The bear paw was tougher to stew than Chen Zhou imagined. Even after putting it in the pressure cooker and boiling it fiercely for an hour, it remained tough and chewy.
Moreover, the taste of the Fine-toothed Giant Bear's paw was not pleasant, far from the legendary "steamed bear paw" served at the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast.
Even though Chen Zhou and Paul usually weren't picky eaters, after a few bites of the hard-to-stew bear paw, they lost their appetite, emptied the water and bear paw from the pot, and started stewing the bear heart instead.
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While the two were surrounded by rising steam, the scene on the prairie was a different kind of bustling spectacle.
In contrast to the boiling water in the pot, the fight under the rocky cliff was not as scalding, but it was far more intense and bloody.
