Zhou Dong suddenly found that Yan Xiang had changed, this middle-aged white face who was originally a little frivolous and frivolous was now smiling like an innocent teenager, his eyes were full of irresistible curiosity, and he suddenly changed from an experienced veteran of the rivers and lakes to a blank sheet of paper waiting for him to write.

"King Zhoumian, I don't know if you can ask for some advice?

You are the king of Huaxia noodles, and I have learned to be a white case, in fact, I have long wanted to visit you and ask you for advice!"

Yan Xiang walked lightly to Zhou Dong's side, poured him a full cup of wine, saluted his hands in front of him, his waist was slightly bent, and his eyes were full of sincere advice.

Zhou Dong nodded, since the big words were said, he was originally going to show his hand, but now that Yan Xiang is invited, he is just pushing the boat down the river.

Wu Tingze frowned and said, "Old Five, when did you say such a thing, why didn't I know?"

The wine is going to be cold, why don't you ask Chef Zhou to taste my wine first!"

Lao Wu directly admitted defeat without officially 'fighting', and his face was sincere and respectful, which made Wu Tingze very unhappy.

He believes that his rose dew will definitely be able to earn some face for his brothers, and it would be too embarrassing for the fifth child to do this!

Zhou Dong laughed and stood up: "The wine brewed by Master Wu will naturally not be bad, but the wine can still be warm when it is cold, I still go to see Master Yan's osmanthus first, I hope it is properly preserved and there is no frost." ”

"Zhou Mian Wang rest assured, the osmanthus is wrapped in three layers of oiled paper, and there is also moisture-absorbing cotton paper in the middle, which can't get frost. ”

Yan Xiangmei smiled and caused a way in front of him: "King Zhoumian, be careful, this threshold is a bit high, but don't stumble......"

Seeing Lao Wu's appearance, the most comforting thing is Xiong Buer, how long has it been since I have seen Lao Wu so steady and sensible? Even looking at Zhou Dong's gaze became a little softer.

***

The old tavern occupies a small half of the space on the first floor of Shiweitian, and the back kitchen is not an indoor closed type, but a semicircular courtyard circled at the back of the building, with a wall in the middle, half of which is used by the old tavern, and the other half is the territory of Chef Xu Guanghui.

I don't know where to get the news, as soon as Zhou Dong walked into the courtyard, he saw Xu Guanghui poking his head over on the wall: "Chef Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you come to the old tavern empty?"

I'm still waiting to go to your private room to eat boiling cabbage, but I don't know when it will open?"

Zhou Dong smiled: "It's almost over, Chef Xu, you climb so high, you have to be careful?"

Looking at the height of the wall, you can know that Xu Guanghui is most likely stepping on a ladder, Zhou Dong is secretly strange in his heart, the relationship between Shi Weitian Houhou Kitchen and the five brothers of Lao Xionggou seems to be not very harmonious, Xu Guanghui not only refused to come over, but when he greeted himself, he only nodded slightly to Xiong Buji, even if he had said hello.

"Okay, I'm quite busy here, so I won't greet Chef Zhou, if you have time, don't forget to come and sit on my side." ”

Xu Guanghui retracted his head.

This little episode made the faces of the brothers except Xiong Fuji not look very good, this is good, the fight against the table hit the chef who put the big wine vat in the back kitchen, Xu Guanghui turned around and didn't know how to bury us behind his back.

Yan Xiang was all focused on business, leading Zhou Dong to walk through the grape trellis in the middle of the courtyard, pointing to a few pieces of oiled paper spread out next to a shallow well: "King Zhou, look, these osmanthus flowers are all being solved, it should be right for me to do this, right?"

Zhou Dong looked, this yard feng shui is good, this shallow well should be through the leyline, belongs to the kind of warm in winter and cool in summer, the well water is cool in summer, it can be used to town watermelon, town beer, warm up in the well in winter, you can feel the warmth when you stand by the well, just like the air-raid shelter that you often go to in childhood.

The trellises are half-shaded above the shallow well, and the winter sun shines through the dry yellow vines, mottled and broken.

Four or five sheets of thick oiled paper were spread under the grape trellis by the well, and on them were placed some osmanthus flowers with unopened buds that seemed to be open and slightly dry yellow, apparently using the temperature brought by the sun and the heating coming out of the wellhead to 'thaw'.

"This Yan Xiang looks lighter than the rest of the brothers in Lao Xionggou, and he can't think of starting his own craft, but he is very careful. ”

Zhou Dong nodded, feeling that the son could be taught.

"You use the heating from this shallow well and the winter sun to thaw these osmanthus flowers, which is actually a very safe method.

There are not many chefs who can do this now, they either use hot water directly or simply use a microwave oven, you can have this patience, you can be called a 'delicate heart', you are a good white case!"

Yan Xiang made Zhou Dong feel very satisfied, thinking about a few of his students, the fat man has the intention to be lazy but has to work hard due to the pressure of his girlfriend, at least not at this stage; Zhou Aiguo is talented and hard enough, but when it comes to being careful, he is still half a point worse than Yan Xiang; As for the Su brothers, they were scolded by themselves yesterday, and they refused to work the firepower when they were making pot chickens, but they learned the crooked way of throwing pebbles into the pot, and now they have been punished by themselves to brush the dishes in the back kitchen!

