BXBX NOVEL Chapter 20 - 20: Caramel Pudding and Flavor Value
“Phew!”
With a light blow from Dan Bao, a flame as thin as a finger spurts out accurately under its control. The converged flame splashes around after colliding with a stone, rapidly blackening the stone’s surface.
It’s like the flame from a blowtorch.
This is the result of its two-hour training.
“Special training complete!”
Qin Lang looked at the blackened stone and nodded satisfactorily.
The fire control trained to this extent can already assist in making caramel pudding.
More importantly, Dan Bao has learned to better control its combat skills during this process.
Slowly standing up, Qin Lang shook his somewhat numb legs and embraced Dan Bao that flew towards him.
Not only Dan Bao worked hard in special training, but also he, the Spirit Chef.
After all, the power for Dan Bao’s use of any skill comes from the spiritual power in the Tian Shu Star Vein.
In order for Dan Bao to maintain continuous training, Qin Lang also had to meditate and recover throughout the process.
“Let’s go.” He rubbed Dan Bao’s little head, “Now we go home to make caramel pudding.”
“Doo Gulu!”
Expectation quickly filled Dan Bao’s eyes.
After two hours of special training, it had become increasingly interested in the delicious food that it could participate in!
The man and spirit quickly returned home following the guidance of the street lights.
“Doo Gulu Doo?”
Seeing Qin Lang go into the kitchen with only milk, chicken eggs and white sugar from the refrigerator, Dan Bao looked somewhat puzzled.
Is that all?
“That’s right, these are enough.” Qin Lang rubbed Dan Bao’s head.
Dan Bao expressed a curious look.
“Doo Goo Doo?”
When do I get to breathe fire?
“That will be the last step.” Qin Lang replied seriously, while cracking three eggs into a bowl, “What you are going to do is like the finishing touch of the caramel pudding.”
Is it that important?
Dan Bao nodded heavily, looking super serious.
“Doo Gulu Doo!”
I will definitely do a good job!
“I believe you certainly can.” Qin Lang encouraged with a smile, then sprinkled some white sugar into the bowl.
He then stirred the sugar and eggs using an egg beater, turning it into slightly thickened egg liquid.
He added 300ml of warm milk into the bowl, thoroughly mixed the two components, and then strained them.
The milk’s temperature at this step can’t be too high, or it would turn into egg drop soup.
Dan Bao approached and smelled the milk fragrance lingering in the air, a curious look on its face.
“Goo Doo?”
There are no solid residues, why strain it?
“To filter out the bubbles produced during mixing.” Qin Lang explained gently, “Otherwise, the final caramel pudding will have a lot of bubbles inside, and the taste will change a bit.”
Dan Bao nodded with an expression of understanding yet not quite understanding.
Even though there were only three ingredients, there was still a lot to learn about caramel pudding!
After the pudding liquid was set aside for a while, Qin Lang looked at the expectant Dan Bao, “Next, we will make the caramel liquid.”
A mixture of white sugar and water in a two-to-one ratio was simmered over low heat.
When the sugar turned into a deep caramel color, a little water was added and brought to a boil again to become caramel liquid.
He slowly poured the caramel liquid into the bottom of the cup-shaped mould. The clear, brown and slightly viscous texture made Qin Lang nod in satisfaction.
Smelling the caramel aroma spreading in the air, Dan Bao’s little face also showed a contented look.
The pudding liquid that had sat for a while was slowly poured into the mould, then sealed with aluminum foil with a few ventilation holes poked through, and placed on a baking tray.
Water was added to the bottom of the baking tray, and it was put into the oven.
“The next step would require waiting for forty minutes-” Qin Lang set the oven temperature to 180 degrees, then left the kitchen holding Dan Bao, “During the waiting process, we can read a bit.”
Settled on the sofa, Qin Lang picked up an unfinished Spirit Chef book from the tea table to continue reading, while Dan Bao curled up in Qin Lang’s arms, rubbing against him from time to time.
One human and one spirit cuddling together, it was a warm scene.
“Flavor Value?” Seeing the content of his interest, a curious look appeared on Qin Lang’s face, “So the strength of a Food Spirit can be measured in this way.” “Gududu?”
Dan Bao blinked, propped up its body with its large elliptical tail, and looked at the words on the page, but soon showed a troubled expression.
It couldn’t read the words…
Noticing Dan Bao’s action, Qin Lang chuckled, “Let me explain it to you.”
“Gududu!”
Dan Bao nodded satisfactorily.
“The strength a Food Spirit can exert depends on two elements.” Qin Lang stretched out a finger to point at the words in the book, reading aloud as he moved his finger, “Star Vein Spiritual Power Value and Food Spirits Taste Value.”
“The total amount of spiritual power contained in a Spirit Chef’s Star Veins is fixed, and meditation can only recover the consumed spiritual power, it cannot increase its upper limit.”
“The only way to increase it is by unlocking more Star Veins.”
“When only one Star Vein is owned, the Star Vein’s spiritual power value is 100.”
“If the second Star Vein is unlocked, then the spiritual power value of both Star Veins becomes 125.”
“As more Star Veins are unlocked, the Star Vein spiritual power value will continue to increase.”
Dan Bao’s eyes sparkled.
“Gududu?”
So once Qin Lang unlocked the second Star Vein, its own strength would also be enhanced?
“Indeed.” Qin Lang gently touched his forehead, “But only after you become a Two-Star Food Spirit, can I unlock the second Star Vein – Tian Shu.”
Dan Bao nodded thoughtfully.
Got it!
After it became a Two-Star Food Spirit, Qin Lang would be able to unlock the second Star Vein!
Once Qin Lang unlocked the second Star Vein, the Star Vein spiritual power value would increase!
If the Star Vein spiritual power value increased, its strength would become even stronger!
Then what was this Food Spirits Taste Value?
“Gududu?”
“Food Spirits Taste Value is determined by the Taste of the Origin Cuisine.” Qin Lang spoke softly, “The more delicious the Origin Cuisine, the higher the Food Spirits Taste Value it will have.”
“However, Food Spirits Taste Value may overflow, because the maximum Taste Value varies at different stages for each Food Spirit.”
“A One-Star Food Spirit can have a maximum Taste Value of 100 points, with each increase of one star, the maximum Taste Value increases by 100 points.”
“For example, if the actual Taste Value of the Origin Cuisine is 150 points, then the Taste Value of the Food Spirit at the One-Star stage would only be 100 points, and it would only reach 150 points at the Two-Star stage.”
Immediately a look of concern appeared on Dan Bao’s face.
What’s the use of reaching the Seven-Star stage if the Taste Value of the Origin Cuisine is not high?
“Gudugu?”
“Don’t worry, there is a way to increase the Taste Value of a Food Spirit.” Qin Lang confidently smiled, “When a Spirit Chef improves the Deliciousness of the Origin Cuisine, the Taste Value will be synchronously increased when the Food Spirit eats it.”
“So, this requires the continuous improvement of a Spirit Chef’s culinary skills.”
So the Taste Value could be increased.
Dan Bao breathed a sigh of relief immediately.
It had full confidence in Qin Lang’s culinary skills, it believed that increasing its Taste Value would not be a problem.
“The Product of Taste Value and Spiritual Power Value is the Combat Power Value of a Food Spirit.”
The kitchen timer rang at this moment.
“Let’s get the caramel pudding ready first.”
“Gududu!”
End of chapter bonus content:
[Caramel Pudding]
[French Caramel Pudding]