A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 543
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Episode 543: When the water comes in.
“It’s just like chicken. Ga-ga. Sweet and delicious.”
“I think it tastes similar to the frog meat that I used to catch and eat with my siblings when I was hungry, Teacher.”
“That’s right! It’s like chicken, but also like frog meat.”
Yeong-yeong, Ga-ryeon, and Maeng-hee’s older sister were of the opinion that Zara meat was similar to chicken or frog meat.
People who try frog meat for the first time often say that it tastes like chicken, so it’s the same thing.
The consensus was that the meat was not heavy, but rather light and chewy.
People in the Central Plains say things like “five tastes” and such, but it doesn’t have the heavy taste of meat from four-legged animals.
As the saying goes, it is a meat with a mild flavor similar to frog or chicken.
“What about the smell? Do you smell anything like earth or anything else?”
“There’s no smell at all. Gaga.”
“That’s right, sir. I don’t feel any fishy smell. Instead, there is a slightly bitter aftertaste that lingers at the end, but I don’t think other people will notice it.”
“I don’t know either, Unrang. It’s just a delicious dish.”
The bitter taste that Garyeon felt on her tongue was probably from the gallbladder.
The Zara dishes I made from memory were generally well-received.
“Then, now I have to make this into a spotted turtle···.”
That’s enough for the miniature dish, now all that’s left is to cook it with the actual giant squid, the Yangtze River giant squid.
“If it’s a class star, then it’s that big armored fish, right?”
“Yes, it’s a swordfish worth about thirty gwan.”
“Thirty crowns is a huge amount of money, isn’t it?”
“Unrang, are you going to try making that too?”
“I guess so. I’ll have to make it and check with the authorities and then upload the recipe. It’s such a big thing and I’ve never cooked with it before, so I think I absolutely have to make it.”
The size of the zara we usually cook is about one kilo.
Cooking with a jara that is over a hundred times its size is something I absolutely had to make at least once.
The larger size means that everything from cutting the meat to seasoning has to be done more systematically.
As the amount of food increases, measuring becomes essential.
There I have to write this down as a recipe and send it, so I have to be thorough with scientific measurements.
When making one dish, you would use two spoons of sesame oil and three spoons of red pepper powder. But when you make fifty servings or a hundred servings, you would use five bottles of sesame oil and ten kilograms of red pepper powder.
“Young-young, first we need to buy some Banbyeol. Could you take Mimi, Cheong-i, and Ga-ryeon to Poyang Lake in Nanchang, a tributary of the Yangtze River, and buy us two Banbyeol?”
It is said that they also live in the Mekong River in Vietnam, but the central habitat of the Yangtze River giant turtle is the Yangtze River.
The closest Yangtze River to Bokju, where we live, is Poyang Lake, which is right next to it, called Poyang Lake in Nanchang.
He told me to go there and buy two more.
Two hundred kilograms each were two hundred kilograms, but since he was a blue who could also carry several tons of wood, I thought it would work out somehow.
“While you’re at it, can you take a look at Payang Lake? Are you going? I heard it’s so beautiful there? That vacation from last time. Please give me that.”
Yeong-yeong said that while he was out buying Zara, he would also go see Pa-yang-ho.
‘Young-young, you are very welcome, oppa.’
Didn’t someone say that marriage means having fun and doing everything with your beloved girlfriend, but still having to stay together?
If you give me freedom, I, Cheongun, will not hesitate.
He said quickly with a regretful expression.
Anyone who doesn’t let you go at a time like this is a lowlife.
The one who sends it is an intermediate player, but the one who scores points in this situation is an expert.
“Young-young, of course you can report. Just come back quickly. What would I do if I were lonely without you?”
Yeong-yeong smiles as I say that with such a regretful expression.
Yeong-yeong came over and wrapped one hand around my waist and said.
“Don’t worry, Gaga. I’ll make sure you don’t feel lonely until we get back. Hehe.”
Yeong-yeong’s dangerous gaze.
My saliva was swallowed.
