Chapter 271: Fakes vs. Genuine Goods
"Bah, bah" Qin Xiu vigorously spit out the piece of meat in his mouth, covering his throat with one hand, and hurriedly looking for the teacup with the other hand, his body trembling slightly.
Goo-go
After pouring a few large cups of spiritual spring water, Qin Xiu opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and calmed his breathing, after a long time, he finally felt that he had come back to life.
"How can it be so unpalatable?" Qin Xiu's face turned pale miserably, as if he was facing a great enemy, looking at the golden color and evenly coated "chilled wolf meat" on the tabletop, and he only felt that it was extremely photogenic.
This is definitely the most unpalatable food he has ever eaten since he came into this world, and most importantly, this food is actually from his hands?!
"Host, this food system score is only twenty points! Aesthetic score accounts for nineteen points. The system said coldly, "It is recommended that you compete for the throne of the new star of the dark cuisine world." ”
"Ahem, no, I'm obviously making it according to the recipe, even if it's unpalatable, it shouldn't be so unpalatable?!" Qin Xiu put down the cup in his hand in confusion.
He had a hunch that perfecting a recipe would not be so simple, and he had been prepared to fail several times, and even knew from the beginning that the first trial would not be perfect......
However, he never imagined that it would be so unpalatable, it would be such a failure, the sourness in it made people feel that their teeth were going to soften, and the sweetness that followed was even sweeter and more greasy, especially when there was also spicy and salty, several flavors combined, it was simply ecstatic and could not be ecstasy.
"Isn't your reaction the best fact? It turns out that the dish you're making is not very tasty, it's very, very unpalatable. There was a hint of laid-back in the system's voice.
Qin Xiu didn't answer, he couldn't refute this, although there was a certain reason why his sense of taste was sharper than that of ordinary people, so he would have such a big reaction, but it was precisely because of his sensitivity that he could be more certain than others, this was an undeniable failure.
Qin Xiu frowned, he didn't understand a little, why was it so unpalatable?
He originally wanted to ask the system what the reason was, but thinking that the system always had a schadenfreude attitude, he immediately absolutely, this time he had to rely on himself, and resolutely not rely on the system!
If this is the case, then we have to find out what went wrong, thinking about it, he squinted his eyes and looked at the "chilled wolf meat" on the table.
The best way to figure out the reason is to eat it again, but the thought of the taste just now makes him shiver, and he only feels his scalp tingle.
Accustomed to food, dark cuisine is a nightmare for him, but ......
"It's all about perfecting the recipe, it's all about making delicious dishes, it's all about ...... food."
Qin Xiu said in pieces, plucked up courage in his heart, and slowly walked to the table, his heart was ruthless, he picked up the chopsticks that he threw on the table at will, and stretched out to the plate of wolf meat with some trembling.
When the chopsticks were about to pick up a small piece of meat, Qin Xiu's movements paused, as if he remembered something, he immediately put down the chopsticks, and said while turning around: "I forgot to prepare the water first!
Before he finished speaking, he took two steps forward, and when he was about to take the third step, he paused.
"......" Qin Xiu looked at the several large cups of spiritual spring water floating in the air in front of him with black lines on his face.
"Host, the water has been prepared for you, and you can continue experimenting. "The system said 'empatheticly'.
Several large cups of spiritual spring water in mid-air automatically rotated around Qin Xiu, and the whole Qin fragrance floated on the table, that is, next to the plate of blue wolf meat.
“...... Hehe, you are so sweet to the system. Qin Xiu said faintly, turning around to face the table like a wandering spirit.
"You're welcome, please call me a warm-hearted little angel~" The system said happily.
Qin Xiu: "...... Hehe. ”
He took a deep breath, picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of wolf meat like lightning, opened his mouth, and stuffed it in.
In an instant, an indescribable ecstasy bloomed in his mouth, and the feeling was more than stepping on Xiang......
"This dish is suitable for survival, not for life. Qin Xiu swallowed the food in his mouth with a full face.
"Puff haha......" The system rolled in Qin Xiu's brain with laughter, and tears came out of his eyes.
Qin Xiu ignored it, his eyes looked straight ahead, and his tongue was very faithful to analyze the various flavors in the dish one by one and transmit them to his brain.
Because he was mentally prepared, and he really didn't want to take a third bite, he resisted the urge to pour water, quickly ran his brain, and began to pick out the deficiencies and mistakes in his dishes.
