This time, the contest is not time-limited like the original, on the contrary, it is not time-limited, you can cook the dish for as long as you want. However, the length of time counts towards the score. The shorter the time, the higher the score in terms of time.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Xiaozhu quickly went through the food he knew in this life and his previous life, and decided to make a food - honeycomb potatoes.

In the history of the previous life, potatoes were introduced to China by the Ming Dynasty, and then planted in large quantities in relatively cold places in China. In the Xuanyuan Dynasty, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have appeared. However, unlike sweet potatoes and corn, it has already been cultivated in large quantities in the Northern Yan Kingdom and Xiling Kingdom, and it is also cultivated in many places in the Dongyue Kingdom. In other words, in addition to rice and wheat, the planting area of potatoes has accounted for a quarter of the planting area of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, which is an extremely common ingredient that can be used as both food and dishes.

Of course, although potatoes are widely cultivated, they are also the same ingredients that can be exchanged for money, just like white rice and flour, and they are still different from wild vegetables in the field and vegetable bran dumplings that she once ate in the mountains, which basically cost no money or cost very little. But Lin Xiaozhu feels that everything should not be taken to extremes. The four seas are leveling, and most of the farmers can still eat their stomachs. And on the basis of being full, let them use the ingredients in their hands to make delicious food, which is the expectation of the old man Xuanyuan.

Honeycomb potatoes, she believes, are the most delicious food that farmers can afford.

After making a decision, she went out to collect the ingredients - this time the rules for the ingredients were different from the previous two times, so she had to ask the organizers of the competition for the ingredients according to her own plans. Of course, there are certain restrictions on the ingredients you want, and that is: if you want ingredients that the organizer does not have. That means that the ingredient is too rare and precious to meet the requirements of the topic, and it can be proposed to be replaced with another ingredient.

Lin Xiaozhu asked for too ordinary ingredients, so he quickly brought back potatoes, eggs, flour and cornstarch, salt, sugar, and oil, and began to make honeycomb potatoes.

Peel the potatoes, cut them into pea-sized pieces, and float them in clean water. Knock the eggs into a large bowl, mix and knead them with flour, cornstarch and refined salt, and then add water to make a thinner batter. Finally, add the potato cubes to the batter.

Bring the oil to 60% heat and place the batter bowl on your left hand. With your right hand, take out the potato grains from the batter, slowly sprinkle them into the pan to form a circle, and then pour in a small amount of batter with your hands while frying until the puff pastry layer accumulates in the pan to form a "honeycomb". Then dip the batter in the bowl with your right hand, spread your fingers and sprinkle the batter on the "honeycomb" in the pot. Repeat this several times until the batter is finished. Wait for the "honeycomb" in the pan to fry until it is crispy. Drain the oil, then move the "honeycomb" into the disc and sprinkle with sugar.

Originally, honeycomb potatoes were crispy and refreshing, sweet but not greasy, and extremely delicious. If the main ingredient is replaced with tender corn kernels, it can be made into "honeycomb corn". And salty and sweet casual. It can be sprinkled with sugar to make it sweet, or sprinkled with pepper and salt to make it salty, and it can also be sprinkled with chili noodles and peppercorn noodles to make it spicy.

Originally, in order to save money, it could be made into salt and pepper flavor, but Lin Xiaozhu still felt that the sweetness was the most authentic. I didn't save that money.

After making this dish, it only took a cup of tea. Lin Xiaozhu was under the guidance of the guide. Put your dish in front of the judges. And look at the table where the dishes are arranged, there are already four or five dishes on the table.

"Can you write? Write down your idea of why you want to make the dish. If not, you dictate it, and we can write it for you. A middle-aged man saw her bring food up, and raised the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in his hand.

"I can write." Lin Xiaozhu took what he had in his hand, wrote down his thoughts on the paper, pressed the note under the plate containing the honeycomb potatoes like the dish handed in earlier, and then withdrew, and sat down on the venue prepared by the organizers, waiting for the end of the competition for the other contestants and the judges' results.

At this time, Lin Xiaozhu had time to look at the competition venue.

Due to the large number of people in the competition, the organizers still chose to hold it in an open area. Just set up a big platform on the east side, and about a dozen people sat on the platform. Although it was a little far away from Lin Xiaozhu's place, she could still see that the one sitting in the middle was the old man Xuanyuan. And next to the old man, the one wearing a blue brocade suit was Yuan Tianye. At this time, the person who was talking to Yuan Tianye turned out to be Xiao Xiao, the princess of Dongyue Kingdom.

Xiao Xiao, why is she here too? Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyebrows. After looking on the stage for a while, I didn't find Lu Jianning, but I found him in the group of judges in the audience. It seems that Lu Jianning was invited to be a judge; There are not only Lu Jianning in the judge group, but also Xiao Wenzhuo.

