Sweet soy sauce was the first idea to pop into his head when he thought about condiments to accompany the sushi. He quickly brought the ingredients need to make the sauce from the storage facility interface, then he got to work making the sauce.
As it was boiling on the stove, he rushed to purchase the next batch of ingredients. While he had been making the sweet soy sauce, Wasabi had been stuck in his head. A curse had left his mouth when he purchased the plant that had a similar taste to wasabi, it was expensive!
If his sushi worked out this time, he hoped the selling price would counteract the price for the raw ingredient in the paste. He made a mental note to add this plant along side the olives when he posted on the Spartan Fire notice board.
Now that he had thought of a way to reduce costs, he started to concentrate on his experimenting once again. He ground the ingredients for Wasabi into a paste, then dipped his finger into the paste to taste the final result.
A quick burst of hotness entered his mouth followed by a bright and green flavour, the heat quickly faded away. There wasn’t much of an after taste, this was what he was after when he made the wasabi, it was meant to highlight the taste of the sushi, not overpower it.
Kit’s eyes shone with delight, this was his first time making wasabi and it tasted pretty good. He had no time to relish in his accomplishment, he had to see to his sweet soy sauce! He pulled the pot off the fire pit, then poured the liquid through a strainer as it flowed into a glass jar.
He looked at the plate of sushi once again and felt like he needed one more condiment, then he could have one for each piece of sushi! Kit’s eyes brightened when he thought about the last sauce, he was going to make a mango sauce!
When all three of the sauces where ready, he poured a small serving of each into a tiny bowl and placed it on the plate with the sushi. A blue hue quickly started to cover everything on the plate, Kit and Crackers watched as the blue hue intensified then flashed.
[Golden swirl sushi plate created]
Quality level: Poor
Quality bonus: funky taste, leaves an unpleasant after taste after consumption.
A staple of any good restaurant. With a neutral, tangy and sweet flavour, once eaten will leave the consumer wanting more.
+ 100 attack.
For 5 hours.
[Restricted: chef Level 80 to unlock for sale]
Reward: 20,000 EXP, 10,000 culinary EXP, 1 gold crown, 1000 culinary points.
Ding!
[Congratulations, you are now Level 47 Chef]
“KIT! KIT! It worked!” Crackers flung herself at Kit, he stumbled back a couple of steps from the force of the collision. Crackers face was practically glowing with joy as she squeezed his body tightly in a hug.
He felt his own excitement bubbled to the surface and burst out in a delighted laugh. “It feels good to make a new recipe doesn’t it Crackers!” Crackers arms tightened around his body as if expressing her agreement through her actions. Kit felt that, if she hugged any harder, he was going to pop. “Umm Crackers can you possibly let go now before you break something?”
A blush crept up her cheeks and she released him in an instant. “Sorry bout that Kit, I be too happy.”
Kit shook his arms to get his blood circulating once again, then patted her shoulder. “It’s ok, showing your happiness is a good thing. Next time, just don’t squeeze so hard!” He gave her a soft smile so she would know he wasn’t angry.
Now that he was free, he looked over the notification to see what the stats were for the new meal. His jaw dropped when he looked at the + 100 attack. Hot damn! This was something that even he would need!
Pure joy flooded his head, he started to feel giddy with delight. He couldn’t wait to add this to his menu, he was sure it would become one of his best sellers. Crackers and he spent a couple of minutes admiring the new dish, then he packed it away.
He still had two more dishes he wanted to work on today. He quickly stuffed another candy apple in his mouth then looked at his page of written recipes. The BBQ ribs and possum stew were the only things left, the others had been crossed out.
He decided to leave the possum stew for last, he wasn’t a hundred percent certain about the recipe yet. Because he was unclear about the recipe, he knew it might take a bit if fiddling to get that one right.
With his decision made he delegated the side dish to be served with the ribs to Crackers. He had decided on creamy coleslaw to accompany the bear BBQ ribs. Kit’s mouth started to water thinking of the finished product. He couldn’t wait to try his creation.
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The sauce was something he had made multiple times at home for Kat, so he was very confident in the preparation. He gathered the ingredients he would need to start cooking the bear ribs, then got to work on separating the ribs from the rest of the bear meat. The unused bear meat was stored in the refrigerator.
Kit hummed a tune as he started to season the bear ribs with salt, sugar, paprika, garlic salt and onion salt.
When he was done, he paused, a hand covered in seasoning smacked his forehead. “Damn it, I forgot about the equipment I would need to cook these massive bear ribs!”
Crackers stopped what she was doing and raised her head. “What ya be needin Kit?”
Kit pointed to the overly large rack of ribs. “I don’t have a clay pot big enough to put them in and Grandpa and Twix are at the cemetery.” He would need the both of them to make a new clay pot.
Crackers scratched her head, then looked over to the kitchen door. “Why don’t ya ask Snowball to send a message to them?”
“Ahh, that’s a great idea Crackers!” Kit took out his quill and a piece of paper and wrote a note. He then tied it with a piece of string. He stuck his head out the door and called for his companion. It didn’t take long for a darting black ball followed by pastel blue to arrive in front of him.
