Lu Tianming raised his eyebrows: "Oh, I want to hear about it." ”

He has studied road dishes all his life, but the improvement of this smoked bacon was also created one day with a flash of inspiration, he really didn't believe that Zhou Dong was so powerful, and he could find his secret by eating two pieces of bacon?

Zhou Dong nodded, and then picked up a piece of smoked bacon and sent it to his mouth, under the opening of the legendary skill, this piece of bacon was peeled off layer by layer in his mouth, pushed backwards, and no secret could be kept.

"What an amazing idea, worthy of being a chef of road cuisine, admire, admire!"

Zhou Dong smiled and looked at Lu Tianming and said, "Bacon is divided into two categories,

The bacon in the Jiangnan area generally does not need to be smoked, only baked with salt, although this bacon is delicious, but it uses too much salt, and the saltiness is terrible.

Because this is a need for preservative, no clever chef can bypass it, so this kind of Jiangnan bacon cannot be steamed to eat, it must be cooked. And put more water, otherwise there is no way to remove the excessive saltiness, but in this way, the oil will be lost too much, and the taste will be difficult to guarantee, which can not but be said to be a pity.

The other type is bacon represented by Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places, and the bacon in these areas uses less salt and does not make people feel like they are eating pickles, so in order to maintain quality, it must be smoked.

This brings a new problem, if the smoke is not enough, it will not be able to last for a long time, it is not considered a road dish, if the smoke is too long or the smoke is thicker, the smoke will be too large, and it will also be criticized by diners. After all, diners want to eat a light smoky gas, not a smoky smoke. ”

Lu Tianming was stunned when he heard this: "You actually have a study of road vegetables?"

Shi Buyu sneered: "Old road idiot, you will know after a long time, this guy seems to be very proficient in all kinds of food, and he can actually lose to him by making pearl jade and white jade soup by calling flowers, can you believe it?"

Not to mention smoked bacon, I'm very good at it. ”

Lu Tianming sneered and glanced at him: "Just you, is the bacon you made also eaten by people?"

Zhou Dong said with a smile: "Master Lu is not wrong in what he said, compared to your craftsmanship, I am afraid that the bacon made by others is really not something that people eat......

Because of another chef, who would use the method of secondary smoking to process bacon?

Your bacon is washed with mountain spring water, then baked with a 'little' salt, and then smoked with pine wood until the salt flavor has entered the belly.

The average chef will often choose the best old pine wood to light it, and smoke the whole bacon with a thick smoke until the skin color turns black, and then hang it up to wind the curd.

But the bacon produced in this way not only does not look good, but when it comes to eating, it needs to be partially blackened by the smoke, which is not only wasteful, but also discards the most essential part of the whole bacon, which is really a pity......"

Lu Tianming's eyes tightened: "You go on." ”

"But your method of processing is completely different, only a small amount of pine wood is used at the beginning of the smoke, and the bacon gradually turns dark red.

It is said that because you are smoking, the salt must be less, and the result of insufficient smoking is that the shelf life cannot be guaranteed, but you will smoke half of the bacon in the position with the most clouds and mist in the mountains to wind wax, because the air is moist enough, and the bacon will enter a natural process of curing in the wind curing process......

But your method is much more complicated, when this bacon is naturally halfway cooked, it is also the easiest time to absorb the flavor, you start the second smoke, and this 'second smoke' process is the most critical. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Dong stopped and looked at Lu Tianming again: "This is also the step that I admire the most,

If I hadn't eaten this smoked bacon you made in person, I wouldn't have been able to guess the ingredients you used for the second smoke, which should be the most precious and representative of the season in early spring, right?

It's also the most extravagant smoked material!

I really sympathize with those ignorant people now, your smoked bacon only sells for 281 plates, which is really cheap, if I want to see it, it should be sold for 281 plates!

If I'm not mistaken, you should have just made bacon, hoping that someone could share your craftsmanship, so I sold it to them 'cheaply', but I didn't expect them to miss the opportunity, obviously a group of mallets who don't know how to eat. ”

Lu Tianming said in a sullen voice: "It's not exactly a mallet, a few of them should be the children of a family from Kyoto, otherwise they wouldn't know that the 'old bacon' is the most expensive, and they also saw that my bacon was a new product back then, so they thought I was a fraudulent profiteer." ”

The so-called old bacon refers to the bacon that has been cured for ten, twenty or even more years, and the longer the time, the higher the price.

