Chapter 17: Knife work, seasoning (two more, ask for recommendation, ask for collection!) )

Since Yang Cao's residence next to "Yun Mengze" had not yet been renovated, Yang Cao simply slept in the manager's office of "Yun Mengze" for one night.

Early the next morning, Yang Cao cleaned the kitchen and waited for Gui Yanye's arrival.

"Teacher."

Yang Cao looked at the time, ten minutes earlier than the scheduled seven o'clock, nodded with satisfaction, and saw that there were fine beads of sweat on her face, and she knew that this girl had run some distance.

"Well, it's good, it's punctual, you're tired of running, aren't you? Take a sip of tea first. Yang Cao handed her a cup of tea that had been prepared a long time ago, adding a very small amount of the potion that had been prepared yesterday.

Yang Cao didn't plan to give it to Gui Yanye directly, it was difficult to explain, and Yang Cao also wanted to hide the fact that she had promoted her, and to an imperceptible extent, she could improve her self-confidence little by little.

Gui Yanye took the cup and drank it in one gulp, and after running for a distance, she was indeed a little thirsty.

But as soon as the tea entered my throat, a warm feeling arose, and I suddenly felt that the fatigue of running just now was gone.

"Teacher, this tea is so delicious!"

"Well, just drink it, let's go change our clothes, we're going to get started."

"Okay."

Changing into a clean chef's uniform, Gui Yanye came to the kitchen, but the first time she saw Yang Cao, her eyes were a little confused.

Because it's so handsome!

Yang Cao's chef's uniform is completely different from the neon common white chef's uniform, which is a pure black robe embroidered with a winged phoenix embroidered with thin gold thread.

Coupled with Yang Cao's anti-heavenly appearance, Gui Yanye dared to guarantee that when he was ten years old, there was no upper limit, and no one would not be attracted by Yang Cao's appearance at this time.

"Ahem, I've come back to my senses." Yang Cao habitually reminded that it was not that he was narcissistic, and he had always had a headache about his appearance, but there was no way, he looked like this, did he want to have plastic surgery and become ugly?

"Huh? I'm sorry, teacher, I'm ......" Gui Yan's head was steaming again.

"It's fine."

"Uh-huh, teacher, your chef's suit...... How is it different? Gui Yanye asked, because she felt that the black chef's uniform on Yang Cao's body was gorgeous, atmospheric, and full of majesty.

"Huh? You'll know later, and when you're able to leave the school, I'll give you one. Yang Cao chuckled.

This is a chef's uniform that can only be worn by a first-class chef in the Chinese cuisine industry.

It uses the favorite color of a certain emperor through the ages as the base, and the special grade is pure black, and the Lin level is like Yang Cao's embroidered golden phoenix, and the dragon level will add a golden dragon, which means that the dragon and phoenix are auspicious.

"Really? Teacher! I will definitely try my best! Gui Yanye said excitedly.

"Well, I believe you, now, don't worry about these little things, start studying, you don't have much time." Yang Cao said.

"Good!"

Gui Yanye walked up to Yang Cao and sat opposite him, Yang Cao first asked questions about the common sense of the culinary world to see what she remembered yesterday.

"How many are the necessary conditions for a halberd? What are they? ”

"First, the certifier who proves that the competition is an official competition, and the most authoritative of them is IGO.

Second, the odd number of adjudicators.

Thirdly, there is no objection between the two sides of the competition on the relevant conditions of the victory. ”

"Exactly, so next question, how many levels are there for chefs?"

"There are twelve levels, which are one-star to nine-star chefs, and above the nine stars, there are three levels, which are special chefs, lin-level chefs, and dragon-level chefs."

"How many dragon chefs does Neon have?"

"There is only one, the commander of the far moon, His Excellency Nagi Senzaemon known as the "Demon King of Food". ”

“……”

More than a dozen questions in a row, Gui Yanye answered fluently, without any mistakes, Yang Cao was very satisfied with Gui Yanye's diligence.

The question just now was randomly checked on the entire book, but Gui Yanye was able to answer all of them correctly, which means that she had a good grasp of the knowledge of that book in one day yesterday.

"Very well, then let's start today's formal teaching." Yang Cao got up and walked to the kitchen counter, and Gui Yanye also followed behind him.

"From today onwards, I will forget all the cooking techniques you have explored by yourself and start from scratch."

"Huh?"

"You didn't receive the most orthodox learning from an early age, so you developed a lot of bad habits in the stage of your own exploration, and these have to be corrected."

Seeing Gui Yanye's questioning, Yang Cao did not get angry, but patiently explained to her.

"I see."

"The first lesson, knife work, if the cooking is a skyscraper, then the knife work is the foundation, and the quality of the knife work will directly affect the success or failure of the cooking itself."

As he spoke, Yang Cao took out a piece of tofu and put it on the board.

"When I see clearly, I'll slow down."

As soon as the words fell, I saw Yang Cao's hand rise and fall, the kitchen knife seemed to be alive, and it rose and fell quickly, and the tofu on the board did not cause the slightest obstruction.

"Do you see clearly?" Yang Cao asked.

