I sell sweets in Konoha

"Everyone who falls into a certain spring becomes a creature that once drowned here."

"I know..." Itachi said calmly: "About this issue."

In Curse Spring Township, Itachi could feel the strangeness of this spring.Junko also told him what was special about it, a power that could completely change him.

This is no ordinary power.

"So." The administrator said with a somewhat searching look, "Your magic is useless against these."

It won't work, the spring has not dried up for thousands of years.How could it be dried up because of this little trick?

"Excuse me for asking." The administrator said meaningfully: "Why are you looking for Niangdiao Spring?"

"You shouldn't be practicing here, right?"

"Is there any problem?" Itachi asked instead of answering directly.

"No, no~" the administrator immediately shook his hand and said, "I'm just asking a little bit. It doesn't mean anything else, it's just my curiosity."

"Although as an administrator, you don't have to worry about the martial arts master falling into the spring while practicing."

"But if you deliberately want to fall into that spring, you have to be careful."

"Because the power of the cursed spring cannot be abused~"

The administrator seemed to have a headache and said: "If the power of the curse spring is abused, it will be a bit troublesome."

"Really?" Itachi said as if he didn't care, "We won't abuse this power, it's just for some special things. And I haven't decided that I have to use it."

"Besides, no one comes here..."

"Hehehe~" the administrator stood up and said, "It's not that no one will come here, just like the special reason you said."

"This is not a scenic spot, so the people who come here are extraordinary."

"But I heard that some martial arts masters will be coming recently."

"I don't know about people, but I hope you can get along."

"After all, that's what I have to manage throughout the day."

"It's quite tiring."

Chapter 436 Guests from afar

"Look at this little thing, isn't it?" Junko hugged a bamboo rat that seemed to be still in a hazy state.

'cute? 'Liu Pleiades doesn't think there's anything cute about this creature called a bamboo rat.

Although I heard an old man talk about this kind of creature when I was in Sichuan, when I saw it for the first time... I really didn't think there was anything cute about it.

Especially the way he showed his teeth and claws when he came out.

"Is this thing... edible?" Itachi asked, looking a little unacceptable.

"Of course you can." Junko said, "This time let's make bamboo shoots and roast bamboo rats."

"The reason why bamboo rats are called bamboo rats is because bamboo rats eat bamboo, and their taste is very different from that of rats." Junko said when she put the bamboo rat back into the iron cage, "The skin of the bamboo rat is It’s thicker, firmer and chewy.”

"Of course, killing it will be different from other things."

"Use boiling water!"

Take half a pot of boiling water and bring it to a boil, then throw the bamboo rat into a large wooden barrel.The bucket should be high so that the bamboo rats cannot crawl out of it and run away.

Just live like this and pour the hot water in.

"40 seconds is enough." Junko said while holding on to the time: "You can't iron the bamboo rat for too long or it will be difficult to remove the hair."

Then I peeled off the skin, but I won’t say anything because the picture is too big.

"The next step is left to Itachi. Use fire to burn the skin of the bamboo rat until it's golden." Junko put the skinned bamboo rat on the chopping board and said, "The skin of the bamboo rat is very similar to pig skin, so this This step is a must. Bamboo rats have the smell of down and skin that just couldn’t be removed. This can ensure the texture and taste.”

"Okay, now it's time to show off your skills Itachi."

"..." Itachi's face suddenly became not so pretty.

"Don't push me~ hurry up!" Junko didn't intend to give Itachi any chance to refute.

No matter how reluctantly, Itachi started to do it.

This also requires skill. You need to remove the fluff and the fishy smell of the skin, but you must not burn the skin due to excessive firepower and ruin the subsequent taste.

"As expected!" Liu Pleiades was still envious as he looked at the flames spewed out by Weasel.

'I still want to learn this, but I don't know if they can teach it. '

Sure enough, this fire escape technique seems to be a very practical ninjutsu.

Itachi is indeed the leader of the Uchiha clan, and his handling skills are really good.After a few minutes, Junko carefully cleaned one side of the bamboo rat again with water and a brush.

Remove the guts and cut into small pieces.

The collected bamboo shoots are also cut into pieces.

This time is different from the previous roasting. The main method of making bamboo rats this time is to boil them!

cook!

It is a very suitable method for such a large stove, because the fire power is difficult to control.So the simple, crude and practical way is to stew in one pot.

Of course, you don’t just stew everything in one pot before stewing.

First blanch the bamboo rats and bamboo shoots in cold water. When blanching the bamboo shoots, add cooking oil and salt appropriately to prevent them from becoming bitter.

Then fry the bamboo rat in the pot again. Add star anise, cinnamon, ginger slices and other auxiliary ingredients in the middle, then add dark soy sauce, consume oil, and continue to stir-fry while the seasonings are on.

After this stir-frying, add bamboo shoots and stir-fry again. Stir-fry evenly, then add water, add mushrooms, and peanut butter and cook for 40 minutes.

Be careful to remove any foam along the way.

When you start cooking...

"Don't you need to use any more fire-breathing skills?" Liu Pleiades asked when he saw Junko starting to use the earthen stove and firewood: "Which skill looks very useful?"

"But it can't be used all the time." Junko shook her head and said, "This method is actually just a workaround."

