I sell sweets in Konoha

Chapter 148 Ingredients in the Mountains

If you want to truly be a chef, you have to start by understanding the ingredients.

If you want to really make good use of that skill, you have to move from theoretical knowledge to practice. Having only theoretical knowledge and no specific concept of the actual ingredients may be the reason why Junko's food lacks soul.

"Fried, stir-fried, fried~" The chef led Junko up the mountain with a basket on his back and said as he walked: "Each cooking method corresponds to different ingredients. And why should we use a certain method to cook a certain kind of food?" Ingredients, and why should these auxiliary ingredients be added to this ingredient.”

"These are not groundless rumors."

"Oh..." After hearing what the chef said, Junko thought for a moment and said, "So the fish king can't be grilled?"

"No." The chef said: "It's not that the fish king cannot be grilled. The focus of the fish king is freshness. The key point of making the fish king is to remove the fishy smell and improve the freshness."

"Oh... umami..." Junko nodded and said, "I know umami! Although umami was discovered very early, it was defined as a taste very late. There are taste cells on the tongue that specifically respond to umami. , and umami doesn’t seem to be a fixed taste, there is umami in many ingredients. Umami is very important when cooking.”

"You're right, freshness is a very important taste." Chef Dang said, "And when you are processing the fish king, you use thick ingredients. Although it is sufficiently stimulated from the senses, the taste level is also very rich. "

"It is roasted slowly over low heat to ensure freshness and tenderness, but the heavy ingredients dilute the taste of the king fish."

"That's the umami flavor. The fish meat itself is tender and juicy. Roasting it slowly over low heat does not lock in the moisture of the fish."

“The umami flavor is lost as the water evaporates during grilling.”

"Finally, you add lard to ensure that the fish king will not become dry due to long grilling time."

"The oil seeped in, further diluting the fresh flavor of the fish king."

"Uh..." Junko was a little speechless, not knowing how to refute this.

"So, you are not using the method to deal with the Fish King at all." The chef said: "But you are applying the method of grilling other fish to the Fish King."

"Hehehe~" Junko scratched her head and said with a giggle, "This is for tilapia."

Tilapia is a kind of fish from the past life. It is said that one of the shortcomings of this fish is that it has a strong earthy smell, and the other is that the meat of tilapia is not very tender, but relatively rough.

So the cutting material will be heavier.

Regarding the fish king here, it directly touched Junko's knowledge blind spot. She had no idea what the characteristics of this fish were.

So I tried it mechanically, and although I thought the result was not too bad, the difference was noticed by Kame Immortal and Touchu who have tricky tastes.

The chef's guess was correct, and Junko would not deny it.

"Yeah." Now listening to Junko's words, the chef nodded and said, "So the best way to treat this kind of fish is to make it into sashimi or steam it directly."

"If the dish is going to be grilled, use as few ingredients as possible. Salt and cumin are necessary, and a small amount of chili pepper can stimulate the appetite and increase food intake."

"Roasting it over high heat and quickly is the key to making the skin crispy and locking in moisture while ensuring the freshest flavor possible."

"Of course, if the conditions are sufficient, steaming is best." said the chef.

"Okay~ we're here."

When the chef took Junko to a bamboo forest halfway up the mountain, he saw that there were no other plants except bamboo.

"Bamboo shoots?" Junko looked at the bamboo forest and said curiously: "Are we here to dig bamboo shoots?"

"Yes, but not entirely!" said the chef: "I also need to cut down some bamboo to take back. Of course, the best thing to do is... I hope you can help me catch some bamboo rats and take them back."

"Bamboo rats?!" Junko became a little interested when she heard this and said, "Do you have bamboo rats here?"

"Yes," the chef said, "Although they are rare, you can still find bamboo rats."

"I'm not a combatant and can't catch bamboo rats if you can."

"Then just help me catch some bamboo rats here."

"OK~" Junko agreed immediately: "I'll catch bamboo rats right away."

"Yes." The chef nodded and said, "By the way, I have something to tell you in advance. You must learn to respect nature. Respect every living creature, even if it is about to become your food."

“Also have a sense of gratitude and reverence.”

"This is for you. Wearing this, you will never get lost." The chef took out a small thing that looked like a Sinan and placed it in the palm of Junzi's hand. He said carefully: "Go back quickly, the bamboo forest at night But it’s not as quiet as during the day.”

