Dungeon Meshi

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>>146882398

The first dish was already a nightmare for me.

>Huge scorpion
The biggest obstacle. I was able to buy a couple of asian forest scorpions, but they all were already boiled, dehydrated and seasoned.
In the end I went with a couple of brown crabs (cancer pagurus) instead of a lobster. The reasons are money and the use of the crab's carapace as a bowl.

>walking mushroom
Bitch, please. That's tofu. I went with two chunks of solid tofu.

>Mushroom feet
Mushrooms! I used two big white mushrooms.

>Algae
I used celery instead. Would result in too much sea flavor with the crabs.

>Taro
Root parsley are the magic words. Way cheaper, tastier and a better choice than the taro's western counterpart, potato.

>Dried slime
Rice noodles! Glass noodles are too thin and don't resemble a noodled slime at all.

>Water
Water.

Translation of the ingredients was, more or less, a success. The only other ingredients I brought along were salt, pepper, carrots, onions, red wine and seasoning sauce.

>>146882398
Good luck anon. Please don't die of food poisoning.

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>>146882436

First I prepared the vegetables. Peeled (carrots and root parsley), cleaned and diced everything. The leaves of the celery are a good seasoning too, but I already got enough from the other ingredients.

Wrapped a towel around the tofu and put a heavy object on top to get rid of some of its water. I waited for an hour.

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>>146882448
Don't worry, I'm still alive after the first try.

>>146882481
The crabs were put into a saucepan with already boiling water. They take the most time. About 20 minutes for the nippers and legs to be done. Together with the crabs go 500ml of red wine.

Another pot is prepared for the noodles to boil in. 10 minutes and they're done. I put the freshly made slime pasta to the side, since it's only needed at the end of the whole ordeal.

I put the crabs out of the water after the time was up and let them cool down. The crab water was strained (through a sieve) into an empty pot and boiled up again and seasoned with salt and pepper. Vegetables (everything but the onions) went in after the water started boiling.

I suddenly had a soup. While waiting for the soup, I diced the tofu and roasted it gently together with the diced onions. Salt, pepper, seasoning sauce went in as well. After everything turned golden, I put in just enough from the soup to drown everything and let it boil up.

The crabs are next. Turned on their backs, I pulled their legs and nippers off. Opened the shells of the legs and put the meat onto a plate. The nippers went into the pot.

DEKIAGATTA!

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>>146882547

It was fantastic. The taste was new to me, because that was the first time that I actually cooked with a sea monster. The tofu did its job and absorbed the water, tasting even better than I thought. The slime pasta was the same. Both ingredients worked well in absorbing the flavor. The crab meat was unbelievably tasty.

I got such a great taste out of it, just what might I spawn when I prepare the other dishes? I can understand Laius now more than ever.

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Contact Ryuko Kui, glorious anon.

>>146882878
Does she have a twitter account or something similiar? I never found anything or am I just that retarded?

>>146882586
Jesus Christ those are big crab legs. I could really believe you're eating some kinda sea monster, here.

I am still fully expecting this manga to end in misery. All of her stories end badly.

Did we ever get confirmation from /tg/ as to what spell Marcille used to heal wounds?

>>146883113
Not every mangaka has a twitter account. Or public one, for that matter.

>>146883274
I'm pretty sure the magic system in Dungeon Meshi is based off some Japanese thing, Wizardry I think it was called. It's definitely neither Vancian nor spell-slot style stuff, so trying to equate Marcille's unnamed spell with anything in any of the D&D PHBs is right out.

>>146883449
I was aware that DM was based on Wizardry. But I don't remember anything like it. But then again, I have not played Wizardry is decades.

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What the fuck are you doing in this thread anon

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>>146883315
Ok, that explains it. Thank you.

>>146883272
Only the nippers though.
I had to be careful, since they were still alive when I got them. They got fished this morning from my local fish seller. I forgot to tell him, that I want them dead. I put them in the freezer for a few hours after I found out about that.

>>146883695
>bought them right from the guy who caught them
fucking fresh, mate, where do you live?

>>146882436
>Way cheaper, tastier and a better choice than the taro's western counterpart, potato.
You are not using the right kind of potato, then.

