Chapter 3: Did You Braise the Whole Pot??
[??? What’s going on, what’s with this new host? Isn’t this the food area?]
[Haha, probably a new host selling knives, came to the wrong channel.]
[The No.1 Knife of the Sect, wow, he’s really daring to take that name. I wonder if his first slash at a mutant star beast will make the knife chip.]
[Quick quick, I want to see what kind of knife the host is selling, daring to call himself the First Knife.]
The black screen shook for a moment, then quickly lit up, but what appeared on the camera was not just a virtual background – the host was a virtual… cartoon figure?
[??? Aren’t they selling knives? Why isn’t the host showing their face?]
[What were they saying? They’re selling knives, so it must be a muscular guy, very self-aware not to show his face.]
Ning Yunyi was a bit inexperienced at first, but after adjusting everything, when he looked up, he saw these comments: “Selling knives? No, I’m not selling knives, did I click the wrong channel? Isn’t this the food area?”
[Damn, the voice is also the system’s, looks like this host can’t even do his own voice.]
[Usually the ones who don’t dare show their face or voice, you know how it is.]
Ning Yunyi just ignored them, facing the camera and beginning: “Good evening everyone, it’s fate that you’ve come in. I’ve been worried about my cub’s limited menu at home, so I’m live streaming to record it!”
[??? Limited menu? What menu, we all just have one nutritional supplement dose per meal, did the nutritional supplements release new flavors?]
[Probably, I heard that Nick next door said there’s even a strawberry flavor nutritional supplement now.]
[Damn, really? There’s a strawberry flavor? Wait, what’s strawberry?]
Ning Yunyi was just putting the pot on the fire, seeing this comment, he casually replied: “Strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant of the rose family on the ancient Blue Star, with a sour-sweet, refreshing and juicy taste.”
Luke was about to click into the [History] area, but accidentally clicked on a new host on the home page, just about to exit, when he heard this sentence.
Luke stopped his hand from exiting, surprised to look at the camera: ?? History area? Isn’t this the food area?
He looked at the top category again, sure enough it was the food area.
When he looked closer, he was stunned by the thing in the corner: if he didn’t see it wrong, that looks a lot like the potato species his teacher has been cultivating from the ancient Blue Star in recent years!
Uncertain, he looked closer.
[Really? The host knows so much? What’s the rose family? What’s a herbaceous plant?]
Ning Yunyi didn’t look at the barrage anymore, started pouring oil, and after the oil was hot, he put in rock sugar to fry the caramel color. But since he wasn’t sure if these things existed, he just explained vaguely.
“Tonight I’m just simply making a braised beef and potato dish, the potato is what we call the potato, and the beef is the moo-moo meat. After heating the oil, I’ll start frying the caramel color, this step needs to be slowly simmered on low heat, don’t be impatient.”
[??? Who understood that? Every word is clear, but put together it’s astronomical language.]
[What’s a potato? What’s the potato?? What’s caramel color??]
[The only thing I know is this moo-moo meat.]
[Moo-moo meat isn’t good to eat, it’s really hard to chew, and has a weird taste, I’d rather eat the nutritional supplements than that stuff, and it’s so expensive!]
But Luke’s eyelid twitched when he heard “potato”, and he quickly looked towards that pile of yellow-white block-shaped things soaking in water, and it really was potatoes!
A whole big bowl of them!
Luke’s heart was pounding, still thinking it’s impossible, maybe it’s just a gimmick for the new host.
But immediately the viewers were dumbfounded, wait a minute, the white block-shaped thing just put in turned brown?
Ning Yunyi waited for the rock sugar to caramelize, then poured in the blanched beef, and with a sizzle, as he stirred-fried, each piece of beef was coated in the caramel color, the color instantly becoming rich and vibrant, the thick sauce had a strange visual impact that made the few viewers in the live stream collectively fall silent.
Ning Yunyi added the seasonings after the beef was browned, grinding the Sichuan peppercorn, cinnamon, and bay leaves into powder. Worried the live stream would stand out too much, when it was about right, he poured in hot water and added the chopped tomatoes.
After it came to a boil, he covered the pot, then looked at the live stream: “Next I’ll let it braise for an hour before adding the potatoes. In the meantime, let’s also make a minced eggplant dish.”
[Wait! Wait a minute! Ah, host, stop! First tell me what that red sauce and block-shaped thing you just put in was?]
Because Luke was a science popularization host, as the Chief Disciple of the Ancient Research Institute, with over 500,000 followers, his barrage was in gold, very eye-catching.
[Fuck?? Luke? How did he get here?]
[Shouldn’t we be shocked that this is the first time we’re seeing Luke so excited?]
[What’s going on? That red sauce and block-shaped thing, it’s not poisonous, right?]
Ning Yunyi was holding an eggplant, glancing at this gold barrage, swallowing the tomato he was about to put in, and said an earlier name: “Wolf Peach.”
Wolf Peach is just another name for tomato.
Sure enough, this Luke quickly sent another barrage.
[You scared me, I thought you ate the rare species of tomato my teacher cultivated!]
[@Chief Disciple of the Ancient Research Institute, Luke, what’s a tomato?]
[It’s a rare species from the ancient Blue Star that my teacher just managed to cultivate after years of effort, they’ve only successfully grown one plant and gotten one fruit, the teacher treasures it dearly. Wait, did you just say that yellow-white block-shaped thing is a potato?]
