"Be careful, don't move, I'll make you tea."

After a day of observation in the hospital, the "blind" Nanahara Takeshi finally returned home, and the "eye" Kiyomi Ruri carefully took his hand, led him to the small square table, and then immediately ran to the kitchen to boil water to make tea - Nanahara refused to stay in the hospital for two more days of observation, just because he was disgusted with the food and poor water quality there.

"Sure enough, it's still comfortable at home!" Nanahara Takeshi stretched his waist, of course he didn't sit honestly, turned around and went to the second floor, and when he came down again, the circle of gauze on his head had been removed, and he put on a pair of sunglasses.

Well, it's uncomfortable to have a circle of gauze wrapped around his head, and he has long wanted to change it, but temporary blindness is not complete blindness, there is still a sense of confusion in the light, and he still needs something to shade the light, otherwise he will have to keep his eyes closed, which is even more uncomfortable.

Kiyomi Ruri was startled when she came out after making tea, and said unhappily: "What are you running around, what if you fall and get hurt!" ”

Nanahara Wu didn't care and said: "This is my house, where is there, how many steps, I remember it clearly, what are you afraid of." ”

"That being said, be careful." Kiyomi Ruri poured him tea, and was cautious and let him enjoy the treatment of a giant panda.

Qiyuan giant panda picked up the tea bowl, first smelled the taste, and then blew a little drink and let out a satisfied moan, and didn't go home for almost two days, Kiyomi Ruri couldn't sit and drink tea, so he quickly got up again to remove the dust, otherwise a dog thing would have to complain after a while.

As she dragged the vacuum cleaner around the living room, she asked curiously, "What does it feel like to be blind?" ”

"True blindness is definitely not a good thing, in the future, blind people have something to ask me for help, I want to give them a 20% discount, but only say that if you are blind for a short time, there is a sense of peace of mind after anxiety, your eyes are no longer visible, but it is easier to look at your heart, and your views on many things have changed because of this." Nanahara Takeshi drank tea and muttered, "It's hard to say, it's hard to describe a feeling in words, and it's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing." ”

Kiyomi Ruri made up for that feeling, didn't make it up, and continued to dust his hands, while Nanahara Takeshi drank tea for a while, got up and staggered into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and began to churn, and took out the ingredients from time to time to smell them.

Kiyomi Ruri hurriedly dropped the work at hand, ran into the kitchen and said, "What are you doing?" You better go and sit! ”

I didn't go home for a day, Nanahara Takeshi reclassified the ingredients, and said casually: "The food in the hospital is so bad, I haven't eaten well all day, and now it's past four o'clock, I want to think about what to eat at night." ”

Oh, I'm hungry, it's normal, this guy is quite picky, the nutritious meals in the hospital are obviously delicious, and this guy only eats a little bit at a time.

Kiyomi Ruri immediately went to wash her hands and asked, "What do you want to eat, I'll make it for you." ”

"You?" Nanahara Takeshi tilted his head, his expression not very sure.

"I've been studying for more than a month, so I should be fine...... Right? "Kiyomi Ruri is not very confident, but he can't cook if Takeshi Nanahara is blind.

"What's the use of more than a month, in a serious restaurant, I still wash radish puree at the door for more than a month, and I can't even enter the kitchen door." Nanahara Takeshi continued to churn the ingredients, obviously not believing her, "As I said before, blindness doesn't affect my normal life, you don't actually have to take care of me." ”

"I must take care of it, I can't leave you alone." Kiyomi Ruri muttered, "You can't see that you still have to cook, in case it burns your hands or accidentally overturns the oil pot, how dangerous it is, let's let me come, at most you can command me next to me." ”

"You have to do this?" Nanahara confirmed, "Don't force it, you really don't have to worry about me." “

"Don't be reckless, you can rest well during this time, and if you have anything to do with me." Kiyomi Ruri is a hard-working and resentful faction, ready to be a giant panda keeper for six weeks, which Qiyuan Takeshi This giant panda is made of Chow Chow.