Gui Yanye was a little confused at this time, not because he didn't see it clearly, but because he ...... There is no change in the tofu on the chopping board......

Glancing at Gui Yanye and then at the tofu she was staring at tightly, Yang Cao shook his head with a wry smile, brought a bowl of water from the side, and then gently put the tofu into the water.

Then, the moment to witness the miracle came.

Gui Yanye covered the big mouth, and watched in shock as the whole tofu spread out in the water.

"This ...... This also ...... It's incredible! Gui Yanye gently picked up a piece of tofu shreds, compared it with her own hair, and found that the thickness was the same.

"Teacher...... This...... I can't do it now......" Gui Yanye was a little discouraged, although she didn't want to be discouraged, but at this level, she couldn't do it anyway, and she couldn't even cut it ten times thicker.

"Hehe, I didn't ask you to do it immediately, it's just the goal I set for you, and now you have to cut it, this is it." Yang Cao handed a potato to Gui Yanye.

"Potatoes?"

"Yes, in the first stage, your goal is to cut the shredded potatoes to the point where they are as thin as a human hair, and they are the same thickness." Yang Cao said.

"I see, teacher."

Gui Yanye took the potato and then began to practice, although she couldn't cut the hair of the potato, she would work hard to finish it.

Throughout the morning, Yang Cao did not arrange other learning content, that is, cutting potatoes, Yang Cao was very patient, and kept standing beside Gui Yanye to guide.

"Hold the knife steady, don't shake!"

"Don't just use your arms, use the strength of your upper waist!"

"The knife edge must be straight, and there can be no tilt!"

……

Although Yang Cao was very strict at this time, as long as there was a little mistake, he would point it out sternly, but Gui Yanye was not discouraged.

With Yang Cao's reprimand, Gui Yanye found that every time Yang Cao pointed out the problems, it was her bad fault.

But Yang Cao has been standing by her side to teach, she only has gratitude in her heart, and the determination to study hard.

At noon, Yang Cao made a table of dishes with shredded potatoes cut by Gui Yanye, which can be regarded as a recognition and reward for Gui Yanye's efforts.

……

In the afternoon, Yang Cao did not let Gui Yanye practice knife work, Gui Yanye's current body is slowly improving, if she uses too much force, it will cause great damage to her body.

"In the afternoon, we came and went to learn the seasoning, if the knife is the foundation, then the seasoning is the soul of a dish."

On the kitchen counter, there are small white plates sprinkled with various spices.

"Try these two first, and see what the difference is." Yang Cao pointed to two small plates and said.

Gui Yanye nodded, dipped a little on the side of his finger and put it in his mouth to taste.

"Teacher, it's all salt?"

"Tell me the difference."

"I didn't ...... What's the difference, right? Gui Yanye whispered.

Yang Cao was also not angry, and pointed to two different salts and introduced: "This is the sea salt of Guangcheng, Huaxia, with a slightly fishy taste, high saltiness, and a unique umami taste of the sea."

This is a refined salt from neon Hokkaido, with a slightly higher fishy smell and a slightly lower salty taste, with a unique refreshing flavor.

Try it again. ”

"Okay."

Gui Yanye first recorded all the introductions that Yang Cao had just said, and then tasted the two kinds of salt again.

This time, she did distinguish where the difference was.

"Teacher, I tasted it!" Gui Yanye said happily.

"Well, you have to remember, chef, the palate is the most important thing, and you can't let go of the slightest difference in taste.

Not only are the origins different, but even the seasonings produced in the same origin will be different.

And which dish, what kind of seasoning is used, and how much? All have to be very accurate. ”

"Uh-huh."

Next, Yang Cao introduced the seasonings on the table one after another, the origin, characteristics, common usage, etc., and the laurel leaves were recorded in the book word by word.

For dinner, Yang Cao used the seasonings on the table to choose a few dishes for Guiyan Ye and asked her to point out what she used.

However, this is still a little difficult for the current Gui Yan Ye, so Gui Yan Ye did not succeed.

But Yang Cao is not annoyed, the qualifications for Gui Yanye to improve have not yet been reflected, slowly, he believes that Gui Yan Ye can do it, maybe he can also cultivate the acquired "Tongue of God" or "Super Taste".

At the end of the day's teaching, Yang Cao saw that it was getting late, so he personally sent her home.

And after Gui Yanye went home, he didn't frolic with his sister as usual anymore, but took out the notes he took today and looked at them.

Yang Cao showed Gui Yanye a new world, with his amazing knife skills and a wide variety of seasonings, so that Gui Yanye knew that cooking was not just a simple way to make a dish, there was too much knowledge in it, and what she was in contact with now was just the tip of the iceberg.

Moreover, Gui Yanye found that he had studied all day, and he did not feel tired at all, but felt very excited and excited.

Especially when she was studying, she felt that cooking was an endless wilderness, waiting to be found and developed.

Looking at her daughter, who is devoting herself to her cooking studies, Shinri Yuriko is also very pleased.

"Yan Ye, work hard, otherwise you are not qualified to be a student of Chef Yang." Shinri Yuriko thought to herself.