"Yeah." Junko didn't listen very carefully, but casually agreed to put the cheese away and then jumped through the bamboo forest.

Bamboo rat!A small creature that I have never seen before.The bamboo rat belongs to the family Bamboo Rat, a species of the genus Bamboo Rat. It feeds on bamboo, miscanthus, and plant stems.

In previous lives, there were three genus of bamboo rats in China.

The white bamboo rats, large bamboo rats, Chinese bamboo rats and small bamboo rats are all nationally protected animals, and it is illegal to catch them in the wild without permission.

China has a specialized bamboo rat breeding industry.

It is also worth mentioning that the white bamboo rat is a variant of the Chinese bamboo rat, an extremely rare bamboo rat.So the color white is really a safe haven for bamboo rats!

As for the taste of bamboo rats, Junko has never tasted them herself, but the information says that because bamboo rats feed on bamboo, they don’t have much fishy smell and have a unique bamboo aroma. They don’t have much meat, mainly because the skin is delicious.At the same time, bamboo rats also have high medicinal value. According to modern medical research, bamboo rats can promote the growth of white blood cells and hair in the human body, enhance liver function and prevent vascular sclerosis.

In short, this may be a good thing for programmers who are afraid of baldness.

In this life, since the chef asked Junko to catch bamboo rats, he must use this thing to make dishes. Junko had never eaten it in his previous life, so naturally he wanted to taste the taste of this bamboo rat.

"Hmm...how to catch this bamboo rat?"

Junko, who had run for a while, suddenly stopped. How to catch the bamboo rat?This is still a small problem.

Bamboo rats are nocturnal creatures and only come out to look for food at night.But what Ting Dangchu meant was that he couldn’t wait until the bamboo rats came out at night before catching them, because it didn’t seem safe at night.

If you want to catch them during the day... there is nothing you can do. You can smoke the bamboo rat holes or dig them out directly.

But now if you want to catch bamboo rats, you have to find a good bamboo rat hole first.

"Well, look for the bamboo rat hole!" Junko said with a wicked smile: "Let me see who fights, who is the most beautiful, who is broken up in love, and who has a heatstroke?"

"Who...."

"Looks like a potato~"

Chapter 149 Bamboo Rat

"Is there a bamboo rat in this cave?" Junko looked at a cave under her feet.

The cave in the bamboo forest is much larger than expected.Judging from the size, it is not a hole that can be dug by ordinary small rodents.

So this guess is correct that it is the bamboo rat's burrow.

"How to catch it?" Junko crouched down and looked into the cave. It was pitch black and couldn't see anything.

If this is really a bamboo rat's burrow, then catching the bamboo rat is a bit of a technical job.Junko remembered reading some introductions about bamboo rats and how to catch them in her previous life, saying that the bamboo rat’s cave was not just a hole as imagined.The bamboo rat's burrow is very complicated!

The bamboo rat's burrow consists of a mound, a cave entrance, an esophagus, a shelter, a nest room and a toilet.And sometimes there is more than one escape tunnel.

Therefore, if you want to catch bamboo rats, you must first block all these holes and leave only one passage.

Then the method of digging or smoking depends on the mood.

"Shadow Clone Technique!" Junko can create clones and start searching for other entrances and exits of the bamboo rat cave.This was the first time she had done this, but if her estimate was good, the other entrances and exits of the Bamboo Rat should not be too far away.

Anyway, let the shadow clone block most of the entrances and exits around the cave, leaving only the one under your feet and another entrance.

Then the rest is smoke!

Junko didn't plan to catch bamboo rats by digging. Bamboo rats' burrows were complicated and would take a long time to dig.So smoking is a good way to force the bamboo rat to come out only through this hole.

On the other side, the shadow clone used local materials such as bamboo and other dry branches and fallen leaves to start a fire to create smoke and fan the smoke into the hole.

The main body was waiting at the entrance of the cave at her feet. Waiting~ After waiting for a while, Junko discovered that there was really movement in the cave. She did not hesitate to pick up the wooden stick and wait for the bamboo rat to get out of the cave. In an instant, he hit his head with a sap, knocked him unconscious and took him away.

Junko was a little excited, excitedly watching something furry emerge from the dark hole.

"Hey~ I'm going to die!" When Junko saw that he didn't say anything, he immediately hit him with a blow on the head.

But at that moment, it was too late and so fast!

As soon as the stick came into contact with Bamboo Rat Junko, she felt some powerful force exerted on herself. This... what on earth is this?

