Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Dark Cuisine: Intestines and Rice Flour
The live stream was winding down. Jiang Qiuqiu’s voice was tinged with a smile as she said her goodbyes. "That’s all for today’s Red Braised Gugu at with Rice. I... oh, that’s right. It’s ti to announce tomorrow’s nu."
Soone asked if it was going to be another red braised dish.
"No. The recent streams have all been at dishes. Tomorrow’s dish is a bit special."
#Terry: How special?#
"Hmm..." She said playfully, scooping up a handful of snow-white rice. "The star of tomorrow’s nu is this."
With that, Jiang Qiuqiu ended the stream.
The crowd erupted in discussion. A dish where rice was the star? What could that be? Red Braised Rice? Deep-fried Rice? Or perhaps Boiled Rice?
Culinary knowledge had been severely fractured over ti, so no one could offer a concrete guess. That is, until the recording of Jiang Qiuqiu’s stream finished uploading with a bonus clip at the end—
The strear’s soft, gentle voice, full of warmth, said, "I only ntioned the main ingredient before, I forgot to say the na of the dish. Tomorrow night at eight, I’ll be in my stream room to enjoy so ’changfen’ with all of you."
Changfen?
On the Federation Star Network’s streaming forums, a thread about Jiang Qiuqiu’s nu for tomorrow instantly blew up.
People didn’t know what "changfen" was, but they certainly knew what "chang" was!
#Topic: Is ’changfen’ a form of dark cuisine?#
-In the community, just left the stream. I’m dying to know how you can take ’intestines’ and ’rice’ as ingredients and possibly end up with sothing called ’changfen’ (intestine powder/noodles).
-Uhm, what?
-Thanks for asking. I feel like it’s probably just intestines stuffed with ground rice powder, right?
-???
-Holy crap, @ a couple posts up, what kind of guess is that? I feel like I can already sll the dish just from the na.
-BLECH, spit spit spit. I refuse to believe my precious, adorable strear would make sothing so weird. Spit spit spit.
-Okay, let’s try another angle. Maybe you grind the intestines into powder, mix it with stead rice, and knead it into strips? And that’s ’changfen’?
-...You can turn at into powder?
-Maybe you have to freeze-dry it with liquid nitrogen first?
-What if the final product cos out a little... yellow?
-There aren’t any yellow ingredients, so how could it be... wait???
From there, the thread spiraled down a path of unbelievably gross speculation.
By the ti the thread reached over eight hundred posts, almost everyone was just comnting: ’I trust they’ll be washed clean.’
-I trust ’em too.
-Praying they’re washed clean.
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ii forwarded this thread to Jiang Qiuqiu and asked, "Are you planning to make so kind of gross-out dish? You’re still on the rise; I’d advise against doing sothing like this."
ii was deeply worried. "You’re a food strear with real potential. You don’t need this... stuff to grab attention. Juju, Juju, are you there?"
Jiang Qiuqiu: ?
She didn’t quite understand what ii ant. ’Hang on, let
read the thread first.’
So, Jiang Qiuqiu navigated to that little corner of the fan community, and then she burst out laughing.
Lying on her bed, she almost laughed herself out of breath.
’Seriously, officer? How could anyone’s mind even go in that direction? So weird.’
’No wonder ii was so scared.’
Jiang Qiuqiu: Changfen is completely different from what they’re saying in the thread. It’s just a relatively light dish.
ii: That’s good. You’re the strear I have the highest hopes for, and I’ll do everything in my power to push you to the top. If you’re going to make any big decisions, you have to tell .
Jiang Qiuqiu: I will.
ii: Keep it up! Take another step forward tomorrow.
After the passionate conversation with her editor, Jiang Qiuqiu checked her account balance. She withdrew so Star Coins to pay this month’s bills, and then she thought, ’Once I sign the contract, I’ll move to a new place.’
’This place is just... too cramped.’
’It would be nice to have a place like before, with a front and back yard, a flower garden, and a vegetable patch.’
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