Chapter 67 - Chapter 67: Heading to the Stream to Catch Fish

Up until this very moment in his life, Asher Ryder had never tasted anything with quite the extraordinary flavor profile of the meals Ewan prepared. Out here in the rugged, untamed expanse of the frontier wilderness, their culinary methods remained decidedly primitive, simply boiling a rudimentary broth in a battered travel pot or roasting thick cuts of meat directly over the fiercely glowing embers of an open fire. Yet, Ewan possessed a uniquely brilliant, almost magical approach to food preparation. He intuitively utilized an assortment of wild forest leaves, fragrant barks, and obscure botanical elements as makeshift spices, masterfully awakening the deep, natural flavors hidden within their otherwise basic, everyday sustenance.