Jiang An and Xie Ying both had bitter taste in their mouths. The vivid appearance of cold shrimps had made their expectations of Lao Zhou much lower. In their opinion, this method of Gu Zheng was said to be an enchantment and a witchcraft.
Fadu is good, but it really shouldn’t be about cooking!
"Is this really cooking?"
Lao Zhou looked at Gu Zheng's Liang Xia and murmured, he was really shocked.
"Of course it's cooking! When using inner energy to cook food, can you say that inner energy is not part of cooking? Don't be too shocked. If you can't even make simple shapes with the ability transformed from fairy magic,
There is no such thing as magical magic."
Gu Zheng didn't even raise his head, and was still busy with the next step of making cold shrimps as he spoke.
The soup of cold shrimp is the key. Cold shrimp without soup is equivalent to having no soul.
The cold shrimp soup used by Lao Zhou is considered to be a more creative secret sour plum soup. Naturally, the soup used by Gu Zheng will not be the same as his.
The pergola was originally built under the coconut trees, and there were some large coconuts placed in the shed.
After rummaging through the pile of coconuts, Gu Zheng held the coconut he valued in his hand and shook it back and forth.
The coconut is ripe, but not yet as ripe as Gu Zheng wants! The kind of ripeness that Gu Zheng wants will make the aroma of coconut milk and coconut meat more charming, but the taste of coconut milk will be a little sour.
For ordinary people, the acid in coconut milk is very bad, but for Gu Zheng, this is not a problem at all!
"You use the Wood Control Technique to ripen coconuts and the coconut milk becomes sour. How do you solve the problem?" Qi Ling asked.
"It's easy to solve soreness. Do you want to hear the basic method or the advanced method?" Gu Zheng's smile was very confident.
"What are the basic methods? What are the advanced methods?" Qi Ling asked again.
"The basic method is to gather sour substances together through water control and then discard them. As for the advanced method, I have now understood the way of diet, and my understanding of ingredients has reached a terrifying level.
!With enough understanding, many changes can occur. I can use the Wood Control Technique to transform the sourness that originally affected the taste into the sweetness that optimizes the taste!"
"good!"
The second method mentioned by Gu Zheng made Qi Ling sincerely praise him.
In the picture in her mind, the little pepper-like weapon spirit looked very excited, and she extended her thumb to Gu Zheng: "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, Gu Zheng, you make me proud!"
The coconut in Gu Zheng's hand has been ripened to the extent he wanted. When he opened the hard shell of the coconut, a charming coconut fragrance suddenly spread out.
Smelling the fragrance of coconut, Jiang An, who was already sweating, finally showed a smile on his face.
Use coconut milk to make cold shrimp soup. This method has been used by Jiang Anta for a long time, but the final choice for cold shrimp soup is today’s secret sour plum soup. Why is this? This is because of coconut milk
The soup made is not as good as the honey sour plum soup, not to mention that the coconut milk used in ancient times and today is still a bit sour!
Cut the coconut meat into cubes and put it into a bowl for later use. After Gu Zheng poured the coconut milk into the pot, he also put some rice milk that had been boiled before, then covered the pot and put his hands on the pot.
Rice milk is a versatile ingredient. In ancient times, rice milk was used in cold shrimp soup, but the taste of coconut milk was not mellow enough. Although the current rice milk is not made from immortal rice, there are rice milk made from rice milk.
The craftsmanship of this rice milk still exists, and the effect of this rice milk is still there.
Seeing that the rice milk was almost ready, Gu Zheng picked up a candied fruit and threw it into the pot.
The original smile on Jiang An's face became even stronger when Gu Zheng put in the candied fruit.
Lao Zhou’s cold shrimp uses chopped candied fruit. Why should he use chopped candied fruit instead of using whole candied fruit like Gu Zheng did?
First of all, candied fruits are inherently very sweet. Crushed candied fruits can reduce the sweet taste by reducing the weight, making the ‘taste’ more harmonious.
Secondly, chopped candied fruit goes well with cold shrimp. After all, a large candied fruit placed in a bowl of cold shrimp will give the food a disharmonious feeling.
In addition, it is best to put the chopped candied fruit before serving the cold shrimp, so that the flavor of the candied fruit will not spread into the soup, nor will it affect the taste of the candied fruit, and it can also make the taste of the whole bowl of cold shrimp more layered.
.
