After a while, the fragrant dishes were finally brought to the table. In addition to the previously made braised pork knuckle, there were special dishes like Persimmon Fried Eggs and dry-fried eggs, as well as Plain Cucumber Salad, wood ear mushrooms with meat explosions, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside Mars signature Desert Chicken, deep-fried prawns, and a variety of other foods. Even desserts were not lacking, and of course, the most important was beer.
Beer is a good friend that promotes relationships. Some say that if you want to become friends with someone, just invite them for a good drink and a heart-to-heart chat. As long as there are stories to share, you will inevitably become good friends. Even if you encounter a weird person, if you can't become friends after drinking and eating together, there's always a second or third time. As the saying goes, strangers turn familiar with one meeting, and friendship is formed in three or four. In fact, this is just the truth.
Even the most indifferent person will develop feelings over time, not to mention that everyone here has experienced life and death and has stories of crossing dimensions.
It must be said that everyone was a bit hungry now. Initially, they weren't, but upon seeing so many delicacies on the table, even the pickiest eater was sure to find something to their liking.
The fat guy likes meat, so he cooked quite a lot of meat dishes. The Desert Chicken and the braised pork knuckle were just a part of it. There were ribs, sea fish, clam meat – everything from the sky, land, and water.
Of course, some people like meat, and there are others who prefer green vegetables. Roland's taste has always been light, even if she eats some greasy foods, they're mostly light in flavor. Plain Cucumber Salad was the first thing she thought of, along with stir-fried wood ear mushrooms and so on.
And Mengdie likes to eat fruit, fortunately, this Time-Space Transfer Device is never short of fruits.
As for Sky Shadow and Feng Yi, these two aren't very picky about food.
Because Feng Yi grew up in a tough environment, he was rarely able to eat such fine foods. Even a simple vegetable dish could make him savor it with relish, let alone all these meats. However, Feng Yi was naturally self-disciplined and knew the principle that delicious food is 'not good to eat'. Of course, this so-called 'not good to eat' is not just about the taste, but about eating too much being bad for the body, especially with large amounts of fish and meat, and fatty foods. If you have low physical activity and can't burn off the calories, eating too much of these foods over time can slowly lead to fat accumulation and many physical problems.
As for Sky Shadow, he's never been particularly fussy about food. As long as it fills the stomach, it's fine. Although he prefers meat over vegetables, he's really not picky about anything in the end.
Luckily, both Sky Shadow and Feng Yi were born warriors, effortlessly burning off such energy, so they didn't need to worry about eating too much or too little.
Blade Warrior was the first to pick up a slice of the braised pork and chewed it a bit with her small cherry-like mouth, furrowing her willow-like eyebrows...
"How's the taste? Not bad for my handiwork, right?" Zhang Xiaobo said.
Blade Warrior responded, "The meat is quite alright, I'll give you seventy points."
Zhang Xiaobo was surprised, "Why so low? Only seventy points? That's too low, bro! I used to be the cook in my unit, you know. When the cooks were too busy during the holidays, they'd even ask me to help out in the kitchen."
"Psh, I'm being generous. I was afraid a lower score might hurt your confidence. Truthfully, I was considering giving you sixty-nine points."
"Sixty-nine points? Isn't that just barely passing?"
"Exactly, who asked for the taste to be so bland? It's like you didn't add any salt at all. If not for the meat being tender and cooked just right, I wouldn't even want to give you sixty-nine points. Don't you know you have to add salt to pork knuckles?"
"Of course, I know. But in our unit, we usually eat pork knuckles with soy sauce, so we don't specifically need to add salt."
"How can you eat without salt? Your unit is really strange. You eat meat without salt?"
"That's the way it is."
So, the fat guy began to explain to Blade Warrior while the others also listened and ate. According to him, even when he hadn't changed jobs, that is when he was just a new recruit, he specifically learned that for such braised pork knuckles, nobody cared whether salt was added or not.
What everyone cared about was whether the meat was tender and fragrant. You see, meat that is fatty but not greasy is top-notch. Some soldiers just love the kind of meat that is both fatty and lean.
As for salt, because there's garlic sauce in the small dishes, there's no need for salt. Ordinary people might not eat much soy sauce, but it's a tradition passed down in ancient Huaxia. Eating dumplings with soy sauce and some who like garlic sauce or vinegar. However, most people's tastes still revolve around soy sauce, sesame oil, and garlic sauce.
The same goes for braised pork slices. There's no need for salt at all, just dip the meat in the soy sauce on the plate, and you will understand – the taste is absolutely satisfying.
Blade Warrior shrugged her shoulders helplessly, with nothing to say and utterly speechless...
"Military food is military food, and that's about cooking in big batches. How can that be compared to the delicacy of home-cooked meals? Even though military dishes are abundant, with eight dishes and one soup, they can't compare to the finesse of home cooking. Sure, those cooks in the military are called chefs, but don't forget what the military is for – going to battle, not being professional chefs."
"What does being professional or not have to do with anything?" Upon hearing Blade Warrior's words, the fat guy immediately refuted, claiming that the military kitchen staff's cooking skills could certainly match those of a chef.
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