Chapter 640: The Eastern Legend of Hospitality, Elves

Xia Duo's cooking skills are not very good, but it is definitely not bad. At least there is no problem with ordinary home cooking. It has been a long time since the journey, how could he not miss the food in his hometown!
Since the beginning of the development of Linshui Village, he has tried to restore the cuisine of his hometown, except for the simple staple food like steamed buns, only he can occasionally eat other foods.
The so-called "don't tire of eating fine, never tired of fine food", in fact, the hidden threshold inside is not low, cooking utensils, crafts, spices, and even time are not easily accessible to ordinary people.
For now, the territory has no conditions to allow ordinary people to have enough "cooking freedom" like the Xiaduo villagers.
The food for the elves this time, except for the steamed buns, was done by Chateau himself. In addition to the entertainment itself, there was also Chateau’s temptation on Oripps, because he knew that ordinary elves would not eat the finished food that humans had handled. of.
Of course, Xia Duo wouldn't try to test the elves with foods that he couldn't accept, and prepared it by hand. It was both sincere and a little pressure.
There are three dishes in total, two meat and one vegetarian. The meat is braised pork and fish. The meat is venison. It was hunted by the territory guard. The fish is a trash fish in the Wolfburg River next to it. It is very common and it is called by the color-resistant people. As "white bars".
As for the vegetable dish, it is a stir-fried lettuce. The color-resistant people also eat vegetables, but they are usually mixed with meat and boiled in water to form a pot of stew, or simply eaten raw.
This was unacceptable to Chateau.
As for barbecue, ordinary people in Netheril can't eat it. It's not that they can't afford it, but only rich people can afford the spices. The barbecue has no spices and it is basically difficult to eat. It is better to make a big pot of soup, the whole family Share it!
After busying for almost two hours, Xia Duo put the sauced braised pork on plates separately, and then said to Cook who was constantly sniffing his nose: "Do you understand everything?"
Cook was agitated and immediately replied: "I see!"
"Then practice hard, if the end of the year is still not satisfactory to me, then I might consider changing to a chef!"
"This, this—"
Cook's eyes turned wildly, and he didn't say anything for a long time, but Xia Duo didn't want to listen to him anymore. Anyway, the deadline has been given. If it still doesn't work, he really has to consider changing people. Anyway, now the territory There are not a few people on the Internet, and you can always find people with good culinary talents.
This is actually a manifestation of the cost of silence. Chateau has already invested a lot in Cook. I won’t say how precious the arcanist lord’s personal teaching is. The spices he provided to Cook are sold. Cook can't afford it.
It is precisely because he has invested a lot that Xia Duo is willing to give him opportunities again and again, but Xia Duo's patience will last until the end of the year at most. In his hometown, even people who have never cooked before can be very happy under the guidance of his family. Quickly finish a home-cooked dish.
Although the environment is lacking from childhood to adulthood, Cook, like this, has been around for almost a year, and he hasn't opened his mind. It is really a dead tree, and he has been in vain to give his advice again and again.
The only thing that makes Xia Duo feel a little relieved is that Cook's steamed buns are doing well, and maybe he can develop into a pastry master in the future. As for other aspects, Xia Duo doesn't expect much.
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When Chateau set up a table in the dining room of the Lord's Villa and sat for a while, Leiden had already brought in Orips, and after a salute, he walked out alone.
Xia Duo reached out and greeted him, "Patriarch Oripus, please sit down!"
As soon as Orips took his seat, he was attracted by a special tableware on the table. He looked up in surprise, looked at Chateau, and asked with some uncertainty: "Lord Chateau, this is'%￥#' ?"
Xia Duo didn't understand what that word was, but from Orips's eyes just now, he was talking about "chopsticks". Xia Duo picked up the chopsticks on his side with one hand and clamped it like a demonstration. , Asked back, "Patriarch Oripus, are you talking about this?"
"Yes! That's it!" Orips nodded fiercely, and picked up the chopsticks on his side, cleverly clipped it, "Lord Chateau is an Oriental?"
"Ok?"
Chateau was keenly aware that Oripus had uttered a special elf vocabulary. Muyan's hometown was called "Karatu" in Nether, but he still didn't know what it was in Elvish.
But at the moment Orips uses "East" to refer to Karatu. Does this mean that the elves can really determine that Karatu is in the East?
He hurriedly asked: "Patriarch Oripus, what you mean by ‘East’ means—"
"Oh, sorry, I almost forgot that Lord Chateau was not an elf. In the Elvish language, ‘East’ means ‘the direction of the east’, and there is also a special reference to ‘the kingdom of the east’!

"Eastern country?" Xia Duo repeated.
"Yes!"
Orips’ eyes suddenly became a little blurred. He whispered in a circumflex, almost aria-like elf language, "There is a legend in all elf countries, saying that there is a mysterious ancient country in the far east. It’s magnificent and full of gold."
Seeing Xia Duo looking at him with a very exaggerated look, Orips realized that he was probably an Oriental in front of him, and couldn't help but smile:
"Of course, the legend is a legend after all. There are not a few Orientals entertained by the elves countries, and the mystery of the eastern countries has been greatly reduced. If it hadn’t been for the fact that no elves could actually go there and return smoothly, perhaps the legends of the eastern countries would have long gone. Spread again."
"Really no elves have been to the Eastern country?" Xia Duo asked.
Perhaps because of the sadness that the human beings are far away from home, Orips replaced it with an elvish language that could express more complex emotions, "Except for the first high mage, no elves have been to the eastern kingdom since then. In fact, if the original narrator was a high-level mage, such a legend would never have been passed down."
"Who is that high-level mage? Is he still alive?" Although Chateau was not a true Karatu, he was really interested in Karatu, the legendary Eastern country.
If the high-level mage is still alive, maybe you can visit it in the future.
It's just that Orips' answer is not very satisfactory.
"The advanced mage's name is St. Nordr~EbookFREE.me~ He is a court mage in the ancient kingdom of Uviron, and he is a very famous polymath. However, the kingdom of Uviron was established two thousand years ago. Has disappeared because of an accident.
"Two thousand years, even for the elves, is a long time, not to mention that the St. Nordr High Mage lived in the early days of Uviron, almost five thousand years ago."
The time is counted in thousands of years, so Xia Duo feels that time is so long, from the ages to the present, never ending, and it also triggered Xia Duo's desire for longevity again.
As long as you live long enough, everything is possible. (Positive or negative, try to abandon the negative)
After being silent for a while, Chateau did not continue on the topic of the Eastern Kingdom, but motioned to Orips to move his chopsticks, "Patriarch Orips, please taste the food from my hometown."
With that said, Chateau introduced the ingredients and methods of the three dishes to Oripps, which can be regarded as a promotion of hometown cuisine.
"it is good!"
Orips did not refuse to eat food cooked by humans. Instead, he skillfully picked up a piece of braised venison with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it up. After eating one piece, he picked another piece, and then slowly spoke:
"Lord Chateau, this meat is fat and thin, and it tastes sweet and soft. The spices and the taste of the meat are blended together. Compared with the barbecue, it really wins a lot!"
After speaking, Orips came with another piece, and he picked up the bun on the side and bit it.
Xia Duo nodded inwardly and glanced at the three dishes that he hadn't touched. He also started to eat, eating steamed buns or steamed buns.
In fact, the steamed bun is still a bit less interesting. If there is rice, it would be better. Xia Duo grew up with rice as a snack, but unfortunately he didn't find rice in Netheril, so the rice is nowhere to be found.