She Is Not a Witch Chapter 339: Dragon and Barbecue
Push away the restaurant decorated like a bar, and a lively scene greets you.
The air is mixed with the smell of barbecue spices, a little smoke from the charcoal fire, the sweat of the guests, and a little perfume.
This kind of air can be said to be a critical blow to Luria, whose nose is so inspiring. The tail behind the black cat witch suddenly stood up, quickly covered her nose with her cuffs, and then stood still in front of the restaurant door until Lorraine Hill walked away. After coming up, he followed her in with small steps.
Because she is the witch who is in charge of the wind, Lorraine Hill is surrounded by a weak airflow, which can easily filter and purify the peculiar smell in the air. You can get the same fresh experience when you are next to this white cat-like girl .
"Phew, I feel better now." Holding Lorraine Hill's arm, Luria fanned the air in front of her nose with her hand, and then looked at the restaurant's environment with curious eyes.
Because today is the weekend, it is more lively than usual. Even at noon, there are many guests here. Many of them are workers or guards of Farfner, and some are local traders and handicraft workers. , Occasionally I can see a few people who travel here from other regions.
Most of them were men, except for Lorraine Hill and Luria, there were only two young women, who seemed to be mages, and they came here with fellow apprentices.
These people sat at the thick wooden table in twos and threes, drinking beer in big gulps. Occasionally, those who had money would order a glass of imported spirit wine.
Compared to the wines brewed by humans, elves' fine wine tastes better, and of course it is more expensive. It has always been a strong export commodity for elves. The girl has seen this in the forest.
Those elves are always patient and free to study various fruits, grains, and flavors brewed in different ways. If you meet an elf who likes this, they can even talk to you for three days and three nights, All are different brewing methods and know-how.
"Good afternoon, both of you~ What do you want to eat? Today's special dish is 'Ice Field Elephant Barbecue'."
Shortly after the two girls entered the door, the clerk walked over in small steps.
"Sounds good, do you want to eat this?" Lorraine Hill asked the black cat witch beside him.
"Okay." She agreed first, and then asked curiously, "Are there any other special dishes?"
"There are others, but today we serve 'Icefield Elephant Barbecue'. The food is different every day, so you can eat different delicacies every day."
"This is good~" Lulia patted her fingers briskly, and when the clerk continued to ask what side dishes she wanted, there was a burst of flames breathing from the back of the restaurant. The heat overflowed, warming the face and making the hair flutter slightly.
"Hey, the boss started to barbecue again today. Is this the first time for the guests? If you can go to the back to watch it, it is definitely a rare experience." The clerk excitedly introduced the two girls.
"Really, then let's go and have a look." After speaking, Lulia pulled Lorraine Hill to the back impatiently.
Through the short corridor, the blazing red light leading directly to the back fills the field of vision. Only when the fire light is a little weaker can others see the whole picture of the backyard clearly.
Behind this restaurant is a cliff hanging in the air, and a huge red-scaled fire dragon is just below the cliff. Its huge body, just standing with its neck raised, its head exceeds the height of the restaurant.
There is a flat piece of volcanic rock on the open space in front of the cliff. At this moment, the fire dragon is opening its mouth slightly, spewing out thick and blazing flames, continuously roasting the meat on the volcanic rock, and there is a burst of fire in the air. Tempting meaty aroma.
Although the piece of meat is not as big as a fire dragon, it is more than five meters wide and half a meter thick. It turned brown, the grease overflowed, and it boiled with a pleasant sizzling sound.
"This side is ready." After the fire dragon roasted the meat for a while, a very strong man next to him shouted loudly.
Hearing his shout, the fire dragon stopped breathing fire, and then shook its neck. The red scales glistened in the sun, and it could be seen that the fire dragon was very healthy and young.
After the flames dissipated, the man picked up the huge sword that looked like a door panel, inserted the sword into the gap between the meat and the stone slab, and then lifted it up violently, causing the large piece of meat to roll up in the air, bringing The steaming white air and the smell of meat firmly attracted the eyes of those who were watching, and then the piece of meat fell down again, and suddenly stuck to the stone board, with the other side facing up.
