The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 65

Episode 65: Subway (3)

[Low-Level Cooking Secret – Obtain ‘Enlightenment on how to prepare black sand larvae’.] [

How to prepare black sand larvae]

[A pest that absorbs moisture from all kinds of objects and decomposes them. Black sand larvae.]

Black sand is classified as a pest in many parts of the world due to its habit of desertifying the living environment, but there are also enthusiasts who prefer it due to its surprisingly excellent taste.] [To prepare, first pierce the neck area and cut off the windpipe

. After draining the blood, the carapace is separated -.]

[The eyeball, which has completely degenerated and lost its function as a visual organ, is such an excellent food ingredient that it is said that it exists only for cooking, so when preparing it, the utmost care must be taken to separate it without damaging it -.]

Activates [Chef’s Eye].

I cleaned the [black sand bug larvae] according to the cleaning method that came to mind.

‘Easy at first.’

After sitting down.

Place the trimmed meat on the frying pan and lightly fry.

The simplest recipe.

[Roasted black sand larvae made with the help of a low-level cook]

[Your physical strength increases slightly.]

[Temporarily acquires the attribute ‘Exoskeleton (Deterioration).’]

As simple as it was made, the finished product was not that great.

That part was intentional, so it doesn’t matter.

What is important is the effect triggered by this.

I wonder if that helps in conquering the dungeon or not.

“It’s an exoskeleton.”

As it looks like a cockroach.

The characteristic that can be obtained when cooking with this thing is its exoskeleton.

“That sucks.”

Well, depending on the situation, it might not be that bad.

It wouldn’t be much help in the current situation.

It’s not that we lack combat power right now.

After I figured it out, I popped the finished roast into my mouth.

I felt a not-so-significant level of buff coursing through my body.

‘hmm?’

It was a dish I cooked because I thought it would be a

waste to throw it away. Although the buffs that circulate in my body were not that important.

Meat in your mouth.

There is one thing I feel there.

‘this. ‘It tastes like shrimp?’

The taste of grilled flesh.

It was the perfect shrimp.

…Did you say that cockroaches and shrimp have the same ancestor?

It tasted very similar, except for the strange salty taste as if it had been seasoned with salt itself.

Especially the bouncy texture.

‘hmm. then.’

I decided to start preparing for cooking in earnest.

Among those who were quietly sitting and listening to the meeting, he approached one of the fire wizards and spoke.

“It’s a flood. “Please light a fire here.”

“ah. Are you trying to cook?”

“uh. “I think the gas burner’s power won’t be enough.”

After asking a fire wizard to light a fire on the floor.

A suitable support was built around it and a pot was placed on top of it.

And after opening the bag.

I poured one of my secret ingredients that I always carry with me into it.

[Mixed Magical Animal Oil]

Oil made from the fat of monsters.

Perhaps because it is a mixture of several monsters, it has no effect on its own, but it is an oil that maximizes the effect of dishes made using it.

The oil that had cooled and solidified melted in the heat and turned into cooking oil.

After that, we immediately started preparing the ingredients.

Flesh of ‘black sand worm larvae’.

And the most delicious part, the eyeballs.

I mixed the two and mixed them.

The eyeballs burst out and became sauce, rubbing against the flesh.

‘It’s a bit gross.’

what.

Anyway, once it goes into the stomach, it’s all the same.

Tribute.

After mixing the ingredients well.

He takes out the [black Chinese food] that Grandpa Park made.

and.

Da-da-da-da-da-da…

I chopped the mixed ingredients.

After dividing the finely chopped ingredients into appropriate amounts.

I went to the place where the supplies brought from the unit were piled up and found what I needed.

‘I’m sure he brought it with him… Ah!’

The items taken out of it were:

[Bread made with the care of a low-level chef]

Made using flour obtained from the supermarket.

This is a bread I made while looking at a cookbook in my spare time while cooking for my unit members.

Since the unit’s combat rations were beef jerky, I brought this item with the idea of serving it as a sandwich out of concern that they might get bored eating it on its own.

Although it can be used as food on its own.

This time, it will be used as another food ingredient.

After cutting the bread into quarters.

The pre-divided ingredients were sandwiched between them.

Now all I have to do is check the oil.

