A Living Armour Owns A Tavern - Chapter 10 Graveyard Shif

The first item he chose was Salt. Back on modern Earth, Salt is affordable to everybody. But that is not the case in this Era. Gus reincarnated in a place where it is always cold and damp. He knew it is almost near impossible for Salt to be cheap because coastal salt-producing areas had to have Highly saline water, a warm and windy climate, little rainfall and, perhaps most importantly access to trade routes. Even if the Citadel possesses a salt mine, It is still laboriously expensive to mass-produce salt.

Salt was also famously expensive at the medieval time period in France due to the tax as it was seriously expensive to transport salt from one place to another. According to Earth’s history, Salt taxes and monopolies have led to wars and protests everywhere from China to parts of Africa. Anger over the salt tax was one of the causes of the French Revolution. In colonial India, only the British government could produce and profit from the salt production conducted by Indians living on the coast.

Gus needs to sell these carefully. Just possession of salt alone will attract all sorts of trouble and unwanted attention. the salt only costs 2 measly coppers in Gus’ system.

The second item might not be as groundbreaking as salt, but he needs it at the moment. He figured he needed peanuts! it costs 2 coppers for 5 kilograms. The last item is not as expensive as salt, but possession of this item will surely invite unwanted attention. The last item, is All-purpose, White flour! it cost him only 3 coppers for 5 kilograms.

He helped himself in the chapel kitchen and started to cook. He wanted to repay their kindness in a way he knows best. He was deeply touched when they offered him their food when they themselves had nothing to give.

Gus wanted to start the day by seeing them with full bellies. The more he thought about it, the more he was motivated to cook a scrumptious breakfast.

The first thing he did was to process the peanuts. Using his shield, he crushed the peanuts till its very fine and a bit of water. Gus wrapped a few of the peanut paste in a leaf and stored it in his spacial inventory. Then, he borrowed a jar from the chapel, and put the rest of the peanut paste inside and sealed it properly. Lastly, he placed the jar outside the Orphanage where he thought it was cold the most.

Gus then wandered into the forest and made a pitfall. He covered it with flimsy twigs and covered everything with rotten leaves and branches. he took out the wrapped peanut paste and placed it right on top as bait! Chances of catching prey are low, but it’s still worth a try!

After taking note of the location of his trap, He still had butter and half of onion left in his storage.

All the ingredients sold by the system is cheap and affordable. Maybe, because it based its conversion from prices back on Earth. No one knows. A few hours have passed and it was around 3:30 in the morning.

Gus was alerted, as he heard a familiar sound was squealing near his pitfall. Gus’ excitingly rushed towards his makeshift trap and saw a wild boar fell inside! Gus fairly remembers Little Cindy getting hurt because of these things. The pig has nowhere else to run, so Gus struck his sword down the helpless boar.

Gus honestly didn’t expect for his pitfall to work. It was way too fast and way too effective. Gus thought of something and remembered this time to ask the system. “System, does my LUK status affect my chances of success in everything?” Excitedly ask Gus.

“Of course not Dear User! Don’t be foolish! As the system has clearly stated before, your LUK status only increases your chances of triggering hidden missions!” exclaimed the system.

“But what about the Rats earlier? Why didn’t they attack me?” asked Gus.
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“Rats do not consume Iron, Dear user.” replied the system bluntly as if it was mocking him.

Gus knew there was still something important he wants to ask. It’s just that he doesn’t know how to ask the right questions to this damn cryptic system. He was still skeptical about his pitfall. He also wanted to ask, why the system only charges him a few coppers for these top tier ingredients! Gus wanted to inquire further, but he needed to get back to work.

A large cooking slab, a cauldron, and a medieval oven were already placed in the kitchen’s chapel. The reason for this is because the chapel is supposed to accommodate a large number of people. Aside from that, the corrupt MoSanchez decided to put expensive, immovable assets inside Government buildings in able for them to embezzle even more money.

Well, it doesn’t matter now. Gus will use that to his advantage anyway.

Gus then proceeded to dismantle the fresh swine in front of him. Gus initially burned the skin off the boar to kill off parasites and burn off its tough, thick hide. Then he proceeded to eviscerate the swine, and take its’ skin off. He kept the blood and guts in his spacial inventory as it still has its uses later on. Lastly, he proceeded to butcher the pork properly. As he skillfully butchered the pork, the end result is he managed to obtain the swine’s Head, jowl, loin, belly, ribs, picnic, hocks, and trotters! He stored everything in his spacial inventory except the bones because he roasted them slowly in the oven.

An hour has passed and he decided to check on his peanut paste. He grinned as the results of making peanut oil was a success! On a separate container, he manually separated the oil from the peanut mixture. Oil clearly separated from water and the peanut. he only skimmed for its oil and placed it in a new container which he borrowed from the kitchen. As for the rest? he kept it and thought he can still make the ever famous peanut butter for another day!

One reason why he chose peanuts is that it has a very unique property when compared to other oils. Peanut oil has a high smoking point. It means, it can withstand higher cooking temperatures. The oil won’t burn easily. It’s suitable for deep frying!

First, he placed the pot of peanut oil near the hot cooking slab. On the next pot, he decided to make a hearty pig stew. He fired up the oven and roasted the pig’s bones. Later a porky and meaty aroma soared through the air. After cutting the remaining onion into sticks, he took the cauldron and lightly fried it with a few peanut oil and butter. and the aroma of butter and onion filled the air once again. he tossed it around till the onions turned a bit translucent. Gus then added water to the mix, then added the roasted bones. He left the pot to simmer for at least an hour so the flavorful juices from the bone can melt and incorporate properly with the liquid, which will make a basic pork stock!

Gus was in his comfort zone. He felt nothing but pure bliss as he prepares ingredients one after the other, bringing out the best of its flavor!

He took out the pork’s shoulder and proceed to cut it into cubes. He then placed another frying pan beside his simmering pork stock and poured a bit of peanut oil. As he waited for the pan to release smoke because of the high temperature, he placed the pork pieces, making sure he cooks the outer side of the pork pieces without cooking the inside. This technique is called “Searing.” This method will make the meat more tender as the meaty juices cannot escape from the seared exterior of the pork pieces. After he seared all of the pork pieces, he tossed everything inside the cauldron. He was a bit disappointed as he should’ve added more root crops in this stew, but this will do for now.

Finally, he made a thickener for the stew, made with a mixture of flour and butter. This mixture is called “roux.” He will then add this later after the stew has simmered properly. To finish his stew, he only waited for the meat to be fork tender from simmering and proceed to add the roux to thicken the sauce and add salt to enhance its flavor!

Lastly, he made Unleavened bread from using Flour, water, and salt. He mixed the three items, as he recalls the ratio and proportion of each item. He then kneaded the mix for a few minutes till it turned into a dough. He then let it rest for at least 30 minutes to let it relax. He will then later proceed to shape it in balls, flatten it and lastly cook in on top of a hot pan.

The sun is about to come up.

The kitchen door slowly opened. Gus turned around to realize he is not alone anymore.