Of course, this kind of bacon is not healthy enough, but the delicacy is not the same as the newly made bacon, which can be regarded as a simple way to identify the quality of bacon;

"Secondary smoking?"

Shi Buyu was stunned when he heard this: "Why do I feel a little special? It turns out that you are an old idiot who did it!"

Hey, little ...... Zhou Shenchu, you said that the smoked materials he used were very precious, even luxurious? This is strange, after all, he didn't use Cordyceps sinensis and ginseng Polygonum multiflorum to make smoked materials, right?"

Huai Liang and Yan Yi also pricked up their ears and waited for Zhou Dong's answer, but Lu Tianming didn't speak, looking at Zhou Dong and just smiling.

It seems that this young chef who is personally sealed by Shang Lao really has two brushes, not only can he win the old stone in cooking, but most of his eating skills have reached the level of the god of food, and it is really great to be able to eat the means he used for the second smoke, but he really doesn't believe that Zhou Dong can eat what the smoked materials used in his second smoking are.

Because even he himself had a flash of inspiration before he thought of using this way of smoked wood, since it was a temporary spiritual gain, where was it easy for others to discover?

"Lu seniors, as the saying goes, 'no bamboo makes people vulgar, no meat makes people thin, if you want to be vulgar and not thin, it's best to have a bowl of bamboo shoots and roast meat'......

I used to think that the only Chinese cuisine that could balance the two was pickled bamboo shoots in Shanghainese cuisine.

Today I learned that the food that can really balance the two turns out to be your 'smoked bacon'!"

Lu Tianming's face suddenly changed when he heard this: "You...... How do you know? This can't be!"

"Hey, hey, can you do it?

He even won me, and he always called Hua to be willing to be his second chef, what else is impossible?

But...... Zhou Shenchu, don't you mean that the old idiot actually used ......?"

"Isn't that it?"

Zhou Dong shook his head with a wry smile: "That's spring bamboo shoots!"

Compared with winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots are more tender and full of vitality, and they are one of the supreme mountain treasures that nature has given to human beings!

Who would have thought that someone would dry such precious spring bamboo shoots alive and then use them as fuel?

It's really a luxury!

However, although it is extravagant, it does not make me feel sorry, because these spring shoots do make the most delicious smoked bacon.

When we tasted it before, we always felt that this bacon not only had the fresh aroma and thick greasy that bacon should have, but also had an indescribable fresh taste, as if we would not get tired of eating no matter how much we ate, in fact, this is all the credit of spring bamboo shoots!"

I rub!

Huai Liang and Yan Yi were stupid, good guys, the god chef is the god chef, it can really be tossed, just a waste of precious spring bamboo shoots?

Fortunately, this senior Lu does not cook Western food, otherwise who would dare to guarantee that he will not burn black truffles for bacon? That will make all the chefs in the world who cook Western food crazy!

Lu Tianming sighed: "It's amazing, no wonder the old flower club lost to you, he really didn't lose unjustly!"

I have to thank you, I can't imagine that I have lived in Huashan for three months, and I still have the opportunity to meet a soulmate, this is all your credit!"

Shi Buyu was stunned for a moment: "Old road idiot, you wait first......

I said you don't have a fever, right?

Your dementia is getting worse and worse, this can't be done, you can't run around in the future, or you may become a missing person one day. ”

"Taishan?"

Lu Tianming's face was puzzled: "Are you sure you keep calling flowers?"

Zhou Dong smiled bitterly: "Senior Lu, this time the old stone is not wrong, this is indeed Taishan...... We came to Taishan to find you this time because we wanted to ask you for advice in person. ”

"Yes, yes, I remember, this is Taishan!

Hahaha, fortunately, the distance from Hua Mountain is not too far, but fortunately, it's okay. ”

Lu Tianming laughed: "By the way, what are you looking for me?"

"Senior, we are trying to restore a lost delicacy - 'paper wrapped fried chicken',

The focus of this dish is the paper used, but it is not the baking paper that many chefs use today, let alone the toilet paper used to make salt-baked chicken.

I also heard from Lao Shi that you have studied the 'edible paper' needed for this paper-wrapped fried chicken, so I came here to ask ......."

"Hahaha, old stone, you also have today?"

