Although crab roe soup dumplings were a type of steamed bun, making them was actually very different from making ordinary buns. The difference lay in their wrappers, which tended to be fairly elastic and slick rather than soft and fluffy like those of ordinary buns.
The advantage was that the broth stayed inside the Crab Roe Soup Dumplings instead of being absorbed by the wrappers.
Once the wrappers were more or less ready, Heath tied up the Giant Purple Crab, put it in the steamer, and began steaming it. While the crab steamed, he still had something else to deal with: the crabmeat.
The filling for authentic crab roe soup dumplings called for two very particular ingredients: crab roe and crabmeat. The broth also had to be chicken broth. The chicken broth and crab roe were easy enough to handle, but the crabmeat gave Heath rather more of a headache.
Heath had not forgotten what he had just seen through the Ingredient Identifier. Although the Giant Purple Crab's roe was a top-class delicacy, its meat tasted terrible. If he added its meat to the roe, the Crab Roe Soup Dumplings would probably be ruined.
"If only I had a crab with firm, tasty meat." Heath sighed. He had not bought any crabs today; after all, he had never expected to make crab roe soup dumplings. Since he had no crabs, he would have to find another way to handle this.
After a moment's hesitation, Heath took a Berry from the ingredient cabinet. It was an Oran Berry, which he had bought to grow the plant roots and stems Farfetch'd needed, but Oran Berries were edible too. Their flavor was somewhat sour. Heath tasted a little. Eating it straight would not work-it was too sour, a little like a lemon.
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