NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Cooking Aquila Meat, Furnace Skill!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After Lu Yu signed for the package, the courier left.
Lu Yu returned to the room and opened up the package.
Inside the bag was a large piece of meat. The flesh was all gooey and bloody, as if it had just been cut off. It had not even been properly processed.
Although it looked bloody, it was also extremely fresh.
Apparently, due to his SSS-class Gluttony Talent, when Lu Yu saw the fresh Aquila poultry meat, he felt a sudden craving for it.
This Aquila meat was very attractive to Lu Yu, most likely because it contained a great deal of health vitality!
Lu Yu began to consider the various cooking methods.
Although his craving was overwhelming, he couldn’t eat it raw.
In his previous life, Lu Yu was a food blogger who was very experienced in cooking various delicacies.
Naturally, he had high expectations for the food he consumed. He was not someone who would accept any food so casually.
Lu Yu examined the meat. After all, this was the poultry meat of a Fearsome Beast. It was very supple and much more tender.
Although he had never cooked Aquila poultry meat before, the consistency of the meat was similar to that of chicken, except that it was of much better quality. Lu Yu felt that it might be appropriate to cook it like cooking chicken.
“Let’s cook it like New Orleans roast chicken!” Lu Yu said after a moment’s thought.
After making up his mind, Lu Yu began preparing the meat.
The first step was to drain the blood.
Draining off the blood would not only make it more delicious, it would clear out the impurities too. As this was the flesh of the Aquila, which was a Fearsome Beast after all, it was not known what it had experienced or eaten. The flesh must be processed properly.
Lu Yu placed the entire piece of poultry meat in the sink, then filled it with cold water. After adding a sufficient amount of salt, he allowed it to soak for an hour before removing it and setting it aside for the water to drip off.
The next step was to marinate.
The most critical thing about making New Orleans roast chicken was the marinating procedures.
The quality of the marinating ingredients would determine whether the final result was delicious or not.
Lu Yu took out a kitchen knife and cut open a small incision, making it easier for the marinating ingredients to percolate inside.
After this, he prepared the Orléans sauce using a mixture of onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, New Orleans powder, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and other ingredients. After mixing all of them thoroughly, he poured the sauce evenly on the Aquila poultry meat.
He then massaged the poultry meat well, to ensure that the marinating sauce was evenly absorbed.
Lu Yu was already a Level 6 Martial Arts Warrior, with a full-strength punch of 1000 kg of force. He had to control his strength carefully when massaging the meat, otherwise he might just squash the meat into mush.
Normally, it would be best to marinate for 24 hours and in the interim, massage the meat from time to time. In this way, the best marinating effect would be achieved.
However, Lu Yu couldn’t wait that long. He wanted to finish cooking as soon as possible and wolf it down immediately to increase his strength.
After massaging for half an hour and marinating for an hour, he took it out.
Then, he prepared the honey sauce, which would be needed during the roasting process.
The last step of course, was the actual roasting process.
He had an oven at home.
After applying some honey sauce and some of the leftover Orléans sauce on the meat, Lu Yu placed the Aquila poultry meat into the oven to roast.
After roasting it for half an hour, he took it out and flipped it over. He applied another coat of honey sauce and Orléans sauce before putting it back in to continue roasting.
Before long, the fragrance of the roast meat spread throughout the kitchen.
Just then, Giovanna returned home and was surprised by the strong scent of fragrant roast meat.
“Old man, what’s that smell? Why does it smell so good?” Giovanna walked into the kitchen.
When she saw Lu Yu cooking, she walked up to him, full of curiosity .
“What good stuff are you cooking? Why does it smell so good?” Giovanna asked eagerly.
Lu Yu smiled and said, “Just a moment, everything will be ready soon!”
After completing the last flip over and applying the sauces, the New Orleans roasted Aquila poultry meat was finally ready.
When he opened the oven and pulled out the baking tray, the mouth-watering aroma instantly filled the air.
Lu Yu took a small knife and cut off a small piece. He placed it on a plate and handed it to his wife.
“This is the New Orleans-flavored roasted Aquila poultry meat. Give it a try. Be careful it’s hot.” Lu Yu said with a smile.
When Giovanna heard that it was the meat of the Fearsome Beast Aquila, she was very hesitant about eating it.
She was just an ordinary person, not a martial arts warrior. She would not be able to digest the meat of Fearsome Beasts at all. If she ate it, she would almost certainly have diarrhea.
However, it smelled so good and it was personally cooked by her husband. In the end, she couldn’t resist taking a bite.
“Wow, it’s delicious!” Giovanna exclaimed in joy.
The most surprising thing was that after eating the meat, it tasted great but she did not feel terrible like what happened in the past whenever she ate the meat of Fearsome Beasts. Right now, all she could feel was a comfortable feeling all over her body. In fact, she felt more energetic than before
“That’s odd. Why do I not feel uncomfortable eating the Fearsome Beast meat you cooked? In fact, I feel very good all over, and I feel stronger too.” Giovanna remarked with a puzzled look.
When he heard this, Lu Yu was a little surprised too. He immediately wondered whether this might be the effect of his Delicacy Cells.
The Fearsome Beast meat that had been cooked by him seemed to be digestible by ordinary people as well. In addition, it appeared to give them a health boost too.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu was a bit surprised at this discovery. In future, not only would he be able to eat these exotic ingredients to increase his strength through his Delicacy Cells and Gluttony Talent,
he could also cook these Fearsome Beast meat or other high-end ingredients himself to help his wife and the people around him increase their strength!
If so, then Lu Yu could help his whole family improve their strength!
However, this was only Lu Yu’s speculation. As for the veracity of this hypothesis, he would have to test it out later.
“Maybe it’s because I marinated it, so it’s easier for you to digest it,” Lu Yu said with a smile, giving a flimsy excuse to put her at ease.
“Is that so?” Giovanna nodded without giving it much thought.
Then, Lu Yu looked at the delicious Aquila poultry meat and started wolfing it down ravenously.
The moment the meat entered his mouth, the aroma permeated his entire mouth.
After all, this was the meat of a Fearsome Beast. Ordinary chicken could not compare with it.
It was the same cooking method, but the end result in taste was so different.
Unlike ordinary chicken that required a long time to marinate, this Aquila poultry meat was extremely delicious after being marinated for only an hour.
It melted as soon as it entered his mouth, and the texture was very good.
After taking one bite, Lu Yu felt a warm feeling in his stomach. Evidently, he was absorbing the energy within and utilizing it to increase his own strength.
The three kilograms worth of New Orleans roasted Aquila poultry meat was devoured by Lu Yu in no time.
Not long after he finished eating, a series of notifications appeared in front of him.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wing tips. Received: Energy +28!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wingette. Received: Health Vitality +35!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wing drumette. Received: Strength +29!]
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[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila Heart. Received: Furnace!]
As he looked at the series of notifications flashing up in front of him, Lu Yu suddenly felt the various attributes within his body rising continuously. His strength was rising at a visible rate.
When he saw the last notification, Lu Yu was even more surprised. Apart from obtaining various physical attributes, he could also obtain skills?
Out of surprise and curiosity, Lu Yu hurriedly began to look through it.
[Furnace]
Level: D-class
Effect: Bi-directional channeling, combusting health vitality, obtaining power that is multiplied. On using power, obtaining health vitality that is multiplied. The multiplier increases with the increase in the host’s strength! (Current multiplier: 2 times!)