Chapter 372: Four Kingdoms Banquet (7)

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Zuo Boqing saw Li Qi's sworn appearance, and couldn't help but be curious: "Brother Li, are you sure that you will win?" ”

Li Qi smiled slightly, and asked instead of answering: "Brother Zuo, have you ever heard of the 'imaginary taste'?" ”

"Imaginary tastes?" Zuo Boqing muttered, shook his head and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Qi said slowly: "I remember my father once told me that if a chef has reached a certain level of cooking, he can imagine the taste. In the past, when we cooked, we first thought about what materials to use, and then in repeated practice, we kept tasting, constantly groping, and constantly changing, but in this way, we just followed the taste of the dishes, where the difference, we made up for it, but there was never a goal in mind. If you stand between the mountains and rivers and follow the painting, then you will always be confined to this scene, unable to break through, what you paint is just a landscape painting, lacking a trace of artistic conception, but a painter of the level of Zhang Daxue, even if he sits at home, he can also paint a beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, and he also painted what he wants to express in his heart.

It's the same with cooking, thinking about the taste before you do it, and trying to do it while you're doing it, the former is obviously better, because no one tastes better than you think, and of course, you have to have a lot of experience and a good understanding of the taste of each food to do this. ”

After Wu Xiaoliu and Chen Dazhu heard this, their faces were at a loss, obviously, with their ability, they couldn't understand Li Qi's words.

Zuo Boqing frowned, lowered his head and pondered, and after a long while, he said, "Your father's lofty arguments." It really benefited Zuo a lot. In this way, the taste of your third course is imaginary. ”

Li Qi smiled with a hint of pride: "I never knew the meaning of my father's words before, until I made this dish, I realized the truth, it is really funny, in fact, this qiē was also forced out, because I didn't have enough materials to support me to practice repeatedly, I only had one chance, so I can only think about the taste first." Make a recipe and make it again, I've only made that dish once so far. ”

After hearing this, Zuo Boqing looked forward to it even more, and he couldn't wait to pull Li Qi up to do it now.

At this time, a palace maid knocked on the door and walked in, saying, "My lord, the water has been boiled." ”

"That's great." Li Qi stood up. I put on my shoes and walked outside, and his voice came from afar, "By the way, call two palace maids to help me pinch it." Oh, remember, you can't be too ugly, it will affect my play. ”

Is this still which Richie just now? Zuo Boqing, Wu Xiaoliu, and Chen Dazhu looked at each other. The expression on his face was complicated.

Under the service of two well-behaved people, Li Qi happily took a bath, and then went back to his room to rest for a while. After eating some fruits and replenishing his body, during this period, his left and right hands have been immersed in the intimate service of two pairs of soft wattles, and he is indescribably comfortable.

In the Four Kingdoms Banquet, this last dish is definitely the top priority, and no matter whether the previous winner or loser has been decided, it will not affect everyone's expectations for this last dish.

Time is fleeting, night is quietly falling, at this time the Dragon Pavilion Garden, illuminated by torches, like a white riri.

Knock knock.

I saw the pavilion in the east, "" Zhou suddenly came to many forbidden troops, and surrounded the water within a radius of twenty meters, even a cockroach had to be greeted eighteen times.

There are two stoves in the pavilion and three large stoves in the corridor. In addition, under the eaves on the left side of the pavilion, there is a large melting pot, and next to the furnace is placed a long table, on which is spread a yellow cloth, on which are placed a pair of scissors and several large bowls.

On the right side of the pavilion, Wu Xiaoliu and Chen Dazhu are squatting in a large pit that has just been dug to clean pufferfish. Not long ago, Maqiao has sent pufferfish, seven of the twelve pufferfish here have very high nutritional value: redfin pufferfish, three striped oriental dolphins, two dark-striped oriental pufferfish, six males and six females.

The three masters and apprentices of Longjiang on the opposite side were very curious when they saw this qiē. One of the young masters asked, "Master, what are they doing?" ”

Long Jiang smiled disdainfully and snorted: "It's just grandstanding, and there are not many people who cook food." After a pause, he asked again, "Has the pit been dug yet?" ”

"It's done."

"Hmm. Let's get started. ”

"Babble. It's already started. ”

Li Qi, who was belated, saw that the rest of the imperial chefs had already arrived, muttered, handed the core in his hand to a small palace maid beside him, and said with a smile: "I will give it to you as a souvenir." ”

The little palace maid looked at the kernel in her little hand, and she was crying without tears. Do you give such a gift?

"Brother Li (Brother Li)."

"Have you washed it?"

"The twelve pufferfish have all been washed" The Little Chef of the Northern Song Dynasty Chapter 372 Four State Banquet (7) has been washed. ”

"Let's get started."

"Are your hands ready?"

Li Qi made a very domineering fitness move, and said with a smug smile: "It seems that the imperial doctor really didn't come in by relationship." ”

Seeing this, Chen Dazhu and Wu Xiaoliu both breathed a sigh of relief, even if the two of them wanted to cook this dish on their behalf, they didn't have the courage to do it. The two of them talked to Li Qi for a few words, and then walked to the two tables to deal with the required ingredients.

