Food: I was a cartoonist in Totsuki

"Huh? You just cut off the head of the saury. What kind of food are you preparing?"

"First of all, exclude charcoal grilled dishes, because charcoal grilling will not cut off the head. You must know that the charcoal grilled saury head is also very delicious."

Amid everyone's doubts, Erina continued to cut. She pushed the kitchen knife inward against the spine, and grabbed the upper half of the fish belly with her left hand.Then she suddenly used force and chopped off half of the fish belly.

After finishing this work, turn the whole saury over again, with the knife still running close to the spine, and cut off the other half of the fish belly.

Finally, turn the fish skin down and the belly to the left, and use a diagonal knife to remove the fish bones...

When seeing this, someone has already seen Erina's intention.

“I’m actually removing the bones from the saury. Is this to make boneless saury????

"Saury is different from ordinary fish. Although there are few spines, it is very difficult to completely remove the spines because of the small size of the fish. However, Erina removed them so easily. It was enough." You can see her superb knife skills!”

The two gourmets in the special guest seats said this, nodding at Erina's knife skills.

Not only were these two gourmets praising it, but other people in the audience were also amazed.

In less than 5 minutes, Erina easily removed the bones and bones of a whole saury.Even after removing all the fish bones, the saury can still maintain almost the same shape as before, which once again proves her proficiency in knife skills.

"The cooking method of removing fish bones and fish bones only appears in some star-rated restaurants... Some customers with discerning tastes do not want to eat fish bones, so they ask star chefs to remove fish bones and then make dishes. This has a great impact on knife skills, cooking The experience requirements are extremely high, and even some professional chefs may not be able to do it." Dojima Gin touched his chin and stared at Erina in front of the cooking table and said secretly.

Erina skillfully and quickly removed the bones and bones of the saury, while Tong Yu here was calmly handling ingredients other than the saury.

"Tong Yu didn't handle the saury as soon as possible? Doesn't he know that if the saury is processed a moment later, an extra point of deliciousness will be lost?"

"Wait...wait a minute, these ingredients he brought out are...'Eight Types of Seafood'!"

Only then did everyone realize that the ingredients on Tong Yu's cooking table were "eight kinds of seafood".

The eight kinds of seafood refer to eight kinds of seafood ingredients: shark's fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, mussels (dried mussel meat), scallops (dried scallop meat), fish lips, abalone, and squid.

These are the eight treasures in the sea. In contrast, there are eight treasures on land, namely bear paws, elephant trunks, humps, orangutan lips, deer tails, monkey brains, leopard fetuses, and bird's nests.

Whether it’s the “Eight Species of Seafood” or the “Eight Treasures of Animals”, they are all top-notch ingredients in Chinese cuisine. These ingredients usually only appear in state banquet dishes.

Especially during the Qing Dynasty where Liu Pleiades and others lived, "eight kinds of seafood" and "eight delicacies of animals" were the top dishes in palace cuisine.

Tong Yu quickly processed the eight ingredients, then put a few of them into the pot and started stewing.

There is not just one big stew pot on Tong Yu's cooking table. If you look carefully, there are five whole pots simmering over high heat.There are three different types of pot openings: casserole, stew pot and pressure cooker.

Seeing this, many people also guessed that the ingredients for Tong Yu's stew must be more than just "eight kinds of seafood".

This made many people wonder again. What kind of cooking requires so many boiled ingredients at one time?And the most important point is that if a large amount of ingredients are used to process other ingredients, and the saury is left alone, the deliciousness will be greatly lost.

Everyone couldn't understand Tong Yu's thoughts. When they looked back, Erina had already completed all the work of removing bones and spines from the saury, and then saw her cutting off the fish belly, body, and tail meat. , fish back meat are served separately and processed.

All parts of the meat were minced into minced meat, and then seasonings, egg whites, corn oil, etc. were added successively.

"I see. The saury is made into minced meat, marinated with seasonings, and then sealed with egg white and oil. The deliciousness of the saury is firmly locked in. In this way, even if it is set aside to process the ingredients, the taste is still the same. It won’t be lost!”

"You really have a good idea, but what on earth are you going to do with this delicious saury meat?"

Under the gaze of everyone, half of the cooking time has passed, and the moon has walked halfway along the "Moon Road". Only then did Tong Yu take out his saury.

"Isn't it too late to start dealing with saury at this time?"

"Well, even if it is placed in the ingredient safe, the deliciousness must have been lost a lot."

"Why are his saury so big? Hey, is there such a big saury?"

When Tong Yu took out one of the saury, everyone in the audience was surprised.

Because the size of the saury that Tong Yu took out was fully twice the size of Erina's saury, weighing at least three or four kilograms.

What people are amazed about is not the size of the saury, because they have seen a lot of large saury, but if you want to use it to eat the smaller saury of 1 to 2 pounds, it will definitely taste better.

Large saury like this has survived in the sea for a long time, and its meat has become aged and tastes worse.

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Chapter 126: Saury in Soup

Tong Yu not only processes the saury after half of the cooking time, but also chooses a "special knife" for the saury.

Te Dao refers to the largest saury, which weighs more than three kilograms.

"Zhongdao" meat has the best quality, weighing about 1 to 2 pounds, and generally not more than 1.5 pounds.The meat of this kind of saury is slightly sweet and elastic, and it tastes excellent.

Several of Erina's saury are "medium".

As for the "knife" weighing less than one pound, it is generally grilled over charcoal to bring out its maximum flavor.

"I really can't understand that not only do we have to deal with saury at the last moment, but we also use saury of this size."

