Chapter 1261 (?′·﹃·`?) Cooking Festival? Food Festival? !

Unlike the spring horse racing meeting in Mineral Town a few days ago, which needed to block and transform a large area of ​​competition venues in the middle of Rose Square with wood, today's Rose Square, in addition to arranging some balloons and ribbons with a festive atmosphere, only A long wooden table is divided into many areas.

When Annie came here with her roast chicken, a lot of food had already been placed in the separated area, and there were still many people gathered around the long table, pointing Pointing and discussing something, while patiently waiting for the start of the game.

'Annie! '

'Are you here? oh! I see, the dish you brought today looks like a big roast chicken? Not bad, come on, this space is specially reserved for you, put your dishes down, there is a carbon stove under it to keep warm, I guarantee that nothing will happen, and then you can go around and chat with everyone for a while? '

"We need to wait for everyone to arrive before starting. It's still early, and you can eat and drink later. We will make it a semi-buffet to ensure that everyone can taste it..."

'Come on, yes! Just leave it like this, don't worry, we have a glass cover to help you cover it, there will be no problem. '

'Hurry up, after the game is over, we can open up and eat, soon! ! '

At this time, when Annie arrived with her own dishes, she was soon led to the long table by the enthusiastic mayor Thomas, and asked her to put the food she brought on the long table like everyone else. After placing a glass cover on an empty shelf on the table, Thomas, the old man with a bad nose, motioned for her to go aside to cool off.

"!!"

"Damn it! That's the super champion roast chicken that I baked with great difficulty, and I don't even let him taste a piece..."

Annie, who was driven away from the long table by the mayor Thomas, muttered to herself. Obviously, she thought that she could start as long as she brought food, but who would have thought that the other party would not let them eat now?

If she had known this was the case, maybe she should have pulled a chicken thigh to taste the taste first, and she wouldn't be like now, just staring blankly.

"Really annoying……"

No way, after being chased away from the long table by the bad-nosed old man Thomas, Annie had no choice but to stay away from the long table where the residents of Ore Town placed all kinds of food according to what the other party said, and go to the surrounding areas of Rose Square and Others gathered together to chat or wander around.

"Eh?!"

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"Well... Uncle Dot, don't you like this kind of lively event? You didn't come to the horse racing meeting a few days ago, why did you come here today?"

Suddenly, Annie saw a guy in a white coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck. Seeing that the other person turned out to be Doctor Dot from the hospital, she felt a little strange and approached her to ask.

"??"

"Annie?"

"But am I that old? Why do you want to call me uncle?!"

Yes, Dort was a little unhappy about that.

Originally, he just graduated from medical school this year, and he is still a high-achieving student who skipped a grade. He is not yet twenty years old. He is only two years older than Ellie. My uncle, what is the reason for this?

"ah……"

"Alright then, I'll call you 'Dot Shushu'!"

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to like the title 'Uncle', Annie had no choice but to change to another one that was a little more friendly than 'Uncle'.

"..."

Dort stopped talking suddenly because he thought that 'Uncle' and 'Shu Shu' both sounded the same old, so what's the difference between changing them or not?

"You haven't said yet,

Dortmund, why did you suddenly come to the square to participate in the competition? "

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Seeing that the other party stopped talking and seemed to have acquiesced in the title, Anne continued to ask indifferently.

"ah……"

"It's nothing!"

"Because I heard that Poble's mother, that is, Aunt Lilia, is also coming to participate in the competition. She is very weak. I was worried that something might happen to her, so I came to the square specially to prevent accidents."

That's right!

In Dot's opinion, it's best for Lilia not to leave the chicken farm, or even the house? On weekdays, it is best not to do any work on those chicken farms, let alone be too stimulated, that is the safest treatment plan!

But today, it is very unwise and unadvisable for the other party to participate in the food competition with his weak body! If possible, he will warn the other party later, it is best not to eat here randomly... Anyway, he will definitely stare at the other party, and once the other party makes an inappropriate choice, he will definitely step forward to correct it in time.

"So this is ah?"

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"You must pay attention to Dot Shushu, I went there first to stroll around."

Hearing that this was the case, Annie, who had known for a long time that Poble's mother, Aunt Lilia, was indeed weak, nodded, and then stopped pestering the Dottite who was doing important business in front of her, and just jumped around with a smile to the side.

'What kind of food are you going to cook? '

'Hmm...what a headache...'

'Mother! '

"You don't have to cook. It's okay for me or Publi. Publy just went to the hot spring to get the hot spring eggs soaked last night. I can come back soon, and then it should be fine with my egg fried rice." Understand! '

'No way, Rick, your skills are definitely not Mr. Dart's opponent. '

'But we don't have to win, mom, you can't...'

