Chapter 120: New Year's Greetings
said that it corroborated each other, but in fact, it should be more about wanting to test Lin Yi to see if what he said was reliable.
How can a chef at the level of Master Cao not be a little proud? Although he said that his fish belly mutton was not good and he was unwilling to take it out to show his ugliness, it is estimated that the thought in his heart must be that even if he does it wrong, no one can do it better than him.
Lin Yi smiled slightly, and didn't say anything else, just took out a large suitcase that he carried with him, and took out the clay kettle from it.
This pottery kettle is a cultural relic, although the money to buy the pottery kettle is still paid by Yang Tingting, but this is Lin Yi's thing, of course, you can't use it up and throw it aside, of course, you have to carry it with you and take it back to Jinhai.
Fortunately, Yang Tingting is an antique shop, and found him a suitable box for him to take with him - in fact, the box is more than ten times more expensive than the pottery kettle, no way, who let this thing be a leak picked up by Lin Yi.
"Clay kettle?" Old Man Cao was indeed a connoisseur, and he recognized this antique cookware at a glance.
"Huh? The smell ...... Have you just used it at noon?" Old Man Cao snorted slightly and said.
Lin Yi immediately stretched out a thumbs up, Old Man Cao's sense of smell is very powerful, you must know that after using it at noon, Lin Yi has carefully brushed it, the residual smell in the pottery kettle is very weak, and there are all kinds of fragrances floating on the table, but Old Man Cao can smell the fresh breath left on the pottery kettle at once from a distance of half a meter without picking up the pottery kettle, which is quite amazing.
The strength of the sense of smell determines the level of the chef. The reason why Yi Ya can become the ancestor of the chef is because of Yi Ya's strong sense of taste! When Lin Yi obtained the inheritance of Yi Ya, the first thing to improve was the reaction of taste, and now Lin Yi, who has helped Yi Ya recruit hundreds of believers, has only a taste level similar to that of Old Man Cao at this moment.
"Hehe," Old Man Cao was not modest about Lin Yi's silent praise, but just signaled if he could take the pottery kettle and study it carefully, Lin Yi waved his hand to signal him to be casual, and then he held the pottery kettle with both hands, looked at the material carefully, and took a deep breath of the breath in the pottery kettle, frowning slightly.
"Okay, I understand, haha......" Old Man Cao smiled happily, "The potbelly with round bottom can be boiled through the mutton as quickly as possible, and the meat quality will not be too bad to lose its chewiness, and at the same time, the taste of the mutton can be retained in the pot to the greatest extent, so that the deliciousness of the mutton can be preserved to the greatest extent." Okay, that's great!"
Lin Yi laughed, for a real senior chef, he has already mastered all kinds of cooking methods, and many dishes have never been touched at all, but as long as they are a little bit, they will immediately be transparent.
"The old man is completely convinced now, Mr. Lin really deserves the title of God of Food!" Old Man Cao put the clay kettle on the table with a heavy lift, and then said to Lin Yi with a serious face.
"Hehe, Cao Lao has won the award," Lin Yi said with a smile, "I just used a little more brains, thinking that everyone who studied fish belly mutton had been studying the cooking methods at that time was relatively simple, but they didn't study the types of cooking utensils at that time." ”
Although there are not too many types of cooking utensils in the Spring and Autumn Period, there are also many differences, such as the famous Ding, which is also a cooking utensil for cooking meat, but the Ding does not have the characteristics of a round bottom and a big belly.
The invention of "pot" is relatively late, and it is much more convenient to use than ancient cooking utensils, so most chefs are used to thinking about using pots for cooking, even if they restore ancient cuisine, they have never considered replacing pots with kettles to try......
"This alone is enough to show that Mr. Lin's level is much stronger than that of us ordinary chefs. Old Man Cao sighed.
"You can always praise me like this, don't call me any gentleman, call me Lin Yi, or call me Xiaolin, I won't be ashamed to listen to it, otherwise I don't want to chat with you." Lin Yi said with a smile.
"Haha, that's okay, let's just be a New Year's friend, I'll call you Xiaolin, you can call me Lao Cao!" Old Man Cao laughed.
Lin Yi was not polite this time, and laughed, which can be regarded as confirming the relationship between the New Year.
"Come, Xiaolin, how about tasting my wine," Cao Lao picked up the wine that Sister Yuan poured for him and said, "This is made by one of my apprentices, although it is not famous, but the taste is okay." ”
"Oh, Grandpa Cao, don't blow it, Lin Yike is an expert in winemaking, and the wine in his store is better than your apprentice's wine, I don't know how many times!" Yang Tingting said with a glorious face.
"Oh, isn't Xiaolin not only the god of food, but also the god of wine?" said Old Man Cao, obviously a little unconvinced.
"The god of wine doesn't dare to be a god of wine, I don't drink very well, hehe. Lin Yi said with a smile.
This sounds modest, but after tasting it carefully, Lin Yi said that his wine was not good, but he did not say that the wine he brewed was not good!
Of course, Old Man Cao also heard the meaning, so he said, "That old brother has to be cheeky and ask for some of your fine wine." ”
"I still have two bottles in the car!" Yang Tingting immediately shouted.
Lin Yi came to the capital to cook for Old Man Yang, although he was forced to do so, but considering that the Yang family couldn't afford to provoke him, of course he had to go all out, so he specially prepared a few bottles of elixir and jade liquid for Yang Tingting to bring over. Yang Tingting brought two bottles of high and two low bottles to the old man, and all the rest were hidden, at this time, it was also to see that the old man Cao didn't believe in Lin Yi's level of winemaking, so he simply took out his mobile phone and asked the female driver who was waiting to bring two bottles.
After a while, the elixir and jade liquid were placed on the table, and Yang Tingting personally acted as a waiter this time, and directly opened the two bottles of wine, and the aroma of wine was overflowing.
"Fragrant, so fragrant!" Old Man Cao suddenly shouted with an intoxicated face.
"Wow, is this wine? How do you feel that the fragrance is stronger than Moutai?" Sister Yuan also exclaimed in amazement.
"Haha, what is Moutai? That is, when you smell the fragrance, you will feel uncomfortable to death!" Yang Tingting said, "Lin Yi's elixir jade liquid not only smells loud, but also tastes even more fragrant!"
"Really?" Sister Yuan said eagerly.
"Can I lie to you?" Yang Tingting said, "This bottle is agar syrup, it is a low-degree turbid wine, this bottle is called jade liquid, it is a high degree of liquor, both are not spicy, the low-degree one is slightly sweet to drink, and the high degree is sweet and smooth, the more you drink, the more you want to drink, come to Grandpa Cao, I can pour you a glass......"
"Don't worry, don't worry," Old Man Cao protected the bottle and said, "How can such a good wine be used in this kind of cup?" Xiao Yuan, go and get the set of porcelain I treasured......