Chapter 177 This Fenjiu is a little fragrant
It is impossible to finish all the ingredients in one meal. They can choose the ingredients they like and strive for excellence. Just so, there are three people on the scene that have a lot to do with eating and drinking, and they all have unique skills. They can use these ingredients to show off their skills.
After the treatment, Hu Tu first made four dishes: boiled fish, pepper and duck blood, steamed crab and spicy chicken. He also made some eels to make eel braised rice. Before the dishes were ready, they smelled so fragrant. The crabs were steamed in 20 minutes and served with pepper and duck blood. Everyone was not polite. They picked it up and ate it first at Xu Suwan's greeting, and they immediately praised it.
Because it is a village, there are no exquisite tableware, they are all big bowls and basins, and the dishes on them are not neatly arranged, which is not as beautiful as those in the hotel. But smelling the fragrance makes people very satisfied and tastes even more beautiful.
"I'll just say it." Chen Guotao happily showed off while eating, "I don't know whether Hu Tu's skills are considered chefs, but these fish, shrimp, crabs, chickens, ducks and geese can make people shine."
With a good taste, the blemishes on the tableware and placement can be tolerated.
Chen Hua also ate it, and his method of eating crabs was very professional, and he explained it while eating it. Hu Tu and others knew that some crabs were eaten, but they were not as professional as Chen Hua, so they all followed suit.
Chen Hua first found a pair of small scissors to cut off eight legs of the hairy crab, including two large clamps. "After these things are cooled, the meat in them will automatically separate from the crab shell, and it will be easily poked or even sucked out, so it should be left to eat it at the end."
Then he removed a small piece of the cap on the navel of the crab and uncovered the cap. He first ate the cap part, scooped out the crab stomach in the middle with a small spoon, and gently sucked the crab roe wrapped around the outside. "There is a place here that needs attention. Never suck the crab stomach in the middle with a triangular cone. In this place, it should be discarded."
After eating the crab cover, it was the crab body. He first used scissors to cut off the excess crab legs, crab mouth and crab lungs. Use the spoon handle to pick out a hexagonal flake in the middle of the crab body. It is the crab heart part and should also be discarded. Use a small spoon to scoop some vinegar and pour it on the crab body, and then eat the crab roe crab paste on the crab body.
Then he broke the crab body in half, and at this time he could see the silky crab meat. "As long as you tear it along the crab legs, you can disassemble the crab meat. The clean crab shell is completely translucent."
He cut the crab legs into three pieces with scissors, and used the last part of the crab toe as a tool. First, use the thin end of the crab legs to poke out the meat in the middle of the crab legs, and then use the thick end of the crab legs to poke out the meat in the front of the crab legs.
Divide the crab claws into three sections. You can cut the crab shells directly in the first two sections and scoop out the meat with a spoon. The last pliers are the trick to cut the two claw feet open, and then use your hands to break the two claw feet in the opposite direction, and the claw shells are completely separated.
Finally, he smiled and put the crab shell back into the shape of a crab, and exclaimed in everyone's surprise eyes: "Yes, this duck blood is very authentic, but this crab can make people shine. Logically, around the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the female crabs mature and the meat is full; after the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the male crabs mature and the meat is full. That's the season for eating crabs. In terms of the quality of the crabs themselves, it is similar to those in September and October, but now it's only March, so it's really rare to have such a fat crab. If you drink a cup of warm ginger tea at this time, you will eat a hairy crab during a meal, and you will feel full of wine."
If we talk about ginger, Hu Tu tried to plant a few trees in the lotus platform space, and it grew quite small. But he ate a lot today, so he didn't think Chen Hua really wanted to eat ginger tea, so he didn't mention it. But he secretly remembered what Chen Hua said in his heart and planned to find an opportunity to try it.
Luo Ping next to him couldn't sit still. He wanted to show his skills, but at this time he tasted the taste, and he was even more itchy. So he went into the kitchen to make braised eels, uncle's geese, fish head soup and fried river shrimp, and used several ingredients he liked.
My uncle's erotic goose and fish head soup were still being cooked, and the rest had already been served on the table. At this time, the dishes on the table were already very rich.
"I always feel that something is missing on the table." Hu Tu suddenly wondered and looked around carefully, "By the way, it turns out that there is a shortage of wine. Who do you drink?" He doesn't drink often, and his friends around him rarely like alcohol, so he didn't remember it for a while.
"I know all the people here, they are not people who are good at drinking." Chen Hua waved his hand, "If you have good wine, you can taste it for a few sips, and later you can ask the driver to help you drive."
After all, this place is not a flattering business, and no one wants to make friends with wine and meat. If you have a good wine, you probably just try it out for a simple taste.
"I don't know if it's good wine." Hu Tu scratched his head. He glanced at Fenjiu in the space, pretended to go back to the room and took out a bottle, "This is Fenjiu I bought when I passed by SX. Do you think it's okay?"
Since they have been taken out, naturally, people will not say that the wine is not good. It just so cold that drinking some wine can warm your body.
Hu Tu found some small cups, the men poured more and the women poured less. Each of them had one cup, and a total of one third of the bottle was given. Then he smiled and said, "You can try it, at least it's not fake wine."
