Chapter 31 Mouse Tina's Delicious Secret
"What's wrong with mice? Haven't you seen mice that can cook delicious meals?" Mrs. Fitch said, holding up the spatula.
"I've never seen it before." Tina answered honestly.
"It smells like a werewolf, yes, but why does it feel like dog... Well, today I'll let you see Mrs. Fitch's delicious recipe!" Mrs. Fitch wielded the spatula vigorously.
"Mrs. Fitch, this is Miss Tina. Miss Tina, these are my best chefs, Mrs. Fitch and Fitch." Darian introduced them both.
"It's amazing. To be honest, the last time I saw a talking mouse was in a book." Tina surrounded Mrs. Fitch and marveled at it, even wanting to touch it.
"I know that book. It's called The Mouse Swordsman Moliere, right? He's humorous, smart, and brave. He rescued the girl he loved, Hatty, from the evil cat Thomas... Oh my God, when I was young, I always wanted to find a handsome swordsman like Moliere to be my husband!" Mrs. Fitch held her cheeks and fell into memories of the past.
Fitch didn't say anything, just lowered his head even more, and his hands peeled the beans much faster.
"Then why wasn't it found in the end?" Darien added fuel to the fire.
"Because fantasy is always beautiful, I just like the charming qualities of Moliere, but I don't like bumpy long-distance journeys. My favorite place is by the stove, a warm and comfortable little home. Cooking delicious food and relaxing my tired feet in front of the fire, these are what I want." said Mrs. Fitch.
"That's true. It wasn't until I was 30 that I fully figured this out, so I worked hard and bought the pub," said Tina.
"It sounds great. You've all found the life you want. So what are you having for lunch today? Tina wants to stay for lunch with us," said Darien.
"I originally wanted to make salmon soup, pan-fried rabbit steaks and crabapple cinnamon rolls. We have fresh beef ribs and conch in the kitchen, as well as plenty of vegetables. If you want some extra dishes, you can order them," said Mrs. Fitch.
"Ms. Tina, what would you like to eat?" Darien gave the choice to the visiting guest.
"Can I have some? I won't be polite. How about replacing the salmon soup with salmon spinach puff pastry rolls, and using beef ribs to make beef clear soup? It would be even better if you could have a mushroom salad!" Tina said happily.
"Dear Darien, I think it's good. What do you think?" Mrs. Fitch asked Darien.
"They all sound delicious. I haven't had mushroom salad in a while. It reminds me to go mushroom picking," said Darian.
"I want to stay in the kitchen and help!" said Tina.
She looked at the pile of kitchen utensils of all sizes in the kitchen, each of which was much bigger than the mice, so she decided to help with some of the heavy work.
So Tina stayed in the kitchen while Darien took a small basket and a knife and went to the garden to pick mushrooms.
The little wizard who was picking mushrooms, carrying a wicker basket, went to the garden to look for mushrooms early in the morning... no, not early in the morning. Before he found any mushrooms, he met Mr. Crow who was pinching his quills.
The big crow, which was pitch black but shone with colorful light in the sun upon closer inspection, was squatting by the bird pond, combing its feathers with its beak.
Darien's hands were itching to move, so he took several steps forward.
The footsteps landed on the grass, making a very obvious sound of grass rubbing against leaves.
A pair of red crow eyes looked back at him, and the whole crow was still.
It was just convenient for Darien to catch it.
Crow ball, crow ball, a crow ball that feels very good.
Mr. Crow looked very depressed, which was quite surprising to see on a crow's face.
So Darien was surprised and touched Mr. Crow's body, looking for the feather tubes that needed to be pinched off during molting.
This behavior is particularly exciting. The feather tube connected to the skin can be pulled out and crushed into powder in the hand. All the feathers on the body are spread out, and every inch is cleaned.
"Quack." When a certain part of the quill was pinched, Mr. Crow cried out abruptly, then broke free from his hand and flapped his wings to fly towards the wasteland.
The warm and smooth crow on my hand was gone.
Darien crushed the last quill left in his hand with a look of regret on his face.
He picked up the basket he had just thrown on the ground, then went to the trees that grew mushrooms and cut off clusters of plump mushrooms with a knife.
