In principle, flowers that are not poisonous, odorless, or foul-smelling can be used as food.

But there aren't many that can actually make a dish.

The most common dishes are yellow flowers, roses, jasmine, and osmanthus.

Among the edible flowers that Yunzhu Tiantian and the others found from all over the place, Yunzhu patiently taught her daughter the types of these flowers, the basic taste, and how to cook them deliciously.

Tian Tian has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he really likes cooking. However, Yunzhu didn't want her daughter to follow her path in the future, it was too hard work. She hopes that her daughter will be able to find a good husband and live a happy life in the future.

"Mother, have you decided what to cook?"

Yunzhu shook his head and said, "Not yet, I want to think about it again." I haven't decided what flowers to use. ”

Tian Tian smiled: "My mother also has such hesitant times." In my opinion, it is better to use the roses in our field, which are fresh and can guarantee the quantity. ”

Yunzhu thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I have this plan. But if you want to shine with roses, you're only afraid that it will be difficult. Unsurprisingly, roses may be used by many people. So I'm going to use one flower for each of them. ”

Tian Tian said: "Okay, it must be delicious." ”

"You're so confident in me, I haven't even figured out what to do. I mentioned the Hundred Flowers Banquet to you before, but it was still very difficult to really make it. Flowers are not as easy to cook as these vegetables, and if they are not done properly, they will lose their original characteristics. ”

These fields don't understand much.

Before making a decision, Yunzhu went to Huibin Building again. I found the shopkeeper Kong for consultation.

"If you want to cook a few dishes this time, do you have to have meat and vegetarian dishes?"

Shopkeeper Kong smiled: "At least four dishes per person, there are no requirements for dishes." Feel free to make four bowls of soup or four plates of dim sum. It's up to you to see if you can impress the reviewers. ”

Hey, there are some changes from the previous ones, and it seems that this year's theme is not easy to deal with, so it is relatively relaxed. Fortunately, she came over and asked.

"The official date is set for the tenth day of April. It's in my Huibin Building, and you're on time. ”

Yunzhu said: "Of course it will be punctual." ”

"Why didn't you Wuwei open the door a while ago?"

Yunzhu said: "Yes." I'm out of town. So it's closed. ”

"Yo, you really dare, I'm afraid of losing a lot of money after being out of business for so long, right?"

Yunzhu smiled: "It's okay. OK. She secretly said that what she had lost, peace had helped her earn back many times.

With the words of the shopkeeper Kong, Yunzhu felt that he could let go of his hands and feet.

After returning home. Yunzhu thought about it for another day. After discussing with Master Jiang for a long time, I finally decided on the menu. She plans to cook four dishes, a snack, a soup, a hot dish, and a porridge. She went to look through the dried goods of the mountains and seas that she bought back from the capital for a long time and found some that could be used.

Flowers. Yunzhu chose roses, acacia flowers, jasmine and the most common pumpkin flowers. For this matter, she also asked to return to Huaishu Village safely. I went to collect fresh roses, acacia flowers, and pumpkin flowers that are in full bloom.

The rest of the side dishes, such as chai chicken running in the mountains, rare mushrooms in the deep mountains, and winter bamboo shoots, are basically ready. There are still more than ten days before the official start of the competition, and Yunzhu plans to try it out first and do one every day. Let your family be the judges first.

Finally rehearsed the four dishes, from the ingredients to the seasoning, she also corrected them several times, just like that, full of longing and a little uneasy, ushered in the first food competition belonging to Yunzhu.

After entering April, the late spring is slowly coming to an end, and it is almost early summer. At the time of the alternation of the two seasons, the fruits and vegetables have not yet been fully marketed at this time, and the vegetables in the spring are gradually going to be closed. It's time to run out.

On the 10th day of the first month of April, the sky was clear. Yunzhu got up early in the morning, but fortunately she slept well last night and her mental state was okay. She didn't plan to close for a day, but handed over the kitchen to Master Jiang.

Yunzhu brought an assistant. That assistant turned out to be Ping'an.

Before leaving, Yunzhu told Ping An a thousand times: "You help me deal with chickens, shrimps, and foamed mushrooms and scallops, don't make a mess for me." ”

Ping'an said: "Am I just going to destroy, if you don't worry about me so much, I won't go." You'd better let Master Jiang follow you. ”

"Then you're going to stir-fry on the stove?"

