Chapter 27: Chinese Cuisine (1)
Tired all day, Bayard was speechless, sitting alone in the kitchen, gasping for breath. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Boom", "Boom", "Aggressive", Murong Tao has been busy in the kitchen for a long time, Bayard just regarded him as an apprentice who only watched and didn't speak, in fact, he was shocked by Murong Tao's skills, the skillful cutting skills and speed, the thickness is comparable, even those senior chefs have been working for several years. If he had only known Murong Tao now, perhaps Bayard would have been sure that he had been practicing cooking since he was sensible, but after that bloody battle, how could such a person waste a lot of time in the kitchen?
"May I ask a question?" Bayard couldn't help but ask when Murong Tao began to meet.
"Do you want to know what I'm doing right now?" The corners of Murong Tao's mouth curled slightly, with Bayard's cultivation skills, it was not easy to endure such a sentence until now.
Bayard was stunned for a moment, and then nodded like a chicken pecking rice, his face full of doubt.
"You don't understand why I guessed what you think now? In fact, your thoughts are written on your face! Murong Tao explained while trying to evenly mix the noodles, "You should understand this kind of noodles, right?" Isn't it the same with your whole wheat bread? ”
"I know that, but I can see that you don't look like you're making bread, because you don't use enzymes at all, but you knead the dough over and over again, what the hell are you going to do, I'm curious!" Bayard was a senior chef after all, and he could judge Murong Tao's intentions at a glance, but he knew almost nothing except what he knew, and he even suspected that Murong Tao was cooking the cuisine of the country called Ming that the Duke of Loire mentioned in the afternoon.
"Actually, you already have the answer in mind, don't you?" When the dough was almost ready, he lifted the lid of the pot that had been boiling, took a dagger, roasted it on the fire, and put the dough in front of the pot with a smile, and began to peel the dough and cut it into the pot, "This is a long-standing practice in my hometown, called knife cutting noodles." It's a pity that there is no coriander here, otherwise it would taste a little better! ”
"Coriander?! What a strange name, does it refer to the kind of vegetable that is used for seasoning? Bayard got up as he spoke, and after rummaging through a pile of vegetables for most of the day, he grabbed a handful and asked, "This plant called coriander is native to the Mediterranean, and it also has a peculiar fragrance, I wonder if it can be replaced?" ”
A dialog box popped up, startling Murong Tao, and he almost didn't grasp the dough in his hand, but he soon received a prompt from the electronic synthesized sound, the system of the Star of Saint Noah has been upgraded to level 3, and a function similar to simultaneous translation has been opened, although this function has been opened before, but the upper limit of the types of languages has been increased to 3, which means that it is now possible to set up to three languages and Chinese simultaneous translation.
However, as the coriander in Bayard's hand was taken closer, another dialog box popped up at the same time, as if the handful of coriander had been scanned in an instant, in addition to a picture similar to coriander, there was also a Chinese explanation, it turned out that Bayard said that the coriander from the Mediterranean was actually brought back by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty, coriander, an umbrella family spiny celery, also known as coriander.
It turns out that this is the ancestor of coriander!
"Well, it should be fine, it smells similar." Murong Tao deliberately plucked a leaf from the coriander in front of Bayard, put it in his mouth and chewed it, "Oh, it's more like it now, then, Bayard, you help me put these... Oh, and the coriander is diced, and it's cut so short that I'm useful. ”
Bayard was worried that he couldn't help, and when he heard Murong Tao's request, he immediately ran over, withdrew a large handful of coriander, cleaned it, and began to handle it with a knife, like an apprentice. As for his two apprentices, they had forgotten their fatigue and followed the master, learning Bayard's chopping technique and forcibly memorizing the use of the coriander plant.
"Since you two don't want to rest, come and help me!" Murong Tao handed the dough to one of the apprentices and taught him how to peel the dough in person, "The dough should not be too thick, of course it should not be too thin, if it is thick, it will not be easy to cook, and if it is thin, it will not be easy to form." You try to peel it next to you first, and if you find a feeling, then cut it into the pot, and I'll take this bowl out first, and see that the Duke is coming. I'm sure the Duke will be more than the Duke alone, so you'd better prepare me a few more decent bowls of knife-cut noodles. ”
Then he asked the rest of the apprentices, "Cut this piece of beef, cut it as thin as paper, it's a chef's skill, if you don't want to be just an apprentice for the rest of your life, start practicing knife work now." ”
Cut as thin as paper, it was evident that the request had stumped the apprentice, at least he had never seen Bayard do such a thing.
