Food Customizer

Liu Shengnan had been waiting at the place where she got off the bus. When she saw Su Chen opening the door and getting off the bus, she immediately went to meet him with red eyes.

She was just about to hug him.

Of course, if Han Cheng wasn't there, she would really do so. Of course, it was just a hug of friendship.

After all, being able to make such a decision quickly in such a critical moment is not something that ordinary friends can do. It must be at least a half-life friendship!

"Why are you crying?" Su Chen saw that Liu Shengnan was about to start again, and quickly glared at her, "Aren't you here? We are all family, why are you being so sentimental?"

Liu Shengnan sniffed, her voice a little choked, "I"

Before meeting, there were thousands of words to say, and a lot of words of gratitude were prepared in my heart.

After meeting, the word "I" made it impossible to say a word after that.

"Okay, okay." Su Chen patted Liu Shengnan's arm, "I'm here now, just leave everything to me. They will be here tomorrow afternoon, you hurry up and prepare the things for their bridesmaids."

Han Cheng came over at this time, "You are Shengnan's boss, right? Brother Chen, hehe, thank you, thank you so much this time!"

Su Chen shook hands with Han Cheng, "Okay, we are family, so don't talk about it. How are the preparations at home?"

Liu Shengnan wiped her eyes and cheered up, "I asked someone to help build five earthen stoves and an operating table. I arranged for people to buy the ingredients, and it is expected to be brought back tomorrow morning! The seasonings have also been arranged, and they should be brought back with the ingredients."

Su Chen thought about it.

That's basically it.

"But" Liu Shengnan touched the back of his head, "I think the pork at home is pretty good. Han Cheng has two big black pigs at home. I'm thinking about killing them tomorrow?"

Su Chen: ? ? ?

Can't you just buy the pork directly?

But then he thought, "That's great, it's best to kill the pork now, as long as there's enough time. Don't stand there stupidly, you two should do what you need to do, I'll go back to the room to rest, and we'll go back together tomorrow morning to start preparing."

The bride and groom can't always be together two days before the wedding.

In the end, Han Cheng had to go home first, and Liu Shengnan stayed in a hotel in the town.

On the way back, Han Cheng was still wondering why he always felt something was wrong.

Su Chen slept intermittently that night, mainly because he was not confident about the use of the earth stove, so he simply turned on the fire and made dishes in the practice room all night.

It was mainly for some dishes that needed to be cooked in the banquet, and some cold dishes, which also had to be arranged in advance.

The next morning, Han Cheng drove his cousin's Wuling Hongguang to pick him up.

"Shengnan, the wedding is tomorrow, why don't you stay here today?"

Liu Shengnan gave Han Cheng a slap on the head, "You are so young, why are you being feudal and superstitious? If I'm not here for a day, who knows what your family can do to the scene? I have to go back and keep an eye on it."

Su Chen also helped, "There is really no need to be feudal. The quality of life does not depend on this. Hurry up."

Han Cheng just agreed, "At six o'clock in the morning, they brought all the ingredients back, all the freshest vegetables! And the frozen goods were also delivered."

Liu Shengnan nodded with satisfaction.

This efficiency is still acceptable.

Before, the chef had an accident, and now Su Chen is in charge. As long as the ingredients are complete, she is very relieved.

Wandering around the mountain road, the van stopped at the gate of a farmyard soon.

Looking outside, all kinds of decorations and wedding characters were posted, creating a festive atmosphere. It was only about seven in the morning, and there were many people in and out of the yard.

The men were busy packing things, and a few people were hammering nails at the gate, and I didn't know what they were going to hang.

There were also a few men helping to unload things from a mule cart, and the women were busy moving the ingredients to the yard. Some people had already connected water to wash and pick vegetables.

Su Chen got out of the car.

He looked a little out of place in the crowd in a black suit, and soon attracted everyone's attention.

"Who is this? He is dressed so formally, a friend of the bride?"

"He looks like a star, probably came to attend the wedding in advance, must be the bride's family, hurry up and entertain him."

Liu Shengnan ignored everyone's eyes and walked in with Su Chen's arm, "Come on, brother Chen, see if these earthen stoves are OK? If not, there is still time to modify them."

