Chapter 273: Various Backup Plans, All-Out Preparations
As they chatted and prepared dinner, time passed surprisingly quickly. By the time Leon had finished searing two steaks and brought out the steamed buns he had made, Abigail was left puzzled.
“Is this milk bread? But I don’t smell any milk at all.”
The white steamed buns were the main reason she asked. After all, the bread she was used to was baked, often with cornmeal or buckwheat flour mixed in, giving it a yellowish-brown color.
White bread wasn’t unheard of, but it was rare—and Leon’s plate of plump, snowy steamed buns was completely outside her culinary knowledge.
“You could call it bread, I guess—just a modified version,” Leon replied lazily. He had no intention of explaining the difference between bread and steamed buns to Abigail. It would involve too many cultural details. Even explaining the story of mantou and Zhuge Liang to a Westerner wasn’t straightforward—let alone to someone from another world.
“They look pretty, and they feel so bouncy. Kinda fun.” Abigail picked one up and began kneading it into different shapes like a child with a new toy, which made Leon’s irritation spike.
He flicked her on the forehead and said sternly, “Don’t treat food like a toy.”
“Oh, oh, okay.” Abigail quickly stopped her steamed bun DIY session and sat down obediently, waiting for Leon to start eating. This was the first time she’d seen this kind of “bread,” so she wasn’t sure how to eat it—but Leon definitely knew. All she had to do was copy him to avoid embarrassing herself.
Sensing her hesitation, Leon went first. He cut his steak into bite-sized pieces, split a bun open, tucked a piece of beef inside, and took a hearty bite.