Chương 167: Chapter 150. Company Name

John Ericsson's Point of View It's been a week since I let the cattle have daily access to the wilds outside of the town. To manage the herd, I've let the workers in charge of the barn take around 10 cattle at a time for safety precautions. It's actually double the amount I wanted to send. But with the herd arguing it should be more than 5 when I originally explained the rules to them, I caved. They were anxious to get out there, so why not?

They wanted more, but they eventually came to grips with my argument when I mentioned how the barn was understaffed as it was. With that, they eventually relented with 10. As I walked back home after the meeting with the cattle with Sarah and Anna, Jim had run up to us. I greeted him as he came running." Hey, Jim! What's going on?" His torso doubled over and his hands were on his knees. Why would he be running around like this? We waited for him to catch his breath before he answered my question." Lord Matthew!

I found it! I found a way to age the cheese fast!"" Really!?" This is fantastic news! If we can speed production up, then we can easily mass produce it with our surplus milk. If we do that then--" What is cheese?" My train of thought was broken by Sarah's question. I guess she forgot about it. I did kind of run through a bunch of dairy products when I explained the plans for milk when I originally asked for their thoughts on the idea. With that understanding in my mind, I began to answer Sarah's question."

Cheese is made from adding a special chemical to milk and waiting for it solidify. Once you do that, you can choose to use the product as is, or you can age it. 1 of the cheeses I wanted to make is something you do with the milk immediately after it solidifies. the other 2 take time to become what I want them to be. And since it would take too much time to mass produce them, if it works out... Well, if you think ice cream was great, I can't wait to show you all the stuff you can do with cheese.""

What about butter, Lord Matthew?" Jim reminded me about the 3rd dairy product. To be fair, it was somewhat boring." Well, we made some, but it's made from cream, so we decided to first mass produce ice cream until we have a big enough stockpile to feel comfortable with the numbers."" What can butter be used for?" Anna asked the question. I guess the curiosity from liking to cook has gotten to her? I answered her happily." For the most part, it helps enhance savory flavors.

But it also helps make delicious and moist cakes. It mostly comes down to if the butter is salted or unsalted." Anna's eyes started to light up at my words." It sounds so fun!"" If you'd like... I can set you up in one of the workshops and I can have a good amount of product come to you. You can try experimenting however you'd like. If it's something feasible, we could even mass produce and sell it."" Would I get to name it?" I smiled at her question." Of course.

How else would we know what the product would be called?" Grip!

"?" Anna tightened her grip on my hand. With all of the flirting I'm doing, I almost forgot about Jim. He was standing there, awkwardly trying not to stare. I decided to let Jim know I didn't forget about the cheese." However, the cheeses come first. Once that's done, the ice cream supply should be stable. Also, I'll fill that itch to experiment with cheese. You'd be surprised the amount of variety cheese has. I can't wait to make you and Sarah a cheeseburger."

Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more." Cheeseburger?" That piqued Sarah's interest." Yeah, you could say that cheeseburgers are one of the foods of my country. It's a sandwich and it tastes great!"" Sounds like it'll be fun!" Grip! Sarah smiled as she spoke, and this time, she tightened her grip on my hand instead of Anna. I turned back to Jim now that both my Wives were happy." As for the cheese, how did you quicken the maturation process?"" A plant called Chase Quick.

It started growing in the land ever since it changed. It usually only grows in the North. We used it 2 days ago and the curd has aged to the point that it looks older than the first batch we tried! By my estimation, I think that it's been aged by 3 months! But that was only with a very small amount! If the cheddar you talked about is ready, then we can add more for the parmesan and then we can work on that mozzarella!"" Let's go and give the cheddar a taste then."

With my response to Jim, all 4 of us went off to the factory I'm using for the dairy products. We entered the room with Jim, and I started to test the cheddar." Yup! That's a mild cheddar! It's perfect!" After everyone had a piece of cheddar, they were all surprised by the flavor of the cheese. It's amazing, it must be from the quality of the milk from the Ashura cattle, but that flavor that's particular to cheese is even stronger than what I've had in my world.

I don't think it'll be hard to turn this into a flavor profile similar to the cheese slices from my world... With some experimenting of course... But, with that, I'm one step closer to making a cheeseburger." This is great!" Jim nearly shouted from his excitement after I said it's perfect. He's been working on the project since the start after all. I'm glad he and his team figured it out. We're one step closer to launching the business. After Jim's words, we ended up leaving the factory.

The night was a fun one with my Wives after we got back to the mansion. That all eventually led to the current day. I've been more or less stuck in the lab focusing on the next 2 cheeses. I was able to figure out the right ratio for aging the parmesan in a week instead of the usual year it takes. Then there's the Mozzarella... It's coming along well. In time, they should be complete. I'm currently working on other matters besides the products of the business.

In this case, I was trying to think of a name for the company. I wasn't able to figure out a name for the business tonight and I decided to pack it up and head home. I bid Jim and his team goodbye as they still wished to work on the recipe for cheese slices." Good evening, Lord Matthew." I was greeted by Janet and Ellie when I returned home." Good evening, Janet, Ellie. What are you both doing here still? Where's Sarah and Anna?"" Lady Sarah and Lady Anna are in the kitchen.

Lady Anna used some of that "Cheese" to make a snack for the night. She melted it in a pot, and they've been dipping bread and crackers into the pot. We even were Lucky enough to try it. It's quite good, Lord Matthew."" I see. Well, why don't we join them? Ellie, you want some ice cream?"" You have some!?" Ellie's eyes began to sparkle at my words." Yeah, it's in the ice box in the kitchen. I'll whip something up to eat really fast and I'll have some ice cream for dessert. No sense in only me having any.

Janet, are you sure you don't want any?"" Not today, a Lady needs to watch what she eats. Ellie is still young and pretty active, so as long as you don't mind sharing, Lord Matthew, I don't see a reason why not. As long as it's not a gluttonous amount that is." With Janet's supervising done, we left to the kitchen." My Love!"" Darling!" Wipe... Wipe... Sarah and Anna greeted me with crumbs on their lips. I used my fingers to wipe the crumbs off." I see you both have been keeping busy.

Is there any melted cheese left?" Both of them began to blush as I wiped the crumbs from their faces. They both were a bit embarrassed as they nodded to my question. With the answer, I began to look through the fridge and I found some leftover steak and vegetables from the proper dinner of today. Seems Jim's apprentices have grown. I warmed up the steak and vegetables with the stove-like Magic Tool in the kitchen. Once it was warm, I grabbed 2 slices of bread and placed some of the warm melted cheese on them.

I then put the meat and veggies on the bread and made a sandwich. I bit into it, and it tasted amazing." Seems your dinner is amazing, going from the look on your face." I swallowed my bite of food and replied to Ellie's words." Yeah, it is. The food from Diablos is great, but with all of the work we've done for the food production of Paradise, it just makes everything taste so good. I've spent a lot of meals thanking Lily in my head only for her to answer me with some variant of " You're welcome."

It actually still startles me, believe it or not."" Is that why you got startled during breakfast today?" I nodded to Anna's giggling question. Lily seems to find it to be a fun game to scare me with an answer every now and again." Yeah, the food from the Roselands have been really good since you started producing the vegetables and everything else!" Ellie responded to my statement, and she made me take a second..." That's it!"" Huh!? What?" Everyone was surprised by my shout." Ellie! You're a genius!

I just figured out the name of the business! I'm going to give you a double scoop of ice cream!"" Really!?" From my excitement I thought it be best to give Ellie, the person who helped me find the name of the business, a treat." Well, what's the name, My Love?" Sarah wanted to know what I stumbled on." Roseland Products!"