delicious little cook

Chapter 99

Smelling the aroma of roasted chicken legs through the greased paper, Yan Bo smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, and told Bai Kou the latest news from his family this morning, the nephew of the shopkeeper Zhao who wanted to marry Mei Lun, his uncle The family's cousin was the age at which marriage was discussed, and when they heard that Meilun had a 17-year-old younger sister, Meihuan, the family was moved.

Bai Kou was delighted to hear it, but he didn't agree with it. He just asked Yan Bo to check some news in detail. After all, the relationship between that uncle's cousin and shopkeeper Zhao is too far away. count.

Yan Bo chuckled, and before he could speak, Bai Kou promised a lot of delicious food, coaxing Yan Bo to smile, and he could do anything.

After returning to Wenling Courtyard, Bai Kou naturally told Meihuan the latest news. Amidst the booing of the crowd, she made her face blush, and hid behind her sister shyly not daring to raise her head.

When Gu Yun came home from school, he saw that the courtyard was very lively. Everyone quickly told the young master about Mei Huan's good news. Knowing that Bai Kou had entrusted Yan Bo to inquire about the other party's family background, Gu Yun was very happy and relaxed. The survey results of the shopkeeper's nephew.

Bai Kou made grilled cold noodles as a snack. The cold noodles were filled with vegetables and smoked sausages. The taste was salty, spicy, crispy, and a cup of fruit iced tea was added for the two young masters to eat first. Still roasting beef jerky.

Of course, the almond tofu that I promised the young master also made a large portion. The sixth young master, Gu Chen, is just the opposite of his brother. He prefers sweets, but for the sake of his teeth, his family strictly controls the amount of sugar he eats, so Bai Kou made it. The almond tofu is not sprinkled with sweet-scented osmanthus, but it is served with diced fruit. The young master still eats it with gusto.

The two brothers finished their snacks slowly, and the delicious spicy roast beef jerky just came out of the oven. The salty and spicy taste also has a hint of sweetness, which makes people reluctant to stop after tasting it.

Bai Kou gave half of the roast beef jerky to each of the two brothers, but they were divided into several small portions and wrapped up separately. Eat a pack and take one pack. The sixth young master happily took his portion of beef jerky back to borrow flowers from his parents to present Buddha.

Gu Yun also couldn't help it, and immediately opened a bag and put it on the desk, chewing while reading, the more he chewed, the more delicious it became.

The big bowl of sauce and big bones served on the table at dinner startled Gu Yun, but after careful counting, there were only four yuan in total, so he sat down and ate slowly. Went to Honor Hall.

The old lady and the old lady were not satisfied with the food tasting presided over by Wen Gushan earlier, so Bai Kou thought about it a little bit, and wanted to try to deliver food like this every night, and see if there were any dishes that would interest the masters Add it to the menu of Xiaoyan.

The death day of Duke Xian is June [-]th, and the filial piety banquet is also held on that day. Now it is the end of April, and there will be three days until May. The preparations should not be delayed any longer. Only after the menu is confirmed can we order the ingredients with the store Raw materials, and other gifts that the clansmen take home after they come to eat, must also be ordered with the store, and it is better to order early than late.

The old matriarch resolutely does not allow the three old ladies to come to the banquet, so the separate table of vegetarian banquet is cancelled, but so many menus are not in vain, Bai Kou knows that his move has left a deep impression on the old matriarch impression.

After dinner, Gu Yun went to say good night to the elders, and when he came back, he called Bai Kou to the main room to talk, and conveyed the instructions from the old grandmother.

"The old lady likes the sauced bone tonight, but it's a pity that it's only suitable for family members to eat behind closed doors, not for banquets."

"The servant girl understands. Men don't mind it. Let the wives hold and gnaw bones with their hands. That image is too indecent." Bai Koufu saluted, expressing his understanding. The picture was simply too beautiful to bear to look at directly.

"The old lady said, you can cook braised pork for her, but not the usual greasy one."

"Okay, let's make braised pork with fermented glutinous rice. It has the fragrance of distiller's grains, and it also relieves greasiness." Bai Kou didn't need any time to think, and just opened his mouth.

"There must be no dripping soup."

"Understood, it's not suitable for ladies and gentlemen to have a banquet with their mouths full of oil and soup splashing."

"Since you understand everything, you can make this dish first these few days. If the old lady likes it, there are whole chickens and ducks waiting for you. The pouch tofu remains the same. If you have all three dishes Taken, this banquet menu is entirely up to you to draw up."

"Third young master, writing the menu is easy, but who is the chef?"

"You want to be the chef? Can you order those old people around? Are you afraid that they will cause you trouble? If anything goes wrong at the banquet, it is the chef's fault. You know the rules. As long as there is one person who makes trouble with you, no one will settle accounts after the banquet." saved you."

"Third Young Master, based on the size of Rong En Hall's courtyard, it is estimated that there are no more than 50 female guests, right? In addition to a few main tables on the high platform, it is not a problem to place ten Eight Immortal tables on the flat ground below. Zhang will affect the walking among the servants."

"Well, then?"

"For a banquet of less than 50 people, there are four people at a table. Based on the number of cooks in the East Kitchen, there are [-] people from the steward to the third-class cook, which is more than enough. The manpower needed is the servant who specializes in passing dishes. If it’s too small, the previous dishes have to be removed in time for the last round of new dishes.”

"You don't need to worry about passing the dishes and the people waiting at the table. How dare you guarantee the things in the kitchen?"

"Steward Zeng Zhu is now acting as the manager. She will definitely be the top chef when the time comes. Just let the servant girl be her deputy. It's no problem to guarantee the ticket. Steward Zeng is responsible for controlling the unified arrangement of the audience, and the maidservant will only be in charge of the cooking."

"You want first- and second-class old cooks to help you? They will definitely mess with you because of this."

"If the old cooks don't obey the command and drive them out, it happens that the third-class cooks will take over to replace them, and the servants will take Xiaoqian, Xiaojing and the other six girls to be the fire-burning girls. No matter how you count, there will be enough manpower. .”

"I know you have a few good sisters, but do you have too much confidence in them? Taking advantage of the banquet, the third-class chef stepped on the head of the first- and second-class cooks without going through the promotion test. Be careful arouse public outrage.”

"In that tense moment when every second counts, people who can't obey orders, third young master, what do you think is the use of keeping them? On the battlefield, what kind of punishment will soldiers get when they obey the orders of the general?"

Gu Yun was silent for a moment, but still shook his head.

"In addition to Zeng Zhu, there is also Lu Meihua. They will be the same when the time comes. At most, it depends on you drawing up the menu. Let you be in charge of the four main courses, and then you will find a chance to let you My good sister earns some performance."

"Well, this seems to be okay."

"Don't be too greedy, cook the dishes first, and then talk about it. If you don't get the chance to draw up the menu, everything behind will be empty."

"Yes, third young master, the servant girl will go to Yan Bo to buy ingredients tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)