Published at 6th of November 2020 05:25:05 PM
Chapter 953: 953
Chapter 953
Mini Mushroom Man
The two of them returned to the house after the bath . Seeing Ye Cang carrying a bucket, Lin Liang asked, “Gonna try some new stuff?”
“Yeap, I tasted a little . It isn’t poisonous,” Ye Cang nodded .
The next day . Morning .
Ye Cang was done preparing the ingredients he collected the night before except for the mushroom man . He did not know whether he should simmer or stir-fry it . Just then, Old Li’s voice came out of nowhere, “Lil’White, I’m here to return you your cooking knife . ”
Old Li was familiar with the layout of the house as he often came to pluck some fruits from the HappyFirmaments Tree . Staring at the unknown ingredient, his curiosity prompted him to pick the mini mushroom man up . “Wow, it’s just like those characters in fairy tales…”
“I was thinking whether I should simmer or stir-fry it . I can add in some fermented bean curd, milk and soy paste sauce too . It should be nice . ” Ye Cang’s words stunned Old Li . What kind of crazy match-up is that? Thinking that it was a joke, he said, “Usually, we should try boiling it to taste the texture and taste of it . Only then, we decide on how to cook it since we haven’t tried it before . As a chef, we would only be able to know what ways suit it the most after tasting it . You know, if it tastes too overcooked, we can try to keep it slightly raw until we find the best texture for it, provided it isn’t poisonous . But if the tradeoff for being too overcooked is the juiciness of the soup, then we must adjust it ourselves . ”
As Wu Na woke up to see Ye Cang in the kitchen, she quickly ushered him out of the place . Knowing that the new and unique ingredients must be collected from the forest, she asked Old Li to cook them . Anyway, Ye Cang was still able to sneak in but was ordered to only help out with the preparation .
Seeing the mini mushroom man hopping around, Old Li smiled, “That’s pretty cute . ”
Wu Na nodded . Indeed . If I were them, I wouldn’t bring myself to kill it . Just a second later, she saw Old Li slicing the ingredient apart . He cut the stem into halves and picked it up to smell it while the half limbs were still moving . “I’ll try to make a miso soup…”
“……” It instantly gave Wu Na the feeling that all chefs were heartless . He was literally saying that it was cute the moment before he handed his knife on it…
“Oh, and this crab . ” Ye Cang pointed at the combined creature . The word ‘crab’ caught Old Li’s attention . As he picked it up, he saw the claws . It looked like a hermit crab except that it was inseparable from the fungus . “We’ll steam it to try it out . Usually, we will taste the originality of the crab first . Or maybe dip it in my soy sauce if it still needs some flavor . Since it has fungus on it, it should be fresh . ”
“This is a conifer cone fungus . ” Ye Cang showed him the mushroom that looked like a conifer cone . “It grows on a pine tree . ”
Old Li sliced it with a knife . It was relatively harder than a fungus . He was slicing dougan . Hmmm…maybe I should stir-fry it… As he placed a slice into his mouth, he was amazed by its aroma . “Looks like I’m wrong . We should fry this . Using the oil to force the unique conifer cone smell from it . If we can control the fire, it might even turn up to be super crispy . This has to be experimented . ”
Old Li also saw there were unknown small fishes in the bucket and so he took one to examine . From the sea, freshwater or any ponds, there are no fishes that I do not know about . Even those in the forbidden sea, I have known it all . But this… this is something I really don’t know . It’s obvious that it’s still at a young age . Being able to differentiate the types of fishes is an imperative talent that a professional sashimi master should have . He replied to Ye Cang, “They’re not suitable to be eaten as they are too young . Put it back to where you get them from . But tasting one to get an idea of the taste is reasonable . ”
Old Li cut the fish into halves and placed one into his mouth . He had never felt so enjoyable . “This fish has an indescribable freshness and sweetness . It even comes with an aromatic taste . Is it wine? It tastes like spring water and wine at the same time… I believe this fish will become the lord of the sashimi industry when it grows up . ”
Staring at the fishes in the bucket, Old Li could foresee what they would look like in the future . The liver and the meat are both finest . I can boil stock with the fish head . Not to mention the fish bones, there’s no way I’m going to throw them away . How I wish to get an adult fish now! “When you captured them, did you see any grown-up ones?”
“Nope, they are all this small . There shouldn’t be any big fish if I’m not mistaken…” Ye Cang told him about the Million Wine Tree and Old Li was amazed . However, as a chef, he was more interested in how to cook it rather than the background of the ingredients . Knowing that the fishes were produced from the tree indeed boiled up his blood . He was so eager to discover all the unknown ingredients especially when Wu Na mentioned about the uncountable types of fungus in the forest of mushrooms . He immediately called Old Wang and went on his exploration after preparing breakfast for the people .
At breakfast, Lin Liang took a sip of the miso soup made from the mini mushroom man . Wow, this mini mushroom is really something good . Can’t believe it could be this sweet after mixing in the soup . Master Li did not use any of his skills on purpose in this case . He made it with the most common technique . Even the paste is store-bought . All these are just to experiment on the mini mushroom man .
“What’s underneath the steamer?” As Liu Bei lifted the lid, the aroma of the fungus crab filled the entire house . The sweetness of the mushroom and the freshness of the crab made everyone crave for it . Ye Cang, as the greatest elder in the entire family, was the first one to take away a crab claw . The second one was taken by Wu Na and ThornyRose . Yet, they put it back when they saw everyone staring at them with anger . “Sharing it?”
