Chapter 27: Bone Splitting
In the kitchen of Yufulou, Wang Ming skillfully slice the head of the silver carp evenly, and when there was a trace of expectation in his eyes, he gently walked to the stove, lit one of the stoves, and boiled water in the pot, then turned around and held the fish head of Hualien in his hand.
At this time, it is not time to go to work, Wang Ming here, after thinking twice, he chose the ground fire, after the fire of the wok, there must be the assistance of the blower, otherwise, it is equivalent to a dead fire, it has little effect, and at this time it is not time to go to work, if you start the fan rashly, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble for yourself, and therefore, Wang Ming chose the hearth.
Because the hearth did not have a blower, the heating time was slightly slower, and even so, it still couldn't stop the excitement in Wang Ming's eyes.
Wang Ming looked at the boiling water in the pot with a little nervousness, the scorching heat of July made the kitchen with poor ventilation spread a stuffy feeling anytime and anywhere, plus Wang Ming was next to the hearth, so that the sweat on his cheeks fell quietly.
Seeing that the water in the pot was gradually boiling, Wang Ming carefully put the cold fish head in his hand into the water, and adjusted the size of the flame slightly, so that the water in the pot kept the hot temperature, but it was no longer boiling, so he took a spoon from the side and looked at the fish head in the pot intently.
After the surface mucosa of the fish meat is removed, it is necessary to pay attention to the changes of the fish head at any time, the cooking heat is not enough, then the fish bone in it is taken out, the resistance encountered is large, and it is easy to form the bone with the meat to come out together, and if the cooking heat is larger, the fish head is easy to loosen, which makes it more difficult to maintain the prototype when removing the bones, and furthermore, affects the taste of the meat.
The fish head was attacked by hot water, and the snow foam and impurities in it gradually formed a white film on the surface of the water surface, and the spoon in Wang Ming's hand gently shook on the water surface, so that when the film was close to the edge of the pot, it was carefully salvaged and poured into the swill bucket on the side.
The experience of the previous life is also in the actual operation at this time, which makes Wang Ming here, although his heart is excited, but the kung fu of his hands is also a little jerky.
About seven or eight minutes passed in a blink of an eye, Wang Ming looked at the fish head in the pot that no longer had much white foam, and at this time, the layer of mucous membrane adhered to the fish head also slowly faded in the process of boiling over this low heat.
Reaching out and taking the iron chopsticks on the side, he carefully pricked the slight fleshy layer linked to the fish head twice, feeling that the iron chopsticks in his hand did not have much resistance to penetrate the fish layer, Wang Ming turned off the flame, found the colander, and carefully fished out the fish head, which was then soaked in the water that had been prepared for a long time.
Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Ming quickly cleaned up the traces on the hearth at this time, and when he finished carefully cleaning up, he returned to the pier where he worked with a hint of nervousness.
Trying to calm the excitement in his heart, Wang Ming took a deep breath, and his mood gradually calmed down at this moment, when he was watching in the past, Master Li's technique when he dismantled the fishbone, as well as the fragments and experiences of the fishbone dismantling in his memory, at this time, with Wang Ming's mind here was silent, slowly fused together, making his whole person look a little different.
Until a moment passed, Wang Ming's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and the black pupils in them bloomed with confident light, and then, he bent down and carefully fished out the head of the silver carp that had been soaked through, drained it, and put it on the pier in front of him.
According to Master Li's way of removing bones, the iron piece in his left hand gently pressed the surface of the fish, and the tweezers in his right hand carefully pulled out the fish bones that were exposed because the fish meat was mature.
In the kitchen, Wang Ming was engrossed and highly concentrated, and the tweezers and iron pieces in his hands were constantly changing directions, immersed in the process of bone removal.
Wang Ming didn't notice at all that in the direction of the food at this time, Li Long looked at Wang Ming, who had devoted all his body and mind to it, with relief and appreciation on his face, but more than that, it was the expectation hidden in the depths of his eyes...
This time, Li Long didn't leave, but he didn't alarm Wang Ming, when his gaze slowly retracted, he pondered for a moment and walked slowly towards the kitchen.
Wang Ming here, at this time, the bone spurs on the fish meat have been completely removed by him, and even some bones on the inside of the fish head have been taken out.
After taking out the last bone spur, Wang Ming's tense nerves relaxed slightly, looked at the gills on both sides, and gently swallowed saliva, which was the last process in the deboning of the fish head, and it was also the most difficult process.
In most restaurants, even if there is a complicated handmade dish for sale, many people process it to the end, because the fleshy layer on the gills of the fish is very small, and the skin and cornea covered on it are easy to shatter, so most of them will ignore it in order not to affect the overall shape of the product.
And even in the Yufu Building, when selling the processing of this dish, Chef Li would warn Wang Wendong that if he is not completely sure, do not touch this last process lightly, and ordinary diners will rarely find fault with anything because of the last two thin fish bones.
But Wang Ming is different here, he has extremely strict requirements for himself, at this time, looking at the fish head that is still quite complete, the fingers of both hands are constantly touching the palms of the palms as if they were reflexive.
"Anyway, it's real, even if you fail, you can find the reason for your failure."
Wang Ming took a deep breath, and when he made a decision in his heart, the fingers touching the palm of his hand suddenly clenched, looking at the fish head that had lost most of his bones, the tweezers held in his left hand, and when he was concentrated, he carefully used the tweezers to pick up a corner of the cuticle membrane on the gills of the fish, and slowly gently lifted it to the side, and the iron piece that was grasped by the left hand, at this time, as the cuticle membrane on the gills of the fish was partially removed, the iron piece was inlaid into the thin layer of fish bone under the gills, and gently shook up and down, making the bone piece embedded in it, Gradually, there are signs of loosening.
After a while, the iron piece in Wang Ming's hand was put down by him, stretched out his left and right index fingers and thumbs, gently pinched the loose fishbone piece, felt it for a while, and then slowly tried to slowly pull it away.
Wang Ming held his breath, concentrating calmly, his eyes looked at the fishbone piece that was gradually withdrawn without blinking, the tweezers in his right hand, because of the high degree of tension, all had a slight tremor, and with this slowly withdrawn, finally, the irregular oval bone piece, under Wang Ming's nervous gaze, was successfully pulled out by him, at the same time, the cuticle that was sandwiched in the tweezers in his right hand was slowly opened by Wang Ming, and the bone fragment of his left hand was also gently padded by him when Wang Ming slowly turned it over.
"Whew."
Successfully extracted a bone fragment, Wang Ming let out a long breath here, his face stained with sweat, and finally showed a happy smile, and it was not until this moment that he found that his body had been soaked with sweat for most of his body, and felt the sticky feeling coming from his body, but Wang Ming didn't care too much here.
With a successful experience, the next extraction was undoubtedly a little easier, but Wang Ming still took it seriously, until the last time he took out the other bone fragment, he was a little stunned, looking at the complete fish head without a single bone spur in front of him, Wang Ming here, deeply relieved.
And at this moment, there was a familiar voice from behind him.
"The son is teachable, yes, I'm optimistic about you."