How to eat pineapple buns on the immigration ship

Chapter 186 Fried Rice and Soup: Different Skills

The air was filled with the aroma of fried rice.

Four pots of fried rice were placed on the workbench, each grain of rice distinct and shiny. The beef fried rice was full of meaty aroma, with a hint of hot chili peppers; the vegetable and chicken fried rice was bright in color, with a combination of sour and salty aromas, making it particularly appetizing; the spicy potato fried rice was spicy, with golden potato shreds and emerald green vegetables intertwined, making people hungry; and the egg fried rice was a classic golden color, with the aroma of egg and rice blending together, simple but appetizing.

Almost everyone in the kitchen used all their rationality to avoid robbing the fried rice in public.

But the employees who were getting their meals outside the kitchen were not so happy. They looked at the white rice in their lunch boxes, and then looked at the four plates of tempting fried rice on the operating table opposite the transparent glass window.

The white rice lost its fragrance the moment I got it or even tasted it.

Kagawa didn't bother to care about what the two groups of people inside and outside the kitchen were arguing about. She had just finished cooking four servings of rice and was now exhausted.

She picked up the small spoon and bowl prepared beside her, scooped two spoonfuls of beef fried rice into the bowl, then put it into her mouth and chewed it carefully, then drank a sip of water and repeated the same operation for the next portion of fried rice.

After tasting the fourth portion, she put down the bowl and said:
"Chef, start processing the rest of the rice according to what I just did. Also, make sure to reduce the amount of chili powder in the portion with potatoes by one third."

[Beep——Yes, command will be executed in ten minutes]

The response from the kitchen AI without any emotion sounded like heavenly music to everyone in Class 8 of Grade 1 in the kitchen.

Just now, Kagawa had been busy by himself for so long that they thought they would have to wait at least half an hour before they could eat, but they didn't expect the kitchen AI to be so efficient.

Liang Gong, who was cleaning up the dishes for Kagawa, happened to talk to Kagawa about this matter. Kagawa pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts according to his own understanding, and said:
"It's mainly because the rice used in fried rice has already been cooked once. The ingredients that really need to be processed before frying the rice are actually potatoes and beef. So as long as they are cooked, the subsequent process of heating the rice doesn't take too much time."

"From the perspective of ancient people, fried rice is about convenience and speed. In the past, people did not have kitchen AI to assist them in cooking, so they could only cook one dish at a time, and the rice could be steamed in advance. However, healthy meals often start with three dishes and one soup. From preparing the ingredients to serving the dishes, it takes at least five minutes, and some exquisite dishes take almost half an hour."

"In order to quickly consume staple foods and side dishes, ancient people figured out many cooking methods that can consume side dishes at the same time, such as fried rice, stewed rice, steamed buns, noodles... We all know that it is most delicious to enjoy food slowly, but not everyone has such ample time, let alone office workers."

Kagawa's eyes became a little dazed when he thought about his busy life as a corporate slave working from 996 to 69 and could only order takeout every day.

At this time, the kitchen AI took out an empty lunch box and handed it to Kagawa. Kagawa decisively put four portions of fried rice into the four compartments of the lunch box and decisively closed the lid of the lunch box under the salivating eyes of everyone.

At this moment, the soup prepared by Ouyang Yating and the other two was ready. The three of them immediately scooped up a small bowl and handed it to Kagawa at the same time.

Seeing this, Xiangchuan's mouth twitched: Shouldn't the chef taste it first? Why did he stuff it all on me? Did he want me to taste the poison?
It was also Xiangchuan's idea to let Ouyang Yating and the other two be in charge of cooking the soup. They learned a lot of basic frying, stir-frying and stewing techniques from Xiangchuan, but they rarely cooked some stews on their own without Xiangchuan's guidance.

Perhaps because of the dexterous nature of modern people, the three of them are quite adept at shaping operations such as making buns and decorating cakes, but they seem to have an instinctive fear of fire as if cooking food through heating, and they stay away from it to a certain extent.

At the beginning, Kagawa spent several days trying to get the three of them to fry a satisfactory poached egg... Well, it was mainly because he was afraid of being splashed by oil.

However, when cooking soup, you only need to pay attention to whether the water is boiling and whether the ingredients are cooked. Apart from the steam when the pot is opened, there are no other factors that would keep modern teenagers away, so Ouyang Yating and the other two did it relatively smoothly this time.

——Actually, Kagawa had already licensed the cooking method of vegetable soup to the public for free. The twenty or so people here must have seen the process of their family members or kitchen AI making vegetable soup, and the psychological fear of unknown things is naturally much less than other cooking methods.

Only a genius can really fail in doing it.

Kagawa thought about it and took the soup bowl handed over by Ino. There was only half a bowl of soup in the bowl, with golden egg drops and tomatoes floating on it. He could also smell the fresh aroma of eggs and tomatoes. It looked like a qualified bowl of egg drop soup.

Just now, Kagawa was eating fried rice and tasting the saltiness. Even after drinking a few sips of purified water, her mouth was still a little dry. Now, there was a dish of delicious egg drop soup in front of her, so of course she chose to drink the whole bowl without hesitation.

