《I'm the King Of Technology 》Chapter 18. Cooking?
Advertisement
Once Landon went to his room, he decided to look at his reward for completing his first mission.
"System, show me my stat and rewards"
>Host name: Landon Barn
>Age: 15
>Status: King of Baymard
>Level: Beginner (Level 1)
>Current Sitaution: Healthy
A pop of message showed up when he was done reading the information on his screen.
[ Receive Rewards: Yes or No ]
Landon accepted it and immediately felt a surge of information flowing into his brain. After using 30 minutes to digest the large amount of information from the system, he decided to view his next mission.
Mission: How can you protect your technology, if your kingdom defenses are so weak? Use your newly acquired rewards to create and test warfare cannons for the protection of your kingdom.
Rewards:
•Will your people keep living in thatched and mud houses? As the future kingdom for technological advancement,it's very humiliating. Hence, host will receive all knowledge on cement manufacturing.
•Host will also receive 20 Godly food recipes and 5 spice making recipes. In the future, if host needs to create toaster's, microwave's, oven's and so on, your people should know why they need them in their everyday lives. Hence they need to appreciate these various cooking appliances, so as to create new ways of cooking and satisfy their pallets.
•Lastly, host will also receive 250 development points (DP) and 1000 Technology points (TP).
Deadline: no specific time required
>
Landon looked at the mission and was completely baffled. The rewards for the new mission left him stunned.
It's not that he had a problem with cooking. But when anyone is asked about technology, they would think about A.I systems, laptops, cars and so on...No one would ever mention anything about cooking.
But now that he thought about it, if he could come up with different spices and dishes, people would want to eat them everyday. Hence they would ready appreciate cooking appliances like frying pans, ovens, grills and so on. So in a sense, it was still a technological improvement in this era. Afterall, people want things that make their lives better and easier.
Advertisement
Making them learn how to cook these godly recipes with their crude cooking methods, will make their pallets satisfied.
But once things like frying pans, microwaves, toasters, oven's and so on come out, they'll see how crude they're cooking methods were and understand the importance of technology. They'll see how using these appliances can save time, cook efficiently and open new doors in the cooking industry.
More importantly, those appliances would be available to all...not just royalty or large households. Peasants would be accessible to them, and sooner or later, they'll see these appliances as essential needs for everyday living.
For a moment, Landon thought this system was actually trying to brainwash people. I mean, he loved technology and all, and he saw its importance...but why couldn't he create these cooking equipment's first before introducing these godly dishes?
The system wanted these people to crave for the dishes. The more they craved, the more they'd try cooking them over and over again.
By doing so, they would spend lengthy amounts of time cooking a single dish. And when Landon makes cooking appliances that reduced the amount of time to used in cooking, they'd be hooked on them for good.
The system just wanted people to practically worship technology. At this point Landon wouldn't be surprised if in the future, a 'Technology Church' popped up as a religion.
In fact Landon observed that the people didn't really know about deep frying methods. They knew about frying food, but these fried dish's were only served in the palace and top class restaurants or large households.
Even the way they fried was terrible, it was like they were so afraid to fry anything else other than rice, eggs and meat. Landon thought this era was somewhat equivalent to the 10th Century Medieval times back on earth.
He just couldn't understand why they couldn't even fry vegetables or something else? What baffled Landon was that fish was often boiled, baked or roasted but never fried. I mean.... if you could fry meat, why couldn't you fry fish? What kind of logic was that.
Advertisement
But he knew that he also couldn't entirely blame them too...Afterall, frying only became popular 60 years ago in the empire.
Landon's late grandfather who he never met, had gone on a sea voyage to one the empire's in Pyno, called Terique. He had tasted the fried meat there and instantly fell in love with the taste.
He later sent a group of chefs to learn about frying from them. These chef's returned after 6 months and taught the different chef's in the Capital of Arcadina. As time went by, these practices spread out to other chef's, but majority of the chef's never experimented beyond what they learnt.
Landon guessed that the few popular chef's who did experiment, failed when trying to fry vegetables, fish and other foods. So they concluded that these foods couldn't be fried. They probably fried them using the amount of time needed to fry meat as a basis. For sure, the results were catastrophic.....The foods were burnt to a crisp.
The more he thought about it, the more he changed his mind. It's not that they didn't understand logic, it was just that they were ignorant. Afterall seeing is believing.
Back on earth, people believed that the world was flat until someone proved them wrong. They also believe that someone with a dying heart couldn't be saved, until some performed the first heart transplant in the world. If someone told Landon they could breathe in space, he would tell them to prove it first before he believed in them.
Humans believe what they see. So when those chef's failed in experimenting with frying, they only said what they saw and believed.
Afterall back on earth, it was only until the 13th century before people knew other foods could be fried. And only until the 16th century before people knew manure was good for crops. Unless you provide substantial evidence to support your claim, no one would believe you.
Coming back to cooking, most people just roasted or boiled food over the fire for long periods of time. Then they would add various leaves, honey and salt as spice's. Landon thought grills were an absolute must as well as fridge's. Some people didn't even use salt because salt was very expensive.
Some of the cooking appliances in this era eere not practical for everyday use. Their pots didn't have handles and were unnecessarily large. They looked like a witch's Cauldron in those fantasy movies.
The only thing that Landon found ok, was their baking methods. They could make sweet delicious pastries, pie's and a various types of puddings.
Their oven's were used in baking and also used in making mud-bricks. They were really expensive for peasants to use. So he already decided to make ovens that ran on electricity like those found on earth.
Most ovens only existed in large households and bakeries. In larger and flourishing cities, it was common for a community to have a shared ownership of an oven to ensure that bread making was accessible to everyone rather that private individuals.
