Heath rode his food truck back to the Indigo League headquarters. He went nowhere else, heading straight to the parking lot at the Officer Jennys' dormitory building, because his edible quartz was ready.
Looking at the limp, jellyfish-like thing before him, Heath would have found it hard to imagine that it was actually a mineral if he had not made it himself. As for exactly how to prepare this edible quartz, though, he had an idea.
It looked a lot like jellyfish, and its texture was supposedly somewhat similar too, so Heath figured there would be no problem preparing it like cold jellyfish salad. With that thought, he promptly began today's experiment.
Cold jellyfish salad was an extremely simple dish, but its texture was quite good, and Heath liked it a lot himself. For cold jellyfish salad, however, one of the most important things was the choice of dressing. It could even be said that the dressing determined its flavor. To make a good cold jellyfish salad taste delicious, the dressing was the key.
This time, Heath made the most ordinary kind of dressing: soy sauce and vinegar, with a few fresh lemons to add flavor, finished with a sprinkling of his homemade chili oil and some other seasonings. With that, the cold jellyfish salad was ready.
Heath did not rush to put it out for sale, instead taking a bite himself first.
With one bite, the edible quartz's cool, soft yet crunchy texture came through. Combined with its bland taste, Heath felt as though he really was eating a serving of jellyfish, except this jellyfish was ice-cold and had little flavor of its own. All its flavor came from the dressing Heath had made.
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