Volume 1 What about me crossing you? Chapter 15: The Mysterious State
Gu Bai cooked the shrimp in the bowl with boiling water, and the grasp of time was very important here, because it was necessary to maintain the firm taste of the shrimp meat.
Then Gu Bai began to chop vegetables, peeled and chopped the carrots into small carrot grains with a kitchen knife, the kitchen knife made a rhythmic clicking sound on the board, the size and shape of each carrot were very uniform, Gu Bai nodded, the knife work had recovered very well, and the feeling in his hands was very comfortable. Gu Bai then washed the cabbage and broccoli with water, and cut the cabbage into thin strips and put them on a plate. Finally, wash the kombu and wipe off the salt from the surface with a damp cloth.
Kombu is also known as "black cabbage", "goose paw dish", "five palm dish" and so on. There is a record in the "Materia Medica" that it is a kind of herbal medicine, "kelp, salty can be soft and hard, moisturized, cold can remove heat and disperse knots, so the main twelve kinds of edema, gall coalescing gas, fistula." Dongyuan Yun: If the gall is as hard as a stone, it will not be removed, and it will be soft and hard. Details of its odor properties are about the same as those of seaweed."
That is to say, kelp is similar to seaweed, cold in nature, salty in taste, and has the functions of reducing swelling and improving water, moisturizing and ventilating. In Gu Bai's impression, kelp is rich in iodine and seems to have the effect of treating cancer.
Seeing Gu Bai using kombu, the master was also very curious, but he was infected by Gu Bai's smooth movements in front of him, and he didn't want to interrupt with words, so he continued to appreciate it silently.
Gu Bai didn't think about it carefully, in this state of mental concentration, all the steps were smooth, and he naturally understood what he needed to do next, and what his brain responded to was what method he needed to choose to deal with this step. It's like driving, the physical operation of the car, refueling, deceleration, clutching, gearing, etc. does not require much thinking, all you need to decide is whether to overtake, which lane is more convenient to occupy, and where to turn at the next intersection.
It doesn't seem like much, drivers who drive for a long time can do it, but don't forget, Gu Bai is still making this dish for the first time, just read a brief description in the recipe, it's like you suddenly changed to a new car, just read the manual, and even the door has not been opened, so you still need to adapt to the location of various accessories of the car, performance, etc., try to drive a few times, and only after a while can you get used to the new car. But just touch the car, and the car is like it was made for you, and it starts like a professional driver, easy to drive and even drift around. Gu Bai is cooking this dish now, which is the feeling.
Gu Bai scooped two spoonfuls of the beef broth prepared in the store, put it in the pot, put in the kelp, cut cabbage, chopped carrots and broccoli, boiled together, covered and heated over low heat.
Then proceed to make the soup, soy sauce, rice vinegar, white pepper, and a few drops of sesame oil. When you're ready, it's time for ramen.
Although he has seen Gu Bai's ramen technique, the master is still shocked again, I don't know if it is an illusion, this time the movements on Gu Bai's hands seem to be much more proficient, maybe he has only pulled it once before, this time he is sure in his heart? Thinking like this, the old master put his mind on the movements of Gu Bai's hand again, and his hand unconsciously moved.
Only Gu Bai himself can feel the subtlety of this state, as if he is the original chef of this dish, making this dish is like picking it by hand, although some of the movements in his hands are still a little stiff, and his spirit needs to maintain a high degree of concentration at all times, Gu Bai has a feeling in his heart, once he has even the slightest distraction, all the steps before him must be repeated from the beginning, otherwise if he continues to do it, I am afraid that the quality of the final dish will be terrible, and he will even forget how to make this dish.
In such a state, the movements of ramen noodles seem to have become lightweight, and it was originally necessary to carefully grasp the strength of each button, but at this time, Gu Bai felt as if it was natural, teaching everything to the physical and mental senses to complete, what he had to do was to concentrate on the ingredients in front of him and the movements in his hands, not to be disturbed by external objects, and to naturally unfold the movements in his mind.
The 16th buckle is done, and the master almost screamed! It's a miracle, and witnessing such a scene is a milestone in my career as a noodle restaurant for more than ten years. At this moment, the master felt that his work was no longer shrinking in this kitchen, making noodles repeatedly without knowing the time, but the birth of an art, yes, making noodles is a kind of carving of a work of art, in Gu Bai's hands, the light and dancing noodles are really like dragon whiskers, with the curling steam of the soup, it seems that a giant dragon is in the clouds, and as a sentient being, looking up at the dragon's hanging dragon whiskers at the moment, the master can't help but have a feeling of worship, Gu Bai at this moment is also, indifferent expression, The movements in his hands are as magical as calling for clouds and rain, which is really ethereal.
Can we do it again for the 17th time? Gu Bai suddenly had such a question in his heart, he hadn't thought about it before, because when he was cooking dragon beard noodles in the morning, 15 buckles were already very difficult, and at that time, he felt that 16 buckles might be the current limit.
But in this state, Gu Bai had an unprecedented confidence, as if thousands of worlds were in the palm of his fingers, just like a sentence written by Su Shi, "Where a reed is, Ling Wan is at a loss." The vastness is like Feng Xuan resisting the wind, and he doesn't know where it stops; fluttering like a legacy of independence, feathering and ascending to immortals. ”
Gu Bai is like this at this moment, it seems that everything is endless, but he can break free from all shackles and touch to the end. (The author "To put it bluntly, it's you who floated--", Gu Bai"??? ”)
But just when Gu Bai was about to try the 17th buckle, suddenly there was a feeling of dizziness in his brain, Gu Bai quickly came to his senses and held one hand on the desk.