Fortunately, Kagawa swallowed very quickly, otherwise her brain would definitely spray out the soup the moment it received the taste feedback from her tongue.

Xiangchuan had a dark face, put down the bowl in his hand, looked at Aino, and said faintly:

"Mr. Aino, I'm going to ask you, did you put the wrong seasoning in?"

Aino opened his eyes wide and replied in surprise: "Ah? Why? Isn't it sweet enough?"

Great, it turns out he is a confirmed criminal! Xiangchuan felt veins popping up in her temples, she gritted her teeth and said:
"I remember I told you again and again: Don't put sugar in soup unless you are making dessert. Did you forget?"

"How could I forget? I have a good memory. I even remember you were eating steak buns."

Ino said with his head held high, as if showing off his memory.

"Then why is this soup sweet?"

"Huh? Didn't you say before that some people like to eat sweet fried tomato eggs, while some people prefer sweet ones, so I made a sweet one this time."

"I mean! Scrambled eggs with tomatoes! Not egg drop tomato soup! Don't make something like this to harm the tongues of modern teenagers!"

Kagawa angrily picked up the pot lid next to him and slammed it on the soup pot. Then he turned to the kitchen AI and said, "Treat this pot of soup as waste. Cook a new pot of soup according to his steps and replace the sugar with salt."

It's true that after practicing for a period of time, Ino's control over the heat has improved. At least the egg drop soup didn't have any strange lumps or was burnt. That's why Kagawa was deceived by its appearance.

Seeing the soup pot being taken away by the kitchen AI, Ino looked unhappy and complained: "Is it really that bad? I see you guys usually eat cakes happily, don't you?"

"That's enough. Don't mess with the tomato egg drop soup. If you really want to make sweet soup, I'll let you make sugary desserts some other time."

Xiangchuan said fiercely. Of course, she could only satisfy her craving for soup. It was not impossible to make soup, but peanuts, lotus seeds, taro, sweet potatoes... these common ingredients were nowhere to be found, not even corn and glutinous rice. Now was not a good time to make soup.

At least let’s wait until we achieve freedom in staple and supplementary foods.

With Ino's "opening lightning strike", Kagawa's hands were shaking when he picked up Liang Gong's bowl of soup.

Fortunately, neither Liang Gong nor Ouyang Yating had such an unconventional way of thinking as Ino, and they both honestly chose the most down-to-earth cooking method.

Liang Gong made beef and radish soup, and he was considerate enough to skim off the foam. The soup was so clear that it even looked a bit like Western broth, but there was too much ginger. After Kagawa drank it, in addition to feeling the sweetness of the radish and the aroma of the beef, what rushed straight into his nose was the hotness of the ginger.

After asking, I found out that Liang Gong directly put four large pieces of ginger in it. When I heard this amount, I thought this kid had some special hobby for ginger. It turned out that Liang Gong thought that he might not be able to remove the fishy smell of beef with his own method. At the same time, Kagawa had said that ginger can remove the fishy smell of raw meat, so he put it in without hesitation.

For such a pot of soup, two pieces would be a bit too much, and four pieces would be too spicy. Kagawa decisively called out the kitchen AI again and adjusted the recipe for beef and radish soup.

However, she did not throw away the pot Liang Gong made. Considering that the production escort ship is in autumn, there will definitely be some cool breezes at night. This pot of beef, radish and ginger soup can be given to the girls who are afraid of the cold to warm their stomachs.

Compared with the first two, Ouyang Yating's vegetable soup seemed so simple and normal, but the taste was a bit too bland - there was not enough salt.

After taking a small bowl of soup, Kagawa suddenly dreamed of returning to his high school campus. The vegetable soup in the big pot in the school cafeteria always tasted like vegetables and not salty at all.

Although fried rice is high in oil and salt, it is suitable to be paired with a bowl of vegetable soup with lower salt content. However, high school teenagers are a group of creatures who like strong flavors, and such a bland and unhealthy soup will definitely be despised by them.

When Kagawa finished preparing the soup, the kitchen AI also started making fried rice according to the recipe and pre-set portions.

Kagawa had already packed his own portion, so he had no reason to stay in the kitchen any longer and simply slipped out, followed closely by everyone in Class 8 of Grade 1.

However, after leaving the kitchen, Kagawa went straight to his seat, while the members of the Tongue Club, including Ouyang Yating and the other three, waited at the food window with Class 8 of Grade 1 for the fried rice to come out of the pot.

The seats were arranged in advance by Manager Wu. He had anticipated that the dinner time tonight would be crowded, so he designated a vacant area outside the cafeteria in advance and requisitioned it as a dining area for the first-year students of the Agricultural University Affiliated High School.

If it were the 21st century, people might worry about whether there would be mosquitoes, snakes, rats and the like in seats next to farmland. However, it is now 30,000 years later, and the relevant departments have very strict control over the distribution of biological organisms. It is estimated that even the fungi that can grow mushrooms cannot be found in the entire production escort ship, let alone small animals and insects.

To be honest, this place is quite suitable for those young men and women in the 21st century who yearn for a pastoral life but are also obsessed with the real rural fields. Xiangchuan slowly drank the beef, radish and ginger soup, thinking to himself.