Volume 2 Chapter 149 Xiao Zhou's kitchen knife
Good guy, how dare you say that?
With the pride of the old man Zhang Zhouxuan, he was also trembling when he heard this.
The heart said Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou, what is your situation? No matter how you say that this diligent master in front of you is also a dignified diligent master, even if you deny others in public, you still say it so ruthlessly?
It's good that young people are talented, but you also need to pay attention to emotional intelligence......
Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Zhou's words came out, the back kitchen suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was as cold as ice.
Except for the old man Zhang Zhouxuan, everyone looked at Zhou Zhou with a look of anger, hatred, and even hatred.
It's not that I don't know the name of Zhou Zhou, and it's normal for people in diligence to comment on each other and say a few unpleasant words, but Zhou Zhou is too arrogant to slap a grandmaster in the face in public.
What's more, this grandmaster is still their mentor and an idol in their hearts! 33
Sun Desheng laughed angrily: "Okay, good, that's good!"
Zhou Zhou, in this way, have you seen through the true meaning of this 'cloud duck'?
Hurry up, speak up and tell my old man, and let me, an old man, learn more from you, the 'god hand'... Please, right? ”
The heart said that I was really blind, and I still wanted to recruit this kid as my grandson-in-law?
"Old Sun, aren't you embarrassed for me?"
Zhou Zhou said with a sad face: "Actually, it is difficult for me to grasp the authentic method of climbing the cloud duck now, but I feel that what you have done is not enough......
What?
Sun Desheng was stunned.
Oh, so you don't know either?
How can this be true?
You don't know how to criticize my old man, I thought I had met some master!
You, you, you...... You're mad at me!
Wang Shenghai and the chefs and kitchen workers in the back kitchen were even more angry, and they didn't need to be greeted, so they surrounded Zhouzhou with hula......
In times of peace, there are two kinds of people who are most terrible, one is the butcher and the other is the cook.
The former sees blood all the year round, and his temperament will inevitably become fierce, and the latter has countless guys who can be compared to controlled knives, all of whom know some knife skills, and maybe there are masters hidden in it, and they may use a knife technique to cut the feet of a certain master into a skeleton at any time, do you say terrible?
But surrounded by these cooks, Zhou Zhou behaved peacefully.
"Get out of here!"
Seeing that he failed to bluff Zhouzhou, Sun Desheng could only drink back these disciples and grandchildren: "How can this be reasonable, do you still have any rules?"
I don't care what the situation is in other industries, the rule of diligence is that junior chefs must respect superior chefs and must not be exceeded!
Do you treat a young celebrity chef like this?
At a young age, I don't know how to respect the strong, but I lose my face when I pass it out! ”
Zhou Zhou's age is actually a bit too much, but with his status in diligence, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a peer and a contemporary celebrity chef of these chefs.
However, Sun Desheng's words sounded fine, but it made Zhou Zhou feel very awkward, doesn't this make it clear that he is ashamed of himself? So he smiled and said: "Maybe I didn't make it clear just now, Old Sun, I just said that I don't know yet, give me some time, and I will definitely be able to find the answer!" ”
Sun Desheng stared at him for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, this is really terrifying......
My old man has studied this 'Ascending Cloud Duck' for many years, but he doesn't dare to speak like this.
Maybe if you want time, I'll give you time, and in a day's time, I'll wait here to taste your craft, 'Master Zhou', how about it? ”
As Sun Desheng, he actually used honorifics for Zhou Zhou, which was a manifestation of extreme anger in his heart.
Zhou Zhou is really not arrogant, although he personally tasted Sun Desheng's Dengyun duck, but Sun Desheng only mastered the essence of this dish, so even if Zhou Zhou used the myth on the tip of his tongue, he couldn't directly get the top recipe of this dish, as if he saw something in the system, and it seemed that there was still some distance.
This requires him to combine the various experiences brought by multiple top-level recipes, plus his own understanding and perception, to challenge this lost ancient dish; Sun Desheng decorated this dish with gold powder to make up for the lack of this dish, which is obviously not advisable, what Zhouzhou has to do is to conquer everyone with real deliciousness!
Sun Desheng and his disciples are now depressed and angry, Zhou Zhou actually went to Sun Desheng's small courtyard to sleep after explaining some of the ingredients needed, and he slept alone......
Good boy, it depends on whether you can find a way to restore this ancient dish 100% in your dreams! If the cowhide is blown out, the god hand Zhouzhou will be a joke from now on!
