chapter 22
22 – Satisfy the noble lineage!
He didn’t worry about which ingredients to buy.
Ael had already made a list of things to buy today in his head.
It wasn’t that that Ael was worried about, it was about the taste of Mr. Ryan, who is from a royal family.
Eastern food is delicious.
But it’s a completely different story when it comes to royalty.
It was impossible to impress the mouth accustomed to various delicacies with a few eastern dishes.
What kind of method should I use….
“Lady! Get out of the way!”
When I suddenly looked up, the bull pulling the cart was approaching right in front of Ael.
“Oops! Sorry!”
Ael hurriedly stepped aside and found a pile of something on the cart.
It was sugarcane.
Hey? Do you have that?
As expected, as the owner said, this is a place where nothing is missing.
In the early days of the war, when supplies were smooth, they were used a lot in the kitchen.
If you peel the skin and scrape the inside into powder, it tastes very sweet and sweet.
Additionally, glutamara flower extract is mixed to create a special seasoning.
A mysterious seasoning that adds umami to foods made in large quantities, even if it doesn’t enhance the taste to the extreme.
If I could get it back, I wonder if it would be something that would satisfy Mr. Ryan.
However, glutamara is a very difficult flower to obtain and has no particular use other than ripening sugar cane.
And only the demon king knows the recipe.
To humans, glutamara is hard to see, and even if you find it, it will look like a common wild flower.
So you won’t be able to get Glutamara here.
But in case you don’t know, let’s look for it.
As Ael looked around the places that sold flowers and plants, there was no glutamara.
It’s a hard-to-find wild flower that lives in the mountainous region, and there’s no reason to distribute flowers that aren’t particularly pretty here.
So Ael had to be content with buying a prop and a small watering can to support the cantavera’s stem.
I hope Cantavera likes it.
* * * * *
Ael struggled up the hill with both hands full of purchases.
Originally, demons belong to the relatively strong side even in their normal state.
But right now Ael has no horns, so she’s worse than a normal human woman.
If you open your body, you can come up easily, but you can’t do it carelessly.
As demons whose bodies have been opened are almost no different from monsters, there will probably be a commotion.
The security forces will be dispatched and the master will be put to shame.
When she arrived in front of the house, Ael was already drenched in sweat.
To Ael, who is usually sweaty, the mild climate of Daham felt quite hot.
I need to take a bath first.
She can’t be wearing white, salty clothes and smelling disgusting when her master returns.
After briefly washing her body and changing her clothes, Ael went to Cantavera.
I inserted a small support pole, tied the cantavera’s stem to it, and sprayed it with fresh water like rain with a watering can.
“Survive quickly?”
Now, Ael has her ingredients lined up on the kitchen counter to start cooking in earnest.
Let’s see.
1Kg pork belly, 1kg beef loin, 2 raw chickens, 1 sack of rice, 1 bunch of spinach, 1 radish, 1 zucchini, 2 carrots, 3 onions, 1 bunch of mushrooms, 4 eggs, soy sauce, pepper Powder, pepper, vinegar, lettuce and chicory, flour, sugar, a stick of garlic, sesame oil and salt, 1 kg of beef, rosemary, red pepper, a stick of lard, honey, ginger, green onion.
I bought it ‘small’ because I was going to eat it only with the owner and myself.
To do it properly is tomorrow, so today is just a taste.
Then shall we try?
First, it’s bibimbap.
Rinse and soak the rice, shred the vegetables, and fry them in an oiled pan with salt and pepper.
The eggs are shaped into rounds and fried as if frying, but the yolks are taken out from the line where they are properly cooked.
For the sauce to be eaten with rice, mix red pepper, sugar, honey, and salt properly and mix thoroughly.
Around this time, put the well-soaked rice in a pot and put it on the brazier to cook the rice.
Next is Bulgogi.
Slice the beef loin thinly and slice the onions, green onions, carrots and mushrooms appropriately.
Mix thinly sliced meat and vegetables with a sauce made of sugar, honey, minced garlic, pepper, and sesame oil.
Isn’t it okay to let it age like this and fry it in a pan when the owner comes?