Su Chen walked into the yard and built a row of earthen stoves in the southwest corner. From the outside, the yellow mud applied has dried up, and someone must have watched it dry with fire overnight.

These earthen stoves are very big, Su Chen is very satisfied with everything, the only thing that makes him uncomfortable is, "This pot is also built directly on the stove?"

"Yeah, we all do this here." Han Cheng is quite satisfied with his family's achievements.

"What's wrong, brother Chen, is it not easy to use if it is built on the stove?" Liu Shengnan asked.

Su Chen didn't say anything.

If it wasn't blocked, you could lift the pot to control the heat and wash the pot, but it was blocked directly. Although the impact was not great, it was indeed a bit troublesome to operate.

"Forget it, this will work."

The diameter of the iron pot was at least one meter. It was no exaggeration to say that Zhang Li could be put in and stewed directly.

This was in line with the impression of a rural feast.

"Nannan, who is this?" Han Cheng's mother looked at the door for a long time, and now came over with two cups of hot tea.

I have always seen Liu Shengnan holding the arm of this man in a suit, and this mother-in-law is really a little uncomfortable.

"Auntie, this is my boss, who came here specially to help with the banquet!"

Han Cheng's mother groaned twice, "I am sorry for the hospitality, sorry for the hospitality! Please drink a glass of water first, you must be tired on the way? Or go to the kang and lie down for a while, I will find some fruit, elbow!"

Su Chen took the hot water, "No, I have to start working now."

Han Cheng's mother called, and an aunt brought a piece of clothes, "Wear this when working, don't dirty your clothes."

Su Chen took a look, it was an ordinary rural clothes, and an apron.

"No, I usually do this."

Han Cheng's mother muttered twice, looking at the suit on Su Chen that seemed to be worth a lot of money.

Is he really here to work?

Or is he the chef?

I don't believe it.

Su Chen drank the hot water in the cup in one gulp, and the chill of early autumn was dispelled a lot.

"This is the menu I decided when I came here. You can see if it's okay. If not, there is still time to change it now."

Han Cheng's parents are illiterate, so they can only listen to their son reading it out.

After reading for a full minute, Han Cheng's father suddenly asked, "Add more dishes? I think there are 24?"

Su Chen nodded, "This is the basic standard in Jingzhou. But don't worry, I'm here to help, not to make money. The ingredients are probably enough, and your expenses are the cost of the ingredients."

Seeing that his thoughts were seen through, Han Cheng's father blushed, "That's not what I meant. I mean, can so many dishes be made?"

"Uncle, don't worry! This is my boss!"

Liu Shengnan's boastful look, those who don't know would think this is her groom!

Han Cheng felt the same way.

The people in this yard are ordinary, and suddenly there came such a good-looking man who was dressed very formally. At first glance, he really looked more like a groom than himself.

Uncomfortable

After chatting for so long, Su Chen stopped talking nonsense, "Okay, let's start. Where are the frozen goods? Let's get all the braised ones first."

According to the menu, there are quite a few braised meats.

For example, elbows. No matter how they are cooked, it is best to braise them first and then do the secondary processing.

There are also pig's trotters and beef. They have to be braised and cut into plates after they are cool.

Then there is the pig's head. Now the pig is still alive, so it can't be cooked for the time being, and it's not a big problem to wait first.

"Here!" The second cousin came in with a few people carrying cartons, "These are all frozen goods that have just been delivered, six boxes of elbows and six boxes of pig's trotters."

This is about the same number.

One elbow and two pig's trotters per table.

"Spices?"

The second uncle came over with a huge nylon bag, "Whatever you want is here, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, etc. Anyway, everything on the list is bought, and it is bought in double quantity!"

Su Chen nodded, doing a good job.

"Give me some seasoning basins."

"Here they are!" Liu Shengnan ran into the house and took out a stack of stainless steel basins. "We borrowed more than 600 basins yesterday. We have a lot of these. Use them as much as you want."

"Six hundred?" Su Chen asked in confusion. "Why do you need so many?"

"Just" Liu Shengnan touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly. "There are not enough plates. We have to use these to serve the dishes."