Bayard also put down the coriander in his hand and walked over. It seemed to be begging Murong Tao to demonstrate the technique of cutting beef into paper-thin pieces in front of several of them. Murong Tao naturally didn't take it away, he took a knife from the apprentice's hand, and cut it one by one, each slice of beef was really as thick as paper, Bayard couldn't believe it and picked up a piece and put it under the candle flame, and said without emotion, "It turns out that beef can really be cut so thin!" My God! ”
Marcus hurried in at this time, "Why are you still grinding here?" The carriage of the Duke of Loire had stopped at the door, and the fellow, who seemed to be a butler, conveyed the Duke's question, saying that you have prepared the delicacies of your hometown? If the results are not satisfactory, you know the consequences! Damn, what the hell are you hiding from us about the inexplicable bet we made with the Duke? ”
"Calm down, Marcus!" The old captain then walked into the kitchen and scolded, "Can you change your irritable temper?" ”
Then, looking at the metal bowl in Murong Tao's hand, he asked curiously, "This is the food from that country called Ming that you are going to offer to Lord Duke?" This is a beautiful look! Bayard, don't you say? ”
"Captain Grandpa, don't worry, as long as the Duke has eaten this bowl of knife-cut noodles, I'm afraid that for many days in the future, he won't think about other delicacies, I'm sure!" After the paper-thin beef that he had just cut was spread on the knife-cut noodles, he grabbed a handful of coriander from Bayard and sprinkled it evenly on top of the beef slices, carefully placed the metal bowl on the tray, and called a clever waiter, "You carefully send this to the Duke now, if the Lord asks you to ask for it again after eating, you will say that this is still being tested, and the process is more cumbersome, I'm afraid you need to wait a little time!" Of course he can try other ones if he's interested, and then you come back here. ”
"What the hell are you doing?" Seeing the waiter walk out of the kitchen, the old captain couldn't help but remind: "That's a duke with real power, don't tease him like you did with Bishop William!" This duke can't rub any sand in his eyes! ”
"In the words of my hometown, this bowl of noodles Lord Duke will not let go of the slap after eating it!" Murong Tao said confidently, "Okay, you all go out first!" Here's a few of us professionals in control! Let's all get out! By the way, Captain Grandpa, no matter how much the Duke asks, don't give him any wine to drink, drinking alcohol will anesthetize the taste, and it will be difficult for me to do it here! At least don't give him any wine until I'm ready, and say that's what I mean! ”
"But, that's the Duke!" The old captain didn't know what to do, but seeing the confident smile on Murong Tao's face, he decided to bite the bullet and do what Murong Tao said.
It was said that the Duke did not eat his knife-cut noodles, but a young man who came with him enjoyed it first, and praised Murong Tao's exquisite craftsmanship while eating, but the waiter's ability to observe words and expressions told him that the Duke was made hairy by the young man's eating appearance, as if there were hundreds of ants scratching, and urged the waiter to come in and ask when the next bowl of noodles would be served!
Sure enough, I took the bait! But unexpectedly, the one who was eating noodles was actually a young man among the eight aristocratic tasting representatives in the afternoon, and looking at the attitude of the Duke of Loire towards that young man, he was very respectful, and it seemed that this young man was not small.
"Take this bowl out first, and if the Duke or the boy asks about you, tell them what I just told you, and come back at once!" With the tray in hand, the waiter nodded and left the kitchen.
"Hmm, oh, this knife-cut noodles are so delicious, I can't help but keep a small part to taste it, how the hell did you do it? I seem to feel a smell of seafood in this noodle, what did you add? Bayard took a sip of saliva and asked, the two apprentices were also staring at Murong Tao tightly, if it weren't for Bayard's presence, the two of them would have to worship Murong Tao as a teacher.
"With your senior chef's palate, haven't you eaten it?" Murong Tao didn't plan to sell Guanzi either, "Actually, I added a lot of minced cod to it when I made noodles, which is also another cooking method of cod." We have to open our eyes and don't think that a certain ingredient can only be cooked like this, in fact, if you change the angle and change the way, it will have different effects. ”