Transmigrated to Raise Panther Cubs novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100 Making Tomato Sauce

“What is it, you guys trying to poke a few holes in yourselves or something?”

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Kyle pulled the spine out of Caesar’s butt. The cub let out an “awoo” and dropped flat on the ground, both front paws covering his head.

Yael tossed the spine aside. “Now, you know it hurts?”

Matthew stared at the three of them. “Whose idea was this?”

Taylor was hiding behind Jaden and slowly raised a paw.

Seeing that. Jaden didn’t indulge him either and simply shifted a step to the side.

Taylor looked at Jaden pitifully, and his ears drooped.

Daniel turned to Caesar and Logan. “So what about you two?”

The two cubs kept their heads down and said nothing.

Taylor, though, stayed loyal. “It’s my fault. They wanted to make up with me. I… I told them to come with me to hunt the long–spined beast.”

Around noon, Zachary lit the stove’s fire.

He added water to the stone pot, then poured in a few handfuls of rice. He peeled two sweet potatoes, cut them into chunks, and dropped them in as well.

Quincy and Elias stood nearby, carefully taking notes on how he cooked.

While waiting, Zachary was preparing tomato sauce for the fries. Since Quincy and Elias are there, I let them try it too. When Matthew comes back, I plan to make a portion for him as well.

Otherwise, I just feel a little bad–especially when I think about Matthew last night, standing quietly at the cave entrance and watching me and Jaden eat fries. It just leaves me feeling guilty.

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He picked out a few tomatoes and lit another stove.

rinsed them in cold water and peeled off the skin ropped the tomatoes in for a few seconds. Then, he

Once the water in the stone pot came to a boil, he

He chopped the peeled tomatoes into small pieces and poured them back into the pot. Over low heat, he slowly simmered them until the water evaporated and the sauce thickened and deepened.

A simple, plain, no–additive tomato sauce was done.

Elias leaned in by the stove, peeking inside. “Zachary, what is this good stuff this time?”

He was getting more and more excited every time Zachary cooked. In his eyes, Zachary was basically magic. Whatever he messed with, something mouthwatering always came out.

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“This is called tomato sauce,” Zachary said. He dipped an eating stick in it and let the two of them taste it.

Elias and Quincy tasted it carefully.

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“It’s kind of sweet and tangy,” one of them said.

“This goes with another kind of food.” Zachary brought over some potatoes. “You guys should like it.”

With their experience from peeling persimmons earlier, Quincy and Elias quickly got the hang of peeling potatoes too.

Zachary followed the same method from the night before and fried up a full plate of fries again.

Elias had been waiting impatiently the whole time. As soon as the golden batch came out, he didn’t even care that it was hot and quickly grabbed one.

“This is so good!” He stared at the fries in surprise. “So, can yellow sweet potatoes be made like this? Zachary, you’re a genius!”

Quincy nodded repeatedly. “The fries with ketchup taste really great.”

Compared to therian, sub–therian tastes leaned more toward humans. They were especially into this kind of carb.

One reason Zachary liked cooking in this world was that he could not get used to the raw local food. Another reason was that the therians here gave him a lot of emotional feedback.

So cooking just made him feel really accomplished.

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He opened another pot. The congee inside had reached the perfect thickness. Warm, sweet steam up, filling the air.

Elias and Quincy were already completely won over. They absolutely loved the food Zachary called congee.

They had never expected the rice they gathered that day could taste this good. The congee was soft and smooth, and it warmed them through. It was also surprisingly filling.

On cold days, having a bowl of this would feel like pure happiness.

In the afternoon, Quincy and Elias brought over beast–hide to sew. They also asked Zachary to teach them how to shape the neckline, armpits, and sleeves.

Elias also wanted to learn how to make the most fashionable hat. Once he wore it, he would definitely stand out in the tribe.

Since Yael and the others were taking the cubs to the western side of the tribe for hunting practice, they passed by Matthew’s place on the way back.

There was no fence outside the cave, so everything at the entrance was clearly visible.

Quincy, Elias, and Zachary were outside under the sun, working on pieces of beast–hide. The scene looked

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unusually warm and peaceful.

When they heard movement nearby, they looked up and saw Matthew and Yael leading the cubs out of the forest, one by one. forest,

Ever since the cubs had tasted Zachary’s food and listened to his stories, they had grown very fond of him.

Quincy was gentle, and Elias got along easily with the cubs.

So the cubs ran over in their small voices, greeting them excitedly. “Zachary, what are you doing?”

“Quincy, are you making new clothes?”

“My Sire made some for me too. It looks really nice. He said he learned it from you.”

“Wow! Elias, your hat looks so cool!”

Even though the cubs still had leaves on their heads and dirt on their faces, they were full of energy. They didn’t look like they had just come back from hunting practice at all. They looked more like cubs on a field trip.

Zachary glanced over at Matthew and the others.

No wonder whoever’s in charge of the cubs feels exhausted. They already look a few years older.

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