Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 614 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (End)
Mr. Huo left the bowl of Buddha Jumping Wall scraped from the crock pot to Chen Nian.

But after much deliberation, Chen Nian never thought of how to eat this.

Although there are a lot of ingredients in the kitchen, I don't think any ingredients can be compared with Buddha's Jumping Wall.

Just like this, I looked around in the kitchen. In the end, Chen Nian just took a steamed bun, and then cut a small plate of pickles for himself.

"Forget it, just drink it as corn noodle porridge."

Then Chen Nian directly picked up the bowl and sipped half a circle along the edge.

"Hey, really authentic."

Chen Nian couldn't help saying, but immediately shut up after he finished speaking, just now such a sentence suddenly came into his mind, and then he read it directly.

But he thought about it again, and suddenly thought of some bad words, so that the latter sentence of Louis' sister was interesting enough, but he still didn't say it.

"Why did you suddenly think of this thing? It's a waste of things."

Chen Nian sighed, and then started to eat and drink like this with a mouthful of soup, a mouthful of pickles, and a mouthful of steamed buns.

"It's better to pair Chinese food with Chinese food."

Not long after, the soup was finished, a plate of pickles was also eaten, and the steamed buns in his hand went into his stomach.

"It's delicious, but it's not full." Chen Nian touched his stomach and sighed, "Forget it, let's treat it as a cushion, and go to Tonio for dinner later in the evening."

After tidying up the kitchen, Chen Nian checked all kinds of stoves and whether there were any ingredients accidentally dropped in the corners.

After checking, Chen Nian saw that there was no problem at all, so he mopped the floor again, finally turned off the light, closed the door, and left the kitchen.

In this way, in the next period of time, Chen Nian returned to his previous life, but I have to say that the current work is much easier than before, and there will be more or less new tricks in the daily work, such as Mr. Huo will cook some dishes that have not been cooked before, or Mr. Huo will try to innovate some classic dishes.

Sometimes the crew salvaged some rare fish and sent them directly to Mr. Huo for processing.

Except for those important events such as the receptions on the ship, Chen Nian may cook alone, but most of the time he is helping Mr. Huo with this and that.

But Chen Nian felt that during this period of time, he had learned far more than when he was a chef.

And the work is not tiring.

In this way, the days passed day by day, and there were more and more types of seafood known to Chen Nian. Sometimes two fish looked alike, but they were actually not the same species.

And the taste will be different after the entrance.

There are also fish that look fierce and look poisonous at first glance, but they are actually very delicious when cooked.

And it was also during this period of time that the knife skill of the old age has made a lot of progress. If it is said that the previous aging was more refined, then this time the old ones aged on the Platinum Star The advancement of knife skills is specifically reflected in the handling of various seafood.

Some seafood has shells, some have spines, and some have strange shapes.

And as far as shrimp is concerned, sometimes the cooking method is different and the processing is also different. Sometimes it is necessary to start cooking the whole head, tail and feet, and some need to be handled carefully, such as cutting off the shrimp gun, removing the Shrimp brains, cut off the legs and tails.

There are even some that remove the tail and shell of the shrimp, leaving the shrimp head, and directly pinch the shrimp head to send the shrimp body into the mouth when eating.

In addition to cooking, the level of old Italian is also improving rapidly. Language is the beginning of progress. It may be a little slow, but once you get started, it will get faster and faster, not to mention there are still A local can often communicate.

Chen Nian and Tonio are both friends and like each other's foreign teachers.

On the Platinum Star's journey from San Francisco to Hong Kong, Chen Nian only disembarked in Hawaii, and then took the money to learn surfing and skiing.

After all, Hawaii has snow-capped mountains and the sea. Anyway, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want.

As for other places, Chen Nian didn't get off the boat to go out to play, but studied his own dishes on the boat.

Mr. Huo also kept his word. In the following time, he successively taught Chen Nian the promised crab roe grilled official swallow and another boiled sea mussel.

In fact, it is not difficult to cook the official swallow with crab roe. The main thing is to process the chicken broth first, then put the bird's nest and crab roe into it, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate, rice wine, pepper, simmer carefully, and then thicken it before serving. Cook for a while to allow the flavors to meld, then turn to a low heat and simmer.

Wait until the crab roe and bird's nest inside are compatible with each other, and the fragrance is diffused, and it is ready.

As for boiled sea mussels, it is even simpler. The full name of boiled sea mussels is called chicken soup boiled sea mussels.

Chicken soup also needs to be boiled for several hours.

Moreover, after the chicken soup is boiled, it needs to be made into a paste with beef, upper row of meat and chicken breast, which is used for cooking chicken soup.

That is to say, after the chicken soup is stewed, it is filtered, put back into the pot and boiled, and then the minced meat is put into the pot.

This step of aging is also the first experience, and according to Mr. Huo, it can absorb the impurities in the soup, and it can also make the soup clearer, richer and more fragrant.

But Chen Nian thought it was a little impossible when he first put it in the pot. After all, when the minced meat was put into the pot, the soup immediately became cloudy.