"It's just a matter of creating some favorable conditions as much as possible. Now it's just a matter of adapting measures to local conditions."

"Just making food suitable for the current materials."

"Oh..." When Liu Pleiades heard this, he thought carefully for a while and suddenly felt enlightened and said, "Thank you, I have learned a lesson."

Adapt measures to local conditions and equipment, these are the same words my master once said.

Every place has different cooking styles due to different regional environments, so cooking is something that requires flexibility.

Maybe I am a very good and talented chef over there.

But if you are just closed to such a small environment, you will easily become complacent.

It’s difficult to cook excellent food without enough knowledge.

This was probably the reason why the master asked him to come to such a weird place that felt like nothing.

"Have you been taught?" Junko asked, "What have you been taught? I didn't teach you anything. Isn't it the most basic common sense to adapt to local conditions? If you always stick to the previous set of knowledge."

"It's not a good thing."

"Hmm~ Hehe~." Liu Pleiades scratched his head and smiled stupidly.

I always felt that these words were talking about him, even though I was being lectured by a person who looked only a few years older than me.But the other party does have the strength to teach him.

After I came here, I was really a bit overwhelmed.

After a while, this delicious stewed bamboo rat with bamboo shoots was ready.

Although there is only one serving, the fragrance is already tempting enough.

Liu Pleiax couldn't wait to pick up a piece of bamboo rat meat and take a bite.

"This feels so good." Liu Pleiades suddenly felt a sense of happiness and satisfaction in his heart and said, "This is the first time I feel like this."

It’s a sense of satisfaction, although there’s also a sense of satisfaction that comes with cooking your own meals.But this begins with gathering ingredients.

There is a special feeling beyond satisfaction.

"This is a gift from nature." Junko said, "Back then, I searched all over the mountains and plains for it."

Back then, when I was working as a chef, I traveled around a lot.

"Yeah." Liu Pleiades firmly remembered Junko's words in his heart. He now felt that he was gradually getting closer to the true meaning of why his master asked him to come here to practice.

Understand, recognize, start from the very beginning of the ingredients, and understand what nature’s gifts are.

"This thing is really delicious, with the fragrance of bamboo shoots, and the meat of the bamboo rat also carries the fragrance of bamboo." Liu Pleiaxing praised, "It's refreshing. Although it's a meat dish, it's not greasy. It's refreshing and sweet, and the shiitake mushrooms add freshness. And the peanut butter brings that salty flavor.”

"This thing is really good."

Although the meat of the bamboo rat is not very large, it is fragrant, tough and delicious.It tastes very chewy, and the contradictory but unified feeling created by the refreshingness of the bamboo shoots and the richness of the peanut butter is really amazing.

The addition of oyster sauce also adds a seaside feel to this inland delicacy.

"It's really good." Liu Pleiades made more decisions and said, "Let's continue going tomorrow..."

"Bang~"

Before Liu Pleiades could finish speaking, the door to the cafeteria was suddenly pushed open!

Two people who looked rude but were actually quite rude just barged in!

"Is it time for dinner?!"

"We're going to start!"

Chapter 437 Indiscriminate Flow

"Ah~ I'm half full." A middle-aged man with round eyes touched his belly and said with unsatisfied taste: "It's a little less."

"Do you have any more of this?" A young boy with pigtails asked without any conscious thought: "Is there anything else I can eat?"

"...." No one responded to these two people.

Including Ying Wuxiang, who just brought these two people over.

"Ah... I always feel like... I've gotten into some trouble." Ying Wuxiang turned his head up and covered his face and said, "These two guests, they are not employees here."

"You are also the people who come here to practice. You...you are robbing others of their food."

“And it’s not a free big stove.”

"It's their own little stove."

Although the young man named Liu Pleiaxing is the boss here for the time being, Ying Wuxiang is now 100% sure that the food on the table is definitely not the big one but the small one that they made themselves!

He Ying Wuxiang has never eaten anything...

Could it be a big stove? !

"Eh?!?!" The middle-aged man and the young man made a fuss together and said with long faces: "Hong Kong beans are big?"

"Yes...that's it." Itachi said with a livid face, "You stole our lunch."

I can't bear it!This kind of thing absolutely cannot be tolerated!Itachi could bear to become his brother's enemy. He could bear to go to Akatsuki and become that traitorous ninja who was actually a spy but did things like an idol!

Now, when I was finally able to eat such delicacies to comfort my heart, someone robbed me!

"Do you know how difficult it is for me!" Itachi's kaleidoscope almost popped out, and he said tremblingly: "Burn the fire! Burn the fire!"

"Do you know how difficult it is for me!"

Although Itachi thinks he has good temperature and durability, making fire with chakra is really a chore!

I had to bite the bullet just to reward myself for such a beautiful thing, but before I even got half a bite, I was snatched away by these two people who suddenly broke in!

It's simply...

simply!

Absolutely! ! ! !

"Eh...hehehe~" These two sudden intruders were ready to act stupid.

"I'm sorry~ Hahaha~ We didn't mean it~ Hahaha~" Especially the middle-aged man, although embarrassed, pretended that it had nothing to do with him and said: "Ranma! Apologize quickly! Steal other people's food! "