20. The master who cooks for his subordinates
Jingwen brought the fat pig that had been killed to his home, and immediately attracted Liu Qing and several chefs to watch. Obviously, they didn't expect Jingwen to buy pork, which was not in line with their thoughts. Pork is rarely eaten even by ordinary people, but Jingwen actually bought pork back, which is too unusual.
"Mr. Jingwen, why did you sell pork and come back?" Liu Qing asked.
Jingwen immediately said: "The pork is delicious and cheap, why don't I buy it?" Anyway, of course I want to eat such cheap meat! β
"But do you eat pork as well? Isn't this ridiculed? Liu Qing asked with some surprise.
Jingwen said: "What is this, I think that in the future, pork must be the meat that no matter whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, it will be eaten." Moreover, many dishes are based on pork, and without pork, I am afraid that my Chinese food culture would not be able to develop. β
What Jingwen said is indeed because the meat dishes of later generations are mainly pork, and other meats are a minority. In later generations, most dishes were made based on pork. If there is no pork, then I am afraid that this Chinese food culture will be lacking a lot of hunger.
Moreover, after Jingwen learned that people in this era did not eat pork, he probably understood why various dishes could not develop in this era. In this era, meat was very expensive, and many beef and mutton had to be imported from the northern nomads. And ordinary cattle are the treasures used by farmers to plow the fields, and they cannot be killed. As for horse meat, there are not enough cavalry horses in the Tang Dynasty now, so how can they eat meat? Even if some horses are old, the owners of those horses, that is, the cavalrymen, will not be able to kill the horses for you to eat. For cavalrymen, horses are their brothers, comrades-in-arms, and in general they are absolutely not allowed to be eaten. Unless it is the most dangerous time, there will be a situation of killing horses and eating meat.
Because meat is expensive, those who can afford to eat meat are high-ranking officials. Only high-ranking officials and nobles eat meat, so there are not many ways to make zuΓ² meat, because the market does not need so much. Because of the high cost of meat materials, the chef does not have too much meat for you to practice and learn cooking skills. This has led to the slow progress of chefs. And when it came to the mass promotion of pork, pork was cheap at that time, and it was easy to grow meat, so chefs could have a lot of ingredients to practice. In this case, the meat menu continues to develop, but it has ushered in a period of rapid development.
"Mr. Jingwen, none of us have ever made pork! We don't even know how pork is made! A chef said with a wry smile.
Jingwen said: "I don't want you to do it this time, I'll make it for you to eat!" β
"What?" Liu Qing and several chefs were shocked.
"Mr. Jingwen, what do you mean by this?" Liu Qing asked again.
"I'm right, I'll make it for you to eat this time, you can taste the food I made and see how it goes." Jingwen said.
"This, this, this ......," the cooks were speechless.
Since ancient times, free subordinates have cooked for the master, but they didn't expect that Jingwen, the master, would actually cook for the subordinates? If it spreads, I'm afraid Jingwen will become the laughing stock of the entire Tang Dynasty. The master cooks for his subordinates, I'm afraid this is the news of the ages. Even in later generations, I have only heard of nannies cooking for employers, and have never heard of employers cooking for nannies!
"Master, the gentleman is far away from cooking!" Liu Qing said.
Jingwen complained: "Gentleman, where am I a gentleman?" I walk with them. β
Jingwen pointed to the chefs and said that he was with them, and those chefs were all surprised. originally thought that Jingwen bought them in order to open a restaurant and then make money in business. In later generations, many chefs were able to change careers to become restaurant owners, but this was not the case at all in this era. The chefs are already very close to sluts, so their treatment is relatively low, and they didn't think of opening a restaurant at all. During this period, the restaurant was not opened by a chef, but by other businessmen.
"Sir, you said you are also a chef?" A chef asked.
Jingwen nodded and said, "Yes, I am also a fake chef. And, like you, I'm a chef. I am now cooking for the Tang Emperor, and I don't need to cook ordinary dishes, I just need to cook at a critical moment. Not to mention anything else, even the emperor I have met three times. β
"Three times?" Those chefs were incredible.
Even if they were the imperial chef of the pseudo-emperor Shichong, they had never seen Wang Shichong. However, Jingwen said that he had met the emperor three times, which was too surprising. It is very rare to be able to meet the emperor three times. However, Jingwen's next words surprised them even more.
"Two of these three times were summoned by the emperor, and one time was when I took the initiative to ask to see me." Jingwen said.
"Holy!" The cooks were speechless for a while.
Whether it is summoned by the emperor or actively asked to see, it is very rare. The emperor summoned him twice and accepted the request once, which is enough to show that this cook Jane is in the emperor's heart. If it were another minister, it would not be unusual to see the emperor. But if a chef can see the emperor three times, it is enough to show that the emperor has attached great importance to it, and even belongs to people like favored ministers.
"Okay, I'll cook for you today, and you can see how well I'm doing. You see what I can improve, and even if I bring it up, I want to try to improve it. Jingwen said.
The cooks immediately said, "Mr. Jingwen, we'll give you a hand!" β
Jingwen shook his head and said, "No, you should take a good look today, study hard, and think about what needs to be improved in my dishes." If so, you must bring it up! β
Next, Jingwen took these things to the kitchen, and then began to cook with knives under everyone's gaze. However, to their chef's surprise, Jingwen didn't seem to be very proficient in cooking, just ordinary family cooking methods.
They knew that although Jingwen knew a lot of cooking methods and recipes, he was not proficient in real cooking. Therefore, Jingwen's various movements are smooth and Cheng dΓΉ is far inferior to many professional chefs in this era. Jingwen's situation belongs to the kind of person who has a very high-end level of skill level in online games, but his proficiency is not enough.
"You are optimistic, you are optimistic about what I do, and then you will do it for customers in the future." Jingwen said.