Chapter 168: Easing the face
After winning the quarrel, Huang Shengli took over the important task of teaching and skillfully began to take theoretical classes.
"Suiyuan Food List" emphasizes the importance of the quality of ingredients on the instructions list. When making a table of delicious dishes, 60% of the chefs responsible for cooking contributed, and 40% of the people who purchase ingredients contributed. It can be seen that if you want to become an excellent chef, you must first know how to choose good ingredients.
Qin Huai has read some "Suiyuan Food List" - Qin Luo bought one when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school.
I bought it at the old book stall on the back door of the primary school, which costs three yuan per book, which is two yuan more expensive than the dim sum collection. Qin Luo thought "Suiyuan Food List" was the same recipe as "Dimm Sum Collection". When you open it, you can go back and make it with different delicious foods.
As a result, I bought it and found that it was a classical Chinese book with translation. Although Qin Luo was sad that he spent 3 yuan to waste his money, he still finished reading "Suiyuan Food List" for the sake of the money, and Qin Huai also followed suit and flipped a few pages together.
After reading the instructions on the previous pages.
The last part of the truth is that Qin Huai was deeply impressed.
It roughly means that the main cooking methods of Manchu and Han Chinese cuisine are different. The chefs of both sides have been accustomed to their own dishes since childhood, so they are very good at their own cooking methods. So when they invite each other and make dishes in the way they are good at, the guests will find it delicious and the chef will not lose their own characteristics.
But now many chefs forget to maintain their supposed characteristics and deliberately please the guests. Not only can they not make the characteristics of the other dish, but they also lose their true intentions.
This is like a scholar entering the exam room for an exam. If you just imitate, you will imitate a master and imitate a examiner, you will only learn the basics and will be difficult to pass the exam in your lifetime.
The reason why Qin Huai was impressed by this duty is not because he thought it was written correctly, but because he thought it was simply nonsense.
What''s wrong with imitation? Qin Huai has been learning from recipes to others since he was a child. He learned dim sum from others when he made dim sum. When he met a pastry shop owner, he learned a pastry shop owner. He rarely failed and received praise from many times.
That is, the level of contact is a bit high now, and I can’t learn it when I was learning Zheng Da.
After Qin Huai''s first complete imitation of Zheng Da''s approach was a big frustration, his duty came to his mind.
Could it be that he is the scholar who can only learn the basics and will never pass the exam in his life?
Qinhuai is still learning how to select crabs with Huang Shengli.
He knows how to pick shrimps, but he is really not good at picking crabs. But crab is the top priority for crab roe sauce. The most domineering flavor provider of crab roe, and crab meat that assists crab roe to make it not so domineering are two celebrity ingredients in this snack.
How to choose crabs, pick meat, how much meat to take, and how to judge the status of crab roe and crab meat is the most important part of the preliminary preparation work.
Of course, if Qinhuai was a master in a restaurant, this link could be done with others. No master would do such a job of doing odd jobs in the early stages of handling side dishes, and even Huang Shengli would not do these unless necessary.
But not doing it does not mean not doing it. Qin Huai has to know it first before he is qualified to not do it.
Qin Huai quietly turned his head and looked at Zheng Da who had already reached the edge of the steamer.
Zheng Da was squatting beside the steamer and watching the video. Seeing that he was so focused, Qin Huai could vaguely hear a few keywords.
Lecture, method, expression, description.
It can be seen that Zheng Da really wants to win.
Zheng Siyuan practiced his own work beside him. He usually didn''t come to Huang Ji''s kitchen in the afternoon. I heard that Qinhuai had a big flirting yesterday, and today it was a rare Zheng Da and Huang Shengli gathered in the kitchen. Zheng Siyuan came to join in the fun and saw if there was any need to be persuaded to fight.
Gong Liang no longer sat at the kitchen door, but he seemed not to have left and went outside to call to handle the work.
