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'A channel's name is its identity. I'm livestreaming to survive, and to survive, I can't be careless with the name!'
Jiang Qiuqiu took a deep breath and slowly typed the phrase from her mind onto the screen.
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That day, Terry was browsing the food section for new streamers, just like any other day.
Terry was a Mixed Species from the Federation's New Star. Due to incomplete evolution, he carried the genes of the Wolf Clan. These genes gave him naturally greater strength and superior spiritual power, but they also gave him an extremely sensitive tongue.
Ever since he was a child, drinking Nutrient Liquid felt N times more like eating shit for him than for anyone else (no joke)!
He felt his people were probably the one group in the entire Federation that most desperately wished the culinary traditions of Big Blue Star hadn't been lost.
Lost in his thoughts, Terry noticed what seemed to be an oddball among today's new streamers!
Amid a sea of titles like #Recreating Ancient Earth Scrambled Eggs#, #Exploring Ways to Eat Gaga Duck#, and #Classic Ancient Earth Cuisine#, a long one immediately caught Terry's eye: #Shocking! Why are men and women, young and old, all shedding tears? It's because they ate—#.
'What did they eat? Did it taste so bad it made them cry?'
With that thought, he clicked into the livestream. His first impression was one of disappointment. 'Oh, another poor soul from the slums hoping to change their fate with a food stream,' Terry thought. 'Look at this cheap kitchen, this cheap virtual chef model, and this livestream sensor that's been obsolete for eight hundred years... If you're going to stream, at least get some decent equipment.'
But soon, his attention was captured.
Jiang Qiuqiu couldn't help it. She knew choosing a channel name like that was a bit embarrassing, but at a time like this, her pride didn't matter!
'And see? It hadn't even been up for a minute, and someone had already entered her channel!'
She had chosen a half-body shot that didn't show her face. Her hands were delicate and smooth, with a hint of chubbiness, and the little dimples on their backs looked especially cute on camera.
#Terry: Host, your hands are so small. Did you sneak onto your parents' channel to stream in secret?#
"Welcome, Terry is a wolf, to my food stream. I'm your host, Jiang Qiuqiu."
Jiang Qiuqiu's hands, which were preparing the ingredients, paused for a moment. She was delighted to have her first viewer. But his focus was... "Nope, your host is already an adult."
'Still, getting a viewer is a good start.'
She quickly composed herself and picked up the prepared meat cutlet. "Today on the menu, we have Fried Gugu Cutlets. For this, we're using the loin from a Gugu Beast that's about a year old."
"Once you have the meat, first cut it into thick slices, about a finger's width—"
#Are you going to start frying it just like that?
At some point, a second follower had entered the stream.
Jiang Qiuqiu answered while continuing to slice the meat, "No. After slicing the meat, take your knife and use the spine to pound the Gugu cutlet and break up the sinews."
#Whoa, the host's voice is super sweet! Why not show your face to get more viewers?#
As she spoke, more viewers joined the stream.
Jiang Qiuqiu smiled. "Thanks, but I don't plan on showing my face for now."
Making fried cutlets was a very common dish, so for Jiang Qiuqiu, it presented no difficulty at all.
She had used the spine of her knife to tenderize meat in a cross-hatch pattern countless times before!
Jiang Qiuqiu's eyes were focused, and her hands moved with exceptional speed. The bright silver knife hammered back and forth across the Gugu meat.
The few viewers in the stream were stunned by this technique.
#Terry is a wolf: Is she drawing on it??#
Just then, a few more people entered the stream, and they had the same question as Terry: 'Can you even eat meat after doing that to it?'
"Of course. Pounding the meat is to break the sinews of the Gugu meat, which makes it more delicious to eat."
Soon, the cutlets on the table had become thinner and larger. Jiang Qiuqiu pressed one and felt the texture was just right.
She lifted the pounded slice of meat, spreading it out to show them.
"Just like this. Pounding it to this extent is enough."
Then, she began to prepare the breading. She cracked an egg from an unknown bird and took out the breadcrumbs she had prepared earlier.
Jiang Qiuqiu dipped the cutlet into the egg wash, coating it completely.
Comments quickly filled the screen:
Terry is a wolf: My god, Host, what are you doing? Gugu meat already has a flavor, and egg wash has an even stronger one. Are you trying to make some kind of disaster food by mixing them?
CantStopEating: Is that still edible...?
"It's edible! Coating it in egg wash and breadcrumbs before frying gives it a richer texture and makes it much crispier."
As she spoke, Jiang Qiuqiu uncovered the preheated pot of oil and held her hand over it to check the temperature.
Unable to accept Jiang Qiuqiu's "disaster food" methods, some viewers left the stream.
Others, who had come in because of the title, found the scene novel and kept watching. Terry was also still watching. Meat... He had to admit, people with Wolf Clan genes loved meat more than anything.
If meat wasn't so hard to handle, he'd want to feast on it every single day.
So he'd stick around. After all, you never know!