Chapter 115 A Feast, All That's Giving Away?
Steamed cassava is mashed into a paste, rolled into balls, and coated with roasted soybean flour. Although it is less sticky than donkey rolls, it tastes just as sweet and soft.
A dish of kimchi is a must, but this time, in addition to pagoda cabbage, there are also bamboo shoots cut into the thickness of a little finger.
After blanching and soaking the bitter lettuce, remove it, add salt and sesame powder, and make a cold salad.
Sprinkle in chopped purslane, add bamboo rat meat sauce and cook into a paste. When serving, sprinkle with chopped mutated chives, a handful of roasted peanut crumbs, and a pinch of bright yellow shredded egg pancakes. It's a feast for the eyes, nose, and taste buds!
In Zuo Shan's opinion, the wasteland version of three dishes and one soup was already the highest standard of hospitality. Even Matt and Mina, who had eaten real gourmet meals, were tempted by the aroma wafting from the cooking process.
Even Morti Lannister felt a little envious: this little white guy was treated much better than he was. When he was recuperating at this woman's house, he didn't receive such good treatment.
Of course, back then he was a seriously injured man in distress, but now he is Xiaobai, a friend she acknowledges. Moreover, Xiaobai generously gave her a high-level gene serum, so it's only right that he treats her better.
That makes sense, but he still couldn't quite understand why his real face, which was attractive to women of all ages, was worthless in front of this woman.
On the contrary, Xiao Bai's simple and honest face suited her taste. Ever since he put on the illusionary face and conjured this face to see her, she has never stopped smiling at him, and her smiles are so genuine and not fake at all.
Finally, it was time to eat. Zuo Shan invited everyone to sit around the bamboo round table. There were only four bamboo chairs in the house, which was not enough.
Zuo Shan then picked out a potato root about the thickness of a bowl from the pile of poisonous potato roots in the corner. It looked quite straight, and he cut off two 40-centimeter-long sections, covered them with a burlap sack, and used them as a makeshift stool.
She did all this without any embarrassment, but rather with great confidence and composure, without even trying to avoid the gaze of Xiaobai and the other two.
Matt's impression of her improved even more; she was poised and unpretentious, and this woman didn't seem like someone from a remote little town who hadn't received higher education.
To entertain such distinguished guests, the tableware used was a rough little bamboo basin and homemade rough bamboo chopsticks.
There were no fancy bowls and plates, no shiny metal knives and spoons, but she didn't feel anything was wrong at all, as if they were guests at her home and should do as she pleased.
In fact, they could only go along with the host's arrangements, since the adults didn't seem to mind. As soon as the host said to start eating, they picked up their chopsticks and began to eat diligently, as if they hadn't eaten for several meals.
All of Mina's dissatisfaction vanished when she picked up the first cassava ball with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
This unique sweet and soft texture was a taste she had never experienced before. She couldn't describe it, so she just kept repeating one word: "Delicious, delicious, so delicious!"
Matt wanted to remind Mina and the adults that the spheres were made from poisonous potatoes, but before he could finish speaking, the adults glared at him fiercely, so he had to shut up.
At worst, he could just bring the adult some of Augustine's specially made antidote when he started vomiting and having diarrhea. That was so expensive, it was such a waste!
But seeing Mina feeding him one after another, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed for her.
He's a fourth-tier ability user trained by the Lan Dun family, so how come he can't control his appetite when faced with such coarse food?
That's what he thought, but his hand made the decision before his brain could process it. Before all the round balls in the bamboo plate were snatched up, he decided to try one first!
If an adult with such a precious body can eat like this, what is his assistant being so pretentious about?
In fact, Zuo Shan had anticipated this situation. When making cassava balls, he made a large bowlful, since there was plenty of raw material. He had a total of 2,100 kilograms of stock at home, so how could he not want people to have enough to eat?
After eating too many sweet cassava balls, a few bites of cold bitter lettuce salad offer a refreshing taste without any bitterness.
After taking a sip of the wild vegetable porridge with meat and a bite of the sour and crisp kimchi, Matt felt that if he had a glass of wine, he would become an immortal.
Why can people live such a carefree life in such a poor and backward border region as District 48?
How could someone who is just an ordinary scavenger possess such incredible culinary skills?
He couldn't understand it, and neither could Mina. Mortilan didn't even think about it, because from the first day he met her, he had already witnessed her superb culinary skills. Because of this, he had considered several times taking her home to be his personal chef.
Now it seems that this idea is wrong. Once he has such a chef, he will probably be so engrossed in food that he will lose his motivation to strive for success.
She used all the precious ingredients she had, just to give him a meal he would never forget.
After that big meal, he really felt embarrassed to come to her place for free meals again. He had to leave her a way to make a living, right?
In fact, Matt and Mina thought the same way. They felt that this Miss Zuo was too honest, making them embarrassed to make excuses to come over for meals anymore.
Pandole and Xiaobao ate to their hearts' content. Xiaobao wasn't very good at using chopsticks, so Zuo Shan directly gave him a portion of each dish, especially the cassava balls, which he gave him a lot of, enough for him to eat to his heart's content.
Although today is for entertaining guests, Zuo Shan doesn't want to make his own family feel uncomfortable.
Pandora didn't hold back just because there were guests. As a child raised in the wasteland, he never backed down when it came to food.
And after she came to this family, her sister never missed out on her share of food. Over time, she got used to it and ate and drank as usual without depriving herself.
Mina and Matt were initially quite unhappy to see Xiao Bao sitting at the table eating. Even a contracted beast wasn't entitled to eat at the same table as its master, let alone with guests present.
But seeing the adults nod and greet the iron-eating beast cub without batting an eye, she completely forgot about her slight germaphobia and ate the meal with more seriousness and focus than if she were attending the most prestigious banquet.
What else could they possibly be dissatisfied with?
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