Chapter 142 As a chef, it’s normal to know how to process hardware, right?
"Pfft, this guy is so pathetic, he actually picked a box of lactone tofu."
"Time is so tight and the kitchen knife is so bad. Isn't it uncomfortable to choose lactone tofu?"
"There is only lactone tofu left, and there is nothing he can do."
"I suddenly felt a little more balanced."
"Me too, let's see how this guy performs."
Several participating contestants were all happy when they saw the kitchen knife and lactone tofu held by Lin Xu.
Keep calm.
Lactone tofu is an excellent choice for showing off your knife skills.
After all, Wensi Tofu is so famous.
Once cut, it will definitely scare people.
But now the kitchen knife is rolled like twists, so choosing lactone tofu is somewhat...
When everyone is getting ready to watch the show.
I saw Lin Xu holding a kitchen knife and placing it on the table next to him.
Then I lifted the portable cutting machine on the table and started cutting at the curled part of the kitchen knife.
It is a bit difficult for Lin Xu to sharpen a kitchen knife with its edge rolled into an egg roll. Even if he has mastered excellent knife sharpening techniques, he cannot do it.
But it is still very easy for him to cut off the curled blade and re-sharpen it.
Because excellent knife sharpening techniques include this item.
In Wu Kexin’s live broadcast room.
Fans were shocked by Lin Xu's move.
"I'll go! What is Boss Lin doing?"
"Playing hardware processing at the cooking competition, you have crossed the wrong boundary, my brother!"
"Is this going to create a genre of electric welding cooking?"
"Boss Lin: Welding a big iron door while cooking, just for fun!"
In other media and anchor's live broadcast rooms, many people looked at this scene curiously.
"Is this guy here to cause trouble?"
"Aren't you afraid that the armed police will pull him out when he is playing cutting in Diaoyutai?"
"It looks like so much fun, the other players are all confused."
"The previous preview said there would be a surprise at the competition. Is this a surprise?"
"Coming from the live broadcast room next door, this guy's name is Boss Lin. He has a very beautiful girlfriend and he also owns a restaurant..."
"Upstairs, please tell me the name of the store."
"We're both looking for a store name. I, Cao Ah Man, have decided on this friend of Boss Lin!"
"Me too, me too (rubbing hands)"
A group of Cao thieves just fooled the live broadcast room's style of painting.
The game scene.
Guo Xinghai was lucky and was relatively close to the plastic basket. When everyone was grabbing for kitchen knives, he first caught the only carp from another plastic basket.
Among all meat ingredients.
Fish is a better ingredient for showing off your knife skills.
Uniform and complete oblique fish fillets, butterfly fish fillets as thin as cicada wings, and flat fish fillets suitable for fish rolls, etc., can all demonstrate the exquisiteness of knife skills.
But these knife skills.
All require a good kitchen knife to achieve.
What Guo Xinghai grabbed was a slightly curved kitchen knife.
Not to mention the difficult fish filleting, it is impossible to even fillet the fish from the body.
What can we do?
When he was worried, he saw that the young chef in Building 2, who finally went to select kitchen knives and ingredients, was actually cutting the kitchen knife with a cutting machine.
It was originally curled.
Wouldn’t it be useless if I cut it with a cutting machine?
But soon, he was speechless.
Because after Lin Xu cut off the curled blade, he immediately changed the grinder and started sharpening the cutting edge of the kitchen knife.
First grind off the cut stubble, then sharpen the edge at an angle, and throw away the rust on the surface of the kitchen knife. This is much faster than using a whetstone to grind away the rust bit by bit.
At the judges' table.
Geng Lishan watched Lin Xu's operations with interest.
After others got the kitchen knife, they were either questioning or complaining. Only this young man picked up the cutting machine without any hesitation.
With this courage and ability, he is far ahead of other players.
Gotta give it a high score.
It must be given a high score.
And what’s even more commendable is that this player also chose lactone tofu, which has the highest bonus points.
Well, the ingredients in the basket were selected by Geng Lishan himself. There are vegetables that are relatively simple to cut, meat that is more complicated, and various soy products.
These ingredients are all linked to scores.
Ingredients that are easy to cut start with a low score, and you can get a good score only by cutting them into flowers.
And difficult ingredients.