Luo Ping, who had already taken a sip, said, "Well, I can prove that it is not a fake wine. And it is quite fragrant. Xiao Hu, you have been drinking for a while, right?"
"I don't know much about wine." Hu Tu scratched his head. He suddenly remembered that the Fenjiu had been stored in the lotus platform space since he bought it. Judging from the growth rate of plants in the lotus platform space, it is very likely that Fenjiu has made other changes and cannot be judged by common sense. He was quick to learn and said, "I asked him to help me choose fruits when I was in a fellow villager's house. Is this wine good?"
After saying that, Hu Tu's eyes were still rolling, because he was still thinking about how to make this happen. He had done this many times before, but he was not that skillful. This time, the incident happened suddenly, which made him very nervous.
After thinking about it, he relaxed. It was just a bottle of wine. He didn't know whether it was good or bad, so he could push it to the head of the "members". As for who the fellow villager was, he didn't know.
Things went smoother than Hu Tu imagined, because the few present had no research on wine, so Luo Ping knew a little, but they were not that professional. They could drink wine quite fragrant, but they couldn't taste how fragrant it was, and they couldn't taste the so-called vintage.
"You can't say how good the wine is. The key is that the price you said is not right." Luo Ping picked up the bottle and compared it, and said in wonder, "I just think it's wrong. Is the wine at this price that fragrant? Well, I have to have someone try it some other day."
Hu Tu scratched his head, sat down and continued to eat without any trouble, but thought to himself: "It seems that he will try it in a few days. How different the wine in the lotus platform space is from outside, so as to avoid making such mistakes. Otherwise, he would just buy loose wine in the future, so that others would only know it smells good and would not think about how many years it was. It is best to mix several kinds of wine together so that they can't even drink it."
The wine incident was quickly revealed, and eight people and a dog gathered at the table to eat. No one talked about the so-called rules at the table. Everyone ate casually and was very happy.
Everyone praised the dishes today, especially the braised eel. Even Chen Hua, who has always been harsh and dissatisfied with Luo Ping, said: "Luo Ping liked to eat eels when he was young. This braised eel is one of his specialties. As for this dish, it is quite good. You can be an assistant to the hotel chef."
"Why is an assistant?" Luo Ping was not satisfied with this evaluation. He pointed at Chen Hua and said, "I think you are just jealous. Just my braised eel is qualified to take it out for competition, let alone be a hotel chef, which is more than enough."
Chen Hua took a sip of Fenjiu and said with a smile: "The hotel we are talking about is different, and we can't generalize it. And letting you be an assistant is also a shiny thing from the ingredients. The eel is firm in texture, tough in taste, chewy, and has a unique fresh sweetness and fragrance. Even among wild eels, it is a top-notch product. If it weren't for Xiao Hu's eel, you wouldn't have made this taste!"
"You can't say that." Luo Ping immediately said, "This eel is good, but my skills are not fake either..."
It was a daily fight between each other, and Hu Tu was happy to hear it. He especially liked the words they said when they praised crabs and eels. He laughed secretly in his heart. "Hehe, the ingredients produced in the lotus platform space are indeed unusual. You have to get some ordinary goods to compare them in the future, otherwise I don't know if others have eaten them, and I have no preparation at all."
In order to compete with Luo Ping, Chen Hua set up a kitchen and made three dishes: beer duck, tomato tofu and shrimp tail dumplings.
Because he had all eaten meat before, and the time was relatively close, the last two dishes he made were lighter. As a result, except for a few who couldn't stand the taste of Chinese toon, everyone praised them. The beer duck was even more than Luo Ping's braised goose, and its reputation was no less than braised eel.
After receiving such an evaluation, Luo Ping was not only not depressed at all, but was happy. He said, "My surname is Chen, I said you have been a chef for a few years. Why is the cooking level similar to mine? Haha, if you tell me, you are not afraid of people making jokes."
"Otherwise." Chen Hua firmly refused to admit this result, "Why is there a profession of tasting cookers in this world? It is because unprofessional people can only represent individuals and cannot taste the subtle differences in the dishes. Are there any professionals here besides me? No! So the result you are talking about is not formal at all."
In fact, he was not very satisfied with his dish. The duck was pretty good, but the ingredients were a little less, but it turned out to be less perfect. It was a pity. But he would not say these words. He provocatively said, "Luo Ping, why don't we find an opportunity to learn about cooking skills another day, and ask professionals to comment, how about it?"
This is a set, and he expected Luo Ping would not agree, because Chen Hua was professional after all, and he was sure to win in such a competition with the same conditions. Once he won, he could declare openly that the owner of Zhaohua Hotel's cooking skills were better than that of Ping'an Hotel, so that he would not only win a game, but also snatch the customers of Ping'an Hotel.
In such a foolproof and extremely profitable game, even Hu Tu saw something wrong, so Luo Ping naturally wouldn't be unable to see it.
"You think so beautifully." Luo Ping refused without hesitation, "I know you want to buy back the bonsai in Brother Hu's hand. If you don't want me to raise prices, you should stop pretending to be smart."
Chapter completed!