“Flood, what temperature do you think the oil is?”

“I’m not sure about that.”

“hmm?”

I asked the flame wizard who was lighting a fire.

As their profession suggests, they are specialized in matters related to flames, so they would naturally know in detail about temperature.

“Perhaps because of the difference in atmospheric pressure… the firepower is not produced as desired. “The fire is coming out a little stronger than I realized.”

“iced coffee. “That could be possible.”

A space where the oxygen concentration and gravity are different from the outside.

Controlling firepower is bound to become difficult.

Even though he is a fire mage, it seems that it is difficult to gauge the oil temperature.

then.

“Why don’t you find out for yourself?”

“yes?”

After washing your hands thoroughly.

A boiling pot of oil.

I put my index finger inside it.

Perfect.

“oh. “This is adequate.”

“Wow!?”

at that time.

Some soldiers who were watching me cook screamed.

“Surprise…what happened?”

“What are you doing, Sergeant Shin!?”

“huh?”

What are you doing?

“I had to cook, but since I didn’t have a thermometer, I just checked the temperature with my finger.”

“…Is that something you would say so casually?”

“ah. “I know what you’re worried about, but you don’t have to worry.”

I excused myself, feeling a little sorry.

“I washed my hands thoroughly. Even if it’s like this, it’s a cooking disease. “Hygiene is strictly observed.”

“I’m not that worried, but…”

The soldiers looked at my index finger.

ah.

Was I worried about my hands, not hygiene?

‘I’m fine.’

[Flame affinity] is a trait acquired through awakening as a chef.

Also, my ability level has increased a lot recently.

To be honest, I don’t mind a bit of heat.

It’s been a while since I checked the temperature with my body before cooking.

I just got used to it and didn’t mind it.

It’s not like you get to see me cooking often.

This must have been a surprising sight to others.

“Whew, I’m glad you’re okay.”

“Please refrain from doing anything surprising. Since you are the guild leader… shouldn’t you take care of yourself?”

“greatness. “I’m sorry.”

anyway.

The temperature seems to be about right.

After carefully picking up the prepared ingredients one by one.

I put it into the oil pot.

Bubble bubble.

Ingredients fried in oil.

When you feel like the ingredients have gradually turned brown.

After taking it out as a whole.

After cooling the temperature a little, I put it into the oil again.

After going through a total of two frying processes.

[Black sand Menbosha made with the sincerity of a low-level cook.]

[When consumed, all abilities increase.] [

When consumed, earth attribute resistance increases significantly.]

[When consumed, physical resistance slightly increases.]

The dish is complete. .

“oh. “Is it Menbosha?”

“okay. “It must be delicious, right?”

A dish made by putting minced shrimp between slices of bread and frying them.

This was the first dish that came to mind when I realized that the monster’s meat tasted like shrimp.

I happened to have the ingredients so I gave it a try.

Umm.

The color is better than I thought.

“If you say they used that monster as an ingredient, it’s a bit weird.”

“But doesn’t it look delicious?”

“I am confident that I will eat well regardless.”

The soldiers who were watching talked while looking at the finished dish.

A dish made with a cockroach-like monster.

There seems to be a debate on whether to eat that or not.

He doesn’t even think about giving rice cakes, but he starts drinking kimchi soup.

I said, dumbfounded.

“this. “I made it to eat.”

“…yes?”

Of course there is a reason.

The fire nets of the troops deployed to kill the monster.

The firepower was so great.

“Most of the monsters’ corpses were not in a normal shape. “Is this one thing that’s okay?”

There was no amount of soldiers to give from the beginning.

They are eating it, and they are fighting with each other, so it is absurd.

“Wasn’t that your meal today?”

“That’s true, but it’s my meal. You guys have combat rations, right? “Eat that.”

“No, it’s not some kind of food torture…”

“If someone sees it, they’ll think I’m starving.”

Was he really looking forward to my new dish?

I could feel the soldiers’ gazes filled with despair.

No, the combat rations were made with as much passion and sincerity as possible to make them delicious.

I keep feeling eyes on me, but what can I do?

Ignoring those gazes as much as possible.

I put the finished dish into my mouth.

Pasasak.

As soon as I chewed the crispy fried bread, oily juices came out.

Inside was chewy, chewy meat.

