Chapter 2438: Mag Dissecting a Goat
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Thousands of years after the rearing and slaughtering of animals became fully automated, the majority of the Underground City’s residents had never seen real-life slaughtering of cattle before.
In the last four seasons of the Top Chef Competition, no one had slaughtered such a big animal. The programming division would usually provide the contestant with the body parts needed.
However, Hades had led a Haley Goat onto the stage. He seemed to want to do the slaughtering live in front of the camera.
It was imaginable what a bloody scene this would be.
However, on such a high-end show like the Top Chef Competition, watching the slaughtering of a goat live seemed to be rather attractive. It made the audience even more expectant instead.
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Together with Hades’ increasing fans and the great attention on him, almost half of the comments on the screen were related to him.
“Director, are we going to show the slaughtering live too? Will it be too bloody?” the camera supervisor asked Johnny worriedly.
“The contestants’ cameras will record as usual. The programming division’s camera will switch accordingly,” Johnny replied. He wasn’t very sure as well. Hades only joined them at the last minute and rushed to the studio before the shooting started. They didn’t have the time to communicate and rehearse.
The contestants began to process the ingredients and get busy.
The judges’ gazes were also mainly focused on Mag. Given their statuses, those so-called precious ingredients were not new to them.
“The last time I watched the slaughtering of a goat live was at the Wild Wolf Tribe at the north of the Haley Grassland. That tribe still preserves the tradition of slaughtering their cattle during festivals. The way the elders of the tribe slaughtered the cattle was astonishing.” Old Hunter lamented.
The young food critic, David, smilingly asked, “So? Will a personally slaughtered goat have more soul?”
“It is a form of ritual. Of course, using the words you youngsters like to use, it’s not wrong to say that a soul is being infused.” Old Hunter nodded with a smile.
The head chef of Tucker Restaurant, Julian, sneered. “I think he is slaughtering the goat live as a gimmick!”
“This is his first competition. I think he’s here to show off his skills.” Some judges refuted him.
“We will find out soon if it is a gimmick or if he has real skills.” Nancy curled her lips and looked at Hades. She didn’t know why, but she had an unknown confidence in him.
The judges’ conversation was cut into the live-stream.
The judges’ arguments were also one of the show’s highlights.
Slaughtering a goat was definitely bloody. Slaughtering any big mammals would be bloody, for example, a group of men slaughtering a pig on the new year’s day.
Although the Haley Goat wasn’t a precious ingredient, it was a bulky, middle-sized fellow that weighed over 50kg with a 1st-tier magic beast’s wildness. It wasn’t something that a normal chef could handle alone easily.
Mag didn’t want to leave a blood butcher’s impression on the viewers for his debut show, so the slaughtering scene had to be graceful.
He led the Haley Goat onto the slaughtering platform effortlessly like a chick. His first step was to let out the blood. The knife slit the goat’s throat and a tube that was prepared in advance, was stuck into the wound. It was to prevent the blood from splattering everywhere.
Then, it was to remove the skin and fur.
Mag made a few cuts on the goat with his knife and pulled a few times. As though he was removing the clothes for the Haley Goat, the wool and skin was removed easily. There were no wounds on the smooth goat’s flesh. There was no wool leftover either.
“It’s such a relief to watch this technique.”
The goat: “What’s happening? Where’s my wool coat?”
“I have a ranch and frankly speaking, the machine didn’t do it as well as he did.”
The bullet chat1 was obviously shocked by Mag’s technique. Praises appeared all over the screen.
After removing the skin, Mag cut open the goat’s stomach. He removed the organs and used water to clean the goat’s interior. Then, he began to cut open the goat’s ribs.
The cleaver stabbed in close to the ribs. He avoided all the hard bones with precision and cut open the tendons, flesh and skin. He removed two big ribs from the goat’s body.
The 50kg big goat had 12 rib bones on each side. There were two big ribs.
Mag looked at the high-quality goat ribs in his hands and nodded with satisfaction. The programming division had indeed provided good quality ingredients.
Mag didn’t stop after removing the ribs. Instead, he cut up the whole goat.
The broad cleaver weaved in and out of the flesh, along the muscular structure of the goat. It cut open the space between the tendons and the bones. Mag applied strength along the bones’ joints. Not a single cut landed on the bones.
The whole process was smooth as though it was an artistic performance.
In a few short minutes, the whole Haley Goat was dismembered into a pile of ingredients.
The ribs that were suitable for barbequing, the rumpsteak and shoulder blades that were suitable for making kebabs, the parts suitable for stewing…
According to the different cooking methods, Mag had already cut up the meat neatly.
“His technique is awesome!” Hunter looked at Mag with amazement.
“One can’t have that kind of skill without slaughtering over ten thousand goats, right?” David was equally amazed and he made a joke. “Did you guys find the contestants from the abattoirs?”
Julian looked awkward. He turned his gaze to somewhere else and pretended not to see it.
The chefs were great at cooking while the food critics were great at writing, but such dismembering techniques were beyond their professionalism. Hence, they were all amazed by it.
“He’s really a hidden gem.” Nancy’s smile became wider.
The director had shown the whole process of Mag dissecting the whole goat live.
The audience were also shocked by Mag’s techniques.
“My eyes: I got it! My hands: You wish.”
“This is the first time I realized that slaughtering can be so beautiful!”
“This is really a great chef. I am his fan now!”
Mag only took the two racks of ribs back to his cooking bench. He asked the staff members to take the other parts away.
Slaughtering a goat seemed to be a very tedious process, but Mag had only spent 15 minutes. The contestant next to him was still struggling with the yellow dragon fish. It was an 8th-tier magic beast, so it was hard for the chef even when it was out of the water.
Mag made a few cuts on the goat’s meat and began to marinate it.
He put the charcoal stove on the cooking bench. The charcoal was already burning gradually. The charcoal would be ready when the goat’s ribs were marinated.
Mag stood at his position and watched his competitors leisurely while waiting for the goat’s ribs to marinate and the charcoal to burn.
The contestant next to him was a hunky man who had big eyes, thick eyebrows, fair skin, a high nose and muscles. The name on his name tag was Iman.
Mag had read his info. Iman came from Tucker Restaurant. He was the disciple of that judge called Julian.
However, he didn’t come to the quarterfinals because of his relationship with the judge. His culinary skill was among the top three of the contestants.
The ingredient he chose was the yellow dragon fish. The fish was gold all over with smooth and delicate scales. Its flesh did resemble a dragon’s head, so its name was apt.
The fish was already cut open. The organs that were removed were clear. There was no fishy smell in the air. Instead, there was a faint fragrance. That surprised Mag.