Qin Huai felt that Gong Liang would probably not be able to eat the crab roe roasted wheat made by Zheng Da this afternoon. Today, Master Zheng was revoked from his teacher license and was banned from giving lectures. Gong Liang was a waste of time.
Qin Huai plans to give Gong Liang a small cooking tomorrow and give him two fruits to avoid losing his favorability.
Qin Huai was picking crabs according to the method taught by Huang Shengli. He picked up one and looked at Huang Shengli. He was relieved when he met the other party''s praise.
"Master Huang, I have a question to ask you." Qin Huai said softly.
"Oh? Let''s talk about it." Huang Shengli immediately cheered up.
"I know that theoretically, learning things should not blindly imitate." Qin Huai put the crab he picked into a plastic frame and began to choose the next crab he liked, "But it''s hard for me not to imitate."
"I never thought there was anything wrong with imitating before. Even when I made apple noodles, I was completely imitating Zheng Siyuan."
"But now I am also imitating. I even think that the filling level is good, but I imitate it like this."
"Did my method be wrong from the beginning? Shouldn''t it be like this when making dim sum?"
Huang Shengli did not answer immediately, but instead helped Qin Huai pick another crab with a smile.
"If Huang Jia asked me this, I would definitely tell him yes, that''s not what dim sum is done."
"Huang Jia is facing the same problem now. I teach him step by step. From childhood to adulthood, I am simply a young version of me. You can obviously eat my style when you eat his dishes, and you will know that this is my apprentice."
"He became famous and was trapped because of this. When I was there, he helped me in Huang Ji. The old diners came for my craftsmanship and were willing to taste Huang Jia''s craftsmanship. But I was not here, and there was no real master. An imitator with less skills would not be enough to attract so many customers. Huang Ji''s business would not be able to do it at once."
"This is Huang Jia''s dilemma, he has this trouble. He has been thinking about how to get rid of the shadow of me, his master, and how to stop imitating and making his own dishes."
"This is actually the dilemma of most famous chef disciples. If they are ordinary famous chef disciples, I will definitely tell them that this is wrong and that they cannot just imitate cooking."
Qin Huai felt that Huang Shengli''s words were not.
"But you are different." Huang Shengli said, "Do you think Zheng Siyuan''s dim sum is similar to Zheng Da?"
"Sound." Qin Huai said affirmatively, it''s not just like it, but you can tell that it''s a snack made by the father and son from the same school.
The father and son stood together to make snacks like copying and pasting, with similar techniques and actions.
"Then do you think Siyuan''s dim sum is imitating Zheng Da?"
Qin Huai was stopped.
Admittedly, Zheng Da’s craftsmanship is better than Zheng Siyuan. The style, practice and sect of the dim sum of the two are the same, but if you want to imitate it, it’s really not.
Zheng Siyuan is a dim sum chef with a very personal style.
The dim sum he is good at and the dim sum he is not good at is very obvious, clearly distinguished, belonging to the kind of dim sum he is good at, eat it a few more times, and you can taste it next time you meet one bite. This is made by Zheng Siyuan.
"For ordinary chefs, blind imitation is the threshold that binds them. But for chefs like you and Siyuan, imitation is the way you can master it quickly."
"This kind of ordinary bottleneck won''t restrict you at all. I guess Xiao Qin, you would ask me this because the crab roe and roasted mai was not good at imitating it." Huang Shengli said with a smile.
Qin Huai lowered his head with shame. Huang Shengli''s speech was still too tactful. It was not just because he didn''t imitate it, but it was simply tragic.
"Don''t care, this is not your problem, it''s purely that Zheng Da can''t teach him." Huang Shengli glanced at Zheng Da who was still watching the video, "He has a heart that wants to be a master, but he doesn''t have the ability to be a good master. You haven''t even walked steadily, and you just want to take you flying. How could you jump like this?"
"First follow me to try dishes for two days, establish a connection with the ingredients, and then season it to make crab roe roasted wheat. Don''t make crab roe roasted wheat these two days, and be a craftsman for two days, specializing in handling the ingredients."