Gah!

Su Chen felt like he was struck by lightning. A chill ran down from head to toe. "No plates?"

"Yeah." Liu Shengnan also saw that something was wrong. "What's wrong?"

It's not that it's not possible.

Don't look at the various shapes of plates in the restaurant. In fact, there is a lot of knowledge in it besides being beautiful.

It's like a shallow plate. It looks big, but in fact, it can be filled with just one spoonful of vegetables. Cold dishes like lotus root slices are not eaten by many people most of the time. Using this kind of plate can not only reduce costs, but also avoid waste.

This is the skill.

Now all stainless steel basins are used, and the ones Liu Shengnan took out look really big!

If you pour all the food into a shallow plate, it will only make a bottom layer, which is too ugly.

"Nothing." Su Chen's scalp tingled.

If that's the case, it seems that I have to change my strategy a little bit, because according to the amount of ingredients I planned before, if I want the table to look better, it may not be enough!

Ignoring everyone's strange eyes.

Su Chen picked out a few smaller basins and took out all the spices from the nylon bag.

Started to put them in the basins by category.

Then there are seasonings, soy sauce, oyster sauce, refined salt, chicken essence, MSG, etc., all unpacked and poured into the basin.

This makes it very convenient to use when cooking.

There were more than 30 bottles, jars, pots, and bowls on the huge operation table. The old ladies who were eating melon seeds and working in the yard stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

"Why are there so many seasonings? Eat with seasonings?"

"What do you know? If you want the dishes to taste good, you have to add enough seasoning. Now you know why your dishes are not delicious?"

"Wow, this is amazing! Can you use so many things?"

"I think this style looks a bit like a chef. Don't look at it, hurry up and work!"

After arranging all the seasonings, Su Chen scooped a full load of cold water into each of the five large iron pots, and then threw all the frozen goods he had brought back into the pots to start thawing.

"Brother, I'll light a fire for you!" Han Cheng felt that it was not a good idea for him to stand here, so he offered to help.

Su Chen waved his hand, "No, just use cold water to thaw."

If you use hot water to thaw, it's not easy to control the temperature of the earthen stove. Don't let the ingredients be cooked on the outside while they're still frozen on the inside, which would be embarrassing.

In addition, there are many kinds of ingredients, and it's a bit troublesome to thaw them by classification. If you pour them all into the pot at once, it's even more difficult to control when heating.

It's better to thaw with cold water. Although it's a bit slow, it's safer.

While thawing the ingredients, Su Chen asked Liu Shengnan for a notebook and a pen.

Although he has a good memory, it's also muscle memory formed after thousands of tempering in the practice room.

This is the first time to prepare a big banquet. It is necessary to record the process for tomorrow while doing it, so as not to be in a hurry and make a fool of myself if I make a mistake.

"First, frozen pork elbow with mung bean. Frozen pork elbow on the evening of the 2nd, and can be used directly at noon on the 3rd. Need to prepare: red oil sauce, ginger juice sauce, pepper and sesame sauce, garlic sauce."

The day before yesterday, Su Chen thought of the braised pork elbow, and then after seeing the conditions of Liu Shengnan, he found a fatal problem.

It seems that there is no suitable steamer to use!

Even an ordinary household steamer is too small. It is impossible to steam 30 pork elbows at a time.

Then we can only choose another method.

Mung bean frozen pork elbow belongs to Sichuan cuisine. It is okay to eat in this season. Su Chen is also confident that this dish can maintain the A-level evaluation, after all, the ingredients are here.

"Second, braised pig's trotters."

This is not difficult. You just need to make all the pig's trotters today, cut them and put them on the plate, and serve them directly at noon tomorrow.

Su Chen went through the process and dishes one by one, and from time to time he made some simple preparations that could be prepared in advance. It was not until after ten o'clock in the morning that the food in the pot was finally thawed.

Because he was writing and drawing here, there was nothing to see.

At first, some villagers were skeptical about this behavior. After all, he didn't look like a chef who could handle 30 tables of banquets.

But Liu Shengnan ignored the differences and later started to command everyone to do their own things, leaving Su Chen a quiet place.