'Ahhhhhh....I have a long way to go.....I see why I need those dishes...I wonder when I'll be able to eat Pizza again?' Landon thought as signed helplessly when he thought about the backwardness of this era.
Just thinking about how much work he had to do in the future, gave him a minor headache. Why couldn't he transmigrate into an era which was close to the 18th century on earth or more? Truly tragic.
Landon decided to sleep early, as he had to give the knights their first military test in the morning.
Advertisement
- In Serial47 Chapters
Flame Beneath The Snowfall
Alto is a world governed by Tones. Magic, as one might call it. Manifested through deep mental and physical conditioning, one can control the Tones in a way that is unique to them. The power to store items in gems, transfer life, affect a person's mind, and even the more primal abilities such as control of the elements. Those who have these supernatural abilities are called 'Vassals.' People that fully manifest their abilities are not as common as one might think, and not all Vassals acquire their ability through practice, given if conditions are met. In fact, those who had received much trauma manifest the Tones more frequently, albeit spontaneously. However, the rare kind of Vassals are those who manifest it from childhood. A gift, but not without its repercussions. Alto is stuck in a transitional era, where the line between modern and dated technology is blurred. One can travel to a city that has a tall skyline, bustling with people in sophisticated clothing, or a mere town governed by a lord, all the while riding on a powered vehicle. Cultures vary: Some turn to the more dated practices such as castes, others are more inclined to set equal footing on their people, led by nobility. Some are dedicated to become scholars, studying Alto's Tones, while others set foot on hunts, protecting lone towns from the creatures of some of the still-untamed lands. And the Vassals? Those willing are took under The Organization, an elusive group, its presence said to permeate all throughout Alto, taking care of Rogue Vassals that abuse their abilities and other businesses related to their side. But what is this story all about, you may ask? Well, set your sights on the upper portions of this huge landmass that is Alto. Yes, the 'whole' world is called Alto, but that is because the majority of the known people live on this large continent. Relieve yourself of the worrying tensions everywhere, and see the white snow. Trace the piercing mountaintops and focus your eyes between the valley. A town sits there. Mido. After realizing that the memories only left in his mind was the night of his town's imminent destruction in flames, a boy finds himself grasping for every fiber of his life as he lays down flat on the ground. Beneath him was soot mixed with the white snow. Fortunately, a group of investigators, who were supposed to answer their call for help, saved him from his sorry state. With a newfound second wind, but hampered by his loss of memory, he must solve his own case: Who had the audacity to set Mido, his town, aflame? Flame Beneath the Snowfall focuses on action, with a sense of adventure, but mostly the discovery of an outside world, and the protagonist's exposure to it. Add in a whisk of soft magical elements, and you get a story that I hope will be interesting to the readers. That is not to say that my work is without the sense of unnerving atmosphere, however. As a forewarning, there are elements of gore, horror, minor elements of mental trauma, etc. so it is not for all audiences. *The book is already completed. Although I have plans to continue the story (it would have to involve much larger scope in terms of world-building), I have yet to decide when to start the next entry.
8 149 - In Serial6 Chapters
The Single Lightning Elemental Magus
Lear-bane H. Selverbern is born in a world of magic, but there is a twist in such a fantasy world. In his world, every 5 years people as young as 14 years old must fight (And most died due to severe injuries) with other countries' magicians with their magic. Lear-Bane volunteers to participate in such a violent and death-taking game. Read as he utilizes his power to dominate everything we know.Read as Lear-Bane will challenge even the whole world to protect those he cares about, all in the hope of accomplishing his dreams, creating a better place, even if he have to make the world suffer and hates him first....---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If there is anything that need clarification, just write it in the comments and i'll explain. Thank You. (Art work not done by me, i do not own copyrights of art-work)
8 104 - In Serial11 Chapters
All In One
Kira a 15-year old boy was bored out of his normal daily boring life, Kira always wanted something interesting in his life but then someday something happens he teleported to...
8 103 - In Serial15 Chapters
Venture of Tomorrow
In a snowy season in the Arkala Village, there was a young boy named Lucas. Who lives happily with his family until one day... A group of criminals known as "Shadow Phoenix" invaded their village. The people got panicked as they were running away while he got knocked down and left unconscious. When he woke up, he ventured through the wilderness to seek help from others but he collapsed due to the fact that he doesn't have the energy to do so... Before he knew it, he was already inside a mansion, he was saved by a gorgeous woman and he called her his master but eventually she died because of a powerful curse that she was carrying around. The last words that Lucas heard to her was "help others even if no one would, this way you can get your revenge without regret". This is the starting point of Lucas Hart's journey.
8 202 - In Serial73 Chapters
Cheating Monster
Book 1 - Cheating Monster: The mightiest tadpole.Book 2 - Cheating Monster: The mightiest spore.A comedy taking itself seriously. Follow Kneeko, a formerly dead man who used to live as a digitized consciousness, dwelling in online worlds commonly known as VRMMOs, who has now returned to the real world with a new body. He now live a comfortable life, working for his father's company as a 'competition crusher'. His job description, ""to hack and create chaos in their competitor's VRMMO worlds."Everything would seem as if he Kneeko had finally met a good ending, but how did having lived for over 10,000 in-game years affect his ancient mind. -Author's note: Those who know my work know to always expect the unexpected... Things are not always what they seems to be.
8 230 - In Serial74 Chapters
The Games That Bind Us
John The Gamer, and I don't mean the type of gamer that plays games all day not even going to school, the games he plays are different but he at least try to keep up a normal front, Until the get an invitation to a school to make powerful people invincible to protect peons from the unknown 'MIST'this is a world with magic and beasts and if you know any fantasy story you should know how this sort of thing works, everyone is born with magic and also ability's only they can use. and this story takes place as John turns 16.
8 230

