Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 597 Big old pay, generous gift of bamboo shoots (seeking monthly ticket)
I have to say that the meat is still very full. After eating such a big piece of meat, Chen Nian only feels that his stomach is swollen.

Fortunately, I didn't eat it with the staple food just now.

However, the taste of this dish itself is a relatively light one, mainly to highlight a freshness.

So even if it is not eaten with staple food, there is no problem.

After finishing eating, he cleaned up the kitchen, and Chen Nian returned to his room. Lying on the bed, he kept thinking about the 4% difference.

The ingredients must be on the one hand. After all, this dish is considered a relatively advanced dish. If you want to restore a dish, you must first restore it to the most primitive things like ingredients.

After years of calculation, if the ingredients can be restored, it should be able to increase a little more to about two points.

In this way, all that remains is to continue to improve on the steps, and then improve some proficiency.

However, after Chen Nian thought about it, the state of the minced chicken and golden shredded bamboo shoots he made earlier would not look good even if he put them on the plate, so there should be reasons for the 4% to be placed on the plate.

According to the past experience of aging, Chen Nian now has a certain understanding of the scoring system of recipes. Although he dare not say that he has fully understood it, it is not bad.

After thinking about it, Chen Nian was relieved.

In terms of ingredients, I will ask myself tomorrow. If it is more expensive, Chen Nian plans to buy it out of his own pocket.

……

On the second day when the aging was free, I went to the warehouse to ask if there were any dried bamboo shoots in the warehouse.

Because chefs of different levels use different warehouses, the warehouses used by red-collar chefs and even Mr. Huo himself should be located further inside.

Different environments will be set up there according to different ingredients to ensure the freshness of the ingredients themselves to the greatest extent.

However, this does not absolutely mean that the ingredients inside are more expensive, but it is necessary to ensure that those red-collar chefs have sufficient ingredients.

In terms of quantity alone, there are more blue-collar chefs than red-collar chefs, so sometimes it is inevitable that blue-collar chefs will use other ingredients of the same type when they run out of ingredients.

Therefore, blue-collar chefs are generally not allowed to enter the warehouse of red-collar chefs, unless it is really necessary, and the red-collar chefs can have surplus after confirming the quantity, so that the ingredients can be evened out.

Although this kind of situation does not happen often, because the ship must try its best to ensure sufficient food, but some things will inevitably happen.

Once this happens, it will trigger a chain reaction.

So after Chen Nian asked the warehouse, the staff in charge of warehouse management told Chen Nian that there were indeed preserved bamboo shoots in the warehouse inside, but that he had to discuss it with Master Fu.

Because this is the ingredient that Master Fu wants.

After hearing this, Chen Nian nodded, thanked the other party first, and then planned to ask Master Fu above to see if he could spare some for himself.

After all, I don’t use much, so I guess it’s almost enough to cook it three or four times at most, and when the ingredients are in short supply, I can reduce the amount and make the dishes smaller.

And Master Fu is the one who chatted the most with him when he participated in Mr. Huo's celebration dinner after winning the top ten food selections a few times ago, and he is from Jiaozhou, Shandong Province, who specializes in Lu cuisine.

In this way, I came to the kitchen on the fourth floor, which was also busy at this time.

A kitchen assistant who worked at a station closer to the door saw Chen Nian constantly looking in at the door, so he asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?"

He didn't discriminate against Chen Nian just because he was a blue-collar chef. After all, Chen Nian had a higher status than him on the ship. One was a helper and the other was a blue-collar chef.

Even if they are helping red-collar chefs, they are just helping cooks. Even if they can really learn something in the future, they have to go to the kitchen below to practice before they can be promoted.

"I want to find Master Fu, my name is Chen Nian."

Chen Nian then mentioned his name again. He didn't expect to let people know who he was, but mainly wanted to ask the other party to send a message to Master Fu. If Master Fu knew who was coming, he would not have to think too much.

"Chen Nian, I know you, you have to pass the top ten several times! We all said that you are very likely to be the youngest person to become a popular chef!" After hearing the name Chen Nian, the man couldn't help but suddenly realized.

