ocean-life Book 2: Chapter 6-3: Fire Fox Traditional Cuisine
Book 2: Chapter 6-3: Fire Fox Traditional Cuisine
Book 2: Chapter 6-3: Fire Fox Traditional Cuisine
The next task was the Steak Squad.
It was the main dish for today so I had to put in some extra effort. Boar meat was the second most suitable meat for roasting. I headed over.
From one boar you could only get ten-odd kilograms of meat. We had to get our steak meat from that part of the boar.
If you used thigh meat or rib meat then the flavor of the steak would drop by an entire level. In all honesty I wanted to use sirloin meatbut there wasnt enough for everyone so I had to give up on the idea.
The Fire Foxes were gathered in front of a giant iron plate and a huge pot. The women in this group were comparatively quite a bit older. It gave off the image of a gathering of housewives.
Sorry for the wait, Ill be teaching you how to make a specialty steak today. Itll be our showpiece for this meal so you need to be responsible.
I said with some energy, but the Fire Foxes of this group seemed a bit down.
Whats wrong? You all dont seem too enthusiastic.
I asked with some concern before one of the Foxes hesitantly spoke up.
She was a charming older woman in her mid thirties. My brain couldnt help but nickname her as Ms. Widow.
Umm Cyril-samawhen you roast boar meat it gets hard and sinewyit doesnt taste very good.
Thats right. I think itd be better to boil it.
The other Foxes nodded their heads in agreement. Certainly normally it would be as they said. This group of Housewives should have a fairly deep understanding of cooking.
The muscularity of boars had many sinews that hardened the meat. If you didnt treat the meat beforehand it would become hard and almost inedible once you roasted it.
I told you it was special right? The method Im going to teach you will make the meat soft and chew-able. Well, Ill make a test one and let you guys sample it.
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Rather than explaining everything in words itd be best to let them try it for themselves.
I went over to the large pot filled with reddish-violet liquid and took out a piece of meat.
This was a piece of meat from Lucy and my home. I had placed it in here before heading out to hunt.
It was about 1 cm thick.
For this method of cooking this thickness was best.
Here come on, hold the meat properly.
O-okay
Ms. Widow said as she blushed and grabbed the steak.
Here, this is the proper thickness. If youre trying to make a soft steak then this is ideal. Now keep going, once youve done 10 of them you should remember the right way to do it.
She began cutting with a serious expression.
The finished steak would be around 150 grams. It would be pretty easy to eat.
Halfway through I removed my hands and let her try on her own. By now she had grasped the trick and could now manage on her own.
Now Ill show you some magic. Ill be using this tool to tenderize the meat.
I put on the brass knuckle shaped cooking tools.
Then I started hitting the meat.
The spikes started piercing into the meat, shredding the muscles and tendons.
I started shifting the point of impact until I had hit the meat on almost all surfaces.
The reason boar meat was so hard was because the muscularity had a lot of tendons. Once you cut them the meat would become soft. I could have used a hammer to smash the meat, but that would cause damage to the cells and change the flavor. I preferred to directly cut the tendons using these knuckles.
Now heres the final trick.
I took the tenderized meat and threw it into the cranberry juice pot.
Cranberry juice has the effect of breaking down proteins and amino acids. This makes the meat softer and makes the flavor of the proteins and amino acids stronger. Its killing two birds with one stone. Hitting the meat before makes it so that the juice can penetrate further doubling the effect.
Umm.we dont understand what youre talking about.
I smiled wryly and rubbed the back of my head.
I really did it this time. They probably didnt understand even half of my words.
It makes the meat softer and more delicious.
Okay that makes sense!