"Use the basin to sort the things."

Han Cheng agreed, rolled up his sleeves and fished the ingredients out of the pot. The water that had just thawed was very cold, and he was grinning.

According to Liu Shengnan's arrangement, Han Cheng was responsible for staying by Su Chen's side and helping him with everything!

After putting various ingredients in several large aluminum basins.

Su Chen asked Han Cheng to get all the water out of the iron pot and replace it with new water.

"Brother Chen, is this water clean?"

"You don't understand." Su Chen wrote down the process and responded casually.

"But I think it's very clean?" Han Cheng scooped out water with a ladle.

This is also the reason why Su Chen didn't want the pot and the stove to be blocked. It's hard to pour water!

"Do you cook?" Su Chen stopped writing and asked suddenly.

Han Cheng didn't expect the other party to ask suddenly. He was stunned for a moment and said, "No, I always eat in the cafeteria."

"Oh." Su Chen lowered his head again, writing and saying, "While thawing just now, the cold water also has the effect of soaking out the blood in the ingredients. If this water is used again, it will inevitably be fishy."

Han Cheng nodded as if he understood.

According to Su Chen's arrangement, he cleaned all the water in the pot, and then added new clean water.

"Light the fire."

"Oh!"

Han Cheng went to pick up the firewood, lit it and put it in the stove.

"Hair dryer."

"Okay."

Han Cheng came out with the power strip and the hair dryer again, feeling like a ruthless tool man!

If Liu Abao was here, he would definitely tell him.

You don't want to be a tool man?

I'll do it!

Su Chen had almost written the process of the dish, and it was time to start the initial preparation.

Put the large aluminum basin with pork elbows and pig's trotters on the operating table, pick up one to look at, and then put another one into the pot.

Until all 30 pork elbows were put into the pot, Su Chen said with satisfaction, "The quality of frozen goods in this store is pretty good."

Whether it was pork elbows or pig's trotters, they were basically handled very cleanly, and it was obvious that they were frozen after secondary processing.

In this case, it saved a lot of trouble.

There were six pork elbows and three pig's trotters in each of the five iron pots.

Then wrap the crushed ginger and green onions with gauze and put them into the pot, and then put a gauze wrapped with mung beans into the pot.

"Brother, do green beans and pork elbows go together?" Han Cheng watched from the side, and he couldn't figure it out even if he scratched his head.

How can pork elbows be put together with green beans?

Isn't this too weird?

Su Chen thought about it, but didn't know how to explain it. He took out the eternal words, "You will know after eating it."

The five iron pots were occupied again, and this time they would be occupied for a long time. Su Chen simply started to stroll in the yard.

"Brother, what should I do with this fish? I'm afraid it's not fresh, so I bought it alive!" The eldest cousin brought goods home again.

The seats at the back of the van were removed, and a huge iron bucket was placed directly, with more than 30 grass carps in it.

"The fish should be killed and cooked immediately. They should not die overnight, so just leave them there."

Kill and cook immediately?

The cousin scratched his head, wondering how long it would take to kill these more than 30 fish?

But now he was the one in charge, so he could not say much. He could only ask people to move the iron bucket to the yard and reminded them, "Remember to change the water before going to bed at night."

Su Chen strolled outside the yard and suddenly heard a series of screams, which did not sound like human!

He hurried back to the yard to look.

"Fuck!"

I saw only four or five big men dragging a huge black pig out of the pigsty!

Two of them pressed the pig's head, and one of them pulled the pig's tail.

Another person hugged the pig's body and wanted to ride on it directly.

But the black pig was too slippery and escaped several times.

"Squeak~squeak~"

As the crowd chased it, the black pig lost its usual simple and honest look, and even its cry became sharper.

"Fuck, this pig is too strong! I can't catch it!"

"How can I kill it? You have to hold it down for a while, hurry up! Don't let it run away!"

"No, the two pigs in my uncle's house are let out for a walk every day. How can they not be strong? I'm almost exhausted!"

Good guy!

Su Chen swallowed his saliva, and he didn't know why he suddenly felt a boiling blood.

He yelled for no reason.

"Get out of the way! Let me do it!"