ASTNovels Chapter 313 321
Chapter 313 321
Yin Lian asked: "Aren't you afraid of being tempted?"
Black Sage said, "Lunch should just be...normal food, right?"
He cast his eyes on Yin Lian with some anticipation, and asked uncertainly.
Yin Lian said with a very venomous tongue: "If you think its temptation is too strong for you to resist, it probably means that you can't resist the temptation of food at all."
The black sage thought for a while, although the facts may indeed be true, but as a majestic black sage, exposing such a weakness always felt that it would damage his image, so after thinking for a while, he still tried to save himself a little bit. Dignity, so he said: "Children like you who have not suffered from hunger can hardly understand our feelings for food. When I left home when I was young, I used to live in the wilderness because I didn't dare to wander in the town. For a long time, there is basically no food for humans, and hunger is also normal."
Yin Lian sighed and said, "I know you suffered a lot when you were young, but, with all due respect, how many years ago did you do this?"
Black Sage: "Three... well, it happened about two or three hundred years ago, I don't remember very clearly."
Yin Lian didn't care about the length of time he deliberately blurred, and asked sharply: "Three hundred years have passed, and your psychological trauma has not healed yet?"
The black sage said: "...Pity, if you keep talking like this, the teacher won't be able to love you in the future."
Yin Lian immediately shut up, holding the tray with half of her face, fawning on the black sage with a coquettish and pitiful smile, her eyes were particularly innocent.
The black sage also has nothing to do with her.
Knowing and understanding, able to bend and stretch, what can the black sage do with such pity?
Even if he knew that this little girl was full of lies and was far from the innocence and loveliness she showed, she was still reluctant to do anything to her.
Black Sage decided to take another look at what she wanted to do.
The staple food for lunch is snow-white rice. After all, the side dishes are all things that are suitable for eating with rice.This is relatively rare in Matil, because Matil’s breadfruit is more like flour in terms of taste and cooking method. Yin Lian also made pasta mostly, although because of the processing method, there is a big difference in taste. There is a gap, but generally everyone can still understand what this is.
But rice is a completely different thing.This is a completely new thing in Matil.Yin Lian has not investigated whether Matil has wild rice, but the people here have never used rice. Yin Lian is very sure.
The black sage didn't even know how to eat this thing, and asked, "How did you make it so small? Why did you make it so small? It doesn't taste good like this, does it?"
He thought that the rice was made by Yin Lian who crushed things like breadfruit into small pieces.
For the cuteness that the black sage will inevitably show when facing food, Yin Lian did not dislike it, but explained it patiently: "It was originally this big, and it grew on the plant like an ear. We used stones to Its shell is ground off and boiled in a pot, and it becomes this rice."
The black sage said: "Sounds like a lot of effort?"
Yin Lian replied: "If you want to eat delicious food, you can't begrudge the effort."
The black sage doesn't know how to cook food, but he thinks about this sentence.Yin Lian saw that he didn't do anything, so she said: "Teacher, you should eat while it's hot. These dishes must be hot to taste. Don't worry, I didn't cast a curse or add a spell of temptation."
Her attitude was so calm, and the black sage roughly confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the food. It was a bit embarrassing to be reminded of this matter by her again and again.Fortunately, he has lived for so many years. Although he usually acts arrogant, he is actually quite thick-skinned, and he completely ignored this incident as if nothing had happened.
Yuzi tofu looks really good, and the black sage reaches for it with the first spoonful.After taking a sip, I feel that the skin is soft and the inside is delicate and smooth, and it melts in the mouth. I can't believe that there are such ingredients in the world.
The black sage asked: "Is this the brain of some monster? Why is it so clean and tidy?"
Yin Lian: "Soy products are not animal brains."
Fortunately, the soybean species also exists in this world, so Yin Lian doesn't have to think about how to give it an appropriate translation like rice.But the black sage obviously didn't believe this explanation, and said, "Soy bean...you tell me how similar soy bean is to this thing?"
Yin Lian said: "Of course, it has gone through a very complicated process. The beans need to be soaked, beaten, steamed, marinated, pressed... Eggs must be added to the jade tofu. Anyway, it must be very complicated."
Yin Lian's words... the black sage didn't understand almost any of them.
But at least he could hear one thing, Yin Lian was serious about what he said, not a joke.In other words, this thing is really made of soybeans.
Unbelievable.
The Black Sage took another bite.
Yin Lian sat beside her with her chin in her hands and said, "Teacher, you should try something else."
The black sage walked around among several dishes, and then selected the fish.The appearances of the several dishes were not much different, but the fresh aroma of the scallion fish was too strong, and he was quickly tempted.
Black Sage is obviously not picky eater, and he has no prejudice against seafood.This is also rare in Martil, because of the backward food culture, Martil's cooking methods for aquatic products are rough and limited.Seafood is a kind of food that is generally not loved. It has many shells, many thorns, little meat, and fishy smell. Many people are unable to eat it if it is not handled properly.
