I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 211 Taste the "First Bite" of Spring

Spring is a season worth savoring carefully.

There are not only pleasing flowers and refreshing floral fragrances, but also a variety of nutritious and delicious wild vegetables.

As long as you are willing to sink your heart and look for it, you will find that the delicious gifts of nature are everywhere.

Among the countless wild vegetables, dandelion is the most nostalgic. It is a delicacy unique to spring, which can make people taste the taste of spring in one bite.

Dandelion is also called mother-in-law ding, which can be used as medicine. Its roots and leaves have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. Its tender seedlings and yellow flowers can be eaten, and its roots and old leaves can be used to make tea.

"Cold dandelions, or scrambled eggs with dandelions are fine."

Jiang Yu looked at the field not far away, Hu Zhihai, Yan Tongtong and others were chasing and playing, while picking the tender dandelion seedlings, he couldn't help but smiled and said,

"If they pick a lot, they will serve cold salad and scrambled eggs for lunch."

"If you say that, then I will be hungry."

When Jia Dequan heard it, he immediately got excited, and he said with a smile,

"I haven't eaten dandelion for many years, and now I really want to relish it. Just wait, I will help pick some, I'm afraid it won't be enough for a while!"

After saying that, he ignored Jiang Yu and chased after Hu Zhihai and the others.

"..."

Seeing Jia Dequan walking like flying with a smile on his face, with a kind of "old man chatting with teenagers" spirit, Jiang Yu couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

However, he quickly realized that he didn't hang around anymore, and followed up with his feet.

Outing in the green, isn't this green just stepped out?

An old man and a group of young men and women entered this green field full of flowers and grass, just like a group of monkeys entering an orchard, and they were having fun.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back to the village, and the family should start cooking."

Seeing that it was almost noon, Jiang Yu still remembered cooking. He hurriedly told everyone to stop, then turned his head to look at the young dandelion seedlings that Hu Zhihai was carrying in his coat, and couldn't help but said with a smile,

"Did you just pick these? If it's not enough to eat, don't blame me!"

"Isn't that enough?"

Hu Zhihai had had enough trouble this morning, his clothes were covered with green grass juice and mud, and even his face was made to look like a painted cat. He lifted his bulging coat and said,

"We all picked all the dandelions in this area, there are at least a few catties in it!"

"Is there so much? It must be enough to eat. It's not good to eat too much of this stuff. Just try it."

Jia Dequan probably hasn't done such strenuous exercise for a long time. He is also out of breath at the moment, and even his hair is wet with sweat, which is tightly pressed against his forehead. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, said with a smile,

"It's really the right place to go out for an outing today. The scenery is good and the air is good. The key is that you can pick some wild vegetables to eat. It's not bad!

If I'm still in Jiangzhou next year, we'll have to come again. It would be even better if we could stay for a day or two. The village is so quiet, so we must sleep soundly at night! "

"Why wait until next year? As long as you want, you can live here tonight, it's nothing more than paying some accommodation fees."

Jiang Yu turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile, "Anyway, you have your mobile phone with you. If you are tired of living here, just call Zhihai and ask Zhihai to pick you up again."

"You are going back, why am I staying alone?"

Jia Dequan stared at the pearls and said, "If you can't even enjoy eating, then no matter how quiet it is here, you must not be able to sleep well!"

A group of people chatted and returned to the village. The male owner of the family was looking at the door. After seeing everyone, he was relieved and hurriedly ordered the mother-in-law to prepare for cooking.

He himself led the crowd to the lobby, busily pouring tea for everyone.

Jiang Yu was indeed a little thirsty. After drinking a cup of tea, he asked where the vegetables were washed, and took Hu Zhihai to wash the tender dandelion seedlings.

Taking advantage of this moment, Hu Zhihai has already gone to discuss with the owner's family about borrowing the kitchen to cook, and by the way, he also brought four fresh local eggs.

Anyway, people like Jiang Yu still had their lunch here, and the host was also very generous, using whatever was in the kitchen.

Anyway, when you leave, these will be included in the cost.

From the host’s point of view, these young people from the city want to cook, but they just want to find something new. Let alone the taste of the dandelion, the taste of the dandelion is bitter. If the villagers cook it, they must do it well. , it would be strange if these young people could cook delicious food.

In the end, don't they have to kill chickens, stew fish, and cook a table of farm dishes to fill their stomachs?
After all, it's still nothing to mess around with, it's just for fun!
With the help of Yan Tongtong and other girls, Jiang Yu quickly removed the roots of the picked dandelions and washed them clean. He first divided half of the amount, threw it into a boiling water pot and scalded it, and immediately dipped it into cold boiled water to cool down.

After the blanched dandelions cooled down, he fished them out again, squeezed out the water, and put them in a bowl.