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>>146883642
Wondering what will be this manga's BBEG.

So which thread will they use for the eventual marcille dump?

>>146870711

Great thread, OP, I await your future exploits eagerly.

Someone start screencapping so we can have a big recipe collection to post in the threads going forward. I'd do it but I'm on mobile

When will Laios rub Marcille's elf ears?

>>146883695
>>146883734

You're supposed to cook them up alive.

This is common in my country, don't you guys eat crab in summer?

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>>146883980
You have to let love bloom in the dungeon first.

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>>146884043
I live more than 300 miles away from the nearest ocean, so not really.

>>146883980
Not until after marriage.

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>>146883734
Right between the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Doesn't even take half an hour to get to one.

>>146883760
Aye, I went overboard there. Potatoes are great and you can't really compare these two.

>>146884043
I know, the guy said that too, but I didn't feel quite ready to handle a lively one. He told me to put them in the freezer, because that puts them into hibernation.

>>146884224
That's a fair reason. I live about a five minute walk from the North Sea, about the same place as OP.

>>146882398
>Cooking

Nah, that's a gay hobby.

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>>146884773

>>146884339
>Right between the North Sea and Baltic Sea
Germany?

>>146884773

Cooking your own food is one of the best ways to improve your life quality. It's not that hard to be honest (desu), it just needs some trying and failing. Millenials just can't cook because they've been brought up on semifinished food.

>>146884919
Ja.

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Damn, great work, OP. I'll be waiting for the next thread/recipe.

>>146884773
actually that's a manly man's hobby now that housewives are going extinct

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Here's a plastic food replica of the hotpot:

http://natalie.mu/comic/pp/dungeonmeshi

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>>146885325
I want that scorpion.

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Just caught up on this the other day.

So these two are working for the elves, right?

>>146884224

You live in a state bordering one of the largest fresh water bodies in the world.

So do I and I've never had crab or lobster in my life, so I don't really have an excuse either.

>>146886084
Nope, they don't.

>>146884773
Next you'll be telling me knitting isn't manly as fuck either?

>>146882398
>>146882436
>>146882481
>>146882547
>>146882586
You are some kind of cooking wizard, anon. I hope I catch your next experiment.

Also, how expensive is crab? Baltic Sea isn't that far from me too.

>>146884773
Then I must be really gay since I enjoy baking.

>>146882586
I'd eat it

>>146886787
Marcille taught me magick.
>Also, how expensive is crab?
I paid 15 € for both.

>>146882436
Large spiders and scorpions are basically like crustacean anyway, so lobster or crab would probably be closer to the manga than trying to use an actual scorpion.

Giant puffball mushrooms are basically mushroom tofu, lots of bland evenly textured "meat".

I'd have to take a look at the manga again but I think there was something that gave a clue of what mushrooms the feet were like.

Seaweeds are actually super versatile and aren't overpowering with other seafoods, that's why there are dishes like cockles and laverbread.

>>146887755
Giant puffball mushrooms are basically mushroom tofu, lots of bland evenly textured "meat".
Thought about that at first. Like you said, it basically is mushroom tofu, but I already used mushrooms for the feet and wanted a bit more variety. Tofu was a good replacement for that.
>I'd have to take a look at the manga again but I think there was something that gave a clue of what mushrooms the feet were like.
I went through the first chapter a couple of times and didn't find anything back then.
>semlls nice
>special aroma
Maybe I'm just blind.

>Seaweeds are actually super versatile and aren't overpowering with other seafoods, that's why there are dishes like cockles and laverbread.
I just learned something new. Thank you!

I appreciate your feedback.

>>146885231

The nagging ball-n-chain types might be. The ones that wait at the door in nothing but apron never existed.

>>146888955
>The ones that wait at the door in nothing but apron never existed.
Welp, no need to get married I guess.

>>146886084
brown twin a cute

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>>146882398
>>146882436
>>146882481
>>146882547
>>146882586
Yo this is fucking cool OP. Good luck on your endeavors, and I look forward to the next dish.

Nice. Waiting for your next tries

>>146883771
Poor nutrition