Richie examined the tools carefully, then put on his apron and gloves and went to the long table by the furnace, where a redfin pufferfish was placed. Li Qi skillfully cut open the abdomen with scissors, took out the internal organs, left the liver and ribs, removed the fish eyes and gills, and peeled the skin.

After a pufferfish was processed, Li Qi put what he needed into a bowl, and after carefully inspecting the unwanted ones, he threw a pack of yellow cloth on the table, along with scissors, into the furnace and burned it. Then he took off his gloves and threw them in, and then immediately changed to a new pair of gloves.

The maid on the side hurriedly spread the yellow cloth that had been prepared a long time ago, and put the scissors and large bowls that had been sterilized with hot water one by one.

This is indeed a very wasteful practice, but it is convenient and can save Richie a lot of time, after all, there are twelve pufferfish here, and of course, the most important thing. He doesn't need to pay for it.

In the attic, Duan Zhengwen stood in front of the window, and suddenly saw that the attic on the east side was surrounded by guards, and couldn't help but feel a little curious, sighed, and said, "Why are there so many guards standing there?" ”

Cai Jing laughed and said: "That's because Li Qi is cooking the "Little Chef of the Northern Song Dynasty" pufferfish at this time, and one of the rules of pufferfish is not to make noise, so as not to disturb the person who slaughtered the pufferfish, so the emperor sent someone to help him stand guard." ”

Duan Zhengwen was shocked. Said: "Taishi, could it be that Li Qi's third dish is pufferfish?" ”

Cai Jing smiled and nodded.

Duan Zhengwen sighed and said, "I know, the person who can cook non-toxic pufferfish that Taishi said earlier is Li Qi." ”

Cai Jing smiled: "Who else can there be besides him." ”

Wang Hao, who realized it later, said in a deep voice: "This Li Qi is really becoming more and more presumptuous, pufferfish are highly poisonous, and the world knows it." How could he offer this poison to the emperor? ”

Cai Jing glanced at him slightly, but did not make a sound.

"Hey." Song Huizong raised his hand and said, "I have known about this matter for a long time, and I allowed him to do this. ”

Wang Huang was stunned. Said: "But the emperor, you are the Ninety-Five, how can you risk eating pufferfish." ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "Don't be annoyed, Li Qi dares to do this, he is naturally absolutely sure." I won't hide it from you, in fact, the old man and the captain have already tasted the pufferfish he made. ”

Gao Yu nodded and said, "That's right, this pufferfish meat is indeed very delicious." ”

Cai Jing made a pufferfish rule. There is a pufferfish rule, Duan Zhengwen said that his heart was itchy, and he arched his hand towards Song Huizong and said: "Your Majesty, I want to see this pufferfish rule, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Song Huizong laughed and said, "I also have this intention, so you Aiqing will go with me to see how Li Qi cooks this pufferfish." ”

"Yes." "Entertainment Show" Song Huizong led a group of ministers and envoys to the downstairs.

When the guards saw Song Huizong coming, they were saluting, but Song Huizong hurriedly raised his hand to stop them, and whispered to everyone: "Let's just stand here and watch, so as not to disturb him." ”

When he saw this, he was a little puzzled, isn't it just a dish, it's like a war, I'll try what kind of dish this is, it has to be such a big battle.

When Richard saw Richie throw a yellow cloth bag into the furnace, he asked curiously, "Huh? What is he doing? ”

Cai Jing explained: "He was burning the poisonous internal organs of the pufferfish, and the slightest bit of these things can kill people, so they have to be buried alive or incinerated." ”

Everyone nodded frequently, with fear and faint expectation in their hearts.

Duan Zhengwen saw that there were five stoves on the pavilion, a large steamer was placed on top of one, a stew pot was placed on top of one, and a large cauldron was placed on top of the other three, and the three of Li Qi's master and apprentice were each standing at a table, with no connection with each other. He asked, "Do you need so many stoves to make pufferfish?" ”

Cai Jing shook his head and said, "This old man doesn't know, when I saw Taiwei Gao and I do it, we used a stove to do it." ”

It was the first time for everyone to see this kind of cooking, and they were very curious, but they didn't dare to come forward to ask, so they had to stand there and watch.

After a while, Richie suddenly threw another yellow bag into the furnace, removed his gloves, changed his apron, threw them all into the furnace, and then carried the bowl to a long table on the far left.

"Woohoo."

At this time, the sound of a dog barking suddenly sounded on the opposite side, and everyone looked for a voice, and faintly saw several guards leading four dogs to a big tree, and then leashing the dogs to the big tree.

Richard wondered, "What is this dog for?" ”

Liang Shicheng said with a smile: "This is the emperor came up with, according to Li Qi, when inviting guests to eat pufferfish, he has to taste it first, the emperor thinks this is too risky, so he ordered someone to bring a few dogs, let the dogs try first, this is also safer." ”

"Your Majesty."

Some whispered.

"Where, where."

Song Huizong waved his hand, but he was smug.

The group watched for a moment, then returned to the attic. After a few more moments, Gao Ping walked in with his last delicacies, and it was the final battle.

When everyone saw the dish he made, Deng Shi exclaimed, "Roast pig!" (To be continued.) )