Shiji Starts from the Beginning of the Month

"However, if there are only so few people, I think it will be more impressive if I show it to you."

Jiang Xia took out a quadrangular wide kitchen knife from the drawer.

"When it comes to Chinese cuisine, the first thing to mention is knives. China is a country that uses knives the most. Some are used as weapons, and some are used as chef's tools. Among the knives used as chef's tools, there are various kinds of knives. Different types and styles, such as cutting bones and shaving meat, and carving chicken pieces, because of different purposes, chefs will use different knives.”

"I know this. You need to use a knife with a heavier back for bone cutting, and a knife with a thinner blade for shaving meat. You need a small long knife for slicing chicken, and you need a special carving knife for carving."

The fan Xing Ping Chuangzhen took the topic and said, which made Jiang Xia feel a strong sense of satisfaction.

Look, what is an outstanding student, this is it!

In this way, teachers will have a sense of accomplishment and enthusiasm in class.

It's not like Erina with a cold face, just staring at herself without saying a word, making Jiang Xia think for a long time before saying every word, worrying if she said something wrong!

Such a student is terrible!

The teacher will never like it, um, absolutely!

"Yes."

Jiang Xia nodded at Xingping Chuangzhen, indicating that he can continue to carry forward this kind of flattering behavior next time.

"Therefore, Chinese cuisine is inseparable from the knife. If you want to make a good dish, first of all, you must meet the standard of knife skills. If you can't even use the knife well, and the ingredients can't be processed, then naturally, the cuisine will not be able to continue."

"So what I'm going to show you is Huaxia's knife skills."

"Is there any tofu?"

Jiang Xia asked Xingping Chuangzhen, and the latter got up immediately, went to the middle of the food warehouse behind the classroom, and found a piece of northern tofu.

What Jiang Xia wanted to show them was Wensi Tofu.

This dish is the most intuitive and ultimate embodiment of knife skills in Chinese cuisine.

Like conjoined cucumbers, it is imitated by various chefs in a certain sound, and it will never be missed in a novel about various delicacies.

Based on the principle that the traveler follows the public.

Jiang Xia is not going to miss it either!

However, the ingredients needed for this dish are soft tofu!

The northern tofu that Xing Ping Chuangzhen found was old tofu!

Don't think that northern tofu that is a little harder will be shredded better than tender tofu.

Actually, not at all.

Northern tofu uses brine to shape the tofu. Compared with southern tofu (soft tofu) which is shaped with plaster, the texture is firmer, but it is also not as tender.

Wensi Tofu needs to be cut decisively and continuously without any hesitation in the middle.

If you hesitate, the tofu will be destroyed due to the speed difference of the knife itself, and the cut out will not be shredded.

In the case of northern tofu, it means that it is impossible to cut tofu at a uniform speed with the same uniform force, and the requirements for the size of the chef's control force are very strict.

Jiang Xia didn't ask Xing Ping Chuangzhen to exchange a piece of tofu for herself.

He is also very curious about how far his lv8 knife skills can go.

"Come closer and watch my technique carefully."

Jiang Xia said to Erina who was sitting in the distance, she is not a scourge, why should she sit so far away!

Didn't she just stare at some special places for a long time last week in her room? This woman really holds a grudge.

Erina looked at Jiang Xia, reluctantly moved a few seats forward, but still kept a safe distance from Jiang Xia.

Forget it, this position should also be able to see clearly.

Jiang Xia didn't say anything, just took a deep breath.

Staring at the northern tofu in front of him, Jiang Xia gently stroked the tofu itself with his hands.

The skin was a bit rough, and by pressing, Jiang Xia got a general idea of ​​the firmness of each part of the tofu.

Sprinkle a little water on the tofu to increase the tenderness of the northern tofu.

Jiang Xia started to use the knife.

In an instant, the square kitchen knife in Jiang Xia's hand moved quickly.

The four little ones who were watching were stunned.

The blade quickly went up and down in the body of the tofu, in and out.

Erina felt that she could no longer keep up with the speed of the falling knife with her naked eyes, and could only judge by the sound of the blade hitting the cutting board. Every time Jiang Xia dropped the knife, it penetrated through the tofu, without any sense of sluggishness.

