Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 426 Success in Apprenticeship

"Wow, second senior brother, you're too dark!" Qian Hu's words attracted everyone's attention. They originally thought that second senior brother Qian Hu was the worst at these things.

But who would have thought that Qian Hu had secretly established a relationship with Chen Nian behind their backs.

They went back to get their own bowls in such a noisy way, and came to the back kitchen.

"Master Sun, what are you eating today?" Qian Hu asked in a cold voice, his voice was like that of Hong Zhong Dalu, and the ashes on the shaking eaves seemed to fall off a layer.

"Mushu meat and fried meat." Sun Fuquan said, just like he fell in love with Chen Nian at a glance. When he first came here to cook, he quickly fell in love with the atmosphere here within a few days.

Because Shen San opened a martial arts gym, the apprentices in it all had outrageous appetites, and most of them were children from poor families, so they were not very picky when it came to food.

What's more, Sun Fuquan's cooking is delicious.

So every time he saw these people grabbing rice with rice bowls as big as washbasins, he felt a burst of relief.

The greatest respect for a chef is not to praise him for the delicious food after eating, but to show it with actions during the meal.

"Mushu meat? Explosive three dishes? Master Sun, you have paid a lot of money!" Tang Dechun said.

But Sun Fuquan shook his head: "It's not me who paid the money, but the third master. For you little bastards, the third master is eaten up by you every month."

"Haha, thank you master, thank you master, and also thank you Master Sun and Master Chen." Qian Hu said with a smile after hearing this, "Hurry up and have dinner, my senior brother is starving."

What he said was that he was too hungry, but the name he brought out was Tang Dechun.

"Go, go, you're hungry, why are you talking about me?" Tang Dechun angrily raised his slap as big as a cattail fan, and slapped Qian Hu's big head with melon seeds.

"Senior brother, what do you mean? If you are not hungry, I will ask Master Sun to call me your share too."

"Then you can try it and see if Master Sun will give it to you."

While the senior brother and the second senior brother were arguing, other people were also booing loudly beside them.

It can be seen that the relationship between these brothers and sisters is very good, but it is true, in this era, everyone says they are brothers, but in fact they eat, drink, practice and sleep together every day, and they have long been kissed like brothers.

"It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise I would have to drink two catties today." Qian Hu said regretfully.

"Do you still want to drink after practicing? Be careful of Master's fire stick." Tang Dechun reminded from the side.

Qian Hu stopped talking immediately when he heard the words "burning fire stick". He still remembers the power of burning fire stick. He made a mistake two years ago. It was broken, and half of the mouth was knocked out of the teeth.

Later, it was Shen San who came forward to settle the matter, but after returning, Shen San personally picked up the fire stick and gave Qian Hu ten hits.

After the fight, Qian Hu didn't go to the ground for half a month.

"Forget it, don't drink, porridge is also delicious, Master Chen, bring me a big bowl of porridge, it's thick!"

Seeing this, Chen Nian nodded.

The porridge here is actually made of millet. It is called millet porridge in many places, but in some northern regions, rice porridge, millet porridge, and black rice porridge are collectively referred to as porridge.

It's just that the specific names are rice porridge, millet porridge and black rice porridge.

Chen Nian took the other party's bowl that was bigger than his own face, then turned the spoon around the bottom of the pot, then scooped up two spoonfuls of porridge and put it into the bowl.

There is still a shallow layer of rice oil floating on the yellow porridge, so thick that only the surface can be seen, and a shallow layer of swirls will appear on the surface of the golden rice soup when it is stirred gently.

The ancients said that if one sees water but does not see rice, and one sees rice but does not see water, it is not porridge. The combination of rice and water, soft and greasy, is called porridge.

Master Sun has lived in the north all his life, and he is very good at making millet porridge, and not only Master Sun, but most people living in the north, as long as they are not poor and can’t even open the pot, will definitely have a feeling for millet porridge A deep friendship.

Just from Chen Nian, I know that in the homes of classmates, they would drink a bowl of millet porridge every night or in the morning, otherwise they would feel bad all over.

After Qian Hu took the bowl, he blew on the surface first, and then sucked around the edge of the bowl.

