Chapter 741 - 760: If You Can Do It, I Definitely Can
Chapter 741: Chapter 760: If You Can Do It, I Definitely Can
Autumn crabs suddenly blew up.
Ever since Jiang Qiuqiu made steamed crab on her livestream—a dish she claimed was "so easy, anyone with hands can make it"—the entire culinary world was temporarily taken over by crabs.
When the trend first started, it was still confined to their own community.
[For real, has anyone tried making that steamed crab yet?]
[It does look pretty simple, just like the pickled radishes from last time :), but I failed with those... AHHH, I’m not ready to try this one yet. I’ll wait for some of you guys in the community to give it a shot first.]
[Waiting +1]
[If everyone can do it, I’ll do it. If someone fails, I won’t.]
[So relatable it makes me want to cry!]
While some people were waiting to see, there were naturally also the "go-getters."
[Haha, this crab recipe looks easy! I’m on it!]
PS: Already placed my order on Taotao Fresh. Got the same ones she used.
They even included a picture of their spice rack; you could say they were thoroughly prepared.
[Buy, buy, buy! Let’s do this!]
...
For those who said they were buying, their orders arrived the very next day. Those closer to the source of origin received their crabs the following morning.
They got to work as soon as the crabs arrived. Everyone strictly followed Jiang Qiuqiu’s instructions, and they soon discovered that steamed crab was nothing like pickled radish.
Because this recipe truly required no skill.
Just one day later, a wave of success stories flooded the community.
[Holy crap, I actually did it!?]
[Is it the food’s magic, or my own? This is so delicious!]
[Success! I did it too!]
Tons of people were posting photos of their finished dishes in the community. Their lighthearted, cheerful tones made others think... ’Hmm! It really does seem simple.’
Of course, the ones who pushed the cooking craze to its peak were the community’s infamous "Fish-Killing Girls."
These were the same sisters, infamous kitchen disasters, who ages ago had tried to replicate a pickled fish recipe and made the scene look less like they were gutting a fish and more like a murder scene. And now, even *they* were posting pictures of their success!
[HOLY CRAP, WE ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED!!]
——???
——Wait, even *they* succeeded?
——Suddenly, I believe the "anyone with hands can make it" thing.
——AHHH, if that’s the case, what are we waiting for? Let’s gooooo!
If the community’s notoriously clumsy "Fish-Killing Girls," who managed to ruin everything they touched, could succeed, what excuse did anyone else have?!
But by this point, crabs weren’t something you could buy just because you wanted to.
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"Hello, this is the Taotao Fresh Agricultural Research Institute customer hotline... Oh, about the crabs?"
"This item has been selling out extremely fast recently. We’re working to restock it as quickly as possible. Please keep an eye on the platform, and you can try to get them in the flash sale once they’re listed."
"Yes, we do have more stock, it’s just being processed at the moment~"
In a sizable office, dozens of workstations were lined up in rows. A group of customer service representatives were at their desks, taking calls.
Without a doubt, most of the recent calls were asking when the crabs would be restocked and how large the batch would be.
The sheer pandemonium left a group of the institute’s managers clicking their tongues in amazement.
"It’s really blown up."
A few of the managers gathered together, some standing and some sitting, to chat.
"It really feels like all these different industries are interconnected," a manager in a blue uniform lamented. "When the Federation Restaurant got popular, I thought our research was finally going to be popularized and reach the masses. Turns out, that was just an illusion."
The exorbitant prices made most people shrink back.
With so few consumers, the audience for these ’dishes’ was destined to be small.
A market can’t function without consumers.
Before the year 5335, the Federal Agricultural Research Institute had always operated at a loss.
They used technology and data left behind from Ancient Earth, trying their best to restore the "delicacies" of that era.