The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 150. Company Name

                                                                     John Ericsson's Point of View

It's been a week since I let the cattle have daily access to the wilds outside of the town. To manage the herd, I've let the workers in charge of the barn, take around 10 cattle at a time for safety precautions. It's actually double the amount I wanted to send. But with the herd arguing it should be more than 5 when I originally explained the rules to them. I caved. They were anxious to get out there so why not? They wanted more, but they eventually came to grips with my argument when I mentioned how the barn was understaffed as it was, they eventually relented with 10. As I walked back home after the meeting with the cattle with Sarah and Anna, Jim had run up to us. I greeted him as he came running.

" Hey Jim! What's going on!?"

His torse doubled over and his hands were on his knees. Why would he be running around like this? We waited for him to catch his breath.

" Lord Matthew! I found it! I found a way to age the cheese fast!"

" Really!?"

This is fantastic news! If we can speed production up, then we can easily mass produce it with our surplus milk. If we do that then--

" What is cheese?"

My train of thought was broken by Sarah's question. I guess she forgot about it. I did kind of run through a bunch of dairy products when I explained the plans for milk, when I originally asked for their thoughts on the idea. I answered. 

" Cheese is made from adding a special chemical to milk and waiting for it solidify. Once you do that, you can choose to use the product as is, or you can age it. 1 of the cheeses I wanted to make is something you do with the milk immediately after it solidifies. the other 2 takes time. And since it would take too much time to mass produce them, if it works out... Well, if you think ice cream was great, I can't wait to show you all the stuff you can do with cheese."

" What about butter, Lord Matthew?"

Jim reminded me about the 3rd dairy product. To be fair it was somewhat boring.

" Well, we made some, but it's made from cream, so we decided to first mass produce ice cream until we have a big enough stockpile to feel comfortable with the numbers."

" What can butter be used for?"

Anna asked the question. I guess the curiosity from liking to cook has gotten to her. I answered her happily.

" For the most part it helps enhance savory flavors. But it also helps make delicious and moist cakes. It mostly comes down to if the butter is salted or unsalted."

Anna's eyes started to light up at my words.

" It sounds so fun!"

" If you'd like... I can set you up in one of the workshops and I can have a good amount of product come to you. You can try experimenting however you'd like. If it's something feasible, we could even mass produce and sell it."

" Would I get to name it?"

I smiled at her question.

" Of course. how else would we know what the product would be called?"

Sarah tightened her grip on my hand. With all of the flirting I'm doing I almost forgot about Jim. He was standing there awkwardly trying not to stare. I decided to let Jim know I didn't forget about the cheese.

" However, the cheeses come first. Once that's done, the ice cream supply should be stable. Also, I'll fill that itch to experiment, with cheese. You'd be surprised the amount of variety cheese has. I can't wait to make you and Sarah a cheeseburger."