Volume 7 Chapter 37: Vani Juice


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 7 Chapter 37: Vani Juice


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is that the only thing we need to do, Keith?" Diana questioned. But the man shook his head, "The thing we''re going to make next is interesting."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?" "It''s going to be a sweet kind. But it''s something I don''t have that much technique in." This was going to be his third time making this. Of course, dough was a must.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s mix the ingredients." He first added flour, sugar, and salt into the bowl, stirring the dry ingredients. While he was doing that,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Diana, toss the butter and slowly pour the milk into the bowl while I stir."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Alright." Diana slowly ced them in. And the dry mix slowly became a round ball.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How about you roll the dough out like before. I won''t be helping you today."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes." Diana nodded as she started to roll the dough out. This time, the dough came out perfectly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The next step is to smear the butter on top of it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Gotcha." Soften butter was the way to go; it would be difficult to move the butter around if it was hard.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thest thing needed is brown sugar and cinnamon. You can spread them like this." Brown sugar was simple enough to make; it was a mixture of sugar and msses. Both of these things were something Keith already had.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is this enough?" Diana had ced a lot of sugar and cinnamon on top.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Perfect, thest thing left is to let them proof."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmmm!" Diana nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." You''re really excited about this, aren''t you? The spirit of nature''s eyes lit up as she watched the clothed bowl.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The next thing we must do is make the cream cheese ze." Cream cheese will also work well with bread as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Cream cheese?" "Mmhmm. It''s simple to make." Keith took out the ingredients; milk and lemon juice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s all there is to make it? Do we mix it up?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm. We just need to boil the milk and then add the lemon juice to it." When this happened, curds would form.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Diana blinked, "It could do that?!" She didn''t think the juice of a fruit could cause such a reaction.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Take the curds out and squeeze out whatever juices are left." Keith squeezed as much as possible.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"To add smoothness to the cream cheese, add milk." Keith slowly added the milk to the curds. Slowly, the cracking curd became smooth and silky.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Try some."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Diana took a spoon and licked it. When that happened, "It has a sour taste. But it''s slightly tangy."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hoo." Aria pped her wings.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think it''s because of the cow I took it from." What he used was milk from a fire cow. This one had a strong fat content. But it also has a slight tart taste to it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Maybe I should add some spices and other things to change the taste." That would make it perfect as a spread.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How can I use this?" Keith looked at the branch item on the table. This was what Fira and the other spirits found. Vani bean. It smelled like the vani bean he used before. However, it had a more potent sweetness. Plus, the branch wasrge as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I should scrap the beans out." Keith took a knife and started scraping the beans out of the branch. However, that caused Keith''s eyes to widen.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Say what? There were so many juicesing from the beans. This was not your regr vani bean.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I wonder." Keith licked one of the droplets. His eyes widened as he turned to Diana, "Diana, can you follow my lead and take out the beans?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Diana nodded as she started to scrap. His eyes were bright as he did this.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you need so much?" Whaty before them were a bunch of beans.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm, I could use this a lot." Keith grinned as he started to squeeze the vani bean. As he did this, the juices from the beans began to seep from the towel. Whaty before them was a jar full of the liquid.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This should be called vani juice instead of extract.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Try it now." The three did, and that caused all three''s expressions to contort.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So strong!" "What is this?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">What an overpowering taste! A sting sensation enveloped their tongues. Despite the strong vor, he also could taste the vani through it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think adding a droplet would be enough." Using less would be best instead of adding anything to weaken the taste.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I can make the ze now." Keith then took some things out. He started to stir the cream cheese. While he did, he added milk and sugar. As he did, he added a droplet of vani juice to it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Continuing to stir it, a sweet aroma slowly came from the bowl. Diana blinked, "I have never smelled something like this." Keith had been using sugar all this time. Yet, it had never smelled like this!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think the vani juices enhanced the sweetness." The only difference right now is the addition of vani juice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So this is an enhancement ingredient rather than an actual ingredient." It was more like a spice. Maybe I could use this in savory cooking? Either way, he found something interesting.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, we need to check on the rolls," Keith added.