His method is written in the recipe, and the order of the ingredients is not wrong, and the proportion of the sauce is also correct, but the amount of eggs in it is reduced, and the aura in the dish is not perfectly preserved, but this has been expected......
Although the meat pieces are powdered very evenly, this powder is not suitable for the wolf meat, to be precise, the wolf meat conflicts with the cornstarch, and there are ......
It wasn't until Qin Xiu sorted out the tastes, conflicts, and deficiencies of all the ingredients in the dish in his mind that he suddenly noticed the taste in his mouth, and immediately scooped up the water on the table and poured it up violently.
After rinsing his mouth a few times and pouring two large glasses of water, there was no taste in his mouth, Qin Xiu relieved himself and stopped the urge to continue pouring water.
"It's the first time I've made such an unpalatable meal since I came to this world, and it's very commemorative. Sitting down on the stool, Qin Xiu smashed his mouth and said bitterly.
Although there is not the slightest peculiar smell in his mouth, the 'beautiful' taste has been deeply imprinted in his brain, heart and soul!
After figuring it out, Qin Xiu did not hesitate to pour the 'delicacy' on the table into the trash, his movements were chic and handsome, without dragging his feet, in one go!
"The next thing is to keep trying...... Qin Xiu said, starting the second experiment, this time he improved Qin Quan with some of the shortcomings, deficiencies and mistakes he found before, and also retained the correctness in them.
After the second plate was finished, Qin Xiu looked at the second plate of "Chilled Blue Wolf Meat", which was the same as the first plate, with golden color, uniform juice, and transparent ice cubes like crystals, which was particularly eye-catching.
However, Qin Xiu's right hand holding the chopsticks stopped above the "Chilled Blue Wolf Meat", and the chopsticks aimed at the meat pieces on the plate and moved forward and backward, stretched and retracted, and then stretched out again, hesitating back and forth for a while.
There is no way, the psychological shadow is serious!
Finally, in the system's sentence of 'early death and early superbirth', he gritted his teeth, picked up a piece of wolf meat, closed his eyes and ate it into his mouth.
Qin Xiu closed his eyes, bit his teeth up and down, and chewed a few times quickly.
Hey?
After a pause, Qin Xiu opened his eyes, rolled his tongue, chewed again, rolled his throat, and swallowed this mouthful of wolf meat.
"Hmm...... The taste is much better than before!" Although it was still a little unpalatable, Qin Xiu's face was still a little pale, but this time at least it didn't make him unbearable enough to rush to pour water into his mouth.
Although it still didn't meet the expected value this time, it was definitely a lot better than the first one.
The system commented: "This time you will be given 30 points." ”
A trace of doubt flashed in Qin Xiu's eyes, and he asked, "Did you rate the system according to the taste of 'Chilled Gollum Meat'?"
"Yes. The system affirmed.
Qin Xiu's eyebrows raised, thoughtfulness flashed on his face, and he once again dashingly threw the chilled blue wolf meat on the table into the trash can, and took out the corpse of the spirit beast from the space.
This is not a blue wolf, but a golden cloud and blue-eyed beast, which was handed over to him by the war heaven during the desolate north.
The golden cloud blue-eyed beast is covered with cloud-like scales, which will shine golden in the sun, on its tail, there is a barb, there are several black horns on the head and the back of the neck, four hooves are on the ground, two front paws are strong and powerful, with sharp claws, and the hind legs are slender and full of explosive power.
Qin Xiu circled around the Golden Cloud Blue-Eyed Beast, squatted down again, touched its body, and then got up and took a kitchen knife and a basin.
Putting the basin on the ground, holding the kitchen knife in his right hand and holding a knife flower in his hand, then his eyes froze, he grasped the kitchen knife, raised his hand and fell, and slashed at the head of the golden cloud blue-eyed beast.
"Poof" The sound of the knife cutting into the flesh, Qin Xiu cut off the head of the Golden Cloud Blue-eyed Beast without blinking, and Juanjuan's blood flowed out, just caught by the basin placed aside.
He set aside the bleeding head, cut off the limbs, and also dried the blood, and set it aside, leaving only the body.
What he needs is the tenderloin, which is a strip-like tender meat on the inside of the vertebrae, divided into large tenderloin and small tenderloin, the large tenderloin is the lean meat connected to the large ribs and covered by tendons on the outside, the large ribs are deboned is the tenderloin, and the small tenderloin is a muscle on the inside of the vertebrae, which is relatively small and very tender.
