"It's very simple, let everyone present nominate five people with status, reputation and convincing from among them to serve as judges, and then the judges will each write a question on a piece of paper and roll it into a ball, and put it into the box together for stirring, and then another unrelated person will draw a question from the box as a question for us to compete, among which the winner is the winner of this cooking competition, what does Chef Xie think?" Chen Hu did not pause, and said the rules he thought of.

"Well, have you changed the rules?" Hearing this, Master Xie did not agree immediately, but asked with a puzzled face.

"Yes. After all, if you can be a master, no one's knife skills are not up to par, compared to the whole on-the-spot performance, there are too many uncertainties, and the real test of the chef's skills is the appearance and taste of the finished dishes, so instead of using knife skills to show off skills, it is better to directly use dishes to compete. ”

"That's why we can't do it all. After all, specialty dishes belong to fixed dishes, although they can be used to bring the chef's skills to the highest level, but they also shield the possibility of chefs learning and progressing, and they are very easy to target, and they are also not suitable for competition, not to mention, it is a waste of time to put together with the proposition of making dishes, and we may not have so much time to wait for us to make. ”

"So I decided to directly compete in the proposition, which can not only save time, but also test the breadth and breadth of a chef to the greatest extent, as well as the overall strength. Chen Hu smiled slightly and explained.

"I see. I'm fine. After hearing this, Master Xie nodded in agreement.

Then the crowd began to act, and under the auspices of the shopkeeper of Deweiju, five people who were almost familiar to everyone and could convince the public with their identity and character were quickly selected from the crowd to serve as judges for this competition.

"Speaking of propositions, Master Chen, how do you come up with this proposition?" asked a guy who looked like a young man among the five judges.

"You can start from the idea, such as the good as water, the country is unique, you can also set the topic from the classification, directly according to the type of vegetable proposition, out of some such as meat dishes, egg dishes and so on. Chen Hu explained.

"I see, then I understand. The young man smiled slightly, picked up the brush provided by the shopkeeper, and wrote a few words on the small piece of paper in front of him. Blow dry and rub it into a ball with your hands.

The other four judges were the same, and soon the five paper balls of different sizes were thrown into the small empty jar that the shopkeeper had taken, and their hands shook rapidly, messing up the position of the paper balls inside.

Then the shopkeeper walked into the crowd with a small wine jar in his hand, and randomly selected a guy for him to draw lots. The man didn't expect to choose himself, he looked a little excited and nervous, raised his hand and wiped it on his body, and then reached into the mouth of the small wine jar and took out a messy ball of paper from it.

The shopkeeper took it, returned to the judges, Chen Hu, and Master Xie, opened the paper ball, and announced with a somewhat strange face, "The title of this exam is - the mean!"

As soon as this topic came out, not to mention that the shopkeeper felt weird, even Chen Hu and the reconciliation master were also blind.

The mean, Chen Hu knows, is one of the four books in ancient times, the classic of Confucianism, the royal road article that teaches people self-cultivation, Chen Hu's texts in high school also have relevant content, and he understands that the so-called moderation refers to impartiality and perseverance.

But bring it into the chef's menu...... All Chen Hu can think of is a balanced taste, not spicy, sour, salty, smelly and other extreme tastes, and make home-cooked dishes.

So the first thing that comes to mind is porridge, chalcedony Qingming porridge.

It's just that it is too repetitive, and it will give others the impression that he only has 'one trick', so he quickly left it behind and thought about other dishes that can meet the word moderation.

On the contrary, Master Xie was completely blind. After all, compared with modern times, it is a modern social system in which individuals can read and learn words, in ancient civilizations, scholars are students, they are future scholars, and the existence of the highest level in the fourth level of Shinong Industry and Commerce is not something that ordinary people can afford, not to mention that the chef is an empirical discipline, and without a long period of accumulation and practice, it is impossible to become an apprentice and be trusted as a master.

So every chef who can be a master chef may be literate - after all, they still have to read the recipe or something, but to say that they have learned something...... That's real, so Master Xie really doesn't understand what the mean is, and how can he think of dishes that match this word.

In this regard, the shopkeeper Wang was naturally clear, twitched the corners of his mouth, and asked the five judges, "Please explain the meaning of moderation." ”

"The mean, the destiny of heaven is sexuality, the spontaneity is the Tao, and the cultivation of the Tao is teaching. Those who are in the Tao do not need to leave the Tao, but they can leave the Tao. ”

In the vernacular, it means that following nature, following the Tao to cultivate oneself, and persevering in one's own way, is the mean. The young boy shook his hand and opened the folding fan in his hand, and explained casually while fanning it lightly.

This time, Master Xie finally understood something, and couldn't help but glance at the shopkeeper gratefully, then glanced at Chen Hu, turned around and returned to the kitchen.

Isn't it just obedience to the way, he understands this thing.

Immediately, Master Xie found a live fish in the preparation of the kitchen, caught it without saying a word, and walked to the desk, which happened to be seen by Chen Hu, who came in with the back foot, smiled slightly, turned his steps, walked to the area where the vegetables were placed, grabbed a few handfuls of seasonal vegetables and walked to the second stove on the other side.

Chen Hu took the knife and began to make it.

"Bang! bang!"

Before he could get off the knife, there was a dull sound from the stove on the other side.

Chen Hu turned his head curiously, although he couldn't see everything because of the obstruction of Master Xie's body, he also guessed from the fish tail that was faintly exposed on the board that Master Xie should be shooting the fish and knocking the fish unconscious, so that it would be easier to deal with it.

This preserves the freshness of the fish and does not make the fish jump around in pain while handling it on its own.

"If you want fish, you should go fresh...... In that case, I'll be honest. ”

Thinking so, Chen Hu put aside the excess seasonal vegetables, leaving only the winter melon, and began to clean up.

Peel the skin, take the heart, leave the meat, put the winter melon slices into cold water and refrigerate, then take the idle vegetables next to it, find the unique mountain treasures such as bamboo shoots, mountain mushrooms and other things in summer, and then go to find the watermelon, go to the flesh and leave the skin, peel off the green skin outside, only the green melon scoop remains, put it aside, and then take the big pot and sit on the water to fire, and start to boil the stock with high heat.

This is not something that must be used for this dish, after all, the general home-cooked food can be made directly, but the opponent is also a chef, under the pressure of the other party's craftsmanship, Chen Hu realized that he was not confident that the simple home-cooked soup with aura could conquer the mouths of several judges, so he only had to put in some more effort, relying on his own cooking skills and knowledge, and immediately used all the materials to improve and sublimate this original winter melon soup.

Seasonal vegetables and mountain treasures into the pot ingredients to boil, boil out the clear soup, and then filter with bamboo shoots, so repeated several times, until the soup is as clear as water, fresh but light when the temperature is taken out and boiled again, into the watermelon scoop again to neutralize the taste, increase the breath of the season, until the melon scoop is ripe, completely melted in the soup, and then take out the refrigerated winter melon into the soup and boil until the melon is ripe.

Then the fire was stopped, sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander leaves, and a special winter melon soup made by Chen Hu was baked.

It's just that at this time, Chef Xie has already finished cooking the dishes and has already let the five judges start tasting them.

"Steamed anchovy, please taste. Chef Xie relaxed.