A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 705: Crayfish is free
"As long as it tastes good, it's fine this way. If you can handle spicy food, you can dip it in the soup. If you can't handle spicy food, you can just eat it as it is."

Listening to other people's descriptions, I always feel that it is not quite up to par. Lyon also tried the taste in these two ways and finally concluded with satisfaction.

Not everyone likes spicy food. The taste of shrimp without soup is actually quite suitable for those who prefer light taste.

"One more please." Abigail licked her upper lip and asked Leon for it.

"Dinner is about to start, just bear with it." Leon hit Abigail on the head with the back of his hand and complained.

“Okay.” Abigail didn’t pester Leon anymore, but stretched out her hand: “I’ll help you serve the dishes.”

"Ah."

Leon began to take out the dinner plate Emily brought from his backpack and began to scoop lobster into it.

The lobsters in the iron pot are basically everyone’s entire harvest today. Except for a few unlucky ones that didn’t survive, basically two-thirds of them are in the pot.

As for the remaining one-third, it was not that Lyon withheld it privately, but that there was no more room in the pot.

This is a big iron pot with a diameter of 1.5 meters and 30 centimeters. Even if you don’t eat the claws and only eat the shrimp meat, a pot of lobsters like this can probably feed several girls, not to mention the two kilograms of noodles at the bottom of the pot as the staple food.

The fried lobsters filled the six plates Emily brought, and only about half of them were left in the pot.

“There are still so many.”

"Let's do it this way for now. It's best for everyone to pack up the leftovers and take them home." Leon held four plates in his hands and said to Abigail who was still refusing to leave and staring at the pot.

"But I want to eat more," Abigail replied.

"I still have a lot left. If you want to eat it, I'll make you another pot." Leon explained.

"That's fine." Abigail immediately became happy when she heard that there was more food, and then went into the house with Leon.

The dining table in the house has been set and the tableware has been prepared. Unfortunately, only the fork will be used in the end, because the knife is not easy to cut open the crayfish shell.

The girls in the room also gathered around the dining table chatting, and when they saw the crayfish brought by Leon and Abigail, they all cast curious glances.

Each person was given a plate of lobsters. The plate was piled high with about thirty crayfish in it. Under the crayfish was a bowl of noodles soaked in the soup.

"Enjoy the fruits of your labor today. Sit down and I'll teach you how to peel shrimp. If you don't have enough, there's more in the pot. Today we have crayfish freedom."

As he spoke, Leon began to demonstrate the operation of peeling shrimps. Seeing Leon do it directly, the girls felt a little strange, but when they saw Abigail also use her hands, they did not resist much.

"If you like it with a stronger flavor, just dip it in the soup on the plate. If you like it with a lighter flavor, just eat it directly. Now you can try it."

After demonstrating how to peel shrimp, Lyon invited everyone to start eating.

The girls followed Leon's example and peeled the shrimp tails to reveal the shrimp tails hidden inside. Haley and Sophia rubbed their hands because of the burns, but they did not give up peeling the shrimps and seemed to be quite happy.

Except for Abigail who had tasted it in advance, and Sophia who imitated Abigail, the other girls did not dip the first shrimp they peeled in the soup. Even so, they were amazed.

"Crayfish is surprisingly delicious, and doesn't have that disgusting earthy smell at all." Emily was the first to exclaim. She worked for Gus and had tasted Gus's dishes with crayfish, but compared to Leon's dishes that used crayfish as the main dish instead of a side dish, Emily was quite nervous at first.

However, Lyon's cooking skills did not disappoint, and the taste of crayfish also refreshed Emily's understanding of it.

"It's sweet and tastes great, Leon. Can I learn from you how to cook this kind of crayfish?" Leah looked at Leon expectantly. Most of the ingredients on her table came from her own wild picking and fishing. It would be great if she could add a new ingredient to her table in the future.

"Yes, but the spices used are a bit complicated. If you want to make it yourself, you have to ask Gus for it because many of them are not available here." Leon confirmed.

"In that case, forget it." Leah immediately dismissed the idea because she didn't want to trouble others. And from Leon's description, it seemed that the preparation of this kind of crayfish was quite troublesome.

“It’s a bit spicy. I need something to drink. Leon, did you bring the wine I asked you to bring?”

On the other side, Sophia stuck out her tongue to relieve the irritation in her mouth, and asked Leon at the same time.

"Here it is. If you can't eat spicy food, don't dip it in the soup." Leon reluctantly took out the Blue Moon wine from his backpack and stood up to find wine glasses for everyone.

"Would you like to drink this or juice?"

Of course, not everyone is willing to drink, so Lyon still needs to ask everyone's opinion.

But to Lyon's surprise, no one present asked for juice, but instead stared at the Blue Moon wine in Lyon's hand.

Lyon was not stingy. He opened a bottle of wine and gave everyone half a glass. He also opened the remaining bottle and placed it on the table. Whoever wanted to drink it could pour it themselves.

"You should drink some juice, or milk is fine." Although it was difficult for Leon to control other people's drinking and he didn't want to control it, but Sophia Leon still had reasons and excuses to control it, because she was his sister now.

"Everyone is drinking, it's embarrassing for me to drink milk alone. Besides, I said I've recovered, you don't have to worry, it's okay to drink a little." Sophia retorted.

“Well,” Leon was still thinking, but Sophia grabbed the corner of Leon’s clothes under the table and whispered, “Please, brother.”

"alright."

Women who act coquettishly have the best life. Leon finally pushed the half glass of wine belonging to Sophia in front of her.

Sophia cheered, then picked up the wine glass and took a big sip, which made Leon raise his brows.

I didn't realize Sofia could drink so much. Is it true that she owns a winery?

With the addition of wine, the atmosphere became more cheerful. Although crayfish and wine always seemed a bit out of place, everyone was very happy and raised their glasses from time to time to invite others to clink glasses. With the help of wine, the topic and atmosphere became a lot more casual and harmonious.

What's interesting is that Abigail and Emily seemed to be at odds with each other. They kept toasting each other and didn't even bother to eat the lobster. Both of them had smiles on their faces and spoke in a very intimate manner, but the dissatisfaction in their eyes was so clear that even Leon could see it clearly.

Lyon did not want to interfere with this and just focused on showing off the crayfish. Lyon also found that the gluttony and moderation he had neglected actually helped him to have an excellent digestive ability and his teeth were also strengthened. Lyon was now too lazy to even peel the shrimp shells. He just used his teeth to bite the hard shrimp shells into pieces and swallowed them into his stomach. The more he ate, the more appetite he felt.

In addition to eating, Lyon was not idle either. Seeing that everyone was eating very quickly, he went outside to get a few plates of crayfish. He originally thought that they would not be able to finish them, but now it seems that it is not enough.

(End of this chapter)