Xue Yi smiled and said: "I saw that your deboning kung fu was almost done yesterday, you can take it a little slow in the past few days, and do one or two dishes a day to keep the feeling." Starting today, you and Xiaoman will practice food carving together. ”

Su Zifang: ......

If he hadn't known that Xue Yi had already started teaching Zhao Xiaoman and Zhang Zidan food carving, he would have suspected that this was a systematically arranged (yīn) scheme.

Otherwise, how can anyone come to live teaching as soon as the task is released.

To be reasonable, the book he bought with a detailed explanation of food carving techniques is still on the way.

"This is for you. Xue Yi picked up four leather bags from the side and handed them to everyone.

"Kitchen carving knife, custom-made from Germany. It's easier to use this (tào). ”

"Grandpa Xue, does it mean that I can also study together?" Mu Fei's face was full of surprise.

"Let's finish your five hundred catties of tofu first, and then talk about ......it," Xue Yi said angrily: "Yesterday, your grandfather called me and asked how many things you have learned, but I was embarrassed to say that you are still learning to make tofu......

"Ah...... Oh!" Mu Fei's excitement collapsed instantly, revealing a loveless look.

Su Zifang, who was still a difficult brother yesterday, abandoned him to practice carving alone today, and the soy milk in his hand was instantly tasteless.

"Xiaoman, wait a minute, you can teach Xiao Su the basic content, you can still practice carving in a few days. Oh, by the way, what about the cabbage I put in the fridge yesterday?"

Xue Yi opened the refrigerator and wondered.

He remembered yesterday that he had carved a jade cabbage, and he wanted to take it out for demonstration, but it suddenly disappeared.

"Is this it?" Su Zifang pointed to a cabbage in his hand: "I was going to make preserved egg thin (ròu) porridge at noon, and I wanted to fry a Phnom Penh cabbage by the way, but I happened to see two of them and took them out, and I was still wondering why this cabbage felt different." ”

Xue Yi: ......

For the sake of his apprentice's unintentional actions and praise his own works by the way, he doesn't care too much.

Picking up the cabbage, Xue Yi casually spread out a row of knives and began to explain.

"Food carving, as an ancient culinary skill, was developed from knife making. In terms of types, there are two kinds of raw carvings and cooked carvings, but (rì) are often mostly raw carvings, and cooked carvings are generally used in pastries, such as animals, flowers and plants made of some pastries. ”

"From the point of view of carving techniques, there are relief, hollowing, carving, and mold buckle method. Among them, the whole carving and hollowing are the most difficult. ”

"The most famous carving and hollow carving method is probably the white jade railing carved by your uncle. Xue Yi was a little emotional.

"My dad?" Zhao Xiaoman was a little surprised.

"No, it's my senior brother, Master Mei. Xue Yi realized that Su Zifang's master was ambiguous, and changed his title.

"The senior brother carved out the Temple of Heaven in the imperial capital with a whole white radish in the carving competition of the master of Huaiyang cuisine, not only the bricks and tiles are clearly visible, but the white jade ring buckle between the railings can also be shaken. ”

"The carving method he used was to carve the whole building, hollow out the rings. Every detail is cut out little by little with the smallest broach, which can be called ingenious. ”

It was also that competition that established the senior brother's status in the Huaiyang culinary world in one fell swoop. ”

"My carver is far inferior to my brother, and I can only carve jade cabbage. ”

Xue Yi modestly began to explain the cabbage in his hand.

Su Zifang: !!

He looked at the cabbage and felt that this was an insurmountable moat, so how good was Mei Yuanbai's carving back then?

Don't be surprised, and continue to listen to Xue Yi's lecture.

"The most important thing in food carving is to choose a good substrate and determine the molding effect of the work according to the substrate. Very simply, the substrates suitable for carving are generally radishes, pumpkins, papayas, watermelons and other ingredients with relatively hard textures and natural color transitions. ”

"If you use papaya to carve jadeite, the effect is definitely not as good as that of white radish. This is the importance of material selection (xìng). Once you've decided on the ingredients, you'll need to decide on the ingredients based on their specific shapes and characteristics. ”

"These knives are enough to meet the needs of your carving, the technique is to sharpen, chisel, cut, drill, dig, you will know how to use it yourself, I won't say, mainly talk about how to determine the shape. ”

"First make a good draft, where to go under the knife, how much force to use, and what technique to use......"

"It is recommended that you go under the knife in a way that causes the least damage to the ingredients. ”

"For example, I wanted to carve a cabbage because I saw that the whole radish was white to green, which happened to be very suitable for cabbage. ”

"The first knife is the root of the radish, here you only need to simply trim the skin to depict the shape of the cabbage gang, even if you find that there is a problem with the internal ingredients after the knife, you will not lose too much. ”

"I didn't expect it to feel smooth and comfortable to carve after the knife. This also has something to do with the mentality at the time, including proficiency. You may not realize this now, practice more, and strive to master the beginner carving as soon as possible. ”

Hearing the junior carver, Su Zifang's eyes lit up and asked, "Master, what level is the junior carver?"

"If you can independently complete the simple flowers and birds in the whole carving, carve out the hair, and emboss the picture, you can master the primary carving, but the kind of flowers that are cut with a knife and then assembled with a toothpick are not counted. Xue Yi pointed at Zhao Xiaoman and said: "The one that Xiaoman carved yesterday can barely be regarded as a beginner's carver, and you will know it when you see her demonstration." ”

Xue Yi was quite satisfied with Su Zifang's question, at least he didn't have too much ambition, and knew that he would first determine a small goal.

But Su Zi put down a sentence, which made him regret that he said it a little early.

"Was it difficult to master the junior carver in that month?"

I wanted to take the opportunity to knock it out, but thinking of Su Zifang's unpredictable talent, he changed his sentence: "The difficulty is unnatural depends on how much effort you put in." ”

After saying that, leave a few of them to start practicing.

Su Zifang: ......

I don't know why, he always feels as if Xue Yi is saying that he is so ambitious.

Forget it, no matter what Xue Yi thinks, the system task still has to be completed. After returning from the Hanfu Restaurant, Su Zifang was already deeply aware of the importance of primary plating (xìng).

For the same dish, it is 888 yuan for good plating, and 88 yuan for unsightly plating.

He has to practice hard to make money.

picked a carrot first, Su Zifang took out a poke knife and pinched it in his hand, and he didn't know what to carve for a long time.

Xue Yi said that the most suitable image should be carved according to the shape, texture and color of the ingredients.

This carrot is orange-red in color, and the shape pen (tǐng) is thick, so it is suitable for carving into a carrot no matter how you look at it!

"Am I going to carve a carrot out of carrots?" Su Zifang looked at the knife in his hand with a little apprehension.

"What are you going to carve?" Zhao Xiaoman asked kindly when he saw Su Zifang standing with a carrot in his hand for a long time.

"Carrots. Su Zifang told the truth.

"I mean, what are you going to carve it into?"

"Carrot ...... It's a carrot, and I want to carve it into one bite at a time in cartoons. Su Zifang suddenly thought of the kind of Bugs Bunny eating with a smile on his face.

Zhao Xiaoman looked dazed, looked at Zhang Zidan, and found that the latter was also as dazed as her.

The two of them had a ridiculous idea in their hearts: "Boss Su, this is stupid, right?"