Nanahara Takeshi looked like he really couldn't help you, and sighed: "Okay, then it's good for you to come, but your level is ...... Don't think about difficult cooking, I'll guide you to make some simple dishes, and just take this opportunity to further improve your cooking skills and strive to become a qualified assistant as soon as possible. ”

"I know, I'm so verbose when I'm blind." Kiyomi Ruri muttered unhappily, and then also looked into the refrigerator, a little excited about being alone for the first time, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"If you want a fool-like operation and it can taste good, seafood river fresh is the best choice, then it's May, and it's good to eat wine and steamed clams tonight." Nanahara Takeshi thought about it and pulled a piece of kitchen paper and wrote down an address, "Go to this store to buy sand clams, buy more, just say I want it, just let him keep the account." ”

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Kiyomi Ruri looked at the address and immediately set off to buy fresh ingredients.

She left, Nanahara Wu took off his sunglasses and rubbed his eyes, went back to the living room to drink tea, and the aquatic product shop on the commercial street was not far away, and after more than ten minutes, Kiyomi Ruri came back with a large bag of sand clams, and said with a slight sweat on his forehead: "I bought it back, the boss is very good, and I specially picked it for you, and it is very big." ”

Qiyuan Wu got up and sniffed it, picked up another sand clam and pinched it, nodded and said: "The quality is indeed good, it is inconvenient for me during this time, and you will also be handed over to you in the future to purchase ingredients." ”

"Don't worry, just leave it to me." Kiyomi Ruri carried the sand clam into the kitchen and asked curiously, "What do you do next?" ”

"First of all, wash the clams. Come, first go to wash rice to cook rice, add some sesame oil and salt to the rice water, it is best to use it to soak sand clams. "Nanahara Takeshi stood there and commanded Kiyomi Ruri to work, this is the effect he wants in the end, as long as he talks about things at home. Tired less than half a point.

Kiyomi Ruri has been doing miscellaneous work for more than a month, and the basic skills are also a little bit, and the rice is quickly cooked, and the sand clams are also soaked and washed. Nanahara Takeshi instructed her to heat up the pot again, stir-fry the garlic with a little oil, add the clams, rice wine and fermented butter for cooking, and then cover the pot and simmer over high heat.

These operations are very simple, and Kiyomi Ruri completed it without difficulty, and said strangely: "That's it?" ”

Nanahara Wu nodded and said: "Yes, that's fine, the juice of the sand clam will form steam, steam yourself yourself, and you can get out of the pot when the sand clam opens its mouth." ”

Kiyomi Ruri couldn't help but sigh, "What a simple dish!" ”

"It's really simple, just right for you to use two knives step by step." Nanahara Takeshi smiled, "There are only three core elements, clams, wine, and garlic. Clams have a richer and more unique flavor with sand clams, and you can also try other clams in the future, such as sand white, flower nails, clams, etc., you can use this method.

The wine and ingredients can also be changed, with garlic, butter and rice wine, the flavor will be more Japanese-French style, there will be rice aroma, and the taste will be more sand clam juice; With garlic, olive oil and white wine, the flavor will be Italian, with a strong fruity aroma, but the taste is slightly sweet and sour; With garlic, lard and Huadiao, the flavor will be more Chinese, sweet and salty, and the taste will be more complex and changeable. ”

After a pause, he added, "Personally, I prefer the Chinese style, but you can't drink alcohol, and the dish with Huadiao and wine will have a slight amount of alcohol, so we can only choose rice wine for cooking." ”

Oh, it's just a simple dish, and there is so much to eat!

