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[mech_and_mutt]

Okay, does anyone here know how to make 'ramen?!' Some kinda noodle soup that's supposed to be really, really good?

Apparently y'gotta get a buncha ingredients like fish and seaweed and now we've finally got a real ocean to get 'em from, but I dunno where to go from there! Do I just throw 'em all in a big pot or what?

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[mech_and_mutt]

Red Savarin. [There. That takes care of that.]

Alright, no slip-ups this time. Start talkin' and I'll start writin'.

[witchofwishes]

Oookay~

So ramen is more complicated than just putting everything in a pot and boiling it. But we'll get to that.

First you need some pork and salt. You can use chicken too.

For the soup itself you need... ginger, garlic, cloves, green onions, soy sauce, sake, sesame oil and of course water.

So this is what you do. You salt your meat and then you put the water, ginger root, garlic, green onions and salted pork, in a pot and boil it. Skim off any fat. Then change to a low setting and let that boil for an hour or so. Eventually you strain it and save the meat and the liquid too as it's part of your broth.

Ramen noodles don't take very long to make so all the topping stuff is important. Boil your eggs, cook your meat, chop up your vegetables. That's all the time consuming stuff.

So now it's time to finish up your broth. Boil the broth again and add soy sauce, sake, salt and sesame oil at low heat.

Then cook your noodles! Once they're done cooking you put them in a bowl, pour your broth on top then add all your toppings which can be anything really. Eggs, seaweed, and green onions are popular but whatever really suits your fancy. And don't forget your meat either.

It takes more work than a packet you get at the store but all good food does!

[mech_and_mutt]

[This.

Was all sounding a lot more complicated than he was expecting. And he was only passingly familiar with a few of those ingredients, at that.]

And here I thought gettin' it all from the ocean was gonna be the hard part! Maybe there's a good place in this new place to get some'a those ingredients... and maybe a spice rack.

Might take a while too. Lotta the people down there are kinda... pushy. S'not just me, right?

[witchofwishes]

Make it your great quest then. A goal~ Mine is to create a garden with all the different plants we find around here and wherever we may go next. Yours can be to someday craft the most perfect ramen dish. A noble and delicious journey.

[She laughs mostly because it sounds like something she'd have someone else do.]

And I don't know. I find everyone pleasant. They can get a touch odd if you're on your own so I try and keep one of the children close by. Normally one would get nervous around large groups but this place feels quite the opposite. Keep good company and you'll find the natives to be in much better spirits.

I NEVER GOT THE NOTIF I AM SO SORRY

[mech_and_mutt]

...A bowl of noodles ain't much for a 'great quest', is it? I saved the world once back when I had my mecha. This is just a really weird snack run.

[He'll never stop missing his mecha.]

But I guess I gotta find more people to walk around with if I'm gonna get anything done down there. That or hope I find a beach where the locals won't be such a hassle.

...How's that garden thing going for you, anyway?