Chapter 337: Xenophobia (Determined to Shift Early)
Because of geographical reasons, the Americas and the world only began to establish ties five hundred years ago, and the indigenous civilization and cooking skills of the Americas lagged behind the people of other continents in the same period too much, so the foundation is very poor, and it belongs to the immigrant area, and the independence of cuisine is also very low, and it is basically a variant of other cuisines......
Fortunately, at the beginning of the "Great Fusion of World Cuisines", that is, almost at the same time as the "Chugoku Ichiban" era, the strongest country in the Americas, the Civil War broke out, and there was a fierce conflict between the diehards of the old forces in the south, who adhered to the theory of cooking class, monopolized cooking resources, and restricted the lower classes from learning cooking, and the chefs who actively promoted the theory of free cooking in the north. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In the end, the victory of the free cuisine people in the north completely broke the culinary monopoly and allowed everyone to learn cooking equally, which allowed the rice country to catch up with the wave of "world cuisine integration" and develop rapidly.
The "Inter-American Development Association" also came into being during this period, although it cannot be compared with the three major culinary certification organizations, but after all, it is the "head snake" in the American cuisine industry, because of its existence, the influence of the three major culinary certification bodies in the Americas is relatively weak.
As for the island country, needless to say, as the base camp of the Yuanyue Group, coupled with the mutual containment and game of the three major culinary organizations, although the star restaurants in the island country are all certified by the three major culinary organizations, their influence is still weak......
At the same time, in the island country cuisine industry, the Yuanyue Group is the real overlord, and it is precisely because of the Yuanyue Academy that Edo has become the city with the most star-rated restaurants in the world, and it is also full of flowers in the cuisine.
A large part of the reason for this is that Togetsu Gakuin on the outskirts of Edo City has been cultivating culinary talents, and some of them are staying in Edo......
Now Nagi Cuttle is establishing a branch school in the island country, which is undoubtedly a provocation to the Yuanyue Group!
The previous actions in the Far Moon Academy can also be said to be the internal contradiction of the Far Moon Department, and the opinions within the Far Moon Group are not unified, but now that Nagi Cuttle is establishing his own branch in the island country, he will have to face the counterattack and encirclement of the Far Moon Group.
However, this has nothing to do with the Far Moon Academy, as the foundation of the Far Moon Group, the Far Moon Academy still maintains absolute neutrality, and as a student of the Far Moon Academy, the most important task is still ...... Learn!
So, just a week after Liu Pleiades was "addicted to learning and unable to extricate himself", the time for the "Ten Outstanding Seats Qualifying Battle" was getting closer and closer......
Liu Pleiades cares about the most, it is still Erina, firstly, among the other nine people, the highest in terms of cooking skills are Erina and Isshikihui, and secondly, because the mysterious saint "Ling'er", who does not know the depth, is now Erina's kitchen......
Originally, Liu Pleiades thought that the guy was only nominally "going to fulfill the responsibility of being Erina's chef", but in fact he didn't appreciate these things much......
Who knew that judging from the current situation, that guy was clearly in high spirits!
"Compared to Erina, who has a general understanding of strength, it is completely unknown what Ling'er is capable of......" Liu Pleiades had a headache.
However, judging from some of Ling'er's previous behaviors, the ability should definitely not be underestimated!
It is precisely for this reason that Liu Pleiades has been trying to find a way to bypass the topic of "dark cuisine" and strive to be able to use the "sun" kitchen heart in the competition.
Only by being able to use the power of the "Source of the Sun" to remove the influence of other kitchen hearts, Liu Pleiades can be regarded as sure!
But the topic of "dark cuisine" is full of goals, but Liu Pleiades scratches his head.
In a general sense, "dark cuisine" can have two meanings, one is the more popular saying in the world before Liu Pleiades traveled, that is, those strange and even prohibitive dishes are called "dark cuisine", such as "Weilong fried rice", "green pepper fried large-mouthed monkey", "watermelon stewed banana", "braised pork milk 'beep' head", ...... All fall into this category!
Kohei father and son like to make some "dark cuisine" as entertainment in their spare time, but if it is used for competition, it is estimated that they will lose very badly, even if it is a "kitchen heart", it can't be saved.
In addition to the influence of the will of the chef himself, the effect of the "kitchen heart" in the cuisine also depends on the degree of matching between the food and the kitchen heart, as well as the integrity of the source of the ingredients.
Not to mention that these "dark dishes" don't match any cooking heart, not to mention that those ingredients have long been "blinded" by such cooking, and the source has been completely destroyed!
And another kind of "dark cuisine" that Liu Pleiades knows, has a close relationship with the dark cuisine world.