'ah! I thought of what to do, Rick, help me out, I need you to shred those onions, hurry up. '

'But mother...'

'Come on, hurry up! '

'...'

When Annie wandered to the other side of the Rose Square, she actually found that Aunt Lilia and Uncle Rick from the chicken farm were busy in front of the simple stoves that are on the sidelines...here in the square There is even a stove, that kind of thing Annie never thought of!

Only then did she know that if she needed something, she could come to the square and make it now?

'Ha ha! '

'Annie, are you here too? '

'Let me tell you, today's game must be very exciting, I have a hunch... I am very excited when this time comes every year, because I can go to eat a variety of delicacies for free, which is better than the rice cakes at the rice cake conference ate too much! '

Then, Annie ran into that Uncle Goetz who was lazy for another day and didn't work. The other party even prepared the dishes. It seemed that he was really waiting for the end of the game before rushing up to have a good meal?

'Yo~! annie! '

‘I heard that you also participated in the competition? '

'Then you have to come up with your best and most delicious dishes, because the judges of our Mineral Town Food Festival today are gourmets, and if you use ordinary dishes, you will definitely not be able to fool him. '

‘But I don’t think you, a little guy, will win with the things you bring, no one knows better than me! '

Immediately afterwards, a certain Uncle Zack, who hadn't been injured for a long time after healed and had finally lived a normal life, saw Annie passing by with a smile and came over to say hello to her.

"!!"

oooh!

However, what the other party said made Annie a little unwilling to listen, so she turned her head arrogantly and walked aside with a cold snort.

'...'

'dad! Are you confident? '

'Of course there is! '

'real? '

'Of course it is true! Lin, just wait and see, I plan to show my strongest strength this time, and I must win the food festival championship, because it is related to the reputation of our store! '

'! ! '

'Hey! Uncle Dart, don't be too judgmental, I, Karen, the mysterious king of chefs, also participated in the competition! '

'just you? '

'Ha ha! Lin, come and take a look, your friend Karen actually wants to challenge your father and me, the cooking master, to my culinary skills! Who doesn't know that your father and I have the best cooking skills in the whole ore town? '

'dad! Don't get too complacent, I also participated! '

'Hahaha! Lin, you can't do it either, you're still a little too tender...'

'...'

‘Mana, who do you think Dart or Karen has a chance to win? '

'I don't know...but Sasha, I heard that Lilia is also participating, and if she comes, I'm not sure who will win. '

'Lilia? '

'Yes! '

'She can't do it, you know, her body is too weak, I heard that she hasn't cooked for almost two years, so she must feel rusty? Moreover, her strength can't shake the spoon...'

'That too……'

'Then that's supposed to be Dart's win? '

‘Maybe, but I’m in too! '

'ah! Mana, you...'

On the other side of the square, Uncle Dart and Miss Karen, who are at war with swords, are arguing fiercely tit for tat, so that Miss Sister Lin, who is caught in the middle, doesn't know who to help... and that Aunt Mana and Sasha The aunt was also talking about something in a low voice.

"Hello, are you Annie?"

"Speaking of which, this should be the first time we've met. Last time I saw you find the church to take a look and then run away... After that, for so many days, I never saw you go to the church again .”

"That's not good..."

"Annie, don't you even need to pray?"

At this time, a strange sorghum dressed in black and holding a black hat came to Anne's side and greeted her actively.

Obviously, the other party was the priest in the church, the guy Annie remembered as Carter!

"..."

"Well, Uncle Carter, the game is about to start, and I have something else to do, let's talk later?"

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Are you kidding, let her Queen Anne go to church to pray? To whom to pray, and who can bear her prayers?

Therefore, Anne felt that there were some things that the other party could not understand, so she didn't even think about it. She just made excuses and ran towards the long table quickly, because now Mayor Thomas has stepped forward and started to give a speech. Presumably the food festival competition will be over soon To start, she had to prepare for it.

However, at this moment, she suddenly discovered that the names of some of the sorghums in this ore town are really too confusing, for example, the uncle Dart in the bar, the Dott sorghum in the hospital, and the current Uncle Carter... Sometimes, she can't remember who these three people are!

...

Soon, without waiting for Anne to struggle for a long time, the selection contest of the food festival officially started under the announcement of the mayor Thomas!

Although many residents of Mineral Town brought different dishes, there are not many people who are confident to participate in the competition, only six people in total? Therefore, all of them, including Annie, stood in front of the competition table and in front of their respective dishes, waiting for the big mouth and the gourmet who looked like a pig to come forward and evaluate them one by one.

'Well……'

‘While the ingredients are rich, the flavors are well integrated, the cooking techniques are experienced, and the heat is just right? '

‘Anyway, it’s delicious, it’s delicious! great! '

The first one to be evaluated was Uncle Dart's cuisine, and then, he who opened a shop and needed to cook for customers every day, naturally received a very good, very high evaluation.

