Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 72 Sashimi is not for us

   Carrying an iron pick, he tapped the exposed mineral veins outside the rock bed one after another. It didn't take long for several pieces of high-grade metal raw ore to roll down along with the gravel.

  Gordon picked them up one by one, carefully identified the color and luster, and found that most of them were the most common iron ore, but there were also a few pieces of good-quality larkite mixed in it.

   Good luck.

  Such a result made Gordon very satisfied. After putting them all away happily, he hummed a little song and went to the next collection point.

   It was a pile of bones scattered under the roots of a giant tree. A large number of severely weathered animal bones were piled up in it, but if you search carefully, you may not be unable to find some usable bone materials.

   Regarding these bone materials, Gordon has no needs for the time being, but he also learned from the workshop owner that most high-level great swords belong to the "bone knife derivative system".

  For example, the "Xiong Huolongyan Sword" mentioned by the owner of the workshop.

   Therefore, the hoarding of bone materials must also start now, and collect a little every time there is an opportunity in hunting, and accumulate more, so that you will not find that the materials are insufficient when you really need them.

   After struggling to carry all kinds of ores collected all afternoon, as well as bone materials such as animal bones and keel [small], Gordon returned to the camp with a full harvest.

   After storing the materials in the storage box, he raised his head to look at the sky, and the sun was already westward.

  Thinking that Ted should still be collecting ingredients for today's delicious dinner and fishing hard, while he was only focused on collecting the equipment materials he needed, Gordon suddenly felt a little guilty.

   Cough, let’s collect something along the way and bring them there.

  Anyway, with that old man’s fishing method, he probably won’t be able to catch anything good. Even if he only picks a few mushrooms and takes them with him, he won’t be considered a loser!

  I thought so, but on the way to the beach, Gordon still collected the ingredients seriously.

  After all, this is also for the sake of my own stomach. It doesn’t mean that everyone will go to the rich Metabe jungle for a “vacation”, and they will have to gnaw miserably on the food they bring, right?

   Not to mention, there are quite a lot of things to eat in the dense forest.

  In addition to the most common mushrooms, Gordon also collected all kinds of berries, wild vegetables, wild taro, and a spirit deer who was unlucky and ran into the door by himself.

   That was enough for the two big-bellied men to have a good meal, but Gordon was still a little dissatisfied.

He ran to the beach with his shoulders and hands, and found a tall and lush coconut tree. He thought climbing the tree was too much trouble, so he swung the explosive knife and chopped down the tree in two or three strokes. He took a few mature coconuts, Prepare to drink it for a while.

  Carrying a lot of ingredients, he rushed to the fishing spot. Before he could show off to Ted, Gordon was taken aback by the giant tuna that was probably two meters long beside Ted.

   "Big King Tuna?"

Gordon threw the ingredients in his hands aside, jumped onto the reef in a few steps, touched the bright mirror-like body of the still twitching king tuna, and said with disbelief on his face: "You caught this fish. ?!"

   "That's right!" Ted patted his chest, his face full of pride, "It was my uncle who caught it!"

  Gordon couldn't help but glance at the fishing rod thrown aside after being cut in half by someone, and asked suspiciously, "Did you catch it with a fishing rod?"

  Ted's face was obviously stiff, "Why, is it important how you catch it? My uncle has his own special fishing skills!"

Gordon blinked, and immediately changed his questioning method, "Hey, brother Ted, you are too good, even if the fishing rod is broken, you can catch such a big fish. Guys are really stupid.

   Could it be that, brother Ted, you are using the legendary "fishing method without fishing tackle"? Teach my brother! "

Ted really got excited, he patted the reef beside him, and said with a big smile: "The fishing rod is useless. After fishing for a long time, I only caught a small fish the size of a palm. My uncle sees it." If not, throw it back into the sea.

   As a result, the small fish was swallowed by several fish that rushed over before it could run away. We were so angry that we fired two cannonballs into the sea. Well, it wasn’t a dragon-fired cannon, but just ordinary two cannonballs!