Dishes that are cooked with "dark skills" in a broad sense can be called "dark cuisine", such as Rennes's Iced Fresh Sea Bream and Tenxiong Herring in Akakan, which seem to be full of positive energy, can also be regarded as "dark cuisine", because they do use the techniques of the "dark cuisine world".
In a narrow sense, it refers to dishes that can confuse people's hearts, that is, the ingredients or kitchen hearts used, which have the nature of "inducing" and "confusing", such as the "snake blood poisonous mushroom porridge" made by Qiyan who uses cooking to seize other people's property, the "poppy rice noodles" made of sesame seeds in the special chef assessment, and Kai You uses the "Eight Formations of Demon Breaking" to make a series of control people's hearts......
Although the first two do not use "dark stunts", but use the nature of ingredients to achieve their own goal of controlling people's hearts, they also belong to dark cuisine!
On the other hand, "light" cuisine seeks to satisfy the hearts of diners, or to express their will and heart through cooking.
From this point of view, the role played by the "demonic" cooking heart of the nagi thistle is obviously "dark cuisine".
Joichiro's "Shura" belongs to the gray area, neither demagoguery, nor to satisfy diners, or express their will, but simply "clear" the senses of other dishes in the hearts of diners, which is a pure "duel" kitchen heart!
However, in the "Ten Masterpieces Qualifying Competition" in Yuanyue, although it is up to the contestants to show how to show the "dark cuisine", it is the judges who determine whether the cuisine meets the topic, so the intuitive way to solve the problem is to use black ingredients......
If Liu Pleiades only uses the "dark cuisine" in his impression, it will obviously not be recognized, for example, if he insists that "Tianxiong moxibustion herring" and the like are dark dishes, I am afraid that even if it is a garden fruit, he will only smile and say: "This is not okay!" Sing! ”
"In other words, you can't give 'dark cuisine' any other specific meaning, but you need to really 'dark cuisine', such as dishes like Nao Sadazuka that look like black magic has been unleashed!
With my current cooking skills, it is not difficult to make delicious dishes that are dark and dark, but the difficulty is how to apply the 'Sun Kitchen Heart'...... In addition, the cooking is done at night, which means that the step of adding sunlight to it must be done in the pre-treatment stage! ”
It's just that the ingredients are black, but in the overall dish, it's not "black" at all, and the judges may not buy it, and this is the most contradictory thing for Liu Pleiadin!
After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Pleiades decided in his heart what kind of recipe to use and determined the general direction......
"Ah Xing, why are you still hiding here to practice?" Yu Mei suddenly broke into the lounge where Liu Pleiades was practicing, and Alice followed.
"Huh? Am I forbidden to even do personal exercises? Still want to 'hide'? Liu Pleiades had an inexplicable tone.
"Of course you can do individual exercises, but did you forget anything today?" Yu Mei asked.
Liu Pleiades looked at Yu Mei's unhappy expression, and his mind quickly turned, but he still didn't remember who he had an appointment with today, and among the several girls, the birthday closest to the present should be Nagi Alice, but ......
"Alice, your birthday is next month, right?" Liu Pleiades confirmed.
Alice's face turned red, and then she said, "Who told you this!" Ah Xing is stupid, stupid! ”
Seeing this, Yu Mei said helplessly: "Sure enough, I completely forgot about it...... Today is the day for the submission of the list of research societies to be reviewed! Don't forget, although the 'Central Gastronomy Agency' is gone, the system of the research club assessment has been revised, and as the new Ten Masters, we have to evaluate the 'to be reviewed' research club on time......
After that, through the method of 'cooking duel', let the other party show their results, and let the judges evaluate whether the research club has achieved the desired effect, so as to decide whether the research club's funding will increase or decrease in the future! ”
"It's troublesome...... How come I am completely unimpressed? That's right! It seems that this was exactly what I said the other day, and then I put the report on your desk......"
"That's right! I would also like to ask you, why do you put your own debriefing form on my desk? Now I'm also a master, and it's okay to help you deal with some things when I have free time, but I can't help you bear it all like before!
And most importantly! Why did you come into my room while I wasn't there? Girls can't go into the boudoir casually, don't you know? Yu Mei said with a little blush.
Liu Pleiades then remembered that Yu Mei was also a top ten master, and he had lost a capable secretary!
"By the way, when you entered my room, did I just forget to lock the door?" Yu Mei said suspiciously.
"No, I sometimes use the dynamometer in your room, so I got a key for myself......"