Immediately afterwards, he washed and chopped the Chaotian pepper and garlic, sprinkled them on the dandelion, and added appropriate amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, vinegar and other seasonings.

Finally, heat the oil again. After the oil is hot, pour it on the dandelion with a "sting" sound. A strong fragrance, mixed with garlic, permeates the entire kitchen in an instant.

"It smells so good, it smells like spring!"

Hu Zhihai sniffed his nose hard, his eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands together, and said with a smile,
"Lao Jiang, can I have a taste?"

"It's better not to taste it, this dandelion tastes bitter, you definitely don't like it."

Jiang Yu glanced at him, and said with a half-smile, "How can someone like you still suffer?"

"What are you talking about?"

When Hu Zhihai heard this, he stopped doing it immediately. He widened his eyes and said loudly,

"Our old Hu has endured hardships, so he can be a master!"

After speaking, he took a piece of chopsticks, scalded them with boiling water, then mixed the dandelions in the plate, and then put some young dandelion seedlings into his mouth.

Seeing his cautious appearance, Jiang Yu knew that this fat man is still afraid of suffering!

If it had been replaced by dishes such as slobbering chicken and cold pork ears, he would have stuffed them into his mouth long ago, so why would he be so careful like he is now?

After the dandelion entered his mouth, Hu Zhihai chewed it twice, a faint bitter taste, mixed with the sour, hot and salty flavor of the seasoning, instantly filled his entire mouth.

After chewing a few more mouthfuls, the bitterness became weaker, followed by a delightful sweetness, and the faint fragrance of vegetables filled my mouth.

"Bitter is a bit bitter, but after mixing it with various seasonings such as soy, vinegar, oil and salt, the bitterness is sweet, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. That taste..."

Hu Zhihai thought for a while, but couldn't find a suitable word to describe it, so he shook his head and said,

"I can't tell what it smells like, but this smell is really fascinating!"

"Hehe, is this worth thinking about?"

Jia Dequan also got into the kitchen at some point, he said with a smile,
"Dandelion is the 'first freshness' in spring, this is the taste of spring!"

"Is the taste of spring the reward after suffering?"

Hu Zhihai scratched his head, pursed his lips and said,
"Although I don't have such a literary style, it doesn't affect my liking for this dish at all!"

Jiang Yu had already chopped up the remaining half of the dandelion sprouts and was ready to cook. He waved his hand at Hu Zhihai and said with a look of disgust:

"Okay, if you want to eat, just take it out and let everyone have a taste, don't talk about it here and interfere with my cooking."

"Hey, okay, I'm going to get out of here!"

Hu Zhihai smiled, picked up the big plate of soy mixed dandelions and ran out.

Seeing this, Jia Dequan hurriedly followed, chasing and shouting:
"Don't eat too much, dandelion is also called 'bed-wetting grass', be careful to eat too much bed-wetting, leave some more for my old man, I'm not afraid of this!"

When Jiang Yu heard this in the kitchen, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

This old Jia is becoming more and more like a child, like an old urchin, isn't it just to eat a few more mouthfuls of dandelions?They even learned to "scare" Hu Zhihai by wetting the bed!
After everyone left, Jiang Yu broke up the four native eggs brought by the host's house, added an appropriate amount of salt, and stirred them into egg liquid, then added the chopped dandelion sprouts, and stirred them well.

Afterwards, Jiang Yu took a pan to heat the oil, and when the oil was hot, he put in the chopped green onion and sautéed until fragrant. Fried cakes.

Finally, add chopped garlic slices, Chaotian pepper, a little salt, light soy sauce and other seasonings, stir fry evenly, and then take it out of the pan and put it on a plate.

The scrambled eggs with dandelion just come out of the pan, and the aroma is overflowing, rushing to the face.

In this dish, golden eggs are wrapped with tender green dandelions, and paired with red chili peppers. The color is bright and the fragrance is tangy, which makes people's appetite increase after seeing it.

This dish has just been prepared, and Hu Zhihai and Jia Dequan rushed over after smelling the smell:
"Isn't this too fragrant? The taste of native eggs is different. My saliva is almost drooling!"

"I knew right away that this plate of dandelion scrambled eggs must be delicious, come here, let me try it first!"

"..."

Jiang Yu watched the old and the young squeeze towards the stove with a speechless face, couldn't help but shook his head, and said helplessly,

"Don't grab it here, walk around, bring it out for everyone to taste!"

With that said, he picked up the plate of dandelion scrambled eggs and walked towards the lobby.

The host's family is a middle-aged couple. It is not surprising for them to mix dandelions that Jiang Yu made before. The villagers would also pick some fresh and tender dandelions and eat them like this every spring.