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The adventure team started a game of rock paper scissors and AV beat the rest . “Sigh, this claw was gifted by our sister-in-law, so everyone must at least taste it . Lil’Huang, I remember you saying that your cutting skills are good . Now, make sure you slice it evenly so everyone in the adventure team can have a chance to taste it . ”
Huang Zhong was touched . I followed the right lord this time! Jia Xu was amazed too . He is indeed our president! What a generous person! This isn’t a matter of the claw anymore but a matter of his personality! In Jia Xu’s eyes, AV was surrounded by pinkish flowers .
“Why didn’t I…” Lin Liang saw everyone had it .
The other team members gave him a poker face as if he could “hear” the face saying ‘What do you think?’ .
Lin Liang felt unappreciated . I’ve done so many things for the team . How dare they treat me like this?! Yet, when he recalled that he did not achieve much, he quietly picked a crab leg and sucked it for meat . The meat was so smooth that he did not even feel them flowing into his mouth . Yet, the freshness of the meat was still lingering in it . Not able to resist it, he wanted to pick another one but was stopped by Liu Bei, “Hey, that’s enough . The others haven’t tasted it . ”
Ye Cang was enjoying the biggest claw while observing how Lin Liang was being bullied . Looks like Elder Lin isn’t doing that good over there…
Lin Liang smiled, “Alright, you guys eat the legs, I’ll eat the other parts . ”
“Do you think you can get past me with this little trick?” Jia Xu smirked . “You just wanted to taste the roe and mustard (hepatopancreas) . ”
“Oh yeah, let’s look inside . ” Ye Cang lifted it with a knife . Inside it, the mustard and roe looked as colorful as a rainbow . An aromatic smell of mustard flew into everyone’s nostrils .
As the leader, Ye Cang was first to taste it whereas everyone else was waiting while salivating at him enjoying the taste . They were suddenly shocked at his lovely expression . This was because Ye Cang was a strict taste critique even though the food he made was a thousand times more disgusting than shit . When it came to judging tastes, only Lin Liang was capable of competing with him .
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“Is it really that nice?” Wu Na plucked a needle-like mushroom at the edge of the mustard and placed it into her mouth . Beyond control, a satisfactory smile was written on her face . The freshness of this was the best thing she ever tasted so far . As the fungus slid through her tongue, it was as if her tastebuds were dancing to the most classical rock song . Instantly, the rocker’s spirit surged through her body . She raised her hand and showed a ‘rock’ sign .
Even though the portion of the mustard and roe was extremely small, almost everyone got to taste it and there was even a small portion left . Ye Cang did not bother and went to try the other dish which was the fried conifer-cone fungus . Wu Na smiled, “Eating this mushroom is like eating a mouthful of conifer cones but this is way better than that . The texture is also different . It’s so crispy . I think this is suitable to be made into snacks . ”
Meanwhile, the adventure team was deciding on who would be the one to enjoy the last bit of mustard . Unfortunately, AV won once again . “I win because I wanted everyone to taste it even if it is as small as a mouse’s excrement . Lil’Huang, do the job . ”
“My lord! Eat it yourself!” Huang Zhong was so touched that tears burst out of his eyes . Jia Xu also went over and held AV’s hand, “My lord, just enjoy it yourself . All of us have tasted it . ”
Staring at Jia Xu, AV felt a chill at his ass . I must be overthinking . He put an arm around Jia Xu’s shoulder with a smile . “We are the adventure family! If I wasn’t the president, I would definitely eat it myself . But now, I have responsibilities . I must share whatever is good with everyone . This is also the origin of the adventure team . When we all have the resources, we must share them . Of course, I don’t mean to include private stuff like our wives, girlfriends etc . ”
“Pfft…wives and girlfriends are not even considered important and private…” Liu Bei mumbled .
“……” SpyingBlade and Fang Ci stared at him with a doubtful look . Isn’t this fella a godly person, at least to some extent?
“You’re indeed the scum who dares to say that brothers are like limbs and wives are like clothes,” Cao Cao sneered at him .
“You are just too bothered with Lady Ding…” Liu Bei shrugged his shoulders .
“I admit that I let her down but aren’t you guilty to Lady Mi?” Cao Cao asked .
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Liu Bei kept silent for a moment . “So, I tried not to think about it . I…You should understand . In order to get that thing, we had let go of a lot of other things . Is there any of it that is not important? But… that’s the only choice we have, Mengde…”
Cao Cao then recalled his past life . I had let a lot of people down in the past even though some of them were just pieces to me . But she is the only one I couldn’t forget . She might not have left me any children but she treated Cao Ang like her own son . She dared to scold me when I was wrong . She is so not gentle at all . But I just couldn’t forget about her . Before I died, I thought of this . What if Cao Ang asked me where his mother is? How am I going to answer? He died for me but I didn’t take good care of his mother and left her alone… until she died of illness in the Ding clan . For the empire I desired, I gave her up, sacrificed the fairness for Ang’er . Lady Ding, how great would it be if we were to meet each other again in a peaceful era later…
“Let’s not talk about this alright?” Sun Quan ate the mustard Huang Zhong distributed .
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