Finally, he took a long breath: "Ah...beautiful!"

It's just that the other party's bearded face looks a bit wretched with this expression.

"Come here, come here to make porridge first, and I will serve you the dishes in a while, and you can eat today's dishes." Chen Nian greeted him standing in front of the big iron pot.

Soon, everyone lined up.

Chen Nian saw that they lined up basically according to their seniority. Although it was not so absolute, the ones standing at the back were the lowest seniority.

Seeing this, Chen Nian had a thought in his heart, and every time it was served, he would first stir a spoonful of thick ones at the bottom, and then a spoonful of thinner ones from the middle.

This can ensure that the porridge in everyone's bowl is similar, otherwise the beating at the front will be too thick, and there will be no rice grains left at the end, then it will not be porridge, but rice soup.

Of course, if anyone likes to drink thin rice soup, Chen Nian will also satisfy his request.

When the rice soup was almost done, they started to pour vegetables into the pots again. There were two pots of vegetables on one table, one pot was filled with Mushu meat, and the other pot was filled with Lao Pao San.

The amount of food ensures that everyone can eat enough, even if they are allowed to eat a little bit, they will not be hungry.

The dishes were brought out one after another, and as soon as they were placed on the table, everyone started to swarm.

One person and one chopstick ate the food with big mouthfuls.

Shen San and his wife did not come to the kitchen, and Sun Fuquan packed their meals every day and served them out.

But others still have to do it themselves.

When Chen Nian put the vegetable bowl on this table, he found that the porridge in Qian Hu's bowl had already been drunk less than half.

When the dishes are on the table, it is natural that the master and his wife will do it first. Only after the master and his wife have touched their hands, they can start to move the chopsticks. This is also the etiquette at the table, showing respect to the master.

Shen San took a piece of lung and ate it into his mouth, nodding in satisfaction while eating: "Master Sun's craftsmanship is very good, it will be good for you to learn more from him here."

"I know the third master, I will study hard here with Master Sun." Chen Nian said respectfully.

Shen San nodded in satisfaction, he also felt that Chen Nian was a malleable talent.

Then Chen Nian raised his head and saw that Qian Hu had already started to act, he directly picked up a large chopstick and put Lao Baosan into the porridge, making Chen Nian frown.

But he couldn't say anything, but Qian Hu didn't notice Chen Nian's gaze. After putting these kidney flowers and pork lungs into the bowl, he stirred them and watched the soup turn into thick oily red sauce. After coloring, hold the bowl directly to your mouth and start drawing.

I took a big mouthful of food and drink.

Although this combination of aging is not very recognized, but I have to say that it is really delicious to watch Qianhu eat.

If Qian Hu lived in later generations, it would be great to have a live broadcast.

The only fly in the ointment was that after Qian Hu drank, there was still a little soup on his beard.

Looking at Chen Nian, I really want to go up and wipe him off.

But think about it or forget it, the so-called out of sight, out of mind, Chen Nian greeted Shen San again before turning back to the kitchen to continue serving dishes.

After serving the dishes outside, Chen Nian returned to the kitchen. At this time, Sun Fuquan had already served two more dishes, one with Mushu meat and one with Lao Bao San, which were properly placed there.

Then he took out a small wine jug from a corner of the kitchen: "Come and drink less, drink with today's food."

Chen Nian nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Fuquan found out two small wine cups from nowhere, one was placed in front of himself, and the other was placed in front of Chen Nian.

Such a cup is about half a tael, and there is no pressure to drink it in the old age.

After sitting down, he served two bowls of millet porridge for himself and Master Sun. After Master Sun moved his chopsticks, Chen Nian couldn't wait to stretch the chopsticks to the side of Mushu meat, and picked up a piece of egg.

After the entrance, there is no fishy smell of eggs, but a little refreshing taste, but the unique aroma of eggs begins to come out after chewing.

Since Sun Fuquan didn't take too many steps when handling the eggs, the eggs are very tender.

This is a light dish, so it feels extra tender and smooth when eaten after aging, but even so, this dish is still quite good.

