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I really like how calming this game is, especially cooking.
Cooking in this game can be quite relaxing,
as you can find ingredients, discover new recipes,
and also cook and hand over dishes
to a lot of the characters in the game.
It's something that I find myself doing quite often,
especially with a really nice
and calm soundtrack in the background,
which I particularly love.
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- Hello there.
Welcome back to another episode of Anime with Alvin.
Today I'll be making Yor Briar's stew
from one of my personal favorites,
and one of this year's most popular anime, Spy x Family.
Ah, I must have left one of my weapons on the table.
You know, to a trained assassin,
knife movement is child's play.
It should feel like the extension of one's own arm.
Manipulation and maneuvering of this weapon
is second nature to, oh, God.
Don't ever do that in front of kids, y'all.
I'm just gonna' leave this over here while I start to cook.
This should be easier, right?
This stew seems to be Yor's take on a minestrone,
which she makes with a lot of different items
she's found at the grocery store.
I think I'll use my primary weapon for this.
One of the most important things
about being an assassin is speed.
We're trained to use precision and mercy,
making sure to strike quickly
so the target does not feel any pain.
This will also allow cleaner and smoother cuts
which makes cleanup a lot easier.
Ah, yes, I forgot to cut this head of romaine lettuce.
Looks like I owe Andrew a new cutting board.
No one saw that.
In a large sauce pan over medium heat,
I'm adding in the mangled skins of carrots and potatoes,
followed by a couple of clean tomato slices,
one bisected red apple,
the arms and legs of one large jalapeno,
an obliterated chunk of Swiss cheese,
a cut up torso of romaine lettuce,
a heaping tablespoon of tomato paste.
Make sure to cover the ingredients with enough water
so that all of them drown.
I will give this stew about 15 minutes on the heat
in the water.
That should be sufficient for all the flavor to die.
It has now been 15 minutes
and things are smelling quite deadly.
Oh God, it smells so bad.
I'm gonna' serve up a couple ladle fulls of this soup
and attempt to plate it in such a way
that it does not look suspicious whatsoever.
There is a quite unpleasant aroma of melted chocolate
and tomato in the air.
Ah, excuse me, dear sir,
would you like to try some free stew?
I promise it's my first time making it.
The unsuspecting target seems to be going for it.
Task failed successfully.
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- [Alvin] Hello there, welcome back to anime with Alvin.
For my second mission
I will be making Yor Briar's family stew.
This is a stew that her mother made for her growing up
so I'm guessing it was not as deadly as the first one.
It seems to be a spin on goulash.
Also, the fact that the anime is based
in a European country supports this theory.
I'm first starting by using my primary weapon
to separate some beef shanks into one inch cubes,
roughly chopped.
What do we have here?
There's five of you, but only one of me.
One can hardly call that a fair fight.
I guess I should call an ambulance, but not for me.
Targets eliminated.
In a large Dutch oven or sauce pan over low heat
I'm melting down four ounces of lard,
and slowly cooking these onions
with one tablespoon of kosher salt.
The goal here is to try to get them to melt down
so they almost dissolve.
This will take constant stirring
over the course of approximately one to two hours.
Unlike my main profession,
the desired end result is not a dark, brown crisp.
While the onion slowly melt away,
I'm going to unsheathe my secondary weapon,
a vegetable peeler,
and for the first time in this job
actually use it for the purpose it was designed for,
peeling two Yukon gold potatoes and two large carrots.
Once the vegetables had been separated from their skins,
I now return to my primary weapon to finish the job.
Using a rolling cut technique
to get nice chunks that look like jewels.
One of the signature ingredients
that seems to be characteristic of goulash is paprika.
I'm throwing in 1/3 of a cup of sweet paprika
and three teaspoons of hot paprika.
Once the onions and paprika have melted
into a delicious red paste, I must now resort
to my heavy weapon, a mortar and pestle to crush the heads
of a tablespoon of caraway seeds.
This weapon has armor piercing capabilities,
useful for enemies with tough shells to crack
like spices or peppercorns.
Into the pot they go along with one tablespoon
of dried margarine and three tablespoons of tomato paste.
I'm cooking this on low heat for about a minute
just so that the rawness of the tomato paste cooks out.
This is followed by eight cups of beef stock.
Both the beef stocks and the beef shank
came from a cow I encountered on a previous mission.
I was walking down the street one day
when a cow suddenly charged wildly at me,
but I neutralized it by hitting its pressure points
and tossing it into the air.
I'm letting the stew simmer for approximately three hours
on low heat, almost fully covered,
just so that my old opponent is nice and tender.
After three hours,
I'm now adding in the potatoes and the carrots.
If we added the vegetables too early in the process
it would've broken them down completely
and made the stew a little bit too sludgy.
The vegetables cook for approximately 30 minutes.
Now for the fun stuff.
I'm gonna' add in something usually not found in goulash.
Little hotdogs cut into octopus shapes.
This non-traditional touch
is definitely something that Yor's mother did.
And it's a great way to use up leftover hotdogs.
Two tablespoons of sour cream are also added
as that seems to be a secret ingredient
to her mother's stew, but we're not done quite yet.
The final touch on Yor's stew
is a beautiful sunny side up egg.
So in a small pan with just a little touch of butter,
we fry an egg.
I like to cover mine and turn off the heat
when it's about 70% done,
just so that the top barely cooks through.
Now that all of our ingredients are ready,
it's time to serve.
Something like this has to be served
in a big bowl with huge spoonfuls of it,
making sure our little hotdog friends are clearly visible,
and finally topped off with the fried egg.
And I present to you Yor Briar's stew from Spy x Family.
A comforting dish that her mother made for her
and her brother growing up.
Which now she makes for her family, spy family.
Yeah, let's give this a taste.
Hopefully it does not take me out.
I really like this.
My mom never really made me anything like this
but I can definitely feel how comforting this is.
The warm spices, the simple vegetables,
the way that the beef is soft and tender,
along with that strong taste of paprika is so good.
I will have to say I love the hotdog and the egg.
That's what separates a traditional goulash
from something that your mom makes for you.
And if I have a family one day,
I'm definitely putting hot dogs in my food.
Thanks again to Disney Dreamlight Valley
for sponsoring this episode.
Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim and adventure game
where you can build your own home,
neighborhood, avatar, and more.
One of my favorite parts about this game is cooking.
You can also make a lot of money by selling those dishes
and I particularly love the market
and economy aspect of games like this.
I've really enjoyed playing it
and I think you should check it out,
head to the link in the description to try it for yourself.
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