"Well, the meat of this kind of saury is too old, and it tastes very bad."

"But Tong Yu should have his own ideas. He has started to deal with saury. Wait, this way of cutting in..."

"There is absolutely no mistake. Just like Erina just now, he is also preparing to remove the bones and spines of the saury!"

Amid everyone's surprised looks, Tong Yu began to remove the bones and bones of the saury.Although he was doing the same work as Erina just now, the methods of handling it were not exactly the same.

The "deboning" methods of fish are mainly divided into two types: raw deboning and cooked deboning.

Raw removal refers to using certain methods and skills to remove fish bones and fish bones before the ingredients have been processed in any way.

Cooking is to boil or steam the fish and remove the fish head, fish bones and fish bones.

The former is very difficult to handle and tests the chef's knife skills and understanding of the ingredients, while the latter is very easy and does not require any technical content.

The method used by Erina and Tong Yu is "raw deboning", but in this method there are also "separation and deboning method" and "whole fish deboning method".

Apparently Erina uses the "separation and deboning method", which means that the original shape of the fish does not need to be completely maintained, but it is divided into several parts.

Tong Yu uses the "whole fish deboning method", which is to remove the bones and bones of the fish while completely maintaining the original shape of the fish.

Obviously, the "whole fish deboning method" is much more difficult than the "separated deboning method". To remove all the bones without destroying the fish meat, it requires very advanced knife skills.

Tong Yu did not dare to be careless, holding the Yongling Knife and concentrating on every processing work, and no mistakes were allowed in every process.One wrong step will directly affect the production of the entire dish, which is equivalent to announcing the failure of the competition.

Everything went smoothly. After Tong Yu completely handled the four saury, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

Deboning the saury completely means that his cooking is more than half done, and he only needs to cook the saury next.

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Time is passing quietly. When the moon has passed three-quarters of the "Way of the Moon", Erina has finished her dishes first and is doing the final plating work.

Five minutes later, Erina delivered the completed dish to the three judges.

"Please taste, this is my cooking."

Senzaemon, Leonora and Dojima Gin all looked at the food on the plate.

What I saw piled up were several fish balls with a golden surface. The diameter of the fish balls was about two centimeters, and they were piled up like a pyramid.

The stacked meatballs are topped with a thick reddish-brown sauce.

"This is... fish ball?"

Erina nodded calmly and said, "Yes, this is French-style 'codfish balls'."

"Cod and saury~~ I see, the saury was chopped into minced meat and then the delicate cod meat was added! Erina-chan's dishes are still surprising as always!" Leonora stared at Erina and smiled. road.

When the cooking started, Alice also came to the judging table. Seeing that Erina only brought food for three people to the door, she immediately said displeased: "Erina, where is my portion?"

"You're not a judge, why should I prepare it for you?"

"Mom, look how cruel Erina is to me. She has been bullying me since she was a child, wuwu~~"

"Oh, Alice-chan, don't cry. I can give you some of my share."

"Mom is still good to me. Erina is too ruthless. Justice will finally punish her one day..."

After hearing the conversation between these two mothers and daughters, Erina had black lines on her forehead. She couldn't stand these two superb mothers and daughters... No, to be precise, she couldn't stand them since she was a child.

However, the quarrel between these three people seemed to others to be an illusion of family harmony. Now the only "outsider" on the judging table was Gin Dojima.

"Let the review begin." Nakiri Senzaemon finished speaking and took the lead in picking up the chopsticks and slowly bringing a meatball to his mouth.

Dojima Gin and Leonora also put the meatballs into their mouths.

I didn’t feel much after my first bite, and the taste wasn’t particularly strong.

"The meatballs are baked in the oven... This method is often used in French cuisine. The overall texture of the meatballs is just right, and you can feel the deliciousness with one bite." Gin Dojima commented.

"Is this crisp texture burdock? Add burdock cut into small pieces and mix it into the fish balls. The texture becomes more and more wonderful every time you chew it, and your appetite is awakened bit by bit..."

As Nakiri Senzaemon said this, his shoulders moved and the long black clothes fell off, revealing the toned skin of his upper body.

The clothes are torn!

Is this just after one bite?

Everyone was surprised that this little fish ball actually concealed such a huge power!

And Leonora also lowered her head and looked like she was about to explode after eating three fish balls in a row.

Alice on the side couldn't help but become serious when she saw this, and said: "I'm going to use my mother's trick...'the clothes burst'!"

Upon hearing this, the audience in the front row were stunned. Did Leonora's clothes also rip?

"What, do women also have 'clothing rips'? Is it an inheritance from the Nakiri family?"

"Hey, hey? It's true, it's not good in such a public place!"

Although some people think this is not good and a bit pornographic.However, seeing Leonora's maturity and beauty, many men began to look forward to her, and they all set their eyes on her.

"Hmm..."

Leonora suddenly slapped her hands on the table, then raised her head suddenly and commented on the dish Erina made at a super fast speed.

"(Speaking very fast) This is an excellent saury dish. All the bones and bones of the saury are removed with superb knife skills, and then it is made into the form of fish balls. This bold technique breaks the tradition The way to cook saury. Although the saury has undergone a transformation in form, its deliciousness has not been lost at all. This cooking method fully brings out the original deliciousness..."

Leonora gave hundreds of words of comments in one breath, without pausing in the middle.

Only then did everyone understand that Leonora's "clothes bursting" meant that when she tasted delicious food, she would "split" out of a few phrases in Japanese and express her fluent thoughts.

This left many people speechless. Why do the people of the Shindo Nakiri family have such a special way of appreciating delicious food?

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