The rules of Qidian are set by Tie Xian, and the floating mentioned by Han Zhe definitely captured a very powerful point!
Allowing the addition of auxiliary ingredients that do not exist in the dishes ordered will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of Gu Zheng's cooking. As a descendant of Tiexian, Gu Zheng will put in the ingredients provided by the customer as long as they are not particularly excessive.
Just like the brown sugar and lard in the 'Cold Preserved Egg', is it true that brown sugar and lard cannot be added to this dish? For ordinary chefs, it is better not to add these two things! Especially
It's lard, and it doesn't play a good role in the entire cold dish.
But for Gu Zheng, if Jin Yu had ordered 'Cold Preserved Eggs', he would have also added brown sugar and lard! Although this would make the whole dish much more difficult to cook, what he does is 'cooking'
He cannot choose to give up the task of "Art Dacheng" just because he is worried about failing the task. This is not the attitude he should have as a descendant of Tiexian!
"Yes, there is a fluctuation, but what kind of fluctuation it is can only be determined by looking at the ingredients you provide." Gu Zheng said.
"good."
Han Zhe nodded and opened the incubator he brought.
"The dish I ordered is the 'leek box'. Here are the ingredients and ingredients for making the 'leek box' as well as a sample."
According to the rules of Qidian, if you order food, you must provide a sample dish. After all, Fenglan Planet is still somewhat different from the earth, and Gu Zheng may not have seen some of the delicious food here.
Although it is a relatively strict rule that samples are required when ordering dishes, snacks such as 'leek boxes' are relatively common in the Celestial Dynasty, and they were eaten in the early years of Gu Zheng.
"Yes, this 'leek box' should be considered unique in your local area, right?" Gu Zheng said.
The 'leek box' placed in the thermal box has a beautiful burnt yellow color on the outside, and the fillings inside are vermicelli, leeks and eggs, exuding a burnt aroma of fried leeks and eggs.
Although Gu Zheng did not taste the 'leek box', he could tell that when the 'leek box' was first cut out of the pot, there would be an attractive crunch! And the aroma at that time would be something most people would smell.
It will whet your appetite. Although it is just a simple 'leek box', there is really a lot of work involved.
"Yes, this is indeed unique in our local area." Han Zhe said proudly.
Gu Zheng smiled slightly and began to take a closer look at the ingredients provided by Han Zhe.
"Remove the acerola."
An emotionless voice suddenly appeared in Gu Zheng's mind.
Artemisia acerola is a unique regional ingredient on the Fenglan Star. It only grows within a certain range close to the Kunlun Mountains. Its leaves are as crisp as jade, with a special fragrance, and can be used as spices.
, can also be eaten as a vegetable.
"Why?" Gu Zheng asked.
Although it was the first time for Gu Zheng to hear this strange sound, he understood that the thing making the sound was the Taotie statue! However, when faced with his rhetorical question, the Taotie statue did not respond.
"Didn't I tell you when you received the task of 'Cooking Mastery'? The Taotie statue will prompt you to reduce the ingredients or accessories provided by diners under certain circumstances!" Qi Ling said.
"But the situation you mentioned is only when there is a serious conflict between the ingredients or accessories provided by the diners and the food I am about to cook!" Gu Zheng said.
"Does Artemisia conifera conflict with the 'Leek Box'?" Qi Ling asked back.
"There can't be any conflict! But if acerola is added, the taste of the 'leek box' will be greatly improved!" Gu Zheng said.
"That means that once you have Artemisia acerola, you can easily win, right?" Qi Ling asked again.
"That's right!" Gu Zheng said.
"This is the purpose of the Taotie statue asking you to remove the coniferous artemisia. If there is coniferous artemisia, this 'leek box' can be made very well by an ordinary first-grade immortal chef, right?"
"Yes, it's exactly what you said!"
I was just curious at first. After Qi Ling explained it, Gu Zheng started to think about it. Anyway, what he was going to do was a more difficult test! The 'Leek Box' does have two levels of difficulty with or without Artemisia acerola.
grade.
