Chapter 166: The First Pot of Stock

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

Nanahara Takeshi spent a day and a night, spent more than 500,000 yen, and even asked the workers to take him to explore and do it, and he was busy until noon the next day, and directly changed the appearance of the kitchen - in fact, it was the monkey version of his kitchen, but the things and functions that should have were there.

As for the money spent, it is mainly the price of fresh-keeping cabinets, professional ovens, professional stoves and stoves, etc., which cannot be saved.

And the kitchen took advantage of it, and Nanahara Takeshi immediately began to instruct Naokawa Yoshino and Kiyomi Ruri to handle the ingredients, soak the bones purchased in large quantities in cold water in batches, and let them slowly dissolve the blood water.

Kiyomi Ruri was wrapped in a headscarf and worked hard, but he couldn't help but ask: "What is this for, are we going to sell boiled bones in the future?" ”

Takeshi Nanahara wore a chef's hat, sunglasses, and a mask, which was enough to rob a bank, and he couldn't recognize him when he was seen, and explained in a humming voice: "This is the most important step to prepare for boiling dashi and want to start business." ”

"The most important step? What is dashi? Naokawa Yoshino was also working hard according to his requirements, but he didn't see Ruri's movements quickly, and he was also interested when he heard this.

Nanahara Takeshi did things after receiving the money, and patiently explained: "The so-called soup stock is a seasoning soup rich in animal protein and amino acids, which is an indispensable condiment in many cuisines, which can greatly enhance the taste and add umami.

We now have limited capital, can't open a store, can only start from cheap fast food bento, but this line of competitors too many people, customers have too much choice, we want to stand out, want to have a stable source of customers, we must win with taste and texture, so that customers eat once and want to come - we don't have to be much stronger than peers, but we must be stronger than them, only stronger than them our business has a way out.

But then again, it's not so easy to be better than your peers, the 'big pot dish' can't be carefully cooked, it's not easy to season carefully, and it's not convenient to use too high-end ingredients, otherwise the cost will soar, and the price of the finished product will skyrocket, which is not good for the competition, so we want to control the cost and improve the quality, and the stock is the key.

As long as we put our heart into making a few pots of good broth, casually ticking a little in the process of stir-frying, cooking, and stewing, or even pouring a small spoonful on the finished dish, we can greatly improve the quality of the bento, so that customers can eat more comfortably, eat more satisfied, and even if they walk a few more steps, they will come and pay us. ”

After a pause, he added with a smile, "And we can also use the stock to make high-quality brine, which can also improve the quality of the marinated side dishes, and further ensure that most customers can become repeat customers. ”

Kiyomi Ruri suddenly remembered that she usually cooks at Nanahara Takeshi's house, and many dishes use broth, but the broth has been prepared by Nanahara Takeshi a long time ago, so she just needs to use it, and she really forgot about this stubble for a while.

Don't say it, this guy wants money to die, but the method he came up with is really a bit reliable, and it doesn't cost much, maybe it can really make the bento more delicious.

Naokawa Yoshino was also touched in his heart, it turned out that he was also particular about doing a small business of catering, and he seemed to have thought too simple before, and he didn't know how many detours he had to take without expert guidance.

Nanahara Takeshi smiled, and no longer talked nonsense, carefully groped for the ingredient list of several kinds of soup stock, and pasted it on the wall, so that they could pick it up according to the ingredients, and it would be convenient for Naokawa Yoshino to make it himself in the future.

Soon, after some of the bones were dissected with blood water, Nanahara Takeren touched and smelled it, and then commanded Naokawa Yoshinoga cauldron to boil water over a high fire, first put a small amount of pork barrel bones and a large number of pig backbones, and explained to her by the way: "Pig barrel bones contain a lot of bone marrow and oil, and the soup boiled out is milky white and fragrant, but it will be relatively greasy.

Compared with the pork barrel bone, the bone marrow content is not so much, the fat content is also less, the soup will be more fresh and fragrant, more suitable for the taste here, you should pay attention to this when you make it yourself in the future, and you can also adjust it appropriately depending on the situation of the bone. ”

Yoshino Naokawa nodded vigorously to indicate that he remembered.

