115 – top people (4)
The people at the top came to their senses when Chester and Monia finished cooking and were preparing to eat.
The meat that Chester had cut, as well as the dishes that Monia had prepared with as much effort as possible, were all ready, and the people at the top looked at the food at the scent of various spices, fruits, seasonings, meat and lard. .
It was non-existent in their lives.
Smells from the animal’s urine and the traces they leave behind. The fresh scent created by the overflowing nature where they live and the sweet smell of honey coming from the flowers. The fishy smell of the blood of a dying prey.
For them, ‘smell’ was about that.
No further smell was needed in their lives, nor did they exist.
But what is this now?
The smell from the lard melted in front of the hot flames is dizzyingly irritating to the nose, and the fruits and spices that contain the melted oil and explode their fragrance by heating give off a unique and deeply imprinted fragrance that I have never smelled before.
A scent that could not exist in the life of the top people, and was intended only to stimulate and bring out the appetite, so that the taste of food could stand out even more.
The little old man inadvertently picked up the food placed in front of him. Hot steam was pulsating, but he did not know that ‘hot things smoke’ and touched it without thinking.
– Whoa!
The little elder was surprised by the heat, but he was just surprised by the sudden heat, but he knew that he could touch it without any problems and grabbed the food again.
“Oh, just grab that.”
“Can I do that?”
“Since their palms are thicker than ours, aren’t they good at holding hot things?”
Of course, Chester and Monia couldn’t catch it with their bare hands, so they were eating with tools as usual.
On the other hand, all the other top people were picking up grilled food and meat with their bare hands and carrying them to their mouths.
When the little old man opened his mouth wide, thick, elongated fangs appeared like thumbs. Perhaps because they mainly eat carnivores, besides the exceptionally large canines, all other teeth were pointed.
The moment a small elderly man tries to chew food with force as if he were eating raw meat, the meat softened by the softening action of the fruit is crushed as soon as it touches his teeth.
‘The meat is so soft? amazing! It’s like chewing water!’
The little old man looked at the cross section of the dish he had bitten off with curious eyes.
Unlike the one-piece meat he usually eats, the cross-section of the dish he bit into had the meat about to fall apart.
The little old man who saw that nodded his head in agreement.
‘Right! Does roasting meat in a small sun melt the fat in the meat? The fat melts and the meat loosens up! Meat is connected to fat!’
Of course, it is unknown whether the little old man’s guess is true or not. Even if you ask Chester and Monia, you won’t know.
Because no one has accurate knowledge about cooking here right now.
“Well, this pig is a bit tough.”
“The first pig I ate was really soft and delicious.”
“Looking at the size, it must have been a piglet. Originally, the meat of young chickens or pigs is softer and tastier.”
“If you marinate a young chicken in sweet liquor, the meat is surprisingly tender and delicious.”
Chester and Monia were talking about pork being tough, but what was a bit tough for them was surprisingly tender for the top folks.
Incidentally, Monia’s cooking didn’t just end with the meat being soft.
The little old man chewed for a long time, wanting to continue enjoying the texture of the meat as it gently collapsed and spread in his mouth.
As the taste of the meat and the melted fat slowly cover your mouth, the red pepper powder hidden inside comes out and gives you a spiciness that pierces your tongue.
– … … !
I opened my eyes in surprise at the pain of ‘spicy taste’ that I felt for the first time in my life, but it wasn’t long before fruits appeared and roamed around my mouth along with the meat that was rolled up in layers.
The sweetness of the fruit gently covers the mouth attacked by the red pepper powder, and the taste of the meat and oil mixes with the spicy taste to create a variety of flavors.
The savory taste of meat that has been roasted over an open fire, and the savory taste has increased dramatically. The subtle sweetness and umami in the fat. Clear sweetness of fruit and slight acidity. Finally, between the soft and comforting taste, there is a spicy taste that shows its presence alone and continues to stimulate the appetite without getting tired of the taste.
As the last layer of meat came loose, the new taste was the pepper that Monia had hidden deep inside the dish.
spicy. It definitely feels spicy. However, it was a different spiciness than the red pepper powder that bothered my mouth a moment ago.
Most of all, it was the scent.
Even though there are so many different tastes, aromas, and flavors that mix with each other and become subtle, pepper does not lose its presence and reveals its aroma and flavor, stimulating the nose of a small elderly person from the mouth.
‘it’s good! delicious! Trying this for the first time! I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s delicious!’
Since there is no vocabulary to express the various tastes, the little elder chewed and chewed and savored the food that had already disappeared while making a sound, delicious, delicious.
‘Ah, I ate it all.’
Then the moment when he finally realizes that he has finished eating and is about to bring the food from his hand to his mouth for a new bite.
