Chapter 557 Salty Dessert
Dunkirk was very tall, almost meters tall when wearing high heels, so when he looked at the commander, the first thing that caught his eye was the whorl of hair on his head.
When he came out of the construction device a few days ago, there was already a circle of people standing outside. Dunkirk didn't want to waste everyone's time, so he just took a quick glance and stood at the back.
In fact, although they had not had much contact, Su Xin gave her a very good first impression. After all, when getting to know someone, the first thing you need to know is their appearance.
The little commander has an outstanding appearance. It may not be accurate to describe her as "beautiful". Perhaps "exquisite" would be more suitable for her. This is also the reason why she is so popular. After all, everyone likes beautiful things.
As for more information about the young commander, Dunkirk basically heard it from others.
For example, the cute destroyer in the same camp mentioned a few words when asking himself to make dessert, and the words "rich" and "easy to talk to" appeared particularly frequently.
Dunkirk noticed that the other party was rich when he advanced his salary. As for being easy to talk to, he also felt it today when he heard the other party promise to make a bag for each of the children.
He is gentle, patient, polite and smart. Although Dunkirk doesn't know him well enough, at least he has a good impression of the young commander.
Until the other party picked up the transparent MSG and poured it into the cocoa butter.
"...Commander? What are you doing?"
"Hmm? Ah... Sister Dunkirk, there's no need to be so distant. Everyone usually calls me Susu, you can call me that, too."
The little conductor smiled very obediently, which invisibly brought the two closer, but his hand was not ambiguous in pouring the MSG, "I'm adding sugar, isn't it said that it tastes better if it's a little sweeter?"
Dunkirk was a little confused, but thinking of the other party's easy-going personality, he finally spoke up to remind him, "But what you are holding doesn't seem to be white sugar.
"How could that be? I checked it specifically when I was preparing the materials just now...eh?"
Su Xin held up the white crystals that had piled up into a small hill in the bowl. It seemed that the shape was indeed... not a cube.
She reached out and picked up a little and put it in her mouth. It was full of freshness and tasted good, but it didn't taste sweet at all. She looked at the package again and saw the word "MSG" clearly written on it, as if there was no instruction manual.
"...I just took candy."
Su Xin was completely confused and looked around to see that the sugar she had prepared was placed next to Dido, who was concentrating on stirring the chocolate sauce.
"...Sister Dido?"
"Eh?!" The maid was startled and stopped what she was doing. "Master, is there anything I can help you with?"
"No, I just wanted to ask you... did you use my candy?"
Dido took a look and found it was true. She apologized hurriedly and said that she was too serious and took it away casually. After that, she quickly swapped the two and poured the MSG into the bowl.
Dunkirk and Su Xin were both confused when they saw this. After much persuasion, they finally explained that MSG is different from sugar and that MSG is not a brand of white sugar.
Dido was panicking, thinking that she had ruined two portions of food, and her eyes immediately turned red. The other two maids were not at home, so she had no one to ask for advice.
Su Xin didn't think it was a big deal. Since Dido was afraid of wasting food, she could just continue making it. They were just starting out anyway, so it was normal to make some mistakes. She could just wait and see the results and then dispose of them.
"...Yes, I can give these to Sister Yixian to eat!"
The extremely vengeful little commander smiled with his eyes narrowed, his expression showing a smartness, and a bit of the cunning fox style of a successful stealer.
When she thought of the funny expression that the calm and self-possessed Yixian might have after eating the salty version of chocolate, she couldn't help but feel happy and worked harder.
Making chocolate is not an interesting thing. The children prefer to eat it with their mouths rather than with their hands. Therefore, they started to eat it by mixing it with sugar before the chocolate was ready.
After Yixian gave the ingredients, he went out to the dormitory to get Lafite. Seeing that the children in the kitchen were busy eating, he simply stuffed the sleepy White Rabbit into the back kitchen and coaxed the others to play at the big table outside.
The originally crowded kitchen suddenly became much emptier, allowing Lafite to stick close to the little commander, put his arm around his shoulder and look into the bowl.
"...Chocolate?"
"Hmm." Su Xin thought for a moment and asked her maliciously, "Does Lafite want to try it?"
Thinking of Valentine's Day in a few days, and hearing the almost explicit words of the little commander, the dazed white rabbit was immediately moved and woke up, immediately opening its mouth to wait for food.
Dido's cooking skills were lousy, and she hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation, but Dunkirk knew how much MSG was mixed in it, and wanted to warn him, but considering their relationship, he didn't say anything in the end.
So Lafite closed his eyes happily, and soon he felt a cold metal spoon in his mouth.
"Eat." Su Xin said softly, trying not to laugh.
Rafi obeyed subconsciously, slightly closed his upper and lower lips, pursed his lips to scrape the chocolate sauce in the spoon into his mouth, moved his tongue, and tasted it carefully.
The result was that I shivered because of the saltiness.