Completely unaware!The only thing I felt was that I flew backwards and fell to the ground!

"Cough cough~"

Junko felt uncomfortable all over after the sudden fall. Although she was not seriously injured, she seemed to be affected by it.I feel dizzy, and the fall is really life-threatening.

Junko reluctantly got up from the ground and looked at the gray furry bamboo rat...

"Cough cough cough~" I coughed hard twice and gasped for air. I finally recovered and found the bamboo rat...

That's not the look of a weak creature at all. The bamboo rat now doesn't look like a whimpering monster waiting to be licked to look like a potato. It's suffering from heatstroke, lost in love, and sick. , ingredients that you eat while waiting for a reason!

Although there is the embarrassment of being forced into a desperate situation, there is a desperate counterattack that is unwilling to accept fate!

What's more, it has the toughness and ferocity of a murderer!

"Ugh!!!!" The bamboo rat sang the prelude of counterattack with its funny-sounding voice. In this desperate situation, there was no way out!Fight back!It must fight to defeat the intruder who invaded his home.

Fight for survival today!

'Oops! 'Junko only feels that her scalp is numb!

Not only was she laughed at by the fish today, she also encountered something that no one would believe if she told her!She was being chased and beaten by a bamboo rat? !

Shame on you!I’m so embarrassed today!

She wanted to fight back but couldn't. Her intuition told her that this bamboo rat was not simple. The attack just now was just a rash attack without perfect preparation.And now it is a fierce offensive that is well prepared!

There was a roaring sound, which was like wind but not like wind. It stirred the airflow and formed a sharp blade. Wherever the sharp blade passed, all the bamboos were cut into countless small pieces.

'Use ice! Junko looked at the unknown attack rushing toward her like a fishing net.

The bamboo rat's surprise attack just now left her feeling unable to gather chakra, and more importantly, she was too weak to move!If you can't run away, you can only use ice to build an ice wall!

But...but!

'slow! 'Junko is a little desperate!That unknown attack seems slow but is also fast!Although the ice wall rose from the ground, it did not rise faster than the unknown attack.

Seeing that the attack was coming, the ice wall couldn't completely block it!

'It's going to end! 'Junko is even more desperate!

I was careless and didn't expect that the bamboo rats here had such powerful attacks. The ice wall couldn't stop them all!At this moment, Junko even felt that she had seen the miserable scene of herself being beheaded.

At the moment when the net was about to touch her forehead, something that glowed like a turtle shell suddenly unfolded in front of Junko and defused the seemingly fierce attack for her.

"You can't even defeat a bamboo rat?"

The next second that thing that looked like a shield dissipated, she heard a familiar voice speaking to her with a disappointed look.

"Being... a chef?"

When the attack completely disappeared, Junko gradually recovered as if she had escaped from death. Her stiff body suddenly collapsed. She was unable to use any strength due to excessive tension.

"You can't even defeat a bamboo rat..." Junko laughed to herself.

This is not the first time that Junko has been frustrated here.

He couldn't defeat the old turtle, was scolded by the chef, ridiculed by the fish, and even a bamboo rat looked so ferocious...

Oh my gosh!She...where on earth has she been?

How could this be so?

"Why?" Junko said in confusion: "Why?!"

With such strength?Why is this happening?She is exhausted here!

I can’t figure it out at all!

Why is this happening?

With a cheat, she was once invincible in the ninja world. Even if she couldn't win, she still had a chance of survival.But here she was frustrated almost everywhere, even this time it was a matter of life and death!Why?Why is this happening?Why is she frustrated in such a place after stacking her attribute panels to the current limit?

Why can't she even defeat a bamboo rat with the plug-in enabled?

"This is the power of nature." The chef said slowly: "I told you before, you have to learn to respect nature and all the creatures living in this fairy mountain. This is the power of nature."

"The power of nature?" Junko suddenly woke up and said, "You mean that bamboo rat just used natural energy? That's not right! Although I don't know how to change its form, it should be chakra, right?"

"No! Does a wild bamboo rat know how to use chakra?"

"Is this a big joke?"

Junko only felt some inexplicable feeling of ridicule!Back then, she couldn't extract chakra anyway and was kicked out of school. But in a place like this, even a bamboo rat can use chakra?Even the usage just now looks like an advanced use of chakra, the properties of chakra have changed!

I’m a turtle!The bamboo rats here are really showing off, right?

This...is this a joke?