Chapter 45: Bacon?
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Chapter 45: Bacon?
True to his word, Ben let everyone know about another batch of bar-b-que late in the evening. Mostly it was the original crew, but Ozzy saw a few from Layla's or Sammy's groups. He walked back and forth, now and then moving one of the large pieces of meat around with his tong, but the pit seemed to be cooking the meat evenly. Mostly he was just waiting to see if he got another notification from the pit when the time was up. He was a little leery of jumping in to haul out a chunk of meat from a pit that used screaming humanoids as an ingredient.
The fire in the center still shot up out of the pit like a roaring beacon. The smoke stayed in the pit though, swirling around and around. Some part of the magic? The heat from the fire was going straight up, the cooking was being done by the hot smoke. And the way it was moving it was like a huge convection oven. Ozzy shrugged, hard to understand magic, let alone the intriquicies of a complex subject like bar-b-que.
As far as he could tell, twelve hours after the pit had lit up so spectacularly, the flames died down to embers and the smoke in the pit started to drift out.
The Charnel Pit of the Butcher has finished its task!
Tasty Dark Roasted Sedge Beast x 24 may be safely removed.
You have earned 24x 5 EP for a Total of 120 EP.
Congratulations! You have reached Level 1 in Pit Alchemy. You have learned new recipes.
Select a new recipe learn from this list:
1) Hickory Smoked, Honey Glazed Bacon
(Requires cured hog bellies, honey, hickory logs.)The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
"Celery? For taste?"
"Nope. For the nitrates. Helps preserve the meat. Just need to dry out the celery good, then feed all the pieces through a grinder. Sprinkle a couple of pounds into each barrel as you add the salt and meat. Will keep a long time that way."
Billy liked the idea. "Plus we can charge more, and it's easy to store excess for shipment, and easier to ship. I like it."
Billy was quiet for a moment, then continued. "Things are running pretty good so far. Hell of a start, and I know it was hard on you and the other workers. But with the meat processing, the brewery, and the dungeon, we should be ACME's most profitable group. If we get that city opened up, the skies the limit."
Ozzy said "I sense a 'but' at the end of that."
Billy looked around to make sure no one else was in earshot. "Yeah, there sure was. There may be some problems coming up the road. Momco. wants the area, so they'll be causing trouble. Plus, and I'll have to call you a liar if you repeat this, I can't trust everyone in ACME. Layla is in it for Layla. And I'm betting Sammy is already in Momco.'s pocket. So keep your eyes open, and if you see something, come talk to me. Don't talk to anyone else. "
Ozzy looked around at the people eating the food he'd cooked. Some were old friends, some he barely knew before this job. But they were all becoming friends. But not Layla or Sammy or Vern. They were here for themselves or the glory of ACME. So was Billy, but Billy had the most to lose here, and had the most to gain by keeping his crew of workers happy. He could work with Billy.
"Yeah. I can do that. And I'll let some of the others know. Suzetter and Ben for sure, and Rolly." Saying that, he realized he hadn't seen Rolly in a couple of days. "Hmm, you haven't seen Rolly lately, have you?"
Billy took a second to bring up a screen with his roster of workers on it. "He's assigned to work with the sheep and sedge beast herds, so I don't see him much, but it has been a couple of days. My roster shows him asleep some where out in the pasture area." Billy noticed something else on the list.
One of his workers had somehow changed their name. Checking, he saw that all of ACME's files now listed the new name. He needed to have a small talk with Benjamin Franklin the 7th at some point.
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Chapter 45: Bacon?
True to his word, Ben let everyone know about another batch of bar-b-que late in the evening. Mostly it was the original crew, but Ozzy saw a few from Layla's or Sammy's groups. He walked back and forth, now and then moving one of the large pieces of meat around with his tong, but the pit seemed to be cooking the meat evenly. Mostly he was just waiting to see if he got another notification from the pit when the time was up. He was a little leery of jumping in to haul out a chunk of meat from a pit that used screaming humanoids as an ingredient.
The fire in the center still shot up out of the pit like a roaring beacon. The smoke stayed in the pit though, swirling around and around. Some part of the magic? The heat from the fire was going straight up, the cooking was being done by the hot smoke. And the way it was moving it was like a huge convection oven. Ozzy shrugged, hard to understand magic, let alone the intriquicies of a complex subject like bar-b-que.
As far as he could tell, twelve hours after the pit had lit up so spectacularly, the flames died down to embers and the smoke in the pit started to drift out.
The Charnel Pit of the Butcher has finished its task!
Tasty Dark Roasted Sedge Beast x 24 may be safely removed.
You have earned 24x 5 EP for a Total of 120 EP.
Congratulations! You have reached Level 1 in Pit Alchemy. You have learned new recipes.
Select a new recipe learn from this list:
1) Hickory Smoked, Honey Glazed Bacon
(Requires cured hog bellies, honey, hickory logs.)The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
"Celery? For taste?"
"Nope. For the nitrates. Helps preserve the meat. Just need to dry out the celery good, then feed all the pieces through a grinder. Sprinkle a couple of pounds into each barrel as you add the salt and meat. Will keep a long time that way."