"Well, yes, very good!"

Zhou Dong looked at Yan Xiang with a smile, as if his predecessor Xingzun was looking at a good student who worked hard......

The brothers of Lao Xionggou were a little stunned, what kind of gaze is Chef Zhou, it seems that he likes the fifth child?

"But that's just good, although you're much better than ordinary chefs, you still can't solve the fundamental problem......"

Zhou Dong shook his head slightly and said: "This slow method of 'unraveling flowers' can reduce the generation of water vapor compared to directly using warm water and microwave ovens, plus it is winter now, the air is dry, and there is a heating in the well to protect it, as long as you are careful and careful, the osmanthus can be called the best quality!"

But even if you are so attentive and get the right time and place, there will still be a flaw. ”

Yan Xiang was slightly shocked: "In order to prevent the generation of water vapor, I used this slow solution, but even if I am careful everywhere and use various conditions, I still can't solve the problem that osmanthus will lose its floral fragrance in the 'thawing' process." ”

"Since you've found a problem, find a way to solve it.

If the bones of lard osmanthus cake are lard, then its soul is osmanthus, if the fragrance of flowers is discounted, can this snack still be eaten?"

Zhou Dong smiled: "Are there any osmanthus flowers that have not begun to thaw?"

Also help me get some application stuff. ”

Yan Xiang hurriedly said: "King Zhoumian, please speak." ”

"A big iron pot, the bigger the better, there must be a supporting cage drawer and a stove that can match it.

In addition, you need a bucket of pure water, I think the water in this well is very good, and prepare some ice cubes, preferably made by an ice machine, not frozen in the refrigerator. ”

Zhou Dong thought about it carefully and said: "There is also brown sugar, the kind made from more than 95% sugarcane, high-gluten flour, glutinous rice flour, first-class high-quality flour, a cake trough, and a mallet for cake...... Do you have a cake hammer made of pine?"

"Of course, it's all ready-made, and it's something I've used for years. ”

Yan Xiang thought for a while, and said with courage: "King Zhoumian, do you want to use the steaming method?"

This...... I'm afraid it won't work, how big is the water vapor?"

The most taboo thing about solving osmanthus is that the water vapor is too large, which will make the fragrance of the flowers lose faster, which is worse than the 'flowering' technique used by Yan Xiang before, and it is not much better than those chefs who use warm water and microwave ovens to thaw it.

Zhou Dong smiled: "You may have forgotten that I also have a nickname called 'Earthquake Cauldron',

Half of the work is on the steamer. ”

"Yes, yes, King Zhou is right!"

Yan Xiang could only nod again and again, although he really couldn't understand how Zhou Dong could use the steamer and avoid the water vapor affecting the osmanthus, but he didn't dare to ask,

The beggar master said that the methods used by chefs like this who can make 'dead wood in spring' are not something he can understand at all, and he just learns from them.

Soon, all kinds of things were prepared, Zhou Dong first finished the ratio of high-gluten noodles and glutinous rice noodles, and kneaded the noodles while adding water, but in just ten minutes, a pot of 'Sanguang' standard noodles was reconciled.

Others couldn't see anything, but Yan Xiang looked at it tightly.

He has been doing this for 20 years, and it will take at least half an hour just to get this pot of noodles together, and whether you can achieve satisfaction depends on the performance.

It's only been ten minutes, and that's it?

Yan Xiang gently pressed the dough with his fingers, just withdrew his fingers, the finger gravure has disappeared, the dough is as smooth as if it has never been pressed, he suddenly gasped, and looked at Zhou Dong blankly, he remembered very clearly, when the beggar master made this lard osmanthus cake in front of him, it took a full twenty minutes to reconcile the noodles!

"Using a steamer to thaw osmanthus may not necessarily have water vapor, the key depends on the control of the fire and the hot soup in the pot!"

Zhou Dong said, while putting the osmanthus on the cage drawer, and laying a layer of pockmarked eye cage cloth underneath,

These cage cloths are carefully processed by Yanxiang, only once with clean water, and then put in a place away from light and dust to dry naturally, there will be no peculiar smell.

At this time, the water in the pot is only warm, far less than 50 degrees, and there is no water vapor coming out, but the heat has begun to penetrate upwards, and the osmanthus flowers that have been 'frozen' have begun to shake slightly because of the heat.

Zhou Dong stretched out his right hand and gently swept over the osmanthus flowers, seemingly testing the temperature in the pot with his hands, but in fact, the legendary vegetable washing skills were already in full swing, and the energy light spots that ordinary people could not see with the naked eye secretly flew into these osmanthus flowers.

"This swallow is really not simple, it actually preserves these osmanthus flawlessly, although it seems to be 'frozen', in fact, no water is included in the freezing process, as long as I don't make a mistake, I can make these osmanthus flowers 'resurrect' again, perfect flowering!"

Through the grape trellises entwined with dead vines, Zhou Dong glanced at the pale and weak sun, and there was a faint pride in his heart.

After all, not every chef has this kind of 'anti-heaven' method......

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