When the master on the side saw the pretend, he immediately woke up from the cloud tour, stepped forward to support Gu Bai and said, "What's the matter, Xiaobai?" ”
Gu Bai put the noodles in his hand on the panel, patted his head lightly and said, "I'm fine, maybe I'm too tired, and I have some physical exhaustion."
"Really? It's really too much effort, why don't you take a break and sit for a while? The master hurriedly brought a chair.
"It's okay, the cooking process is over at this point, then just cook the noodles and add them to the soup, add the soup and cook for a while." Gu Bai sat down and said slowly, "Oh, by the way, the master quickly took out the kelp in the pot, taste if the soup will be salty, the ramen was too serious just now, if the kelp is boiled for a long time, there may be some saltiness, so add some water"
"Okay" The old master immediately got busy when he heard it.
Gu Bai shook his head, feeling that his brain was still swollen, and even some nerves were throbbing and tingling, it felt a little difficult to stand up, it seemed that this state was extremely draining on the body, and he would not be able to support himself in such a state for a long time with the spirit of his two lives, so leave the rest to the master.
"Well, then cook the noodles in water, pay attention to the state of the dragon whisker noodles, don't cook them all, and then heat them in the soup for two minutes, they will be easy to break after a long time, so be careful." Gu Bai said word by word, feeling weak.
"No problem," the master quickly boiled the noodles and put them in the soup pot, "and then pour in the soup that I prepared before, right?" ”
"Well, there are also shrimp put in, and you can take them out after pouring in the soup for 2 minutes," Gu Bai said with certainty.
"Okay" As the master added the final ingredients to the pot, a burst of fragrance came to the face, fresh fragrance, at this moment permeated the kitchen, fresh shrimp, all kinds of vegetables, beef clear soup, and fresh soup, the fragrance melted each other, and then entered the nose of the master and Gu Bai together.
"Good fragrance" The master's stomach rang out angrily, and he couldn't help blushing, he hadn't eaten until now, but the wait was worth it, just this fragrance made the master's appetite unbearable.
Two minutes later, Gu Bai felt that he had eased up, took over the work in the hands of the master, scooped out the noodles and divided them into three bowls, and then put the broccoli and fresh shrimp on the plate, put 2 shrimp on his own noodles, put three noodles from the master and Sister Li, and after placing them, pour a little soup, and then Gu Bai started to beat three poached eggs, covered them on the noodles, and used chopsticks to slide the egg core of the poached eggs, and the golden egg liquid flowed out along the poached eggs, and finally sprinkled some minced green onions and coriander.
"It's done, bring it to the table, and tell Sister Li to hurry up and eat too," Gu Bai said.
"I'll serve it, I'll serve it, you go and call Boss Tang" The old master said impatiently on the side, quickly reached out and took the bowl, and took it out.
Gu Bai smiled, "cough" coughed twice, the consumption of the body is really too great, and his body still needs to exercise more, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to make other more complicated dishes in this state in the future.
Gu Bai slowly walked to the front desk, "Sister Li, it's time to eat!" After speaking, Sister Li didn't seem to react, so she walked to the camp table, only to find that Sister Li was too tired and had fallen asleep.
Well, after thinking about it, Gu Bai went to the table and brought the noodles over.
Sister Li, who was lying on her stomach, suddenly moved, raised her head in a daze, and sniffed her nose, "It's so fragrant"
When Gu Bai saw Sister Li like this, he couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, Sister Li, the meal is ready, get up and eat"
Tang Xiaoli came to her senses at this time, and quickly lowered her head to hide her blushing expression, "You go over to eat first, I'll eat immediately"
Gu Bai was not embarrassed by Sister Li, turned around and sat down on the table.
"I'll start first, Xiaobai!" The old master said eagerly.
"Well, let's eat, Sister Li will be here soon" Saying that, Gu Bai also picked up the chopsticks, really hungry.
Tang Xiaoli also cleaned up her expression, walked over with her noodles, and glared at him when she saw Gu Bai, "What kind of noodles is this, it's so fragrant, I feel that the umami seems to have entered every cell in the body, and it has been conquered before I eat it."
"The name of the noodles is Japanese-style fragrant dragon beard noodles, which is based on a method of soba noodles." Gu Bai replied.
"You don't see the appearance of ramen, that kind of focused posture, smooth movements of the hands, is the real master style, 16 buckles of noodles, really a work of art!" The old master interjected as he gulped.
"Gu Bai, you are really good, 16 buttoned noodles, so I have confidence" Tang Xiaoli picked up a mouthful of noodles with chopsticks, looked at the noodles like dragon's whiskers, and sighed from the bottom of her heart again, what a demon.
"Hahaha, it's over, it's just a craft, not cooking." Gu Bai said modestly.
"By the way, Gu Bai, who is your master? It must be very powerful, right" Tang Xiaoli was eating intoxicated, the noodles were stained with some poached egg golden egg juice after the mouth, in the mouth, the egg juice with the umami of the soup adhered to every taste bud on the tongue, rich but extremely delicious taste, as if people had climbed into a fairyland, Tang Xiaoli was a little puzzled, who could teach this teenager?