A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 664 I Don't Take the Blame for This
The tea seedlings are ready, and the next step is to prepare the matching flower pots.

This thing also needs to be rubbed by Lyon's hands, but he can't do it for the time being because it requires refined quartz.

Lyon has no shortage of clay and stone, but he has never burned refined quartz. Fortunately, Lyon still has a lot of quartz.

Carrying quartz and coal, Lyon came to the furnace area. He first took the copper ingots smelted yesterday, and then filled the coal and quartz into it. When the coal was put into the furnace, flames instantly spread, and then an extremely hot heat wave hit his face, making Lyon retreat repeatedly.

The temperature is even more terrifying than yesterday. This is the power of the summer sun. Anyway, Lyon doesn't dare to get within two meters of these furnaces now.

There was no risk of burns, but it was too hot, and Lyon had no masochistic tendencies.

While the furnace was melting the quartz, Lyon took the ten copper ingots he had just purchased, returned to the house to find some wood, and once again forged five sap collectors. He took them out and installed them in the oak forest.

After putting away the sap collectors, Lyon went back again, took out three glass containers, went to the remote forest from the north exit, and poured the resin that had long been filled in the three sap collectors placed first into the containers.

"This bottle of maple syrup could probably be used to make something delicious."

Oak resin and pine tar were of no use to Lyon for the time being, but maple syrup gave him a new idea.

Lyon has an endless passion for cooking. He has tasted maple syrup before, but that was the finished product. He has never tasted this kind of original maple syrup. He gave the two bottles he had last time to Brother Xiong. Now Lyon plans to try this world-famous thing himself.

After returning to the house with maple syrup, Leon began to prepare.

A frying pan is essential for boiling maple syrup, but you don't need too much. You can actually eat it directly. It's sweet and has a unique maple flavor, but Lyon plans to make something else.

Then there are the ingredients that go with the maple syrup, which is also the main reason why Leon had a flash of inspiration, that is, the strawberries in the box.

Smart people may have guessed Lyon’s plan, which is to make candied haws, but not the traditional candied haws, but a combination of Chinese and Western version of maple candied haws, and it’s a strawberry version.

But these strawberries are too big, no smaller than smaller apples, so Lyon also plans to make them into apple candies, or strawberry candies.

The shape doesn’t matter, the name doesn’t matter, the key is whether it tastes good or not.

Of course, the most important step is to cut out the wooden sticks first.

Lyon was quite familiar with this job, as he had done it many times when he was grilling before, and with a sharp tool like the Galaxy Watermelon Knife, cutting wooden skewers was like a piece of cake.

After the wooden sticks were sharpened, Lyon lit the stove, turned it to low heat, and heated the thick maple syrup in the pot until it bubbled and began to shrink. When it became more viscous, he sniffed it with his nose.

There was a faint burnt aroma, which was quite different from the taste of rock sugar boiled into juice, but it was not pungent. Instead, it exuded the maple aroma of maple syrup, which made Leon sure that this thing should not be too bad.

So I quickly turned off the fire, then skewered the washed strawberries with wooden sticks, poured the boiled maple syrup on them with a spoon, and turned them a few more times to ensure that every part of the strawberry was evenly coated with maple syrup and that the syrup layer was not too thick.

Then repeat the process and throw all twenty bunches of strawberries wrapped in maple syrup into the freezer of the refrigerator to accelerate the cooling of the maple syrup and form a hard sugar shell.

While waiting, Leon did not forget to clean the frying pan, then cleaned the house. An hour later, he took out all the maple syrup strawberries from the refrigerator.

The solidified sugar shell of the finished maple syrup perfectly wraps the strawberry in it, forming the shape of a strawberry. Under the reddish-brown shell is a more rosy strawberry, which looks as bright as a gem.

He took a bunch and put it next to his mouth and took a bite. The sound of the reddish-brown sugar coating breaking was as crisp as the breaking of ice. He bit the sugar coating and the strawberries wrapped underneath into pieces. In an instant, a wonderful fusion of the sweetness of maple syrup and the sour and sweet taste of strawberries blended together, making Lyon very happy.

The taste is very good and unique, and the two different styles of sweet are well integrated.

"If you use this to fool girls, it will definitely work."

The delicious and beautiful maple syrup strawberries made Lyon see the potential business opportunities in them. Unfortunately, Lyon did not intend to make money from them. He made them just to satisfy his curiosity. The final destination of these maple syrup strawberries should be Abigail's stomach.

Because Lyon doesn't like sweet food very much, after tasting a bunch and making sure there was nothing wrong, he lost the desire to continue eating.

It's a rare opportunity to come up with a new thing, and Abigail hasn't come back, so Leon plans to ask Robin to evaluate it and see if it suits other people's tastes.

"Leon, what's going on? If you want me to rest, I'm going to refuse. After all, I've already wasted quite a bit of time today."

Robin, who was busy, saw Leon walking towards him and made the first statement.

"I made some snacks for you to try. I don't mind if you take a rest. After all, we are not capitalists. It is natural to rest when we are tired." Lyon explained with a smile.

"Oh? What is it? Take it out and let me see."

Although Lyon came empty-handed, Robin was already looking forward to it. She had verified and experienced Lyon's cooking skills, and she was quite curious about what Lyon had come up with.

"Try maple syrup + strawberry combination. I don't know if you like sweet things."

Leon took out a bunch of maple syrup strawberries and handed it to Robin.

Before he even took a bite, the beautiful appearance of the maple strawberries was enough to attract Robin, especially the shiny luster reflected under the direct sunlight, which was sparkling and really appealed to Robin's aesthetic taste.

"This is so delicious, I can't bear to eat it."

Robin, who was stunned, complained to Leon in a bad mood: "Leon, you will cause discord between me and Demetrius by doing this."

"Ah?" Leon was stunned when he heard that. He was not a thief and had no intention of sleeping with Robin. How could he suddenly be accused by Robin of destroying the harmony between the couple?

This is too much blame for Lyon to bear. After all, Lyon understands the principle that it is better to demolish ten temples than to break up a marriage.

"After all, you've been so outstanding that I can't help but compare you to Demetrius. It turns out that you've completely outclassed him in terms of cooking skills. Now, you've created this beautiful dessert to please girls, surpassing Demetrius in terms of romance."

Robin explained to Leon seriously.

"No, sister, I just invite you to try the food, but I don't mean to flirt with you. Please respect yourself. I don't control other people's wives." Leon quickly took several steps back and declared to Robin.

(End of this chapter)