Of course, Qin Huai doesn''t mind handling the ingredients. As long as Huang Ji doesn''t mind, he can do anything.
"What should I do if the food is processed?" Qin Huai felt that Huang Ji didn''t seem to have so many shrimp and crab meat dishes that needed to be chopped.
"Let Zheng Da make crab roe and roasted wheat. Anyway, he is idle. You can still learn while handling it. He wants to be a master, and he also needs to do his homework in advance." Huang Shengli said that it is nothing to do with his junior brother. The junior brother has a good waist and can make snacks.
"It just so happened that I haven''t eaten crab roe roasted wheat for many years. I can enjoy the joy even after I let him cook it for a while."
Qinhuai:…
The relationship between you brothers is really unpredictable.
In this way, Qinhuai began his life as a dim sum chef who commanded people in the morning and a vegetable preparation worker who was commanded in the afternoon.
Every day, I work diligently in picking shrimps, picking crabs, peeling shrimps and picking crab meat, and chopping the shrimp meat and chopping the crab meat apart. Qin Huai soon became a crab man, and he smelled crab everywhere he went. People in Huang Ji’s kitchen didn’t have to look up, just smelling the smell, you knew that it was Qin Huai who came.
This kind of training method for preparing foodies is indeed useful. Listening to the theoretical knowledge of shrimp and crab meat 1,000 times, it is not as useful as peeling shrimp and crabs for four or five days.
Only practice can lead to true knowledge.
For the employees of Huang Ji Back Kitchen, these days have also been very magical.
In the morning and noon time, everyone could not see Zheng Da and Huang Shengli.
Zheng Da was unwilling to get up early unless necessary, and he didn''t want to come to the kitchen before noon when he got up.
Huang Shengli was able to get up, but he didn''t want to come to the kitchen. He either drank tea or had physical therapy in the morning.
These brothers usually wait until 2 noon before meeting at the top of Huang Ji’s kitchen.
Then they started quarreling as soon as they met.
Whoever wins will teach you.
Huang Shengli has a very good personality on weekdays and speaks gentlely but doesn’t lose his temper. However, he still has a very deep foundation in his quarrels and has never been at a disadvantage. Every time, Huang Shengli won a great victory, which made Zheng Da lose his armor and lose his entire life.
Zheng Da can only watch teaching related videos for an hour every day, learn how to be a qualified teacher, and then make crab roe roasted wheat cowardly.
The kitchen is wonderful, and the kitchen door is not bad either.
Gong Liang bought a comfortable chair and stopped sitting on a small stool. He brought the chair to the kitchen door every day to squat crab roe and roast wheat. Occasionally, I call a few times to deal with work matters, so that those passing by can’t help but ask if you financially free capitalists are so idle?
Not only the boss in the TV series does not go to work or do serious business every day, but only cares about falling in love. You middle-aged bosses in real life don’t go to work or do serious things every day, just focus on your time attentiveness.
Is crab roe roasted wheat that delicious?
OK, there is.
If you really don’t go to work, it’s still worth squatting. Gong Liang has a house in the opposite community and has been living in the opposite community recently, very close.
This kind of wonderful life of students working as young workers, masters quarrel, and onlookers bringing their own small stools for 6 days.
It’s not that Qinhuai has stopped working as a small worker since the 7th day.
The worker still has to continue to work. Although he has begun to try to mix the filling of crab roe and roasted wheat, he must be fully responsible for the treatment of the ingredients.
Mainly, something very important happened on the 7th day.
A piece has nothing to do with crab roe, but it has a huge relationship with many other snacks.
Qinhuai''s dough has been upgraded.
Senior noodles!
Qin Huai went to Gusu, first practiced hard for a while and then practiced for a while for a while, and finally rewarded hard work. God paid off. After his hard practice, he successfully advanced from intermediate to advanced.
Isn’t this a kind of progress?