"You're 'beep' harassment! Bastard! ”
Well, Liu Pleiades not only failed to let Yu Mei help him complete the affairs of the Ten Masterpieces, but lost a spare key.
"Today is the deadline for submitting the list, which research society do you want to review? I'll help you sign up! Yu Mei said and took out the form, looking like she wanted to fill it out for him.
The inspection system of the research society has been preserved, but not every research society has to be inspected every year, but the list submitted by the ten masters for inspection......
The reason for the investigation can be "positive", that is, to increase the funding of the research society, or it can be "reverse", that is, it is believed that the funding of the research society needs to be reduced!
After that, the nominated 10 outstanding noodles will have a "cooking showdown" with the representatives of the other party......
That's right, it's a "cooking duel" and not a simple gambling "halberd"!
Bet against the Ten Masters? For the vast majority of research societies, this is simply a task that could have been accomplished.
The "cooking showdown" is different, although it will also divide the winner and loser, but it is not a bet on the winner or loser, whether to increase or reduce the cost, it depends on the judgment of the judges, as for the victory or defeat, it is just a means to make the head of the research society realize the gap with the ten masters, even if the funding is really reduced, it is just a means for them to be convinced.
"This ......"
Liu Pleiades suddenly became entangled, he really wanted to nominate the "Chinese Cuisine Research Society" to increase the funds, but he was the main general, so he couldn't nominate it, and he had subconsciously regarded this as a pot thrown out...... Ah, no, it's a problem that has been handed over to Yu Mei to deal with, so I haven't thought about any places!
"By the way, what kind of research club are you nominating for?" Liu Pleiades asked, as if he wanted to refer to it.
"Me? The guy who nominated the 'Meal Accompaniment Research Society' is the guy! When studying and tasting food all day long, what music is good to listen to, and every day club activities are to listen to music and eat at the same time, it's time to remind them that Yuanyue's funds are not used like this! ”
Yu Mei doesn't know when she has accepted Liu Pleiades as "Flesh Charm", or that the auditory nerve will automatically filter the "Flesh Charm" that Liu Pleiades said into "Flesh Charm".
"'Meal Accompaniment Research Society'? It seems that there is such a strange club.,I've heard talk about it before...... That's right! At that time, he also wanted to say that there is a research club that specializes in food in manga, what is it called 'Manchu Research Club'? Really! This kind of guy should also be reminded, just fill it in for me! Liu Pleiades had a flash of inspiration.
"Huh? Are you sure? This ......" Yu Mei was stunned for a moment.
"That's right, just fill this out! The club review is on Sunday, right? It's really in a hurry, but it doesn't matter, if I have to design a recipe in advance to deal with the leader of this kind of club, I will bully them too much......"
Liu Pleiades still has some things to consider in the recipes to be used in the finals, so his mind is not here at all, just dealing with it casually.
And when Yu Mei just wanted to say something more, Alice's eyes flashed with a sly brilliance, and while pushing Yu Mei out, she said, "Okay! Since Ah Xing said so, let's fill it in like this! ”
Liu Pleiades didn't see it, Yu Mei and Alice looked weird, and before Yu Mei was pushed out, he specially confirmed: "Then can I really fill in?" Words from the Manshi Research Society...... I guess you're going to have a duel at night. ”
"Oh, then it's going to be a good evening." Liu Yuxing casually agreed.
After Alice had been away for half an hour, Liu Pleiades, who had completed a new attempt again, suddenly reacted, why was the "Research Society Review Showdown" scheduled for the evening?
This kind of review is not an important game, and it can be played several at the same time, is it necessary to arrange it in the evening?
However, Liu Yuexing did not dwell on it for too long, but focused his attention on the next difficulty that needs to be overcome in the final recipe......
Although the recipes used have been finished in the "Zhonghua Yiban" era, Liu Pleiades is still tirelessly improving, after all, more than 100 years have passed, and there is still a lot of room for improvement!
At the same time, Erina looked at Alice with an unhappy face and asked, "That guy really reported the 'Manshi Research Society'?" ”
"That's right, Yu Mei tried to stop him, but he didn't listen." Alice said.
"Giggles, good! Looks like someone can't wait? I'm going to call Saotome and ask her to fill me in as the honorary leader of the 'Manshi Research Society' on the battle list! "Erina's fighting spirit MAX.
"By the way, does he have anything else to say?" Erina asked again.
"Hmm...... I want to think about it...... That's right! He also said, 'To deal with the leader of this kind of club, if I have to design a recipe in advance, it will be too much to bully her'! Alice swore an oath.
Watching Erina start to prepare the recipe for two consecutive duels with high spirits, Alice walked out with a happy smile, like a child who had succeeded in prank.
