9th march 1574
"All of you, sirs gentlen, must be wondering why soone like , with more wealth than enough to comfortably get by, bothered to look into the topic of food."
After all the preparation was done for both the group that I was controlling directly and the one that I left to their own devices, all that was left for them to bring what we all made to the great table assembled by a completely separate unit of servants.
But there was no way I would just let all my effort of managing everyone and ordering them what to do just go to waste by throwing away the chance that this situation presented to !
"While it might sound dumb to so, smart to so but most of all, completely worthless to the most from what I observed during my travels But keeping our serfs well-fed, especially if we could do so without wasting our precious crops on them, could only result in greater profit margins for us!"
There was no point in introducing advanced concepts like education, raising people from poverty, or even transforming unproductive serfs into capable craftsn. There was simply too many social barriers that blocked all those steps from happening!
Taking craftsmanship under scrutiny, it wasn't enough to just let people tinker their ti away. The world was already filled with buglers that failed guild's exam. If one really wanted to advance on the path of currently existing crafts, one had no other way than doing so through guild!
Even if I was a noble, if I dared to raise my hand against this system, instead of getting an entirely new pool of talent to supply my lands, I would lose the backing fo the currently established and efficient craftsn! While this was sothing that sooner or later had to be done on the road of improving the efficiency of the social system, I was nowhere powerful enough to afford the cost of doing so right now!
As such, only small steps like the one I was taking right now, could lead to the potential improvent to any part of the country! If it fails now, I won't lose anything, but governor or the other nobles successfully implent it, in a few months or maybe years from now, I could count on their gratitude!
"But let's not keep all of us hanging any longer. n, bring the food out!"
While at first, I thought about making an entire ceremony of serving a single al at a ti to let everyone have a taste of the difference, but in the end, I decided against it. For such thing to happen, we would need to be in so fancy palace, all set on enjoying our ti slowly and peacefully.
But we were inside a hunting camp, with most of the guest waiting to sate their hunger after a tiring adventure in the forest. If I were to prolong the entire thing any longer, instead of enjoying the food, they would enjoy disconnecting my head from the rest of my body!
"For the first al, I would like to offer everyone a wild boar soup, with a selection of spices and vegetables, or a Silesian, sour cre soup, enriched with the greaves of the sa boar, in more traditional spicing!"
Following my words, the long table got sward by the servants, bringing countless pots with a steaming hot content, spreading its aroma all over the place. For the most part, everyone gathered could enjoy either of the soups, depending on which of the pots was closer to them, but right in the middle, where the governor was seated, there were entire four pots with different content!
"Sir outside of the two soups served for everyone, I dared to prepare a al often eaten by the commoners, with just a slight touch of at, poured evenly to two different pots, with the only difference being the further pot being enriched with the spice I brough with . I did it for the sir Governor to taste the effects of this miraculous powder in its full power!"
While I could do sothing like that for the Governor and the people closest to him, if I were to offer commoners food to all the nobility, they would easily misunderstand my intention for the insult, an attempt to make fun of them as if I considered them to be on the level of serfs. Hence, only , Elia, Governor and the other two nobles on his right hand could enjoy the luxury of tasting all four different soups!
"I won't treat it as an insult, you don't have to worry about. But let's dig in then!"
Looking at aningfully, the governor forced to sit down and gesture at the servants to pour all four kinds of the soup. While it was the highest rank that was supposed to start the feast by swallowing the first bite, as soone who brough a new spice that could potentially be a poison, I was forced to do the honours and start eating first.
One by one, I sank my spoon into the bowl, taking up a small amount of the soup from the container straight to my mouth. Beginning with the simple commoner's al, I could swallow it easily. It couldn't be said to be bad or sothing, but it simply lacked any sort of taste that could make such a al appealing.
After taking a few spoonfuls of the commoner's soup, I finally could move on to the one enriched with MSG. While the taste was still bland, far off from what one could achieve with just a bit more ingredients, at least there was a pleasant trickling of my tongue, as the slight taste of the radish and carrot finally had the chance to cares my taste buds.
"Woah I didn't expect such a difference!"
For the people of the current age, being able to change the bland taste of the water coloured by boiling vegetables in it into sothing that actually had any hint of taste in it was already an achievent! If that was the Governor's reaction to the enriched commoner's soup, I could wait to see him taste the proper als!
Acknowledging the praise with just a slight nod of my head, I moved to the next two bowls, this ti taking my sweet mont to enjoy the taste. Starting with the boar stock, it had an insanely rich aroma of wild at, only improved with the intricate umami taste coming from MSG. With various herbs mixing into the fray and adding a hint of freshness to the soup, it was truly heaven in one's mouth!
Imrsed in the food, I automatically moved on to the sour, cre soup, finally reaching the pinnacle of a fine taste. At first, the sourness overwheld the insides of my jaws, as streams of saliva filled my mouth only to mix with the soup and reveal the light texture of the overly boiled turnip, turning this commoner's vegetable from a hard and tasteless product, into a llow and tasty addition that added so solidness to the otherwise liquid al.
"This spice Where did you get it from?"
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