This?This is the knife skills required by Huaxia Cuisine?

Erina suddenly had an idea of ​​not admitting defeat, although she is not as skilled as Jiang Xia now!

But she is still young, if she comes seven more years!

for sure!

I can't reach such a level, so angry, it's the first time that Erina has the mentality that she can't compare with the opponent. You know, this has never happened in all the halberd confrontations in the past.

Chapter 22

Cut along one side to the end of the tofu.

Jiang Xia picked it lightly with the blade of the knife and turned the tofu over.

Then he continued to lower and raise the knife, cutting this miserable piece of tofu!

With the last knife down.

Jiang Xia retracted the knife, her arms trembling slightly.

"Teacher Jiang Xia's hand, it doesn't matter."

Among the four people, only the careful Tian Suohui noticed the abnormality of Jiang Xia's arm.

Hearing her voice, the remaining three people realized that Jiang Xia's wrist was shaking, and the knife was a little unsteady.

Erina turned her head away, hmph, I have to be brave, don't you know that the chef's hand is the most important thing?

"It doesn't matter. In fact, it's best to use southern tofu for this recipe. It's also the first time for me to use northern tofu, so I'm not used to the way of exerting force, so my hands are a little cramp."

Jiang Xia put the kitchen knife aside.

I moved my wrist a little bit, but fortunately I didn't overturn the car, otherwise, my prestige as a teacher would be ruined.

"But this piece of tofu hasn't changed much?"

Xing Ping Chuangzhen stared at the tofu in front of him in some confusion.

The tofu is still the same piece of tofu, a complete piece, it feels like nothing has changed!

"This change cannot be seen from the outside, and some methods are needed."

Jiang Xia carefully slid the tofu on the cutting board into the pot of clear water prepared earlier.

A shocking scene appeared.

The tofu, which was originally a whole piece, turned into silk threads in the water.

Each thread is as thin as a hair, uniform and stable.

"This is impossible!"

Erina was a little shocked. The northern tofu is not the southern tofu. There are many gaps in it. How could none of them be broken? This means that every time Jiang Xia cuts, the gaps are perfectly avoided!

This is no longer a level that humans can achieve!

"I don't know, I just felt that when the knife was cut today, the state was a little inexplicably good."

In his previous life, Jiang Xia also tried Wensi tofu to practice knife skills, but he couldn't even do it with southern tofu!

It seems that after traveling to the world in this anime, some settings have changed.

Cooking techniques that were originally impossible for normal people have also become possible.

When he just dropped the knife, he felt that there was an inexplicable inspiration that made him stagger the position by a small angle every time he lowered the knife.

It seems that this is the level recognized by the system as lv8!

I don't know how terrifying the more advanced knife craftsmen will be above this level.

Jiang Xia remembered that Nakiri Senzaemon once said that some people he knew were not as good as him at his age. This sentence can be understood as, these people, at their current age, are more powerful than Jiang Xia!

It's a bit interesting, for a cook, it would be very boring if there is no opponent in this world.

When you have time in the future, you must go and meet the top chefs in the world.

Speaking of which, there is one in front of me, Nakiri Senzaemon!

But this old man hasn't cooked for others for a long time!It shouldn't be a simple matter to fool the commander-in-chief into making a meal.

"Okay, you have also seen the knife skills I showed, do you have any insights?"

Jiang Xia asked the four students in front of him.

It's not like in ordinary novels, after a big bull shows some superb skills, the protagonist will have various epiphanies, and then directly upgrade!

"Sure enough, Xiaohui can't learn this kind of knife skills. Xiaohui can't even get started. Or, Mr. Jiang Xia, I should withdraw from the class?"

This is Tian Suohui's answer.

"Hmph, sooner or later, this lady will surpass you!"

This is Erina's answer.

"Sure enough, Teacher Jiang Xia is very powerful!"*2.

This is the idea of ​​the remaining Xingping Chuangzhen and Fei Shazi. For Fei Shazi, her medicinal diet does not have such strict requirements on knife skills, so she doesn't know much about this aspect.

Seeing Jiang Xia's amazing skills, he was naturally shocked!

"Cutting, isn't it just cutting a piece of tofu, what's the big deal, Huaxia cuisine is not just about knife skills."