No wonder the more I looked at it, the more familiar I was. It turned out that he was Chen Nian. He didn't stand on the podium, and he didn't recognize him for a while when he got down there.

"Just wait a moment, I'll help you find Master Fu."

After the man finished speaking, he turned his head and headed inside. Not long after, Master Fu came out holding a towel and wiping his hands.

"Xiao Chen, what do you want from me? Do you have to stand at the door and talk?" Master Fu asked carelessly.

Chen Nian smiled after hearing this: "It's not a big deal. I didn't go in because I was afraid of disturbing the work of the masters. I came this time because I'm learning a dish recently and I need dried bamboo shoots, but we don't have any in that warehouse. I asked Kuguan, and they said that you use dried bamboo shoots in your cooking, so let me ask."

After hearing this, Master Fu put away his smile and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "How much do you want to use? If there is too much, I can't give it to you evenly, because I use a lot of this ingredient for cooking, and the quality is very high." Good preserved bamboo shoots are actually hard to come by.”

"About two catties." Chen Nian said, "Two catties...or one and a half catties is fine, because I am learning how to cook recently, and I always feel that the taste of ordinary bamboo shoots is not good, almost meaningless."

Master Fu was relieved when he heard that old years only cost two catties: "Two catties is no problem. If you want dozens of catties, I can't help it, but you can just take two catties, but don't take two catties directly. After five catties, learning to cook will inevitably fail. Don’t worry about not having enough ingredients and become timid. This kind of mentality will also affect cooking. It’s okay, it’s settled, I’ll find my subordinates later Let him go with you, or I'm afraid you won't be able to get it out."

Hearing that Master Fu was so hearty, Chen Nian immediately expressed his gratitude.

"What are you thanking me for? We are all on our own, not mother-in-law."

Chen Nian smiled, Master Fu has such a personality, he doesn't care, and he thinks such a personality is quite good.

At least it makes people feel comfortable getting along.

Afterwards, Master Fu went back and called a cook to come out and follow Chen Nian to the warehouse, helping Chen Nian bring out five catties of dried bamboo shoots.

Chen Nian didn't choose either, it's good if he can get it, if he picks all the good ones, it's not good to help the cook go back and say that.

But along the way, the chef's attitude towards Chen Nian was quite good.

But it can be seen that Master Fu really regarded himself as his own, and directly called a Chinese chef to come over. This person is also from Shandong, and he is said to be a fellow of Master Fu.

But when he came, he yelled one brother at a time.

Three of the five sentences are how Master Fu praised the old age, saying that the old age is good here or there, and he has such a great ability at a young age.

He also said that it won't be long before he becomes a red-collar chef.

This surprised Chen Nian.

Although he knew that Master Fu often praised himself in front of him, he also said that if he could meet Chen Nian earlier, Mr. Huo wouldn't be able to take the lead.

But after all, he naturally knew that Chen Nian had a Lu Cai master, and his level was not low at all.

But Chen Nian didn't know that Master Fu would praise him like this when he was not in front of him.

So along the way, Chen Nian was also polite to each other. It didn't take long for the relationship between the two to become particularly harmonious.

After getting the ingredients he wanted, Chen Nian planned to be more polite and send the other party back to the kitchen on the third floor, but the other party strongly refused.

"It's alright, alright bro, I really don't need it. You go back and get busy. I'm only a few steps away when I go back. We Chinese can also gather together when we have free time. There are quite a lot of fellow villagers on board."

"No problem, just tell me when the time comes."

"Okay, brother, then I'll go back first." As he said that, the other party waved his hand and planned to leave, and Chen Nian walked towards his kitchen when he saw this.

After returning, Chen Nian immediately soaked these dried bamboo shoots in warm water.

Because when they got it back, the chef also specially told Chen Nian that Master Fu asked him to tell Chen Nian that the dried bamboo shoots on the boat belonged to the kind with better texture, but they were kept very dry, so they had to soak for a long time to use.

First, soak in warm water for a day, and change the water halfway.

On the second day, it needs to be boiled in boiling water for more than an hour, and then it needs to be soaked in cold water for about two days.