Qin Huai realized that his dough was getting upgraded when he kneaded the last batch of wine-making steamed buns.
This kind of upgrade feels mysterious.
The feeling of upgrading to the advanced level is more obvious than that of the primary level. It is not so exaggerated that the feeling of instantly opening up the Ren and Du meridians to comprehend the peerless magical skills, but it is indeed more sensible when kneading the dough.
The dough on your hands is more obedient and more handy.
Qin Huai felt that he should celebrate it after making a major breakthrough.
But how to celebrate?
He now practices crab roe roasted wheat every afternoon, and the least important thing about crab roe roasted wheat is to make noodles.
Knead the skin of crab roe and roasted wheat with high-end hair dough, and even the feeling of a hero being useless.
What if you do something else?
What to do? Who will do it for?
Today, Huang Jiadiao’s chicken stock seems to be quite good.
It smelled very fragrant. Qin Huai couldn''t help but drink half a bowl to taste the taste when he was just passing by. Huang Jia thought Qinhuai had eaten less food in the morning and was hungry. He asked Qinhuai if he wanted to have a temporary snack now and cooked two dishes for Qinhuai.
Qinhuai thinks that people like Huang Ji have big pot meals every noon, which is a bit too monotonous.
Speaking of which, the waiters in the lobby and private rooms have not eaten the breakfast he made.
Qinhuai''s breakfast is made every day according to the number of kitchen staff. Occasionally, the foreman arrives in advance and can take a bite. Ordinary waiters must have never eaten it.
It’s so inappropriate. Everyone has been a colleague for so long, but they have never tried their own skills.
Although Qin Huai didn''t remember what the waiters looked like, he couldn''t even remember the names of the waiters in his canteen, but.
He wants to show off his high-end face-to-face.
The newly upgraded post-trip will not be shown to everyone.
If you don’t eat, how can I show off my skills in a low-key manner and improve again?
Qinhuai quickly got the last batch of wine-making steamed buns, and quietly moved them to Huang Jia, who had just fried a portion of three strips, and asked:
"Brother Jia, who is responsible for the employee meals at noon today?"
"Dong Li is in charge. Why? Are you hungry? Tell me if you have anything you want to eat. I still have a few dishes here. I will make them for you when I get free."
"No, no." Qin Huai waved his hands repeatedly, "I want to be responsible."
Huang Jia paused when he looked at the list: "You?"
"Yes!" Qin Huai said sincerely, "To be honest, Brother Jia, I have processed too many shrimps and crabs during this period. I really want to make snacks. The fixed amount of snacks every day is not enough for me to make."
"And I especially want to make noodles. I didn''t feel satisfied with the amount in the morning, and I still want to continue rubbing it at noon."
"Everyone shouldn''t mind eating chicken noodle soup for lunch, right?"
Huang Jia:…
Are you all the dim sum masters in Baikun?
He always thought that it was outrageous enough that Zheng Siyuan had to go back to make snacks after getting married, but he didn''t expect that Qin Huai was not as good as him.
What could Huang Jia say? He also wants to eat chicken noodle soup.
Who can refuse a bowl of chicken noodle soup made by Qinhuai, which is steaming, chewy, fragrant and has mushrooms and vegetables?
It would be even better if Qin Huai could not cook the noodles with his own hands and let him cook them.
"I''ll say something to Dong Shi." Huang Jia said, seeing Qin Huai turn around and leave excitedly, he couldn''t help but call him.
"That..." Huang Jia didn''t know what to say for a moment, "Qinhuai, don''t be under too much pressure."
"The crab roe roasted wheat in the first two times is nothing, and everyone can see your skills."
Qin Huai still didn''t understand why Huang Jia suddenly began to comfort herself for no reason, but since it was a comfort, it was kindness and nodded and accepted it.
"I don''t have any pressure." Qin Huai said, "I just suddenly wanted to make pastry."
"That kind of pasta that accounts for a very heavy proportion."
(This chapter ends)