She picked up a piece of the rice noodles and tasted it. It wasn’t too bad, and it reminded her a little of rice noodle rolls.

Now that she thought of rice noodle rolls, she decided not to flip the rice pulp, and instead let it roast over a small fire before removing it from the lid.

Despite only spreading the rice pulp over the lid and steaming it three times, the amount of rice noodles Irina made was enough to fill her bowl to the brim. And there was so much rice pulp left. It was enough to last her three or four days. This would allow her to...