Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Live Stream on the Federation Star Network
At 8 PM, Jiang Qiuqiu didn’t open the live-streaming platform early as usual. Instead, she waited until the clock ticked past 8:05 before slowly opening her stream.
The mont the stream went live, tens of thousands of people flooded in.
#Why is Juju slower than usual today?#
#Wow, it wasn’t exactly eight. This is the first ti the strear’s been late.#
She wasn’t that late, though, so everyone’s comnts were just teasing. No one’s tone was actually harsh.
Jiang Qiuqiu’s voice was soft as she apologized to her fans. "Sothing ca up today, and I got a little sidetracked."
"Well then, welco to my stream, everyone. Today’s nu: rice noodle rolls."
She laid out a row of raw ingredients on the table.
"Yesterday, I saw the thread everyone built in the streaming community. A lot of fans guessed that rice noodle rolls are made from intestines and rice noodles. You guessed wrong, though."
"So today, join
as we uncover the secrets of rice noodle rolls."
First, she ground rice into flour with a food processor—a familiar step for most viewers.
Next ca mixing the batter. She combined a large bowl of rice flour with just under half a bowl of wheat flour. After adding water, she used a pair of long bamboo chopsticks to stir them into a smooth slurry.
The dish had no aroma before it was stead, and it looked quite plain. The viewers were filled with question marks.
But given that anyone who had doubted Jiang Qiuqiu in the past had always ended up eating their words, everyone patiently kept watching.
With the batter mixed, she took out a square tal tray and set out so minced at, lettuce, and bird eggs to the side.
Her hands moved with incredible speed. She poured a ladleful of batter onto the square tray and gave it a gentle shake, spreading it into an even layer. "Making rice noodle rolls is actually pretty simple. When I upload the recording after the stream, I’ll post the ingredients and recipe for any fans who want to try making it themselves."
As Jiang Qiuqiu was adding the bird eggs, lettuce, and minced at, soone in the comnts suddenly asked if it would be okay to add slices of Bibi Beast at instead.
She pondered for a mont. "Rice noodle rolls are a very forgiving food. You can add almost any filling you like. However, the size and type of the fillings will affect the steaming ti, so that’s sothing you’ll have to manage on your own."
As soon as they heard they’d have to manage it themselves, the comnts imdiately filled with lants.
#EatEatEatNonstop: If I could manage it myself, I wouldn’t be here desperately watching this stream, boo hoo hoo.#
#My brain tells
I can do it, but my hands just slapped
in the face!#
#I can’t! I’m no good at it! I don’t know how! I can’t get the timing right!#
The viewers were all being goofy, and Jiang Qiuqiu chuckled. "Alright, the water is boiling now. We can start steaming."
As Jiang Qiuqiu began steaming the rice noodle rolls, in Terry’s dorm room, the three Mixed Species musketeers sat at a table, watching the stream on three separate terminals.
Terry stared at the batter Jiang Qiuqiu placed in the stear, a sowhat familiar aroma wafting from his device, as he listened to his two buddies chattering nonstop beside him—
Changbei: "Why is she making this stuff? There’s barely any at. It doesn’t look like it’ll be good at all!"
Changbei: "She should add a biiiiig slab of at in there. That would give it more to chew on."
"..." Qiudao was speechless.
"If you add a huge slab of at, the batter would probably turn to mush before the at is even cooked," Qiudao said with a sigh of exasperation.
Changbei grunted, "Oh," then said, as if it were perfectly obvious, "So she shouldn’t be making this! Just cooking a big piece of at is always best!"
"What do you know," Terry spat. "These rice noodle rolls are delicious! They’re full of flavor. There isn’t a lot of at, but it’s exceptionally savory!"
"They’re translucent and glistening, and they’re so smooth and tender when you eat them. There’s egg, minced at, and even the lettuce has this fresh, crisp taste..." As he spoke, he suddenly started drooling a little.
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