Chapter 359 - 358, Delicious Dried Meat_1
The tantalizing aroma wafted over, causing Xiu Yan’s mouth to water visibly.
Looking at his eager expression, Ji Nuan jokingly pointed to the room next to them and said, "Go wash your hands quickly so you can eat."
Xiu Yan glanced at his claws, seeing the firm look in her eyes, he could only relent and droop his head to go to the next room. Not long after, the tall Orc came back, first stretching out his clearly articulated hand for Ji Nuan to inspect, then he sat beside her to enjoy the fragrant food.
After dinner, Xiu Yan cleared the table and washed the pots and plates, while Ji Nuan took out an early marinated Green Bull Beast meat. She carefully cut the meat into finger-sized strips and placed it in a porcelain basin nearby.
"What’s this?" Xiu Yan, hands cleaned and dried, stepped up behind Ji Nuan to ask.
His warm breath sprinkled onto her ear, causing the fine hair on her neck to tousle back and forth; it tickled.
Ji Nuan shrank her neck: "I’m preparing some jerky for you. I heard the Dashi Tribe and Gray Bear Tribe still consume raw meat. If you were to eat food there, you could also fill up on some jerky."
Xiu Yan looked at the small female cub in front of him with soft eyes, reaching out and taking the chunk of Green Bull Beast meat from her hands: "Let me do it, the stone knife isn’t easy to handle."
Ji Nuan stepped back, nodding in agreement. Indeed, she had only managed to cut less than half of it, and the stone knife had already badly chafed her palm.
With sharp claws extending from Xiu Yan’s long fingers, the meat was effortlessly divided with a light cut.
In less than a third of the time it took Ji Nuan, an entire piece of beast meat was cut into equal-sized meat strips.
They then carried the porcelain basin outside to light the open fire pit used for roasting meat, and stacked chunks of firewood on top before slowly spreading out the jerky.
"What is this?" Xiu Yan pointed to the yellow-green leaves spread over the firewood.
Ji Nuan grinned, "This was recently discovered by Shaman Ama. When roasting meat, wrap it in these leaves, the cooked meat will have a unique, delicious flavor."
Xiu Yan’s gaze immediately brightened. His attention fixed intensely on the roasting meat above the fire pit.
As the flames charred them, a unique, light aroma drifted into Xiu Yan’s nose: "Delicious!"
Ji Nuan laughed and looked at him: "Isn’t it? The first time I tried it at Shaman Ama’s place, I had the same reaction."
Having said that, she flipped the meat strips and continued roasting: "Once the jerky is done, you can have a taste."
A look of satisfaction flashed through Xiu Yan’s deep eyes, and he nodded in agreement.
With every passing minute, the moisture in the meat strips slowly evaporated under the flame, transforming into brown pieces of jerky with deliciously enticing smells.
Ji Nuan used chopsticks to pick up a dried strip of meat and offered it to Xiu Yan: "Brother Xiu Yan, try it. Is it good?"
Ji Nuan looked at Xiu Yan expectantly. The last time she had jerky roasted with these leaves at Shaman Ama’s house, it wasn’t pre-marinated. She wondered whether her pre-marinated jerky might spoil the flavor of the leaves.
Xiu Yan popped the piece of jerky into his mouth, savoring it carefully. The taste of the jerky, with a hint of spicy flavor and the flavor of the condiments usually used by Ji Nuan, combined with the enticing flavor of the leaves, made Xiu Yan focus his glance on the jerky that Ji Nuan had moved to another porcelain basin after finishing the piece in his mouth.