'As for this...'

'After adding the green pepper, the taste is much more mature. Are you the daughter of the Dart player just now? Not bad, it seems that he has really inherited some skills. Although there are a little flaws, it is still very remarkable to have such skills at such a young age. '

The second one is Uncle Dart's daughter Lynn. She also got a relatively good evaluation, but judging from the evaluation that gourmets can tell at a glance that her cooking skills are in the same line as Uncle Dart's, she must not be as good as Uncle Dart's.

'ah! '

'This one is really special, although it is relatively light, but the fragrance is very strong, the lamb chops are fried very delicately, there is no mutton smell at all, it is not greasy, and the taste is very refreshing, it is really great! ! '

Immediately afterwards, Annie saw that the third contestant, that is, the weaker Aunt Lilia, also got a very good evaluation of the other's fried lamb chops, even faintly above Uncle Dart?

'This is……'

'Aha! '

‘I’ve eaten it. Three kinds of vegetable juices and a little bit of milk are added to the thick soup. It’s quite smooth. Although it has a little bit of bitterness, it’s still very tasty overall! '

It's a pity that the soup made by Aunt Mana, the fourth contestant, seemed to have a little bit of flaws, so Annie heard that the big-mouthed gourmet didn't give her a good review?

'! ! '

'this……'

'What kind of strange smell is this... hey... ah bah! Sorry, this dish is so weird, I don't know how to rate it. '

When the gourmet with fat head and big ears and a big mouth finished evaluating the dark dish that Miss Karen overturned the car, spit out the food in his mouth, and ran away that Miss Karen in anger, finally, Finally, it was the turn of Anne, the last one who had the courage to participate in the competition, to cook by herself.

"Is this roast chicken?"

"It smells delicious and looks pretty good, but I'd better try it first..."

Standing in front of Annie's cooking table, holding the monocular on his right eye and looking at the grilled chicken for a while, the gourmet was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, but directly pulled a chicken wing, and then looked at the grilled chicken. I bit down on the most tender meat.

"!!"

"No..."

"I ate it. Although I didn't add any salt or any other seasonings, I was very good at controlling the heat... Well... this roast chicken is fat but not greasy, fragrant but not burnt, and the chicken is delicious. It's really fragrant and tender, and the mouth is full of the most original umami taste. It should just be washed with hot spring water, right?

"It's amazing. I've never eaten such delicious chicken. It's a lot ahead of other contestants in terms of material selection..."

"Little guy, what's the name of this dish?"

A gourmet who originally thought that a little girl's cooking must be very ordinary, but was unexpectedly amazed in the end!

So, while asking the little girl the name of the dish, he thought for a while, and made an exception and stretched out his hand to tear off the wings and legs of the chicken wing he had just pulled.

"It's BBQ Champion Chicken!!"

She didn't get to be the first to eat the dishes she cooked. That kind of thing made Annie a little annoyed, so while Annie answered, she also imitated her hand and stretched out her hand in a polite manner. Pulled one of the biggest back thighs and held it, so as not to be robbed by others later, so that I didn't even eat it?

"Champion Roast Chicken?"

"Well... not bad! It is indeed worthy of the name 'champion'!"

"So……"

"Now that the tasting is over, it's time for me to announce the winner of this food festival competition!"

"The winner is..."

Soon, when Anne unexpectedly defeated Uncle Dart, who thought she was sure of winning, and Aunt Lilia, who was a bit regretful, and won the final championship, the food festival in Ore Town finally officially started!

People flocked to those chefs with all kinds of tableware, began to share the food that others brought to the food festival, and soon ate it up, turning the Rose Square in Ore Town into an open-air and lively place. buffet party.

"Hey! Wait!"

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"Mayor Thomas, he has won now, but what about his prize, have you forgotten something?!"

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While others were busy eating, Annie rushed to a bad-nosed town who was also eating while nibbling on her chicken thighs, and asked sharply.

"??"

"What prize? What are you talking about?"

Thomas, who was grabbed by the corner of the dress with the little girl's greasy hands, was feeling sorry for his clothes, and at the same time asked inexplicably.

"Of course it's the prize for winning the food festival. He's the first place. Isn't there a reward like a horse race?"

"ah?"

"Who told you it's the same as horse racing?"

Hearing that the other party was grabbing him, Mayor Thomas couldn't help but break away from the other party's hand grabbing his clothes and asked back.

"!!"

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"Then what do you mean, there are no prizes at all in today's competition?!"

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Annie suddenly felt a little disappointed, because she felt that she seemed to have made some mistakes?

If she had known this was the case, she would never have brought such a good roast chicken! She can completely eat up the championship roast chicken at home by herself, and then bring some other things to make up the number, such as grilled fish, and then just go eat and drink by herself?