"In the 'leek box' sample dish you provided, the filling ingredients are eggs, leeks and vermicelli, but in the auxiliary ingredients you provided, there are extra fungus, leeks and acerola. If you are sure,'
Let me make the leek box, and I want to get rid of the acerola!" Gu Zheng said.
"You want to remove the acerola?"
Han Zhe's eyes widened, and then he said: "Can you tell me why you need to remove the Artemisia acerola?"
"I removed Artemisia acerola not because it conflicts with the 'leek box', but because of its existence, it will become more difficult for you to use the 'leek box' to stump me!"
Gu Zheng explained with a smile, but it was very suspicious in Han Zhe's eyes. He felt that Gu Zheng was not telling the truth.
"If I had emphasized the inclusion of Artemisia acerola, would you not have accepted this business?" Han Zhe asked.
For Han Zhe, if Gu Zheng really wants to remove Artemisia acerola, then he really has to think carefully about whether to continue.
Gu Zheng understood Han Zhe's suspicion, and he was helpless about it. After all, doubt is also human nature.
"You can choose to agree to him!"
Qi Ling's voice rang in Gu Zheng's mind. In her opinion, Han Zhe's reaction was simply a lack of understanding of good people.
"Is this possible?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Okay! Anyway, you can make a delicious 'leek box' with or without acerola. In that case, what if you can help him?" Qi Ling said angrily.
"Are you sure you want me to add acerola to the 'leek box'? I'm not lying. The addition of acerola will indeed make the 'leek box' more delicious!"
Gu Zheng asked very seriously. Although Qi Ling told the truth, he was more willing to do difficult things. However, Gu Zheng still had some laziness in his bones! If Han Zhe still chose to let him join the needle
Ye Hao, then he wouldn't mind Quan Zhe.
Without any reason at all, Han Zhe said firmly: "I definitely want to add acerola to the 'leek box'!"
"Can!"
Gu Zheng shrugged and smiled: "Swear! After you swear, I will make you a 'leek box'."
"good!"
Han Zhe didn't say anything more, and pretended to have sworn a poisonous oath.
Watching Gu Zheng enter the kitchen with ingredients, Han Zhe frowned tightly.
The sample dish Han Zhe brought was indeed the popular 'leek box' in his snack bar. But the 'leek box' he asked Gu Zheng to make contained extra fungus, leeks and needles.
Artemisia! And these three extra ingredients were not improvised by Han Zhe.
The Han family's 'leek box' is a famous local snack, but this famous snack had its origins in the turbulent period more than a hundred years ago!
To be precise, the person who really mastered the secret recipe of 'Leek Box' is Han Zhe's great-grandfather. However, he is not Han Zhe's great-grandfather. He and Han Zhe's great-grandfather are considered cousins.
Relationship. Before the chronology, no one in Han Zhe's lineage, his great-grandfather, was in the business of snacks like 'leek boxes'.
During that turbulent period, the Han family that made the 'leek box' was wiped out, and the secret recipe was not left at all! Han Zhe's great-grandfather decided to start the 'leek box' business solely because of his trust in his cousin
I have some impressions of making a 'leek box' and explored it bit by bit until it became a relatively famous snack.
However, today's Han family all know that their "leek box" that is now praised by diners is not authentic! According to their grandpa Zeng, the taste of the "leek box" from before the era can surpass that of today's "leek"
There are several boxes in the market. In addition to leeks, eggs, and vermicelli, the fillings of the pre-dated "leek boxes" also include fungus, leeks, and coniferous mugwort!
When Han Zhe's grandpa Zeng was exploring the recipe for the 'leek box', he also tried adding the three ingredients of fungus, chives and acerola. But it is a pity that no matter how the proportions of these three ingredients are mixed,
, the effect is not as good as just adding leeks, eggs and vermicelli!
The 'leek box' back then has become a legend. The descendants of the Han family who took over the snack bar in the past generations have also studied the legendary ingredients, but they have always been unable to use these ingredients to make a delicious 'leek box'.
