A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods-Chapter 442: Food Therapy

In a normal setting, eating regular food will only fill the belly and satisfy the feeling of hunger. If the food is something the person really wants to eat, it will also satisfy the cravings. But there is no instance where food is used to cure things immediately.

Sure, food can help you get healthy, but that’s a matter of diet, and it’s a different matter compared to what just happened to the King and Queen, who have just eaten the food that Elaina cooked. It was not something they had come across in their entire life. Now that they have eaten it, they are so shocked that they couldn’t believe it either.

"My cold has been cured...and my cough... it’s gone as well?!" the queen is flabbergasted.

"I am suddenly energized for some reason, is this what they called the effects one can receive if they try to eat the food that is cooked by Miss Zangrande?!" even the King couldn’t believe it himself.

The First Prince chuckled after hearing the words of his parents. "See what I mean? This is what allowed our men to win the war. Without these buffs, after they have eaten the food, the tides will not move at all for us. We might still be in a stalemate until now if not for Miss Elaina and the food she provided for us.

"How is this possible? Does that mean, she can cook food that can be a substitute for elixir if she wants to?" the Queen seems to be also curious.

"I don’t think so. Miss Elaina told me before that the way her food works is that once she cooks food, the buff that comes out of it is random, and she can’t guarantee what will come out of it after she cooks it. But she said that most of the time when she cooks the food, the buffs that always come out on the food that she cooks is something she will "need". However, she doesn’t understand it much," Princess Margaux explained to their parents to ensure that they don’t ask for something that would make Elaina feel troubled.

"So it wasn’t a surefire thing. So in this case, Elaina managed to get a buff that involves healing?" the King tilted his head.

"Does it even matter what buff was in the food? If you still won’t continue eating, I will eat them all since I am quite hungry and the dish is quite tasty for my palate," Princess Tabatha grabbed a whole thigh of the Roasted Whole Duck and started eating it.

Hearing Princess Tabatha’s threat, the Royal Family started eating once more. They can’t afford to waste their time as the others will surely take more portion than them if they idle.

Soon, the food on the table is gone and the Royal Family are so full that they felt like they got bloated though in a good way. The First Prince’s son was quite lively after eating and seemed to be still looking for more. His wife, Caroline is also impressed by the dishes and wants to ask Miss Elaina later if she can give her the recipe for these dishes as she wants to try them at home.

Even the Queen who usually stops eating after eating a fair amount of food partake with the others to eat nonstop until nothing is left on their plates. For the first time, the Queen has abandoned her elegance in favor of gorging food. It’s too late to realize this as she has already fully displayed it.

Before the King and Queen can compose themselves from their seats, the Head Chef returns once again and this time, he is bringing another set.

"Another one?" Even Princess Margaux was surprised. Elaina does not cook too many dishes and besides, she already mentioned to her that she should only cook 2 dishes as cooking more would just make Elaina have a hard time cooking more.

"This is dessert, Princess. Still from Miss Zangrande herself. Something to sweeten the aftermeal, she said."

And the moment the Head Chef opens the lid, the sweet smell of honey wafts around the air as the wobbly dessert appears before them.

"Wait, Miss Elaina knows how to cook pudding?!"

Elaina made a surprise. Although Elaina barely cooks any dessert aside from preparing juice and jams, Princess Margaux knew that Miss Elaina could cook ice cream as it is one of the dishes she is quite familiar with making but since the kids go crazy about the dessert, she usually makes less of them in hopes that her kids won’t be addicted to sweets and ended up getting fat.

But never did she know Miss Elaina had knowledge about making Pudding. Not only that it was the Sweet Pudding variety and Savory Pudding variety.

"There are two variants?" the King glanced at the pudding’s jiggly appearance, while also holding back on licking the whole thing.

"The left side is the sweet variant while the right side is the savory variant. According to Miss Elaina, some might like or hate the other so she made two versions to ensure that everyone gets to eat. They are also welcome to taste both puddings to determine what they want in case they have not tried either one."

"Miss Elaina really wanted to make war huh? Of course, I like the sweet one," Princess Tabatha quickly grabbed the nearest sweet pudding and started scooping one herself.

"Presposterous, Sister-in-law. No one dares to disrespect Savory pudding. Sure I respect your taste, but Savory Pudding is much more superior than sweet pudding," Caroline glared at Princess Tabatha before she grabbed the savory pudding and scooped one herself.

"Sheesh, you two. I know you two had it at war with what kind of pudding you two wanted but it’s different this time since it is Miss Elaina who made it. Are you both going to make disgraceful comments on each pudding since you favor the other? Both puddings are good, so instead of fighting, just continue and eat what you want," The First Prince grabs both puddings and eats them with happiness. "Damn, even this dessert is something else. If only Miss Elaina was not busy with her farm, I would definitely want her to be hired as part of the main cooks in the kitchen."

"As much as we wanted that, Brother, it would be a big loss in the Darcero Kingdom if we hire Miss Elaina as a cook. Without her, the farm goods that we are getting from the market that allows us to buy fresh produce would never happen. Miss Elaina is the main reason we get to eat fresh vegetables every day. She is more of a boon to the Darcero Kingdom as a farmer. She is a good cook by chance but her talents as a farmer shine more," Princess Margaux debated about it. Sure, she loves Miss Elaina’s cooking but it would be detrimental in the long run to keep her in the kitchen.

"No wonder you liked staying on her farm. You seemed to be learning a lot while staying there," the Queen smiled seeing Princess Margaux’s growth.

"I am only stating what I observed from her. But I think that is enough talking, let’s just enjoy the food. Brother is right, eating the dessert doesn’t need to start a war, both of them are good."

The two girls who were tense with each other at first nodded but once they started to look at each other once again while holding their respective puddings, they could only snob and turn their head away furiously.

As for the buffs of the pudding, they have yet to know it but later on after the banquet, they will soon know what kind of effect the pudding gave them which would give them a shock but that is a thing later on. For now, everything is proceeding to normal.

And so, after the Royal Family has revealed the food, the banquet food is distributed to the nobles. Elaina cooked other dishes as well mass-produced the puddings for the nobles to eat and helped out at the banquet. Although the food buff that the food she distributed to the nobles was not too impactful compared to the dishes that were given to the Royal Family, it was still noticeable that they also felt it.

It didn’t take too long before the banquet ended. By the time everything is done, Elaina is too tired to continue working. For the first time, Elaina finally understood why cooks were too tired after every banquet back in the palace when she was still an Empress. Now she knows that it wasn’t a mere joke to continue cooking for a whole day and maintain the taste of their dish while also making sure that one is producing enough for the banquet and to also time their job to ensure that the food gets cooked while the banquet is still ongoing.

"This is a valuable experience and my cooking mastery has increased yet again...but I would like to have fewer attempts to become a cook for banquets again like this in the future...it is more exhausting than farming."

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