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Gu Bai rubbed his head, which was still a little heavy, raised his head, it was already 11 o'clock, and got up to go to the kitchen to make lunch. Pushing open the kitchen door, Gu Bai saw Kana Suzuyo pondering something in front of the counter.

Gu Bai stepped forward and said, "What's the matter, Jianai?" ”

Kana Suzushiro heard the voice and turned around and said, "Brother, Kana has read the information, but she has no clue about eel rice"

Gu Bai stepped forward and rubbed Jianai's hair, very touched that Jianai had been thinking about himself and said, "Don't worry, I'll do it again, this time there is no problem"

Kana Suzushiro stepped out of the way, watched Gu Bai walk to the console, showing a surprised expression, and couldn't help but say, "Brother, weren't you sleeping just now?" Kana saw it when she went into the kitchen."

Gu Bai was a little embarrassed, he couldn't say that he had cooked eel rice 12 times in his dream, "I made improvements according to the problem you said, give it a try." ”

Gu Bai picked up the kitchen knife, and he didn't feel alienated from the soul world after cooking, because the cooking environment simulated by the purple giant shadow was the kitchen of Nagi Cutting Thistle's house, which was no different.

But this time, the eel ingredients are no longer exactly the same, but Gu Bai has already made it 12 times, which is nothing.

Kana Suzushiro watched from the sidelines, feeling that Brother Gu Bai's cooking this time was completely different from before, if he still needed to think about each step before he did it, this time it would be like making a specialty dish.

This conclusion was affirmed by Kana Suzushiro when Gu Bai served the eel rice in just half an hour. The first eel rice should be cooked for more than an hour. And this time, in every detail, the timing was just right, and while the eel sauce was boiling out of the pot, the quinoa rice and the white grilled eel meat were almost at the same time, as if they had been arranged.

Gu Bai took the eel rice and put it on the table, "Jianai, taste it"

Kana Suzushiro looked at the eel rice in front of her, the sauce was delicately covered on the eel meat, and even the amount of sauce was just enough to cover the surface, giving people a well-proportioned feeling. And this time, Gu Bai used a bamboo skewer to pass through the eel meat, and the whole meat was immersed in the sauce, and then roasted for white.

And the sauce was dark red with a faint golden glow, and Kana Suzushiro couldn't help but pick up a piece of eel meat and take a bite.

With the entrance of the eel meat, Kana Suzushiro's eyes widened, "Brother, it's completely different!" This eel meat seems to live in sauce, every trace of meat has the flavor of sauce, and it does not hide the deliciousness of the eel meat, and it is even more delicate than before."

Gu Bai sat opposite Jianai and nodded with a smile, "Because of the honey, while ensuring the thickness of the sauce, it also adds a protective film to the shredded meat, and the meat is fresh because the sweetness of the honey stimulates the brain, and the taste is clearer." ”

"Kana, you eat first, I'll prepare the second dish, it's too monotonous to just eat this for lunch." Gu Bai said, got up and walked to the kitchen, picking up the second recipe

"Well, sukiyaki... There is too much meat, find a lighter one" Gu Bai put down the recipe in his hand and took the next one

"Paella... There's already dinner, the next one" Gu Bai shook his head.

When this one was opened, Gu Bai's eyes lit up, and the sample photo of the recipe was a bouquet of roses in green packaging. The suffocating flowers sit quietly among the purple veils, forming a rich color contrast with each other, and a few white rose bones playfully hide and seek in the small flower baskets, and randomly insert some leaves, like a bouquet of green roses growing naturally.

"Cucumber green rose, it is a knife dish, it seems that Mr. Nagi cut thistle also has research on knife work" Gu Bai nodded, the eel rice with vegetables is very reasonable, and he looked at it carefully at the moment.

The recipe first wrote that the flower language of green roses - innocence and simplicity, youth and longevity. Gu Bai smiled, this is very suitable for Jianai's character.

The materials are also simple to the extreme, cucumbers, bamboo skewers, planers, scissors, gauze paper.

Knife worker Gu Bai was sure that he had no problem, washed his hands, picked up a cucumber and washed and peeled it, the planing knife was a peeling knife, just cut it thinner and keep the greener hanging meat, so that the color of the rose would be more tender and layered.

According to the recipe, Gu Bai pressed the end of the cucumber with a planing knife and forcefully cut out a transparent layer of long slices, but he could not cut the cucumber core.

Because this operation is with a planer, there is basically no difficulty, as long as the strength is appropriate, Gu Bai raised his eyebrows, it should not be so simple, Nagini Cutting Thistle will definitely not let himself use a planer knife, eighty percent is a kitchen knife chipping.

Sighing, Gu Bai put down the planing knife and picked up the Chinese-style slice knife, the difficulty of using the slice knife is two concepts, because the cucumber itself is uneven, to ensure that each slice is as thick as paper, continuous and evenly thick, and the hands must be vigorous, so that the petals of the rose are smooth and the real roses are no different.

Fortunately, Gu Bai's knife work can really stand the test, with the accumulation of countless years in the original world, the knife is already like Gu Bai's fingers, and it can dance flexibly.

