Chapter 100: Preparations for the Feast
The Shao family's engagement banquet is tonight.
After a few days of hard work, it finally came to the last moment.
When he got up in the morning, Bai Chang hung up the small blackboard again.
It reads: The boss continues to go on a blind date today, I will try to fail, everyone wishes me good luck, and the free meal date will be postponed by one day.
There is no way, he really doesn't have time, the ingredients pointed out by the immortals, Ah Ruan has basically finished, but early this morning, Shao Wuwu called and suddenly asked for more dishes.
That's how it goes.
This morning, he had just gotten up, and before he could wash his face, his phone rang.
"Boss Bai, business is booming."
On the phone, it was Shao Wuwu's voice.
"Young Master Shao, call at this time, is there something wrong?"
"It's a trivial matter, tomorrow is the right day, just now my old man said, I hope Boss Bai can prepare eight more special side dishes, each of which costs twenty servings, and serve it with the guidance of the immortals, I don't know if there are any problems?"
"Eight side dishes? Are there any requirements? ”
"It's very simple, you know, the guests we want to invite must be accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, so these eight side dishes should not only be special and chic, but also unexpected, and the eyes will shine, then it's okay."
It is normal to ask for additional dishes temporarily, but Bai Chang knows that the Shao family must have another purpose.
"Okay, eight side dishes, special and chic, must be as you wish, but twenty servings of each, this workload is a little too much, so this honorarium ......"
"The honorarium is easy to say, as long as Boss Bai's dishes are done well, add another 500,000."
"It's a deal. But I said first, there are eight kinds of side dishes, which is no problem, but the main dish fairy shows the way, let's talk about it, only make one, this can't change"
"That's natural, this dish is so expensive, I originally planned to make only one, otherwise if I make twenty immortals to guide the way, I will pay you forty million for this dish alone."
"Hahaha, I don't think it's too much money, but if this dish can be made casually for twenty servings, it won't be worth two million."
"Boss Bai is really joking, so it's decided, before dusk, I will send a few more cars to pick you up."
In this way, after hanging up the phone, Bai Chang began to get busy.
Alas, for 100 million, 500,000 is also a drizzle.
As mentioned earlier, the fairy guide is to make a crane shape out of a pigeon and minced meat, and the wings are paved with mung bean sprouts to guide the way.
The implication is: the immortals guide the way, and the white crane goes first.
One of the most complicated processes of this dish is to use a copper wire to hollow out the mung bean sprouts little by little, stuff them into the filling mixed with secret ingredients such as bird's nest and minced chicken, steam them in a pot, filter them with water, and then pile them up.
Of course, the Bai family's immortals showed the way, giving up bird's nest, chicken minc, etc., and replacing them with three other special ingredients.
Ambergris essence, spirit corpse mushroom, evergreen.
Except for the first two, the real evergreen didn't actually get it.
Bai Chang accidentally discovered the immortal spirit leaf from the land of the sea cloud god tree, and he was not sure whether it could be used as a substitute for Wan Nianqing.
The most complicated process, Ah Ruan has already completed for him.
In this process, Bai Chang was pleasantly surprised to find that it was perfect to let the ghost do this.
Think about it, the mung bean sprouts are so thin, if you want to hollow out the inside, it's easy to say, but when you are really done, if you are a little careless, the mung bean sprouts will be pierced by the copper wire, in that case, the minced meat filled in it will be exposed, and the dish will be considered a failure.
But if the ghost comes to do this work, it will not fail at all, because Ah Ruan can condense her soul into a thin needle and hollow out the mung bean sprouts, which is SOEASY for her.
Bai Chang first took out the spirit corpse mushroom from the corpse water, chopped it into foam, then took out the ambergris essence, carefully poured half of it into it, and put the rest away again.
This is a good thing that the Bai family has accumulated for decades, and it must be saved.
Then, he first took out the immortal spirit leaves, looking at the two exquisite, green leaves, he hesitated, but decided that such a good thing was too wasteful for the people of the Shao family to eat.
With the leaves of a thousand-year-old tree, this dish is not a failure.
Therefore he chopped up the branches and leaves of the old tree and put them into a pot.
The three ingredients finally came together.
He stirred carefully with chopsticks until it was a paste, then he turned around with a smile and said, "Ah Ruan, come, it's your turn." ”
Ah Ruan couldn't wait, and his face was a little red with excitement.
"Thank you boss for your success, Ah Ruan is broken, and he can't repay the boss."
There's a reason she says that.
Ambergris essence, corpse mushroom, evergreen ...... Let's call it that, among these three ingredients, the leaves of the thousand-year-old tree are nothing, but the ghost saliva essence and spirit corpse mushroom are very beneficial to the cultivation of the ghost body.
Ambergris essence, this thing has the effect of purifying ghosts, so several underworld generals of Yin Nineteen will be directly transformed from black evil into ordinary ghosts by the ghost saliva, and as a result, they will be sent to Yin Si by Bai Chang.
Ah Ruan is a female ghost in red, that is, a red demon, and if the ambergris essence is used on her, she will also be purified.
But the ambergris essence, the spirit corpse mushroom, and the evergreen, these three ingredients are put together, and the yin and yang attributes will undergo subtle changes, which is extremely rare for ghosts, and it is difficult to find a great supplement.
To put it simply, Taoist cultivators really need alchemy to improve their cultivation, and if ghosts want to increase their cultivation, there are two ways, one is to devour a large number of other souls, and the other is to use this genius earth treasure.
These three ingredients can be summarized as: the spirit of ghosts, the spirit of corpses, and the flowers of immortals.
After thanking Bai Chang, Ah Ruan's body floated up, turned into a cloud of black mist, and poured into the pot of filling.
"It's a lot of work, so this is my paycheck."
Bai Chang turned around and looked at the ingredients in the kitchen, thoughtfully.
Well, Shao Wuwu just said that if you want to add eight dishes, you must also be special and chic, which makes people shine.
This is a little difficult, you have to know that it is difficult to reconcile, how to make these people meet everyone's tastes and visions?
As a disciplined, responsible, and obsessive-compulsive cook, if someone picks fault with the food you make, it is absolutely not allowed.
However, after thinking about it for a long time, Bai Chang suddenly found that the existing ingredients in his kitchen were simply not enough to make twenty tables of banquets.
"Well, it seems that I still have to go to the vegetable market, maybe I can find inspiration......"
Bai Chang muttered, and as he walked out, he made another phone call.
"Miss Marta, I asked you for something yesterday, there's no problem......"
Listening to the phone, a smile gradually appeared on his face.