As for the taste...it's just like that, anyway, the family doesn't like it, it tastes bitter in the mouth, it's better to pick some purslane, the sweet and sour taste is much better than dandelion.

But at this moment, when the host saw Jiang Yu brought a large plate of dandelion scrambled eggs, he couldn't help swallowing.

This, this frying is too good-looking, right?

Golden eggs, tender green dandelions, and bright red peppers...it looks delicious!

Good-looking is not the key, the key is the strong aroma of vegetables, which will almost draw out the greedy worms in people's stomachs!
And at this moment, when Hu Zhihai, Jia Dequan, Yan Tongtong and the others saw this plate of golden-colored and fragrant dandelion scrambled eggs being served, each of them rushed forward as if they had been hungry for days. Stuffing the food into his mouth, he did not forget to praise while eating:
"Well, these eggs are so fresh and fragrant! Take a bite, and your mouth will be full of fragrance. It's really delicious!"

"This dish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It is delicious, and the dandelion is even more tender and refreshing. A gift from nature, it is really delicious!"

"Wow! It's really delicious, so fresh that my eyebrows are about to fall off! If there is rice right now, I can eat three big bowls!"

"..."

The host smelled the tangy fragrance in his nose, and heard the praise in his ears, and suddenly he couldn't sit still, and even the stomachs of the two of them "cuckooed" loudly.

At this moment, Jiang Yu turned his head to look at the host, and asked, "Uncle, the rice should be cooked already?"

"Ah, rice, the rice is ready!"

The uncle was stunned for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses, stood up quickly and said,

"It's not just rice, we also stewed our home-raised duck in advance, and then fried a few more dishes."

"Don't be so troublesome, you can serve both the rice and the stewed local duck. As for the dishes, let the aunt help you cut them, and I will fry them."

Jiang Yu tasted two mouthfuls of dandelion scrambled eggs and dandelion mix. The taste was indeed delicious, but it didn't seem as exaggerated as Hu Zhihai and the others showed. He put down his chopsticks, turned and walked towards the kitchen, smiling as he walked. said,

"In a while, if uncles and aunts don't dislike it, let's eat together. It's already meal time, so you don't have to do it alone."

The uncle was still hesitating, not knowing whether he should agree, but the aunt following behind hurriedly agreed:

"Okay, okay, I think the scrambled eggs you made seem to be delicious. You can even cook this wild vegetable so well, and other dishes must be delicious too!"

"No, no, I just do it casually."

Jiang Yu waved his hands with a smile, entered the kitchen and started to work.

Although the dishes prepared by the host's family were not rich, they were full of local flavor and belonged to typical rural dishes. Jiang Yu was able to cook these dishes with his hands, and he cooked a table full of dishes in a short time.

Farmhouse fried meat, spicy small river fish, fried bacon with fresh bamboo shoots, stewed chicken nuggets with wild mushrooms, fatty sausage with pickled peppers, braised tofu with wild onions, hot and sour potato shreds, sauerkraut and wild crucian carp soup, plus the previously made dandelion and dandelion Scrambled eggs, and the old duck that the host has already stewed...

The Eight Immortals table, which wasn't too big in the first place, was filled to the brim all of a sudden.

After the uncles and aunts brought Jiang Yu's dishes, Hu Zhihai, Jia Dequan, Yan Tongtong and other girls were so hungry that they picked up their chopsticks and ate them vigorously.

"Wow! This little fish is so crispy and crispy, even the fish bones are broken in one bite, it's so spicy and fresh, it's hard to stop eating!"

"Stir-fried bacon with fresh bamboo shoots is also delicious. The bamboo shoots are tender and fresh, and the bacon is savory and fragrant. It's so delicious!"

"You people really don't know how to eat, but the pickled cabbage and crucian carp soup is really delicious. The soup is delicious, sour and appetizing. After drinking this bowl of soup, I can eat three more bowls of rice!"

"..."

This meal, not only Hu Zhihai, Jia Dequan and others were full, but even the host's couple were full too!
It's not because the two of them are greedy, it's because Jiang Yu's dishes are so delicious, they don't want to eat so much, but they just can't stop!

What's more, even they themselves didn't think that these are all farm dishes that they eat in their daily life. Why didn't they find that they were so delicious when they made them themselves?

Could it be that the cooking boy added something he didn't know to it while he wasn't paying attention?

Otherwise, with the same ingredients, the same pot, how could the taste of the dishes be so different!
Of course, they didn't suspect that Jiang Yu put some unhealthy things in it. After all, they saw it with their own eyes. They were not the only ones who ate those dishes, Jiang Yu and the others also ate happily.

Unless there is something wrong with the brain, who else would put messy things in the dishes they eat?

After eating, Jiang Yu and the others didn't go out for a walk anymore. The main reason was that the others were too full to walk, so they could only sit on the chairs and let the food in their stomachs be digested. .

