Free Web NovelChapter 2349: Chapter 1314: Cooking with Firewood (Part 2)
Although they can’t cook well, making simple dumplings or instant noodles is still possible.
Liang Sisi and Lai Chuanyu chose to cook, neither can cook like professional chefs, but they decided on home-cooked food since the director requested them to work separately from other guests.
They thought of making common dishes, which might not be as delicious as those made by chefs, but nonetheless, they can cook them.
Having grown up in ordinary families, they were not allowed to cook as children, but as they matured, they felt the need to share the responsibility with their parents.
They would naturally help out when the elders hadn’t returned home yet.
As students, they had vacations, and learning a few simple dishes was valuable when they applied it now, wasn’t it?
Liang Sisi and Lai Chuanyu have a certain chemistry, although they didn’t talk much during the process, they did discuss the cooking process and the kind of dishes they were preparing.
Having gained prior experience, they could now use the firewood stove better, which made their current cooking superior.
The Liang couple was ordinary and unremarkable, not standing out but also not falling behind, and they managed to prepare meals ably.
In the live streaming room, viewers would visit each room, admiring handsome men and pretty women, while observing how they cooked their dishes, making their own meal taste better while watching.
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The show’s crew includes members who specifically cook meals, but they couldn’t provide boxed meals here, so everyone cooked their own.
Despite staying at different locations, it was still manageable, though the bodyguards of guests had to dine with the crew, and of course, had to pay for meals.
The show’s crew prepared a lot of ingredients in winter, making hotpot possible.
Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou opted for cooking instead of hotpot like others could, as they lacked the materials for hotpot.
They also didn’t have the necessary tools.
The show encouraged them to use the firewood stove to prepare meals, highlighting their cooking skills,
as part of many variety shows they often visit mountainous and rural places,
created to challenge city-raised individuals or privileged heirs and daughters who had never cooked before.
It was intended to have them try cooking, especially using traditional firewood, capturing amusing moments that delight viewers and generate engagement.
The show’s goal is traffic, evidenced by investor-funded helicopters during its rise in popularity.
Luo Youyou had previously experienced cooking on a firewood stove on an island in an earlier show, sharpening his skills under challenging conditions.
Their teamwork ensured the firewood stove posed no challenge for Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou.
The dishes they prepared were incredibly fragrant, luring other guests to drool.
Especially with the group of Ye Qingning and Fang Zizhou, who even with frozen dumplings couldn’t make them right, having soft, flavorless dumplings amid the alluring aroma of another’s meal.
Cooking separately, they all ate together at strategically organized tables, ensuring guest interaction during meals as another show component.
Allowing the streaming audience to see diverse dishes prepared by different guests.
What expressions do capable and incapable cooks wear?
The intriguing expressions while sniffing delicious aromas with bland meals liven the viewing experience.
Though the Liang couple’s meal remained straightforward home-style cooking, lacking in wonder or enticing flavor when cooked, it was merely customary.
It’s apparent they lacked culinary skills, merely managing to cook edible meals, showcasing basic, personal dining without restaurant-level flair.
Some are naturally gifted in cooking, some excel in multiple domains, turning ordinary tasks into extraordinary accomplishments?
Liang Sisi and Lai Chuanyu put together a meat and vegetable dish adequately, yet it wasn’t outstanding, performing decently.
Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou’s dishes were especially aromatic due to subtle additional ingredients amidst the meat and vegetables provided by the crew.
They secretly used Spiritual Spring Water unnoticed by others.
Their secret ingredients contained spiritual energy, while the rice, thought to be from the crew, was in reality Spirit Rice!
A clever disguise fooling their observers.
Among all, Luo Youyou and Mo Jingyan’s dishes emitted the farthest aroma.
Making others drool with desire to partake in their feast.
However, they didn’t prepare many dishes: just sautéed cabbage and stir-fried lean meat with vegetables, perfectly portioned for two, unwilling to share.
Their choice to limit this was intentional due to special ingredients preventing others from tasting anything unordinary.
The crew indulged in hotpot while the guests’ aromatic dishes stirred their appetites, leaving them wondering whose dish created tantalizing scents, slightly removing saliva as they gulped with longing.
The streaming audience could discern from guests’ expressions which group’s dish triggered such drooling desire.
Appetizing aromas don’t necessarily equate to delicious foods; balance is disrupted by excessive salt and sugar, altering flavor.
Similar to some shows where presented dishes seemed appealing but the actors expressed excessive saltiness on cue.
In certain scenes, actors faced a smorgasbord of picturesque foods yet were scripted to react critically to spice forcing vomitous responses.
It’s quite a theatrical tactic employed.
This live stream, not theatrical acting, bypasses editing and special effects where props are impractical.
Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou shielded others’ gazes while eating quickly.
Preparing enough for themselves with single servings per person.
Concluding the meal segment, next is the director’s invitation for guest performances.
Providing instruments for them to freely showcase talent, or merely hum as an alternative.
This segment is merely recreational, not competitive.
Reward-less participation sans competitive strings attached.
The director decided to relax since today’s events were plenty captivating, entrusted guests interaction with enjoyment amidst fluctuating moods.
Considering guest fright earlier, pondering if it escalates with nightfall.
A game merely intended to relax guests’ moods, tempering daytime facets.
Fang Zizhou, skilled in singing, dancing, and instrumental play was eager to open with a performance of music and song.
