Rachel was half-lying on a lounge chair made of wood and soft wadding. She frowned and looked at the house. These items were completely incompatible with each other. She asked the young peasant woman behind her: "The village chief and the guests."
, are you still chatting?”
The maid who was asked the question knew that the other party was someone she could not ignore, so she quickly bent down and replied respectfully: "The master and his guests have been in the big house and haven't come out yet."
The woman in a light green dress clenched her fists and punched the wooden table in front of the lounge chair. The waves on her chest trembled and trembled like ocean waves with the large movements. The maid looked stunned: "The sun has already set. They
Aren’t you going to eat yet?!”
"Uh... I'm sorry, what did you just say?" The peasant woman came back to her senses and withdrew her gaze from Rachel's chest. She completely forgot about the other party's question and had no choice but to ask for confirmation again.
"Eat, eat! When can we eat?!"
The maid struggled to focus on the face of the questioner, and carefully replied: "The chefs have prepared the dishes, and I believe the master will be here soon..." Looking at Rachel, she turned her face
Turning back, the young peasant woman took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and secretly opened the skirt of her chest, took a look inside, and then let out an annoyed sigh.
"What you mean is that these symbols and calculations are not the codes and codes of alchemists, but are called..." A loud voice sounded outside the house, and Rachel raised her head from the wooden table, looking exactly like
A little beast that heard the command "Let's eat".
"Chemical equation." Todd was the first to walk in. He pushed open the wooden door of the big house, then stretched out his hand to block the wooden board, and led Theodore behind him into the room.
The old man didn't seem to care about these red tapes, but when the woman in green saw this move, she rolled her eyes, and there was a hint of surprise on her face.
Todd turned his head and saw the "other guest" who was half-lying on a recliner, wearing only a tight-fitting long dress and a curvy figure. He quickly looked away and looked at the president of the Relief Society with some surprise.
The latter looked at the people at the table, touched his beard in distress, and while thinking about the wording of the introduction, said in a deep voice: "Let me introduce, this is Rachel, she is one of my... acquaintances
…”
Trying to tilt his gaze so as not to look at the other person's body, Todd nodded to the woman and then looked at the strange dining table and lounge chairs in front of him with a headache.
The dinner table was square, surrounded by three cushioned and covered lounge chairs, the edges of which were just above the table.
Todd watched Theodore take off his shoes and lie down in the recliner on the left. The recliner on the right was already occupied by Rachel, leaving him with only one, the uppermost recliner facing the door.
You actually have to lie down to eat dinner?
What kind of rule is this? After all, isn't it uncomfortable to eat while lying down?
In line with the idea of doing as the Romans do, Todd also took off his shoes and carefully lay down on the upper deck chair. His head was facing Theodore. But he really couldn't put his pair together. He hadn't been there for several days.
The washed feet faced the woman who bowed her head. He simply retracted his legs and feet into his arms and assumed a "curled up" posture on the recliner.
Seeing the strange appearance of the person in front of her, Rachel immediately understood what the other person was thinking. She was so happy that she lay down, covered her mouth with one hand, and slapped the table with the other hand, laughing loudly.
Theodore glared at the woman opposite, clapped his hands, and signaled the maids to start the dinner.
First, a small wooden cup with a narrow bottom and a wide top was placed in front of everyone. The maids poured the newly brewed red wine into the cup. Theodore picked up the wooden cup, raised it into the air, and said: "
The first cup is dedicated to the three gods of sky, war and order!"
After saying that, drink it all in one gulp.
Seeing the woman opposite saying the same thing and draining the glass of wine, Todd followed suit.
The old man quickly raised the second cup and said: "The second cup is dedicated to Taylor's glory!"
Everyone did it.
"The third cup is dedicated to the savior of the world - Sutherland!"
Listening to the content and order of the first three sentences, Todd had a vague understanding.
After finishing three glasses of wine, Theodore put the wine glass to his side and clapped his hands again to indicate the next step of the dinner.
The maids brought a variety of tableware and spread it out on the dining table. There were knives, toothpicks, and various spoons, including long-handled spoons, pointed spoons, and spoons that could be used to eat eggs or shellfish.
Sumptuous dinner dishes were served one after another, including tapas, two main courses, a barbecue and dessert. The tapas was a salad made of lettuce and onions, with eggs, fish, olives and
Cheese. The main course is meat and vegetable soup, hare pot with bay leaves, the barbecue is flavored grilled mackerel, and the dessert is some fruits, such as pomegranates, citrus, plums, blueberries and mulberries.
During the process of changing cups on the table, Todd found something strange. Unlike the first three cups of sacrificial wine, the subsequent red wine was obviously mixed with honey and spring water, and the alcohol content was reduced to an almost negligible level. He
It naturally tastes more comfortable to drink.