As for Jiang Yu, he didn't do much shopping by himself, so he just sat at the door and played chess with his mobile phone while drinking the wild tea made by his uncle himself.

He was so busy during this period that he didn't even have time to play chess, so he just took advantage of the time to play against the machine as soon as possible.

Resting until after two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Yu saw that it was getting late, so he stood up from the chair, stretched his waist and said:
"It's almost time to rest. If there is nothing else, let's go back. I have to go to the cafeteria to cook something later."

Ever since the man-machine battles were repeatedly defeated, Jiang Yu directly adjusted the difficulty of the game to the easy mode. Sure enough, this time he played three games of chess, and he actually won a game!

This immediately made him feel refreshed. The man who can win is really extraordinary, and his self-confidence has increased a lot.

Hu Zhihai has been "poisoned" very deeply. When he heard that Jiang Yu was cooking, he couldn't help swallowing subconsciously. He asked with bright eyes:
"What are you cooking tonight?"

"Stir-fried bacon with Artemisia quinoa, I could have made it when I came back after the next year, but I was a little busy at that time, so it has been delayed until now."

Jiang Yu explained a bit, then said with a smile,

"Because Artemisia quinoa is not too old to bite, let's make some for everyone to taste. Fresh dandelions are not easy to buy, and the quantity is not enough, so eat some Artemisia quinoa and feel the taste of spring."

"Hehe, then let's go back quickly. I went out for an outing today, and I had a lot of fun, and I enjoyed eating even more!"

Jia Dequan also stood up from his chair and said with a smile,
"If there is a chance in the future, we should come out more often. The ingredients here are much fresher than those bought in the supermarket, and the food is healthier!"

At this time, Hu Zhihai had also found the owner's house to settle the bill. I don't know if they thought Jiang Yu cooked the dishes himself, or for other reasons. The uncle even brought a plastic bag of things from the back mountain of his house to him. Hu Zhihai.

Hu Zhihai took it over and opened it, and was immediately delighted. The big bag was full of small bamboo shoots with muddy water all over them!

Obviously, it was dug out in the mangosteen forest after the uncle had lunch.

"This is good stuff!"

When Jia Dequan saw it, he was also happy, and said with a smile,

"Xiaojiang's plate of fried pork with fresh bamboo shoots at noon, I didn't even eat a few mouthfuls, and it was gone in an instant. If I take it back, those people must be so beautiful!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yu originally planned to give the money, but the uncle refused to take it anyway. He waved his hands while hiding back, and said in his mouth:
"Little brother, you're welcome, the things in the mangosteen forest behind our house are worthless, we haven't thanked you yet!

If it weren't for you, our couple would not be able to eat such a delicious meal at noon today, which is much more delicious than those big restaurants in the city.

If you want to come here to play next time, remember to come to our house, I will prepare some good things for you to try! "

Seeing this, Jiang Yu had no choice but to give up, thanked him repeatedly, and said that he would definitely come again if he had the opportunity.

After chatting for a few words, the group got into the car with the bag of fresh bamboo shoots and went all the way back to Jiangda University.

When we returned to the Seventh Canteen, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. Hu Zhihai and others went to the kitchen on the first floor. Without thinking about it, we knew that the fat man must have gone to tease Lu Shuwu.

He ate so much delicious food today, how could he resist showing off?

Jiang Yu went to the dining room No. [-] on the second floor. He thought that there was no one upstairs, but he didn't expect that there was a waiter guarding the service desk. Seeing him coming, the girl stood up quickly with a cautious expression on her face. Greeted:
"Brother Jiang, are you back?"

"Well, I'm back."

Jiang Yu smiled at her, and asked casually, "Are you in charge of booking the box today? How is the situation?"

"Well, there are a lot of calls, and the phone has been ringing before I come."

The girl blinked with disbelief on her face and said,

"After I arrived, I hardly stopped. The last call just hung up, and the next call came in. I was so busy that I didn't even have time to drink my saliva.

It was around eleven o’clock in the morning, all the boxes for the four days from Tuesday to Friday were booked out, and there was a phone call later, so I told them that the boxes are fully booked for this week, and I asked them to call again to make an appointment next Monday . "

"Well, well done."

A smile appeared on Jiang Yu's face, he nodded and said,
"You worked hard today, let's take a day off tomorrow. After the restaurant's reservation software comes out, you don't have to work so hard anymore."

Duan Yiming told Jiang Yu before that the development of restaurant reservation software is not too complicated. If the template is applied, it can be completed in about a month.

Just a few days ago, Duan Yiming had already called himself. The software has been developed, and after a few days of functional testing, if there is no problem, it can be put into use.

By then, the harsh phone ringing should no longer be heard on the second floor, right?

　Ask for a ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)