Chapter 61: Boiled Peanuts and Hops

"Peanuts for the main dish tonight?" Marcus expertly shelled peanuts, wondering aloud. Wheat might be the top choice for staple food, but its yield was generally low, so peanuts and peas had to fill the gap.

"How do they taste?"

Liszt inquired, for he had no boiled peanuts before him.

He didn't fancy boiled peanuts, so as the master of the castle, Cook Abbie had specially made him porridge with oats. As for everyone else, they weren't so fortunate.

"They're tender and appropriately mushy, just a bit bland and tasteless," he commented.

Goltai chimed in, "That's just how boiled peanuts taste. They're nice for a change, to spice up the palate once in a while, but you'll get tired of them if you eat them often. However, tonight's peanuts are larger than usual—did you notice?"

It dawned on Marcus, "Has the harvest from Peanut Hamlet come in?"