Ning Yunyi narrowed his eyes and looked at the other’s excited emotions, not blinking an eye: “You misheard, this is a potato.”
Luke finally relaxed, it must just be a gimmick, but was soon attracted by the eggplant in the host’s hand. But before he could get a good look, he saw the host’s knife just swish, making a flower in his hand, and the skin was already peeled, revealing the pale eggplant flesh.
A few more swipes and it was diced into cubes.
The live stream had attracted a lot more people because of Luke’s appearance, and as soon as they entered, they were amazed by this knife trick.
[Damn, the host is a knife expert? So cool!]
[Wait, what is all this? Is the host really going to cook these himself?]
[Is the host that loaded? These ingredients aren’t cheap at all.]
The viewers in the live stream were soon bewildered by the host’s eggplant with minced garlic cooking method, even though they could see each step clearly, somehow the combination made no sense to them.
But these were soon captivated by the appearance of the eggplant with garlic when it came out of the pan, especially when the host sprinkled some unknown seasoning, the vibrant green color accenting the rich sauce-covered ingredients, collectively swallowing.
[My nutritional supplement suddenly doesn’t smell good anymore.]
[What is all this the host is making? Why does it look so delicious!]
Ning Yunyi smiled, lifting the lid of the braised beef, pouring the potato cubes in, suddenly the whole screen was covered in smoke, but it quickly cleared, and they saw the bubbling moo-moo meat.
This… this seems a bit different from the moo-moo meat they usually eat, just looking at it makes their mouths water, it smells so fragrant.
But this was just the beginning, as Ning Yunyi quickly used spiritual energy to accelerate the cooking, in a short time the potatoes were almost done, he increased the heat to reduce the sauce, and when plating, with that rich, fragrant sauce clinging to the meat chunks, topped with a sprinkle of green onion, the color, the wafting steam…
The live stream was collectively stunned, but after a few seconds of silence, a deluge of barrages flooded in, howling and begging to be able to taste the flavors.
Ning Yunyi saw this barrage, but he didn’t understand what “flavor to be put on the shelves” meant, just smiling as he turned to serve the rice.
The viewers in the live stream thought the host was unwilling, and some started tipping, immediately followed by a torrential downpour of tips.
Ning Yunyi turned to serve the rice just as he was about to say his closing words, but was stunned by the shower of star coins.
[Ahhh host! Please put the flavors on the shelves! Waaah, if we can’t eat it, can’t we at least smell it?]
[Host, is it because you don’t have the authorization? What’s the point of Star Stream if you can’t sign? Sign already! At least let me smell it, waaaah.]
[Damn, suddenly the nutritional supplements I’ve been eating for over a decade seem like dog food.]
Ning Yunyi: “I’m not very familiar with the ‘flavors to be put on the shelves’, let me research it a bit more before getting back to everyone. Tonight’s live stream ends here, see you tomorrow.”
Without regard to the wailing, he quickly ended the stream.
He didn’t even get to see the gold-lit barrage from the high-and-mighty science popularization host Luke desperately trying to keep him.
[Ah, don’t go!! Didn’t you say it wasn’t potatoes? Waaah, I showed it to my teacher, and he said that was potatoes!]
[Braised the whole pot! Braised the whole pot, host, come back, where did you get all these potatoes? My teacher heard you braised a whole pot, he’s already passed out crying!]
[No, now I’m just drooling, is this really just ordinary moo-moo meat the host made? How can it look so delicious?]
The viewers looked at these down-to-earth barrages, unsure, checked again, and actually saw that it was the aloof science popularization host Chief Disciple Luke.
So his teacher must be the Director, right?
[Damn, is it really true? That yellow-white thing was really potatoes?]
[What’s a potato?]
[It’s a rare species from the ancient Blue Star that the Ancient Research Institute has been researching and cultivating for years, they say they’ve only successfully grown one, with extremely low annual yield, they don’t sell it outside of research.]
[If they don’t sell it, where did the host get it from?]
More and more people flooded into the already ended live stream, all bewildered, using the rare species from the ancient Blue Star for cooking?
Is the host too brave, or did the Director mess up and see it wrong?
At the same time, at the Ancient Research Institute headquarter.
The Director was anxiously pacing back and forth, constantly looking at his communicator: “Still no reply? Still no reply?”
Luke was also anxiously pacing and gesturing: “Teacher, maybe… maybe it was just a replicant?”
The Director was so angry he puffed out his cheeks: “You’re not blind, I’m not blind, that was a whole pot of potatoes! And tomatoes, you idiot, you just stared as he put the ‘Wolf Peach’ in the pot! Waaah, I’ve researched for so many years, and only got that one fruit. A whole pot, how many did he braise?!”
Luke shrank his neck, looking at the teacher’s wrinkled little old man face red with anger, he looked so pitiful: “Teacher, are you sure? But how did the tomato become ‘Wolf Peach’?”
The Director couldn’t help but punch him: “It’s the same species! You’re such a science popularization host, don’t you feel ashamed? No, I can’t wait any longer, I’m going to the Star Stream headquarters to find their director!”
Luke didn’t dare say anything, continuing to privately message this host.
Soon, his communicator automatically displayed a new message, making Luke’s eyes widen: ???
#Ancient Research Institute Director Passes Out Crying#
Luke shuddered, thinking about the frantic barrages he had sent earlier, his face paling: Oh no, the teacher is going to eat him alive!
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