Ping'an touched his nose and smiled embarrassedly: "I can cook noodles and fry shredded pork with green peppers." ”

His appearance made Yunzhu laugh, and Yunzhu beat his chest and said, "Okay, you can listen to what I said." Don't delay, we've got to get going. Today, I must play well and let our Wuwei Restaurant fight for some face. Otherwise, I'm really embarrassed to face them. ”

"Well, I can be your assistant and your bodyguard. Kill two birds with one stone. ”

"That's what I said, we're going to cook, not fighting. Don't scare people. ”

"If anyone dares to bully you, I'll let him taste my fists." Ping An said and deliberately raised his fist for Yunzhu to see.

Yunzhu asked Cangtian a little speechlessly.

They packed up their things and rushed to Huibin Building. They are still relatively eye-catching, after all, the safe man is there, and it is difficult not to attract attention.

When they arrived, several other companies had arrived. Most of them know each other, and among these chefs, only Yunzhu is a woman. In the eyes of others, they may think that Feng Ping'an is the chef, she is just a miscellaneous helper.

The playing field is in the backyard of the Huibin Building. Yunzhu looked at the rows of temporary stoves, it seemed that there were more than a dozen of them, and it was not easy to stand out among the dozen or so. Not to mention what else is inside.

On behalf of the chefs in their respective restaurants and restaurants, everyone talked casually together, and there was no tension before the competition. However, no one from Yunzhu's side came to talk to them. Maybe it's because of the relationship between Ping An, it doesn't look like a good stubble, so I don't dare to provoke it.

It's still early before the official start of the competition, and the participants have not yet arrived. None of the invited guests have yet arrived, so the atmosphere looks pretty good. Some chefs have even asked their assistants to make tea and sit on the sidelines to cool off.

"I'll give you a squeeze. How about beating your legs and rubbing your waist? ”

Yunzhu blocked Ping'an's hand and said, "Don't." ”

"Then you can also go and rest for a while, and I'll help you prepare first."

"Okay, then I'll go and rest. Don't be busy lighting the fire first, everyone hasn't done it yet. ”

"I know that."

Ping An fiddled with it, the chickens were brought after killing at home, and the shrimp were still kept in a wooden basin. Looks like we can wait.

Yunzhu plans to go over to listen to the excitement and learn about the latest trends of several leading restaurants in the city, which is also conducive to grasping more information. In the future, I will be able to make better decisions about restaurants.

It turned out that she walked into those people with these thoughts, but what came into her ears was some boring gossip. The shopkeeper listened to a lively drama yesterday, and received a generous customer one day, how arrogant and so on. Or someone's shopkeeper has a new concubine. Or raised a son. It's just a trivial matter for parents. No one said a word about today's event.

Yunzhu had no one to talk to her, and she didn't take the initiative to talk to anyone, looking a little lonely.

She sat quietly for a while, and the guy in the Huibin Building took the initiative to bring Yunzhu a cup of tea. Yun Zhu smiled and thanked him.

She sat there quietly drinking tea for a while, and after a while someone came up to her. Yunzhu looked up and saw that it was a slightly blessed man. He looks pretty white.

"You're here too?"

Yun Zhu was stunned for a moment before nodding.

"Which one?"

Yunzhu spat lightly: "Five Flavor Restaurant." ”

"I guess so. I heard that there was a female shopkeeper in Wuwei. I don't believe it yet, but it seems to be true. ”

The man who spoke was surnamed Dong. It is the shopkeeper in the Mingyue Restaurant. Mingyue Restaurant and Wuwei Restaurant are almost new restaurants, because they are properly managed and the port is good, they have grown up in Chengxian County quickly.

Yun Zhu only smiled slightly, and did not take the words of the shopkeeper Dong seriously.

"Maybe you don't know, but I used to eat at your restaurant, and I remember that there was a dish of garlic-grilled eel. The taste is very fragrant, and it goes well with rice. I ate three bowls of rice in a row that day. Shopkeeper Dong smiled heartily.

Yun Zhu was secretly shocked, it turned out that there were also other restaurants secretly coming to spy on their house, and it seemed that they would pay more attention in the future, especially those who behaved suspiciously.

Seeing that Yunzhu didn't pay much attention to him, the shopkeeper Dong laughed to himself for a while, feeling a little boring, so he walked away.

When Yunzhu returned to the stove here, Ping'an split his head and asked, "Who is the person who talked to you just now?" ”

Yunzhu said: "I don't know." ”

"I don't know you can talk to him so happily."

"Why, he was there to say it, and I barely spoke." Yunzhu thought, she said a few words to others, and Ping'an gave birth to these questions, which was really unpleasant, and then thought about it, could it be that this man was jealous?