Kiyomi Ruri has grown knowledge again, and he has kept these practices in mind, and when Nanahara Takeshi said these few words, the steam boiled, and the sand clams opened their mouths one after another, and he immediately commanded Kiyomi Ruri to turn to a small fire, and said: "That's it, a basic type of wine steamed clams has been completed, and you can eat it now, but it can only satisfy the tongue of ordinary people, and if you want to deal with old diners, we can fine-tune its flavor wheel." ”

Kiyomi Ruri was about to serve the plate on the table, and when she heard it, she said strangely, "What is the flavor wheel?" ”

Although Nanahara Takeshi was used as a coolie in Nakimi Liuli, he did not hide his selfishness when teaching her, this was actually her real "salary", so she took a sand clam with a small dish and tasted it, and she also tasted one, and said while tasting: "Just like now, the taste is composed of a variety of flavors, among which the most significant freshness and sweetness comes from the sand clam itself, which is a unique umami flavor of seafood river fresh, accounting for about 50% of the total taste;

The second is the garlic aroma, which comes from stir-fried garlic slices; Along with the garlic is the salty taste of seawater, which also comes from the sand clams, because of this saltiness, the dish does not need salt or only a little salt, and the two account for about 30% of the total taste;

The second is the aroma of ester, rice fat and oil fermentation, which come from cooking wine and butter respectively, accounting for about 15%; Finally, it is the turn of the more subtle flavors, such as nutty, cucumber, seaweed and sweet wine, which come from the clams themselves and the cooking wine, respectively, accounting for about 5%.

These flavors are mixed together and have different proportions, which is the unique flavor wheel of this dish, forming its unique texture. ”

Kiyomi Ruri listened to him, and also tasted the basic model of steamed clams with wine, and her eyes slowly narrowed.

Strange, how come I haven't tasted so much besides being delicious?

It does have the sweetness of seafood, the aroma of garlic and saltiness, but where is the other taste? Or a wheel? Didn't I eat the same dish with him?

But in order not to look too stupid, she tasted it for a while, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is the flavor wheel, I understand!" ”

Nanahara Wu nodded, tasted another sip of the soup, and muttered: "It's good to understand, then as far as this dish is concerned, I personally think that the overall fresh and sweet taste is too thick and not suitable, we should find a way to balance it." ”

Kiyomi Ruri immediately said, "Okay, then how do we balance?" ”

"The most common way to do this is to add vanilla." Takeshi Nanahara patiently taught, "What herb do you think should be used to balance the taste of this dish in its current state?" ”

"Uh......" Kiyomi Ruri thought for a moment and cautiously tentatively asked, "How about coriander?" ”

"Coriander can't do it." Nanahara Takeshi immediately objected, "The coriander is warm and fragrant, and it is heavy and dull in itself, and there is almost no balance or promotion effect for the current already heavy flavor wheel, you need to think again." ”

"What about shallots?"

"Nope."

"How's the chili?"

"It's for you to fine-tune, not for you to destroy."

Guessing incorrectly in a row, it made Kiyomi Ruri pouted a little unhappy, thinking that this guy is really a good thing, it's already delicious, isn't it over just sprinkling coriander? If you don't want to eat coriander, just say it, ask what you're doing!

She said to herself: "I don't know, it's delicious now, I don't know what else to add!" ”

Nanahara Takeshi was also disappointed, and sighed: "Add some basil, basil is volatile, showing a spicy feeling, cloves, fennel and herbaceous aromas, bright and fresh, just suitable for balancing the current heavy flavor wheel of this dish, plus or not is two dishes, and you guys really don't want to use their brains at all, in this life, you can only watch other people's recipes cook, the improvement is enough, not to mention innovation, it is the life of a second-rate chef." ”

"Cut, sprinkle some basil and say so much." Kiyomi Ruri was very unconvinced, and muttered quietly to find Basil and sprinkle some in.

What happened to second-rate cooks? Don't you have to rely on second-rate cooks to eat now, and if you don't feel good, you go back to the hospital to eat nutritious meals!

It's really a good thing, everyone else is serving you with their hearts, and they're still chattering like this.

When your eyes are healed, I will smash you with one punch!

Kiyomi Ruri took care of him kindly, he still had so many, he was very unhappy, continued to scold him in his heart, took a large plate of wine steamed clams back to the living room with him, took the tableware, served the rice, and took some pickled side dishes and changed a pot of tea according to the request of Qiyuan Wu, then sat down at the small square table, and said angrily: "Eat!" ”

Nanahara Takeshi didn't care about her, picked up the chopsticks and didn't need her help to accurately clip the clams, even sucked the meat and soup into his mouth, and sighed again: "It's not delicious, it's old." ”

Isn't it that you've been chattering, can you cook old?

