Chapter 49: The Final

The second question is meat.

The scope of this topic has expanded considerably. In the food section alone, there are no less than 30 main ingredients prepared.

What chickens, ducks, fish, cattle, sheep and pigs, and even some meat that is not very common, and a piece of preserved venison. It's just that Lin Zhenniang's hands were a little slower this time, and when she arrived at the ingredients area, the most precious piece of preserved venison had already been selected by Hu Hua.

Although the rest of the ingredients were already ordinary ingredients, Lin Zhenniang was not half discouraged. Instead, he carefully picked a leg of lamb and turned back to the stove.

The female master who happened to be next to her, chose a fish, and glanced at the leg of mutton in Lin Zhenniang's hand, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she didn't speak.

It's the same meat, but if the ingredients are good, the dishes can be varied. A fish like the one in her hand is already very precious, and as soon as such an ingredient appears, it is already better than those ordinary pork and mutton.

Although Lin Zhenniang saw the female master's eyes, she didn't care too much.

In the Great Song Dynasty, mutton is also a commonly eaten meat, and the most commonly made is honey-roasted lamb shank. That's not what she did, though.

When she came to Jinan this time, she brought chili peppers and cumin, which happened to be used at this time.

Although the Dingtao people are already familiar with this taste, these gluttons who want to come to Jinan have not tasted the taste of this chili pepper.

Drawing a cross flower on the leg of mutton, she used various colors of materials to feed the leg of mutton first, and then turned her head to look at the female master beside her.

Turning her eyes, she didn't realize that her eyes lit up, and she realized that this female master was actually making sashimi.

But seeing her fly with her knife, it was only a moment of effort, and the fish had been cut.

I don't know if I deliberately asked someone to find the ice, she put the cut fish fillets on the ice one by one, and in the sun, the fish fillets were like chrysanthemum petals, shining with a crystal luster.

Lin Zhenniang almost applauded when she saw it, but she felt that this master's knife work was really extraordinary. It doesn't look too much effort, the fish fillet has been cut into thin pieces of paper, if you pick up a piece, facing the sun, it must be transparent and visible to the opposite person.

Although it was enjoyable to watch, Lin Zhenniang still had to be busy with the things at hand. I could only watch the female master hold the ice tray and send it to the long table in front of him.

At this time, I'm afraid she is the first to complete the work.

Single-minded, although she had already used an iron fork to set up a leg of mutton to grill on a charcoal fire, Lin Zhenniang still peeked ahead.

For some reason, the female master had already brought the sashimi to the table, but none of the judges moved.

Obviously, I also felt a little uncomfortable. The female master stood in front of the table in a daze, as if she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

It was already August, and it was a hot day, and the plate of sashimi was put on the table, and no one moved, and when the ice melted quickly, it was impossible to eat it again.

Lin Zhenniang frowned, and also wondered, obviously the sashimi made by the master looked delicious.

At this moment, someone on the stage said lightly: "This hour is really a bit long......"

With a shock in her heart, she suddenly understood.

When the question came up just now, in addition to meat, there was another word - feast.

It seems that nothing is important, but because of this feast, this game has become a little different.

It is a meat dish, but this meat dish is eaten at a feast.

The dishes at the banquet are very particular about the order and time of serving. Now that everyone's dishes are not ready, the female chef has already brought the dishes to the field, and she has not considered the chef who will serve the dishes after her at all.

And those judges are clearly waiting to be served at the moment. If you really want to move the chopsticks, let alone a third of the time the dish is served.

With a score in her heart, Lin Zhenniang made some adjustments to the heat of the charcoal fire.

Her roast leg of lamb is also exquisite, if it is served for too long, it will smell bad when it is cold. So this order of serving can't be too early.

Thinking so in her heart, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy when she looked at the master's eyes.

One oversight, and you're going to lose the game. If she had thought of this, with her knife skills, this sashimi might not have been able to make it to the finals.

When the dish was third-thirds served, and finally the judges began to get up, Lin Zhenniang took out a top-secret weapon from her arms and carefully did the final seasoning work.

A roast leg of lamb was carefully divided when it was served.

The aroma of the nose made the youngest judge immediately turn his head.

"This smellβ€”it's special!" Raising the chopsticks, he tasted them first, and although he immediately stuck out his tongue, the chopsticks under his hand fell down again.

His eyes turned to Lin Zhenniang, and he smiled: "This little lady has good kung fu!" It seems that we Jinan really have one more rising star......"