“…”
Su Xin suppressed her laughter, blinked her eyes, and looked over expectantly, "Is it delicious?"
To be honest, Lafite really didn't want to swallow the stuff in her mouth, but she couldn't stand holding it in her mouth. She was in a dilemma and had to say some nice words against her will. It was really painful.
"Why don't you talk? Is it unpalatable? Let me try." The little conductor pretended to take a spoon.
Rafi was startled and quickly swallowed the salty taste in his mouth. He coughed twice before stopping himself and said, "It's... delicious. Rafi likes it very much..."
"Really?" Su Xin smiled happily, "Since you like it, I'll give it all to you?"
".
The young commander glanced at the pale and hesitant Lafite, and when he really made up his mind to take the spoon, she raised her hand and took the bowl away.
"If you don't like it, just say it. If it doesn't taste good, then it doesn't taste good. Why do you have to hide it from me?"
Rafi felt awkward when she heard that, not knowing what to say. She pursed her lips tightly, which looked a little white due to the pressure from her upper and lower lips. There was a little bit of chocolate under the corner of her mouth, like a tiny black mole.
"I'm a terrible cook. You knew that the last time I cooked fish, but you guys still spoil me... In fact, if it doesn't taste good, just tell me directly. I won't be unhappy. There's no need to be so cautious."
Su Xin smiled after she finished speaking, raised her hand to wipe off the "little black mole", and ate it naturally, "Hmm...it's really salty."
Lafite always felt that the little conductor was becoming more and more adept. He used to be the same as himself, still in the stage of "if you are shy, I am shy too", but now he can actually take care of himself.
"...It's actually quite sweet." Rafi rolled his tongue and commented silently
ps: There is one more chapter that will be published a little later, maybe closer to 11 o'clock!
Chapter 558 It’s delicious
It is not easy to make chocolate, but it is also an exaggeration to say that it is difficult.
Most of the points that need to be paid attention to during the production process are temperature control. As long as the chocolate can maintain a viscous liquid state before pouring it into the mold, you just need to be careful and patient in other steps.
So apart from adding the wrong seasoning, nothing went wrong in the subsequent steps.
The materials that Yixian bought include various nuts, which can meet the maker's needs for different flavors. Just add them into the chocolate and stir evenly, and it will become nut chocolate after solidification.
Cleveland thought about it and decided to make half nut-free and half nut-based, so that no matter which type Helena liked, she could get it.
Dido was also making it, but her portion had already been added with a lot of MSG. Adding nuts to it would be a waste of food, after all, there was a high probability that no one would eat it after it was made.
Pinghai was helping Ninghai stir the porridge. She had just witnessed the scene of "stuffing rice grains from the corners of other people's mouths into her own mouth". Suddenly she remembered that her sister often did this, so...
"The Commander is a good kid who saves food, just like my sister."
Lafite was gargling at the moment, holding the bottle of red wine and pouring it directly into his mouth, gulping down most of the bottle. He had to be careful to plug it up quickly and not even burp.
God knows whether the smell of overflowing alcohol will affect the little commander. What if he gets drunk again and says something like "Whoever can finish my chocolate without drinking water, I will grant his three requests."
But it's okay to do so. Anyway, Lafite is close by, so I can just grab the bowl and swallow it in two or three gulps.
"...Besides, wine is not water."
Lafite held the bottle of red wine in his arms like a treasure, and stood behind Commander Su Xiao to quietly ponder the feasibility. In the end, he did not dare to try it. After all, this man really has no tolerance for alcohol when he is drunk.
After preparing the chocolate paste, the rest is easy. Just pour it evenly into the template, move it to the refrigerator to cool and solidify, and finally trim the shape and it's done.
Yixian bought many styles of molds, but because the chocolates Su Xin made this time were not very edible, in order to distinguish them from others, she chose an ordinary square one.
After watching everyone's chocolate go into the refrigerator, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt a sense of satisfaction at having completed a difficult task.
Dunkirk, a pastry teacher, remembered the cake that had been asked of her viciously, so she simply took a lot of eggs and started to separate the egg whites and egg yolks while waiting for the eggs to solidify.
Thinking that there are a lot of children outside, and that this may be a welcome gift for everyone after I come to the port area, the number of things I need to prepare is a lot.
Ninghai and Pinghai cook on a daily basis and this is not difficult at all, they can even cook on both sides at the same time.
Although Su Xin is a kitchen killer, her strong body control ability allows her to complete various tasks very accurately, including chopping melons and vegetables.
Cleveland worked as Helena's kitchen helper. Although he had not yet learned how to cook, he was clearly qualified to help out.
Now the pressure was on Dido.
Royal Ship Girl... Although she is proficient in all aspects of tea and snacks, she is not very good at staple foods.
It’s strange, although there is nothing wrong with their taste buds, they can still make many unexpected dishes. Not only do they taste strange, but they are also visually shocking.
Dido was a maid born into a royal family, so she obviously inherited all the debuffs that her own camp should have.