The starting score is high, and you can get high scores by cutting out a few shapes.
Among all the ingredients, the most difficult one is lactone tofu.
Geng Lishan thinks that as long as Lin Xu’s knife skills are passable.
Give him full marks this round.
There are not many young people with such flexible minds and the courage to chew hard bones.
When Lin Xu was polishing the rust on the kitchen knife with a grinder, he saw "Xiao Guo" Guo Xinghai from Building 10 also approaching with a kitchen knife.
But instead of using the cutting machine, he was waiting to use the polishing machine.
The curled edge of his kitchen knife is relatively light and can be used again after being lightly polished with a grinder.
"Do you want to use it?"
"Yes, I plan to sharpen my kitchen knife. Is this how I use it?"
Guo Xinghai doesn’t understand polishing machines at all.
Lin Xu didn’t hide anything, and said with a smile:
"Just grind the area close to the cutting edge. Just tilt the grinder slightly to reach the cutting edge. Don't tilt it too much, otherwise the cutting edge will roll to the other side."
While he was talking, he picked up several whetstones lying next to him and picked them out.
These whetstones include 400 mesh suitable for sharpening, 6000 mesh suitable for fine sharpening, and even 400 mesh suitable for polishing.
The mesh of the whetstone refers to the roughness of the surface. The smaller the mesh, the higher the efficiency. The larger the mesh, the more time-consuming it is to grind.
Lin Xu felt that putting thousands of whetstones here was purely to deceive the players.
Because if you want to use a large-grit whetstone, let alone sharpen the blade in ten minutes, you won't even be able to sharpen the edge.
He put a 400-grit whetstone against the steps, poured some water on it, and quickly sharpened the kitchen knife.
Time is too tight right now.
You can only grind out the cutting edge first.
If he had enough time, Lin Xu would have to use a whetstone of 6,000 mesh or higher to sharpen the entire kitchen knife until it was shiny enough to be read.
Well, as a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he really can't stand the rust pits on the surface of the kitchen knife.
Probably after the blade is sharpened.
He polished the blade again, then washed the kitchen knife again, wiped it clean with a towel, and picked up the only box of lactone tofu left in the basket.
At this moment, the contestants who were waiting to see the joke all froze their smiles.
When everyone is using lousy kitchen knives, our eldest brother won’t laugh at the second brother. Anyway, the kitchen knives are bad and we can’t show our true skills, so we just go with the flow.
But now there is a contestant who transforms a bad kitchen knife into a new one.
Everyone's emotions were aroused.
Those who sharpen knives, and those who use cutting machines, all follow Lin Xu.
Netizens watching the live broadcast online were amused by this scene.
"Who would have thought that Boss Lin, who cooks so delicious food, is also so knowledgeable about hardware."
"The cutting and polishing techniques are more professional than those of Lao Wangtou who welds large iron gates in our village."
"The chef profession is really deeply involved (confirmed)"
"It's really serious. It's almost taking away jobs in the hardware industry."
"Hardware practitioners: Can your cooks stop crossing boundaries?"
In the audience.
Chen Yan said to Shen Jiayue who was holding the cat:
"Did your Xu Bao really study finance? Why is he so familiar with hardware? Those who don't know might think he runs a hardware processing shop."
Shen Jiayue was also dumbfounded.
The surprises from our own Xubao are really coming one after another.
She smiled and said:
"He is so smart, not to mention the five gold medals, not to mention the eight gold medals."
Chen Yan: "..."
Why can’t I control my mouth?
Even though I knew I would be criticized for asking this stinky girl questions, I still couldn't help but ask.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh giving her another chance to show off her dog food.
No, I’m going to my brother-in-law’s shop to eat and drink in the evening.
The kind that doesn’t give you money after eating!
I want to make up for the trauma in my heart with free delicacies!
Well, that’s it!
The game scene.
Lin Xu took the kitchen knife and did not immediately open the lid of the lactone tofu. Instead, he turned the box containing the lactone tofu upside down on the table, and then carefully cut off the four corners with the kitchen knife.
Then he turned the box over.
Pour some clean water on the cutting board.
Then tear off the front sealing film and place the box upside down on the cutting board.
A complete piece of lactone tofu poured out of the box.