Bamboo shoots, day lily, cucumber, fungus... Each of the side dishes retains its crisp taste, and the crisp sound comes out of the mouth when chewing, which shows that the water inside has been greatly absorbed. retained in it.

It's like when old age is frying vegetables.

If it is overcooked, it will not feel crunchy, it will become soft and the taste will be greatly reduced.

And the meat in Mushu meat has also been carefully processed, tender, elastic, and not at all firewood.

"Come on, let's have a drink. You have only been here for a few days, but I can assure you that you will definitely be able to stay here. Think about it, you were beaten up outside, come back and shout, dozens of teachers Brother, go out to avenge you." Master Sun touched Chen Nian while talking.

Chen Nian picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

"Hiss...huh..." A mouthful of wine breathed out, "This wine is quite spicy and has a lot of energy!"

Upon hearing Chen Nian's evaluation, Master Sun smiled triumphantly: "That's right, what's the point of drinking wine without energy? I can drink it without scratching my throat!"

"That's true!" Chen Nian said while picking up a pair of chopsticks, and it happened that there were waist flowers, lung slices and meat on the chopsticks.

Put it in the mouth together, the strong sauce flavor and garlic flavor actually cover the wine flavor!
After changing the knife, every gap between the waist slices is covered with sauce. When you bite down, the sauce bursts in your mouth. Coupled with the crispy texture of the kidney itself, it is very chewy, and the juice bursts out every time you chew. out.

This sip is a bit different from the one I just tasted. Because I drank a sip of wine earlier, this sip was so persistent that it even made Chen Nian taste like a quack.

Although in many large-scale banquets, this kind of internal organs cannot be put on the table, but it can't be controlled among the people.

This dish was cooked by Sun Fuquan to be full of flavor, worthy of so many preparatory steps.

Obviously just took a sip of wine just now, but when this sip fell, Chen Nian couldn't help raising his glass again: "Master Sun, I'm offering you a toast, and I need more advice from Master Sun here in the future."

"Haha, it's easy to say, when you first came, I thought you were clever, and now I find that your skills are also good, I must teach you, I was not as smart as you when I was young.

Now that I'm old, I can teach you everything I know while I can still speak and hold a spoon. I used to think that it didn't matter whether this skill was passed on or not. Anyway, what I don't have is someone who knows, but now I find out It feels good to be a teacher for someone else. "

After Sun Fuqian finished speaking, he took another sip of the wine in the glass, but what he said made Chen Nian catch the key point immediately.

In an instant, he left the small bench with a jingle, and then knelt down on the kitchen floor, solemnly saluting.

"Master, please be respected by the apprentice!"

Because Master Sun's words just now clearly recognized him completely and planned to teach him his skills, so Chen Nian naturally wanted to be his disciple.

The so-called being a teacher for one day and being a father for life, let alone a master who teaches himself, naturally he should treat each other with great courtesy. As it should be.

Seeing this scene, Master Sun was so happy from ear to ear.

"Okay, okay, then I, Sun Fuquan, will have an apprentice from today on. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to learn, I will teach you well!" Sun Fuquan also said solemnly.

Chen Nian nodded, then took the jug next to him, filled Master Sun's cup, and then filled it up for himself.

Holding a wine glass above his head.

"Master, I will toast you!"

"Okay, okay..." Sun Fuquan kept repeating these words, he just felt that today was the happiest day in the past few years.

To be honest, even before cooking today, he never thought that he would take Chen Nian as his apprentice so soon, after all, he had to test it as he said before.

But after cooking the dishes, he took them out and saw Shen San's disciples respectful and filial outside, which made him feel compassionate.

So after drinking the wine just now, with such a trace of alcohol, he inadvertently mentioned, who knows that Chen Nian is so sensitive, he reacted on the spot and kowtowed to his teacher.

How can this make him not like it?
Immediately after, Chen Nian drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, the hot feeling burned down his throat and into his stomach, but he was happy in his heart.

From today onwards, I have another master.

After Sun Fuquan also drank the wine, he put down his glass and reached out to help Chen Nian up: "Get up, get up, the ground is dirty, I will tell the third master about this later, and let the third master be a witness .”

"Master Haole!"

(End of this chapter)