Because of his compliment, Hu Hua, who was originally smiling proudly, turned his head. Even Du Wencheng, who hadn't paid much attention to Lin Zhenniang, turned his gaze, but just glanced at it, and turned his head away with a smile.

"I didn't think this girl was just talking big......"

Hu Hua muttered, looked at the plate of sashimi in front of him, and couldn't help but snort.

The ice in the plate had melted into the water, and the fillets had bubbled up and floated miserably in the plate.

"What do women learn to cook?!"

The female master on the opposite side looked up at Hu Hua, her face turned pale, but she still didn't say a word.

Lin Zhenniang originally wanted to comfort a few words, but looking at the female master's raised head, she still swallowed the words that came to her mouth.

Although Hu Hua is so arrogant that it is annoying, at this time, it is a strength. And luck, or looking at the faces of the diners, is also the strength of a chef.

If she persuaded the master, she would embarrass the master who still showed self-esteem and pride.

The results of the competition came out, and Lin Zhenniang broke into the final with the word "new". The other nine finalists are all well-known chefs in Jinan's major restaurants. Among them, Du Wencheng and Hu Hua are known as the two knives in Jinan, and in the restaurant, even the boss has to let them one or two.

Lin Zhenniang is not only a woman, but also the youngest. Not only did those masters look at her vigorously, but even the judges kept looking at her.

"I've heard of this chili pepper...... "Wu Erguan smiled slightly, stared at Lin Zhenniang, and asked with a smile: "The little lady is a Dingtao person?" ”

Lin Zhenniang's heart trembled, but she still smiled and nodded, "It's Dingtao." ”

With a pair of eyes, the martial artist smiled, turned away, and didn't say anything.

However, Lin Zhenniang was a little apprehensive in her heart. When I went back, I told An Ronghe about it.

An Ronghe didn't care, "The martial arts family has taken root in Jinan, and sooner or later they will meet it, Zhenniang, you don't have to think about it......"

comforting Lin Zhenniang, An Ronghe was a little regretful, "It's a pity that I didn't be able to watch the game, but no matter how busy I am, I will definitely be there when the finals come." ”

"It's still early!" Lin Zhenniang smiled, and suddenly said, "However, there are really some things I want you to help with......

The finals are scheduled to be ten days later, the topic is "Noodles", and the chefs who enter the competition only need to make a table of noodles, and the dishes are naturally their best dishes, as long as they are delicious, there is no limit to ingredients. Because of this, everyone brings their own ingredients.

Lin Zhenniang had already thought about what to do, but some ingredients were too precious, but they were not easy to buy. When she came back, she went through the North and South Goods Stores, but she didn't find anything she liked.

Although An Ronghe is also a newcomer, Lin Zhenniang still believes that he will definitely be able to find the ingredients he wants without any reason.

An Ronghe did his best, but although he let out the wind and asked someone to help pay attention, he still didn't find the "four-headed abalone" that Lin Zhenniang said.

This abalone has always been a treasure in food, and ordinary abalone may be easy to find, but this superb abalone can not be found. In addition, after finding this ingredient, it is necessary to process it and prepare it in time.

Lin Zhenniang asked someone to find the best abalone, although it is not too public, but the food industry in Jinan is so big, and there are so many shops selling abalone, so the news can easily reach the ears of people who are interested.

"Looking for abalone?" Hu Hua waved his hand, turned around and said to Du Wencheng and smiled: "Old Du, that girl is going to fight with you!" Who of us in Jinan doesn't know that your Lao Du is a master of seafood? She is a little girl, and she is actually embarrassed to make abalone! I don't believe that she can conjure up another chili pepper this time - it's strange, I haven't heard of this spice before......"

Du Wencheng didn't answer Hu Hua's words, but said lightly: "Jinan's seafood shop, I know every family." This is the best abalone, I haven't heard of any of them buying recently......"

"Of course it's not stocked, some of it has been delivered to your home!"

Hu Hua snorted twice, rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "I want to see if my 'Confucian cuisine' is better than a little girl liar!" ”

There are still three days left until the finals. Lin Zhenniang had prepared all the ingredients that should be prepared, but she deviated from the main ingredient.

Without abalone, the rest of the ingredients she prepared would be wasted.

"Zhenniang, look, can you use these two abalone instead?"

An Ronghe also did his best, but the four top-quality abalone were not so easy to find, and only five two-headed abalone cost ten taels of silver.

