When seeing the fondant that Li Yi took out, in the live broadcast room, some viewers questioned it.

"Is this going to be a fondant cake?"

"Isn't it Chinese pastry? Why make Western-style fondant? ”

"This is the category of Western pastry, right? Is it bad to make Chinese pastries? ”

"Brother Yi, don't be a native of the cold country? If this is seen by the people of the cold country on the Internet, we will have to slander us as stealing the country. ”

Liu Yifei noticed the barrage of the audience in the live broadcast room, and opened her mouth to help Li Yi explain: "No, Brother Yi wants to make dough molding, and this fondant is actually sugar noodles, not Western-style fondant." There is a difference between the two. ”

Hearing Liu Yifei's explanation, many viewers still don't understand why.

"Dough molding? Is it the kind that uses noodles to make longevity peaches? ”

"Since it's dough molding, use noodles to make it? Why use fondant? ”

"Haha! Seeing someone say Brother Yi, Yifei was anxious. ”

"The materials are different, is that still the same thing?"

"Fondant is not delicious, it is better to use noodles to make it, but it is indeed more plastic."

"When my family has a cold food, I will make cold swallows, and that is also a dough sculpture, right?"

Looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room, Liu Yifei found the barrage that ridiculed her for being anxious from the barrage at a glance, and couldn't help but glance at Li Yi.

Seeing that she was a little embarrassed, Li Yi glanced at the barrage, then took over the conversation with a smile and explained: "This fondant was indeed invented by an Australian in the seventies of the last century, called sugar skin, Sugar Paste.

Later, after being introduced by the Eagle Country, it became the exclusive use of the royal family, so it became popular.

But the method of using sugar and flour to make sugar noodles has been used for thousands of years.

In the Southern Song Dynasty's "Tokyo Menghualu", there is a record of the noodle kneader, describing the noodle kneader's peddler who uses oil flour molasses to make it like a smiling child.

In folklore, the origin of dough sculpture can even be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, from the hands of Kong Ming.

The fondant I use is, strictly speaking, supposed to be a sugar noodle.

Western-style fondant is made by using whipped egg whites and powdered sugar, plus hydroxyethyl cellulose, that is, Taylor powder, as a thickener.

But the fondant I made used fried starch as a thickener.

So, do you think this thing should be considered Western-style fondant or Chinese-style sugar noodles? ”

Li Yi said, patted the fondant, and said with a smile: "We never do the kind of immoral thing that takes other people's culture and takes it for ourselves."

Since I borrowed from the practice of fondant, then I will call it fondant.

But even if it's fondant, I'm no worse than anyone else. ”

When the audience heard this, they all posted barrage praise.

"Well said! We don't steal the country, we never steal other people's culture! ”

"Haha! Brother Yi is so scolding! ”

"Cow beep! Even if you make fondant, you are better than anyone else! This is my brother Yi's self-confidence! ”

"If you look at it this way, this piece should be called sugar noodles! Why is it called fondant? It's ours and it's ours, so there's no need to care about what outsiders say? ”

"The only difference is that whipped egg whites are added, right? This really can't be considered sugar noodles, but it's okay, Brother Yi's craftsmanship, who are you afraid of? ”

Seeing that Li Yi solved the question, Liu Yifei also breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, she asked curiously: "What kind of vegetarian did you just say, thickener, do you have to use it to make fondant?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yi explained while rubbing the fondant noodles: "The reason why fondant is malleable is because of the addition of this thickener, which will make fondant more malleable and easier to shape."

However, this is extracted from natural plant raw materials and is an edible additive, so don't worry too much.

It's just that I make dough molding, and I prefer the feel of noodles, so I match noodles with fondant. ”

As he spoke, Li Yi had already kneaded several pieces of fondant noodles into the desired shape, and then began to make them.

He baked a batch of humanoid dry noodle skeletons in advance.

These dry noodle skeletons are not fermented, they are purely dead noodles, and they are roasted to a dry and hard level.

When making the skeleton, Li Yi also referred to the structure of the human body and made many different shapes.

Some raised one hand, some walked, and some sit.

When he pinched the fondant, he also pinched out different shapes for the fondant puppet according to the skeleton action.

Watching Li Yi's hands and ten fingers flip dexterously, and the face puppet also changed from rough to fine little by little, and soon a human shape appeared.

When the human figure was revealed, Li Yi took a slender spatula and began to process the face of the puppet.

The spatula is only the thickness of a toothpick, and the tip is flat and curved, making it look like a miniature carving knife.

Under his processing, soon, the puppet's face took on a concrete shape.

The eyebrows, nose, and mouth are incomparably clear.

"Wow..."

Liu Yifei watched from the sidelines and couldn't help but exclaim softly.

Li Yi only told her how to make this puppet, but he didn't tell her that it would be so exquisite.

Master Cai was also shooting close-ups on the side.

The audience in the live broadcast room looked at Li Yi's delicate dolls, and they were also amazed.

"It's so exquisite! How is this different from the dough molding I know? ”

"It's so strong! Brother Yi will still do this? ”

"This should fall under the category of sculpture, right? No wonder it's called dough molding! It's a sculpture with a face! ”

"Huh? The face of this doll looks so familiar! ”

"Isn't this Yifei?"

Some viewers recognized the face of the puppet in Li Yi's hand, which was clearly Liu Yifei's eyebrows!

Soon, Li Yi had already carved the face of the puppet.

At this time, the doll can already be seen to be three points similar to Liu Yifei.

But it's all white, there is no color differentiation, and it's canned, so it still looks very different from a real person.

Li Yi had already made the fondant noodles for making hair, cut them into small strips, and pressed them into sheets.

After dipping the black fondant strip on the puppet's head and wiping the shape of the hair with a spatula, the puppet instantly became much more vivid.

Some viewers exclaimed in the barrage.

"Isn't this the shape of the little dragon girl?"

Soon, more viewers recognized the hairstyle with this long hair, which was the little dragon girl played by Liu Yifei before.

Liu Yifei recognized it herself, looked at Li Yi with a smile, and looked curiously on the side.

After making his hair thick, Li Yi took out a small brush, and he was going to put makeup on the dolls.

The rouge he made before still has some foundation, and he uses a small brush to dip the rouge and color the dolls.

First the skin, then the lips, then the cheeks.

Finally, there are the eyes.

In Chinese painting, when painting a living object, the eyes are often the last to be drawn.

Because the ancients believed that the eyes were the charm of people, and they had to be painted at the end to express the eyes.

This is where the allusion to the idiom comes from.

It is true that this is the case, when Li Yi painted the eyes of the Xiaolong female idol.

The whole puppet seems to have a charm all of a sudden, as if it has come to life.

"Wow!"

Seeing the shaped puppet head, even Liu Yifei couldn't help but admire: "This looks like me!" ”

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