282 Trash of the Apocalypse (1/2)

The person who was cooking the food matters! Chef and experts have a higher chance to ”enchant” the food with recovery buffs depending on the level of their skill.

Also, post-apocalypse food has an additional stat increase effect together with the recovery buff.

Upon further studies, each type of food can only stack twice before losing effectiveness. Additional consumption of that type of food would only refresh the buff timer.

For example, Jun already ate a steamed crab and a fried milkfish. If he ate another seafood, he won't receive another buff and would only have their duration refreshed. If he wanted to increase the efficacy of the buff, he needs to eat a different type of food.

All the food we eat can be divided into basic categories. The seven food categories are (1) Vegetables, (2) Fruits, (3) Grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, (4) Meat and poultry, (5) Fish and seafood, (6) Dairy foods, (7) Eggs.

Jun already ate fish and seafood. Among the dishes on the table, he could find five food categories except for the dairy foods, which is the hardest type of food to get considering the current circumstances. Hopefully, they could find living cows, or sheep, in the future.

Everyone who was eating at the banquet were shocked. Only Marvin, who has knowledge about Mia Logro's cooking, remained calm.

Mia Logro felt exhilarated watching Jun eat everything served before him. Stir-fried vegetables, sliced fruits, rice, barbecued pork, marinated chicken, and a finely cooked sunny side up egg.

Jun got a massive boost with his energy recovery together with free temporary stats that lasts the same time. However, the free stats would not get refreshed unless he ate another post-apocalypse food with the same effect.

Jun drank water and felt slightly disappointed. He was expecting something to happen, but the water was just regular water. He was reminded of Mike's lemonade and wished for one right now.

”That was such a satisfying meal that I ate everything. I apologize for that. You prepared everything here?” Jun asked Mia Logro with a satisfied expression.

”I did most of them, but the small tasks were done by my apprentices.” Mia Logro replied feeling appreciated. Although he wanted to claim the credit for himself, his humane instincts kicked in reminding him of how he got this far in the apocalypse.

”How did you do this?” Jun casually asked, filled with interest.

Mia Logro didn't think for a second and immediately answered him. His life was saved by him and even supported him in his hard times.

There were hundreds of people cooking their own food. However, Jun never hear of a mystical restaurant that offers additional food effects when you at their place.

The secret wasn't really a secret. It was such a common knowledge that people tend to overlook it.

One must have the profession of a chef or a cook for them to get a bonus food effect. Additionally, the individual must acquire the cooking skill, obtained after toiling hard and perfecting several dishes from the seven food category.

Everyone can cook, but not everyone can cook good food.

Housewives are a great example of this.

They can cook a lot of variety of dishes using a limited amount of ingredients. However, the quality wouldn't be guaranteed even if they paid more attention while cooking. Unless they studied culinary skills, chopping and serving would have slight differences than professionals.

Mia Logro's apprentice was mostly cooks. A group of apprentices who perfected less than four dishes from the food category. The easiest category were; grains, which can be perfected by cooking rice, together with vegetables and fruits.

Vegetables needed to be cooked at the right temperature and placed on a plate at the right time. If it was overcooked or has too much oil, the dish would be considered average.

Fruits on the other hand were the easiest ones. Just make sure to cut them cleanly and present on a platter. A good example was apples and mangoes, they can be easily cut and presented. Unfortunately, the stocked ingredients were about to run dry.

After understanding Mia Logro's way of thinking, Jun became dumbfounded. He realized that he must think simpler for some things to work, He was reminded of his cousin's suggestion about catching the lake fishes with fishing nets.

The world change, but it didn't change the way how things work!

At this time, his mind wondered why Mike never got any bonus food effects. It didn't take him long to realize the problem.

Instead of calling Mike a chef, Mike can be considered a butcher. The man only likes cutting and butchering things. He probably had the basic skills for cooking but hasn't achieved perfection.

Then this train of thought begs the question; why?

How was Mike able to produce lemonades that give almost the same buffs?