readsfreenovel Chapter 171 One lifetime isn't enough
Chapter 171 One lifetime isn't enough
A lot of dried meat was added to the porridge. This dried meat had been soaked in water beforehand, which reduced its saltiness, making it perfect for cooking the porridge.
Bai Ling also made a cold wild vegetable salad, and the taste was surprisingly good. He added more scallions and ginger when he made it, which effectively removed the bitterness of the wild vegetables.
Yue ate to her heart's content. Orcs have big appetites, so the earthenware bowls they use for eating are also very large, almost the size of a human head. Yue drank two bowls of meat porridge before putting down her chopsticks.
Bai Ling quickly finished the last two mouthfuls of porridge and asked, "Yue, is the porridge I made delicious?"
Yue nodded, a look of contentment and satisfaction on her face after eating and drinking her fill: "It was delicious."
Bai Ling smiled and said, "That's good. I'll cook you something delicious for lunch."
The rain outside lessened a bit. The two men, dressed in animal skins, removed the stones from the cave entrance, and each carried a bundle of grass as they walked out of the cave.
They need to go check on the Hungchi Beast. It thundered and rained yesterday, and they don't know how the Hungchi Beast is doing.
The groove where the three-foot-tethered beasts were tethered was at the foot of the mountain. The mountain path was a bit slippery after the rain. The two slowly walked down and saw the three-foot-tethered beasts hiding under the groove of the rocks. They were all soaked to the bone and looked a little listless. When they saw Bai Ling and Yue, the two beastmen, they became restless. One of them even took a step and rushed into the rain, but because its neck and head were tied with ropes, it could not run away and could only struggle.
Bai Ling imitated the grunting beasts' cries twice, then threw the grass she was holding into the trough. The three grunting beasts all grunted a few times, and then began to chew the grass heartily.
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Yesterday, Yue hunted down two wild beasts. The little white beast had already finished eating last night, and the curly-haired beast had also been cleaned up.
It rained all night last night, and although the weather wasn't as muggy, it was still summer, and the temperature was still high. The wild animals that were killed couldn't be kept for long, so Bai Ling planned to deal with the curly-haired beast today.
The curly-haired beast weighs over 100 jin (50 kg), and even after removing its fur and bones, it still weighs 80-90 jin (40-45 kg). After removing its internal organs, it has about 60-70 jin (30-35 kg) of meat.
Bai Ling had already decided how to eat it.
He first removed all the fat from the curly-haired beast, then the lean and fatty meat, and finally the lean meat. He also separated the internal organs and cut the bones into sections.
Bai Ling first cut the curly-haired beast's fat into chunks, added water, and put them in a ceramic pot to boil. He wanted to render some beast oil.
The curly-haired beast didn't have much fat, so one pot was enough to render the beast oil. Bai Ling guarded the earthenware pot, and Yue followed Bai Ling's instructions, selecting two pieces of meat with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, and finely dicing them into minced meat.
The water boiled quickly, the fatty meat in the earthenware pot shrank slowly, and the water gradually became viscous. Bai Ling kept stirring with a wooden spoon in her hand.
The aroma of oil slowly wafted into the small cave. Bai Ling smiled. When the oil in the earthenware pot had become very thick, Bai Ling wrapped his hands in animal skin and took the pot down.
Bai Ling stirred for a while longer, and only stopped stirring after the earthenware pot had cooled down. She then used a strainer to scoop out the oil residue from the pot and put it into an earthenware bowl on the side.
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Cut the lean and fatty meat into minced meat, add chopped green onions, ginger, salt, spice powder, and chopped wild vegetables, mix well, clean the stone slab, dry it over a fire, brush it with freshly rendered animal fat, scoop a spoonful of minced meat onto the stone slab, spread it out and start frying.
As soon as the minced meat touched the animal fat, it made a sizzling sound. Bai Ling added a lot of scallions and ginger to the minced meat, and their aroma from being fried in oil spread throughout the air.
After smelling the aroma, Yue walked over to Bai Ling's side, her eyes shining as she stared at the meat pie.
Bai Ling asked, "Hungry?"
Yue shook her head: "I'm not hungry, but I'm craving something."
"The meat pie will be ready in a moment," Bai Ling said with a smile. "Try it when it's done."
Yue took a deep breath: "It smells so good, Ling. Your cooking is amazing. I want to eat your cooking for the rest of my life."
Bai Ling's lips curled up even more: "One lifetime isn't enough, I'll cook for you in the next life and the life after that."
Yue nodded in agreement: "Okay, then it's a deal. In the next life and the life after that, you have to cook for me."
The meat patties were quite thin and cooked quickly. Bai Ling put the meat patties into a ceramic bowl and handed them to Yue: "Yue, you go eat first, be careful as they may be hot."
Holding a bowl in one hand, Yue picked up a freshly fried meat patty with chopsticks in the other. The aroma of the fried meat was incredibly tempting. Although she had eaten Ling's cooking many times before, Yue still felt a surge of joy every time she ate it: How could anyone cook so deliciously!
Just smelling the meat patties today makes Yue's mouth water.
However, Yue didn't eat it immediately. He blew on the meat pie to make sure it was cool before using chopsticks to put it to Bai Ling's mouth.
Bai Ling was busy with his hands, and he shook his head: "Yue, you eat first."
Yue refused, but instead moved the meat pie she was holding with her chopsticks closer to Bai Ling's mouth.
Bai Ling glanced helplessly at Yue, whose expression clearly said: Ling, you have to take a bite.
Bai Ling could only open her mouth and bite into the meat pie.
The meat patties tasted pretty good. Because of the addition of enough scallions, ginger, and chopped wild vegetables, the meat patties were not greasy at all. The unselected green vegetables had a slightly astringent taste, but it was precisely this astringency that combined perfectly with the savory meat filling. The greasiness of the meat and the astringency of the vegetables were neutralized and turned into a savory flavor.
After being deep-fried in oil, the aroma and umami flavor of the meat patties are fully released.
Bai Ling was fed a meat pie by Yue, and Yue finally smiled with satisfaction before he began to eat the meat pie.
They ate the meat patties one by one, and the two of them finished them.
These meat patties looked like a lot, but they weren't enough for the orcs, so Bai Ling started grilling more meat.
Yue then heated up the leftover mung bean porridge from the morning.
Bai Ling built a rectangular fire pit with stones, put charcoal in it and lit it, then skewered the marinated meat through branches about the thickness of a little finger and placed it on the fire pit to roast.
Yue loves barbecue. Last night, Bai Ling grilled more than half of the meat, and Yue ate most of it. Judging from his expression, he clearly hadn't had enough.
So Bai Ling decided to make barbecue again this noon.
If you ask which kind of grilled meat is the best, it has to be lamb skewers. Bai Ling said last year that he would make lamb skewers for Yue, but unfortunately he hasn't done it yet.
Once this busy period is over, I must make lamb skewers for Yue, Bai Ling thought to herself.
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While Bai Ling was grilling meat, Yue sat to the side, holding a large leaf in her hand and fanning Bai Ling.
Bai Ling wanted Yue to move away, afraid that the smoke would choke him, but Yue refused to leave. She just kept fanning Bai Ling while looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes.
The love in Yue's eyes was impossible to hide, and Bai Ling was extremely satisfied. Just for that look in Yue's eyes, he would be willing to give his life for her, let alone grill meat for her.