Bonus Chapter: Expedition Cooking with Mell and Ulgus
“HELLO, this is Mell Risurisu. Apologies for my absence in the previous installment.”
“We’re glad to have you back. I’m her assistant, June Ulgus.”
“As you may know, this is the final installment of Expedition Cooking.”
“Hard not to get very emotional knowing that. I can’t even picture our expeditions without you right there with us, Medic Risurisu. Makes me wonder what will happen to us…”
“That’s exactly why I’m going to teach you my special jerky recipe. Jerky is usually made by drying raw meat, but if you mess up, eating it will get you sick. So today, we’ll be making smoked meat jerky.”
“O-Oh wow!”
“Thinking back, didn’t this all start with your terrible jerky, Ulgus?”
“I’m really sorry about that.”
“Don’t be. It’s thanks to that jerky that I became so close with the Second Expeditionary Squadron. I’m actually grateful for it now.”
“That’s a relief!”
“All right, let’s get to it. Please read off the ingredients, Ulgus.”
“Got it. Um, there’s three-horned cow thighs, salt, pepper, sugar, medicinal garlic, basil, rosemary, and grape wine.”
“Thank you. Ulgus, start by mixing and boiling the ingredients excluding the beef thighs. This will create something called a smoking brine, and once it’s cooled down, let the thin beef thigh slices marinate inside a cold box for three days. When that’s done, take the meat out of the smoking brine and let it dry in the cold box for two more days.”
“Understood. This meat has been dried for two days already, right?”
“Correct. We’re now going to let it smoke in the brine for four hours.”
Four hours later.
“Ulgus, the smoked jerky is ready!”
“It looks amazing!”
“Let’s try some.”
“Mmm… It’s so flavorful! The more I chew, the richer it seems to taste.”
“It turned out lovely, didn’t it?”
“Yep! That’s our Medic Risurisu for you.”
“Now you’ll be able to make it too, Ulgus.”
“Uh-huh! I’ll give it my all.”
“This has been the final installment of Expedition Cooking.”
“That’s so sad… Huh? What’s that? The manga version published by Comic PASH! might include Expedition Cooking too?”
“Looks like we have more Expedition Cooking on the horizon, Ulgus.”
“I’m so happy I could scream.”
“We hope you’ll continue to support Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights. This has been Mell Risurisu!”
“And June Ulgus! Thank you for reading all the way to the end!”