It is also necessary to keep changing the water in the middle to maintain the activity of the water and avoid sourness, so that the dried bamboo shoots can be completely fermented.

Hearing this, Chen Nian felt that the 4% difference he made last night must be here.

Old age knows that those top-quality sea cucumbers and abalones need to be fermented with water for a long time, but I didn't expect the same with dried bamboo shoots.

It's just that if I want to do it again, I can only wait until three days later.

Therefore, Chen Nian did not dare to delay at all. After returning home, he soaked part of the preserved bamboo shoots first, and soaked the rest until tomorrow.

Although the bamboo shoots need to be soaked, they should not be soaked too much.

Other than that, everything else is fine.

The chicken they usually use is freshly killed in the early morning, and then the staff in charge of sub-packaging will remove the hair and cut each part into sub-packages.

Of course, if a master asks to keep the whole chicken, they will also keep it specially.

Because in order to ensure the freshness of the ingredients, there is a warehouse on the ship, which is dedicated to raising poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese.

As long as it is locked in the cage, many layers can be placed, and one supplement can fully meet the voyage of more than 20 days.

Therefore, the freshness of the chicken breast used is not worried at all when it is old.

Although pork, beef, and sheep can't be kept on board like chickens, at least it can ensure that the chefs are fresh when they use them.

So it's not a problem in other respects.

Therefore, the aging of the ingredients here feels like dried bamboo shoots.

……

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. During these three days, Chen Nian soaked the dried bamboo shoots from scratch in batches, and processed the soaked dried bamboo shoots according to the steps.

It should be boiled, and it should be soaked.

So on this night, looking at the fully soaked dried bamboo shoots, Chen Nian couldn't help but look forward to it again.

And this time it does smell better.

The value of this kind of preserved bamboo shoots is actually more expensive than meat.

Su Dongpo wrote in his poem at the beginning: "The Yangtze River circles around Guo to know the beauty of fish, and the bamboos and mountains feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots."

This shows that good bamboo shoots are completely comparable to those expensive fish.

Moreover, Chen Nian himself is a food major. Although he does not specifically study plants, the teacher also mentioned in class that each kind of bamboo shoot has an altitude that belongs to and suits him. The higher the position of the ingrown, the more precious the bamboo shoots will be.

The old bamboo shoots are the real wild winter bamboo shoots dug from the mountains at an altitude of 200 meters.

Even if the hair is more than doubled in size after soaking, it is smaller than the winter bamboo shoots usually bought in old age.

That's because that's what really wild things are meant to be.

Because wild things have not been artificially fertilized, they will not be particularly tall, and the plump and beautiful winter bamboo shoots that many vendors in the market say are actually commercial products. are far inferior.

The kind of experienced bamboo shoot diggers in the deep mountains can't dig many wild winter bamboo shoots in a day.

Not to mention that after making dried bamboo shoots, the moisture is greatly reduced, so the price is more expensive.

However, it has been soaked for so long, and it has been boiled on high heat in the middle, so there is no need to deal with the oxalic acid in it separately at this time.

This time, the old-fashioned bamboo shoots were replaced with more high-end dried bamboo shoots, and the oil temperature was slightly adjusted in the middle, and the time for the ingredients to be over-oiled, and an extra half an hour was spent when processing the minced chicken to ensure that the chicken Completely turned into mince.

As a result, after making it this time, the evaluation of this dish directly reached 98.9%.

The last 1% or so remain.

"Sure enough, it's this aspect. As soon as the quality of the ingredients is improved, the quality of the dish itself is also improved." Chen Nian is very satisfied with the progress this time.

And when eating, I found that the taste has really improved to another level, mainly because the bamboo shoots taste more fragrant and are closer to the texture of meat.

But there is no loss of its own various characteristics.

"But in this way, the remaining 1.1% should be on display..."

Look at the minced chicken and golden bamboo shoots made by this big lump.

I really can't think of any decorations for it.

No matter how much you decorate this thing, it can't make it more beautiful...

On the way back to the room after tidying up the kitchen, Chen Nian kept thinking about whether he could make it into a certain shape to enhance its appearance.

But in the end they were all rejected by Chen Nian.

(End of this chapter)