Douluo Continent: Gourmet Prisoner

Chapter 77 Gourmet Farm

An ordinary human cannot build an academy building in a month, but a Soul Master can.

Shrek's Culinary Academy is located right next to the area where Archer trains his beasts.

Since the appearance of gourmet spirit beasts, Elder Gong's taming of spirit beasts has become no different from farming and animal husbandry.

The presence of the culinary academy nearby makes it convenient to source ingredients, and some of the ingredients cultivated by Elder Gong are even more delicious than the original species from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Furthermore, due to the culinary department, even more resources were invested in Mr. Gong's farm.

A win-win situation, an absolute win-win situation!

The Gourmet Department secured a stable and delicious supply of ingredients, while Elder Gong received sufficient funds to cultivate gourmet spirit beasts and gourmet plants.

Let's first take a look at Mr. Gong's gourmet farm.

Old Gong is a hardworking old man who takes care of these delicious creatures every day without complaint.

Look, there are bacon leaves grown by Mr. Gong. It is a plant, but it does have the texture and taste of bacon. Its leaves are relatively large and delicious when eaten alone, but it can be cloying if you eat too much.

It can also be eaten in other ways. Except that it is not real bacon, all the cooking methods of bacon can be used on it. And because its leaves are large, it can also be used to wrap other things.

Oh, and there's also almond cabbage. It's a relatively easy ingredient to catch, and it has a crisper texture than regular cabbage, with a subtle almond aroma and a refreshing feel.

Almond cabbage can be eaten directly or is often used in salads and other dishes.

Not far away, black grass was also planted, which was enough to prove how fertile Gong Lao's vegetable garden was. Black grass prefers a mild and nutrient-rich soil environment.

Old Gong also planted some wine palm trees here, which produce a magical coconut fruit that contains alcohol.

Not far away, there was a strange peach tree, which belonged to our regular customer, the Peach-haired Beast.

Wrong? There's a section of the ground covered with vines.

What is this?

Soon, Master Gong showed us what it was. He reached out and pulled, and a bunch of sweet potatoes were pulled out along with the vine.

Oh, it's a friction-sensitive sweet potato. This ingredient is extremely sensitive to friction; cutting it with a regular kitchen knife will instantly turn it into charcoal. The inside is naturally warm, extremely sweet, and has a delicate and soft texture like marshmallow.

It seems this hardworking old farmer is preparing to send these sweet potatoes to Chef Lu Xiaoxiao, to provide ingredients for the culinary department, and also to have Lu Xiaoxiao prepare a snack for him to enjoy with drinks, since this old farmer can't handle this kind of ingredient.

Look at that patch of lush green chives again. It seems this old farmer has another surprise in store for us—it's sticky chives.

Similar to ordinary chives but thicker, with leaves about 3-5 cm wide and up to 80 cm long, dark green with a silvery sheen, white roots and stems, and a strong herbal aroma.

The most unique feature is its self-adhesive ability at the cut. After being cut, the cut surface will quickly secrete a highly adhesive plant glue, which can re-adhere within seconds. It cannot be completely cut without cutting hundreds of times.

Its growth cycle is about 1 year. It is highly cold-resistant, can grow in all seasons, and its roots will regenerate quickly after harvesting, making it suitable for sustainable harvesting.

Its fibrous structure is exceptionally tough. If you cut it with brute force, it will damage the fibrous structure, resulting in a significant increase in bitterness and making it inedible. You must master fine knife skills to unlock its deliciousness.

Its texture is extremely crisp, tender, juicy and refreshing, far surpassing ordinary vegetables. When chewing, you can feel the elastic texture of the fibers, but there is no roughness at all.

It has a sweet herbal aroma, mixed with a hint of garlic and onion flavor, and a slightly sweet aftertaste. It has no pungent or spicy sensation like ordinary chives.

Rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, and dietary fiber, its plant-based gum components have beauty-enhancing and gastrointestinal mucosal protection effects.

The finer the knife skills, the better the flavor of the chives; if cut improperly, bitterness will mask all the deliciousness, turning it into an inedible and unpalatable ingredient.

However, it seems that no one at Shrek Academy can currently cook this kind of ingredient.

After all, this is one of the important teaching materials for learning the profound art of food.

Let's take a look at this old farmer's farm.

Our regular customer at his farm is the whole roasted pig.

There's also the unicorn bear that was spared in the original story because its meat was too tough. Although the meat wasn't very tasty, its horn was quite good and could be used to make kitchen utensils.

To restore a suitable environment for them to live in, Mr. Gong also specially planted many trees.

Look, there's a koala on that tree, with cocoa pods growing on its back.

Once the cocoa pods on the back mature, the cocoa seeds inside are dark brown, plump, and contain up to 60% cocoa butter. They are the raw material for making top-quality chocolate, which melts in your mouth, has a bittersweet taste, and a fruity aroma of amato fruit in the finish.

A sharp bird cry rang out.

A giant bird appeared in the sky, about 2 meters long, with a wingspan of 5 meters, weighing 80 kg, covered with silver-gray steel feathers in the shape of diamond-shaped scales, with a deep black beak and claws as sharp as blades that could easily tear rocks, and dark red eyes.

This is a Hankella bird.

Despite its heavy, iron-like feathers, it still possesses excellent flight capabilities; the flapping of its wings can generate powerful gusts of wind to disrupt or attack enemies.

It is a relatively powerful food-themed spirit beast.

But none of these are the most important things.

Beneath its hard exterior lies an unbelievable deliciousness.

His meat is as crisp as top-grade Wagyu beef, and his fat content is comparable to that of tuna belly.

In addition, there are some soul beasts that Elder Gong used to keep.

But the Hankella Bird is definitely the highest-level soul beast.

Old Master Gong was living a very comfortable life.

Although hungry customers come to the door from time to time.

It refers to the Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi.

Xuanzi was very tempted by that Hancock bird.

However, Master Gong had gone to great lengths to find only this one, and he certainly wouldn't be willing to give it to Xuanzi.

Besides that, Elder Gong tended the vegetable garden and fed the soul beasts every day.

Send some ingredients to the Gourmet Department, and bring back some ingredients that Lu Xiaoxiao has prepared.

Find a place to sit, pick two wine coconuts from a wine coconut tree, catch a whole roasted pig, and enjoy drinking and eating meat to your heart's content. You can live a very carefree and happy life.

After eating meat and drinking wine, we'll have some almond cabbage to cleanse our palates, and finally, a dessert of rubbed sweet potatoes prepared by Lu Xiaoxiao.

This is like a dream life.

Although he still has to leave from time to time to find some new food creatures, after all, his vegetable garden can't just have these things.

The creatures he now possesses were all captured by him. Through breeding and raising, the meat of the gourmet spirit beasts is of better quality than that of wild ones.

During this period, any live food spirit beasts captured by the students will be sent to him first to see if they can be cultivated and raised.

Old Master Gong didn't complain about anything, because these were the things he liked.