There are many kinds of mushrooms planted in the tower garden. The ones in the garden are all edible mushrooms, and those used as medicine are planted on the edge of the medicine garden.
Thanks to the climate of the wasteland, mushrooms can grow here regardless of the season. As long as they are watered in time, any variety of mushrooms can be grown.
After cutting the mushrooms, Darien habitually shakes the mushroom caps to shake their spores onto the soil and tree trunks. After a while, new small mushrooms will grow.
Mushrooms shrink after cooking, so Darian simply picked all of them at once.
The mushrooms whose caps have not fully opened are more delicious and are used to make the mushroom salad for lunch today. The mushrooms that have opened their caps because they were not harvested in time and are not as delicious are fried in a pan and mixed with minced beef to make a delicious beef and mushroom sauce.
Fortunately, he had a basket that could pile the mushrooms high, otherwise he would have to use magic to make them fly into the kitchen.
When I returned to the kitchen, Tina was drowning the live salmon in a basin of water.
"Miss Tina, what are you doing?" Darien put the basket aside.
"I'm trying to euthanize it, but it's obvious that this method is not working." Tina's face was covered with water droplets from the fish's tail.
She lacked experience in cooking fish, but was very good at roasting rabbits, which she often caught in the wild and roasted for food.
"Just catch it and knock it out," said Darien.
"You are such a genius, why didn't I think of that!" Tina immediately took out the fish and threw it hard on the stone floor.
With a snap, the salmon became completely motionless.
She picked up the fish and put it on the chopping board, then marked the fish's belly with a knife, preparing to cut it.
Mrs. Fitch, out of a little distrust, was afraid that if the gallbladder was punctured, the whole fish would be useless, so she quickly stopped her and asked her to help wash the mushrooms.
"Where's Sewell? He's needed in the kitchen." Mrs. Fitch asked Darien.
"I don't know, but I can call him." Darien stopped rummaging through the jam cabinet and walked to the window to open it.
He stood by the window and called out Seville's name a few times. Not long after, Seville pushed open the kitchen door and walked in.
"You're just in time. Go gut this salmon so we can make salmon and spinach puff pastry," said Mrs. Fitch.
Sewell rolled up his sleeves, put on an apron, and transformed himself into Mrs. Fitch's most trustworthy self.
Darien had absolutely no desire to work today, so he yawned, found a room filled with sunlight, lay down on the rocking chair, and rocked himself to sleep.
Someone would come to call him at lunch anyway.
Darien felt like he had only closed his eyes for a moment before Sewell came to wake him up and told him that it was time for lunch.
Lunch starts a little later than usual because some dishes take time to prepare.
Today's dinner table became very sumptuous with the help of Tina. Mrs. Fitch liked such tasteful guests who could provide great help in her cooking.
Darien got a new recipe.
He had never eaten salmon and spinach puff pastry before. The shape looked beautiful and the taste smelled good, so he took the first bite.
The surrounding puff pastry is salty, with grilled salmon in the middle, and between the puff pastry and the salmon is a solid sauce of cheese and chopped spinach.
"How does it taste? I was stunned when I first tasted this dish. How could there be such a delicious fish dish? Spinach, cheese, fish and puff pastry are a perfect match." Tina asked impatiently as she watched Darian chewing.
"It was delicious, the fish was fresh, and I loved the spinach cheese sauce, which reminded me of cream of spinach soup," said Darian.
"You should try it too!" Tina turned and urged Sevier.
"It's delicious. The pastry has a nice buttery flavor, and the simple seasoning of pepper makes the fish just right." Sewell also commented.
Tina happily waited for them to finish eating so she could taste the next dish.
She is a bit of a host when it comes to food. She hopes that the food she is involved in will be liked by the tasters. Delicious food should be praised by everyone.
Darien had had beef consommé not long ago, but the beef consommé made by Mrs. Fitch was very different. To be more precise, what she made should be called clear beef stew.
"It's such a waste to throw away all the beef and vegetables just to make a bowl of soup!" These are Mrs. Fitch's exact words.
