The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 228 The Effects of Accelerated Cooking
"Gulu~"

Egg Baby pulled its big tail out of Spicy's mouth with a wronged look on its face. There were two clear teeth marks on the big tail.

Qin Lang looked at Lala with a wry smile, and gently patted its head with one hand, "You can't hurt your companions like that!"

"Chapter?" Lala tilted her head, then opened her mouth wide and bit Qin Lang's hand with a "whoosh".

Qin Lang: “…”

"Pfft—" Zhao Qian couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh out loud. "If I'm not mistaken, this is its way of expressing friendliness."

Grinning as he pulled his hand away from the spicy mouth, Qin Lang was taken aback by what he heard. "Expressing friendliness?"

Upon closer reflection, when Lala bit me, I didn't seem to feel any malice, only closeness and dependence.

"Lala, is that so?"

"Chapter!" Lala nodded seriously, then her gaze fell on Zhao Qian's arm.

"Don't bite me!" Zhao Qian took two steps back as if facing a formidable enemy. "You can bite Qin Lang, he's your spirit chef."

"Is there anyone like you?" Qin Lang shook his head, both amused and exasperated, then turned to pat Danbao. "It seems Lala was just trying to be friendly to us."

"Gurgle~" Egg Baby nodded thoughtfully, and then, as if making a major decision, brought its tail close to Spicy.

"Chaka?" Lala looked at Danbao's big tail as it approached, then turned her head to the other side.

This spicy king doesn't bite people all the time!

Egg Treasure: (*﹏)
It seems like it's being rejected!
"Alright, alright." Qin Lang watched the interaction between the two food spirits with a wry smile, and patted his empty stomach. "We've been through so much and haven't even eaten yet. Let's cook something first."

Fortunately, there was still plenty of pork belly and other ingredients left, enough to make another serving of twice-cooked pork.

"Zhao Qian, would you like to eat with us?"

"Let it go this time." Seeing that Qin Lang's house was still untidy, Zhao Qian wisely refrained from adding to the chaos. "But next time you have to make some spicy Origin cuisine for me to try!"

To be honest, she was still very curious about the origins of spicy food.

"No problem." Qin Lang nodded and smiled. After seeing Zhao Qian off, he took the two food spirits into the kitchen.

I haven't made the hand-torn cabbage yet, but it shouldn't take too long. As for the twice-cooked pork...

Qin Lang turned his gaze to Lala.

Spicy's cooking skill is [Cooking Acceleration]. Du Ziyan also possesses this skill, and Qin Lang has witnessed it more than once in the cooking competition. Before Zhao Qian arrived, he had already looked up the detailed description of this cooking skill.

【Cooking Acceleration (0 stars): Accelerates all accelerable processes within the cooking skill range. The maximum total acceleration time for all processes is 1000 minutes. Cooldown time is 48 hours.】

The description of this cooking technique is a bit more complex than Egg Treasure's "Full of Freshness", but it is not difficult to understand.

The so-called accelerated process is the cooking process that does not require human intervention. For example, stir-frying ingredients in a pot cannot be accelerated, but if the ingredients are put in a pot to cook without human intervention, the process can be accelerated.

【Cooking Acceleration】can be used on multiple processes simultaneously or on a single process, but the total acceleration time is only 1000 minutes. If there are multiple processes, the acceleration time will be shared among them.

1000 minutes is equivalent to 16.7 hours. This acceleration time is enough for Qin Lang to quickly make a pot of broth from scratch.

Qin Lang had been somewhat envious when he saw Du Ziyan use this culinary technique before, since time is sometimes very important for chefs.

Now, he can finally say that he has the same culinary skills.

"Lala, can you cook for me with your culinary skills later?" "Chapter?" Lala tilted her head, looking puzzled.

Clearly, it was not very aware of its own abilities at birth.

This is where the advantage of having a senior colleague becomes apparent.

Egg Baby enthusiastically approached Spicy and began explaining various common knowledge about Food Spirits to it.

Aside from selectively omitting the attribute restraint relationships that it still doesn't remember, it repeated all the knowledge that Qin Lang had once taught Danbao to Lala. After the explanation, Danbao earned Lala's admiring gaze.

Now it could finally understand how Qin Lang had felt back then, and it felt a little smug, its big tail wagging involuntarily.

Immediately afterward, Danbao froze, looking at Lala who had bitten its tail with a look of utter despair.

Okay, that's a friendly gesture from Lala.

Don't cry, Egg Baby, it doesn't hurt at all!

On the other side, Qin Lang watched the two food spirits playing with a smile, quickly took the hand-torn cabbage out of the pot, then started boiling water again, added pork belly, scallions, ginger and cooking wine, and then looked at Lala expectantly.

"LaLa, show us how to speed up your cooking!"

"Chop!" Under Danbao's guidance, Lala already knew how to use her cooking skills. A bright white halo quickly surged around her, covering the pot in front of her.

Qin Lang and Danbao curiously leaned closer and saw that everything in the pot was changing rapidly, as if a button had been pressed to speed it up dozens or even hundreds of times.

In just a few seconds, the pork belly in the pot had reached the consistency it had been cooking for half an hour.

However, it seems that Lala cannot accurately control the timing of the cooking acceleration, because everything in the pot continues to accelerate.

"Stop!" Qin Lang hurriedly pressed down on La La's head to manually interrupt the process, and the effect of [Cooking Acceleration] came to an abrupt end.

Judging from actual demonstrations, this food skill is indeed very useful, but it is not as easy to control as "Full of Freshness". If Spicy wants to reach the level of Du Ziyan's food spirit, she still needs to go through some practice.

However, this was not a problem for Qin Lang.

"Great." Qin Lang gave Lala a thumbs up.

Having received praise for her first use of culinary skills, Lala's eyes narrowed with delight, and then she took a bite of the thumbs-up Qin Lang had given her.

Qin Lang: “…”

Hold on, hold on!
When Lala reluctantly gave in, Qin Lang shook his hand, which bore the teeth marks, and, with a wry smile, took out the pork belly and continued cooking.

Soon, the twice-cooked pork was ready.

Before Qin Lang could even take a bite of the previous twice-cooked pork, it was all swallowed by the spiciness. This time, Qin Lang couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth. The first thing he tasted was a rich aroma and a salty, fresh flavor.

The unique flavor of fermented soybean paste, with its salty and savory taste and a hint of sweetness, combined with the fresh garlic, the fatty but not greasy pork belly, and the slightly sweet chili peppers, creates a familiar and wonderful taste that quickly spreads between the lips and teeth.

After taking a bite, Qin Lang's eyes lit up, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't eaten it in a long time, but he felt that this time it tasted even more delicious than before.

They scooped out the already cooked rice, and the two spirits quickly began to show off their skills.

(End of this chapter)