Touch on the outside and inside.

Fantastic texture.

The more you chew, the more the oil and meat juice mix, creating a deeper flavor.

“oh. “I made this, but it’s really delicious.”

“Ah, vicious…!”

Even if you say that.

It’s not that I have such a low personality that I enjoy cooking and eating alone among these people.

It’s a meal that has its own reason.

[You have consumed food.]

[Do you want to activate the effect of ‘Absolute Taste’?]

That’s why.

This is it.

When I saw the status window that appeared before my eyes, I muttered without hesitation.

‘Activates.’

[Skill – ‘Absolute Taste’ is activated.]

[Taste reached to the limit.]

[Not only can you feel the hidden taste of a dish, but it is also possible to focus on a specific taste.] A

recently acquired skill.

[Absolute taste].

Unlike other cooking skills that focus on giving buffs to others or identifying cooking ingredients.

This is a skill that only applies to myself.

This skill has two effects.

[Effect 1 (Passive) – The effect you gain from cooking increases positively and significantly for yourself.]

The ability to maximize the performance of the food you eat, only for you.

Simply put, it is an increase in buff efficiency.

Thanks to the effect being applied to ability potions, I achieved significant growth.

This alone is enormous.

‘That’s not all.’

An ability so powerful that even the first effect is considered laughable.

The second effect is this.

[Effect 2 (Active) – Only you can increase the small [Features] contained in the dish.]

The effect activated this time is this second effect.

As soon as you decide to use a skill, a system window appears in front of you.

[Caution!]

[When using this effect, all buff effects except those caused by the ‘Absolute Taste’ skill are removed.] [

All existing effects of cooking are canceled.]

[New effects are applied.]

[ Please select the desired characteristics.]

[Increased low-level teeth]

[Increased low-level combat power]

[Exoskeleton]

[Black Death’s Defense Carapace]

[Energy of Black Sand]

.

.

.

Characteristics listed before your eyes.

After reading the explanation one by one.

‘found.’

I chose a name for the trait I wanted.

[The effect of cooking is replaced by the selected attribute.]

I thought again of the effect of the Menbosha I had created.

[Black sand Menbosha made with the sincerity of a low-level cook.]

[When consumed, all abilities increase.] [

When consumed, earth attribute resistance increases significantly.]

[When consumed, physical resistance slightly increases.]

Effects of cooking like this .

It’s compliant, though.

As for whether it’s a skill that’s needed right now, that’s not true.

so that.

The effect applied to me was of a completely different kind.

[Buff being applied]

[Black sand Menbosha made with the sincerity of a low-level cook.]

[Attribute – ‘Energy of Black Sand’ acquired.]

After finishing the meal, I naturally got up.

I walked past the soldiers.

“Ugh, we should eat combat rations too.”

“Isn’t this too delicious to be called ‘combat rations’?”

“That’s right.”

“uh? Sergeant Shin? Where are you going?”

The soldiers who were preparing a meal by taking out combat rations saw me standing up and started talking to me.

I kept walking without answering.

“Huh?”

“Sergeant Shin Youngjun?”

“Commander! “Stop!”

Although some soldiers called me.

I have no intention of stopping.

The soldiers began to dissuade me from continuing to walk.

Of course.

The quicksand of the desert that gorged on Corporal Jeon Gwang-il.

Because I was moving towards that place without hesitation.

“This is crazy!”

The soldiers, who sensed something strange, stood up and shouted.

“Is that a mental type attack?”

“Sergeant Shin is crazy! catch!”

“You ate something strange by yourself!”

Soldiers rushing to catch me.

But it was late.

My feet landed on the sandy desert.

A bizarre desert where Gwang-il devoured him and tried to crush him to death.

however.

“Sergeant Shin…huh?”

“…what?”

“You’re not missing?”

Contrary to the soldiers’ expectations that they would struggle in quicksand.

My body.

I was perfectly comfortable standing on the desert.

[Energy of black sand]

[This is a special characteristic possessed only by the black sand bugs, a race that creates quicksand in the area of activity.] [A

special energy is emitted from the body.]

[Individuals with this energy can move freely in the area of black sand. This becomes possible.]

I briefly walked across the desert.

The feeling of sand scattering.

“Not bad.”