Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 532 06.0531: ‘According to the porridge ritual’

"I don't know, Captain. Although I was born on the edge of the Extreme Star Territory, I don't know Cathay. I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, of course it's hot pot! It's a pity that you weren't on my battleship that time and didn't taste it, but the hot pot culture is rich and diverse, and there is also a small hot pot for two people."

"Uh-huh...is it spicy?" Sister Arabella was driven by Horatio's enthusiasm and became more relaxed than before: "I have heard of this famous Chinese dish. But I'm not very good at spicy food, the convent The food is relatively light, and my nasal cavity is relatively sensitive, so it may..."

As the nun spoke, two slightly apologetic red clouds appeared on her face, making her three-dimensional and mature face look particularly pure and lovely.

"Can't eat spicy food?" Horatio's eyes rolled.

"No problem! I solemnly introduce to you a non-spicy hot pot!" Horatio grinned mysteriously.

Soon after some time.

"Dear captain, dear nun, excuse me, this is the porridge-based hot pot you ordered. Please use it slowly. If you need anything, please summon me at any time."

The senior female manager of the mansion, wearing a sassy high ponytail and a black gold dragon pattern cheongsam, personally led the waitresses in festive red-faced golden phoenix cheongsam and cute bun hair to the door, knocked on the door respectfully, and After getting Horatio's permission, he opened it and presented a delicate little golden stove with hot white porridge.

As one of the highest-level state guesthouses in Cathay to entertain imperial officials, the Phoenix Tower has the best living treatment in Cathay, with all the delicacies that can be found in the Five Hundred Worlds.

However, the people of Cathay always respect the delicacies produced by their own planet and entertain guests from foreign lands.

Sister Arabella looked at the white porridge that was boiling and bubbling in the exquisite small stove in front of her, exuding the aroma of grain, and couldn't help but start to swallow her saliva.

In the convent of the nuns, this kind of porridge with simple ingredients but slowly releasing a sweet taste in the mouth was a common food ration, but she had never seen a hot pot with porridge as the soup base.

Just as she picked up the spoon and prepared to scoop a bowl of porridge, Horatio stopped her.

"Wait a minute, Sister Arabella. The porridge in the porridge-based hot pot is not what we drink today."

The nun blinked her big clear eyes in confusion, and smiled slightly awkwardly: "Ah, it turns out you're drinking now, I thought..."

Horatio picked up the dish next to him. It contained fresh aquatic products caught in the artificial lake of Sinian. It was a kind of fish fillet that the locals called 'three-eyed crispy meat'. It was divided into two parts, half of which was Sister Arabella poured it into the little golden pot and dropped half of it into her own pot.

Immediately afterwards, he used smooth movements to fish out the bamboo tube 'raft' from the elegant 'Liu Shang Qushui', which contained a variety of fresh ingredients padded with ice cubes.

Fish, shrimp, crab and shellfish are all available, and they are all different.

Although Horatio couldn't help but wonder if this offended the fundamentalism of porridge-based hot pot when faced with these alien fresh foods, he soon felt relieved - they were all pretty much the same anyway, and the most important thing was that the ingredients were fresh and delicious. of.

Well, it’s in line with porridge etiquette.

He poured palm-sized 'big black tiger shrimp' into the golden pot in front of Sister Arabella; 'four-eyed swimming crab' with crab roe as golden as the crab was cut open; 'upside-down razor clams' that bulged neatly toward the sky, and more There was seafood that Horatio couldn't name (most of the corresponding Ancient Terra species were quite familiar).

"Seafood should be added to the porridge base hot pot first, which will be the essence of the flavor of the entire porridge base, and then the meat. But before that, does Sister Arabella have any taboos?"

"Well, no."

"Then I'll give you a little of everything."

So various aquatic products fell into the boiling white porridge one by one, sinking and floating, disappearing and appearing.

As the chopped green onions are sprinkled into the boiling pot, the freshness in the water will also turn white or red - this is a sign that it is ripe and edible.

"It's ready to eat, nun. This is the non-spicy soy sauce I mixed with water. Try it." He made a 'please' gesture.

Sister Arabella carefully took the meat slices covered with crystalline rice grains into the bowl, raised her mouth and blew lightly.

After a little taste, and comparing the taste before and after, the white porridge that was just served was nothing special, it just tasted like the white porridge she was familiar with.

But after the dishes were cooked, the umami substances of fish, shrimp, crab and shells were integrated into the porridge, injecting new vitality into the rice porridge and making her taste the marrow.

"It's really delicious!" Her eyes were full of surprise, and her original fatigue was swept away.

“I never thought porridge could be so delicious!”

She held the bowl and murmured as if she had found a treasure: "The fish meat is very crispy and elastic, with a firm and delicious texture. The shellfish sublimates the flavor of the whole pot of porridge, and the shrimp and crab have a unique umami flavor of crustaceans." The aroma of soy sauce dipping in water adds another layer of flavor.

Well, maybe this will be very beneficial to Diana's recovery and stimulate her appetite - Captain, can I pack some and take it back? "

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning. You can take as many as you want, but the highlight is yet to come!"

He also fished out freshly slaughtered meat from the "Liu Shang Qushui", which were Grox beasts, alien cattle, and animals with Sinian characteristics, a soft-antlered deer-like animal, whose horns are still a piece of history A long-established traditional medicinal material.

These meats are being slaughtered right now, and they are even still beating when they float out of the flowing water.

Although it is a bit creepy, they will be incomparably crispy and tender when put into the pot. Most of the ingredients that can only be enjoyed by the top nobles in the imperial world are just luxury goods that the middle class can afford in the main worlds of Ultramar 500.

It can be seen how important "tithing tax exemption" is to the development of a planet, especially the world managed and planned by Guilliman's descendants. Instead of using resources to pay the high-loss and waste rate of tithes, it is better to use them efficiently on the spot and use high-quality troops and high-quality goods to serve the empire.

As the fresh and delicious dishes were eaten, Sister Arabella's taste buds were opened by the rich taste, and her lungs were moisturized by the warm and sweet hot porridge, and her whole face became ruddy again.

The ruddy face that regained its blood color made her return to the beauty and beauty when she first met. The beauty moles at the corners of her mouth and eyes just added a touch of mature charm to her face.

"You look like you're enjoying your meal."

"I haven't eaten at the table for a long time." The nun said after chewing and swallowing the food in her mouth politely: "In a tight environment, with people everywhere who need to be taken care of, the dining table I use most often is my own, sitting cross-legged."

"It's very hard, especially for you, the pure angels, who also have to shoulder combat missions. But later, if I remember correctly, the nun will assign your team as the ship's preaching group on my warship?"

"Escorting the 'Pure White Mayflower' is my last dispatch mission. After that, I will join your warship, and the battle sister Arabella will serve you, captain."