But at the end, after using a filter cloth to filter out all the minced meat particles and impurities in the soup, the soup below is really clear.

After that, just add a little salt and white soy sauce to it for seasoning.

I saw white soy sauce in Mr. Huo's kitchen before it was aged. After learning about it, I realized that it is made of defatted soybeans. After the protein in soybeans is hydrolyzed by industrial methods, it is made with certain technology. Amino acid liquid, the soy sauce produced in this way is light amber or colorless and transparent.

And after tasting it, I found that the white soy sauce made in this way has a richer umami taste and a lighter taste with lower salinity.

There is no need to add it too early when cooking, just add it when the dish is about to be finished at the end.

After simply adjusting the taste, put the chicken soup directly into a jug made of thin glass.

Then cut the fresh sea mussels that have been processed before into slices, then put them into the pot for simple blanching, and take them out in just five or six seconds

Sprinkle some cooking wine to further remove the fishy smell.

The whole action cannot be stopped. After drinking the cooking wine, quickly put the sea mussel slices, which are still hot, into the cold chicken soup to quickly cool down.

When it's the last time to eat, take it out and put it into the cup, then boil the chicken soup that was put in the container before, and pour it directly into the cup, and the dish is ready.

As Mr. Huo said, these two dishes are actually not difficult, but the process is relatively complicated, and the cooking techniques are very clever.

And Chen Nian has tried it three times in Crab Roe Steaked Guanyan, and Boiled Sea Clam in Chicken Soup two times and it is perfect.

Before he knew it, the ship came near Hong Kong again. To be honest, Chen Nian had never been to Hong Kong. When he first came to this world, he was already on the ship when he woke up.

So after the ship docked this time, Chen Nian also went down for a walk, and found that the food here is actually the same as that in Guangdong.

But now the purpose of aging has become very simple.

So he lives in Mr. Huo's house, and besides going out to eat the special delicacies here every day, he just fiddles with Buddha jumping over the wall at home. Although there is no way to buy so many expensive ingredients, it is still possible to buy some substitutes .

For example, sea cucumber and abalone can use cheaper ingredients.

At least it can be used as an exercise.

And even if these substitutes are used to make, the proficiency in the recipes will increase slowly.

When I got off the boat, Huang Su invited Chen Nian to go back to his hometown to attend his son's wedding, but Chen Nian thought about it, but in the end he didn't go. Can't help much, and it's a happy event for someone else's family.

When Chen Nian set off from San Francisco, he almost thought it over, and he also gave the other party a very good quality card.

In this way, even if one of his own people has not passed, at least he has realized it.

In the next flash, another two years passed.

During this period, Chen Nian, through the usual continuous practice, and when Mr. Huo was doing Buddha jumping over the wall, he helped him by the side, and he has already thoroughly understood this dish.

And it was also in this year, when Chen Nian boarded the ship again from San Francisco and was about to set off for Hong Kong.

But he was told by Mr. Huo: "This should be our last voyage."

It was at this time that Chen Nian suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Qing government signed the Treaty of Nanjing with Britain this year, ceding Hong Kong Island to Britain.

At this time, World War I broke out.

About 1/4 of the European men in Hong Kong went to the front line of the war. Britain, as one of the main participating countries, naturally had to make a lot of investment, and the British owner of their ship also took advantage of this time to do other business and didn't care about it. here.

Coupled with the panic of people all over the world after the war, fortunately, they gave up this business first.

"Although the boss treats me well, our land was ceded to Britain by the Qing government, and any Chinese should resolutely resist such a thing.

Even if a person's strength is limited, I plan to leave after I go back this time. At that time, you don't have to follow me anymore, and I will teach you everything that can be taught to you. With an apprentice like you, I will also Also very proud, and you are still young, you should see the wider world. "

Chen Nian nodded.

I thought it was about the same time I left.

But after thinking about the urgency of the recipe, Chen Nian said: "Master, can we do this Buddha Jumping Wall this time when we arrive in Hong Kong?"

"What's wrong?" Mr. Huo was a little curious about this.

"Because you said that, master, I feel that this may be the last time you teach me. If this ship doesn't sail anymore, maybe I will leave by then, but I don't know where I will go, so I think Let this dish be pushed back further."

"Okay." Mr. Huo nodded.

And during this last voyage, Chen Nian chatted heartily with Tonio, Lucas, Huang Su and other friends on board.

Because in a few months, they will be separated.

In this way, the Platinum Star continued to sail on the sea.

Vancouver, Hawaii, Sydney...

Many people on the ship knew that they would be separated after this voyage, so they became very cheerful during this last time together.

In this way, until ten days before landing in Hong Kong.

Mr. Huo once again started the auction of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.

But this time, from the preparation stage, Mr. Huo pushed Chen Nian to the front.

"From now on, you are the head chef of this kitchen. You will personally preside over the preparation of this dish. I will be your assistant. Just say what you need me to do."

"Master..."

Chen Nian looked at his master, his eyes flickering.

"Okay, don't be a mother-in-law, just do it if you tell you to do it, this is the last time I test your results, I hope you don't let me down."

