Mazumeshi Elf to Yuboku gurashi - Vol. 2 Ch. 6 - Meemee Milk and Life Water

[SteveJust]

The isekai potato. Why are these people having food problems again?

 

[HDMI1]

@SteveJust They're Isekai Irish/Russians and the only thing they see it's good for is liquor.

 

[Rainbow_Prism]

Not really Russian. Their clothes are closer to variant of Georgian/Tatar national outfits.
Which is fitting, since they were close neighbors of Middle East nomads.

Although unlike Japanese rice + spit technique, they used grapes for making wine

 

[Ripperpebble]

Thx for translating

 

[lvxferre]

I wasn't aware the Japanese also prepared alcohol through the chew-and-spit method, like the Amerindians. Even the restriction (only women chewing on it) is similar.

 

[Dagger]

@lvxferre ; Watch "Your Name".

 

[Korvalus]

@SteveJust They're not having food problems. Nobody seems to be starving, for instance. It's just that their collective cooking is awful and they don't seem to have processed food products beyond bread, which makes the whole eating business rather unappetizing for them. That's why the MC's is so adored: he's a capable COOK.

 

[ultraleaf]

lol the ''Life water'' is just alcohol

 

[Salfaro]

@FireCrypt Life water is just alcohol. The fermentation process Saburou uses with the grapes makes a different kind of alcohol than their tribe typically makes, so their tribe never knew it was possible to make any kind of life water without danshacks (which required the chewing method). There's probably nothing that actually stops anyone else from being able to bite danshacks for their original lifewater though, but considering the name they probably just think it's a holy item and doing so would be sacrilegious (but making alcohol through an entirely different method like saburou does isn't).

 

[FireCrypt]

@Salfaro Though it seems they call what Saburo made life water, making me think that they aren't really differentiating them at all.

 

[Salfaro]

@FireCrypt Yeah, since the defining part of lifewater seems to be its alcoholic effects and not the taste (at least from the merchant elf's description of it), they probably consider it lifewater just the same even though it tastes different and is made a different way. But I guess since he's avoiding the steps that were previously seen as a holy act (the priestess biting into the danshack) entirely, Saburo manages to avoid the sacrilege that prevented the wanwans from making danshack alcohol without the priestess.

 

[pburgund]

So fun story, the worst enemy the Mongols faced during the era of expansion under Genghis/Temujin was probably alcohol. Mongols traditionally drank a fermented milk beverage which had very low alcohol content, weaker than the weakest beers, thus the drinking culture encouraged very heavy consumption, even to the point of inducing vomiting to make room for more. However when they began conquering settled peoples they gained access to distilled grain and fruit alcohols which were much stronger and became popular. However the drinking culture couldn't really change overnight to compensate so it was only considered appropriately manly to down wine or spirits liters at a time. This was devastating to the upper ranks of society that could afford to indulge in stronger alcohol frequently, with many nobles dying in their 30s or 40s.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

Shake it how many times? Without machines??
orz

 

[theowww]

LoLoLoL, shaking graples 10k a day harder than Saitama training regime

 

[StrangeStripes]

This is getting pretty ridiculous, with the protagonist always being successful on his first attempt even when dealing with something as difficult as fermentation.
This is as bad as other trashy isekai where protagonist wins every fight and never faces any challenge.

It really is sad that an imitation of the amazing 'Isekai Ryouridou' novels is this shallow.

 

[Kyo00]

everyone except the prota is really selfish huh

 

[cullinaire]

Looks like it's finally ATF-san's time to shine...move aside FBI-kun.

 

[inel]

thx for the chapter <3

 

[Simpleton]

@ultraleaf If you want another clue, the word Whisky (and Whiskey) come from "Uisghe beatha" which means "water of life" (and in practice meant alcohol - water that made you lively) XD

 

[DevLogger]

Poor Sabu, couldn't sleep because the booby elf was snuggling up to him all night. I'm so jealous.