‘What the hell. What kind of expert is this? If you just sit still, you’ll end up in the middle…’
And the thought that came to my mind was that I was definitely not a good fit.
Also, this scene somehow seems familiar.
***
While Yeong-yeong, Cheong-i, Mimi, and Ga-ryeon went to buy the Yangtze River Prince Clam, leaving behind strong memories of their own, I had my own things to do.
That’s right, order a large wok.
Since there was a lot of meat in the jar, the idea was to prepare a huge cauldron-like wok.
Of course, you also need something like a long shovel.
My father from my previous life said that in the military, they cook rice and side dishes with a shovel, so to make this king crab dish, I needed a rice shovel or something like that.
For that reason, I decided to go with Soso, who knows the most about iron in our house.
“Soso, would you like to go to the ironsmith shop with me?”
“Hey, ironsmith shop!?”
Soso is startled when she hears that they are going to Cheoljangpo.
Soso, who is a sword enthusiast, was surprised by the suggestion to use the iron gun, and slammed the noodles of the Dosakmyeon onto the floor instead of the pot.
Then, the older brother next to me shook his head.
“Haha, you’re making a mistake.”
“Is this a mistake?”
“Do you know that when Soso was young, she practically lived in the iron fort of her family? If you show her the iron fort once in Bokju, she will go there every day from now on.”
“Brother!”
Come to think of it, Soso did like the iron cannon.
When I went to the volcano faction, I pulled out my Shikryongdo in a flashy way.
‘If it’s not expensive, I’ll buy you a knife.’
Even if you say it’s a knife from the neighborhood blacksmith shop, it’s just the same.
And since we were going to a place that makes woks, we didn’t have to worry too much, just like my brother said.
The streets of Bokju, lined with iron cannons, where we arrived.
I asked people and went inside to find the house that makes the best wok.
-Bang! Bang! Bang!
A space filled with the sound of iron striking and heat.
When they saw us, the hammering stopped for a moment and the man’s voice was heard.
“Just wait a minute. I mean, I can’t stop this.”
“Of course. Strike quickly before the iron cools.”
“I see. You seem to know something about iron, don’t you?”
-Bang! Bang!
A man who doesn’t know who we are, whether it’s because of the heat or the smoke of the pickling.
We waited a moment, the hammering stopped, and although it was still chilly, the man poured water from a bucket over his face and walked towards us.
And then he checked me out and shouted in a startled voice.
“Yeah, what are you going to buy!? Ryu, Ryu Daein!?”
“Oh, do you know me?”
“Well, that’s true. Among the people of Bokju, who doesn’t know Ryu Daein?”
‘Well, if you don’t know me, you’re a spy, right?’
As the master said, if you don’t know me, you’re definitely a spy.
He said, nodding his head.
“Is that so? The reason I came here was to buy a wok···.”
“My, mine!? Yes, it would be an honor!”
A man shouts in excitement when he hears that he has come to order a wok.
Originally, if a star chef like me sold it, it would have a good advertising effect and lead to an immediate increase in sales, so he seemed excited.
“Here, look at what I’ve made here.”
A man who shouts excitedly at the mention of buying a wok and guides us to the wok he has made.
We were greeted by stacks of woks.
-Ting!
Soso flicks one of them with his finger.
Soso took a moment to appreciate the sound coming from the wok, then began to give her review.
“The quality of the iron is good. It is very strong because it is made by removing impurities with high heat, hammering well through forging, and then tempering well.”
“Oh my! How could you do something like that?”
Cheoljang, a blacksmith, is surprised by Soso’s maniacal evaluation.
He nodded at Soso’s words and asked Cheoljang.
Since Soso said that Cheoljang’s skills are decent, I think it would be okay to leave the order to him.
“Can you make what I want here?”
“Well, that’s what I’m saying. Is there anything you’d like?”
“That’s right. You don’t need a wok that you can hold in your hand. You need a large wok that you can place over a fire.”
“Oh, a big one. Well, if you’re going to use it on Ryu Dae-in’s spot, it’s going to have to be big. Okay, how big is it?”