"OK!"
Afterwards, the man who used to be the dragon knight took a few steps back to make room, and the fire dragon spewed fire again.
The dazzling blazing flame gushes out, and then covers the entire piece of meat, and then the flame slowly stabilizes, the crimson particles evenly and rhythmically covering every corner of the piece of meat.
The water on the meat slices is evaporated quickly, the surface becomes dry, and then the proteins and sugars in it begin to undergo a wonderful 'Maillard' reaction, and the molecules begin to condense, polymerize, and cyclize, etc., and then generate aldehydes and ketones Alcohols, amines, ketones, aldehydes and other substances, along with the decomposition of sugars and proteins, an attractive fragrance began to overflow.
The high-temperature particles of the flame continued to penetrate deep into the meat slices, penetrating the heat into the ice-like tough meat, and at the same time, the meat on the surface slowly turned brown, and the fine parts began to carbonize. Such a crispy texture will bring another different taste to the meat slices, making it more attractive and distinct from the taste inside.
During the baking process, the dragon knight wielding a huge sword inserted the sword into the huge barrel prepared on the side, and then brought it out at an angle, and the brown sawdust flew out and fell into the flame .
The black pine sawdust from the forest in the south burns quickly and then rises in the flame. These sawdust with weak moisture emit white gas during burning. The lignan molecules decomposed when the pine wood is burned are transformed into The smaller particles, in which eugenol and guaiacol are mixed into the water vapor, are brought to the surface of the meat by the flame particles and mixed together to produce an intoxicating smoky aroma.
It is not strong, but has a resinous fragrance, which slightly neutralizes the fragrance of the oil and makes it more palatable. After this step, the fire dragon also stopped spraying flames under the order of the dragon knight. To prevent the continued high temperature from destroying the aroma and taste.
In this way, the most important step of grilling meat is completed, and then it is time to sprinkle different spices and side dishes according to the needs of different guests.
Looking at the still sizzling stone slab, Lulia, the cat witch, had already become motionless, as if her whole life had been impacted by a higher level.
"It turns out that barbecue can be this powerful..." Seeing the sparkle in her eyes, she almost rushed towards the stars.
Under the expectant eyes of everyone, the dragon knight stepped forward, slashed his giant sword, and easily cut half of the roast meat, and then the clerk who had been prepared by the side carried the wooden barrel and poured the paving material on it. On the meat slices, use a wooden spatula to quickly smooth it, and a stimulating spicy taste will spread out.
"This is it?" Lulia looked puzzled, but soon she knew why.
The dragon knight picked up the piece of meat with his sword, and threw it directly at the fire dragon, and was bitten off by the latter, chewing and tasting it slowly. Judging by its enjoyment, it seems very satisfied with today's masterpiece.
After distributing the due rewards to his partners, the dragon knight cut the remaining half into even small pieces with his sword, and then the shop assistants put them on plates one by one and brought them to the table in front.
"The two girls' portions are ready too, please follow me." The clerk from before saw the two girls still curiously watching the busyness of the store, and walked over to say hello with a smile.
"Okay." Lorraine Hill pulled the reluctant Lulia to the front of the restaurant, and soon a plate of steaming huge barbecue was served in front of the two girls. There are also various accessories, such as cumin, chili, salt, spices, etc., which can be freely selected by two people.
"I don't know what flavor you two like. If you don't know, we also provide recommended collocations for you."
"Then I'll trouble you." Both Lorraine Hill and Luria came here for the first time, so they simply asked the clerk to help with matching.
"Okay." Then the clerk quickly and skillfully picked up various bottles and cans, and spread them quickly and evenly in front of the two of them.
"Before the heat dissipates, now is the best time to eat, please enjoy it." After that, he slowly backed away.
Looking at the one-meter-wide barbecue in front of the table, the fibers in the meat slices still reveal the unique tenacity of the ice field elephant, rough and barbaric, with a hint of steam in the aroma, constantly tempting the nose.