The boxes containing lactone tofu are usually vacuum packed. When you directly tear off the surface sealing film, the tofu will be adsorbed in the box due to the vacuum.
And this thing is famously tender.
You may break the tofu if you are not careful.
So you need to cut the box in advance to let the air in.
In this way, the completed piece of lactone tofu will be poured out of the box without any damage.
After pouring it out.
Lin Xu used his left hand to pour some water on the tofu, then press the tofu with his fingers, flexing his fingers, holding a kitchen knife in his right hand and dipping it in the water, and then pressed the side of the knife against the joint of his left hand.
Take a deep breath.
Then he cut it with a swipe.
Quickly cut the newly sharpened knife into the lactone tofu, then quickly lift it up, move it slightly to the left about a hair's length, and then cut it off again.
It is somewhat difficult for excellent knife skills to cut lactone tofu.
But it’s not impossible to cut.
Lin Xu tried his best to empty his mind, not thinking about anything, and concentrated on cutting the tofu on the table.
Xie Baomin, who was also sitting in the audience, smiled.
Although I don’t know if I can win the championship in the end.
But at this level of the competition, junior brother will definitely win.
Also smiling was Uncle Gao sitting in the advisory table.
When he just saw Lin Xu get the lactone tofu, he was a little worried, fearing that Lin Xu would cut the tofu directly with a curled kitchen knife.
And now.
He looked proudly at the handsome young man in the field who lowered his head to cut tofu.
It’s like seeing myself back then.
"Hey, who is this young man? Not only did he sharpen the kitchen knife again in such a short time, but his knife skills are also so good."
"That's right, which building is this? If no one takes me, then I will..."
"Lao Qiu, if your legs and feet are not good, you should rest at home more often. It is more appropriate for me to do this kind of thing. After all, I am used to worrying and can't rest at home."
"Hey, you old man, how can your legs and feet be better than mine? I'll ask later if this person is from the kitchen in our Building No. 6. If so, none of you can touch him!"<
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"Tsk, are there only a few crooked young people in your building on the 6th who can reach this level? I think they are from our building on the 18th, what do you think, Lao Gao?"
When several elderly people saw the talented young people, they were immediately delighted.
I can no longer restrain my desire to train disciples.
When Uncle Gao saw a few people bringing the topic to him, he pretended to look at Lin Xu:
"You are talking about this young man? I am quite familiar with him. Do you want his information?"
After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and clicked on the WeChat payment code, and flashed it to the elderly people around him:
"A person transfers a thousand yuan to me, and I will give you his detailed information."
"Why do you have the nerve to charge?"
"This is intellectual property, why can't I charge?"
After all the old people transferred a thousand yuan.
Uncle Gao said with a playful smile:
"That young man's name is Lin Xu, and he is my new apprentice... Do you have anything to do with him? By the way, I would like to thank you for the meeting gift on behalf of my apprentice."
Everyone: "..."
Lao Gao, can you stop being so unbeatable?
So many years.
Still looking so mean.
But since he is Lao Gao's apprentice, there is no need to rob him. Xie Baomin, who was recognized as the most talented man back then, was this old guy's apprentice.
Now we have this Lin Xu.
Why is Lao Gao so discerning in recruiting disciples?
In the field.
Lin Xu cut the tofu to the end, stretched his slightly sore wrist, then dipped the knife in water again, and carefully pushed down the cut lactone tofu, so that the whole tofu became tilted.
Then pour some water.
Start shredding.
The other side.
After Guo Xinghai successfully slaughtered the fish with a sharpened knife, he sliced the fish in the direction of the tail and then cut it off behind the gills, and a whole piece of fish meat was sliced off.
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Then he removed the fish skin.
Remove the spines from the fish.
Then wash the piece of fish in clean water to remove the blood and mucus on the surface. Use a kitchen knife to trim the last part of the fish and cut out a flat surface.
Then use a kitchen knife to cut against this flat surface, and close the knife when you are about to cut to the end.
Move back a little and continue to make another cut, this time cutting directly to the bottom.
A piece of saury meat was cut out.
Wash the fish meat in water, unfold it and place it on a black plate.
A beautiful butterfly shape appears on the plate.
Geng Lishan nodded.
This young man’s knife skills are also pretty good.