"I said is it really okay to do this? Ah Xing didn't know that Erina was the honorary general of the 'Manshi Research Society', right? Yu Mei asked.
"Huh? Is that so? Alice pretended to know.
Looking at Yu Mei's speechless expression, Alice patted her shoulder and said, "Okay! Isn't that fun? And it can also improve the progress of Erina and his bet! I'm doing it for his good, well, yes, that's it! ”
Yu Mei rolled her eyes, Alice's personality was so "bad", she had seen it too many times......
That's right.,The research direction of the "Manshi Research Society" is really curious.,But Erina was more obsessed with shoujo manga before.,So she has a common language with the main general of the "Manshi Research Society", Saotome Romance, and Saotome also recommended a lot of comics to Erina that interested her.
In addition to studying the food that appears in the comics, the "Manshi Research Society" will also create some comics independently, because Erina, who is very interested in the "Manshi Research Society", has also become the honorary chief of the "Manshi Research Society", which is quite a bit of a backer for it!
And Liu Pleiades obviously didn't know this yet, and directly named the "Manshi Research Society" to censor the ......
"Ahh Odd...... Got a cold? Liu Pleiades said suspiciously while sneezing.
Until this moment, Liu Pleiades still didn't know that the reason why he chose the "Manshi Research Society" was to have a "cooking duel" at night was because the moon and the sky were used when the two ten heroes were playing against each other, and the moon timing method used could only be carried out at night!
However, at the same time, Liu Pleiades finally perfected the innovative recipe before the final of the "Ten Masterpieces Qualifying Competition......
"Dear students, seniors, and juniors! Do you miss me? After a week, Rei Kawashima is meeting you again! ”
Rei Kawashima's sense of stage is becoming more and more mature...... Anyway, how did this guy "mix" the assessment every time? Obviously most of the time is spent learning the skills of the master of ceremonies, right?
Tsk, if you have this time, you don't have to learn to cook, you're really a guy who doesn't do your job!
Liu Pleiades sighed in his heart, not realizing that he was about to be "brainwashed" by the thinking of this world......
And Rei Kawashima continued to stir up the atmosphere on the stage: "I and all the students here are undoubtedly lucky, because we are probably the first batch of students who can enjoy ten ten masters and cook at the same time since the establishment of the academy!" Today's qualifying match in the 'Moon and Sky' is destined to go down in the history of the Far Moon......"
Rei Kawashima gave a semi-impromptu speech to "stall time", because of the special timing rules of "between the moon and the sky", so the moon must be almost completely out before the contestants can enter.
At this time, Liu Pleia, who was waiting in the waiting area, became more and more bored, so he chatted with Erina on the side: "Kawashima's master of ceremonies is really getting higher and higher, but I don't know how quickly her cooking skills are improving......"
"Huh? Oh, yes! Looking at this kind of person who is not doing his job, do you think Liu Pleiasor is very unpleasant? Can't wait to fire her? Erina said with a fighting face.
"Huh? Still...... It's not going to be expelled, is it? When did you and Rei Kawashima have such a good relationship? Liu Pleiades wondered.
He still thinks that Erina is holding grievances for Kawashima Rei, but he doesn't know that he offended Erina in the matter of the research society's audit.
"Humph!" Erina turned her head directly.
Liu Pleiades became more and more unclear, but just when he wanted to ask again, Kawashima Li had already announced that the contestants had entered.
As a new world, the appearance of Liu Pleiades and others immediately attracted the greatest attention.
Many of the invited guests also started to talk about it, and it is normal that the ten masters of Yuanyue Academy are almost destined to be the new generation of cooking masters who will emerge in a few years......
Among the ten people, if you have to divide it into an order, the most concerned is undoubtedly Erina, Isshikihui and Liu Pleiades, among which Erina is almost certainly the heir of the Nagi family, and Isshikie is the student who everyone thought had the greatest hope of hitting the first seat.
As for Liu Pleiades...... Several competitions outside the academy have made everyone know this name, and the record of defeating Erina twice is also eye-catching, and more importantly, it is said that Liu Pleiades will be Erina's fiancé! It is also claimed that he will be Alice's fiancé, and in some "gibberish", it is said that he and the Nagi sisters are in an illicit relationship......
There are even people who claim to have witnessed Liu Pleiades and Erina's kissing!
And then there are Oda Shinna, Alice, Scarlet Sand, Yu Mei, these ten masterpieces that I have heard of before, and finally for the guests outside the academy, the relatively unfamiliar Kohei Soma, Kurokiba Ryo, and Tasoko Megumi ...... (To be continued.) )