Billy liked the idea. "Plus we can charge more, and it's easy to store excess for shipment, and easier to ship. I like it."
Billy was quiet for a moment, then continued. "Things are running pretty good so far. Hell of a start, and I know it was hard on you and the other workers. But with the meat processing, the brewery, and the dungeon, we should be ACME's most profitable group. If we get that city opened up, the skies the limit."
Ozzy said "I sense a 'but' at the end of that."
Billy looked around to make sure no one else was in earshot. "Yeah, there sure was. There may be some problems coming up the road. Momco. wants the area, so they'll be causing trouble. Plus, and I'll have to call you a liar if you repeat this, I can't trust everyone in ACME. Layla is in it for Layla. And I'm betting Sammy is already in Momco.'s pocket. So keep your eyes open, and if you see something, come talk to me. Don't talk to anyone else. "
Ozzy looked around at the people eating the food he'd cooked. Some were old friends, some he barely knew before this job. But they were all becoming friends. But not Layla or Sammy or Vern. They were here for themselves or the glory of ACME. So was Billy, but Billy had the most to lose here, and had the most to gain by keeping his crew of workers happy. He could work with Billy.
"Yeah. I can do that. And I'll let some of the others know. Suzetter and Ben for sure, and Rolly." Saying that, he realized he hadn't seen Rolly in a couple of days. "Hmm, you haven't seen Rolly lately, have you?"
Billy took a second to bring up a screen with his roster of workers on it. "He's assigned to work with the sheep and sedge beast herds, so I don't see him much, but it has been a couple of days. My roster shows him asleep some where out in the pasture area." Billy noticed something else on the list.
One of his workers had somehow changed their name. Checking, he saw that all of ACME's files now listed the new name. He needed to have a small talk with Benjamin Franklin the 7th at some point.
Chapter 45: Bacon?True to his word, Ben let everyone know about another batch of bar-b-que late in the evening. Mostly it was the original crew, but Ozzy saw a few from Layla's or Sammy's groups. He walked back and forth, now and then moving one of the large pieces of meat around with his tong, but the pit seemed to be cooking the meat evenly. Mostly he was just waiting to see if he got another notification from the pit when the time was up. He was a little leery of jumping in to haul out a chunk of meat from a pit that used screaming humanoids as an ingredient.The fire in the center still shot up out of the pit like a roaring beacon. The smoke stayed in the pit though, swirling around and around. Some part of the magic? The heat from the fire was going straight up, the cooking was being done by the hot smoke. And the way it was moving it was like a huge convection oven. Ozzy shrugged, hard to understand magic, let alone the intriquicies of a complex subject like bar-b-que.As far as he could tell, twelve hours after the pit had lit up so spectacularly, the flames died down to embers and the smoke in the pit started to drift out.The Charnel Pit of the Butcher has finished its task!Tasty Dark Roasted Sedge Beast x 24 may be safely removed. You have earned 24x 5 EP for a Total of 120 EP. Congratulations! You have reached Level 1 in Pit Alchemy. You have learned new recipes. Select a new recipe learn from this list:1 Hickory Smoked, Honey Glazed BaconRequires cured hog bellies, honey, hickory logs.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n."Celery? For taste?""Nope. For the nitrates. Helps preserve the meat. Just need to dry out the celery good, then feed all the pieces through a grinder. Sprinkle a couple of pounds into each barrel as you add the salt and meat. Will keep a long time that way."Billy liked the idea. "Plus we can charge more, and it's easy to store excess for shipment, and easier to ship. I like it."Billy was quiet for a moment, then continued. "Things are running pretty good so far. Hell of a start, and I know it was hard on you and the other workers. But with the meat processing, the brewery, and the dungeon, we should be ACME's most profitable group. If we get that city opened up, the skies the limit." Ozzy said "I sense a 'but' at the end of that."Billy looked around to make sure no one else was in earshot. "Yeah, there sure was. There may be some problems coming up the road. Momco. wants the area, so they'll be causing trouble. Plus, and I'll have to call you a liar if you repeat this, I can't trust everyone in ACME. Layla is in it for Layla. And I'm betting Sammy is already in Momco.'s pocket. So keep your eyes open, and if you see something, come talk to me. Don't talk to anyone else. "Ozzy looked around at the people eating the food he'd cooked. Some were old friends, some he barely knew before this job. But they were all becoming friends. But not Layla or Sammy or Vern. They were here for themselves or the glory of ACME. So was Billy, but Billy had the most to lose here, and had the most to gain by keeping his crew of workers happy. He could work with Billy."Yeah. I can do that. And I'll let some of the others know. Suzetter and Ben for sure, and Rolly." Saying that, he realized he hadn't seen Rolly in a couple of days. "Hmm, you haven't seen Rolly lately, have you?"Billy took a second to bring up a screen with his roster of workers on it. "He's assigned to work with the sheep and sedge beast herds, so I don't see him much, but it has been a couple of days. My roster shows him asleep some where out in the pasture area." Billy noticed something else on the list. One of his workers had somehow changed their name. Checking, he saw that all of ACME's files now listed the new name. He needed to have a small talk with Benjamin Franklin the 7th at some point.