A panting Snowball sat in front of Kit “Hey buddy can you do me a favour?” Snowball nodded his fluffy head in response. Kit tied the string around Snowballs neck “Can you take that to Grandpa or Twix?”
Soft yips left Snowballs mouth and then he dashed north, pastel blue shapes speed off after him. Kit hoped that the others wouldn’t be too unhappy about the Piabbits unexpected arrival with Snowball.
With the request for help sent, Kit placed the bear ribs in his pouch to keep it fresh. He then pulled out the possum. He looked at the fur covered animal and wondered why it didn’t automatically turn into a chunk of meat like most animals did when he killed them.
He started to wonder if he could even use this animal in cooking. Then he remembered he had to scale and gut the fish before use. The mechanics of this game often confused him sometimes, why did some animals turn into meat while others had to be cleaned?
Kit decided there was no point worrying about this and got to work on cleaning the possum.
He gave Crackers the task of collecting all the ingredients from the storage facility to go in the stew. When the possum was all cleaned for use, he started to slice the meat from the bone. The new kitchen knife sliced through the flesh like it was butter.
Kit’s hand movements were graceful and fast. He didn’t make a single mistake as the carved up the flesh of the possum. A happy tune left his mouth as he worked. When he sliced the last piece of meat from the possum carcass a notification rang.
Ding!
[Skill learnt: Competent Slicing]
Player has flexibility of hand movements to perform a competent slice with a knife, adding more variety to knife skills.
+ 200 Agility
+ 300 Intelligence
Kit froze as he looked at the notification, how in the world had the rewards jumped so much? Normally he would get maximum of 50 added to his stats. He then looked at the skill and realised he had upgraded his slicing skill!
He looked down at the gold level knife in his hand then over at the cuts of meat. He could not see a single mistake in his dissection of the possum. A smile bloomed on his lips, happiness flooded his system. Today really was full of surprises!
With giddy smiling face he turned towards Crackers, her brow shot up when she noticed his expression. “Ya be lookin very happy today boss.” Kit’s smile grew bigger, he really was very happy today!
“Yes, I feel like everything is going very well today Crackers.” He wasn’t kidding he had already made two stats meals, possibly three if he looked in the freezer and he had unlocked a new skill as well as upgrading one.
He felt like even if this possum stew didn’t turn into a stats dish it wouldn’t diminish his happiness toady. Although he had this thought, he didn’t want to fail at making the possum stew. He even planned to look in the book of plants to see what else they had found in the room with the possums.
He was going to try his luck at adding some of the plants from the cavern into the stew to see if he could get a nice surprise. He flipped through the pages scrutinizing each new entry, his perusal stopped when he landed on a page with thyme.
[Underground thyme.]
Found in the Twisted tunnels of Spatlicaan wilderness. A common herb found in a unique location.
When eaten raw: nil known effect.
Warning: Nil known side effects for the herb.
Can be used in potions and cooking.
Possibility to combine with other ingredients for better results.
This was just what he needed to add extra flavour to his stew. He looked at the opposite page to the thyme and a wide smile grew on his face.
[Underground rosemary.]
Found in the Twisted tunnels of Spatlicaan wilderness. A common herb found in a unique location.
When eaten raw: nil known effect.
Warning: Nil known side effects for the herb.
Can be used in potions and cooking.
Possibility to combine with other ingredients for better results.
It was like the ingredients were telling him to make a stew with the possum meat! All his earlier anxiety about making this recipe disappeared. He couldn’t wait to get started on making this dish!
Kit sent Crackers to the storage facility with a list of ingredients to buy, then he set to work chopping up the possum meat into bit sized chunks.
As he was chopping up a cube of meat another notification rang!
[Skill learnt: Competent Chop]
Player has flexibility of hand movements to perform a competent chop with a knife, adding more variety to knife skills.
+ 350 Agility
+ 400 Speed
Kit started to choke on his own spit when he saw the notification. Delight surged through his body, another skill upgrade! Kit let out a pleased laugh, he was starting to feel like he was going to burst with happiness if things kept going so well today!
Crackers walked into the kitchen with a woven basket as Kit was staring off into space laughing in delight. “Boss you be a bit crazy today.” Kit could only nod his head in agreement, he was crazy today, crazy lucky!
The pair soon got lost in preparing the ingredients for the possum stew. Once all the vegetables were ready Kit started to place them inside the large pot on top of the fire pit. Onion, carrots, potatoes, peas were added with the possum meat to the boiling water.
Kit scrunched his brow as he thought about the sauce, it would need a hearty flavour. He decided to add paprika, red wine, thyme, rosemary, garlic, flour, tomato sauce and red velvet bloom. After it was all thrown into the pot, he stirred the ingredients until they all combined into a thick sauce. A hearty herbal smell soon started to fill the kitchen as Kit stirred the pot.
Now all he had to do was wait for the possum stew to cook and he could see if it would produce a stats result. While he was waiting, he decided to go and check on the sorbet in the freezer.