"If you can't find it, you can only - Brother An, this is already very good......" Lin Zhenniang smiled Xie An Ronghe, but there was always a faint discouragement behind the smile.

An Ronghe is so smart, and he also knows that because of this abalone, Lin Zhenniang has lost confidence. Just as she was about to comfort her, Dongbo had already brought in a box.

"Da Lang, someone sent a gift to ......"

As soon as they heard Dongbo's words, the two looked at each other and were a little surprised. In Jinan, there are not too many people who know the relationship between An Ronghe and Lin Zhenniang. It was strange to send An Rong and gifts to the Lin Mansion.

An Ronghe stepped forward to take the box, looked up and down, and didn't find the sticker.

Opening the box and seeing the contents clearly, he couldn't help but sigh softly, "Abalone! ”

Lin Zhenniang was startled and hurriedly leaned over to take a look. Sure enough, the box contained abalone, and it was the best four-headed abalone they couldn't find. Although there are only two, they have already made Lin Zhenniang's eyes shine.

"Strange, who gave this abalone?"

An Rong and his heart were careful, and he pulled out a piece of paper under the abalone.

There was no name written on the paper, just a simple sentence: "I didn't wronged you at the beginning......"

There is no beginning and no end to the sentence, and there is no payment. But An Ronghe and Lin Zhenniang both remembered someone at the same time.

Eyes met, although no one said the name. But he already knew that the other party guessed it the same as himself.

"It seems that she is still doing well in the martial arts family." casually took two superb abalone to give away, which is also generous.

An Ronghe said "um", and suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect it to be her-everything in this world is really indescribable......"

The Liu family hated them so much at the beginning, but they didn't expect to help them today.

Only the samurai engaged in maritime trade will have more seafood than the major northern and southern goods stores.

After winning the best abalone, Lin Zhenniang's confidence increased greatly, although she knew that she would be a master in the finals, but she was no longer panicking.

Regardless of others, as long as she does her best with her heart, it is enough.

The two best abalone have been processed a day in advance, the sea cucumbers have been distributed, and all other preparations that should be done have been done.

I got up early in the morning and rushed to the vegetable garden to pick the freshest vegetables myself. When Lin Zhenniang entered the arena, she didn't think about anything else.

The main dish she made today is the most famous dish in later generations, "Buddha jumping over the wall". There is a poem praising "the altar incense and meat incense float around, and the Buddha hears the abandonment of Zen and jumps over the wall".

Even the Buddha has to jump over the wall, which shows how fragrant this dish is.

In addition to the best abalone she prepared, there are no less than eighteen flavors such as Liaodong sea cucumber, fish lips, dried scallops, pork belly, hoof tendons, ham, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, pigeon eggs, etc.

Moreover, the kitchenware used here is not ordinary kitchenware, but a wine jar. It is not water that is added here, but the authentic Shaoxing Huadiao, that is, rice wine.

The ingredients are sorted and placed in layers, seasonings are added, the lid is covered, and a lotus leaf is covered tightly.

Leave on fire for 10 minutes, then simmer slowly.

In the production process, others can't smell a trace of fragrance, but when the lotus leaf is revealed, the strong fragrance sprays the nose, and there is a good story of "Buddha jumping over the wall".

Lin Zhenniang first made this main dish, and after the heat was lowered, she switched to other dishes.

In addition to a meaty main dish, she didn't do any more labor, but used white radish to make a radish with a coat of radish, and a ham to block bean sprouts, fried bean sprouts with mushrooms, and a spicy dish of camelina.

One meat and four vegetables, and two staple foods such as silver silk rolls and sesame roast rice.

By the time she had everything ready, the hour was almost up.

Since today's topic is "Banquet Noodles", this table is not the previous long table, but a table for a chef. When the time comes, whichever table gets the most favor from the judges will be considered a winner.

Lin Zhenniang first served a few side dishes to the table one by one, and then held the wine jar with thick gloves and served it.

I unintentionally looked up, but saw that there was a familiar face among the judges.

She hadn't seen it when she started the competition before, but now the Zhao Gongzi she had seen in Dingtao actually appeared in the judges' seat.

Although he noticed Lin Zhenniang's gaze, that Zhao Gongzi didn't say anything.

Lin Zhenniang thought about it, and simply pretended not to know. Go straight to the lotus leaf that covers the altar...... RS