– If you’re not going to eat it, give it to me!
I was suddenly hit by something and the dish was taken away.
– Whoa! You eat more! Give me!
– This is mine!
– It’s a little head! I’m his friend, so I’ll eat it!
– I am a friend too!
The little old man, who was suddenly deprived of food, felt an indescribable rage and trembled, then rushed at those reprehensible people who dared to take food from his family.
– Whoa, whoa!
– Wow!
Chester and Monia fed each other while away from the rampaging top people.
“ruler.”
Monia put Chester’s grilled meat into her mouth, chewed on the juicy and flavorful meat, and opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“Wow! It’s delicious!”
“yes? right? Did you bake better than you thought? Although the pig itself is delicious.”
“Hey, I made this as a test this time. how is it?”
This time, Monia fed Chester the dish she cooked.
After a brief taste, Chester nodded.
“yes. Well. Well.”
Chester is a person who eats and sees anything he can eat, no matter how horrible it is, so his ability to express the taste is poor.
The expressions you can say about food are no different from those at the top. it’s good! this one is over
When Monia, who knows that well, sneaks out the dish again, Chester silently accepts and chews it.
After repeating it several times, Chester was chewing with his mouth full of food until his cheeks popped out.
“Looks delicious!”
Monia looked at Chester, who hurriedly put sunflower seeds in his cheek pouch and ate them like a wriggling hamster, smirking as if he was the cutest in the world.
In the meantime, the predation of the people at the top, who defeated their friends and took the food, began.
Monia made the dish she knew without proper ingredients or equipment, but it was a really delicious meal for everyone here, and it was a really enjoyable meal time.
I wonder if the little old man who was beaten and deprived of all his food because he has a bad body even though he has a good head thinks that way.
* * *
The long table in the center of the vast space was filled with people, but in contrast, a silent space was unfolding where not a single voice could be heard.
Seated at the head of the table is the new king, Jordi, and his queen, Tiara. And the leaders of the new kingdom who sit at the table close to Jordi in order of trust.
Some have nothing to do with the king and are just loyal to the country called the kingdom. Some are people who didn’t like the previous king, but Jordi liked it and was chosen after showing off his skills. He was a person who was given a position as a leader when he wandered around asking for help in a coup.
Or, it may be the person who is forced to cooperate because of the threat of using family members like the one sitting at the farthest table.
After a while in silence, the dish comes out.
The entire country was engulfed in a catastrophe, but a vast amount of food was stored underground in case of an emergency.
Dishes prepared by the best chef in the kingdom, using one of the kingdom’s few ancient legacies to keep it fresh forever.
Each of the dishes that came out was a dish that could be guessed to be a work of art. However, the shape was so badly damaged that at a glance, it was difficult to tell whether it was human food or dog food.
“… … .”
Every time a dish was served, T-ara ate politely with stiff gestures, just like the manners she had been forcibly instilled in during a time close to torture.
‘It’s cold.’
That was all my impressions of the food.
Obviously, it would have been really delicious if eaten warm, but the food that has been cooked for a long time has lost its original warmth and taste, and the color has strangely become dull.
This is because Jordi ordered three organizations to be organized with people who did not know each other in preparation for an accidental poisoning situation, and to disguise themselves in more than five or six ways on three occasions.
In addition, even after the food is brought out to the front, they taste it again, which means that this dish goes into your mouth only after being inspected four times.
No matter how delicious food is, if it is stirred many times and left for a long time, it is not strange if it loses all of its original shape and taste.
The chef knows this situation, so he tried hard, such as using a sauce with a rich taste so that he can eat it deliciously even when it is cold, or carefully choosing ingredients that retain their taste even when it is cold, but there is a limit to his efforts.
More than anything.
‘It’s cold.’
The atmosphere of the current kingdom formed through blood is heavy and cold.
If you ate cold food in this environment, no matter how delicious it was, you couldn’t taste it.
Tiara ate the food.
I just ate.
Everyone mechanically chews something cold and passes it down their throat. That was all the meals at the palace since Jordi became king.
In the past, eating with Jordi was a happy time to feel the variety that Tiara did not know, but now it was so painful to put something in and chew.
Tiara wanted to eat bread.
It wasn’t the high-quality bread she had just eaten that had been horribly dismantled and was close to crumbs, but bread with a rough crust that made her mouth hurt.
No matter how you eat it, no one will say anything about it, and even if you hold it in one hand and open your mouth wide to devour it, people who see it will rather praise it and say, “Oh, my daughter, you’re eating well.”
I want to eat it after soaking it in a stew with barely visible vegetable crumbs and meat pieces.
It must be delicious.