In order to take into account the mood of the hosts and guests on the left and right, Todd discussed with Theodore some phenomena and reactions in the field of microorganisms and chemistry; while chatting with Rachel, he remembered some of the customs and customs in the Middle Ages.
Travel food. He poured it
It was discovered that the woman was not interested in other topics, but when it came to food and drink, she was most interested, so she simply followed her lead and began to introduce some snacks and local famous dishes that she had seen on TV in her previous life. The people at the table could chat.
Naturally, everyone is smiling and the host and guest are enjoying themselves.
At the dinner, Theodore was chatting, and suddenly he talked about the sage Sutherland, and he praised his achievements in his words. One of the passages caught Todd's attention.
"...According to Taylor's records, when Sutherland was young, he built a hut in the Albano active volcano crater in order to conduct alchemical experiments and lived there for eight full years. This spirit of dedication to the truth is really
It’s amazing!』
Hearing these words, Todd's wine glass hung in the air, and there was a sudden roar in his mind, like the sky after rain, when the dark clouds dispersed and the sun shone down.
"Mr. President..."
"Call me Theodore!" The old man glanced sideways at the person next to him.
"Okay, Theodore. I have always wanted to know something about the great achievements of the sage Sutherland, but you also know that within the sphere of influence of the church, these books and articles are very strictly controlled, so can you please
you……?"
The president of the "Relief Society" flushed with alcohol and waved his hand: "No problem, as a member of the alien species, how can you not know the life of Sutherland?! Give the "History of Sutherland" to the trustee
Bring me a copy!"
Seeing Todd's inadvertently excited expression after getting the book, the woman in green took a sip of wine and smiled. The former caught a glimpse of her expression from the corner of his eye, and was startled. He quickly put down the book in his hand and quickly changed the topic:
"Miss Rachel, I see that you only ate the appetizers, and you didn't seem to have eaten the main course or the roast."
After hearing this, Theodore looked at the table in front of the woman. Indeed, all the salads had been eaten, but the meat pot, grilled fish and vegetable soup were basically untouched. The old man turned around and looked at it. The servants were frightened and knelt down.
Lying on the ground, like sifting chaff.
The woman plucked the dishes in front of her with a small spoon and said absently: "It's not their fault, it's just ordinary food that I can't eat. If the alchemy in your mouth can make these unpalatable foods better,
Just eat some and it’ll be fine…”
The old man's eyes widened, and he wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.
Seeing Theodore's increasingly darker face and the frightened and desperate eyes of his servants, Todd couldn't bear it and said with a smile: "Miss Rachel, this is not difficult."
Um?
Everyone in the room looked at the speaker, with a look of disbelief on everyone's face.
Rachel raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Let me tell you in advance, I don't want to eat sulfur and mercury water!"
"Don't worry, it's absolutely safe to eat." Todd said while asking the maid behind him for paper and pen.
Theodore and Rachel got up from the recliner, and put their throat bones over their heads. The three of them watched Todd sitting on the dining table and writing down the necessary utensils and materials. The more they looked at it, the more frightened they became.
"Are these things really alchemy materials?" the woman looked at the old man and asked doubtfully. The old man nodded, then shook his head: "I know some things, and I don't know some things."
As his life and fortune were at stake, the servants quickly prepared what they needed, and Todd also began experimenting with food in alchemy.
First, put the wheat bran evenly into the beaker, open a bottle of reagent labeled "hydrochloric acid" in Latin, dilute the concentration of the liquid inside to about 34%, then pour the dilute hydrochloric acid into the beaker, and pressurize it.
Accelerate hydrolysis.
Next, a black hydrolyzate was peeled off and decomposed in a beaker, and the blood charcoal part of the animal bone (activated carbon) was used to decolorize and remove impurities.
Next, the obtained liquid object is concentrated in a high-temperature vacuum (deoxygenation) to obtain a white crystal (glutamic acid).
Finally, the white crystals are reacted with sodium hydroxide, concentrated twice, and then dried over low heat to obtain a translucent granular crystal (sodium glutamate).
The experiment lasted for almost two hours, but Theodore and Rachel did not find it boring at all, the former because of alchemy and the latter because of eating.
Todd signaled the cooks to add the last translucent crystal particles to the soup and meat pot, brush them with the grilled fish, and process them again.
The dishes were brought to the table again. Within twenty minutes, not a drop of soup was left, and not a single bit of meat or vegetables was left. Theodore's eyes were wide open after eating, but Rachel swept up all the remaining food by herself.
Only then did Sora Todd realize that this woman was an out-and-out big eater.
When the two finished their meal and asked Todd what it was, the latter blurted out: "MSG."