Soon, the two cucumbers Gu Bai had already been processed and began to roll roses.

The outer skin part is relatively green and narrow, used to make the heart of the flower, and the thin bamboo skewers are attached to the thin skin and rolled over, Gu Bai knows that it is not that the tighter the roll, the better without a trace of gaps, but that it remains regular and loose, like a flower from bottom to top, with layers of petals stacked and unfolded.

The first Gu Bai hasn't grasped it yet, it's like a cylinder, and the second one already has some appearance.

In 10 minutes, 9 flowers are placed on a plate and then shaped with scissors.

Gu Bai's slender left hand held up one, and the scissors cut out four V-shaped shallow openings in the outer circle, and repeatedly cut out the outline of the petals on each circle of thin skin, and the recipe said at least five circles, the more the better. The painting scroll has 20 circles, and Gu Bai kept the overall shape of the flower scroll intact, while carefully trying until it was close to the closed circle of the flower center.

Turn over the petals, top out the center of the flower, and then decorate it with flower yarn, tighten the bottom to keep the flower blooming, Gu Bai took a small flower frame, put the green roses one by one, and added some green leaves to set off.

There is no problem, it looks better than in the photo, Gu Bai was proud, but in the next second, the purple giant shadow came out and slapped his face, "Look at your V-shaped shallow mouth, the lines should be rounder, 1 cucumber can make 7 flowers, and you can only make 9 flowers with two cucumbers, what are you proud of, huh"

Gu Bai couldn't wait to go in and strangle the monster, but he didn't even have the strength to look at the monster, so he sighed helplessly, picked up the scissors and carefully trimmed the edge of the petals, which looked more rounded,

There is no way, the evaluation of the monster is very pertinent, and the reasonable requirements of others for the chef's cooking should be considered with an open mind.

After cleaning up, Gu Bai brought a basket of green roses like life to the dining table and placed them in the middle.

Kana Suzushiro admired carefully, the green petals were supported by the light and dark sides of the appropriate spacing, the color of the flower center was the darkest, and the petals that were turned outward were as thin as cicada wings, "Brother, this is for viewing, right?" ”

Gu Bai carefully adjusted the distance between each rose, and looked more elegant, "Yes, the essence is cucumber, if you want to eat it, there are still a few failed works in the kitchen"

Kana Suzushiro pouted, "Don't eat it, teach me to do it one day"

Gu Bai nodded and agreed, and looked at the time, it was already half past twelve, "In the afternoon, Butler Nick came to pick us up to find the teacher, and I will go to the reference room for a while if there is still some time." ”

Nagi cut thistle asked for 7 dishes in 2 days, and it was occupied in the afternoon, and Gu Bai had to seize all the time to grope in the soul world.

Holding the recipe for sukiyaki and paella, Gu Bai and Purple Giant Shadow discussed it, and then lay down on the sofa in the study, closed his eyes and began to conquer the dishes again.

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In this moment, another half an hour passed, and Gu Bai, who opened his eyes, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and his hands trembled subconsciously.

These two dishes, sukiyaki grilled meat on the fire, hence the name, can also be called hoeyaki, much simpler. The important thing is that the soup base and ingredients have different recipes and procedures depending on the region. There are six or seven ways to ingrediate the soup base given by the thistle, and Gu Bai practices them one by one. Sukiyaki is more like a hot pot, so it is more of a cultural learning to supplement the knowledge of Gu Bai Japanese cuisine.

But paella is a problem, and it is one of the three most famous dishes of Western cuisine, along with French snails and pasta.

And the most difficult part of this cooking is the nobility of spices - saffron and the soup stock with high quality requirements.

Spices are a kind of magic, and the sense of smell is equal to sight and taste, and even has a demagogic effect. The spices of paella must definitely be prepared by the chef himself, and the world's most precious spice of saffron, named the "spice queen" by gourmets, is a problem that countless chefs have kept silent.

With its unique oriental aroma and rare charming color, saffron is even as famous as foie gras, truffle and caviar, and is known as the "three kings and one queen" in the food industry.

However, Gu Bai is really grateful for the help of the purple giant shadow, one of the most important reasons why saffron is difficult to control is that it is too expensive, the price of hair-like saffron is often measured in grams, and a few roots can be called thousands of yuan, with the red and bright color, it is not an exaggeration to call it "red gold".

The reason for the higher level is that it is scarce, and it is impossible to get the right amount of saffron for cooking practice, and a small bottle with a high index finger is enough for a chef to cherish it.

I don't know how the purple giant shadow does it, but the fragrance of the simulated saffron in the soul world gives Gu Bai a clear stimulation through the sense of smell, and it is undoubtedly the best saffron.

In this way, of course, Gu Bai is happy, the best thing about spices is the mysteriousness of the matching, countless combinations are like precise mathematical formulas, so in the soul world, Gu Bai tirelessly fiddles with the electronic balance, adjusts the measurement with test tubes and tweezers, grinds saffron by hand, and improves the ratio of each spice until the golden ratio of saffron is recognized by the purple giant shadow.