NABC Chapter 771 The Time for Cured Meat!
Chapter 771 The Time for Cured Meat!
The tapir in the zoo merged with unknown cosmic energy to become the super beast Baktari.
Mr. Bakuyama, who can communicate with tapirs, seeks help from the Hokuto members of the Tucker team.
After learning about this, Su Yang looked up how to eat the Tapir Beast.
This animal is rare on Earth, and its consumption is associated with religious beliefs in some regions, so there are very few records of it being eaten.
This means that Su Yang will have more freedom to improvise this time.
"I feel like it would be perfect for making cured meat," Su Yang muttered to himself.
The tapir in the zoo let out a shriek, looking at Su Yang at the back of the crowd with terrified eyes: "He's thinking something very dangerous, save me!"
Faced with the puzzled looks from everyone, Su Yang said with dissatisfaction, "What? Can't I even think about it?"
"Manager, could you please help me with this?" Beidou leaned closer and whispered for help.
"Forget about eating it. You're so strong, you can definitely help the tapir extract that impurity energy, right?"
"Yes, but I don't want to do that," Su Yang said honestly.
"Because I really want to taste this super beast."
Beidou is still trying to persuade him: "But as you can see, he is a tapir in the zoo, and he has a very good relationship with Mr. Tapir Mountain. He is loved by many tourists. If we eat him, many people will be sad."
Su Yang: "So you mean... I can skip this one and eat something else?"
Beidou nodded: "Yes, let's spare this tapir's life."
Su Yang's face sparkled like crystal: "Beidou, do you not want to see the Tapir Super Beast become my food, or do you not want humans to be sad?"
Beidou: "I..."
Su Yang said no more: "Alright, I understand. I will transfer the energy in this tapir to other tapirs on Earth. It's nothing."
After saying that, he gently hooked his finger.
"Shh!"
The black energy that had merged into the little tapir's body a few days ago flew out instantly.
"I'm free, it feels so good~" the little tapir told Mr. Tapir Mountain.
"Really? You've recovered?" Mr. Baku also noticed that Baku's mental state had improved, and his face was full of surprise.
"Did you do this?" The little girl turned to look at Beidou.
Beidou, who was deep in thought, shook his head, put on a smiling face, and bent down to pinch the little girl's cheek: "He's the uncle who came with me just now. I told you he was a good person."
The little girl was clever: "He's the bad one. You begged him, didn't you? I just saw it."
“I’m not good either, because I can’t save all lives, and because of this choice I have persecuted other lives. I’m too narrow-minded,” Beidou muttered to himself.
"If you were given another chance to choose, would you still choose the same thing?" the little girl asked.
Beidou looked at the man embracing the tapir in the distance, hesitated, and nodded: "Very likely."
……
Black Star Cafe.
Su Yang is dealing with the Tapir Super Beast Baktari.
The combination of cosmic energy and any tapir creates the super beast Baktari.
At that moment, he sliced off a piece of raw meat and put it in his mouth. After chewing it a couple of times, he commented, "The texture is a bit like pork and donkey meat. I don't know why, but it tastes a bit sour."
Angela alien: "If I chose that intelligent tapir that can only talk to humans, would I not feel sour?"
Su Yang said something that seemed to make a lot of sense: "Then the meat might be even drier. Don't romanticize the path you didn't choose."
"Sir, what should we do with this super beast?" asked Baluru, who was helping to cut the meat.
Su Yang: "Oh, I'm going to make cured meat, something that takes time to settle."
"First, select pork belly with a good balance of fat and lean meat, wash it with warm water, and remove all the roughness and hairs from the skin..."
"Then let's dry-cook it, add some Earth Light, a bottle of Absolut Particles, and some Hyrule peppercorns..."
"Considering the special characteristics of the Super Beast meat, this dry curing process may take three to five months."
"Finally, hang the marinated meat in a cool, well-ventilated place for a few months until the meat becomes firm before eating."
"Alternatively, you can choose other drying methods, such as smoking. Smoked meat will have a woody aroma, and the smoking time is shorter than that of air drying."
"This time, we'll air-dry half and smoke the other half. The smoked part will be divided into two portions: one portion will be smoked with Hyrule apple wood, and the other portion will be smoked with tea tree wood."
"It sounds delicious." Baluru, who was standing next to him, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth after listening to the adult's description.
“Food that has been aged and refined over time is the most flavorful,” Su Yang said with a smile.
"So we really have to wait for several months? Can't you use the time acceleration method to speed things up?" Xiao Yao asked.
"It's okay, I have plenty of time. Eating meat that's been accelerated will definitely feel different to me than eating meat that's been waited for. Psychological factors can also affect one's sense of taste." Su Yang was unwilling to use his superpowers.
"Okay." Xiao Yao had already guessed that the adults would answer this way, and accepted it quickly.
Afterwards, the coffee shop staff worked together to cut and process all the meat, then kneaded and marinated it.
Su Yang sliced off another piece of meat coated with seasoning, put it in his mouth and smacked his lips: "I misspoke earlier. The marinating and drying time for the super beast meat may be even longer. Although we have cut it into small pieces as much as possible, the marinating time is too slow."
"It would take at least ten years to get properly prepared cured and smoked meat."
"That's going to be too long. I'm being exploited by adults every day. How can I possibly live that long?" Baruru said dejectedly.
Su Yang felt this was slander against him: "I'm not that bad yet, don't portray me as a heartless boss who doesn't care about his employees."
"Ten years, I'll be an old lady by then," Xiao Yao said, equally saddened.
"Human lifespan is too short compared to life in the universe, only ten years, from thirty to forty years old. If you don't take good care of yourself, you may experience a precipitous decline in aging."
Su Yang: "You're no longer an ordinary person. Ordinary humans would die instantly if they ate the food I made. Not only can you eat it, but you've been eating it for so many years. It's clear that your body has been modified."
"At your current pace, you could easily live for another five hundred years. If that's not enough, the master can extend your lifespan until you've lived long enough."
“Having an endless lifespan is sometimes not a blessing, but rather a punishment,” Zhanjier interjected quietly, seemingly quite knowledgeable.
Baruru: "If it weren't for the adults' help, your thoughts would have dissipated by now, and you're still feeling sentimental."
"Speaking of lifespan, perhaps it's time to spend more time with my human friends," Su Yang muttered to himself.
"They won't live many more years."
Xiao Yao: "Does the adult have other human friends?"
Baluru nodded: "Yes, there is one on Monster Planet, but he's an old man now. Gaia and Agul's human forms on Earth in the parallel universe are also friends of the adults, and they've entered middle age now."
"No, she was already middle-aged when we last met, she's probably old now..."