Not far from the counterstage is a makeshift kitchen made of wooden planks. This is completely different from what Lin Xiaozhu imagined to be in full swing on stage. But when she thought about it, she understood. Because the theme of the old man Xuanyuan is a creative problem, the chefs are more creative. If anyone uses what ingredients and what dishes are seen by others, and it is clear at a glance, and others follow suit, this competition is meaningless.

The duration of the competition is half an hour. Lin Xiaozhu sat for a while, and someone brought the dishes one after another. Lin Xiaozhu could see the food on the table from his seat, some made pumpkin pie, some made sweet potato balls, some made taro cakes, and some made dishes with bamboo shoots, mushrooms and other ingredients from the mountains.

She saw Wu Pingqiang and Xia Shan come out of the cubicle almost at the same time, and when their eyes met, they were both stunned for a moment, then smiled, did not speak, and hurriedly sent the food in their hands. After that, as he spoke, he walked this way.

Seeing Lin Xiaozhu sitting in the front row, Wu Pingqiang was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Miss Lin, did you finish the dish so quickly?" However, you have traveled a lot and have a wide range of knowledge, and the dishes you make must be better than ours. ”

Hearing Wu Pingqiang's attitude and title, Xia Shan glanced at him in slight surprise, and then said hello to Lin Xiaozhu: "You are so fast?" ”

"It's okay, just think about it." Lin Xiaozhu nodded at Wu Pingqiang and said with a smile. She still liked Natsuyama's attitude towards her. beckoned the two to sit down, and asked them what they had cooked.

"When you were in the villa, you once made a dish of silk taro for Tang Gongzi to eat. That's what I'm cooking today. "Summer Hill Road.

"I make wild vegetable soup." Wu Pingqiang said vaguely, and did not say what kind of wild vegetables they were.

Lin Xiaozhu also briefly talked about the dishes he cooked.

"Honeycomb potatoes? Haven't heard of it. Is this your new recipe? Xia Shan asked as soon as he heard this.

"It's a nonsense." Lin Xiaozhu smiled. This dish has indeed not appeared in the Xuanyuan Dynasty yet. That's a big reason why she adopted this dish. But after looking at the variety of foods made by those contestants, she has no bottom in her heart now. After all, her dish is still not enough to save money in terms of materials, especially white sugar, which is also a luxury in a farmer's home.

Seeing that the other contestants were coming more and more, and everyone was quite quiet, the three of them stopped talking and quietly watched the judges in front of them taste the dishes.

After about half an hour, someone came to the players' seating area with a list and said loudly: "The results of this competition are out, I will read it to everyone." If you read your name, you can participate in the next race. Then he read the list in his hand.

Eighty people will be eliminated thirty, that is, fifty more will participate in the next round. Lin Xiaozhu hadn't heard his name in front of him, so his heart lifted. Finally, on the eleventh place, I heard the name, and then I was relieved. And Wu Pingqiang ranked seventeenth this time, and Xia Shan ranked fifteenth. All three entered the next round, but this time, the results were not very satisfactory and did not enter the top 10.

However, the results of this competition will not be carried forward to the next round. As long as you can make it to the finals, it's the best ending. So the trio are still happy.

Because many of the dishes belong to the original creations of the contestants, the organizer did not announce the dishes of the contestants in front, which made Lin Xiaozhu very regretful, and decided to ask Lu Jianning after the competition.

The second game was played the next day, and the venue was still in the old place. This time, the topic is to make a portable, delicious and nutritious food for people who go out and go. The rules are still the same as the first time, but this time the time given is one day.

In ancient times, there was no vacuum packaging, no preservatives, no preservatives, and those who did not have martial arts and could not fight wild meat went out on a long journey, so they could only bring dry food - their own baked cakes, with a little pickles, and these cakes and pickles would go bad after not being stored for two days in the summer. Therefore, the old man's exam question is for the benefit of the people.

As soon as Lin Xiaozhu got this topic, he remembered the most convenient food in modern times - instant noodles. It's something that modern people hate and love at the same time. It is said that it is hate, it is because there are too many bachelors and overtime workers, because of various problems, they have to choose this food. And it is really convenient for everyone, without letting everyone nibble on those hard-to-swallow cakes, and it tastes good.

It's just that in ancient times, could it really be made in one day? Vegetable dehydration alone is a big problem, right? Lin Xiaozhu frowned.

However, she has been running almost everywhere in the past year, and she has a deep feeling for travel food. So even though it was a little difficult to make instant noodles, she decided to make this food.

The noodles are still very easy to process, and the noodles are pulled into thin noodles and then slowly fried in a ball and oiled, so that the noodles can be stored for a long time. Next up, it's the seasoning packet. Without plastic, it would be impossible to preserve the meat, so you can only make a delicious sauce and seal it in a small porcelain jar, so that it can be stored for a long time without any problems. (To be continued)