Chapter 6 Food tasting
I couldn't connect to the Internet at home just now.,It's just done now.,Upload a chapter first.,There's another chapter.γ
ββββββββββββββββββββββ
There is no doubt about Zhang Wei's cooking skills, he may not reach the point of becoming a famous master, but it is still no problem to reach the level of most well-known hotel chefs.
After coming to the kitchen, Li Xin's mother and several aunts wanted to give Zhang Wei a hand, but Zhang Wei refused one by one and invited them out. For a true chef, the kitchen is like his own studio, and if you let some amateurs help out, it's likely to add to the mess rather than help.
Zhang Wei checked the existing ingredients in the kitchen, breathed a sigh of relief, and only looked at the roast chicken, beef, elbows, pork heads, fried peanuts, fried small fish, and Hanging paste carp and meatballs and so on are all processed, except for the hanging paste carp and meatballs such as food needs to be processed twice, the rest basically do not need to be moved, such as beef can be served as long as it is sliced and cold dressed, roast chicken does not even need to be dipped in, you can eat it with a knife, and fried small fish and fried peanuts can be served on a plate, these dishes do not need to worry about the chef at all.
This is how to hold a flowing water banquet wedding banquet in the countryside, because there are many people, so many cooked goods are bought ready-made, so as to ensure the speed of serving, if you have to redo it it is too slow, including many wedding banquets in the city, basically all the dishes are prepared on the first day, and some only need to be heated to eat.
The knife light flies, the roast chicken is cut into a plate, the beef is sliced and cooled, the elbow and pig's head meat are cut into thick slices and cooled, and the fried small fish and fried peanuts are put on the plate, which completes the six cold dishes.
On the menu, there are a total of eight hot and eight cold soups, a total of eighteen dishes, in addition to the six cold dishes that have been made just now, the cold dishes also have sharp pepper pine eggs and cold salad three silk two.
Needless to say, Songhua eggs are understood, after the eggshell is opened, it is cleaned with three knives and six petals, sprinkled with diced green peppers after plating, and poured with the prepared sauce. And it is not difficult to salad three shreds, the vermicelli is foamed, and then the green peppers and carrots are shredded, and they are still poured with sauce after plating.
After finishing the eight cold dishes, Zhang Wei opened the kitchen door and shouted, "Auntie, serve the dishes!"
Li Xin's mother was worrying about whether Zhang Wei could make this meal with a few aunts, but when she heard Zhang Wei's shout, she hurriedly responded, "Here!"
"So fast?" said one of the aunts, a little surprised.
"No, it's only been five minutes in there, right?"
With suspicion, several ladies rushed to the kitchen, only to see sixteen plates of cold dishes on the table, and Zhang Wei was taking meatballs from a large basin.
Seeing a few ladies coming in, Zhang Wei said: "This cold dish is already ready to be served, let them eat it first, and I'll make a hot dish." β
"Yo, it's done. Li Xin's mother looked at those vegetables and her frowns immediately subsided, and she became happy.
Several ladies began to be in charge of serving the dishes, and sixteen plates of cold dishes were served in two rooms. When the guests in the two rooms saw these dishes, they also understood in their hearts that in fact, most of these cold dishes were ready-made, and whether they could get it or not, they could not test the chef's level, and the remaining hot dishes were the main thing. However, Li Jianguo saw that Zhang Wei's sixteen cold dishes seemed to look similar, and he couldn't help but relax a little, not to mention anything else, at least Zhang Wei's knife work and seasoning were passable.
The guests in both rooms began to taste the fried food and roast chicken, focusing on seasoned beef, elbow and pine flowers
Eggs for these dishes.
"Hey, don't say it, Xiao Weiwei is not bad to eat this cold dish. β
"That's it, I also think it's delicious, especially this cold salad, this taste is amazing. β
After tasting these cold dishes, the guests praised one after another, and the three generations of Li Jianguo's ancestors and grandchildren also tasted it, and half of the hanging heart was put down, and the remaining half was hot dishes.
Not long after the cold dishes in the two houses were eaten, the ladies came up with hot dishes again, and there were two plates on it, namely sweet and sour carp and Sixi balls.
Li Jianguo took a chopstick and tasted the fish, which was completely relieved, and even a little overjoyed. The chef he originally invited to cook was good, and he had tasted the taste, but compared with the sweet and sour carp made by Zhang Wei now, the chef's skills immediately fell a big bit. Since the fish has been fried a long time ago, there is no need to think about the umami taste, but the sour, sweet and salty three flavors are clearly layered, and each taste will not be more or less, so that people can take a bite and get the true meaning of the three flavors. The sweet and sour carp is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, the outer skin of the batter is crispy and refreshing, and the fish inside is smooth and tender, and the taste is quite good.
The meatballs are also pre-processed and have been fried, so it is not good to make traditional flavors, Zhang Wei used another method to deal with them, because the ingredients were limited first, and in order to be fast, Zhang Wei could not play much, so he could only burn the juice and pour it, even so, Zhang Wei's Sixi meatballs also won a piece of praise.
Other hot dishes include braised prawns, braised oxtail, plum cabbage and pork stir-fried, lily bamboo shoots and shredded cabbage.
As I said just now, in the rural wedding banquet to serve fast, these six dishes are not difficult for Zhang Wei, besides, the prawns have been cooked, the oxtail has been marinated, and the meat has been burned, basically it is a little cooking and seasoning, at most it takes some time to steam and stew, and the remaining small meat and vegetarian dishes need to be put in place by Zhang Wei himself, but the vegetarian dishes are also the easiest to operate.
