Chapter 863 Why do people like to eat poisonous things?
The final result was similar to what Heath had expected. Shirona filled in a number that was slightly cheaper than the final bid price, and then successfully got the Ice Dragon fossil at a price that was 572 Alliance Coins higher than the second place. However, even so, the price was very expensive. The second place was a man who looked mature and steady. He had a bookish air. Heath felt that the other party might be a Pokémon doctor. This was the most likely possibility, but Heath could not be sure. After all, he had never seen this man. Fortunately, the other party did not do anything else, but calmly watched Shirona take the Ice Dragon fossil away. By the way, he also took the testing certification report from the testing agency. It was real, not fake.
Heath was very satisfied. The only problem he was worried about before was whether Shirona would become depressed if she bought a fake. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be real. However, if these people really dared to sell fakes, they would have to face the wrath of the champion. Heath remembered that Shirona often appeared in places like ruins in games and anime plots. She could be regarded as an alternative archaeologist, so if Shirona really bought a fake, she would definitely be able to tell.
Heath touched his chin. This was really an interesting thing.
"The next item is..." the host continued to shout enthusiastically, but Heath had no interest anymore because it was not related to ingredients. Moreover, Heath also saw today's product list, which did not contain anything related to ingredients. This was very boring. Heath gave up the idea of waiting here and took Shirona to the vegetable market. Here, Heath replenished his ingredients and chatted with the bosses here. He successfully mastered the information about the special ingredients of Hualan City.
"Octopus?" Heath's expression was a little strange. The specialty ingredient of Cerulean City was actually octopus. This was something Heath had not expected. After all, it was octopus. Although octopus was a kind of seafood, it was actually not a special ingredient and it was easy to buy. However, I don't know if the people of Cerulean City are similar to the people of Yun Province in the previous life. Their tastes are more picky. Cerulean City is also the city with the most food poisoning cases among the cities announced by the Kanto Alliance every year.
The reason is related to their special ingredients, but Heath didn't know it at first. Now Heath knows that the octopus these guys eat is a very special kind of octopus, called the purple-ringed octopus. The name sounds very similar to the blue-ringed octopus, but they are actually not the same. The toxicity of the purple-ringed octopus is weaker than that of the blue-ringed octopus, and as long as it is specially processed by the chef, the taste of the purple-ringed octopus is very delicious. And according to the way of eating in Cerulean City, purple-ringed octopus is generally eaten raw.
Yes, it is eaten raw without any processing. The only processing is probably to find an experienced chef to handle the purple-ringed octopus, and then add some soy sauce or something, and then eat it raw. This made Heath's expression very complicated. He really didn't expect that the people in Cerulean City are so unique and so incomprehensible.
Heath knew that in his previous life, people in many places liked to eat raw octopus, especially in a certain country called "The Whole Universe is Our Smecta". People liked to eat raw octopus very much. Even though many people were admitted to the hospital for eating raw octopus, there was still a habit of eating raw octopus, which was very unacceptable. Heath had seen a female anchor in the country of Smecta eat raw octopus, and then she was rushed to the hospital because her throat was blocked by the octopus's tentacles. There were also people who were almost disfigured because the octopus's tentacles sucked their faces. But even so, people still liked to eat raw octopus.
Heath actually likes octopus very much. After all, octopus tastes very good. The grilled octopus tentacles on the street taste very good too. It is also delicious to buy one while shopping. But the problem is that Heath really cannot accept eating it raw. However, in order to complete the mission in Cerulean City, Heath can only remember this point. After all, people in Cerulean City eat it raw. What if the achievement mission of this thing is to let the customers eat it raw?
"It's so strange, why do people like to eat poisonous things?" Back on the dining car, Shirona couldn't help rubbing her arms, looking at Heath with a complicated expression and asked. Heath's mouth twitched, and he knew why.
"Because they are delicious." Heath made a simple summary. Just like pufferfish and octopus, aren't these things poisonous? Of course they are, and they can even kill people, but why do people still like to eat them? It is because they are so delicious. Therefore, for the people of Cerulean City, it is not strange to eat these very delicious purple-ringed octopuses raw.
However, the only problem is that the preparation of eating it raw is more challenging. Just like pufferfish, if you want to eat pufferfish, the chef must have a special qualification certificate. Heath thinks that if you want to eat octopus with toxins like purple-ringed octopus raw, then the chef must have his own certificate. But the problem is that Heath has never cooked purple-ringed octopus, so he has to learn, and then take the exam before he can serve guests.
Heath was a little distressed, but he still had some confidence in his learning ability. Of course, the key reason was that octopus was not that complicated to handle, and purple-ringed octopus was easy to buy. It was available in the vegetable market, but people only sold it to qualified chefs. This made Heath's idea fall through. But Heath was not without gain. He used his food identifier to look at the purple-ringed octopus and successfully grasped some new clues.
[Purple-ringed octopus is highly poisonous but edible. It is a very special octopus with an extremely delicious taste. It can be called the king of octopuses. However, because it is highly poisonous, it requires very high skills from the chef. Without a special qualification, it is impossible to handle this octopus. To eat it raw, the octopus's poison sac needs to be removed and the poisonous spines on the tentacles need to be scraped off. After cooking, the toxins will be completely lost, but the meat will become like rubber. Please cherish your life and stay away from octopuses.]
Heath touched his chin. This meant that the octopus could actually be cooked and there would be no toxins after it was cooked. However, the problem was that it would become unpalatable after it was cooked. Heath didn't know if he could complete his task in this way.
Heath was troubled.
