Elven settlers

Chapter 416 Visiting Neighbors
Arbor Monster and Geranium had returned from the greenhouse at some point, and were huddled together with Heiluga and Chenglong, staring motionlessly at the cauldron where meat was being stewed.

"Hahaha, have you guys been petrified?"

Rock turned around and saw this scene. He laughed and then opened the lid of the stew pot.

A thick stream of white smoke rose up, and the mellow smell became stronger and stronger.

"Gudu."

Rock's Adam's apple couldn't help but roll. The taste of this pot of stewed toucan was beyond his expectation.

He hasn't put the mushrooms in yet, but the smell of the meat stewed in the pot is already very fragrant.

Seeing Luo Ke lift the lid of the pot, Abo blames them and their eyes immediately widened with light.

"Eat slowly, it's very hot."

In the expectant eyes of the elves, Rock found an empty plate and filled them with four pieces of big-billed bird meat.

The hot pieces of meat were not something that Abo could blame them for. Chenglong just blew lightly and the temperature of the meat dropped.

The elves swallowed the fist-sized pieces of big-billed bird meat into their mouths in one gulp. They only opened and closed their mouths a few times before swallowing the pieces of meat into their stomachs, without even spitting out the bones inside.

"Gamai!" "Hey!" "Boom!"

"That's right~"

After the elves finished eating the meat, they immediately gave unanimous praise. The greedy Arbo even stretched his big head in front of Rock with his mouth wide open.

Seeing that Geranium, Heiluga and Chenglong were ready to move, Rock quickly pushed the Abo monster aside.

"Okay, okay, it's not finished yet. You can eat it after a while."

After driving away the salivating Arbo monster, Rock himself took a piece of big-billed bird meat from the pot and tasted it. The taste was indeed particularly delicious.

The large-billed bird meat that is stir-fried and then stewed is exceptionally tender. While absorbing the flavor of the soup, the mellow flavor of the meat itself has not been masked.If Abo hadn't looked at them strangely, Rock himself would have wanted to eat another piece.

However, in order to enjoy the most delicious food, he still restrained his desire to start eating now.

The meat is almost cooked, and now it’s time to add the side dishes.

Rock poured all the soaked wild mushrooms, fried potato cubes in advance, and the remaining five proud pheasant hard-boiled eggs into the pot, stir-fried them evenly with a spatula, and then put the cooked eggs in the pot. Pull the dough into small round cakes, stick them to the edge of the pot, and finally close the lid again.

“Stew for another half hour and you’ll be ready to eat!”

After taking another sip of saliva, Rock said excitedly to the Arbo monsters, then moved a tree stump and squeezed together with the elves, staring at the steaming iron pot and waiting.

The waiting time was a bit torturous, and when nothing happened, Rock held Heiluga in his arms and started thinking about his pot of stew.

"It always feels a bit strange. What's the reason? I've roasted toucan before, but it wasn't as delicious."

What Heilujia and Chenglong caught were just ordinary wild toucans nearby. Rock and the elves had eaten them before, and the taste could only be described as ordinary, nothing out of the ordinary.

Just changing the cooking method from roasting to stewing made such a big change, which made him a little confused for a moment.

Because he had roasted and stewed Lada before, although there was indeed a difference in taste, it was not almost a one-dimensional improvement like the Toucan. "The seasonings used are either picked from the vegetable garden or bought from Sunshine Town. They have never changed. The only difference is the oil and... right! It should be the lard from the woolly pig, the tree fruit wine and the honey vinegar. reason."

After carefully reviewing his steps in his mind, Rock attributed the reason to the seasonings used.

Whether it is the lard refined from long-haired pig fat, or the tree fruit wine and honey vinegar brewed in Huhu, they are all high-quality ingredients.Previously, Luo Ke used ordinary oil and cooking wine, which was naturally not as effective as these high-quality ingredients.

In addition, this iron pot stewing method is a time-tested cooking method, and it is not surprising that the combination produces a wonderful chemical reaction.

At this moment, he deeply realized the saying "you never get tired of fine food, and you never get tired of fine food". During the cooking process, some seemingly small changes can greatly improve the quality of food.

"It looks like we can eat more big-billed birds in the future, so that the pressure on the Rattas will be less."

Reminiscent of the taste of the meat he had just tasted, Roque, who was combing the fur on Heiluga's chest, unconsciously licked the corners of his mouth.

"Hey hey hey"

Heiluga, who was squinting and enjoying Rock's combing, also stuck out his tongue and licked his mouth, nodded in agreement, and the Abo monsters on the side also agreed.

After waiting for quite a long half an hour, this incredibly delicious iron pot stewed toucan was finally ready.

After adding various wild mushrooms from the Yunhui Mountains, the stewed food in the pot has a richer flavor and a more mellow and delicious texture.

At noon on a crisp autumn day, Rock and the elves had a delicious meal, finishing the pot of stew and all the soup.

After the meal, Rock and Abo took a nap while basking in the warm sunshine.Then he took a bottle of honey, a jar of pickles made by Sarah, and rode a geranium to visit his neighbor, Mr. and Mrs. Kava.

In fact, Rock had thought about it when he came back from the Yunhui Mountains the day before yesterday. First, Carly gave him mushrooms and Arrogant Pheasant eggs, and he had to reciprocate.

The second reason is because he wants to find Carly to get some herbal seedlings and plant them in his greenhouse.

The last and more important thing is that after saying goodbye to Carly and Morizumi that day, Rock still had some questions that he wanted to answer from Carly.But because Carly still had a mission that day, she had to go again today.

Originally, Rock only wanted to go there with Geranium, but Heiluga appeared out of nowhere, wagging his tail and followed them.

Seeing this, Rock just let Heiluga go. With Heiluga who has a keen sense of smell, they would be safer on the road.

After all, this is an inaccessible wilderness, and you never know when a bad-tempered trap bear will suddenly appear.

Rock had encountered many such situations when he visited the Kawa couple in the past, but not today.

The journey to the Kava couple's house was uneventful. Kava, who happened to be out on a mission, had returned and was chopping firewood in front of their wooden house. He saw Rock and his party coming at a glance.

"Rock!"

From afar, Kava dropped the ax in his hand and waved his arm at Rock.

When they came closer, Rock rolled off Geranium's back, took Kava's arm and patted him on the shoulders.

The two of them had just exchanged a few words when Carly, who heard the commotion, came out from behind the wooden house. Looking at her overalls covered in soil and the shovel in her hand, she must have been playing with plants just now.

"You're here, Rock. I happen to have something to give you. There's no need to go and give it to you now."

(End of this chapter)