"I can't, I can't help it anymore." Lulia stretched out her hand, and then swiped across it in an instant. The piece of meat was divided into neat small pieces and fell onto the plate in front of her, and was quickly picked up. Throw it in your mouth.
"Phew, it's so hot!" The black cat witch's tongue seemed to be like a cat's, very sensitive and not resistant to high temperatures. .
"Woo, t_t..." After eating, the black cat couldn't help crying.
"What's the matter, isn't it delicious?" Lorraine Hill just cut off a piece and put it on the plate before eating it.
"No, it's so delicious, what should I do if I can't eat it in the future..."
"The big man and the fire dragon can only live for a few hundred years at most, so pitiful..." I don't know whether the witch is pitying the other party or herself, but Lorraine Hill feels relieved and slowly Feeling the still hot and fiery barbecue in his mouth, the magical heat seems to be longer and full of stamina.
First is the slightly crispy outer layer, the stimulating and pleasant spices make the saliva secrete quickly, and then the slightly chewy meat layer, in the process of tearing the meat, the overflowing oil and fiber A new taste and texture are produced in the tongue and teeth, and finally the inner layer is softer. There still seems to be some desolation and roughness of the ice field like trekking on the wasteland, tough and slightly lower temperature. , mixed with the spices in the mouth, burst out the last layer of impact.
With just one piece of meat, there are three completely different experiences, and the layers are distinct, and the final mixture is extraordinarily long, which is evocative and admirable.
Sure enough, it's delicious.
Although I have heard of the name of this restaurant before, it was only this time that Lorraine Hill deeply understood the magical charm of this kind of food.
No wonder that dragon knight didn't even want his job, and insisted on pursuing delicious food. It seems that he has indeed found an unprecedented path, which is amazing.
When she slowly finished eating this small piece of meat, Lorraine Hill looked up and saw that Lulia beside her had already finished eating. When enjoying it, it is so fast that others don't notice it.
The black cat jumped up immediately after eating, ran to the front desk with small steps, and immediately ordered another piece of barbecue.
The ice field elephant is very big, and it will not be used up until evening today.
"I'm not going anywhere today, just eat barbecue here, Lorraine." Although it was a suggestion, Lorraine Hill understood that this black cat couldn't stop being greedy.
"Okay, okay, let's be here today." The girl also smiled happily.
The two of them stood on the cliff, like people watching a huge excavator roaring at work, watching the even bigger red dragon wantonly swaying flames, roasting the pieces of meat into shape.
In the eyes of the two, this process gradually changed from unfamiliar to familiar, and then with a certain rhythm and magic, it seemed that people would never tire of watching it, and it was very stress-relieving and relaxing.
Rough, savage, raw meat with a **** smell, in the flames, the smell of blood is slowly filtered out, the rough and hard-to-bite meat gradually swells, and it is slightly bent, and the fat slowly overflows , and the fibers are also soft, exuding white gas and fragrance.
From irregular, rough and slightly cold raw meat to fragrant and fat-rich cut meat, time and time again from disorder to order, unshaped to regular and delicious, the world seems to be unfolding Another special charm, if you use oriental words ~IndoMTL.com~ seems faintly in line with the Tao.
This kind of clearly visible, rational, visual, and olfactory process enjoyment makes people addicted to it. It can even be said that one person and one dragon are not working, but enjoying every second of it.
Perhaps ordinary people cannot perceive or experience such a state, but for the two sensitive and extraordinary witches, they will not ignore it, which is why they are clearly witches, but they are willing to spend time , just stood aside and watched them barbecue.
When the skills are so sophisticated, you seem to be able to perceive the slightest change in it, and know it clearly. That kind of grasp and control of details brings people an unimaginable sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, thus It continues to urge you to keep moving forward, the better and faster, the faster the better, until you leave everyone far away and reach an unprecedented new level.
At this time, skill is no longer just a tool for making a living. It seems to become the light in your life, bringing you endless hope and expectation, illuminating other dark corners, and smoothing the dark corners in your life. The shadow of frustration, low self-esteem, wounds, etc., also bring many by-products such as income and even respect.
So, want a barbecue tonight? (laughs