CH.8 Preparation Before Cooking

"Xiao Zheng, don't be embarrassed for him, although this thatched house looks broken, if the items in the house are dirty, the three of us will also have a headache. Jing Jiuming adjusted, "However, don't worry, we have a table and a stove this time, you can just wait a little." ”

Since Jing Jiuming said so, Zheng Ke could only wait patiently, even if he was really puzzled by the reactions of several people.

After about ten minutes, more than a dozen people carried the cooking tools one after another.

Two long tables were docked to each other to make a simple worktop, and three gas canisters were brought in by several people and placed in the hut.

When all this was arranged, the four people in suits put the two crisper boxes next to the long table.

"It's the ingredients, so you can rest assured that you're ready to do itβ€”you guys, go get a few buckets of water. Jing Jiuming instructed a few workers.

Zheng Ke took off the cotton clothes on his body, although the weather was a little cold, it would be very inconvenient to cook ingredients in cotton clothes, and after he started cooking, his body would gradually warm up.

Zheng Ke opened the fresh-keeping box and checked the materials inside. The first thing he saw was a set of kitchen knives. There are not too many types, slicing knives, chef's knives, fruit knives, bone chopping knives, everything, but in terms of quality, they are definitely not as good as his own kitchen knives.

In order to facilitate the inspection, Zheng Ke's kitchen knives didn't come over, so when he saw this set of kitchen knives, he just nodded slightly, after all, even if the quality of the kitchen knives was again, it should allow him to make all the dishes.

Seeing Zheng Ke put the ingredients on the table one by one, Qi Xuefeng suddenly asked, "Xiao Zheng, what kind of fish are you catching?"

Until now, Qi Xuefeng still remembered the fish in the bucket, the fish in winter are really so easy to catch?

Zheng Ke stood up, put the bucket on the table, and put his hand into the cold water.

"One is a grass carp. ”

A grass carp about 30 centimeters long is placed on a long table and keeps turning.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Crucian carp ......"

This one is relatively short, about 20 centimeters, and like a grass carp, it is alive and kicking.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The last one is an eel. ”

Zheng Ke used two hands to catch an eel that was nearly fifty centimeters long. As soon as it was placed on the table, there was a thud, and the eel fell off the table.

"How is it, old Qi, my fishing level is okay, right?"

Qi Xuefeng's face turned red, and he couldn't say a word for a long time...... This kind of red fruit showing off made him feel a kind of powerlessness.

"However, I have to say that there are still quite a lot of fish in the pool, and even someone like me, who is not a good fisher, can catch a lot of ...... Old Qi, how did you only catch small fish?" Zheng Ke asked Qi Xuefeng rhetorically.

"I ......"

It's too much of a bully!

Qi Xuefeng had the urge to cry for the first time in recent decades.

You can just catch the fish, and you still have to be scared - it's unbearable.

As soon as Qi Xue Feng wanted to stand up, he felt his shoulders sink, and Jing Jiuming forced him down.

"What are you doing?" Qi Xuefeng looked up at Jing Jiuming.

"He's about to start cooking...... Look closely. How could a person who didn't know the 'realm' be able to defeat Xiao Que? I hope I can find some clues this time, right?" Jing Jiuming asked.

"But can you really tell it here? Different places and different environments. And I don't think anyone can cook the best food in such an environment. So, don't think about seeing the clues, just think about tasting his food later, and see how it is different from the usual Hachikaku. Tong Qianxi touched his beard and said softly.

"However, it's strange for you to say, why did Xiao Han call him over again since he strongly opposed us accepting him? If he really entered the 'realm', it wouldn't necessarily be a good thing for the Oriental Academy. Qi Xuefeng wondered.

"I don't know, I rarely see Xiao Han so stubborn, after all, we are our junior brothers, and we don't know what to say. Tong Qianxi shook his head, with a hint of regret in his eyes.

Zheng Ke put the ingredients that could be used on the long table one by one, and finally, took out a small iron bucket.

Opening the lid of the iron bucket, Zheng Ke sniffed the smell in the bucket, "Huh, is it a light soup?"

"That's right, for high-end Cantonese cuisine, soup stock is indispensable, so I deliberately prepared a light soup. Tong Qianxi said proudly.

Zheng Ke nodded.

When sorting out the ingredients, Zheng Ke was already thinking about what kind of dishes could be cooked with these ingredients. So, after putting all these ingredients on the table, the dishes he wanted to cook also came to mind one after another.

"Three seniors, because you have to try three dishes of different cuisines, I can only do them one by one, the ingredients are limited, and there is only one dish for each dish, please forgive me. Zheng Ke said softly.

The three old men nodded.

"Got it, don't you worry, can we? Qi Xuefeng said.

Zheng Ke lowered his head, picked up the slice knife, and began to process the crucian carp.

After breaking the abdomen, taking out the internal organs, and putting it in clean water to wash it, Zheng Ke put the washed crucian carp on the cutting board. The slice knife is on both sides of the fish body, carving two flower knives, each of which is deep and bone-seeing.

Zheng Ke poured Shao wine, refined salt and other accessories on the fish, pickled them, and then turned on the gas stove and put the wok on the hot fire.

The three old men stopped talking from the beginning of Zheng Ke's handling of crucian carp, and watched intently as Zheng Ke cooked crucian carp.

At first, the three old men just felt that Zheng Ke was acting neatly.

In such a cold weather, ordinary people have long been frozen in their limbs, but it is rare for Zheng Ke to be able to do it so quickly, but even so, Zheng Ke's movements have been affected, there is no doubt about this.

But as time passed, especially after Zheng Ke dispelled the chill on his body, the whole movement became smooth. The three old men also followed suit, focusing on Zheng Ke's body.

Chopped bean paste, ginger, garlic and other seasonings are stir-fried repeatedly in the pot until the pot is red, and then crucian carp and two soup are poured in, the stove is adjusted to make the flame gradually smaller, and soy sauce, sugar and other ingredients are added one after another.

Soon, the aromatic flavor has escaped from the pot.

Although the three elderly people here are good at different cuisines, they all have a deep understanding of cooking. From the moment Zheng Ke started cooking crucian carp just now, the three of them observed Zheng Ke's every action, strictly speaking, the action is not too standard, but the connection between each action is so natural that it doesn't feel awkward at all.

"The knife work is solid, the control of the heat is also very sophisticated, and more importantly, in such an environment, the mentality has not changed, not slow, unhappy, and methodical. Even if you start to have some hands, you can still adjust quickly. Let's not talk about his cooking skills, but from the current point of view, Zheng Ke does have the possibility of defeating Que Zhengqing. Jing Jiuming concluded.