Chapter 1809: As Long as It's Delicious

Chapter 1809: Chapter 1809: As Long as It’s Delicious

“Alright then,” Xue Ganggang said with a laugh as she propped her chin on her hands, sitting at the cave entrance.

When Jue Jue came bouncing out of the cave to her side to play, that’s when Xue Ganggang asked, “How do you all eat wild vegetables?”

She had noticed earlier that Jue Jue had brought out two leaf wraps, one of which, apart from wild fruits that could be eaten directly, also contained the wild vegetables that the Yao Tribe considered edible.

During the day, she had sated her hunger with wild fruits and tubers, which she could simply chew directly. She found the taste of roasted meat disagreeable, and hadn’t touched it.

Without a second thought, Jue Jue earnestly replied, “We boil them in water and add some salt, I think that’s how it’s done, I’ve seen the grown-up beastmen do it.”

“Don’t you add oil?”

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“Why would you add oil?” Jue Jue didn’t understand.

“…Alright then.” This place was pretty backward. They hadn’t progressed to that step yet. Logically, if there isn’t vegetable oil for frying, you would add animal fat to make the dish taste good. She glanced at the square again, figuring that she couldn’t get her hands on vegetable oil anytime soon, but animal fat should be easy to come by, so she said, “Was the fat from the wild pig divided already? If not, could you get me some?”

“I don’t know, but elder sister, I can go check for you.” Without waiting for Xue Ganggang’s response, Jue Jue transformed into a little leopard and ran off.

To the square.

She went straight to Bai Xing’s feet and, with her little leopard head tilted up, cutely said, “King, king, elder sister said she wants some pig fat, do you have any? Do you?”

Bai Xing didn’t look toward Xue Ganggang sitting at the cave entrance, nor did he ask what she wanted the pig fat for. He simply instructed a beastman to use a stone knife to slice a large chunk of pig fat, wrap it in a big leaf, and then had the little leopard take it to her.

Usually, this pig fat would be simply roasted on the stone slabs in the square. Once it was cooked and changed color, sizzling with oil, the tribe’s people would share and eat it directly.

However, he found it too greasy and generally didn’t touch it much.

But the little beastmen of the tribe really liked it.

So, whenever someone in the tribe roasted it, they would first let the little beastmen like Jue Jue and the other little leopards have it.

“Elder sister, look.” Jue Jue brought it over and showed it off to Xue Ganggang like a treasure.

Xue Ganggang patted his little head and then asked how they normally ate this pig fat.

Once she knew how the Yao Tribe usually consumed the pig fat, Xue Ganggang’s face felt a bit hot. She felt as if she were competing with children for food.

Moreover, she wasn’t actually a member of this tribe…

But now that it had all been cut and prepared, sending it back would make her even more uncomfortable, so she said, “Jue Jue, stay later. Elder sister will boil the pig fat scraps for you to eat.”

“Is it tasty?”

“It should be. But it won’t be as greasy as what you ate before.” She planned to extract as much of the oil as possible. Her family spent most of their time in Locust Village, with no one to serve them, and they did their own laundry and cooking, so naturally, she knew her way around the kitchen.

She had been present when her family rendered lard before and knew how to do it.

Truth be told, she quite liked eating the rendered pork fat scraps.

When frying dishes, adding in the lard scraps made them tasty, too.

Jue Jue wasn’t set on having greasy food: “It doesn’t matter if it’s greasy or not, as long as it’s tasty.” The little leopard was simply delighted. He had never eaten pork fat scraps before.

Xue Ganggang, however, thought that Jue Jue was a little foodie.

Then she entered the cave with Jue Jue.

Bai Xing, being the king of the tribe, naturally had a more complete set of things in his cave than the other beastmen in the tribe. The two pieces of meat in the stone pot had been eaten by Bai Xing during the day, and the pot was washed and clean.

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