Volume 14 Chapter 16:  (Patreon)

Volume 14 Chapter 16: 

“I will think about it some other time.” Keith was too focused on his skewers to care about the looks. Julius and the others' eyes narrowed as they stared at him. Virel was the only understanding king, while the others were reckless. 

"No, you won't! You'll just ignore it!" 

"Yeah!" "Mmmhmm!" 

"Why are you acting like this?!" Julius was the one who shouldn't be sulking and doing anything like this! There was a bakery in the royal capital! There was no need for him to whine and complain! 

"And why are you guys still here?" I thought Thalia and Lindor had gutted you guys? His aunt was definitely knocking him out ten-way to none. 

"..." Julius and the others shivered when they heard that. But while that happened, Edmund whispered, "Keith, do you know when you will incorporate the fruit bread into the bakery?" There was a bakery in his dukedom. However, it was decided that he wouldn't incorporate that into it. 

"Give it a few weeks or two. I just recently opened it, so I want the workers to get used to the old items first before adding more." Adding more when they didn't know the previous was a terrible call. It would only cause more problems for the group.

"...I understand." Edmund nodded. That was the right call, and he could wait that long for it. On the other hand, the trio continued to do so when Keith snapped his fingers.

"Old man," "Father," "Father." Herrick, Carolyn, and Alfia stepped up to the plate. That alone was enough to give him time to work on his skewers. "Papa, hungry." Eri raised her plate, and a loaf of blueberry bread came out. 

"Yay." The fox girl split it with Lei and Mir, and they started to nibble. Even when it was split in three, it was still large as they nibbled down on it.  

"..." The customers could only gulp. How delicious are you making it out to be? How she ate it made it the most delightful thing in the world. 

"Aria, ahhh!" Eri raised the piece for the owl and ate it kindly. Julius muttered, "How is she so close to the owl?" Of course, he knew about the blizzard owl and was not close to anyone besides Keith. 

"Well, she's normal." This is the first time this has happened. Usually, she would ignore Eri. 

Either way, they continued to work. 

“Child, I’m quite curious as to what you’ve used to make the bread so fluffy.” Baker had tried the new bread. The taste was not what he was surprised about with it. What he was shocked about was the texture. It was airy yet dense at the same time, the perfect ratio. And it was the same with the others at the same time. 

Keith smiled, “Ahh, that’s because I used a special ingredient; if you like, I can tell you what to do with it. But I’m still doing some tests myself.” 

Making baking powder was still a 50-50 thing for him. Despite the orange being a good acid agent to pair up with the baking soda, there could be other things to help improve it.  

"Hmm? Is it fine with this?"

"Of course!" Keith smiled as he explained how he obtained the baking soda from the stone. 

“You’re able to use stones to do the same thing?” Baker chuckled, “You always have some new ideas to deal with this. Keith smiled, “That’s what we are.” To use new ingredients and to the fullest.

“Indeed.” Baker laughed when he heard that. That was when the group returned home. 

Keith then clapped his hands together, “I think I could make something nice with it.” It was time for him to use the baking soda again. But this time, it was going to be more different from this. Heading into the kitchen, Keith added, “Diana, I’m going to teach you how to use baking soda with meats. It’s going to be velveting the meat.” 

“Understood.” 

Baking soda and cornstarch. Those were the two ingredients for velvet meat, making tough and rigid meat into juicy and tender cuts. The first thing was to coat some baking soda with the meat. Afterward, that was when Keith added the cornstarch water to it. The baking soda will make the meat softer, allowing it to absorb any liquids and juices faster. Seasonings and other spices were then incorporated, which allowed it to wait.

“Keith, here is the broccoli.” “Thank you.” Keith nodded as he brought up the book, and it was time for him to finish it. Diana then stared at the beef that was before her, 

“This is at least twice the size of our ones.” The beef absorbed the juices that he had there. Keith then placed them into oil to let them fry for a bit. That was enough as a rich golden brown beef was here, “Try it out; it’s much tastier.” Diana nodded as he took a bite. But when she did so, that was when she savored the taste of it. It was quite velveting, delicious, and incredible. Keith smiled, “Let’s keep going with the others!” It was time for them to do the same thing for the others.