Gourmet Beast Tamer

Chapter 290 Mustard Greens

Seeing that it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Lang decided to set up camp next to Lanqiu Waterfall for repairs tonight.

Of course, it is impossible to arrange a tent close to the water pool.

Although the waterfall is beautiful, the roaring sound day and night is still very disturbing to rest.

After taking a few beautiful photos under the waterfall, the three of them walked about a kilometer along another stream leading from the Chengshui Pond and came to an open space.

The roar of the upper waterfall is almost inaudible here and will not have much impact on the rest.

Both Qin Lang and Zhou Tianhao had experience in surviving in the wild. They were quick with their hands and feet and quickly set up three tents for one person to rest.

Shen Qian was not idle either. Although she didn't know how to set up a tent, she took the food spirits around the area while the other two were setting up tents. When she came back, she carried a lot of green wild vegetables in her hands.

"Look what I found!" Shen Qian smiled and waved the wild vegetables in her hand, "There are a lot of mushrooms in the bag!"

"Huh? This is..." Qin Lang washed his hands by the stream and took the wild vegetables from Shen Qian, with a look of surprise on his face.

"What kind of wild vegetable is this? This is the first time I've seen it." Zhou Tianhao on the side also came up curiously, but after looking at it for a while, he couldn't match the wild vegetable in front of him with any vegetable in his memory.

"I don't know either, but I've eaten this kind of wild vegetables once before, and the crunchy taste is pretty good." Shen Qian pointed to an area behind him, "There were a lot of them there, and they looked very fresh, so I picked some. See if you can eat it.”

"It's edible. This is mustard greens." Qin Lang smiled, weighed a handful of mustard greens in his hand, and turned to look at Shen Qian, "Did you just say there are more?"

"Yes, it weighs a few hundred kilograms at least..." Shen Qian said subconsciously, and then noticed Qin Lang's expression at this moment, and her heart moved, "You know this kind of wild vegetables, you must know how to cook them, right?"

"I do know." Qin Lang nodded slightly.

The development of gastronomy in the two worlds has never overlapped, so there are many differences in some aspects.

Take this mustard green, for example, which Qin Lang has never seen in any vegetable market before. However, it is called a wild vegetable by Shen Qian, which proves that this kind of food is not valued in this world.

"Mustard greens can be stir-fried directly. They have a crispy texture and good taste." Qin Lang paused slightly, "But there is another classic way to make it, which is to dry and ferment it into a new kind. Side dish – prunes.”

"It's actually dried and fermented?" Shen Qian found it unexpected, but also reasonable.

The making of sauce is a combination of fermentation and other processing steps. Qin Lang is able to make a variety of sauces with wonderful flavors by himself, and is quite proficient in this aspect.

Zhou Tianhao on the side nodded thoughtfully, showing an expectant look, "How long does it take to make prunes?"

"It won't take long..." Qin Lang calculated in his mind, "It can be done in more than ten days."

The fermentation time of pickled vegetables is not long. It mainly involves repeated drying and steaming. Compared with the time required for the latter, the former is nothing.

"So soon?" Zhou Tianhao looked delighted, "It seems that I have a chance to taste this side dish called prunes."

"I'll let you taste it first when it's ready." Qin Lang smiled, got up and walked in the direction pointed by Shen Qian.

He had to see how much wild mustard there was here.

What an extra surprise.

Qin Lang couldn't help but swallowed when he thought of a classic dish made with dried plum vegetables - braised pork with plum vegetables.

Soon, Qin Lang came back with a bright smile.

The quantity was larger than he expected. He could pick it and take it with him when he left Lanqiu Forest. Soon he would have another exclusive side dish.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Lang checked the other ingredients that Shen Qian had picked.

They are all common edible mushrooms, because the wild ones are not that big, but the essence is concentrated, and the taste must be better than the ordinary ones.

It is worth mentioning that Shen Qian also found a dead tree nearby. The humid environment caused the trunk of the tree to be covered with fungus.

Looking at the small one, whose crispy fungus can be felt when pinched with his hand, Qin Lang's smile became even stronger, "With these ingredients, we can make a mushroom soup tonight."

"Catch a few more fish and serve them with mustard greens." Qin Lang looked at the stream nearby and quickly came up with an idea, "Mushroom, vegetable and fish soup!"

Although it sounds like a bit of a hodgepodge, it should taste pretty good.

One of the delicacies for dinner was decided.

Just imagining the deliciousness of the fish soup made Shen Qian and Zhou Tianhao a little hungry.

Although I ate a lot at lunch, I had already digested it by hiking through the forest in the afternoon.

"I seemed to have seen wild tits just now, the ones you roasted for lunch." Zhou Tianhao chuckled, "I'll catch a few and see if there are any other ingredients!"

The two crispy tits at noon were not enough for everyone. If possible, he would like to try them again for dinner.

"Hello tits!" Shen Qian obviously thought of going together with Zhou Tianhao, and nodded excitedly. Then she seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes lit up, "Qin Lang, I have an idea!"

"Are you competing again?" Seeing Shen Qian's expression, Qin Lang knew what this guy was thinking.

"Yes! This time our theme is 'unpopular cooking methods'. How about it?" Shen Qian said with a smile.

The reason why she suddenly mentioned the competition again was because Shen Qian suddenly felt that she was also a Yuling cook after all, and she always looked like a salty fish when Qin Lang cooked.

The ingredients she was looking for and the common animals in the forest quickly reminded her of a special delicacy she had mastered.

The taste of this delicacy is great, but what’s even more special is the way it’s cooked.

This is also the reason why Shen Qian set the theme of this competition as "unpopular cooking methods".

Qin Lang touched his chin when he heard this topic, thought for a moment and then readily agreed, "No problem!"

Although unpopular cooking methods are rare, they are not difficult for Qin Lang.

However, he has not yet decided which dish to bring out. This needs to be determined based on the ingredients.

"Since you two are dueling, let me be the referee?" Zhou Tianhao said with a smile.

During the afternoon chat, Zhou Tianhao also learned about the battles and exchanges between Qin Lang and Shen Qian from time to time.

Although the two people in front of him are not as strong as him and are younger than him, in terms of cooking skills, Zhou Tianhao is the one at the bottom.

So Zhou Tianhao wanted to participate, but he had no intention of participating as a contestant.

Qin Lang and Shen Qian also had no objections to Zhou Tianhao's proposal.

After a brief discussion, Zhou Tianhao left a food spirit to guard the house, and the three of them set off separately to start looking for ingredients for dinner.

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