Food Broadcast in another world

Maneuvering her hands, I saw her bring her enclosed hands up to the surface. And, once she brought them above the water, she opened her cupped hands to show me the turquoise colored mud that she was talking about. She then lay it inside the basket to dry.

Following her example, I brought the cold mud up to the surface and laid it next to hers.

”Alright! We need 2 muds each, so Ill just put this set aside for now and once we
e done, we can leave them here to dry and go and find more food to eat! ”

Pumped up, we both carefully gathered enough mud for 3 people, and then left the basket as is before we went off. Jenny left Kelp to guard our spoils.

”Those green berries are tasty without cooking, but we can eat too much of them or our fingertips will turn green and well get sick. These red branches are sweet and we can munch on them. ”

Jenny said as she nonchalantly broke off a red branch from a red tree, making sure to avoid branches with the green berries on them. Breaking the branch in half, she shared one half with me as she continued walking.

”We call them candy trees as they taste kind of like candy. Ah, candy is when we mix more water with rain powder bark. Rain powder bark is the bark of those orange trees over there. We grind the yellow insides to make this yellow sticky mixture called honey sap. Honey sap uses as much water as there is powder, but to make candy we first must put as much water as powder, then mix them and slowly add water and mix until all the air bubbles inside the honey sap rises to the surface. Then we mix them a final time and leave them to harden. ”

Staring at Jenny a little suspiciously, I stopped in my tracks and tried to lighten my voice.

”Jenny, why are you suddenly telling me about these recipes from your village? Normally, you shouldn tell strangers everything if not they will take advantage of you. ”

When Jenny heard my words, she paused. Then, she turned around and said in a light voice that seemed to blow away all my suspicions.

”Because Alex is a chef like mom right? Your fingers smell like clams. Besides, you
e not a stranger at all! Someone who likes moms clams and helps me pick red berries is a fellow foodie! ”

Jenny smiled, showing all her tiny teeth, and followed up with a sentence that seemed to remind me of a certain someone.

”Now that we
e not strangers, and instead fellow foodies, this also means that when I visit you in the future, you need to cook some delicious dishes for me! ”

I guess all foodies have a similar personality.

Laughing away all my worries, I reach out a hand to pat Jenny on the head.

”Sure, Ill cook for you when you visit. But be warned, it might not be as good as your moms food. ”

Hearing this, Jenny gave another cheeky smile.

”Of course, since my mom cooks the best food in the world!