The skin of the golden cloud and blue-eyed beast is thick and hard, the pores are coarse, and the boundary between skin and fat is almost indistinguishable, especially in the shoulder blade area, and the fat after skin and bone removal is thick and hard, almost the same as the flesh with skin.
Qin Xiu held the kitchen knife, penetrated the leather armor, slashed at the meat, swiped back and forth, easily took out the tenderloin he needed, removed the leather armor, and the remaining meat was tender and crimson, with rough muscle fibers, clear lines, and little moisture.
Removing the little tendons and membranes on the meat pieces, Qin Xiu put the meat into clean water and washed it, and then cut it into pieces......
After dealing with it, Qin Xiu bought the ingredients he needed in the system mall, because the system did not provide ingredients, he could only buy them himself.
The ingredients he bought were all fourth- to fifth-order ingredients, and the price was not cheap, but he didn't feel distressed at all, who asked Xiaobai to hand over all the hundreds of thousands of spirit crystals he had robbed.
However, these spirit crystals cannot be used to improve his cultivation, he can only use them for consumption, so he can buy the ingredients, and he is not soft at all.
After handling the ingredients the same, Qin Xiu began to try to make the dish of chilled grunt pork over and over again, and the production methods changed one after another, and even the ingredients changed several times.
But after an afternoon, he still didn't make any progress.
This made him a little anxious, not that he hadn't made it yet, but when he was going to eat these experimental products that were equivalent to dark dishes!!
"Host, there is an authentic 'Chilled Gollum Meat' in the System Mall, why don't you buy one and eat it?" Seeing that Qin Xiu had eaten the 'Dark Cuisine' for an afternoon, the system couldn't help but say sympathetically.
"That's right!" Qin Xiu's eyes lit up, this method was good, and he immediately bought a plate of chilled grunt meat in the system mall.
Brush -
A white light flashed on the table, and a bowl of crystals, no, clear ice cubes, appeared.
The bowl formed by the ice cubes is bubbling with a trace of cold air, and it is transparent enough to penetrate the ice, and the scene inside the bowl is not sharp.
In the bowl, there is a layer of square Xiaoice cubes, which are Xiaoice smooth and clear like jelly unlike the bowls made of ice cubes.
And then there were pieces of grunt meat on top, waving a pale golden glow.
The meat is golden and tender, with a thick sauce on the outside and a jelly-like condensation on the outside.
Goodo-
Qin Xiu swallowed his saliva, his eyes shining as he looked at the food on the table, with a trace of cold air wafting and waving bursts of fragrance.
He picked up his chopsticks and stretched them out to the plate of food, and this time he didn't hesitate at all, he picked up a piece of sluggling meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
The tip of the tongue rolls, touches the grunt meat, and the fragrant, crispy, and slightly spicy flavor that comes from it blooms in the mouth in an instant.
The teeth are closed up and down, and the slightly sweet and sour taste flows in the mouth, and the taste buds that have been poisoned by tea for an afternoon are comfortably stretched, and the taste of the afternoon is stimulated by the 'dark cuisine', and the blood is revived.
After swallowing it in one gulp, Qin Xiu only felt that it was refreshing and appetizing, and at that moment, it was like a peacock opening the screen, and he was saved from body and mind to soul.
He was almost moved to tears, teary eyes, Emma, this is what people eat!
One bite after another, one piece less than one, until there was no piece left in the plate, Qin Xiu burped, looking at the bowl with only ice cubes left, he greedily picked up a piece of ice cubes stained with sauce and ate it into his mouth.
The cold and refreshing coolness filled his mouth, and the smooth and sweet taste occupied the entire taste buds, Qin Xiu felt that his head was clear, and the depression in his heart was also dispelled.
"This ice cube is also a good thing. Qin Xiu took the ice cube as a candy with great interest, put it in his mouth and sucked it.
"Delicious. Qin Xiu praised, but in his mind, he was reviewing the information he had analyzed while eating the grunt meat.
The ingredients in the chilled sourdough meat, the heat, and the order of making it were reviewed and compared with what was written in the recipe, and then compared with the results of the afternoon test.
At the end of the comparison, he had a flash of inspiration and muttered as if he had realized something: "It turns out that it is not my cooking skills that have regressed, but the method! I can't make it exactly as written in the recipe with the same process......