After hearing Zhou Dong's words, Lu Tianming burst into laughter again: "Don't blame Zhou Shenchu, I'm not aiming at you."

To tell you the truth, I have some research on 'eating paper', but I just found the right direction, and when I mentioned this day, several of them couldn't listen to it, and said that I was so angry that I didn't want to talk about it!

Why, old stone, do you think of me now?

Let's not mention the matter of Zhou Shenchu, should you admit your mistake to my face?"

"Old road idiot, gave you face, didn't you?"

Shi Buyu was furious, in front of his juniors, why do you old boy still have to ignore people?

Is it wrong to say that you are on the sidelines? There are thousands of Chinese dishes, but how many can really use the so-called 'food paper'?

You put your energy into this kind of trail, isn't it crazy?

But now he really can't compete with Lu Tianming, now he is Zhou Dong's second chef, the chef came to ask others, but your second chef got into trouble with others first, does Qinxing have such rules? Although he calls himself an old monster, he is more disciplined than the younger generation of Qinxing.

"Okay, okay, who let the old flower ask for you?

I'm wrong! You're right, I'll take back what I said, and that's it, right?"

Lu Tianming laughed loudly: "It's done, I can make you always call Hua to admit your mistakes in person, I'm happy."

Chef Zhou, I have to thank you for letting me sulk like this!"

Zhou Dong didn't say much, so he had to laugh and say: "Senior Lu said that he laughed, it should be, it should be." ”

"This 'edible paper' is indeed very cumbersome to manufacture, first of all, it is real paper, and if you want to get it, you have to make it yourself!"

"Make it yourself?"

Zhou Dong frowned unconsciously, this is cross-industry, do you have to go to the paper mill to make it?

Lu Tianming said with a smile: "That's right, you have to make it yourself, because modern paper mills don't have this kind of process at all."

To make this kind of paper, you must follow the ancient method of Cai Lun papermaking, the disadvantage is that it is more cumbersome, but there are also advantages, since it is Cai Lun's ancient method, there is no need for some modern papermaking equipment.

In fact, I have been studying 'edible paper' for many years, and I have basically mastered the method, and now I am mainly stuck in papermaking materials......"

Zhou Dongqi said: "Could it be that this papermaking material is very precious and difficult to find?"

Lu Tianming shook his head and said, "It's not difficult to find, but it's difficult to use it to make 'food paper'......"

"Oh, I don't know what this paper-making material is that Senior Lu is talking about?"

"Far away, close at hand. Lu Tianming smiled: "You just said this papermaking material yourself, did you forget it so quickly?"

"What?"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhou Dong's mind: "I understand, is it spring bamboo shoots?"

"It's spring bamboo shoots!"

Lu Tianming nodded and said: "So this 'food paper' can also be called 'bamboo shoot paper', which is made by Cai Lun's ancient method and using spring bamboo shoots as the material.

However, this is only the direction that I have researched for many years, and although it must not be wrong, it is too difficult to make a thin edible paper with spring bamboo shoots, and I try countless times every spring, but the results are all failures. ”

Nima, do you use bamboo shoots to make paper?

Now Huai Liang and Yan Yi are echoing a sentence in their minds - 'You people in the city are really good at playing, we can't keep up'.

"Shouldn't it?"

Zhou Dong frowned and said: "Although I don't know much about papermaking, I have also heard that Cai Lun used grass, bark and other woody raw materials to make paper.

Bamboo shoots are actually bamboo, which is rich in fiber content, and it is theoretically feasible to use it to make paper, is it ......"

In fact, I want to say that it is the reason why the major is not right?

You're a chef...... If you want to make paper, should you also ask an experienced papermaker to help?

"It's not a technical issue. ”

Lu Tianming knew what Zhou Dong was thinking at a glance, and said helplessly: "I have studied paper for many years, and when it comes to using ancient methods to make paper, it is no worse than the current papermaking masters, and the problem is actually still in the spring bamboo shoots."

Make paper with spring bamboo shoots, too tender to do it, without enough fiber composition paper is not out; but too old to make it, the paper made is rough and hard, wipe the butt is too awkward, can you still eat?

Therefore, I want to choose 'half-ripe' spring shoots, and now I have mastered the method of selecting materials, but I lack one ......."

Zhou Dong hurriedly said: "What is missing?"

"Knife skills, superb, covering the knife skills of contemporary god chefs!"