Chapter 133 – Making a Specialty for the Mountain Village

Tauro got permission from the village chief to take a look around the village.

At the back of the village, there was a cave on a slope that had been blocked off and used as a storehouse.

The cave is empty now, but the temperature seems to be stable all year round, so it is very useful.

“What’s in this jar?”

Tauro’s eyes fell on a jar in the back of the storage room.

“This is vinegar. Next to it is mostly livestock feed.”

“You’re making vinegar, aren’t you? Oh, and there’s rice! I guess they treat it as livestock feed here, too.”

Tauro was disappointed that rice was still treated so poorly on this side of the world.

“Vinegar can be used to make preserved food, so we make it in the village. We buy a lot of rice cheaply to feed our livestock, so we still have much left over.”

Bandi flipped open the straw cloth covering the rice.

“There’s a way to make this rice taste good, I’ll show you later.”

“You eat livestock feed?!”

To be honest, Bandi was puzzled by Tauro’s suggestion of something he had excluded from his diet, including the jagamo.

“Yes, well, then, what kind of livestock do you keep?”

Tauro noticed Bandi’s confusion, but passed it by, thinking that he would have to cook and feed it to him later when they sat to catch up.

“Oh, yes. In case you’re wondering, the entire village owns five mountain moo-moo, which are for milking, not for meat. They are mainly used to make cheese, but they are consumed by the village. Also, 20 mountain chicks for eggs, not for meat.”

The mountain moo-moo is a cow in the previous life, but t’s covered with a thick coat of hair, though its belly has no hair at all, and the thick coat has to be cut off beforehand so that it can be milked.

This one looks just like a chicken, but its torsos are the distinctive green color peculiar to the mountain chicken.

I wondered if the color was to blend in with nature.

“Vinegar, eggs…. Do you have vegetable oil?”

“Yes, we have a little oil, but it’s made in the village.”

“Okay!”

What Tauro wanted to do was to create a special product for the village.

Tomorros, corn, and calashin would sell well if they could be grown well, but it would be great if they could be made to feel that they had to come from this village.

That’s when I came up with the idea of seasoning.

Calashin can be used to make mustard, and with eggs, vinegar and oil, we can make mayonnaise, which has been left as a secret ingredient for a long time!

The mustard and mayonnaise can be combined to make calashin mayonnaise, which can be used in a variety of dishes.

Although he had not been a mayonnaise-lover in his previous life, he was sure that there weren’t many people who didn’t like mayonnaise, so he was confident that it could sell well if it was commercialized.

The villagers weren’t quite sure what to make of Tauro’s proposal, but Leada, who was a merchant, had high hopes for the product byTauro’s proposal.

‘This mountain village is on the way to the city of O’circus, so our merchant association should definitely stop by. If we can buy the goods then and sell them in the town of O’Circus, our profits will increase.’

Tauro rented the kitchen at the village chief’s house and made tempura with steamed , fried potatoes cut into strips and fried in oil, and, for good measure, wild vegetables that Tauro had collected while gathering medicinal herbs.

Rice was cooked and made into salted rice balls, and mayonnaise was made and served with steamed jagamaos.

It was a simple dish that was easy for the villagers to understand.

Tauro recommended that they eat it, but it was common knowledge that jagamaos were poisonous and the villagers had a preconceived notion that tempura was just a weed, so they refused to try it, so Tauro showed them the steamed version with mayonnaise and ate it.

“It’s delicious. Try it with this mayonnaise. The fries are also salted, so you can eat them as they are, or you can dip them in mayonnaise. Try the riceballs with tempura of wild vegetables sprinkled with salt as a side dish.”

The villagers were not quite able to get their heads around it, but Bandi, the leader of the bandits, trusted Tauro and got his hands on it first.

“…the jagamo is so crispy and the mayonnaise goes well with it and it’s really delicious!”

He continued to try the fries, tempura and salted rice balls.

“Everything is good, guys! I thought this tempura was just weed, but it’s crunchy and has a slightly bitter taste that’s addictive! The rice is also chewy, slightly sweet, and good in the stomach!”

The villagers believed Bandi’s words and began to eat.

After taking a bite, the villagers were amazed at the taste of the food, and they all expressed their positive impressions.

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