Mrs. Fitch's beef consommé tasted similar to beef consommé, except that it wasn't cleared with egg white and minced meat. Instead, the soup contained chunks of beef ribs, tender onions, carrots, celery roots, and other flavorful vegetables, and it tasted equally good.
Darian first scooped away some of the clear soup on the surface with his spoon. After drinking less of the soup, he began to eat the stewed beef and vegetables. The sweetness of the beef and the sweetness of the vegetables mixed together made him feel more full than just a bowl of clear soup.
The pan-fried rabbit steaks were made by Tina, who has her own unique insights into cooking rabbit.
"Rabbit meat is very lean, so you must never overcook it, otherwise it will turn into a piece of solid rabbit leather, which is very hard on your cheeks," said Tina. "With my pickled and pounded rabbit steaks, you don't have to worry about that at all!"
She beats the rabbit meat vigorously to loosen it up, then marinates the rabbit steaks simply with white pepper, brandy, and some salt. She then pan-fries them until the crust is crispy, drizzles them with sauce, and serves them on the table as a delicious dish.
Darien cut the rabbit steak into pieces, dipped it in the salty sauce made from shaved rabbit bones and spices, put it in his mouth and chewed it, his mouth full of the tender and salty fragrance of the rabbit meat.
"It's delicious. This combination has increased my interest in rabbit meat," said Darian.
"Of course, that's the result of many trials and adjustments. No rabbit can escape from my palm." Tina said with a proud smile.
Another mushroom salad ordered by Tina also brought delicious food to the table in the tower.
These different types of mushrooms should be torn into pieces before being stir-fried. The pieces should not be too large or too small. If they are too large and thick, they will not be flavorful. If they are too thin and small, the rich taste of the mushrooms will be lost.
Add butter, garlic and rosemary into the pot, stir-fry the mushrooms directly in the melted butter, put them in a large bowl, squeeze lemon juice on them, sprinkle some salt and pepper, add a little honey and homemade peanut butter that is not too fine and has some graininess, and mix well.
A delicious mushroom salad is ready.
As soon as Darian took a bite of the mushroom salad, he felt that it was the most delicious dish on the table.
The mushrooms fried in butter have a unique aroma of mushrooms. The aroma of milk and mushrooms blend perfectly. The rich aroma of peanuts adds a little bit of graininess to the smooth taste of the mushrooms, and the slight acidity of lemon juice neutralizes the greasy taste brought by the collision of butter and peanut butter.
Darien was so engrossed in this dish that he'll have another mushroom salad tomorrow.
Since there was no main course, Mrs. Fitch made a larger portion of dessert. The crabapple cinnamon rolls were a size larger than usual, which made Darien burp unexpectedly.
But because it was a dessert, he could still eat it.
The brown bread roll is filled with sour crabapple, and the circles of bread roll are filled with sweet brown sugar. The sweet, sour and spicy flavors are fully reflected in this cinnamon roll.
Darien couldn't hold his after-dinner coffee.
"Thank you so much for your hospitality. I dare say this is the best lunch I have had in the past week!" Tina drank her after-meal coffee, her mouth still savoring the taste of the delicious food.
She felt very happy.
"Thank you for bringing a special flavor to the table. I also enjoyed today's lunch," said Darien.
Food is an indispensable and important part of life, and delicious food has the power to bring people happiness.
After lunch, Tina didn't stay here long. She said goodbye to them and left, hoping to see them again next time.
The next few days were very peaceful. Lady Mary came to buy the love potion and also told the follow-up of the blood crystal case.
Slightly different from Tina's version, she told Darien that Mrs. Britta, who acted as the middleman, was also punished.
She and her husband were stripped of their noble status, their property was confiscated, and they were driven out of the royal city and forbidden to set foot on this land forever.
As for those ladies who paid deposits, the deposits were not refunded. Instead, all of it was given to the victims' families as part of the compensation. They were frightened for a long time and have not attended many social events recently.
Life in the tower is peaceful when there are no special guests, but this peace is often broken.
A special guest came to the Magic Shop.
"Welcome here. I am Darian, the owner of this store. Do you have any special wishes that need to be fulfilled?" Darian recited the familiar opening remarks as usual.
"I want to go back in time and kill myself," the guest said.
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