After hearing this, Chen Nian nodded heavily, and then began to make it.

Handling ingredients, cooking soup, cleaning ingredients, continuing to cook soup, frying wine and other processes are done meticulously, and they dare not slack off at all.

After three days in a row, Chen Nian did not leave the kitchen.

Since he did it himself, he didn't want any mistakes in it.

Wait until the moment when the lid is opened on the third day, when the old age smells...

Suddenly I heard a voice in my mind.

"Buddha's jumping over the wall is completed, and the proficiency has reached 100%. The host will return to reality in ten days."

Hear this voice.

Chen Nian didn't need to look at it to know that the Buddha Jumped Over the Wall was accomplished by himself.

Then Mr. Huo took a spoon and tasted it, then nodded in surprise.

"Congratulations, after following me for two years, Buddha Jumping over the Wall is finally done."

Chen Nian smiled and said, "Master, it's also thanks to your willingness to let me do it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to complete Buddha Jumping Over the Wall so quickly."

Because Chen Nian knows that, although it is a bit vulgar, Buddha Jumping Wall may be a pot of seafood stew.

But in fact, every step in the middle is very elegant.

At the very beginning, the amount and proportion of each ingredient should be accurately determined. In the process of boiling the soup, there should be no mistakes in what kind of fire and how long it will take.

Even in the subsequent process of frying wine, the amount of wine must be adjusted according to the amount of Buddha Tiaoqiang, including the age of the old Fujian wine to be used is preferably fixed.

And that night, Mr. Huo took Chen Nian outside again to thank the guests.

This time, Mr. Huo didn't speak, and let Chen Nian speak the whole time.

Just after Chen Nian finished speaking, he also received applause from everyone.

……

ten days later.

The Platinum Star once again berthed at the Hong Kong Pier.

The guests on the ship left one after another.

Finally it was their turn to say goodbye.

But the whole farewell process is also very simple, that is, everyone got together, Mr. Huo sent everyone the last salary, and everyone's envelopes were full of bags.

Finally, I said some words of encouragement to everyone and left.

Not long after, Chen Nian came directly to Mr. Huo's room, and Mr. Huo was also packing his luggage at this time.

After entering the door, Chen Nian kowtowed three times, which was his last farewell to Master.

"Let's go, work hard in the future, you are born to eat this bowl of rice, don't waste it."

"Master, I will."

After staying in the room for a while, Chen Nian was kicked out by Mr. Huo, and this was the first time Mr. Huo put on a straight face towards Chen Nian.

Chen Nian then went to say goodbye to other friends.

I gave Lucas a harmonica made by himself, which was made by Chen Nian on a whim two years ago, because he knew that there would be a day when he would leave, and even if he left, he would still be able to give Friends leave some thoughts.

Lucas didn't say anything, just gave Chen Nian a big hug, and then stuffed a sheet of music into Chen Nian's hands.

Tonio gave Tonio a book of [-] Tang poems that he had transcribed by himself. Tonio seemed very happy, and then gave back to Chen Nian a collection of Italian poems that he had transcribed by himself.

But the two of them didn't know that the gifts they gave each other were so suitable.

Finally, Chen Nian came to Huang Su's room and put down a package: "Master Huang, we are going our separate ways, and I have nothing to give you. I have prepared a little gift, but you must wait for this package when you return." Open it later at home, so that there will be surprises."

Huang Su looked at Chen Nian.

"You kid is really good at things. To be honest, I thought you were very upset at the beginning, but I couldn't help you talking. In fact, I still like you. You are the kind of person I envy and envy when I was young, including now. I'm actually jealous of you too."

Chen Nian smiled: "Are you jealous that I'm handsome?"

"Fuck you." Huang Su smiled and punched Chen Nian on the shoulder, then turned around and picked up a yellowed ancient book from the table in the room, "You gave me a lot of valuable things. I don’t have anything in return. The things I taught you are actually not a big deal. My most precious thing is this book. It was passed down to me by my master. I will give this to you. Anyway, my son also It's not the kind of chef's stuff."

Chen Nian generously accepted the book, exchanged pleasantries with Huang Su for a while, and left the room.

When Chen Nian left the ship, he only brought one bag with him.

Inside are gifts from good friends.

Everyone watched from the windows the old age that was getting farther and farther away.

Lucas put the harmonica that Chen Nian gave him to his mouth, and after trying a few notes, he played melodiously.

And Tonio held the book of [-] Tang poems and waved goodbye to the aged back.

Huang Su watched Chen Nian go farther and farther, he didn't listen to what Chen Nian said, he lowered his head and opened the package that Chen Nian handed him, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of dollars, all of which were US dollars.

Seeing this scene, Huang Su was stunned immediately.

Then the eye sockets started to turn red, and then he slapped himself a few times.

After that, he began to lie on the table and cry loudly.

On the contrary is Huo Yang, who is standing in the kitchen he used to be at this moment, looking at the only apprentice he has accepted in his life through the floor-to-ceiling window.

All smiles.

(End of this chapter)