The whole candied fruit that Gu Zheng put down now is made from "black plum fruit". This kind of candied fruit is bigger than the cold shrimps he made. If you put the candied fruit in a pot and cook it, the candied fruit will expand and the flavor will spread!
What's more, although the 'Wumei Guo' is delicious, it also fades very badly. Jiang An really can't imagine what Gu Zheng's bowl of cold shrimp will look like when made.
Something unexpected happened to Jiang An again. Gu Zheng, who had thrown the 'Wumei Guo' into the soup, actually poured all the cold shrimps and spare coconut meat that had been cooled into the pot again, and at the same time
I also threw a whole candied fruit in it!
"Crazy! Is this the so-called broken jar?"
Jiang An murmured in his heart that he really couldn't imagine how bad the taste of the candied fruit would be.
Gu Zheng, who originally put his hands on the pot, opened the lid, and for a moment, rich water vapor floated from the pot.
Gu Zheng's technique was very fast. Everyone could only vaguely see that the steaming things in the pot were poured into the prepared bowl by Gu Zheng and the bowl was covered with a lid.
"What are you doing?" Xie Ying frowned.
"Why not? I just don't want you to see what it looks like before serving it to the table. What, is this considered a violation? Is it because you didn't see it clearly? I have to demonstrate every detail carefully?"
Gu Zheng's expression was dull, he held the bowl of cold shrimps with both hands, and the water control technique was still working in it.
"Hmph, you're just pretending to be a fool. We'll find out whether your cooking tastes good or not when it's served." Jiang An sneered.
"Yes, no matter how fancy it is, it's useless if it doesn't taste good." Xie Ying smiled and said nothing more.
"Gu Zheng, I explored Xie Ying's body a little, and this kid is really different!"
The voice of the weapon spirit suddenly sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"Why is it different?" Gu Zheng asked.
"As for why it's different, you'll know when the time comes. Just wait and see the good show!" Qi Ling gave up and then smiled coldly: "When you want to compete fairly with others on your cooking skills, I won't allow it.
Someone cheated!"
As soon as Gu Zheng thought about it, a picture of Qi Ling appeared in his mind. This little girl was sitting on a rock with her legs crossed. The smile on her face was extremely sinister.
No longer paying attention to the weapon spirit selling Guanzi, Gu Zheng looked down the mountain and saw that the two climbers were approaching the top of the mountain. Judging from their dressing style, they should be disciples of another Tianluo sect.
Seeing Gu Zheng looking down the mountain, Elder Gao immediately said: "The two people going up the mountain now are disciples of the Green Tianluo Sect. The person walking in the front is also the candidate to enter the 'Tianluo Cave' this time. He
His name is Su Hong."
"What are you muttering under your breath? If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. After the referee goes up the mountain, you can't whisper anymore." Xie Ying said in a strange tone.
"Don't worry, I know the rules!" Elder Gao replied angrily to Xie Ying, and then his eyes showed concern: "Although the eleven branches of Tianluo Sect are like enemies, in the past two years, the Green Tianluo Sect and the
The Huang Tianluo sect is quite close to each other!"
Elder Gao's words made Gu Zheng frown slightly. After all, Xie Ying was a disciple of Huang Tianluo Sect.
"Thank you, junior brother, what a coincidence. I didn't expect you to be on the top of the mountain too!"
Su Hong greeted Xie Ying from a distance.
"What a coincidence!"
Xie Ying smiled but didn't say much.
However, Su Hong frowned slightly. The slightly depressing atmosphere around him and the attention of everyone made him feel a little weird.
Su Hong didn't ask any more questions, found a table to sit down, and shouted into the pergola: "Mr. Zhou, two bowls of cold shrimps!"
"okay!"
Lao Zhou's response was still the same as before. He quickly brought three bowls of cold shrimps over.
"You're lucky, I made a new kind of cold shrimp today. Try it and see if it's the original cold shrimp or the new one that tastes better!"
Lao Zhou delivered all his cold shrimps, as well as the cold shrimps made by Gu Zheng, to Su Hong, who was the first to go up the mountain.
"Mr. Zhou also innovated the cold shrimp? It's really good! But I think your signature cold shrimp is already very delicious."
Su Hong smiled, opened the lid on Gu Zheng's bowl of cold shrimp, and his eyes widened immediately.
"This this,"
Su Hong stuttered when he spoke. As for Xie Ying, Jiang An and others, their faces were all filled with shock.
"Is this really cold shrimp?"
“Isn’t this really cold shrimp?”
"Is this a painting?"
