Chapter 40: Master Lu Cai
Aunt Xia's connections on this railway line are really good. When Zhou Zhou submitted the list to her, x164 was already less than two hours' drive from Qingtang Station. In such a short period of time, Qingtang Section Logistics
All kinds of ingredients that Zhouzhou needs are available everywhere.
In addition to the common vegetables, eggs, rice noodles and oil, there are also a large amount of pig's trotters, pig head meat, pig offal, as well as the mutton specially requested by Zhouzhou and the famous Yanchitan lamb chops.
Zhouzhou has not yet been able to obtain the top recipe of 'roasted lamb chop porridge', but he also knows that salt flat lamb chops are the highest quality lamb, and only such high-end ingredients can be worthy of the high-end prices of 'premium dishes'.
As usual, I met Director Wang from the Logistics Support Office of the Qingtang Section under the introduction of Aunt Xia. As usual, this man is still a middle-aged fat man. Like Director Liu from the Zhongzhou Section, when I meet Aunt Xia, I feel like an "old schoolmate."
He kept shouting. When he heard that Zhouzhou was the 'conscientious chef' that has been mentioned by many netizens recently, he immediately extended his thumbs up and praised him non-stop.
Back in the car, Zhou Zhou asked two temporary helpers, Chen Yan and Li Dazui, to wash out some of the pig's trotters, pig head meat and various pig offal, and put them into the old soup pot to marinate them until the civil and military fires were ready.
After that, after the braised pork is simmered, soak it in the pot and slowly absorb the flavor.
This is the third time I have used this pot of brine. Under normal circumstances, I should add some salt and spices to it, but since Zhouzhou chose to soak it overnight to get the flavor, there is no need to go to such trouble. Just wait until next time.
Just add it when the time comes.
Adding water and ingredients in the later stage is also the biggest feature of the old soup. Only the first person to make this pot of old soup can accurately control the amount of water added in the later stage.
Not to mention that Zhou Zhou has hundreds of years of experience. These experiences are a kind of experience. Not only is it difficult for others to obtain, but even if he intends to teach it, it will take a lot of time, and it also depends on the talent of the learner.
In other words, even if someone gets Zhouzhou's pot of brine, he will not get his experience in adding and maintaining the brine later; even if he can use this pot of brine to produce a good taste, it will not be able to compare with the braised pork he made by himself.
compared to.
In the original world of Zhouzhou, there may be hundreds of braised meat restaurants in a city, but there are often only one or two with the best taste. This is because they not only have the best old soup, but also have the ability to add and maintain the brine later.
Experienced.
After busying in the kitchen, Zhou Zhou hurriedly washed up and returned to his lounge, lying on the bed and scrolling through his mobile phone.
Now he has to deal with three meals a day for hundreds of thousands of passengers every day. He is as tired as a dead dog every day. He doesn't have much time to check his mobile phone, but he has to complete the preparatory tasks of top recipes as soon as possible. If he doesn't use the Internet
I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time.
Zhou Zhouqiang opened his eyes, resisting the attacks of sleepiness, and clicked on a professional chef forum called ‘Zhiwei’.
Chen Yan told him the name of this forum. According to Nizi, a post about him in the forum was on the hot search list and attracted the attention of some professional chefs.
'There is an extra flavor in the world, but the creator is a chef on a green train?'
When Zhou Zhou opened the browser on his mobile phone, this hot search just dropped out of the top ten. When he clicked on the post, there were already tens of thousands of replies. Except for the passengers on x164 who expressed their affirmation of his stewed vegetables, the onlookers
Netizens and some people in the industry were very disdainful.
"Hot searches these days are becoming less and less credible. How can there be any decent chef on the train? Or there may not be any at all!"
Why create a new flavor? Bah! Do you really think that our Chinese cooking masters are all given for free?"
"Don't read it... This must be because the railway department was shamed by the passengers, so they made up such a fake news. I'm afraid the hot searches are all bought, right?
For all those troll friends who post support, send me a post and give me a few cents, can you bring me with you?"
"Why don't you believe it? I am from the Department of Economics of Tanglin University, my name is Chen Yuanyuan, and I am on the x164 train now!
I won’t allow you to insult a conscientious chef like Chef Zhou. If you don’t believe me, look at the pictures I posted. Pickled cabbage, lotus leaf rice, braised pig’s trotters, and meat buns. Which of these are not the most delicious delicacies?