Seeing that everyone was helping Dunkirk beat eggs, she also wanted to help. However, she found that she spent more time picking out the eggshells than doing her work, so she had to give up in shame.
"...I'm sorry, Dido, for causing trouble for everyone..."
"How could that be?" Dunkirk was obviously better at speaking than Su Xin. "Everyone has things they are not good at. Just like me, no matter how much I practice making tea, I can never be half as good as you. Miss Dido should be proud."
These words really made Dido feel happy. Thinking of her own special dishes, she simply washed her hands and opened the refrigerator to look for them.
"Hmm? Sister Dido, for chocolate, you should open the door on the other side. That's where the ingredients are."
"Dido knows." The maid pursed her lips confidently and took out a dozen frozen fish from the box. "I just want to... I want to make a dish that I am good at for everyone to taste..."
Everyone present remembered a famous dish that could make their eyes flash with a strange light, and immediately refused in unison: "No!!"
"Drink? What are you doing...what is this...?"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally Ning Hai, who was beginning to sweat, explained: "Actually... you went out with the commander at noon so you don't know. We... we ate too much at noon!"
"Ah... yes!" Cleveland answered, silently apologizing in his heart, but he said without hesitation: "Ninghai made a lot of delicious food, but forgot that you were out, so there were a lot more. We ate them all, and now we are very full..."
Dido felt quite regretful after hearing this. The salty and crispy taste of fish head pie is well known to everyone, but she dared not say anything else. She did have some experience with this dish.
Seeing that the maid had given up the idea of making pies, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and divided the eggs into two large bowls while chatting.
The following steps are much faster and don’t require much help from others. There is no cream on Dunkirk, so just make the cake base.
The people in the kitchen got along well with each other. The children sitting outside the cafeteria had finished their chocolate paste and started to eat the desserts provided by Yixian.
Taihou, Akagi and others who got the news came over, and the Royal Ship Girls who hadn't started the tea party yet also arrived and simply set up the place in the cafeteria.
There were more participants in this tea party than ever before. Those who liked tea could drink tea, and children who were not so interested could also drink juice.
After the kitchen staff brought out the chocolates, the atmosphere in the cafeteria reached a new level of excitement, and the party began without any preparation.
Cleveland was sober for once. He picked out all the heart-shaped chocolates, put them on a plate and handed it to Helena, who responded with a warm response.
The children never stopped eating, and they only picked the ones with shapes to eat. The sweet chocolate was wrapped with crispy nuts, and they didn’t have to worry about tooth decay. They never felt sick of eating no matter how much they ate.
The shapeless chocolate came from Su Xin and Dido, and happened to avoid the children with poor tolerance. Instead, it was stuffed by the little commander to the Royal Navy girls who were drinking black tea, and received unanimous praise from them.
Of course the three people from the Sakura Empire who were greedy for the young commander would not miss this opportunity. They pretended to attend the tea party, but actually took the chocolates and stuffed them into their mouths. As a result, they had to drink several cups of tea.
Su Xin had kept a piece of it on purpose, and when she found Yixian, she went over to her and stuffed it into her mouth, "I made it, right? Would you like to try it, sister?"
Yixian tilted his head back and looked at her helplessly, "I saw the expressions on Dafeng's faces after they finished eating."
"Hmph, then do you want to eat it or not?"
The angry voice was particularly seductive. Knowing that he had done something "wrong", Yixian sighed lightly and followed Su Xin's fingers to put the chocolate into his mouth.
"How does it taste?" The little commander asked with cunning in his eyes.
"Yeah." Yixian chewed and swallowed without changing his expression, and did not drink the water. He raised a smile and rubbed Su Xin's head.
"delicious."
Chapter 559 You☆
Ever since the chocolate with MSG added was eaten up completely, Commander Su has gained confidence in his dessert-making skills.
Compared to the whole fish feast which had an immediate effect on abdominal pain, the dessert which only made her feel thirsty after eating it was obviously more suitable for her to develop further.
Valentine's Day is coming in two days. Su Xin wanted to give something a little more difficult, so she simply asked Dunkirk to be her master and started thinking about making something with a wine filling.
After all, everyone had already tried the regular and nut varieties at the previous large tea party, and it felt a bit unthoughtful to give them away as gifts.
Dunkirk had no objection. Making pastries was her hobby, and the desserts of the Vichy Church were indeed world-famous, so it was easy for her to show off her skills.
So after obtaining the consent of Ning Hai and Ping Hai, Su Xin started to run to the kitchen frequently with the maid.
Befa and Sheffield haven't been seen recently, and no one knows where they have gone. Dido, who knows the situation, can't explain it for sure, but she can only assure that there is no danger and tell the young commander not to worry too much.
Su Xin was not worried about the almighty Belfa and the super-accurate Sheffield. She just knew that they were not at home because of something, and did not think about interfering too much in the personal lives of the ship girls.
