The fat elder was holding up the pheasant, but he was placing it too close to the fire, and his rotating speed was too slow. Roasting food with a naked fire was unlike grilling in a barbecue eatery. A barbecue eatery uses specialized grills that are easily lit. Its flame is uniform and most importantly, it is smokeless.
But for firewood, the fire is not uniform, and the smoke is thick. This smoke was the ash from the unburned wood, and would rise up with the flames, sticking onto the pheasant’s skin. So in a while, the pheasant in the old man’s hands were already burned black. It wasn’t overcooked, but was covered with a layer of ash. It not only affected the texture, but it would taste bitter.
Although the old man wiped oil every now and then, it was unable to change the situation of a layer of ash growing thicker. From the way the old man did it, it was clear it was a matter of time before it was overburned.
Using firewood to grill meat was a difficult job. Even a barbecue eatery’s experts might not be able to do it well, but the old man was even worse.
This was understandable, after all, what sort of position did this old man have? Time was precious, so he need not prepare food for himself.
His culinary skills were naturally nothing flattering, furthermore grilling meat with firewood was extremely difficult.
“This is practically the destruction of Heaven’s property!” As a glutton, eh, no, as a connoisseur who enjoys researching delicacies, Yi Yun could no longer endure.
As the pheasant was almost done roasting, the old man sprinkled various spices, and offered the blackened roasted pheasant to Lin Xintong.
Yi Yun felt that there was no spot one could get a bite in!
But it seemed like Lin Xintong did not mind. She said “Thank you master”, accepted the grilled pheasant and took small bites at it. Although her lips were pink and tiny, after eating such a roasted pheasant, her lips were colored black. This scene made Yi Yun’s lose all expression on his face.
It was a great offense against food culture.
The old man treasured his disciple, so the roasted pheasant was naturally left for her. As for Yi Yun, there was no doubt he would be last. But Yi Yun was still grateful. If this pheasant was sold, its price would be expensive, even someone like Lian Chengyu would not be able to afford it.
After he finished grilling one pheasant, the old man began grilling a second one.
As the first was given to Lin Xintong, the old man had grilled it with extra care, but since the second one was for himself, it looked even worse.
However, the old man was still very pleased with his work. After he finished grilling both pheasants, he took out a jug of wine from his ring. He began eating the roasted meat savorily and drinking his wine with pleasure. After finishing it, he had a look of enjoyment, and his white beard was curling with satisfaction.
He then had a sudden thought and looked at Yi Yun, saying lazily, “That’s for you. You can roast it for yourself. I won’t be serving.”
What the…
Yi Yun was speechless; although he did not expect the old man to roast a pheasant for him, but the old man had previously said, “Not many people have tasted my culinary skills!”
When Yi Yun heard those words, he believed that the old man would roast a pheasant for him, but from the looks of it, that was no longer the case!
Yi Yun wasn’t very confident about roasting it himself. Although he had done research on food, he was after all a modern man, he could easily cook a tender and crisp roasted chicken easily with a barbecue pit and smokeless coal.
But it was hard for him to do it with firewood. There was no way of blocking the ash from the firewood, and no matter how much he turned the pheasant, the ash would still end up on the pheasant meat.
“I say, do you have a wok?” Yi Yun asked extremely politely. As a glutton with principles, he was not willing to compromise no matter how hungry he was! This was the first time he had seen meat in two months, not to mention it was high grade meat!
“I do.” Saying that, the old man took out a pot from his ring.
Although the pot was made of an unknown material, it was well made and of appropriate size. Yi Yun was very satisfied.
Yi Yun began to busy himself. He began identifying the spices the old man had taken out. He was surprised at the complete assortment of spices and oil, sauces and salt. There were even some plant spice that resembled green onions and parsley.
“That wine, can I borrow it?”, asked Yi Yun again.
“Eh?” Wine? You want to drink two cups with old me?” smiled the old man as he passed the wine to Yi Yun after recovering from a momentary shock. This kid actually appreciated wine?
Although he was stingy, but he was eager to make alcohol buddies as only then was there meaning in drinking.
Although he didn’t like the kid in front of him, Yi Yun was better than nothing. After all, Lin Xintong did not drink alcohol, so he had been drinking alone for one whole year.
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