Chapter 455 Knock on the head and ask for the recipe
Taro……
At that moment, Zhang Shou's first reaction after hearing this was that a man who loved desserts and could make them had traveled through time with him! After all, with Emperor Taizu in front of him, he didn't think it was a big deal at all.
strangeness.
However, he couldn't help but feel a little uncertain when he thought that the "New Edition of Gurdjieff's Arithmetic" was selling like hotcakes to this day, and that Taizu's inscription on a plaque to measure the density had been happening for a long time, and that no fellow villagers had snooped or even taken the opportunity to visit.
And Ah Liu’s detailed explanation successfully brought him back from his reverie: “That Chef Song said that when he saw those overseas ingredients before, he felt anxious and uneasy, and he didn’t perform well in the extra questions.
It's like waking up from a dream. So when making snacks for the main competition question, in addition to using various fillings that he is always good at in longevity peaches, he also used pumpkin fillings and peanut fillings."
"The one used to make this taro ball now not only uses the sweet potatoes that were just provided, but also adds the cassava flour that he brought before and has been inspected by people. It uses an overseas ingredient called cassava.
He was shocked when he saw overseas ingredients because he had used overseas ingredients himself.”
Seeing Zhang Shou looking at him in shock, Ah Liu added: "I haven't changed a word, these are his original words."
Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh. It's not like I didn't know that your reluctance to talk has always been divided among people, so you can do it even if you don't explain.
He shook his head and then asked: "Then he came to his senses later, so he served a ginseng fruit birthday dish that was quite ingenious? Then how did he think of making this dish of taro balls and serving it, and then there were only two bowls? He felt
Is such a little thing enough to share with so many people here?"
Princess Yongping thought Zhang Shou was mocking her for competing with Zhu Ying for food, but then she heard Zhu Ying shouting: "Even if you have three birthdays, he should give at least three bowls!"
When Chu Kuan saw that Princess Yongping looked at Zhu Ying with an expression that was simply indescribable, he stepped forward and personally took the tray from Ah Liu's hand and handed it to the young eunuch next to him. However, he also asked with great interest: "Me too
I'm very interested, how could you agree so easily to give me these two bowls of... um, here are the taro balls?"
Zhang Shou saw Ah Liu glance at him, and his eyes seemed a little tangled. Suddenly, he thought of the biggest possibility. He was angry and funny for a moment, but then he coughed dryly and said: "Forget it, Ah Liu."
Sometimes he would do something he didn't even understand when he was in the mood. Besides, it was said that there were only leftover ingredients, so it's not surprising that he could only make two bowls."
He could guarantee that, not to mention why Ah Liu agreed to deliver these two bowls of taro balls, but why there were only these two bowls? Ah Liu must have insisted on trying the "test poison" himself, so another bowl had already been brought in.
It's this kid's belly!
Zhu Ying fully understood and accepted this explanation, but her eyes told Zhang Shou that she had already thought of that possibility. Princess Yongping was a little suspicious. However, she was almost full at this time.
, at this time, looking at the white or yellow taro balls floating in the red bean soup, she was not too interested, so she simply felt happy and generous.
"I can't eat any more. Since there are only two bowls, let's just give them to Dr. Zhang, you and Yingying, the two birthday girls."
This time, Zhang Shou laughed without waiting for Zhu Ying to agree: "I have eaten so many dishes and snacks, even if some of them only slightly stick to my lips, I am full enough. If I eat this bowl again, I will still feel a little bit full."
It’s beyond our capabilities. Even if others are wishing us birthdays, if we share and eat, we are sharing the happiness and longevity, right?”
Only then did Zhu Ying remember that she had just apologized to Princess Yongping for competing for food. At this moment, she rolled her eyes and immediately ordered the little eunuch beside her to get the dishes to share the food. However, she thought she was almost a person.
As soon as the taro balls were in the bowl, the other uncles and elders couldn't help laughing at it. Zhu Jing even wanted to pull his daughter over and tell her something.
If you really can't bear to part with it, just eat it yourself. They are all very old and not that interested in sweets! Besides, who would compete with a little girl like you for food?
But Zhu Jing was grabbed by Weinan Bo Zhang Kang, so he could only watch Zhu Ying smile dryly and bring the pitiful small bowls with only two taro balls to them. At this time, let alone
He, even Zhang Chuan, Ge Yong and others felt that they could understand the scene when the two little girls were fighting for sweets.
