Chapter 88 (2/2)
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First I chopped a lot of onions up, I’d need them for fried mincemeat cakes . It’s like hamburger steak but with breadcrumbs — oh, I had to buy more breadcrumbs from the Net Super . While I had the menu open I bought some premium beer too because fried food and especially fried mincemeat cakes go well with beer, or is it the other way round? Whatever .
I started off by soaking some dry breadcrumbs in a small amount of milk and then added the chopped meat, a 50/50 mix of Orc General and Bloody Horn Bull, the chopped-up onions, eggs, salt and pepper and mixed it all up thoroughly until it got sticky . I made the mixture into suitably sized balls and then pressed them flat . Since I was still experimenting I made them small enough for me to eat in a single bite . I repeated the steps with the Orc General meat and the Bloody Horn Bull meat, to get a good comparison of the different flavours . I dunked the meatballs in wheat flour then in whisked egg and finally in dry breadcrumbs before deep-frying them in oil .
Gulp . . . Is there nothing that can’t be made tastier by deep-frying it? No sauce, just a single bite and . . . success . The meat juices oozed out, delicious and flavourful, the breadcrumb coating crispy . Simply fried mincemeat cake with no sauce or other additives, a winner!
“Hey, why’re you eating it all? Give some of it to us too . ” Fer was drooling over my shoulder .
Yeah yeah, hang on . “OK, first of all here’s some fried mincemeat cake, it’s a mixture of of Bloody Horn Bull and Orc General . ” I passed the two battle maniacs some samples straight from the frying pot . “Watch out, they’re hot . ”
“Huh, this is hot but delicious . The meat juices are bursting out . ” Fer said telepathically, his mouth too full to talk .
“Really, this is delicious-” Sui agreed . Both of them gave fried mincemeat cake a thumbs up .
“Well, try these ones . I’ve added some sauce to them . ” Worcester sauce is recommended for fried mincemeat cakes .
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“Oh, it’s even more delicious with this black sauce on top . ”
“Yes, yes-” Sui agreed . They seem to prefer them with sauce . I got down to business, quickly frying mincemeat cakes of all three types before dishing them out .
“This is fried mincemeat cake made just with Bloody Horn Bull meat . ” I passed them each a plate . “And these plates are fried mincemeat cake made from Orc General’s meat . ” handing back another plateful each . I kept back my own servings, I remembered the times I’d had little or nothing left to eat myself after the gluttons had done their worst . Never again . The two of them wolfed down their portions .
“So, there were three different types, which one did you prefer?” I asked for future meal planning .
“Well, it’s all tasty but I prefer the Bloody Horn Bull meat by itself . ” Fer said after thinking about it .
“Sui thinks they’re also delicious, but I guess this is the one I like best-” Sui’s tentacle pointed to the fried mincemeat cake made just from Orc General’s meat .
“Well, my own preference is for the mixed mincemeat cake . ” I declared . “All three of us like different versions . ”
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“Hey, they’re ALL delicious . You should make all of them again . ” Fer said .
“Sui wants to eat them all again too-”
I’m the one who does all the cooking around here so it’s up to me, but I’ll make all three types of mincemeat cake again since you asked .
“Fu ~, Sui’s tummy is full-”
“Well, I’m stuffed too . ” Fer chimed in . The gluttons had had enough . Victory!
I fried up a lot more mincemeat cakes for storage, holding out just one portion of mixed mincremeat cakes for myself before I finally settled down to leisurely enjoy the fruits of my labour .
Pssshhhh, glug glug glug . Ha~, beer is delicious . A bite of freshly fried mincemeat cake, mmmm . I put some Worcester sauce on the next piece . Success! The sauce and the meat juices mingled on my tongue . I swallowed and then drank more beer and smiled .
“Hmm, yes, it’s the best . ” I slowly enjoyed the combination of premium beer and fried mincemeat cake .