape-like posture. The arms almost reach the ground, and the legs are curved and short.
Their distinctive features are their huge expandable jaws and eyes with thermal vision.
Humans have been trying to tame ant bulls, but they have always failed, because the ends of ant bulls' limbs are hard giant claws, which are strong enough to break gold and stone. They are specially used to dig tunnels for living. They spend most of their lives.
Spending time underground, it is the antbull's powerful tunneling ability that has resisted attempts by many Imperial worlds to domesticate or besiege them.
The reason why humans are so diligent in taming such dangerous creatures is not because of their strength, but because of their "bodies".
Ant beef is one of the most delicious meats known to mankind. It is non-toxic and has no side effects. It is also very easy to cook. It is very delicious when simply boiled or grilled. It has been a favorite since it was discovered.
A common meat on the tables of hive nobles.
However, there are two very special things about ant cows. The first is that their meat is extremely active. Even if it is cut and left for a period of time, it may still be active. The second point is that their larvae live together with the adults.
Or simply live inside the body of the adult worm, also known as flesh-boring larvae.
The vitality of this kind of larvae is very tenacious, resistant to high temperatures and pressures, and can survive in low-temperature and anoxic environments. Ant beef itself has sufficient activity. Ant beef requires very high processing conditions. Once it is not treated cleanly, it will easily lead to flesh-boring larvae.
Stored in a piece of meat.
Once this larvae burrows into the human body, it can kill a person very quickly.