The same goes for Chef Song. He only brings a small amount of food, how can it be enough to eat?
And Zhang Shou watched Zhu Ying deliver the small bowl with only two taro balls to Princess Yongping, and then secretly delivered the bowl with four taro balls to him. He really didn't know whether to say he was moved.
Well, it was better to say that he was helpless. However, when he saw that there were four in Zhu Ying's bowl, he felt that the eldest lady's fair distribution was blatant cheating.
When the white taro balls came into his mouth, Zhang Shou suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and his memory couldn't help but drift to the familiar smell that his mother brought to him in his previous life. When he first arrived here four years ago, he went from being confused and uneasy to gradually feeling...
From numb acceptance to active familiarity with the surroundings and active integration, he actually always knew that he could not return to his previous life, but he still tried to find something.
Even those familiar smells are a kind of comfort. Now, he has recovered enough things and met a wonderful fate.
"Oh, this is better than the glutinous rice dumplings made in my kitchen! The texture is really special!" Zhu Ying only took one bite and showed a happy smile, and then punched the table without caring about anything else.
What is the expression on the person's face, "I have decided, if Chef Song is selected as the imperial chef, I will go to the palace every day to get food! If he is not selected, I will hire him back as a cook!"
Princess Yongping also felt that the sweet and glutinous texture of the taro balls and the rich taste of the red bean soup were all very unique - and of course very delicious. Even though she had always thought that eating three meals a day was just a routine, she gradually began to
I wonder why my father wanted to go to war against the imperial dining room.
Those royal chefs in the past simply used their reputation in vain! Isn’t the role of royal chefs in bringing people food enjoyment?
However, she was not as simple and direct as Zhu Ying. She just smiled reservedly, and then said softly: "Since such a talent has come to take the imperial chef test, if he can pass five levels and kill six generals, he will naturally be able to succeed."
He has a place." Whenever she competes with Zhu Ying for something, she always wins less and loses more, but this time she can't give in!
Seeing the sparks of passion bursting out from the eyes of the two girls, Zhang Shou shook his head, and then ate all the taro balls in his bowl. He saw that several uncle-level figures had also finished eating, some with normal expressions.
Some of them nodded slightly, but they were far less energetic than the two girls. He smiled at Ah Liu beside him and said, "Go and ask Chef Song if this recipe for making taro balls is sold. And...
"
He paused, and then said thoughtfully: "Although he said that in addition to taro, the raw materials for these taro balls also include the overseas ingredients I provided them this time, sweet potatoes, and cassava flour, but this cassava flour
I also hope he can tell me where it comes from, and how the taro balls are made. Of course, if it is a secret, he doesn’t want to tell it. Then a gentleman will not take away what others like.”
A gentleman does not take what others like, but I am not a gentleman! When Ah Liu thought about this, he nodded in agreement again, turned around and went downstairs. He saw another waiter busy delivering the prepared snacks.
Xinglong Tea House, and Lu Sanlang upstairs has suddenly begun to announce the scores of the first five snacks. Unsurprisingly, the ginseng fruit longevity dish surpasses the others and ranks first for the time being.
Although Ah Liu didn't understand these twists and turns, he felt that even if Chef Song couldn't stand out from today's preliminary competition, just based on the attitudes of Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping, he would not be mediocre in the future. Of course, even if
Judging from the fact that he is qualified to participate in today's preliminary competition, Chef Song is definitely not an ordinary chef.
Because Lu Sanlang, who is in charge of the selection, is not easy to fool at all, all the chefs who signed up have passed through the hands of this little fat man.
With this thought in his mind, Ah Liu sneaked into the temporary large kitchen again. Although there were people guarding the place inside and outside, the people guarding him came from Ruiqi Camp, and with the emperor's permission, he often went to Ruiqi Camp to "learn skills"
", after beating up a bunch of people up and down, naturally no one dared to stop him.
After turning around and going to the stove in the corner where he had met the person before, he couldn't find the young Chef Song, and he couldn't help but be a little confused. When he got out of the back door, he found that the person was sitting on a long table.
Sitting on the stool, he dozed off with his hands folded in his sleeves and his head tilted forward little by little, like a chicken pecking at rice, except for the bubbles on his nose.
Even when Ah Liu came to him and gently shook his hand, there was no reaction at all. The young man withdrew his hand in confusion. When he saw the cook who had also completed two questions at the door of the big kitchen, he looked at him.