Nanahara Takeshi pointed to the stove again and said, "With the right ingredients and proportions, you should also pay attention to the heat of boiling." Generally speaking, the high heat produces a thick soup, and the low heat produces a clear soup, like this pot, we have to boil the thick soup, and in the future when making the food, we must directly boil the water, boil it over high heat to enhance the flavor, and then turn to low heat to make the fragrance, which must be remembered. ”

"Okay, I remember." Yoshino Naokawa nodded vigorously again.

"Now take a soup spoon and keep skimming out the foam, you must completely skim it out, you can't stop, otherwise this pot of soup will be wasted, and the fishy smell will be very big."

Naokawa Yoshino hurriedly stood in front of the pot, took the pot and spoon, and began to patiently skim the foam, while Nanahara Takeshi pointed to the auxiliary materials next to him and said: "When the heat is turned to low, then put down the chicken rack, duck rack, fish bones, pig skin and other auxiliary materials to further add flavor to the soup, and at the same time put in ginger, angelica slices, cinnamon, orange peel, star anise and other spices to remove the smell - the spices must be cautious, pay attention to the dosage ratio I indicated, just to remove the fishy, not to let the sauce be seasoned, and put too much of this pot of soup is considered a waste." ”

Naokawa Yoshino took a deep breath and nodded seriously, feeling that this business is really not easy to do, this hasn't started to make bento yet, the pre-preparation is so troublesome, and I don't know what to do later, but maybe it's just that I'm not so troublesome, so the business is not good, so I can only hug my sister and cry - now that it's so troublesome, her confidence has begun to increase, and she begins to feel that business may be better.

Nanahara Takeshi turned to Kiyomi Ruri again and asked, "Have you washed the radishes?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri was washing the white radish at the faucet, she really wanted to help for free, she spared no effort at all, and said without raising her head: "I'm washing, it'll be fine right away." ”

"Stupid, it's so slow to wash some turnips." Nanahara Wu scolded her unceremoniously, even if she wasn't in a hurry to use it, but if she didn't scold her in front of the chef, could she still be considered a chef?

After scolding, he turned back to Naokawa Yoshino and said patiently: "When the foam in the pot gradually decreases, you will take the time to cut the radish into pieces, and by the way, let Kiyomi-san guide you in your knife skills, and then put the radish pieces into the pot, and use the radish pieces to absorb the odorous substances in them, until you can't boil the foam, understand?" ”

Naokawa Yoshino said seriously: "Understood. But after saying that, she hesitated for a moment, and then asked carefully, "How long will it take?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled: "All the processes? That's an average of six hours per pot! ”

"Six hours in a pot?" Naokawa Yoshino looked at the bones and various accessories that had been prepared just now, less than one-fifth of which had been used so far, and couldn't help but hesitate, "Those bones ......"

Takeshi Shichihara's smile remained unchanged, "Pork bone soup, pork bone soup, chicken bone soup, beef bone soup, and fresh soup, all have to be boiled, and some of them will be used to make brine after boiling, so be ready to stay up late!" After a pause, he smiled again, "It's not easy to make money, Senior Sister Naokawa, if you want to do a good job in the diet industry, it's dirty, tiring and boiling, and it's too late to regret it now." ”

In fact, you can boil several pots at the same time, and it's not a big problem to take care of two or three pots by yourself, or let Kiyomi Ruri help and also be responsible for several pots, but Naokawa Yoshino is a beginner and is essentially learning, so let her boil slowly alone.

Naogawa Yoshino's expression was firm: "I'm not afraid of being tired, and I'm not afraid of hardship!" ”

Nanahara nodded, turned around and went to the kitchen door, and said with a smile: "Then come on!" ”

If he can't survive, it's useless for him to help, and he can't stay for a long time, what kind of fast food truck will he do if he wants to stay for a long time, wouldn't it be better for him to be a chef and open a French restaurant?

So this business depends on Naokawa Yoshino herself after all, and all the work must be done by herself, and she can do it well, so that Kiyomi Ruri helps Bubble Bone wash the radish is the limit.

He went to the kitchen door to play chess with Naokawa Aoi, Naokawa Aoi is talented, but he is too young, his mental and physical strength are several steps behind him, he was hung up and played by him very unconscionable, and when he wins, he laughs from ear to ear - that is, he is still a little disciplined, and he didn't coax Naokawa Aoi, a little nerd, to play chess with him, and Naokawa Aoi can go home with him after a while.