The last two pots of soup are sweet and salty, the sweet soup is sago mash soup, and the salty soup is winter melon pork rib soup, these two soups are not difficult to make, in order to be convenient and fast, just boil two large pots full tomorrow morning, and scoop them directly from the pot if necessary.
After the eighteen dishes were cooked, Zhang Wei took off his apron and washed the handle and walked out of the kitchen.
As soon as he went out, Li Xin stood at the door of the kitchen, saw Zhang Wei come out, and hurriedly took the Chinese gift given to Zhang Wei by Zhang Wei and gave Zhang Wei one, and said gratefully: "Come on, viagra, take a cigarette and rest, you have worked hard." Brother, I am so grateful, if it weren't for your help, tomorrow's wedding would be messed up, you will be my benefactor in the future, as long as you say anything, I Li Xin dare to say half a word, just call me not ......"
"Hey, hey, it's over, you're getting married tomorrow. As soon as Zhang Wei heard that Li Xin was going to swear by this matter, he immediately interrupted him, and said modestly: "What does the food taste like, can it pass?"
Li Xin said: "It's not just a passing grade, it's just delicious." I tasted the food you cooked just now, and it tasted even better than the chef we were looking for, and just now everyone in the room was praising you for your good craftsmanship and righteousness. β
Zhang Wei smiled: "Hehe, that's good." β
"Li Xin, what are you doing, hurry up and let Jia Weiwei come over for some dinner, I've been busy for a long time, why don't you bear kid have any eyes?" Li Jianguo walked out of the hall and saw his son chatting with Zhang Wei, and immediately shouted loudly.
"It's coming, it's coming. Zhang Wei and Li Xin agreed in unison, and walked towards the hall with their feet raised.
As soon as Zhang Wei entered the house, he saw a group of old and young masters eating happily, and he didn't know if it was because he had been waiting for a long time, or if it was really delicious.
"Weiwei, come and sit down and eat something. Li Jianguo took Zhang Wei's wrist and asked him to sit down, then picked up a glass of wine, and sent it to Zhang Wei with both hands: "Weiwei, you are the great benefactor of our family, thanks to you today, or tomorrow my old Li family will lose its face." Speaking of this, Uncle Li has to apologize to you, before, I thought you were a literate college student, so rich and capable, and you don't usually go out, you must be unwilling to deal with us countrymen. But I didn't expect that today you can put down your body to be this cook in order to help, which shows that Uncle Li's idea is wrong, you not only have the ability, but also benevolence and righteousness, you must have your own business when you come out on weekdays, instead of looking down on us, so Uncle Li is here to solemnly apologize to you, and Uncle Li toasts you with a drink. β
When Zhang Wei heard this, his heart was a little abrupt. Li Jianguo can say this, which shows that the people in the village have a bad idea about not showing up all the time, and his father once reminded himself that life in the countryside is different from the city, you can live behind closed doors in the city, and no one will have any ideas, because this is the normal state of urban life, but rural life is different, living a life is a coming-and-going, to open the door to live, to hang out of the door, and chat with the people in the village, if you close the door, it will look out of place, people will think that you are a noble person, look down on mud legs, and after a long time, there will be estrangementγ Zhang Wei didn't take this to heart at the time, but now that he thinks about it, his father is worthy of living in the countryside all his life and is very experienced.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei hurriedly said: "Ouch, Uncle Li, I can't help it, I can't afford the reason for the elders to toast the juniors." And you and the elders, don't misunderstand me, I usually don't show up, because I went back to the village this time to complete my graduate thesis, and I stayed at home every day to read books, so I didn't come out much, but I didn't want to deal with the people in the village, don't forget, I'm also a child of this village, and my roots are here, right? β
"It's a mile, it's a matter that Uncle is wrong, this glass of wine is to make amends, you drank it. Li Jianguo insisted on a toast, while Zhang Wei was a little embarrassed.
At this time, an old man sitting at the table opened his mouth, "Zhang Wei, you can drink this wine, you are not a junior now, but a person who saves the emergency, the Li family is grateful to you, what do you have to drink this wine, drink it." β
The old man who spoke was called Zhang Yiyuan, who was originally the vice principal of the town middle school, and returned to live in the village after retirement, and had a very high prestige in the village.
At the same time as Zhang Wei was drinking, Zhang Yiyuan spoke again: "Everyone, Zhang Wei was admitted to university, and after returning to his hometown, he will find a way to attract investment and continue the unfinished project of Dafang Mountain, why is this? Not for the sake of the villagers? So when you go back, you will take care of the mouth of your juniors, don't eat all day long, it's okay, clean and blind, and talk about some strange things and gossip." I really have nothing to do, Zhang Wei, a scholar, is so promising, he is still strict with himself, and he continues to learn to improve, this is the person who does great things. β
The people at the table couldn't help nodding at Zhang Yiyuan's words, but Zhang Wei was praised a little like pins and needles, and hurriedly ate vegetables to hide his embarrassment.
Fortunately, everyone did not continue this topic later, but discussed some things about tomorrow's wedding, and Zhang Wei just bowed his head and ate vegetables. The meal was eaten for more than an hour and then dispersed, because tomorrow we have to get up early in the morning, and everyone has their own duties, so we must rest early.