Chapter 210: Increasing Appetite
As the kitchen AI and Class Eight Grade One members placed the first batch of semi-finished Product Mayonnaise into the Refrigerator, the Steamed Milk Pudding also successfully came out of the pot.
Xiang Chuan didn’t forget to turn off the heat and let it steam for five or six minutes before it came out.
When that transparent Film similar to plastic wrap was lifted, the steaming hot Steamed Milk Pudding in the bowl made everyone in the Kitchen exclaim in surprise.
“Is this solid? But it looks so soft?”
“This texture looks a bit like Gelatinous Substance, but it seems even easier to disperse than Gelatinous Substance?”
“Am I the only one caring about its taste? Xiang Chuan, try it quickly!”
Although some students were more concerned about the principles due to their Club specialization, the Class Eight Grade One Gluttons still cared more about its taste. After all, the Changes in Ingredients’ properties could be studied properly in the lab, but whether it was delicious or not directly affected the quality of their Dinner later!
This was more important than anything else!
Club advisor Teacher: Huh?
Xiang Chuan didn’t delay too long. She picked up a Small Spoon, scooped up a small piece of Steamed Milk Pudding. As the spoon broke through the coagulated Milk Skin surface and lifted the milky white Coagulation, the refreshing Milk Fragrance and the sweet aroma of Sugar accompanied the steam, wafting through the Kitchen, making Class Eight Grade One members and Manager Hill swallow their saliva frantically.
So, so fragrant!
This aroma had an extra subtle freshness compared to the Hot Milk they usually drank at Home, making them even more curious about the taste of this Steamed Milk Pudding.
Xiang Chuan didn’t think much and directly put the Steamed Milk Pudding into her mouth.
To be honest, this was her first time eating hot Steamed Milk Pudding. Last time at Home, when she made Steamed Milk Pudding with a dizzy head and unclear consciousness, she put the freshly out-of-pot Steamed Milk Pudding into the powered-off Refrigerator, but the remaining chill in the Refrigerator still slightly cooled that bowl.
This spoonful of Steamed Milk Pudding was also a novel experience for Xiang Chuan. She savored it with great relish, but this tormented Class Eight Grade One members and Manager Hill who could only watch dryly nearby. Feeling the group’s burning line of sight, Xiang Chuan had to put down the Spoon in her hand and start arranging tastings.
And at this time, those who could get tasting priority were often only A Bite of China Club’s own people.
Xiang Chuan picked up another clean Spoon, divided the remaining Steamed Milk Pudding into three portions, put them into three Small Bowls, and handed them to Ouyang Yating, Ainuo, and Liang Gong.
Ouyang Yating curiously looked at the white Gelatinous Substance in the bowl. The Steamed Milk Pudding in the bowl was very light, swaying with her movements, making her couldn’t help but say: “This is softer than Tofu.”
As soon as this sentence came out, it earned a bunch of envious, jealous, and hateful looks.
Class Eight Grade One members were almost biting their Handkerchiefs and whimpering in grievance: Wuwu, they clearly knew we didn’t get to eat Tofu, yet they still flaunt it now.
Even Xiang Chuan couldn’t help but glance at Ouyang Yating, her doubting eyes seeming to say: Weren’t you just covering my mouth? How come you couldn’t hold back and spilled the secret yourself now?
Alright, the existence of Tofu wasn’t exactly a secret anyway. After all, Xiang Xue had taken several photos and posted them on SNS, chattering about it a lot in the Live Stream too, making it somewhat of an open secret in the Third Fleet. But… most people still hadn’t eaten it, the vast majority had only seen its form but not tasted it.
Knowing she had accidentally let it slip and stirred up public outrage, Ouyang Yating could only lightly cough twice in a clumsy attempt to cover her embarrassment, pick up the Spoon, and start tasting this freshly made Dessert.
When the warm Steamed Milk Pudding slid down her throat with a softness far smoother than Tofu, Ouyang Yating was stunned: That spoonful just now seemed to only taste of Milk and sweetness? But the taste information from her tongue told her: This is different from Tofu.
