delicious little cook

Chapter 91

The small kitchen was busy, and Yan Bo sent someone to come again, waiting for all the oven tools customized by the craftsman to finally arrive.

Bai Kou hurriedly set aside a piece of beef, instead of cutting it all to make meat stuffing, but reserved it for steak, and immediately asked the girl to help loosen the meat, put it in a copper bowl and start marinating, while the newly delivered meat Cast iron frying pans and iron plates are cleaned immediately and ready for use.

The sixth young master couldn't bear the gloomy atmosphere at his parents' side, so he ran to his brother's place to grab some snacks, and when he learned that he would have a barbarian-style dinner tonight, he immediately decided to have dinner with his brother tonight.

Gu Yun also just didn't want his younger brother to listen to too serious topics at the dinner table. Tonight the elders must talk about today's affairs so as not to affect the children's appetite.

In the evening, when dinner was served, the palm-sized grilled dumplings had enough fillings that the two brothers couldn’t put their hands down. Then the sizzling steak was served with garlic sauce, and the knife was specially changed into small pieces for the convenience of the brothers. The two ate with chopsticks, and there were also refreshing cold dishes and cold drinks. The third young master loved a plate of hot and sour noodles, and he almost ate it alone. The sixth young master couldn't stand the hot and sour stimulation, so he took the last The dessert almond tofu on the table is all rounded.

This dinner was not purely barbarian-style at all, but it also made the two young masters eat happily, talking about it while eating, and making a deluxe version again when the ingredients are ready next time.

Before returning to Jicheng Hall, the satisfied Sixth Young Master even wrapped up two pieces of the leftover scallion pancakes and kept them for tonight's supper.

Gu Yun followed to say good night to the old grandmother and parents. After walking around for a while, he ordered Bai Kou to make some scallion pancakes tomorrow morning. He was going to visit Gu Qian's house. If such an unfortunate incident happened, their family must have no intention of cooking. , bring some food to show a little humble heart.

Bai Kou responded, and was about to leave to prepare ingredients in the kitchen when Gu Yun stopped him.

"By the way, madam is surprised that there are too many cooks and cooks in the east kitchen with bad noses. Do you think it's because of age, or is there another reason?"

"Third Young Master, it is not ruled out that there are some people whose sense of smell has decreased as they get older. After all, everyone's physical condition is different, otherwise doctors would not have a thousand opinions."

"Don't play around with me, I'm full and I don't want to use your brains with you."

"To be honest, Third Young Master, so many people in the East Kitchen have bad noses, and it has something to do with the environment."

"The point."

"Grilling room."

"Grilling room?"

"Since the big oven was abandoned, the food was baked in the roasting room. It was an open fire, directly facing the smoke and dust from the charcoal fire. The ventilation in the roasting room was not good. After a long time, the nose would be broken. gone."

"But don't you also barbecue every day?"

"Third Young Master, the maidservant is outside, always keep upwind, so that the smoke and dust will not come oncoming, and the maidservant is not roasting alone, everyone takes turns to cook, eat and play while it's a summer night's pastime. But in the roasting room, there is no place for people to hide from the smoke generated by the barbecue."

"So it's necessary to turn that big oven back on?"

"Actually, the maid doesn't understand why she gave up such a big oven. Could it be that no one in the east kitchen knows how to use it?"

"If no one knows how to use the East Kitchen, you have to be their master."

"If necessary, the servant girl must do her best, otherwise it will cost money to change a batch of cooks every few years, and they are not invited famous chefs."

Gu Yun was amused by Bai Kou. Thinking about it, it is true that among the 24 newcomers who bought this year, only Bai Kou bought the most value for money, and the rest were worth the money, and those who were eliminated were really wasted.

"So many people have been suspended today, the master is wondering whether to replenish the manpower now. After all, the filial piety banquet in June is approaching day by day."

"This servant girl can't say anything now. I have to observe it for a few more days. If you are too busy, you don't have to rush to fill in the newcomers. Newcomers have to adapt to the environment when they first arrive, get along well with everyone, and learn to obey orders. Facing a big banquet attended by hundreds of people, it is hard to predict how they will behave."

"You agree with Madam."

"Third young master, didn't you try the dishes last time? Did you get any results? Do you want to change the menu? Do you want to let the existing staff do a real rehearsal? The last time the dishes were tried was cooked by Wen Gushan in the small stove alone. Does not represent the true level of the entire kitchen."

"Tsk, it's because I wasn't satisfied with the dishes last time that I thought about repairing the big oven to cook a few hard dishes, all relying on the big stove in the kitchen of the red case.

"Well, the dishes on the table are finished, and the rest of the dishes are not served. It's really a shame."

"And this filial piety banquet, the men's seats are placed in the small school yard, have you seen how big the school yard is?"

Bai Kou nodded repeatedly.

"The women's seats are placed in the yard where your rookies competed. The number of women guests is much smaller. The female relatives of the clan who live nearby will come over, and those who live farther away will give gifts, but the men in the family will definitely come."

"Third young master, take the food from the east kitchen to the school yard in the west. The food will be cold. Will the west kitchen be used by then?"

Gu Yun shrugged, raised his hand to take tea.

Bai Kou suddenly realized.

"The east kitchen has to send more than half of the staff to the west kitchen to cook for the men's table, so the master is worried about the lack of manpower."

"So we are very short on time now. Since we have already started to rectify the East Kitchen today, let's just rectify it to the end. Someone will tell Uncle Yan to make an inventory of the ice cellar tomorrow. You should take care of it. It is up to you to draw up the regulations. If you write Well done, I have a big reward for you."

"How much does it weigh?" Bai Kou tilted her head, with an expression of not doing work for no benefit.

"Want to know? Let's finish the errands first." Gu Yun wanted to whet his appetite, ignoring Bai Kou's embarrassed expression, and walked into the study in a good mood to read.

Bai Kou pouted and walked into the small kitchen, lit a fire and sat in a pot to boil scallion oil, getting ready for making scallion pancakes tomorrow morning.

My hands are busy, and my mind is not idle. I am slowly drafting the new regulations for the ice cellar.

Although the entrance of the ice cellar is very small, it is actually very large inside. At the beginning of the construction, it must have been divided into public and private areas, but as time goes by, things will inevitably get mixed up, and the people who take care of the ice cellar no longer take good care of them. , I’m afraid I will think that I have done my duty by keeping a record of my daily entry and exit.

Early the next morning, Gu Yun had breakfast and changed his clothes. The carriage prepared by the family was waiting in Babu Alley. The servant stood outside the gate of Wenling Courtyard to welcome the young master to go out. Bai Kou made two large bags of scallion pancakes. It was also carried by the servant.

Gu Xu, the eldest young master, went with Gu Yun. Because she still hated the incense given by Gu Qian, the third lady reasoned that Gu Jing was not in good health, so she didn't let her son go with her, and only asked the girl to send a condolence ceremony.

(End of this chapter)