If you can’t eat it, don’t be sour, okay? You deserve to be starved to death!”
"Hey, today's trolls have learned how to pretend to be innocent girls from college? Isn't the person upstairs wearing a black, silk, and size 44 high heels a transgender person?"
"Haha, the truth is revealed upstairs. What kind of monsters are the navy today?"
Zhou Zhou shook his head.
It’s no wonder these netizens, there have been too many fake news and fake hot searches in recent years. Even the Brick family is going in the opposite direction today. Everyone is afraid of being deceived. How can they believe that a conscientious chef can appear on the green train?
Some professionals in the culinary field also expressed their opinions. They do not believe that a "high-end" chef who graduated from a chef school can have the cooking skills and innovative abilities mentioned in the post.
The doubts from these professional chefs made netizens even more convinced that this was a fake trending search.
Zhou Zhou looked a little angry. No matter in the original world or this parallel world, he was a vigorous young man. How could he endure such grievances?
Anyway, the original purpose is to increase reputation points, and just swell the faces of these doubters.
I directly entered the "Zhiwei" forum, registered a new user with my real name, created a post titled "The taste of brine, a secret I can disclose", and posted it to the forum.
The post explained in detail how to boil the brine, how to preserve it, and how to brine everything in the world, without any hidden secrets. Every step was written in great detail, and in the end, it was directly 'stealed' from Chen Yan's circle of friends.
Take a few pictures of the finished braised pig’s trotters, then submit and upload!
Pictures may not necessarily reveal the truth, otherwise Yuanyuan and the others, who have posted many beautiful pictures, would not be questioned by netizens. But if Zhou Zhou’s detailed explanation is added, this post becomes very convincing.
After all, the Zhiwei Forum is the largest professional forum for the culinary industry in China. More than 80% of its users are insiders, and there are even some special chefs, national cooking masters and famous Chinese gourmets who have been divers for a long time.
Today's hot search post about braised vegetables has brought up a lot of "big fish" like this. They are all real insiders and a relatively objective group of people.
"Unexpected...
It turned out to be true.
Braised water, braised vegetables, interesting!
There is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger on the green train. There is such an interesting young man. How could I not go and meet him?"
Zhang Zhouxuan closed the post posted by Zhou Zhou, and his thick black eyebrows gradually unfurled. With his eyesight, he could tell with just a few glances that Zhou Zhou's cooking skills were genuine, at least close to the same.
In recent years, some young people in the culinary world have become more and more impetuous. Instead of delving into cooking skills, they spend all day thinking about becoming an Internet celebrity. I thought that the so-called "conscientious chef" named Zhou Zhou was the same, and he also wanted to make a fortune.
I posted a few words of criticism, but I didn't expect that he was really capable, and he almost blamed the wrong person.
"Xiao Wuzi, where is x164?"
"Master, what are you..."
The middle-aged man standing behind Zhang Zhouxuan was stunned for a moment, unable to believe his ears.
Who is the master? That is ‘Lu Cai Zhang’ who became famous in China thirty years ago, and is now a famous Lu Cai master in China!
It is said that street food is a side dish and cannot be served on the big table, but the chef's "Zui Feng Chicken" is an indispensable cold meat dish at the state banquet; and whether the state banquet is served with Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, or Huaiyang cuisine, the chef
This cold meat is irreplaceable.
As a master, you actually followed that guy after just reading one of his posts?
"Master, x164 has passed Qingtang Station and will arrive in Golmud tomorrow morning."
"Well, is the nearest high-speed train going to Golmud?"
"Master, the high-speed train will pass through Chang'an in forty-seven minutes and reach Golmud at one o'clock in the morning, but..."
"It doesn't matter, old man, I just like to take a morning stroll. Let's go to the train station and go to Golmud now!
Also, book me a X164 ticket immediately, from Golmud to Tibet."
"Master, the rebels in Zangdu..."
"Your master, I'm still strong!"
"But Golmud is already very close to Tibet. I'm afraid we don't have sleeper tickets, master."
"Then buy a hard seat. Speaking of which, my old man hasn't ridden a hard seat in a green car for a long time. I really miss it."
He Wuhuo: "..."
Chapter completed!