The fish Yin Lian chose has almost no bones, and it cannot be seen that it is a fish. Apart from the taste and texture of fish, it looks like a piece of white meat stained with sauce.For those who are good at eating fish, such a piece of fish must be a lot less delicious and fun, but it is just right for the black sage.
The existence of onion, ginger and garlic at different cooking stages can well resolve the fishy smell that is not very strong.Because of the size of the fish itself, the size of this piece of fish is not small, and the part with huge thorns was avoided when it was taken out, so the overall appearance is quite good.Of course, the unusually delicious fishy smell is still very obvious. People who are sensitive to this taste will definitely avoid this dish early in the morning, but the black sage doesn't seem to have this problem, obviously he can eat seafood.
Even so, the black sage was still extremely surprised when he actually ate the fish.
"This is... fish?" He felt incredible, "Why is it completely different from the ones I have eaten before?"
Yin Lian stretched out a finger and said proudly: "This is the meaning of the existence of spices and sauces."
"Spices and sauces?"
Yin Lian reached out and took out a piece of ginger from the storage bag, and said, "I call this thing ginger, and ordinary farmers seem to grind it up and boil it as insect repellent water. But in fact, it It is also a kind of edible spice and medicinal material."
The black sage took it, observed it carefully, then sniffed it with his nose, and said after a while, "It's a bit strange. I didn't see this thing in the dish."
Yin Lian said: "Sometimes we just need to use it in the cooking process, not necessarily eat it itself."
The black sage said: "It sounds very complicated, why is it like doing a magic experiment?"
Yin Lian smiled immediately: "Some people say that cooking is actually the skill closest to magic. Because both of them have to go through a complicated and precise process, and then produce changes like miracles."
The black sage said: "I didn't feel it before, but after seeing your tricks, I feel a little bit."
He extended the spoon to the third dish, but after swiping the spoon a few times on the plate, the black sage suddenly picked out a small piece of shiitake mushroom, and then his expression changed, and he said, "What is this!? "
Yin Lian took a glance and found this piece of shiitake mushroom, she paused for a moment.
Shiitake mushrooms have a special name on this continent.It's called... Black Sage.
It is said that in the early days, the forest where the black sage lived was full of brown mushrooms like this, and I don’t know who called it. This kind of fungus food was later generally called the black sage by the people of Matil mainland. It's like becoming the incarnation of the black sage.
Because of this, there are often weird rumors in the countryside, similar to the fact that black mushrooms cannot be picked or eaten, otherwise they will be targeted by black sages.
Of course Yin Lian would not take these words seriously.It's just that the black sage's reaction at this time made her a little surprised, and asked: "Could it be that teacher, do you really have such an unclear relationship with it?"
The black sage said, "What's in your head? I mean, this thing doesn't taste good at all. I'm about to throw up. Why did you put it in?"
This is the first time for Yin Lian to hear someone say that shiitake mushrooms are unpalatable... As one of the domestic mountain delicacies, although it may not be loved by everyone, it is definitely highly rated in the food industry.
She thought for a while and asked, "Teacher, how do you eat?"
"Boil it or bake it."
Yin Lian asked again: "What seasoning do you use?"
"Add some salt."
Yin Lian felt that the taste would definitely not be very good, but it would not be unpalatable either.She thought for a while and asked, "Teacher, did you often eat this?"
"I have been eating it for several years, every meal and every day... Haven't you seen many people call it black sages? They probably think that I am full of these black sages."
... No, Yin Lian thinks that the rumors should not mean that.
But she probably understood.The black sage is tired of mushrooms.
She thought for a while and said, "But this method is different. Teacher, would you like to try it? If it doesn't taste good, I'll take it away and give you another one."
The black sage hesitated for a moment, took a small mouthful with a spoon, and put it into his mouth with a hopeless expression.
Then he was stunned.
Yin Lian knew there was something going on when he saw his expression, and asked, "How's it going!?"
Black Sage asked, "Is this sour lemon?"
"It's vinegar. It's a condiment that is intentionally made sour during brewing."
The black sage said: "Why doesn't this black sage have any earthy smell?"
Yin Lian sounded a little weird, always felt that the black sage was eating the black sage and said that the black sage felt very weird, but he just struggled for a while, and said: "Is the taste of the seasoning overwhelmed? "
The black sage seemed to like this dish very much, and started to eat it right away.
Yin Lian took advantage of his good mood and said: "Teacher, in fact, many dishes need to be prepared all afternoon, so they can only be eaten at night. Some of them, such as whole barbecued animals, are relatively large, so we will host them at night. a banquet?"
The black sage raised his head and looked at her quietly, while Yin Lian looked back at him expectantly.
After a while, the black sage said: "It doesn't matter if the amount is large, don't worry, I can eat it. If not, there is a storage bag."