It was far smoother and more fragrant than Tofu, without the Bean Smell like Tofu or its raw material Soy Milk. The inherent milk Fishy Smell in Milk had been handled by Xiang Chuan. The fresh sweetness of Milk lingering in her mouth was much richer than the Milk Ouyang Yating drank at Home. She was already couldn’t help imagining how sweet it would be when this new Milk processing method was formally promoted, and they used this Milk to make Cream in the A Bite of China Club Small Restaurant.
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This tasting ended very quickly.
Originally, Xiang Chuan had only prepared Milk and two Egg Whites equivalent to less than two boxes of Mengniu Breakfast Milk. Even for one person, it was barely enough to get stuck in the tooth gap. Now dividing it among three people to eat (Xiang Chuan refused to admit her own mouthful took some share), it was literally just a taste.
However, seeing the lingering expressions on Ouyang Yating and the other two’s faces, Xiang Chuan and the ravenous Class Eight Gluttons could guess the final Result.
Unlike the fresh Tofu’s inherent Bean Smell, Milk was already a genuine mass beverage. After Xiang Chuan’s special treatment, the originally sweet Milk taste became even richer, plus the Egg White’s natural smooth Texture. Once these two fused, it could almost 100% capture the taste buds of all Milk lovers.
Without needing Class Eight Grade One members to urge her, when Xiang Chuan handed over the three bowls, she went to find the kitchen AI, gave it the Recipe, and prepared to make a batch of Steamed Milk Pudding to serve after the meal along with the Mayonnaise Salad.
Calculating this way, the Recipes she prepared for Dinner this time included the sweet Steamed Milk Pudding and the sweet-and-sour Salad, much more abundant than the Fruit eaten at Home before. Unfortunately, Time was short; otherwise, making some rock Sugar sour or Cucumber sour could fill the gap for sour after-meal Snacks.
“These days are getting more and more Luxurious.”
Xiang Chuan couldn’t help but sigh.
Ainuo, standing right beside her, looked doubtfully at the empty bowl in his hand and asked:
“Huh? This thing isn’t that expensive, right? Isn’t it just Eggs, Milk, and white Sugar?”
How could these Things be Luxurious?
“Who said that to you…” Xiang Chuan gave him a sideways glance, “I was just thinking, when I first made the first bowl of Dough Drops in the Kitchen, all I sought was a delicious Staple Food. And now, having just made two after-meal Snacks, I still feel it’s not enough. My Desire has been expanded by these dazzling Recipes.”
“This shows that Classmate Xiang Chuan, you are very suited for this path.”
Manager Hill spoke up.
Manager Hill, who had been standing quietly in the corner watching Ouyang Yating and the other two taste the Steamed Milk Pudding, walked forward and patted her shoulder. She had just seen Xiang Chuan take off her Apron, knowing today’s new Dishes were probably done. Just as Manager Hill was preparing to quietly exit the Kitchen to chat with Manager Wu who was biting a Handkerchief outside, she heard Xiang Chuan’s words.
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, and this… Classmate Ainuo.” Manager Hill glanced at Ainuo’s name tag, “Do you know why the required courses starting from high school cover all the foundational knowledge needed for every position on our Fleet, yet university graduates who become technical personnel still make up less than one percent of the total population?”
“That’s because they lack the Desire to explore, the Desire to delve deeper. Although some extremists in other Fleets believe modern people shouldn’t indulge Desires, thinking it’s something only uncivilized beasts would do. But as an agriculture technical personnel, I believe Desire is the root of Progress. Our wanting to eat a wider variety of Food, wanting more abundant Dinners, promotes our Vegetable Production Department to further tap the potential of Vegetable Crops.”
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, your enthusiasm for unearthing the charm of Ancient Food is essentially the same as us technical personnel researching our fields. At first, you craved delicious Staple Food, then pursued more types of Staple Food, and soon not satisfied with just Staple Food, leading to yesterday’s Dishes and today’s Salad and Steamed Milk Pudding.”
“Being faithful to Desire, fulfilling your own Demand—this is also the root of our technological Progress, the root of humanity.
