Chapter 48
Ch 48 -- Delicious pork cutlet after a long absence
"We're out of the Gryphon territory . " said Fer .
"Oh, finally?"
We hadn't seen any Gryphons since that talking Gryphon challenged Fell . I was kinda scared when the Gryphon said they ate people, so I was happy we're out of their territory .
"How much longer will we be in the forest?"
"Not too long . It will be about three more days . " Great, we're nearly out of the forest . After that it's the Leonhart Kingdom, I think?
"Hey Fell, once we're out of the forest, will we be in the Leonhart Kingdom?"
"I do not know where that country is . However, when I go east I go through this forest . You wanted to go east? Well it'll be fine . " Fer answered .
Huh, it was a mistake to ask Fer .
According to what Fell told me, it seems that the forest here is part of a larger forest area covering the eastern part of the Feenen kingdom . Because we started from the Feenen Kingdom, where we will come out of the forest is probably going to be the Leonhart Kingdom . . . We'll ask someone when we get out of the forest . It will be good to meet people again after so long . Maybe .
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"Do you want to make camp around here today?" I said to Fer as the sun was going down .
"Good idea . My belly has shrunk . " Hey, I'm hungry too you know?I asked Fer to raise his speed a little since we're nearly out of the forest and I've gotten kinda used to being on his back .
Well, I'd like a cheerful meal so in that case . . .
Breaded pork cutlet .
It's definitely the right time to eat that, but breaded pork cutlets should always be made of pork . Hmmm, there should be some orc meat left . . . . When I searched the Item Box, I found some orc meat . OK, let's eat breaded pork cutlet here with Fer, but I have to buy some missing items first .
Well, I've already got salt and pepper, eggs too, oil for deep-frying . . . . . . what's missing is, hmm, bread crumbs and wheat flour? Oh, it's important that I buy cabbage and tonkatsu sauce (of course!) and rice is ESSENTIAL!
I bought materials that I had run out of from the Net Super and checked them off the list . Everything's there, yes . First I started cooking the rice then I shredded the cabbage and soaked it it water . I cut the orc meat into thick slices then hit it with the back of the kitchen knife to tenderise it . After dusting the orc meat lightly with salt and pepper, I dunked it in flour and removed the excess . I coated them with some beaten eggs and then added bread crumbs, then repeated the eggs and breadcrumb coating to make the finished product even crispier . I then deep-fried them until they turned a nice light brown colour in the oil .
Poking them with a kitchen knife made a nice crunchy sound . They're gonna be delicious~ I served them on a dish with shredded cabbage and rice .
"They're ready . " I announced . Fell and Sui immediately crowded in .
I added tonkatsu sauce . "Right, here it is . Be careful as it's hot . " I warned them but Fer had already sunk his fangs into the food before I could say "hot" .
"It's a bit hot, but this is delicious . " Fer said .
It seems Sui is OK with hot foods so she ate the pork cutlet in one go .
"Yeah, this is delicious, isn't it?" she agreed . Well it is a pork cutlet . They both like it so that's good . Time for me to eat too . Mmmm, success! Oh, it tastes delicious after such a long time . Next, the rice . Pork cutlet eaten with rice is the best .
Oh, this makes me want some miso soup . Do I have any? Yes, I had bought instant miso soup earlier . I made some instant miso soup taken from the item box . Pork cutlet, rice, miso soup, pork cutlet, rice, pork cutlet, sometimes cabbage . . . it's so delicious .
"Hey, I want seconds . " said Fer .
"Sui too"
Yeah yeah . Fer and Sui pestered me until I started frying more and more breaded pork cutlets for them . I thought there was another serving of orc meat left but we used it all up in one go .
Good grief, Fer and Sui are way too greedy .