Su Hong murmured to himself and refused to put down the spoon he picked up.
There is no ice cubes in the cold shrimp in the bowl, but there is a slight chill. Overall, it really looks like a painting.
Different from traditional cold shrimps, half of the cold shrimps made by Gu Zheng are paste, and the colors are divided into two types.
Pure white cold shrimps are placed closely together on one side of the bowl, with a black 'wume fruit' embedded in them.
On the other side of the bowl is a black paste, which is also the soup of cold shrimp, made from rice milk and coconut milk, and dyed with 'black plum fruit'. And on the paste, there is a white candied fruit inlaid on it.
Jade Cherry'.
"Mr. Zhou, do you really want me to eat this bowl of cold shrimp that looks like a Tai Chi diagram?"
Su Hong didn't dare and couldn't bear to do it. For the first time in his life, he had a feeling of admiration and awe for a kind of food. Because of this unique bowl of cold shrimp, his name for Lao Zhou changed from 'you' to 'you'.
'you'!
"eat!"
Lao Zhou's expression was extremely complicated, including shock, excitement, and loss.
"good!"
Su Hong responded. As if he had made up his mind, he stretched out his spoon to dig out the cold shrimps, but his eyes widened again.
The original paste part changed under the influence of temperature, and completely turned into soup water in almost three breaths of time.
The solidified color was black, but after it turned into soup, it turned into deep purple. The cold shrimps that were originally crowded together scattered, and the diced coconut meat underneath the cold shrimps also floated up.
Such a change in the cold shrimp is entirely due to the power of a little bit of "natural water" left in the bowl by Gu Zheng.
The power of 'True Water of Life' only plays a cooling role, and Gu Zheng calculated the time very well. Almost when Su Hong opened the bowl, the power of 'True Water of Life' began to naturally fade away.
In this moment of delay, without the continuous cooling of the 'original water', the original paste melted naturally, restoring the 'shrimp-water fusion' that cold shrimp should have.
"Awesome! This junior doesn't know what to say anymore. This, this must be a masterpiece!"
Su Hong extended his thumb to Lao Zhou, his eyes full of admiration. He was not surprised except to admire that the paste melted at the right time. After all, the inner strength of the cold attribute can also do this, but
But you need to calculate the time very well.
“What a wonderful experience!”
After taking a bite of cold shrimp, Su Hong sighed with emotion and his face was full of surprise.
Seeing Su Hong like this, the last trace of illusion in Xie Ying's heart was shattered. He frowned and implemented the backup plan.
"Senior Brother Su, don't be surprised. I am Xie Ying! After you finish eating this bowl of cold shrimps, you will also eat the other bowl of cold shrimps. Then you can tell Lao Zhou that although the newly made cold shrimps are good, you still like them.
Original cold shrimp, you think the original cold shrimp is the best, just say so, I will thank you very much today!"
The ability to transmit sounds into secrets was originally a method only available at the stage of becoming a god. The reason why it could be used before the ancient war was because of the help of the weapon spirit. But now, Xie Ying, who is in the late third level, can actually use it to transmit sounds into secrets.
His mental strength is different from ordinary people, which is enough to make him worthy of being an elite of Huang Tianluo Sect.
Being able to transmit the sound into the secret is what Xie Ying dares to bet with Gu Zheng! But what Xie Ying doesn't know is that from the moment he starts to transmit the sound into the secret, his voice clearly appears in Gu Zheng's mind
middle.
"What's going on?" Gu Zheng asked.
"It's just a small trick! Fortunately, his cultivation level is too low and the distance is so close. Otherwise, although I can eavesdrop on the content of the transmission, it would be impossible to completely transfer the transmission.
." Qi Ling said proudly.
"What do you mean? You mean that Su Hong didn't hear this transmission originally sent to Su Hong?" Gu Zheng laughed in his heart.
"That's right, we were the only ones who heard it." Qi Ling also smiled.
The bowl of cold shrimps was quickly eaten by Su Hong. When Su Hong put down the bowl, his face was full of unfinished food.
"Mr. Zhou, this cold shrimp is so delicious!"
"I never knew that coconut milk and coconut meat are a perfect match with cold shrimps! Is this coconut milk processed? Is there anything added to it? Why does it taste so fragrant and sweet?"
"In addition to this unique soup, the cold shrimp tastes really smooth and fragrant! By the way, how long did it take you to make these cold shrimps? They are just like small glutinous rice balls. There is a hole in the belly, but on the outside
But there is no contamination at all! However, these are tiny cold shrimps, not big glutinous rice balls! How do you do this? I guess it takes a lot of your time to put the ingredients into the cold shrimps.