Naokawa Aoi doesn't have much concept of winning or losing, and it's not uncomfortable to lose, but when he saw him win, he smiled, looked at him blankly with a small face, and also smiled: "Heh......"

Kiyomi Ruri soaked all the bones at this time, and also instructed Naokawa Yoshino to cut the radishes, wiped his hands and came out, and when he saw that Nanahara Takeshi was bullying the child, he was very angry, and immediately dissatisfied: "Xiaokui don't pay attention to him, this guy is the best at bullying, my sister is here to play with you." ”

Qiyuan Wu turned his head to face her, and said with a smile: "It's better to save it, you can't do it." ”

Kiyomi Ruri glanced at him and said unhappily: "Don't look down on people, I have joined the evaluation meeting before and learned chess seriously!" ”

The Shogi Evaluation Society, also known as the Shogi Training Association, is a branch of the Shogi Association (Shogi Federation) under the Reward Society, and its members are mainly children and teenagers, and it is considered a place to supplement the new blood of Shogi - if the world of professional chess players is considered a university, then the reward meeting is a junior high school, and the evaluation meeting is an elementary school.

Its members are from the highest level to the bottom of the S, A1, A2, B1, B2 to F2 thirteen levels, the local evaluation will regularly organize promotion competitions, so that the members of the same level catch the right round robin, the points winner and the higher level of chess players to play handicap chess, the winner advances, the loser can also improve the chess strength.

If you can win consistently, you can eventually enter the reward club and become a quasi-professional chess player.

At this point, you can eat by playing chess, not to mention how good it is, at least you won't starve to death.

The bad idea that Takeshi Nanahara gave to Naokawa Yoshino before was to send Naokawa Aoi to the evaluation meeting, as long as she took a little time, she would kill the "elementary school" at a young age...... You don't have to kill it, it's enough to kill B1, and B1 can participate in the reward event, and then there will naturally be a lot of people rushing to collect apprentices, and there will be no problem in eating by playing chess in the future.

But he really didn't expect Kiyomi Ruri to go to the evaluation meeting when he was a child, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "You also joined the evaluation meeting?" I really didn't expect this, what level did you have when you quit? ”

"Cut, I want you to take care of it!" Kiyomi Ruri squeezed him out of the way, sat down opposite Aoi Naokawa, and started playing chess with her, not wanting to answer such a boring question - even if Aoi Naokawa is a so-called genius, she is nearly ten years older than her, and she has advantages in physical strength and brain development.

Cut, this guy looks down on people all day long, watch me show a little hand.

Of course, she is very careful and will never dare to underestimate the enemy, after all, Nanahara Takeshi dares to say that Naokawa Aoi is talented, then probably Naokawa Aoi is really a little genius, and she must not be underestimated, she began to defend as soon as possible, and wanted to make a "Yakura Wai" first, and use two gold and one silver to surround the jade first, so as not to stumble the old horse and the famous general.

Well, this can hold at least fifty hands, and it's not ugly to lose.

Safe, worthy of me!

Three minutes later, she went to the chessboard and knelt down, giving up her position back to Takeshi Nanahara with a Tibetan fox face.

Damn, I don't even qualify to be a sparring partner? This kid's chess path is so weird, so arrogant, so unreasonable, he came up and began to exchange with me, why is the jade general who is redeeming me gone?

I can't remember the process, how did I lose?

Nanahara Takeshi sat back opposite Aoi Naokawa, and he couldn't be happy, and he smiled with a chess piece: "Your level is at most F1, and you can't be higher." ”

"You're F1, I'm E2." Kiyomi Ruri muttered, but didn't dare to say too much.

Nanahara Takeshi laughed twice, too lazy to pay attention to her, there was no difference between the penultimate and the third-to-last in his eyes, and he continued to play chess with Aoi Naokawa, this time it was an afternoon, and it was soon time for dinner.

Takeshi Nanahara snorted, the first pot of soup stock was boiled, and he could try the taste.

I forgot, it's the end of the month, and at the last time, there is a rotten monthly pass to throw it to me~

(End of chapter)