Infinite Cafetaria

Chapter 13 Farmers’ Market

 The time now is five o'clock in the morning.

Ma Lu set off at 4:59 pm, and exactly 12 hours had passed.

So he could only temporarily suppress his excitement and went to the kitchen to take out all the ingredients.

During this outing, he harvested a total of 23 young flame lizards, 12 gray elephant shrews, 12 jumping mice, 6 two-headed jackals, 3 black-breasted chickens, 2 horn-bellied black speed snakes, and 1 jackal. Sha Huan.

 Except for the two-headed jackal, which is a 2-star ingredient, the rest are all 1-star ingredients.

These things almost filled the small kitchen of the rental house, and the strong smell of meat hit my face.

Lao Wang followed him into the kitchen. Before Malu could speak, he saw a metal round wire protruding from under his jacket and inserted into the port on the left side of his bracelet.

“I will now transfer the recipes to you. You can use this as a basis to formulate and adjust your daily menu based on the ingredients on hand, and leave it to me to cook.”

The entire transmission process lasted about ten seconds, and then Ma Lu discovered that there was an additional function called recipes on the bracelet.

 The first thing that pops up after clicking in is a sentence.

—There is no perfect chef in this universe, only chefs who are constantly chasing perfection.

Ma Lu rubbed his chin, "Hey, I always feel that the people who wrote these recipes are very harsh on themselves."

Seeing Malu looking at him, Lao Wang shook his head and said, "I don't know who left these recipes. Anyway, when I opened my eyes in this universe, they were in my sector."

 “Okay, let me see what’s inside first.”

Ma Lu continued to flip through the pages as he spoke, and his attention was quickly attracted by the strange dishes inside.

“Ah, can we eat three-winged cockroaches? Just looking at the name makes people feel bad.”

  “Marov’s charcoal sulfur dry steaming, what is this method?

 “There is also Huotong, what ingredient is this?”

Lao Wang reminded, “Some dishes cannot be cooked with our existing tools, and some dishes require the use of special ingredients, which can be temporarily excluded. In addition, if you want to open a store immediately, it is best not to choose those dishes before Finally, and most importantly, remember to use the search function.”

Ma Lu was also dazzled by the variety of strange dishes. Hearing this, he quickly entered the double-headed jackal in the search bar, and suddenly only 13 of the 999+ recipes were left.

Looking at the Malu dishes one by one, I found that most of them did not meet the cooking requirements, either requiring the use of special tools, or some of the ingredients looked unfamiliar.

 At the end, there are 5 recipes left that can be made at present, and 3 of them are not suitable for selling on the street, so only two are really available.

—[Jackal grilled sausage] and [Fried jackal patties]

 Then Malu searched for the Flame Baby Lizard again, and this time there were 7 recipes. But at this stage, there are even fewer recipes left, only [Mustard Lizard Tail] and [Baby Lizard Kebab].

Theoretically speaking, baby lizard skewers are suitable for selling at a stall, provided that someone can accept the lizard shape and not call the police.

 Unfortunately, this possibility is very small. The lizard tails can be used as squid tentacles, but unfortunately there are too few. 23 tails are not enough to make one plate.

 Subsequently, Milla also imported black-breasted chicken, gray elephant shrew, jumping rat, horn-bellied black speed snake and flying sand armadillo.

 Among them, black breast chicken has the most recipes. It feels similar to chicken on earth and has a variety of cooking methods.

Gray elephant shrews and jumping mice look very similar, and can be substituted for each other to a certain extent. The dried meat has the best flavor, and in this way, customers cannot see their original appearance, and there will be no baby lizard kebabs. Same problem.

As for the horn-bellied black snake, it can be used to make snake soup or wine, and the final squid can be made into earthen pot broth. In addition, Malu also noticed the numbers under the recipes, which ranged from singles to hundreds.

 “What is this?” Malu asked, pointing to the number 48 under [Fried Jackal Patties].

 “Experience points.” Lao Wang replied.

"Experience?"

"Yes, chef is a profession that requires repeated cooking to accumulate experience in order to continuously improve. I don't know where I reached before, but now I have experienced large-scale damage to sectors, and this part of the data has also followed We disappeared together and had to start from scratch.”

“Is that so? What’s the use of having a high experience value?”

“When I accumulate experience points to a certain level, my cooking skills will be improved, and I will be able to unlock more recipes, and I can also improve existing dishes to increase the deliciousness index.”

"Tasty index?" Malu saw the ★☆ behind [Fried Jackal Patties], "Ah, this is what you are talking about, so it means that you can make this dish with one and a half stars and a half of deliciousness. This is What concept?”

“The language system alone can answer your question very accurately. Why don’t I make one for you to try, but you need to collect the remaining ingredients first.”

 “Okay.” Ma Lu also became interested when he heard this. He was hungry after being out hunting for so long.

Ma Lu remembered that there was a farmer’s market less than two kilometers away from the community, but he didn’t know if it was open at the moment.

He has never cooked before, and rarely gets up early, so he has never paid attention to that place, but since he couldn't sleep now, he simply went over to take a look.

 After returning home and changing into short-sleeved shorts, Ma Lu went downstairs and rode his newly purchased tricycle, heading straight to the farmer's market.

Contrary to his expectation, the farmer's market was not only open at 5:21 in the morning, but also very lively, with people and cars everywhere.

Most of the people riding three-wheelers like him are vegetable vendors who come to deliver goods, and there are also trucks from large supermarkets and e-commerce platforms, which pull loads of goods at the door.

Chickens, ducks, fish, meat, vegetables and fruits were piled up in the market, and a group of people were just looking around and bargaining.

Ma Lu parked his tricycle in a random corner. Instead of rushing to buy groceries, he walked around the market first to understand the market conditions.

He focused on the price of meat. The current price of pork is still high. Even the cheapest part costs 13 yuan per pound. Ma Lu did a simple conversion, which means that he brought back something worth at least 3,000 yuan. The meat of money.

From this point of view, this trip was quite profitable, but it was a pity that the meat of unknown origin could not be sold directly, so it could only be used for one's own use.

 While wandering around, Malu also met some colleagues, who seemed to be chefs or owners of local restaurants. They were treated like celebrities in this market.

No matter where they go, there are people greeting them, and those stall owners will also leave the really good products or the best parts to them.

 So the competition between restaurants actually starts before they open for business.

Being able to purchase the best quality ingredients at the lowest price is equivalent to running 40 meters ahead in a 100-meter race.

Malu scratched his head and felt that it was necessary to ask Boqi to learn some knowledge about meat quality identification next time he went to the other side. Otherwise, the rating given by the bracelet alone would be too general. Even if it was all meat, different parts would taste different. It's quite obvious.

 Feeling that he was done shopping, Malu bought all the ingredients and seasonings that Lao Wang needed according to the list, and rode a three-wheeler home.

 (End of this chapter)