Just as Li Luotang was eating the fragrant cat ears, Pan Youde couldn't swallow his food. After he woke up last night, he went to see a woman to try it. It was a bolt from the blue! He was really unhealthy. He was the only seed of the Pan family and had no descendants yet.

Before dawn, he summoned the masters in the mansion to ask them to untie him.

"Master, this acupoint uses a very unique technique. Except for those who do it, we..." Several people looked down and didn't dare to look at Pan Youde, "I can't solve it."

"You trash!" Pan Youde cursed angrily, but he did not give up. These people couldn't solve it. He could ask other experts to help him solve it.

Unfortunately, people have hired a lot and spent a lot of money, but none of them can relieve the acupoints. Every month, the pain of breaking bones and muscles makes him worse than death.

Pan Youde was helpless and had to change his mind and become a good person, do good deeds, help the poor and weak, build bridges and pave the way, hoping that the master would come to clear his acupoints in a year. This is a later story, so I won’t mention it for now.

Early in the morning of April 2, Yi Jing accompanied the two girls to Peng Zutang in the city to participate in the cooking competition. For this cooking competition, Miaochen Hall not only opened Peng Zutang, but also specially invited some old chefs and gourmets in the city.

On the way to Peng Zutang, Yi Jing and the other two met Tang Chenxiao and his friend Tian Shiqi, the hospitality and loyal little Mengchang.

After chatting, I learned that the Tian family and the Ren family were family friends, and Master Miaoshen was surnamed Ren, Tian Shiqi was invited, and Tang Chenxiao benefited from him.

"Shi Shi signed up to participate in the cooking competition to see if he could win the favor of the master and become a disciple." Li Luotang said with a smile.

Tang Chenxiao had traveled with the three of them before, tried the skills of Xi Shi, and said with a smile: "The dishes made by Shi Shi are delicious and you will definitely win the competition." As for whether you can become a disciple, it depends on Master Miaoshen's meaning.

After all, Master Miaoshen did not say that the person who won the competition was just a disciple. This is just everyone's default.

"Thank you, Brother Tang." Sai Xishi smiled and his eyebrows were curved.

As we spoke, we arrived at Peng Zutang. The large open space in front of Peng Zutang had been laid out, with thirty three-eye stoves. From this we can see that before the formal cooking, there was a competition that would cut more than half of the people.

There was a long desk table ten feet away in front of the stove, which was for Master Miaoshen, the chefs and diners who acted as referees, and it was still empty.

There are also chairs ten feet away on both sides of the stove, which is for other viewers to sit on. The arrangements of the Miaochen restaurant are quite appropriate.

Sai Xishi handed over the sign and followed the guy into Peng Zutang. Yi Jing and the other two found a chair to sit down. Someone came one after another, and soon the chairs on both sides were full of people.

Then the twelve people who served as referees came out, and Tian Shiqi introduced: "That fat old man is Master Miaoshen. The one beside him is his youngest son, named Ren Yuge, and he has all his true teachings."

"Since his son's cooking skills are so good, why should he accept closed disciples?" Li Luotang asked in confusion.

"Food is the most important thing for people, and there are no good chefs. Master Miaoshen intends to open Miaoshen all over the country." Tian Shiqi said with a smile.

The shopkeeper in the store walked out and bowed, "Thank you for coming to participate in this competition. Chen time has arrived and the competition has officially begun. Participants enter the venue."

The participating chef came out under the guidance of the client, with a total of 67 people, including men and women, old and young. The youngest among them should be Sai Xishi.

"I have met Master Miaoshen." The chefs saluted.

"You don't have to be too polite to follow you." Master Miaoshen was quite polite.

This test was about cooking knowledge, with a total of 67 questions and 67 contestants, who took questions from the bamboo tube to answer.

Sai Xishi was the fifty-ninth draw. When she heard that she was only twelve years old, Master Miaoshen smiled and said, "Since ancient times, heroes have been young."

"Master Thank you for your praise." Sai Xishi smiled shyly and went up to draw questions.

The question drawn by Sai Xishi was: How to make plum sauce?

Sai Xishi replied: "Pick the cooked plums in Sanhou, mash them, no water, no salt, dry for ten days, remove the kernel and skin, add perilla, dry for another ten days, collect and store."

The questions are not difficult, but most of the people who learn to cook are from poor families. They learn to cook to make a living and have limited knowledge; 39 of the sixty-seven people failed to answer and were eliminated.

In this way, there are too many thirty stoves, but it doesn’t matter. Twenty-eight people who answered the questions stood in front of the stove, and the second test was the knife skills.

Knife craftsmanship is the most basic skill, but it also tests the chef's own skills. In the jargon, "Three-point spoon worker, seven-point knife worker." This is enough to illustrate the importance of knife worker. Knife craftsmanship must not only adapt to the heat, but also taste delicious.

There are many varieties of dishes, and the cooking methods vary according to the variety, and the knife methods required are also different. Light cut, there are straight cut, jump cut, push cut...

Li Luotang could see clearly when Sai Xishi's stove was just around the corner just after Yi Jing and the others were sitting.

Ren Yuge stood up and said, "Super fish and radish."

People with good knife skills can make the fish slices thin and transparent as crystal.

Tian Shiqi shook his head and chanted, "Remove the skin and sword, wash the bloody ones, and make it live with fine stew. The red skin and white texture can be blown up lightly, as thin as a cicada's wings. Compared with the two, it is rich with old wine and pepper and angelica, and melts the ice in the mouth, and it is so sweet."

Li Luotang curled her lips. She didn't like eating raw fish. Although the fish sashimi in her travel notes said it was delicious, she didn't want to try it.

Sliced ​​fish is Sai Xishi's specialty. She grabbed the fish out of the wooden barrel and knocked the fish out with the handle of the knife. She placed the fish on the chopping board, removed the scales, and dug the internal organs through the cavity. After washing, she removed the head and tail, took the middle section, and removed the thorns and skin.

Put the thin fish into a plate neatly, mix the dipping ingredients, cut the ginger, scallion white, perilla leaves, lemongrass, etc. into a bowl, add cooking wine and stir; take another bowl, add rice vinegar and garlic, and then add another bowl, and add chili.

Sai Xishi took a radish and started carving. He never tires out the fine food and fine stew. He has all the dishes and all the dishes are crafted. The best chefs pursue the integration of ornamental and edible.

A small and lifelike radish flowers bloomed in Sai Xishi's hands. She placed the radish flowers on the side of the plate and served them with the ingredients and fish sashimi. She asked the referee to taste and comment.

Comparing to the knife skills, the referees also see it as knife skills. They use chopsticks to pick up pieces of fish and see if it is thin; just as Tian Shiqi said, it can be blown up lightly, as thin as a cicada's wing.

The referees picked up the fish fillets, and the thin light was passed through, and the referees nodded slightly. An old man said, "At a young age, he has such exquisite knife skills. It can be seen that he is not only talented but also very diligent."

Master Miaoshen smiled. He was looking for such a talented and diligent young and malleable disciple.

The fish and carrot flowers of Sai Xi Shi have passed the test.
Chapter completed!