Ruo Ruo thought about it for a while, and finally tapped Chef Song on the head with his finger. It was like knocking on the door, and the chef who was watching curiously was stunned.
Chef Song, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the knock on the head. He almost jumped up, covered his head and exclaimed: "What's going on? Is it hailing?"
After he finished shouting, he saw clearly Ah Liu's big face that was very close at hand. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly said with a smile: "Hey, it's you, little brother! It's not my fault if the taro balls are not delicious, after all, it's you."
This is also my first time making sweet potato and taro balls..."
Even though he was not usually expressive, Ah Liu still slightly lowered the corners of his mouth at this moment. Yes, those two bowls of taro balls were not specially made with leftover ingredients, so they were given to the three birthday girls above.
What Tian Tou tasted was half-starved, so he cooked it with the remaining ingredients and planned to eat it by himself. Since no one saw it because it was on the stove at the end, he bumped into it!
When Chef Song, who was eating secretly, saw him, his first reaction was not to ask him who he was or why he was here. Instead, he pushed a bowl over to him and said to him with a smile: "It's delicious." Yes, little brother, would you like to try it?"
As for why he served it to Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou, it was because after he finished a bowl in one go, he stared at the other person and asked if there was anything more. So, under his persistent eyes, Chef Song Obediently, I boiled the remaining taro balls in the red bean soup, and then served him two bowls.
This is why there were only two bowls of taro balls just now.
At this moment, Ah Liu once again stared at Chef Song for a long time with the kind of eyes that would make other people feel disgusted when he came into contact with them, and then he asked directly: "Where did you get the cassava flour for making taro balls? What is the recipe?" Have it?"
With such a straightforward question, another chef might have immediately turned against him, but Chef Song was shocked for a moment, then scratched his head, and then laughed dryly: "Ha, ha, I didn't expect that you, a grown man, would still like to eat." It's sweet. Well, actually, I read the taro balls in a book and figured it out. There's no recipe, so there's no need to keep it secret. It's very simple."
"It's just glutinous foods like taro steamed with water and then mashed into a puree. Then, after adding tapioca flour, it's kneaded into a dough like dough. Of course, the ratio needs to be mastered. I can't tell you exactly, because I It's also purely based on gestures, mostly based on habit. You have to try it yourself. As for tapioca flour..."
Speaking of this, Chef Song smiled mysteriously: "It's something brought from overseas. I looked at it and it looked similar to yams. I had a large area planted in the back house of my hometown. The yield is very high, but the person who brought this product to me said that it is poisonous and it is best not to eat it directly like yam. After grinding it into fine pieces, it is best to soak it in lime water. It was said by Emperor Taizu... "
Ah Liu listened to the other party's explanation attentively and silently memorized every word. When Chef Song finished speaking, he suddenly smiled at the person. This was a rare expression of kindness to him. , but Chef Song was shocked!
Because unless he smiled involuntarily, Ah Liu's smile... was really stiff!
However, the young man himself had no awareness of this. Chef Song couldn't help but take a step back, and then quickly bowed and said: "Brother, please stop laughing, your laughter makes me feel cold all over. Anyway, if you have anything to say, just ask, I promise I’ll tell you everything. Well, you see, it wasn’t easy for me to get the spot for the preliminary round, and I failed the extra round question, so I was unlucky enough!”
"But I didn't expect that I won the first place in the main event just now. Although I was the first among the five people, I was almost dying of joy! So, I can't tell you the filling recipe of the ginseng fruit birthday celebration dish. I will also give it to you in the future. I’m opening a store under this name!”
"Oh." Ah Liu's reaction to Chef Song's words was simple and direct. He nodded and turned around to leave.
As soon as he left, Chef Song couldn't help but stare at his back in confusion for a while, and finally slapped his face vigorously. He seemed to feel that this was not enough, so he simply returned to his stove and started drinking water from the water tank. He scooped a ladle of water out of the bottle and splashed it directly on his face. As the cold water droplets splashed on his face, and then fell to the ground one by one, he finally felt a little more excited.
He thought that the vivid ginseng fruit would be a taboo. After all, the tempers of some powerful people are difficult to predict, but he did not expect that the evaluation was pretty good. Now it seems that the result of this temporary decision to participate in the competition will be unexpected? But the problem is
Apart from being good at carving and making sweets, he is not good at anything else. If he is promoted, how will he get past the semi-finals? Ah, how sad!