A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 487 A novel food experience

Playing in the mud was just an additional entertainment activity. With the help of Abigail and Sophia, Leon completed the real fire pit.

He chopped some wood and spread a shallow layer in the rectangular fire pit, then lit a fire to dry the mud walls. Seeing no signs of cracking due to the high temperature, Lyon nodded in satisfaction and continued to increase the fire.

After the flames started, Lyon sprinkled the coal that had been broken into small pieces in advance into the fire. When the coals turned faintly red, Lyon immediately returned to the kitchen to wash the mud off his hands, took out the skewers that had been skewered and started to put them on the fire pit.

"You two, help me keep an eye on these skewers. Give them some oil, turn them over, etc. I'll go do something else."

After demonstrating the steps to Abigail and Sophia, Leon handed the task to the two girls, and returned to the kitchen to start stir-frying the bottom of the pot with butter, chili, high-proof wine, shallots, garlic, etc.

Lyon couldn't find many things ready-made, such as bean paste and Sichuan peppercorns, and he couldn't make them himself, so the soup base was not actually authentic. However, after stir-frying, he added some mushrooms and chopped wasabi, tasted the soup base, and found that although it was not the taste he was familiar with, it had a unique flavor.

And it's not too spicy, so Abigail and Sophia should be able to accept it.

After the pot base was ready, Leon began to look for suitable heating utensils in the kitchen. After searching for a long time, he didn't see anything suitable. He could only take the fried pot base out and put it on the barbecue fire pit.

It was a bit crude, but it was usable. Looking at the bottom of the pot gradually boiling under the charcoal fire, Leon immediately brought out a small table from the house, transferred the sliced ​​meat, tripe, yellow throat mushroom, potato slices, etc. from the kitchen to the small table, and began to teach the two girls how to eat hot pot.

Abigail was quite skilled at using chopsticks for eating hot pot. After all, she often ate there with Lyon before. Seeing that Lyon seemed to use chopsticks very conveniently, Abigail also learned how to use chopsticks. After knowing that she only needed to pick up the cut food and put it into the boiling pot to cook before eating, Abigail quickly mastered the way to eat hot pot.

Sophia had a harder time. Faced with these two novel tableware made of small wooden sticks, Sophia was extremely awkward and stiff in her operation at the beginning. Fortunately, Leon had been teaching her and even took out a spoon and fork as spare tableware.

But seeing that Leon and Abigail could skillfully use the tableware called chopsticks, Sophia didn't want to lose face. However, after learning for a long time, she could only barely pick up things with chopsticks, and she was still a little short of being able to use it as skillfully as Abigail.

Lyon has a solution to this problem. That is to help Sophia blanch the meat or other ingredients, and then pass them to Sophia after they are done.

In order to prevent Sophia from being disgusted, Leon even used another pair of chopsticks, which made Sophia feel touched but also shy.

Because this method is basically considered feeding, Sophia, who is being fed, feels like a little baby. Although she enjoys this care, she still feels a little embarrassed. After all, she is an adult with all her limbs intact.

Unfortunately, no matter how awkward it was, Sophia still couldn't master the chopsticks, so she could only accept this way of feeding with a blushing face.

"You take care of the grilled meat and offal while I help Sophia with the hot pot."

Looking at Leon busying around for Sophia, even though Abigail knew that Leon was doing this to take care of Sophia who couldn't use chopsticks, she still felt a little jealous and secretly annoyed why she had to show off her proficiency in chopsticks and missed this benefit.

So he offered to take over the feeding from Leon, which would make Abigail feel better.

"Yeah." Leon didn't know Abigail's little thoughts. The three of them were all around the hot pot, and no one cared that grilling on charcoal fire was indeed inappropriate, so Leon moved aside and began to brush oil and turn over the skewers on the charcoal fire.

"Taste it."

When the first batch of skewers were sizzling with oil and emitting the distinctive aroma of charcoal grilling, Leon rolled up a handful of them, put them on a plate, sprinkled them with the prepared spices, and handed them to Abigail and Sophia.

Sophia looked at the meat on the skewers, especially the unusual offal that was mostly there, and shook her head in fear. Abigail also looked quite disgusted. After all, she knew where the meat on the skewers came from, and she was also indifferent.

Leon sighed helplessly, picked up a string of chicken hearts in his hand, bit the bottom one, pulled out the skewer, pulled off all three chicken hearts on the string, and put them into his mouth.

"It's delicious, why don't you try it."

"Okay." Before Abigail could speak, Sophia, not wanting to spoil the fun, tentatively picked up a skewer of chicken gizzards and took a small bite of one. Although it was a bit hard to chew, the rich spicy and burnt aroma made her eyes light up.

“It’s really delicious.”

Although I don’t really like this kind of chewy food, the unique charcoal-grilled flavor coupled with the spicy stimulation, the ingredients themselves are actually not important, and this very distinctive flavor really whets the appetite.

Leon and Sophia both tried it, but Abigail felt isolated. Looking at Sophia's expression of enjoyment that did not seem fake and Leon's provocative eyes, Abigail gritted her teeth, took a bunch of chicken hearts, and started her first attempt.

After just one bite, Abigail understood why Leon was so careful. Although the taste was a bit too strong, it was precisely this impact that made Abigail feel an unprecedented taste experience.

“It’s really delicious.”

"I told you I wouldn't let you down. BBQ and beer go really well together. Would you like some?"

Leon showed off proudly and suggested.

"Give me a bottle. I can't really drink." Abigail didn't refuse. After all, barbecue was quite spicy, and drinking some beer could relieve the spicy stimulation.

But Sophia shook her head: "I don't drink."

"It's okay, I'll get you some milk." Leon didn't insist. He went back to the refrigerator in the kitchen, took out two bottles of beer and a bottle of milk, and gave them to the two of them.

Watching Leon and Abigail clinking bottles and drinking together, Sophia, holding the ice milk, couldn't help but ask: "Leon, do you like drinking?"

"I don't like it, but sometimes I think about drinking to relax." Leon explained.

"What about the wine?" Sophia asked.

"I like it too. After all, it tastes good and it's not easy to get drunk. What? Are you planning to give me some?" Leon looked at Sophia and teased.

"Well, but we still have to wait until my production resumes. I gave the last box I reserved to Gus, and I don't have any wine left, so we need to wait for a while." Sophia nodded and replied.

"It's okay. If I want to drink, I can go find Gus. I don't think he will refuse to share." Leon comforted Sophia with a smile.

(End of this chapter)