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Looking at the orchid nectar in front of him, which was said to be found by the old man Zhang Zhouxuan in person, Zhou Zhou nodded secretly, it had to be the old man who took action personally, and it was really more reliable than Sun Desheng's disciples and grandchildren.
Orchid nectar is not honey, this honey is also called honeydew, which is secreted by orchids to attract insects to pollinate, the size of water droplets, colorless and transparent, viscous, and sweet in taste.
However, the orchid obviously thinks too much, so the little bee will not honestly help it do day work, and while passively helping the orchid to pollinate, it will have to fill its own pockets.
As a result, some of the honeydew becomes honey, which is said to be very popular with bees, and if there is orchid nectar in the bee nest, the bees will defend it to the death, fighting for their lives against humans who try to get honey.
Therefore, orchid nectar is also called 'life dew', every drop carries the net worth of a little bee, which is a true portrayal of human exploitation of lower creatures and invasion of nature.
It is not easy to know that orchids bloom, not to mention secreting honeydew, and waiting for bees to come to take it, the probability of success is completely different from what acacia nectar and jujube nectar, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the 'king' of honey, and many times you can't buy it if you have money.
Old man Zhang Zhouxuan really didn't brag, he actually found this kind of honey in a short period of time, and it is also a fine product in orchid nectar!
This made Zhou Zhou a little flattered, the old man was full of effort to help him win this game.
"It's the best orchid nectar......"
Seeing Zhou Zhou from a distance using something like a large wine mixer, putting rice wine, some Chinese medicinal herbs and orchid nectar into it, and then holding and shaking it with both hands, like a bartender who had drunk too much and went crazy, Wu Jiuyu and Su Rou's eyes lit up.
Wonderful, most of them have top-notch food to eat this time.
Sun Desheng, who was standing on the side, was his eyelids beating and his heart sinking.
Zhou Zhou, who is so powerful, just ate the 'Dengyun Duck' made by himself once, and he actually saw through the recipes of those few medicinal materials, and also found orchid nectar.
Looking at his method of preparing rice wine, it is clear that he uses the tricks of making cocktails in modern bars, which can make the integration of rice wine with medicinal herbs and orchid nectar higher, which is definitely more beneficial to soaking duck paws, after all, he is old, but he can't think of such a technique.
Zhou Zhou was busy for a long time, and finally mixed the rice wine used to soak the duck paws, carefully poured it into the glass basin, soaked the duck paws that had torn off the hard skin, and then covered them tightly with a glass lid, and added a sealing ring at the interface, before beckoning the staff to take the transparent sealed box in the center of the stage.
Sun Desheng smiled: "Xiao Zhou, Lao Zhang helped you like this, you have to work hard, this is the most difficult to distinguish the top orchid nectar!" ”
"Hehe, Grandmaster Sun, who said that the restoration of this 'Dengyun Duck' completely depends on the precious ingredient of orchid nectar?"
Zhou Zhou glanced at him and slowly walked to the duck cage.
Zhouzhou selected is also one of the fat ducks in a hundred, the duck paws are wide and fat, although it is an artificially raised duck, but the quality is not under the wild duck used by Sun Desheng before.
When the duck in the cage saw Zhou Zhou approaching, he quacked twice and fell into great fear.
"Guangdong Province Fat Duck, although it is an artificially bred species, but the natural breeding method is adopted, and there are two hours a day in the river water to feed.
The duck is also a genetically optimized breed, its ancestors have made outstanding contributions to the Burmese Expeditionary Force, although it has a poor reputation due to lack of political sense and wrong sides, but it is a duck that meets the standards......"
Zhou Zhou smiled slightly and took the black iron kitchen knife handed by the cook.
As soon as the black iron kitchen knife came out of its sheath, the duck suddenly panicked, quacked and screamed, flapping its two wings, and making the duck feathers fly.
"Shouldn't it?"
Old man Zhang Zhouxuan, who was familiar with Zhouzhou, and Wu Jiuyu both frowned slightly.
Everyone is an expert, who doesn't know that before slaughtering, it is best not to let the slaughtered object be too frightened, otherwise it will seriously affect the quality of the meat?
Therefore, the clever cook usually hides the knife in his hand, and when the beasts see the light of the knife, they will already die, not to mention let the beasts die in peace, at least not let them die in fear.
"No, Lao Zhou, this is?"
Only Su Rou felt that it was not so simple, she who had been silently paying attention to Zhou Zhou knew better than anyone that it was too difficult for Lao Zhou to make a mistake, let alone such a low-level mistake.