And pork belly!
Originally, pork belly is rarely eaten except in the East.
Even if you eat it, smoke it and make it with bacon.
However, samgyeopsal tastes best when grilled.
This is the gold information Ael learned from the locals while serving in the Eastern Legion.
If I hadn’t worked there, I would never have dreamed of grilling this fatty part.
Slice the whole pork belly thinly, wash the lettuce and chicory in cold water and drain the water to prepare them.
The last one is fried chicken, but I’m honestly not confident about this.
I can fry it, but I think it would be difficult to make the seasoning.
Can I bring out that unique sticky, sweet and spicy taste….
If there were glutamira flowers, it wouldn’t have been that much of a job….
Anyway, let’s get ready!
In that way, Ael was ready so that when the master returned, he could immediately start cooking.
Lastly, Ael had something to do.
It was to prepare charcoal.
You can grill pork belly in a pan, but grilling it over a charcoal fire is the best.
I threw firewood into the stove on the wall of the kitchen, lit it, and poured charcoal bought from the market over it.
This will set the charcoal on fire and make it red hot.
“Kek kek!”
Ael, who was blowing air through his mouth, coughed and wept at the smoke that came out backwards.
I’ll just let it ride on its own.
The charcoal is heated, the rice is cooked, and the bulgogi is marinated.
Now I’ll clean up, do the laundry, shake off the master’s blankets, and….
Ael, who was folding his fingers, suddenly looked out the window and was startled.
Isn’t the sun slowly going down already?
He didn’t even notice the time passing while preparing food.
Ael began his scrambling to do his chores.
* * * * *
A rather late hour when the sun has completely set.
After work, Ei-ner was walking up a hill when she noticed a very delicious smell coming from somewhere.
What is this smell?
I looked up and saw smoke billowing from the chimney of the house.
Ael is preparing dinner.
Tonight, I suggested that we taste and discuss the foods to be served at the food tasting event tomorrow.
I’m really looking forward to Eastern food made by AL.
Einer, who is always sincere in his food, hurriedly moved his steps excitedly at the thought of eating his fill.
The closer you got to the house, the stronger the smell grew, and you could hear Einor’s belly automatically pumping air.
I always went into a house where the lights were off and cooked by myself, but now warm light pours in through the windows and delicious-smelling smoke rises from the chimney.
As expected, it was good to bring Ael.
Although she has a somewhat embarrassing side, she is still pretty, kind, sincere, good at cooking, and a slave who can’t leave out anything.
I need to raise him well and make him a decent restaurant chef.
So when the restaurant is on track to some extent, I hope I can quit my security job at the right time and cook together.
Of course, the security guard job is easy and the salary is good, but people have to do what they want to do.
So, when the restaurant gets bigger later on, freeing Ael and accepting him as a full-time employee doesn’t seem like a bad choice.
From Ael’s point of view, wouldn’t it be better to stay here, where she has already established her foundation, rather than go to Berabche, which is far away, and start over alone?
Though that’s just my opinion.
“Ael. I’m here.”
“Is the master here?!”
When she opened the door, Ael jumped out of her squat and bowed her head so that her forehead touched her ankles.
“Huh?! Did you fall into the water?!”
Ael’s hair clung to her face like seaweed stalks. Ael asked in surprise.
“Hey… I was cooking…”
Looking down at the darkened clothes under her breasts and under her armpits, Ael smiled.
“No, how many times did you cook so much that you were so sweaty… Eww?!”
You turned your eyes to the table, and you closed your eyes tightly in fright.
But he was never wrong.
“Was today the tasting day?”
“No? Tomorrow?”
“Then what is that…?”
“Didn’t you try to eat with the master today?”
“That’s right. It was meant to be just the two of us, not six.”
“That’s right.”
“Sup…. Yes….”
At Ael’s reaction, Ael tilted his head and turned around the table as if he didn’t know what he meant.
Looks like you’ve got everything you need.
What part is the master having a problem with?
Unknowingly….
At that time, Ael clapped and squealed.
“Oh, that’s right!”
I didn’t bake the pork belly!
As expected, our master has a keen eye!