The butterfly cut with the butterfly knife method looks like a real butterfly, which is a great test of knife skills.
Because not only do you have to cut it thin, but you also have to consider the overall shape of the butterfly and the symmetry of its wings, etc. If you don’t cut hundreds of pounds of fish, you can’t even hope to gain anything.
But the art of sharpening the knife was learned from the young man in front of me.
I can’t give you full marks.
As for some other players, they are also remarkable.
For example, the young man who grabbed the carrots is now using the carrots to make a picture of birds facing the phoenix on the plate.
The person who grabbed the winter melon was carving Su Shi's "Red Cliff Nostalgia" on the winter melon with the tip of a knife.
The contestant who grabbed the cucumber used a rectangular plate to cut the cucumber into the shape of bamboo and placed a bamboo sign on the plate to signify safety.
It is indeed a Diaoyutai.
Even young people have beautiful skills.
Perhaps this is the reason why Diaoyutai became a state guesthouse?
There are actually several state hotels in the capital, such as the Jianguo Hotel and the Yanjing Hotel, but the most important thing in the hearts of the people is still the Diaoyutai.
There is no way, the background is too rich.
After Lin Xu finished cutting the tofu.
Just use a kitchen knife to carefully lift the tofu and put it into the basin.
Game time is up.
"All players are asked to put down their kitchen knives. Violators will be disqualified from the competition."
Everyone put down their kitchen knives.
Several judges stepped down from the judges' bench and began to score the contestants.
However, netizens in the live broadcast room have already made their choice:
"This first place must go to Boss Lin, the founder of the hardware cooking pie, right?"
"Yes, he played with hardware first and then cut lactone tofu. He has high scores in both emotion and reason."
"I choose Boss Lin because his girlfriend is beautiful!"
"Damn it! I don't know how to refuse the reason above."
"I do electrical welding, and I support Boss Lin."
"I do hardware processing, and I also support Boss Lin!"
After Geng Lishan stepped down from the judges' table, he walked directly towards Lin Xu.
Wu Kexin, who was doing the live broadcast, immediately followed up with her mobile phone. Now it was time to show off the contestants' knife skills. They were too far away to take close-ups.
After arriving at Lin Xu's side.
Geng Lishan took a pair of chopsticks, stirred them in the basin a few times, and then used the chopsticks to pick out some shredded tofu that was as fine as hair. The smile on his face never stopped.
"Young man, your basic skills are quite solid!"
He said to the staff following him:
"Bring me a needle."
Soon, a sewing needle was delivered.
Geng Lishan handed it to Wu Kexin:
"Try to see if you can get it through with shredded tofu."
Although Wu Kexin is the queen of overturning, she is still very good at threading the needle.
In front of the live camera.
She inserted a piece of shredded tofu into the eye of the needle.
Seeing an opening, I picked up another one and inserted it.
Finally, four tofu shreds were inserted into the eye of the needle. Both the audience at the scene and the netizens in the live broadcast room were all impressed by Lin Xu's beautiful knife skills.
Awesome!
In such a short period of time.
First cut off the cutting edge of the kitchen knife and re-sharpen it, then cut the whole piece of lactone tofu into shredded tofu.
Not only is his knife skills amazing, but his other skills are also really impressive.
More importantly.
Your mentality must be good enough.
After scoring.
Lin Xu deservedly became the first place in this round of competition with a perfect score of 10.
Guo Xinghai was deducted 0.5 points for knife sharpening and received a high score of 9.5 points.
As for others, the majority are 8 or 9.
Soon.
Twenty contestants were eliminated.
Next is the second round.
A group of staff walked in outside, cleared the cutting board in front of each player, and then placed a small basket full of various condiments and dry starch, garlic, onion, ginger and other ingredients.
After putting everything away.
Geng Lishan stood up and said:
"The second round of the competition is a demonstration of seasoning skills. All contestants are asked to prepare a dipping sauce suitable for dipping mutton in white water within five minutes. The timer starts!"
Dips?
I have never practiced this at all, and the system has not given any relevant techniques.
Thinking of the expectant look in his senior brother's eyes before the competition, Lin Xu reluctantly clicked on the skill redemption column in the points mall and began to search for dipping techniques.
The handler has short hands.
After receiving so much help from my senior brother, today is the time to repay...
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