Kiyomi Ruri didn't bother to pay attention to him, tasted it to herself, and snorted a little.

Put your shit second-rate cook, obviously it is so delicious, it is enough to sell it in a restaurant for money, but this kid seems to have a little sense, after adding basil, the taste is suddenly refreshing, and it is slightly spicy and fragrant, so that the original umami of the clams is alive, which is much stronger than the basic model.

She hesitated for a moment, feeling that she couldn't just be angry, she should learn how to use vanilla, and hummed: "You have a lot of business, hurry up and eat well, next time I will do a little better." Now tell me what herbs to use for what dishes...... What's that vanilla fodder? ”

Nanahara Takeshi didn't stop eating, no matter how you say it, it's better than the hospital's nutritious meal, and she is willing to teach her, and said while eating: "Vanilla material is vanilla and spices, there is no obvious difference between the two, just look at how to use it in cooking." When spices are used, they are made to be the intrinsic, foundational flavor of the dish, with a solid identity, and when they are added towards the end of cooking, it is vanilla, which gives it an external, decorative flavor that balances and enriches the flavor wheel. ”

After a pause, he seemed to be able to sense that Kiyomi Ruri didn't understand very well, and said, "For example, the wine steamed clams we are eating now, garlic is used as a spice, but if we make white cut meat, and pour a little garlic paste on it after the white cut meat is ready, then we are giving full play to the 'vanilla' attribute of garlic, pursuing its spicy fragrance for a moment and stimulating the appetite." ”

Kiyomi Ruri suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is the division, and the green onion is similar?" Last time you made fried sea cucumber with green onions, green onions are spices? When making large meatballs with sauce, sprinkle a little green onion after coming out of the pot, just use it as vanilla? ”

"Almost, shallots are herbs, the flavor is neutral and soft, and the universality is wider, which is more suitable for garnishing sauce-flavored dishes." Nanahara Takeshi felt that her example was not too appropriate, after all, there are people who specialize in eating green onions, whether it is considered a spice or not is another matter, but the basic meaning is correct.

Kiyomi Ruri scooped the soup and poured it on the rice, quickly picking up the rice, feeling that I had learned something again, so much so it turned out that it was so important to cook casually? She said vaguely: "Let me tell me more about what herb ingredients should be used in what kind of cooking." ”

Nanahara Takeshi also said casually, and when he said it, it was a big string, from nutmeg to the eighty-eight classifications of onions, but as he spoke, he stopped talking, tilted his head to listen, and said dissatisfied, "Do you think that if I'm blind, I don't know how many bowls of rice you eat?" ”

Cut, dog ears are really smart!

Kiyomi Ruri regretfully put down the spoon that served the rice, and was about to go back and buy a bigger bowl by herself, this kind of small bowl always feels that you are not too full to eat, and it will be gone in three or five bites, and you will not be happy to eat good dishes.

…………

Dinner time passed quickly, and the leisure time after dinner was as usual, and being blind did not prevent Nanahara Takeshi from reading, he was able to touch the handwriting on the book with his fingers to read hard, and did not lose the greatest pleasure of daily life, and Kiyomi Ruri accompanied him in self-tutoring on the side, changing tea for him from time to time and taking some fruit, continuing to take care of him as a giant panda, and by the way, he compiled a booklet on the use of herb materials, preparing for this time to train cooking skills.

Both of them had something to do, and the time soon reached half past ten, Nanahara Takeshi stretched his waist, put down the book and said strangely: "Aren't you going back yet?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri glanced up at her watch and got up suddenly, but halfway through getting up, she became entangled, and said hesitantly, "It's a little late, but ...... What will you do when I go back? ”

Theoretically, of course she should go home and go to sleep, but now that Nanahara Takeshi is blind, she is a little uneasy when she goes home, what if something happens to him at night?

But I'm a little embarrassed to sleep on his side, what should I do?

Sorry, I'm late, it's snowing here today, I'm rolling all the way home...... I'll fix the typo later.

(End of chapter)