?”
"Also, thank you for your hard work. You actually made the shrimps look like shrimps. This is really fun and interesting!"
A bowl of cold shrimps made Su Hong as excited as a child celebrating the New Year. He only focused on expressing his emotions and completely ignored Lao Zhou's constantly twitching face.
Finally, Su Hong finished his emotion and looked at Old Zhou with pleading eyes: "Old Zhou, can you give me another bowl of the newly made cold shrimps?"
"Mr. Zhou, give me a bowl too!"
The people who were traveling with Su Hong also hurriedly spoke. He originally ate very deliciously, but when Su Hong started eating, he was completely attracted by curiosity and forgot to move his mouth at all! In the midst of Su Hong's feast,
, he felt the enjoyment of tasting the supreme deliciousness! Now that Su Hong had finished eating, he no longer wanted to eat the mediocre cold shrimp in his bowl.
The corners of Lao Zhou's mouth twitched, and he struggled to squeeze out two words: "No."
Lao Zhou is a person who is willing to admit defeat. As long as Gu Zheng cooks better than him, he will not feel too sorry even if Jiang An loses. But even a person who is willing to admit defeat cannot afford it.
Such brazen compliments from others are even more uncomfortable than direct sarcasm.
"Okay! What a shame." Su Hong sighed.
"Senior Brother Su, don't forget, Mr. Zhou asked you to taste it and see which kind of cold shrimp is more delicious!"
Xie Ying, who was sweating all over, couldn't help but said something that violated the rules.
During the time when Su Hong was tasting the cold shrimp, Xie Ying sent messages to Su Hong more than once, but the other party turned a deaf ear.
"Would you like to have a bowl of cold shrimp too?"
Meow Meow, who had always been very quiet, appeared beside Xie Ying at some point. His small hand seemed to be placed on Xie Ying's arm casually. Xie Ying suddenly found that he had lost the ability to speak. He even thought about it with his eyelids.
I can't even blink.
Su Hong frowned. He already felt that the atmosphere around him was weird, but he suddenly woke up from the shock brought by the cold shrimp. He frowned and looked at the bowl of cold shrimp made by Lao Zhou in front of him.
As if his eyes were attracted, he stood up in a daze.
"That guy Xie Ying is really hateful. A hint from him might change things!" Qi Ling said bitterly.
"It is very possible that Su Hong is also an elite disciple, and the atmosphere at the scene is inevitably a bit strange. It is not surprising that he would think too much. However, Xie Ying has broken the rules. No matter what Su Hong's final answer is, the loser will
It's Xie Ying and the others. But this Xie Ying, I won't let him go easily." Gu Zheng said calmly.
"Yes, don't let him go so easily!" Qi Ling sneered.
Without letting everyone wait for too long, the sound of a spoon sliding across the soup bowl was heard, and Su Hong took a spoonful of cold shrimp and put it into his mouth.
When tasting the cold shrimp, Su Hong had a solemn expression on his face. After taking a bite of the cold shrimp, he put down his spoon.
"Mr. Zhou, this bowl of cold shrimp is more delicious than the one you made before, but compared with the 'Tai Chi cold shrimp', there is no comparison at all!" Su Hong said with a bitter smile.
"call……"
"thump!"
"Why!"
In an instant, someone breathed a sigh of relief, someone sat down on the bench, and someone sighed.
"Okay, the bet is over now, do you have anything to say?"
Even if the gamblers no longer want to hear it, the voice of ancient contention still sounds.
"Uncle Zhou?"
Jiang An looked at Lao Zhou with a sad face.
"Losing means losing, there is nothing to say! In fact, we should have been able to guess this ending when we saw Master Gu making cold shrimps. This is because he is not willing to accept it, but because he is lucky!" Lao Zhou
sighed.
Jiang An didn't say much. Although the stakes were high, they couldn't compare with the disappointment in his heart. In the eyes of a third party, the cold shrimps he was proud of were incomparable to those made by Gu Zheng.
Sex, this kind of blow was too heavy, so heavy that he couldn't bear it for a while.
After throwing the bet on Gu Zheng's table, Jiang An took the disciples of the Black Sky Luo Sect and left.
"and yours?"
Gu Zheng's eyes were cold and he stared into Xie Ying's eyes. 8)
