Noodles are just the first step!

Although this step determines the starting point of the future, the second step, the ramen process, is the most critical. [Full text reading.]

However, before the official ramen, there is another process, and that is the slippery noodles, which is also commonly known as slippery noodles.

Generally speaking, this process is made by the young man with a large round arm to pound, knead, stretch, and drop the large ball of soft dough repeatedly, then put the dough on the board, hold the two ends of the strip with both hands, lift it and beat it vigorously on the cutting board. After the strip is elongated, the two ends are folded in half, and the two ends are continued to be held and beaten, and so on, the purpose is to adjust the order of the gluten proteins in the dough, so that the messy protein molecules are arranged into a long chain, which is called shungluten in the industry. Then roll into long strips and knead them into 20 mm thick and chopstick-long strips, or roll them into round strips.

The reason why you have to have a young man with a strong arm is because this process is really a hard work. You do this with a machine, and at the moment, there is no such machine that can do this kind of work. This must be done manually, and different adjustments can be made according to the condition of the dough.

"See clearly!" Li Qingming ordered.

Son Zhenghe and Uncle Xiang's eyes widened.

This ramen has been completely unexpected, it is something they have never touched at all, and they don't know what to do when they look at this dough.

Li Qingming took a deep breath, recalled the craftsmanship of those masters in his mind, and began.

Li Qingming put the kneaded dough on the panel, and then kneaded it into long strips of about 30 with both hands.

Son Zhengyi and Uncle Xiang stared carefully at Li Qingming's two hands. I saw Li Qingming palms upward, grabbed the two ends of the thick noodles (if it is a small noodle knot, pinch the noodles with the three fingers of both hands), lift it off the board, pull the two arms to both sides for a short distance a few times, so that the noodles are as long as they are longer, and then hand over the right hand to the left hand, so that the noodles are folded, and the right hand catches the other end, and does the action of stretching and folding again.

After that, Li Qingming grabbed the two ends of the noodles with both hands, first stretched the noodles to a certain length (left and right), and then used both wrists up and down at the same time, and shook the noodles several times to make the noodles about 2 long (if you don't do the subsequent dough throwing action, you can leave the board), or you can drop the middle section of the noodles on the board during the last swing, and then quickly lift it. Then, repeat several times.

In the end, I saw Li Qingming's two hands exerting force inward, with his left hand inside and his right hand outside, bringing the two strands of noodles closer together under the two hands, and twisting the two strands of noodles into a twist shape with his rotational force. The right hand hands over the dough to the left hand, and then the right hand catches the ring buckle head at the lower end, and then repeats seven times according to the above dough stretching, dough throwing, and upward strength.

At this time, Li Qingming put the slipped noodles on the board.

Whew! Li Qingming let out a long breath. It didn't disappoint too much. Otherwise, if there is an accident with the dough in the middle, it will be a shame. After all, in front of his own apprentice. There is no shame in that.

"You guys come and try!" Li Qingming ordered.

The two of them were stunned. This just now, not to mention the miraculous skills, but it also made them feel incredible. The process of this noodle is too complicated, isn't it?

"Try it, it's key!" Mr. Li said.

The two of them nodded, and then began to try how to slip the noodles.

Following Li Qingming's method just now, the two of them slipped awkwardly, only to hear the sound of 'bang, bang', and the two of them were sweating profusely. After a long time, the two of them put down the dough out of breath.

"Master, this is really hard work. I can't do this when I'm old!" Son wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, just for a short time, he felt a sore arm, and it was going to be a day, and it was okay.

As for Uncle Xiang, it was even more difficult. But he gritted his teeth and finished it. After all, this is what he has to do, in order to realize his self-worth in life, in order to prove that he is still incorruptible.

So, no matter how tired he is, he will persevere. Isn't this a little tired, after a long time, get used to it, and naturally you won't feel tired. What's more, no matter how tired you are, it's good to rest for the night.

Looking at Uncle Xiang's gritted teeth, Li Qingming suddenly realized that he seemed to be making this 'demonic ramen', which was a little too much. This ramen is the most tiring, don't look at those ramen masters are very relaxed, they are all practiced for many years.

Uncle Xiang is only learning ramen at this age, will this be too tiring? Should I change it? Li Qingming thought about it here, and opened his mouth to Uncle there.

"Qingming, I know that you are good for me and want me to enjoy Qingfu. However, I wish I could find a place to fulfill my life values. So, let me persevere!Please teach me all this magical ramen!" said Uncle Xiang with a look of longing.

Li Qingming pursed his lips.

"Master, this is really tiring. But I think it's because the first time we were very unfamiliar with the process, and we were very nervous, which caused us to waste a lot of energy. I think if we get acquainted with it, we can do better!And we won't be so tired!" Son said.

He is close to Uncle Xiang in age, and he understands Uncle Xiang's mentality better. This man, when he has reached a certain age, and has not yet reached the age of retirement, it is the most terrible time to do nothing. It seems to be a blessing, but in fact, it is the beginning of the complete destruction of the whole life. A life of idleness is the worst life.

If Uncle Xiang continues to enjoy happiness like this, it is not happiness, but the end of his life.

"Well, uncle, let's continue!" Li Qingming could feel Uncle Xiang's insistence, so he didn't say anything more.

"If you want to judge whether the noodles are good or not, you can judge from whether the noodles are smooth and whether the thickness of the middle and two ends is equal. If you walk excessively, the thickness is uneven, so you only need to walk a few times from the beginning to meet the requirements. If it's not enough, it's a few more times. In this respect, there will be no waste!" Li Qingming pointed out.

The two of them looked at their noodles and felt that they were a little too walking. Subsequently, I came a few more times. In the end, the two carefully identified their noodles and just qualified.

The two looked at each other and smiled. The previous efforts were finally in vain. And this ramen is really interesting.

"That's right, then the most important part of ramen is ramen!" Li Qingming said, "everything before this is preparation." And this last step is the most critical, and it is also directly related to the taste. ”

The reason why it is called ramen is that the noodles need to be elongated, and if they are not elongated, they are not called ramen!

At this moment, Li Qingming's heart also began to get nervous. I'm not sure about this ramen. Hopefully, it won't break!