Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 23 [Parts 1 to 11] by EDA

Author:EDA
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: A Festival of the Hunt for the Small Clans

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It was now the third of the gold month.

Eight days had passed since Shin Ruu’s victory at the Genos swordsmanship tournament, and we were at last holding our festival of the hunt, of the sort that were held by each clan roughly three times a year. This was the second time I had done one at the Fa house.

It was unusual to hold such an event with those who weren’t blood relatives. As such, the last festival of the hunt we’d held was just me and Ai Fa enjoying a slightly more elaborate dinner than usual. With just one chef and one hunter, there had been no contests of strength or dances in search of a marriage partner. But it had taken place right after the whole matter with the house of Turan had come to a close, so we had wanted to just have a private celebration of our efforts anyway.

This festival of the hunt would be a different story. I had been the one to make the proposal that we hold it together with the nearby clans, even if they weren’t related to us, for the simple reason that those clans would naturally be entering break periods at the same time as we did.

When giba found an area that was abundant with fruit, they would settle down and make that their territory. Then, once they had eaten all the food that was available to them, they would move on to the north or south. Afterward, the giba wouldn’t come around again for a while, which meant that the local hunters could take a break to rest up from their usual harsh workload. And on the first day of such a break period, a festival of the hunt was held.

At such events, the men would fight in contests of strength in order to display their skill as hunters to the forest and their relatives. And the women would dance, seeking marriage partners, though that part wasn’t taken as seriously as it was at a marriage banquet. Furthermore, a luxurious meal made with giba meat would be prepared, and everyone would deepen their bonds with their relatives and share their happiness with one another. That was a joy I wanted to share with the other clans that were near us as well.

There were five clans that lived close enough to the Fa clan to share a break period with us: the Fou, Ran, Sudra, Deen, and Liddo—all clans who helped out with our business in the post town. Among them, only Toor Deen and Yun Sudra actually came to town, but the rest helped out with prep work and procuring the necessary giba meat. Plus, I also gave all the women from those clans cooking lessons, and I had them help with stuff like the time-intensive production of jerky and sausage, as well as with giba soup experiments.

Between my lessons and the assistance they provided us, the women visited the Fa house on a daily basis.

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