  伱 Guess what, a lot of fish were blown out and floated up, ahahaha! "

   Gordon: "."

  You are fried fish!

   "Just as we jumped down to fish, this big guy swam over, probably attracted by the **** smell of the bombed fish.

  Can I let it run? After a bit of wrestling, I hauled it up! "Ted made a few punching gestures, and then made a vigorous dragging action, which was vivid.

   Gordon's mouth twitched.

  Looking back at the huge fist marks on the head of King Tuna, he couldn't spit out his heart, so he asked tentatively, "What about us?"

   "Eat it now! King tuna sashimi!" Ted replied crisply, "Is that what it's called? The fresh way of eating it from the Western Continent?"

   "Okay!" Gordon immediately stopped being entangled.

  Excitedly ran to the large pile of berries and wild vegetables I brought, and searched for a while, and finally found a wild vegetable with a spicy stem. The smell is a bit like wasabi. Although it is not authentic, it should be able to make do with it.

  Don’t even think about soy sauce, just use salt instead.

Ted took the initiative to take over the work of cutting the fish. There is no delicate and sharp fish cutting knife, and a small knife can do the job. Chop left and right, and even want to borrow Gordon's explosive knife when the bone is too hard Trying to make it, the latter refused.

  Flesh flying, Ted's whole process of handling king tuna is enough to make any professional chef's blood pressure soar.

  The final result is a large pile of bright red meat the size of a fist placed on a banana leaf that serves as a dinner plate.

   "Uh, isn't this cut too big?" Although Gordon himself doesn't know much about "sashimi", an exotic dish from the Western Continent.

  But he reckoned, it must not be such a rough thing

   "Big chunks are better!" Ted waved his hand and explained his terrible knife skills.

  As if to prove his words, Ted took the lead in grabbing a large piece of plump fish belly with beautiful marble-like fat texture, threw it into his big mouth enough to stuff a whole apple, and then chewed vigorously.

   Frowning and chewing for a while, he finally raised his neck and swallowed hard. Ted muttered: "It's slippery and sticky, tasteless, it feels uncooked and delicious."

  Gordon rolled his eyes and said, "Who would eat sashimi like you? You are simply eating raw fish, and sashimi should be eaten like this!"

As he said that, he followed the hearsay "sliced ​​raw fish, put some wasabi puree, and dipped in soy sauce to eat", cut the fist-sized fish into palm-thick fish fillets, or fish steaks, and carefully spread them Top it with diced raw wild vegetable stems, and put a pinch of fine salt before stuffing it into your mouth.

   Staring wide-eyed, Ted, who observed Gordon's "extremely particular" eating method, let out a long exclamation: "Oh~! It turns out that sashimi is eaten like this, I have learned it!"

   Chew Chew Chew Chew

   After swallowing the fish with some difficulty, Gordon wiped his mouth and commented objectively: "It's very exotic to eat, and the taste is very special."

  Ted swallowed a large piece of fish fillet in a similar manner, but was choked by the spicy taste of wild vegetables. After a short silence, he muttered:

   "I think it should be cooked and delicious."

   "Well, I also think that the way of eating sashimi is not suitable for us." Gordon stared at the fish meat in front of him, folded his arms and nodded, as if he didn't intend to touch it again.

   "Who's going to light the fire?"

   "Go, make the fire bigger. I'll peel and wash the spirit deer. After a while, skewer mushrooms, smear berries, and roast together! I also brought a few coconuts for drinks, but unfortunately I didn't bring ale."

   "Hi! Why did you forget to bring wine!"

   "Bury these wild taros under the fire for a while, and bake them for a while, otherwise your mouth will be numb."

"no problem."

  “.”

  “.”

  The sun is setting and the sky is getting dark.

  On the coast of Metabe dense forest at night, the bonfire is bright.

  Gordon and Ted lay on their backs on the warm beach, patting their swollen bellies, and sighed sincerely.

   "The king tuna is so delicious!"

  (end of this chapter)