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Su Rou, who was standing beside Zhou Zhou, widened her eyes and stared blankly at this dream-like sword light.
It is a sword wind that can promote ice and snow, rejuvenate the earth, and sting the spring thunder.
Even if it was just a moment, Su Rou's girlish heart was still tickled by this knife wind with pulse spring and infinite affection.
Come on, be happy, there's a lot of time anyway......
This is a kitchen knife.
This is Xiao Zhou's kitchen knife.
This is Xiao Zhou's kitchen knife in the spring.
This is the kitchen knife of the spring of Xiao Zhou, which tickles the heart.
Why is there such a kitchen knife and such a person in this world?
Why is this knife aimed at the duck and not at me?
Her physical and mental interests have long been immersed in knife skills, seeing such a magical spring breeze and gentle knife, how can she not be moved and forget the danger behind this knife?
At this time, Su Rou knew that her idea was very stupid, but she still couldn't help but envy the duck.
To be able to die under such a knife, this duck should have no regrets, right?
The duck is happy, it is even laughing.
Ducks laugh very funny, they will bow their heads slightly, squint their little eyes, and their long beaks are half-open and half-closed, making a kind of 'quack, quack' sound, usually only when spring comes, when everything begins to multiply, ducks will be so happy.
Probably to show how happy he was, the duck with his eyes squinted and even squirmed his big fat butt.
Brush!
There is no trace of the knife.
Xiao Zhou's kitchen knife was so sharp that when it gently cut the duck's throat, the duck didn't even feel any pain, and only began to feel a trace of pain when a line of blood slowly appeared on its neck.
When the duck finally passed away, the half-open and half-closed duck's beak closed with a hint of peace, and in the whole process of death, it felt great joy, great silence, and great relief......
It is difficult for even ordinary human beings to have such an understanding.
"This kid ......"
Sun Desheng muttered secretly in his heart, but he didn't know that the word 'weak heart' had been written on his face.
Drain the duck blood, remove the hair and disembowel, this kind of work that even the most ordinary water platform workers are very annoying in the hands of Zhou Zhou seems to have become an art, under the stunned gaze of Sun Desheng and the apprentices on the other side, Zhou Zhou, who cleaned up the ducks, held two duck palms, and his two palms were still as clean as jade, not stained with dust.
"How could he do it so quickly and so perfectly......"
A person with a habit of cleanliness like Mr. Zhang Zhouxuan has an almost pathological pursuit of perfection, and originally thought that he was already a very perfect chef, but compared with Zhou Zhou, it seems that he still has a long way to go.
"Next, it should be to soak the duck's paws in hot water to remove the crust, right? I still don't believe it, can you still make flowers? ”
The first difficulty of 'Dengyun Duck' is to remove the hard skin on the surface of the duck's paw, otherwise it will be difficult to soak perfectly, even if it is barely soaked, it will also seriously affect the texture and taste.
And to completely remove the crust from the bottom of the duck paw, it is necessary to soak it in hot water and peel off the skin under high heat.
However, the high temperature will inevitably cause the inner layer of the duck paw to be 'blanched', if it stays for too long, the duck paw will even be scalded to full cooking, even if it will be soaked in the later stage, but in the final cooking process, it will still affect the taste.
This method of processing ingredients at high temperature is Sun Desheng's housekeeping ability, but even he can't completely avoid the duck paw being affected by high heat, even if it is not completely scald, the duck paw is partially burned, it will also affect the finished dish.
Therefore, this process is like a double-edged sword, if you don't do it, you can't do it, and if you do it, it will affect the later cooking process, which is the first pass to distinguish the high level of chefs!
He is now curious, looking forward to it, and a little faintly worried, this guy in Zhouzhou is so demonic, it can't be that he has surpassed his own grandmaster, right?
At this moment, he is actually not alone, everyone is staring at Zhouzhou.
Although the result of this competition will not be finalized until after the dish is completed, the operation of removing the crust of the duck paw in this step can basically see the level of the chef.
"Why can't you boil water yet?"
Seeing that Zhou Zhou didn't greet him, and Su Rou, who was an assistant, didn't bring boiling water, even Sun Desheng felt a little strange.
Although this 'Dengyun Duck' has been lost for a long time, even he only dares to say that it has been restored to 'six or seven percent', but the basic operation process can still be guessed.
If you don't take advantage of the fact that the duck's paw has just been cut off and the blood veins have not been completely blocked and stiff, what else are you waiting for?
Some people died, but not completely......