Chapter 983: Roasting Slowpoke's Tail
"Well, the problem you mentioned is actually very simple. Just cut it into small pieces." Heath shrugged. Roasting Slowpoke's tail is not a complicated thing. After all, although Slowpoke is a water-attribute Pokémon, it does not mean that Slowpoke's tail is full of water. Slowpoke also has flesh and blood, so you just need to treat Slowpoke's tail as a normal ingredient. The only problem is probably that there is more water in Slowpoke's meat, so Heath needs to find a way to roast Slowpoke's tail so that he can achieve the result he wants.
What does the tail of Slowpoke look like? Heath thinks it is similar to a pig's tail, except that the tail of Slowpoke is bigger. After cutting it, it is similar to an ordinary pig's tail, but it has more water. Heath did not intend to dry out the water. Although it would be troublesome if there is too much water in the meat, it can actually make delicious barbecue if it is used well.
"Slowpoke's tail looks similar to ordinary meat." Xiaoyao came over to take a look curiously, not afraid of the blood at all. Heath nodded after hearing this. This is indeed the case. It can be said that if the identity and intelligence of Pokémon are removed, Heath feels that most Pokémon are actually very ordinary types, no different from ordinary animals. Of course, this is on the premise that the powerful abilities and wisdom of these Pokémon are not taken into account. Some Pokémon have very special wisdom, and some Pokémon even form class-like organizations. It can be said that it is a very unique culture.
But apart from that, Pokémon are also living things, so they naturally have flesh and blood, except for ghost-attribute Pokémon and steel-attribute and rock-attribute Pokémon.
At this time, Heath had already cut the tail of Slowpoke, but the question of what kind of charcoal to use made Heath a little embarrassed. Generally speaking, barbecue is divided into many types of charcoal. The first type is naturally the most common coal, but not many people use coal. Most people still like to use charcoal, especially some special charcoal, such as charcoal made from fruit wood or wood with a specific aroma. The taste of barbecue with such charcoal will be more special.
In addition, there is the smokeless barbecue which has become popular recently. It uses electronic heating. The advantage is that there is no smoke and it is more in line with the contemporary people's pursuit of health. The disadvantage is that the skewers grilled on electronic grills often do not taste very good.
However, Heath does have some other charcoal options, that is coconut charcoal, or coconut shell charcoal, which is also a rising star in the barbecue world recently. It is popular with many people, and it is smokeless and ashless, very clean, and has a long burning time. However, its disadvantage is that it is expensive, much more expensive than ordinary charcoal. Heath doesn't care about the price. After all, he is not short of money now, and Xia Bolai can take care of these price costs.
The only thing that bothered Heath was that he was not sure whether the charcoal-roasted Slowpoke tails could achieve the effect he wanted.
What Heath wanted was to roast the skin of Slowpoke's tail in a very short moment, so that it could lock in the gravy inside, making it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The rich gravy would overflow with one bite, and combined with the taste of the sauce and barbecue powder, it could be said that it was absolutely in line with Xia Bo's taste. However, in order to quickly roast the watery tail of Slowpoke, a very high firepower was required. But this was not a problem for Heath, and he quickly thought of a solution.
"Old Pen, it's up to you. You have to roast the skin of these barbecues at high temperature first." Heath called out Old Pen with a smile. After hearing what Heath said, Old Pen opened his mouth and a hot flame was sprayed out. Xia Bo on the side raised his eyebrows and looked at Heath's Charizard with some surprise. As the master of a fire-attribute Pokémon gym, he naturally knew how powerful Charizard, one of the three starter Pokémon in the Kanto region, was. When Heath's Charizard just came out, Xia Bo thought that Heath was a trained physical attack Charizard, but he didn't expect that his ability to control flames was so outstanding.
"Can you use Pokémon to cook?" Xiaoyao was a little shocked. At home, she watched her mother cook and never used Pokémon. She didn't expect her master to let Charizard help with cooking. This is Charizard, won't it burn Slowpoke's tail? You know, the temperature of the flames spit out by Charizard can be very high, especially when it has learned the moves such as Overheat, it can spit out high-temperature flames that can melt steel.
"Of course, why not use the help of Pokémon?" Heath shrugged. On the road of fire-breathing, Heath felt that having a powerful fire-attribute Pokémon was very important. At least it could help him solve many problems. Without the help of Charizard, Heath could only use the spray gun, but whether the spray gun could achieve the effect he wanted was also a problem.
Originally, Heath had considered whether to go to the crater of Honglian Town to give it a try. After all, if he went to the crater of Honglian Town, he should be able to use the magma there to try barbecue. However, Heath gave up this idea. After all, the volcano not only contains high-temperature magma, but also a lot of harmful gases. The barbecue made in this way might become a good tool for poisoning, so calling Charizard to help is naturally the best choice.
Heath even stopped Charizard in the middle, sprinkled some seasoning on it, and then continued grilling. It took three minutes in the end, and twenty servings of Slowpoke tail barbecue were ready. Heath then served them to Xia Bo.
"Mr. Heath, your Charizard looks pretty powerful. Are you interested in challenging the gym?" Xia Bo became interested. It was the first time he had seen such a unique Charizard. Now Xia Bo was very curious about Heath's methods of training and cultivating Pokémon, as well as Heath's expectations for Pokémon and the Pokémon's own thoughts. All of this could be seen in the battle.
"Oh, sorry, I'm just a chef." Heath didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What on earth was going on? He obviously had no interest in Pokémon battles, so why did everyone want to fight him? But even if the battle really started, Heath wasn't worried about losing. And even if he lost, it wouldn't be a problem. After all, no one wins all the time.