Yun Zhu was happy, and said with a smile: "What, are you unhappy?" ”

"Nope." Ping An replied heartily.

After a while, the guests who served as judges arrived one after another. Yunzhu looked like some unfamiliar faces, but it didn't seem to be all. She found He Zhiliang in the crowd, and her eyes instantly looked away. Ping'an also saw He Zhiliang, he looked over coldly, even if he was so far away, he could feel the hostility that burst out after the two of them met. Ping'an belly scolded: What is the matter with this person. When my mother died, she was not at home to keep her filial piety, and she came out to toss something. Shouldn't you tell Ding to live in a simple place?

Shopkeeper Dong also came over, and was surprised to find that Yunzhu's stove was next to him, and he smiled and nodded with Yunzhu.

Yunzhu also gestured.

Ping An glanced at Shopkeeper Dong, Shopkeeper Dong quickly retracted his gaze, his smile froze on his face, and said secretly, how does the chef of this five-flavor restaurant look like a reckless man.

Mr. Kong had a new look today, and he gave an enthusiastic speech before the game. All the contestants quieted down, looking a little solemn, and quietly listened to what the shopkeeper said. Then a large incense burner was put up, and the shopkeeper Kong inserted a stick of incense about two feet long into the incense burner. The gong starts the race, and the embers end.

Yunzhu and Ping'an whispered two words, and Ping'an nodded. He began to get busy, first helping Yunzhu to make a fire, then slaughtering the chicken into pieces, removing the shrimp line and peeling the shell. Yun Zhu is more like a layman on the side.

The shopkeeper Dong turned out to be the head of Mingyue Restaurant, and he assigned good things to his assistants, so he began to operate. The movements are very smooth and imposing. Yun Zhu was stunned.

Here, Ping An helped Yunzhu deal with the little things, and Yunzhu was about to start showing his skills.

Her recipe is stuffed pumpkin flowers, acacia flower cakes, jasmine chicken soup with tofu, and rose porridge.

With Ping'an's assistance, the chicken soup has been cooked. Here Yunzhu is busy making faces. Pumpkin flowers, locust flowers and roses are all fresh flowers, and they were picked from Qingtang yesterday afternoon. Jasmine is made from sun-dried jasmine, which is now foamed with warm water. The roses have peeled off the petals one by one and have been cleaned, and the locust flowers have been carefully washed, blanched and simply pickled. Yunzhu reconciled the noodles, and then cut the tofu.

In the past, Yunzhu's knife work was a weakness, but later he studied with Master Zhang for a period of time, and he greatly improved. Now she can cut tofu to the thickness of a human hair.

She was so focused on the job at hand that she was oblivious to her surroundings.

Shopkeeper Dong looked at Yunzhu cutting tofu, he was already dumbfounded, and said secretly: This woman is really not simple.

After cutting the tofu, the next step is to boil the japonica rice porridge. Ping'an helped to wash the rice, and Yunzhu grasped the amount of water and mixed it into the sand pot.

The guest judges had already been invited by the shopkeeper Kong to go up to the second floor for tea and rest. He Zhiliang walked at the end, his eyes stayed on Yunzhu, watching her cook seriously, and his heart fluctuated. For the death of his mother, neither Tian Tian nor Yunzhu came to personally mourn, which made He Zhi's conscience very angry. Yun Zhu didn't say it, she definitely hated the He family, Tian Tian was the blood of the He family after all, and she didn't even show up. He Zhiliang knew that it must be the instigation behind Yunzhu.

As soon as he thought of this, he knew that his conscience could no longer calm down. Okay, your surname is Song. Today I am a judge, and it will fall into my hands, and I will definitely make you lose face! He Zhiliang glanced at Yunzhu one last time, both eyes were full of fire, and he stepped up the stairs without looking back.

Ping An saw that He Zhiliang was finally gone, and then his mind was settled.

He glanced at Yunzhu, but saw that Yunzhu was completely immersed in the work in his hands, unaware of his surroundings. He breathed a sigh of relief. I thought it was good that Yunzhu's mood was not disturbed. If this He Zhiliang dares to make trouble again, he will still beat He Zhiliang to the point of running away like before.

The other contestants also fully participated in the competition and took cooking very seriously. Although there are insider rumors, they also want to show their faces in such a competition, earn enough scenes, and strive for the name of a gold medal dish. That's a tangible benefit. (To be continued......)