Han Zhe had naturally done some research on the 'leek box', and the reason why he insisted on putting mugwort in the 'leek box' was not just a matter of suspicion.
"When I was a child, I heard from my grandpa that as he got older, he was no longer sure whether the legendary 'leek box' used the ingredient Acerola or not! He even doubted that the 'leek box' back then
The ingredients used in it just look like coniferous mugwort."
Looking at Gu Zheng handling ingredients in the kitchen, Han Zhe's memories surged in his mind. He not only recalled what his grandfather said back then, but also remembered another thing.
Han Zhe was lucky enough to have contact with a fairy chef. He once provided the fairy chef with relatively perfect ingredients and asked the fairy chef to restore the deliciousness of the 'leek box'. But it was a pity that the fairy chef made it clear as soon as he smelled the taste of acerola.
Combining other ingredients will only produce bad results!
It was for these reasons that Han Zhe rejected Gu Zheng's proposal. In his opinion, Artemisia acerola was the key to whether he could win the one million.
Gu Zheng was already processing the ingredients. For the 'leek box' he was going to make this time, the items Han Zhe provided were: oil, salt, five-spice powder, flour, eggs, leeks, leek yellow, vermicelli, fungus and coniferous mugwort.
Among the things Han Zhe provided, except for the low-grade Artemisia acerola, the rest had certain problems. For example, almost unusable flour, poor quality oil, and the use of chemical additives
, causing the ingredients to become toxic vermicelli, fungus, etc.
Among the things Han Zhe provided, the most difficult thing for Gu Zheng to handle was flour.
Normal flour is white, but the flour provided by Han Zhe has turned slightly yellow! In the eyes of normal people, this flour has deteriorated. In addition to having a little peculiar smell, any pasta made with it will have
The texture is not chewy enough.
After soaking the ingredients and steaming them until they were done, Gu Zheng began to collect the flour Han Zhe gave him.
Gu Zheng poured all the slightly yellowed flour into a basin, added a lot of water and began to wash it out.
With the Eye of Tao combined with the Water Control Technique, Gu Zheng simply separated the flour! He discarded all the bad things. The water poured out could not be seen as white at all, while the batter left at the bottom of the basin turned white in color.
A lot. However, this white color is still different from normal white color.
Seeing Gu Zheng use magical means to leave all the flour at the bottom of the basin, Han Zhe couldn't help but said: "Are you the fairy chef?"
Seeing Han Zhe's affirmative look, Gu Zheng asked, "Have you seen the Immortal Chef?"
"I saw one two years ago," Han Zhe said.
"If I were a fairy chef, would you be afraid?" Gu Zheng asked again.
"Afraid, I'm afraid you'll use fairy tricks to win my 100,000 yuan." Han Zhe told the truth.
"Haha..." Gu Zheng laughed.
Han Zhe looked embarrassed, shook his head and said: "If you were really an immortal chef, you wouldn't care about my 100,000 yuan!"
"No matter who I am, you just need to remember that I won't cheat to win your 100,000 yuan. I just have my own rules for doing things!" Gu Zheng said seriously.
"Hopefully!"
Han Zhe was still a little worried, but Gu Zheng didn't say anything more and started to process the batter in the basin.
The Five Elements Immortal Ball inside the body vibrated slightly, heat was emitted from Gu Zhan's hand, and the batter stirred by him evaporated, and soon reached a suitable dryness and wetness level.
Through heat treatment, the original smell of the flour has completely disappeared. As for its lacking essence, Gu Zheng decided to make up for it with eggs.
Han Zhe provided an egg to Gu Zheng. After Gu Zheng separated the egg white and egg liquid, he added the egg liquid to the dough and continued kneading it.
Unable to improve the quality of the ingredients, all Gu Zheng could do was to make a few changes to the ingredients. Therefore, the use of the Wood Control Technique allowed the flour structure to be simply reorganized and modified under the observation of the Eye of Tao.
Change.
"If you use more force, it will be considered a violation!"
