delicious little cook

Chapter 104 Master Chef Qualification Acquired

After lunch, Bai Kou went back to Wenling Courtyard, and when she went to get some water from the small kitchen, she was told by the girls that the Da Furen had sent someone to write the menu for the filial feast.

Aunt Su took a list to Bai Kou, which listed a few main ingredients that must be used for the banquet, and then the number of cold dishes, seasonal vegetables, etc., and the taste was written at the end, salty and fresh Sweet, crispy, sweet and sour, all different, and the menu must meet these constraints.

In Bai Kou's view, this kind of menu with conditions listed is actually easier to write, just like a propositional composition. The conditions are a box, just put it inside.

Bai Kou put away the list, checked the pork belly that had been cooled, and asked the maids to help her calculate the time, because the meat will be steamed for two hours, so it should be matched with the dinner time, neither too early nor too late.

After explaining clearly, Bai Kou went back to the room to take a nap, and when he woke up, he wrote the menu by hand, before going to the kitchen to steam the meat.

When the young masters came home from school in the afternoon and finished their snacks, the sixth young master took the menu back to his mother.

When it was time for dinner, the eldest lady brought the menu to the old matriarch, and Bai Kou took the time to finally cook the braised pork with fermented glutinous rice and served it with the dinner brought back from the east kitchen.

The sugar made from rock sugar is bright in color, and the distiller's grains have solved the greasy problem of the big fat meat, and added a special sweet fragrance. In the end, they ate some other dishes after the children persuaded them. The three masters shared the remaining braised pork, but the wives and the sixth young master only tasted one or two pieces.

After eating, the table was vacated, and the old matriarch asked Da Furen to order Bai Kou to prepare it, instead of trying the dishes alone, she would make a whole table according to her menu in a few days.

In such a hurry, firstly, there is indeed not much time for people to worry about what to eat for the banquet, and secondly, everyone knows Bai Kou's cooking skills, so there is no need to try left and right.

After receiving the instructions, the eldest lady and her husband went back to the Jicheng hall, and told him when the son came to say good night.

Tonight's Braised Roubai Kou only made one portion, and Gu Yun didn't eat it. Anyway, he wasn't interested in it, but seeing his parents, grandmother and younger brother all said it was delicious, he was naturally happy.

After returning to Wenling Courtyard, Gu Yun called Bai Kou to pass on his mother's instruction. Although he didn't say it clearly, he had indeed given Bai Kou the qualification to be the head chef of the filial piety banquet.

"On the day of filial piety, it was not just eating and drinking. Too much time wasted in front of Wengu Mountain. I should have been busy with other things from next month, but the menu has not been finalized until now. Now this errand is officially entrusted to you. What do you want to buy? Just make the list, but we don't want any more bad news."

"My servant understands, please rest assured, Third Young Master."

"You are young, and those veteran chefs will definitely not be convinced that you have obtained the qualification of chef. If Zeng Zhu can help you, you can go to her if you have any questions. If she can't convince everyone, I will help you."

"Master Xie San, but it shouldn't be so bad. If someone deliberately delays them, they will be sold to the mine."

"You spread the word?"

"I just told the steward Zeng that she knows the old chefs better, so the servant girl will not get involved, so that no one will gossip again."

Gu Yun nodded, as long as the East Kitchen can restore order, he doesn't care too much about the methods the stewards use.

"Third Young Master, do you want to make only one table of dishes this time, or a few more tables?" Bai Kou had something to say.

Gu Yun rolled his eyes, "Do you have any new ideas?"

"Create at least two tables. You can't leave the male chefs alone. You have to teach them how to cook the dishes on the menu. This is the first time that the maids lead the cooks to cook, and the male chefs watch. The first time I ask them to go to the West Kitchen to do it, it should be a field drill by the way."

"It should be. The female guests can't eat happily, but the male guests don't know what to eat. Write down all your plans in detail. Don't think about it again and again. You don't have time to go back and forth."

"Yes, third young master, the servant girl will go down to work now." Bai Kou's eyes sparkled, and he bowed and retreated.

Seeing Bai Kou's confident appearance, Gu Yun was a little worried that she would not be able to handle such a heavy job at such a young age, but now it seems that he can look forward to her performance.

Bai Kou first went to the small kitchen to arrange supper, then returned to the room and wrote all kinds of lists by hand, and sent the third young master to school the next morning, Bai Kou took the list of ingredients to find Uncle Yan, and then went to the nursing home Practice kung fu with Mrs. Bao Er.

After finishing the morning's work one by one, when it was time to go to the east kitchen to work, Bai Kou brought the menu with her, and she wrote a few more copies last night.

Maybe it's because of the important errands on her body, Bai Kou's steps are different from usual, especially masculine and high-spirited, with her head held high and her chest up and she walks imposingly. Kou smiled from behind.

As soon as Bai Kou entered the compound, he saw the handymen doing the general cleaning. It turned out that the oven was repaired, and many people gathered around the oven room and chatted.

Zeng Zhu led the steward out of the tea room to assign errands to everyone, and Bai Kou walked over directly and gave her the menu.

"Master Zeng, this is a new menu. The masters want to try the dishes, and the list of ingredients has been given to Uncle Yan."

"Who will be the chef?" Zeng Zhu took the menu and didn't rush to look at it, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"The maidservant is in charge of the chef's side, and the maidservant is in charge of the first dish test, while the male chef looks on. Afterwards, they redo it in the west kitchen."

"Masters agree?"

"All these matters are left to the servants. The masters have no time to waste on the banquet. They can't procrastinate any longer. Those who are slow and troublesome will turn around and sell them to the mine."

Bai Kou talked to Zeng Zhu without looking sideways, ignoring the ever-changing faces of the other three stewards beside him. Seeing them talking, the cooks and maids at the side surrounded them unknowingly, just in time to hear The last half sentence.

"Sell it to the mine!?"

"No way! Is it true or not!?"

"Is it true or not? People who don't believe it can challenge it." Bai Kou finally turned his head, looked at the cooks and said with a smile.

"I still don't believe it! We are all experienced chefs for many years, how could the masters give such an order! This will chill people's hearts!"

"It is! It is!"

Someone objected, and it was immediately echoed.

Bai Kou waited patiently for their voices to gradually decrease, then nodded unhurriedly.

"Everyone's feelings are understandable, but if you want to blame this matter, you can only blame the former head of Wengu Mountain. He wasted too much time, thinking that the only thing in the mansion on the third anniversary of his death is the filial banquet? The sacrifice of the ancestral hall is not the case. Is it time to get down to business? How can the masters have time to play games with the kitchen over and over again?"

The emotional cooks immediately fell silent as if they had been splashed with ice water, looking at each other speechlessly.

(End of this chapter)