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Chapter 38. Is the Cow Offal Hot Pot any good?!

"What the heck is this?!" Qi Jia cried out as she vomited, "Brother Ming'en, what did you do?! What is this?!"

Your mother!

There's no way a cow's stomach could have a good smell, because it's connected to the intestines. After digestion, it goes directly into the intestines, which is just stale. To put it nicely, it's the smell of a cow's stomach; to put it bluntly, it's pure cow dung!
Look again at the grass that Shen Ming'en dug out of the cow stomachs. What's the difference between that stuff's color and the cow dung that's everywhere on this farm, and that director Ma Bi even stepped in?

Judging from Shen Ming'en's demeanor, if nothing unexpected happens, what he's feeding them isn't the tripe or honeycomb lining of a cow, but rather something more like...

This! Grass!
【puff……】

The audience next door was laughing hysterically, and the live chat was flooded with comments:

Wait, can you eat this?

[What's the difference between Shen Ming'en's actions and making someone eat food? Isn't this going a bit too far?]

[Hmm... Can I say I actually have a pretty good idea of ​​what Shen Ming'en is going to make for these guests?]

[Pfft... I guessed it too. This really is a famous dish, and one that some ethnic minorities serve as a special delicacy to their guests!]

……

“Niu Bie (牛瘪),” Shen Ming’en answered his colleague Qi Jia’s question directly: “It’s a raw material for making delicious food.”

It's worth mentioning that Hajime himself somehow got two pieces of toilet paper, crumpled them up, and stuffed them into his nostrils. He couldn't stand the smell either!

"...You're not going to make...cow dung hotpot, are you?" Teacher Huang's lips twitched, but she couldn't help but reveal the answer in the end.

Beef offal hot pot is a traditional delicacy of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups in southeastern Guizhou and northern Guangxi. It holds a high status among the local ethnic minorities and is a prestigious dish served to guests.

Teacher Huang had only heard of this dish before, but had never actually eaten it, let alone seen anyone prepare it...

Today, Shen Mingen really did a good job of cleaning up his mess; it was an eye-opener.

"Teacher Huang is right," Shen Ming'en clapped his hands and replied as expected, "It's beef offal hot pot, a local specialty!"

The production team had asked Shen Ming'en to prepare special delicacies for Teacher Huang and the others. Before coming, Shen Ming'en specifically searched online and found that variety shows in this world were really lacking in their exploration of these "heavy-flavored special delicacies." Since that was the case, he might as well be the "founding father" of this "school of thought".

"you……"

Teacher Huang's expression shifted between light and dark. To be honest, he now wanted to pick up the knife next to Shen Ming'en and stab the guy, replacing him as the new "Stab-Knife Cult Leader"!

"Teacher Huang," Qi Jia couldn't help but ask, "What is 'cow dung hot pot'?"

With a gloomy face and a somber tone, Teacher Huang recounted the history of this dish to her. Perhaps because of his bad mood, Teacher Huang didn't seem to care about anything else, let alone becoming Qi Jia's father. After the introduction, he continued to have a gloomy face, pondering how to get Shen Ming'en to stop making this thing.

It's worth mentioning that Teacher He, the "Evil Gardenia," was also holding back his laughter, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Teacher Huang seemed to say, "You've finally met your match!"
The production team was also helpless against him...

Cow dung hotpot is a local specialty, which meets the requirements of the program, so the program team can't say anything about it; but the problem is that the preparation process and raw materials of this dish are so... disgusting!

Look at Shen Ming'en's place...

After emptying most of the grass from the cow's stomach, the guy carried the stomach and the grass basin to the tap and used the water to rinse the remaining grass residue from the stomach.

The hay he had dug out earlier wasn't so disgusting because it was dry. But when he rinsed it with water and mixed it with the water, it turned into a dark green color.

Netizens described this as: "The original Shrek colors!"

To put it nicely, it's Shrek's color; to put it bluntly, isn't it just Shrek's color?
Look at all this cow dung on the farm, isn't it all this color?

Is that cow dung soup?

That's clearly Shi Tang!
Add to that that stench and disgusting smell, and you could easily mistake it for cow spit! Even if something made from this stuff smelled incredibly delicious, who the hell would dare to eat a single bite?!
"No wonder he said yesterday that he wanted to feed the cow some high-quality grass and Chinese herbs..." Director Ma Bi's forehead was covered in black lines. Yesterday he thought this guy wanted to give the cow a good last meal, but it turns out he was waiting for this!

"Ahhhh!!!"

Qi Jia, who had been waiting all day, stared at the dark green pot of soup and completely broke down. She ran outside, clung to a tree with her legs crossed, and screamed in despair:
"Kill me! Even if you kill me, I still won't eat that stuff!"

The original plan was to appear on the show to ride the wave of popularity and enjoy traveling and tasting local delicacies with the seniors. How did it turn into a "food history" episode?

If she had said she wanted to "eat history" earlier, she wouldn't have come to this show!

Another female guest, Huang Yingying, didn't look much better either. Of course, no matter how bad she looked, she couldn't compare to Teacher Huang. After all, he was the one who brought his daughter on the show. A father bringing his daughter to eat at a restaurant—it's so embarrassing!

But could they ask Shen Ming'en to stop?

It still won't work...

Because there is no legitimate reason!

It's so uncomfortable!

that's it……

Amidst the dismay of the guests, Shen Ming'en cleaned the cow's stomach and then carried a large basin of "cow dung," two cow testicles, and a cow whip to the kitchen to prepare for cooking.

When the guests saw the "whole, intact cow" that Shen Ming'en had removed from its belly and stomach, they stood there, momentarily bewildered.

A few comments floated lightly across the live stream screen:

[So abstract...too abstract!]

[Teacher Huang: He's a big eater, but we don't give him anything to eat!]

[You made these dumplings just for that vinegar? Ha~ Hakim, you bastard...]

……

He wouldn't let them eat anything from the whole cow, and he actually made these dumplings just for that bit of vinegar!
"Haha, well... after all, beef offal hot pot is a specialty of ethnic minorities, maybe it will taste really delicious when it's made later?" Teacher He was still trying to "save the day," saying, "Let's go see how it's made."

Actually, no one really wanted to watch the cooking process, because just looking at that pot of "Shi Tang" made them want to throw up their dinner from the night before. But out of respect for Teacher He, they couldn't help but follow along.

As it turns out, Teacher He was right. Although Shen Ming'en's beef offal hot pot broth was just average, after adding scallions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers to the pot to sauté, then adding filtered broth and simmering it, skimming off the foam, and adding some sauce, the taste was actually quite good.

But just when everyone started to find the smell less unpleasant and started to think that the cow dung hotpot wasn't so bad after all...

Just as it was about to be taken out of the pot, Shen Ming'en picked up a spoon and added another spoonful of "original broth" to the hot pot.

At that moment, the guests' hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

They are now very afraid that Shen Ming'en will serve them a bowl of "original soup" while they are eating, so that they can "digest the original food with the original soup"!
Teacher Huang couldn't help but shout in despair at the production team off-camera:

"...Who the hell invited this 'living father'?!"

……

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