At the same time as the Taotie statue's voice sounded, Gu Zheng had also stopped using the Wood Control Technique. He had no intention of cheating, so he naturally knew where the limit was for change and improvement.
The processed dough can be left aside for now. The next thing Gu Zheng will process is the acerola.
As soon as he saw that Gu Zheng was about to deal with Artemisia acerola, Han Zhe immediately stood up and stared at him intently.
Unfortunately, what happened next made Han Zhe sit on the chair dejectedly. Because Gu Zheng's treatment of Artemisia conifera was very simple. He just washed the Artemisia conifera in clean water, and then the water became a little stale.
Green, he took out the coniferous mugwort again.
Dejection, real decadence lingered in Han Zhe's heart.
When he decided to come to Qidian, although Han Zhe couldn't say that he was full of confidence, he felt that he had a 90% chance of winning. Even when he vowed to let Gu Zheng make the 'leek box', Han Zhe still remained
I think there is an 80% chance of winning!
However, as Gu Zheng processed the ingredients, until he used unconventional methods to wash the acerola, Han Zhe's heart really sank to the bottom. He suddenly felt that the fairy chef he knew might be
It's not as powerful as he imagined! Gu Zheng has always been so calm and gentle. This kind of momentum that he didn't pay much attention to at first, but now that he thinks about it, it has never appeared in the immortal chef he knew!
Moreover, after feeling that things were going to develop in a bad direction, Gu Zheng's calmness almost made Han Zhe breathless.
Looking at the 100,000 yuan on the table, Han Zhe's wife appeared in front of his eyes again. Although losing 100,000 yuan would not make their lives difficult, but the 100,000 yuan was the reason why he was so greedy for it.
Hard-earned money! He originally wanted to use the 100,000 yuan to win a better future for his wife, but now he feels that he has to spend money to buy a lesson.
"Shopkeeper, is it okay to add the coniferous mugwort that you have treated in this way to the 'leek box'?"
Han Zhe, who felt uncomfortable in his heart, seemed to find it difficult to speak.
"Yes."
Gu Zheng responded and asked casually: "You emphasized the addition of Artemisia acerola before. Is it special to you?"
"That's right, that fairy chef I told you about before, he made it clear when he smelled the smell of Artemisia acerola that it was not suitable to be added to the 'leek box'."
Han Zhe shook his head and sighed, and then told Gu Zheng the story of his ancestors.
After listening to Han Zhe's story, Gu Zheng smiled: "Tell me this, do you think you will definitely lose?"
"Although I don't want to admit defeat, I now feel that this is the result." Han Zhe smiled bitterly.
"If you really lose this time, do you want to win again?"
Dieling, who had been silent until now, spoke up. She didn't like diners who gave up, she only liked diners who refused to admit defeat! Therefore, she also hoped that Han Zhe was the kind of person who refused to admit defeat.
"I don't want to anymore," Han Zhe said.
"You felt that you were sure of winning, so you came to Qidian. But now, you probably have no other way to win, so you thought of retreating, right?"
Die Ling smiled, she wanted to arouse Han Zhe's fighting spirit.
"I really don't have a second way to think I can win."
Han Zhe shrugged, and then said seriously: "However, even if there is a second way, I will not try it again. I promised my wife, no matter whether I win or lose, I will only come to Qidian this time!"
The reasons given by Han Zhe made Die Ling instantly lose interest in provoking generals. Although she hoped that Gu Zheng would end the test as soon as possible, she also understood that in the face of such reasons, Gu Zheng did not want her to challenge generals again.
"If you lose, will your wife complain about you when you go back?" Die Ling asked casually.
"No, she agreed to my coming to Qidian. However, I hope she will blame me, because her comfort will make me feel even more uncomfortable!" Han Zhe said.
Die Ling said nothing more. She looked at Gu Zheng in the kitchen and felt that Gu Zheng, who was still processing the ingredients, seemed a little distracted.
"What's wrong? In the terms of this world, have you been spoiled?"
Qi Ling's voice sounded in Gu Zheng's mind, causing Gu Zheng to roll his eyes fiercely.