"Of course not!"

"Because the food festival food festival is just for everyone to share and celebrate the festival with food, and by the way, it's just to judge who can cook the best food. Where are there any prizes?"

"Of course not!"

"The title of the strongest chef in Mineral Town is the best reward?"

Shaking his head, looking at the little girl in front of him who was petrified by his words, Thomas didn't know what to say.

"alright!"

"Annie, hurry up and eat something. You can eat with your belly open here all day today. I heard Lin and Dart say that you, the little guy, are really good at eating?"

"So, hurry up..."

After explaining, Mayor Thomas patted the oily marks on the corner of his clothes that were caught by the other party. After a few seconds of heartache, he straightened his equally obese figure and looked towards the far away places full of clothes. Long tables of various foods paced away.

"..."

"How can it be like that? If I knew there was no reward, I would have eaten the chicken alone, and I wouldn't bring any of it!"

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Anne began to regret...

She had roasted the champion roast chicken slowly over a night on a low fire, but she only ate one thigh...Looking at the crowd of people around the long table, she knew that the chicken was probably about the same size as the chicken. It's just enough for each of those people, and there will definitely be none left when she goes later.

but……

At this time, not all the people gathered around the long table of the champion roast chicken, such as the Poble family, the three of them seemed to have no idea of ​​eating chicken at all?

'? ? '

'Hello! Poble, Anne's roasted champion chicken is delicious, don't you want to eat some? Its portion is not much, I just got lucky and only got one chicken wing, it is delicious! '

'No! Lin, I will never eat it, thank you! '

'? ? '

'Don't eat? Come on, let me give you a bite to try? Anyway, it's not your chicken, why are you so resistant? '

As she said that, Lin, who was holding a half-gnawed chicken wing in her hand, directly stretched out the delicacy in her hand to Pobley's mouth, signaling that the other party could have a taste.

'No! Lin! I don't know how to eat, please take it away! '

Poble quickly took a big step back, almost spilling the contents of the dinner plate in his hand on the ground.

'? ? '

‘Strange, Poble, why are you doing this? '

'No reason! '

'I always feel that you are weird today...'

'I don't! I just don't like eating that champion chicken, really! '

'But, it's not your chicken, why can't you eat it...'

'! ! '

'How do you know it's not mine? '

'Because Annie said that she bought it, and it cost a lot of money! '

'you! ! '

'What's wrong? '

'No! I'm fine...'

However, Lin didn't know that the chicken was indeed raised by the Poble family before, and it was a champion chicken that had been raised for several years, so it has feelings! So, how could their family who knew the reason of the incident and the source of the food have anything to say?

'Really...'

‘That Poble, I’m going to find other delicious food first! Come back later to chat with you slowly? '

Lin didn't know the source of a certain disheartened little girl's cooking ingredients, but she just vaguely felt that today's Publi is a bit weird... However, in the current food scene, there are so many delicious things, she has no time to pay attention to the other party What do you think? After just saying hello, I hurried towards the surrounding dining tables, intending to fill my stomach first.

'! ! '

'Annie! I saw this piece of twice-cooked pork first! '

Soon, the last piece of twice-cooked pork on a dinner plate was snatched away by a little girl before Lin was about to pick it up, which made her exclaim.

"But……"

"So what if you see it first, they got it first!"

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How could Annie return the food that was in her hands and it was still delicious?

'you! ! '

‘Give it back to me quickly, it’s another dish made by Aunt Lilia, I didn’t get the fried lamb chops, you have to give this to me! '

In a fit of anger, Lin rushed forward, as if she was planning to bully the weak, and directly snatch the food back from a bad little girl?

"Never!"

chew! oo=3=3=3

While turning around and running away, Annie threw the piece of meat directly into her mouth.

'don't want! ! '

'Spit it out, bastard! ! ! '

Lin was so frightened that she rushed forward, planning to open a certain little girl's mouth and snatch the meat out of her mouth?

"I've already swallowed it, I can't spit it out!!"

'stop! don't run! '

Lin, who was angry from the bottom of her heart, was so angry that she waved the fork in her hand and rushed towards Annie regardless of the fact that this was the scene of the food festival.

"Wow!!"

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'! ! '

'hateful! annie! Lin! What are you doing? '

'ah! This is my new dress! ! '

'You stop! ! '

'quick! Stop them! ! '

'ah! So hot! '

'...'

'Little Annie! my soup! ! ! '

'stop! ! ! '

Soon, the Rose Square, which was noisy but well-ordered, was turned into a mess by Lin rushing from left to right and Little Annie who was running around, and the whole venue became chaotic in an instant! Then, due to various reasons, more people had to join in the game of chasing and fighting each other...

: Aww~!

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