“Well, would something about the size of ten woks glued together be okay?”
“Hey, ten!?”
A man is surprised at the size of the thing as he roughly draws a size on the floor with his foot.
He asked me what on earth I was going to use that big thing for.
It’s so big that I can’t even imagine where it would be used.
But where would you use it? It’s obvious.
“You, aren’t you too big? What on earth are you going to use something so big for?”
“What would I use a wok for? I use it for cooking.”
“If it’s that big, it’ll take three days, right? It’ll take a lot of trains, so the fare will be…”
The iron fence is so large that it takes three days to build.
I nodded at the comment that prices would rise as more railways were built.
“Don’t worry, I’ll give you plenty of money, so just make it. Oh, and prepare a large shovel-shaped ladle to use with it.”
“Oh, I understand!”
A comment that encourages all craftsmen and makes them work more precisely.
Plenty of money.
When we said that, the iron cage followed us with joy and greeted us as if it was folding a flip phone.
“Goodbye! I’ll bring it to you in three days!”
Contrary to his brother’s concerns, Soso did not covet anything like a sword.
However, on the way back, I asked for two bowls of sashimi.
“Ugh, Eun-gong. I wish I had a knife to cook with.”
“Oh, right. Soso needed a knife too?”
“Two, two outlines.”
“Then, let’s go and order from a place that makes even small dishes well.”
“Me, really?”
“then.”
Oh my.
I knew this was a bad choice.
When I was making my wok, Soso’s gaze, which had been relatively lenient, became very sharp when he realized that he was making his own saturation.
“This house is not good because there are too many impurities in the iron.”
“They can’t do forging properly here.”
“It’s okay, but the center of gravity isn’t that great.”
After walking around the blacksmith shop near the author three times, the blacksmith shop was decided.
I had to engrave the wise words of the Internet sages into my bones again.
‘So this is why my brothers said in my past life that I should never go shopping with my wife!’
***
“But Unrang, if you’re going to use it only once, why don’t you cut the meat and divide it up? No, Unrang would probably be good at it, but I’m a bit concerned about wasting money.
“I wonder if it was really necessary to make it by making a new, large wok.”
My older sister asked with a slightly worried expression when I told her that I had come back after preparing the wok.
The question was whether it was necessary to make a large wok that would only be used once.
As the eldest sister, she was probably worried about the family’s finances, but she had no need to worry at all.
Because this is something I’m doing to make money.
“Sister, do you know what my favorite saying is?”
“What’s your favorite word? What would it be? Go to bed?”
‘No, that’s what my sister likes to say.’
“Oh, no. My favorite saying is, ‘row when the tide comes in.’ That’s the saying.”
“Row when the tide comes in? What does that mean?”
I smiled and explained to Sister Maeng-hee, who didn’t understand because she had no Korean sensibility, what it meant.
“Didn’t we open a night market in front of here a while ago?”
“yes?”
“So, aren’t there still quite a lot of people coming to the night market?”
“Yeah, that’s right. That’s why Deokgu, Baekhwa, and I are working hard to catch the poisonous insects.”
“Yes, I have to make this dish anyway. I’ll light a big fire in the middle of the night market, put a huge pot on it, and cook this dish. A dish made with a huge cuttlefish weighing over thirty pounds. Wouldn’t people come to see it? And sometimes I’ll make a dish in this big wok and sell it on the spot.”
After I finished explaining my grand plan, Sister Maeng sat on my lap, stroked my cheek, and looked at me with an expression that said she thought I was dying of love.
“Wouldn’t that be really great!? Why is our Unrang so smart?”
This is a dish that will be made as a demonstration anyway.
My plan is to show a giant Zara cooking performance in the middle of the night market.
Because in my previous life, I made huge dishes for big events.
The taste is the same when made small, but people gather just because it is big.
‘I think I would have been better at marketing than cooking?’
When I was feeling a little self-deprecating, my older sister slowly pushed me towards the bed.
He had an expression on his face that said he couldn’t stand my intelligent appearance, but this man, who was truly outstanding in many ways, had a hard life.