Noodles in plateau areas are all made using pressure cookers, so when people knead the dough, the noodles will not be kneaded too thin, and accordingly they will be hard.
In fact, the chefs who know how to cook taste pretty good.
Just like when we eat yak noodles in Lhasa, the altitude there is also 3,600 meters, and they can still make it delicious.
Of course, it's still incomparable to the chewy ramen in the Mainland. After all, it's made in a pressure cooker, so you really can't ask for too much.
Squad Leader 8 pointed to the fixed dining table in the restaurant, "Platoon Leader Lin, let's sit here."
Then he shouted towards the kitchen, "Old Wu, please order more. I will eat with Platoon Leader Lin."
Lin Yigan didn't feel like sitting there. There wasn't much that Shao could introduce, so he simply stood up and said, "I can also cook, so I'll help Old Wu."
When squad leader 8 heard this, he quickly said: "No, we will arrange one person to help Lao Wu every day. After all, it is quite tiring for one person to take care of the food of 12 people."
Lin Yi smiled and said: "That's just right. On the first day I came to the post, I started helping the cook. I happen to be professional in this area and can get started immediately."
8. How could squad leader ask Lin Yi to help cook? Lin Yi is now the top leader of the outpost. Although we are a collective, even if it is his turn to help cook, he will take the initiative to do the work.
But after all, it was his first day here, so it was fine if he didn't direct the work. How could he just leave him in the kitchen?
When Corporal Wu heard that Lin Yi wanted to help with the cooking, he quickly said: "No, Platoon Leader Lin, why don't you just come and take charge of the dishes, and I'll help you."
Lin Yi walked into the kitchen with a smile, "You are the master chef. The people in the post are used to your taste, so it is definitely better for you to take charge. Even if I don't help the cook now, you must first tell me what I should do to help the cook.
Let's live, you can't wait for me to help the cook later, and your eyes will go dark, that will delay things too much."
The 8th squad leader immediately introduced: "Actually, helping the kitchen is a small job. You have to help carry the food and drink water in the kitchen. You have to clean the kitchen and restaurant. You have to empty the swill buckets. You have to carry back the coal for the heating boiler. You need to refill the coal every three hours.
The toilets also need to be cleaned. There’s not much else. We kitchen helpers don’t have to worry about chopping vegetables and cooking. These are all Master Wu’s jobs.”
When Squad Leader 8 saw that Lin Yi was silent, he immediately explained, "Platoon Leader Lin, at first glance, you might think that helping the cooks is a lot of work, but actually it's not tiring at all when you actually do it."
Just like carrying coal back, it may take up to ten minutes to carry coal back, and you may not be able to use it all. Pouring out the swill is even faster. Pouring it twice a day can be done in five minutes.
Those who help cook do not have to go out on duty that day. After finishing their work, they can just stay at the post to prepare for duty. In fact, many people are willing to do it. If you are not willing to do it, it doesn't matter if the class does not arrange it for you.
Lin Yi waved his hands repeatedly, "No, we still have to queue up. I'm not afraid of getting dirty. Besides, there are only 13 people in our post. If we are doing something special, it would be too much."
After hearing this, Squad Leader 8 gave a thumbs up, "Platoon Leader Lin is awesome, but no one with such a big heart would come to the outpost. After all, Platoon Leader Lin is the first time our Squad 8 has stationed at the training post.
As for the officer, just because of your courage, I think you are great."
Lin Yi smiled and said, "Don't compliment me. You should think about what you can bring back to your wife and children when you go home next week. I haven't been home for two years. If you don't celebrate the New Year at home, don't come back. Otherwise, I won't bring it back."
Class 8 will return it to you."
After hearing this, the 8 squad leader quickly stood at attention and said, "Promise to complete the task."
"But Platoon Commander Lin, are you really confident that you can persist for three months? Why don't you wait until tomorrow to experience the patrol and then say this. If you don't leave the outpost, you won't be able to appreciate the hardship here."
Lin Yi's answer was simple, "Look outside the window at these eighteen or nineteen-year-old kids. They can persevere. Why can't I, a graduate of the military academy, persevere? No matter what, I am someone who has been training in the military academy for four years, right?"
, the military quality should be better than theirs."
Life in a military academy is not as tiring as in the army, but it is not much different. At least in terms of physical fitness, it is no worse than that of a second-year soldier. The daily morning and evening exercises and various physical training are not in vain.
At this time, Master Wu had also pulled out the noodles. Because Lin Yi had no experience in making plateau noodles, he did not dare to interrupt. However, when it comes to cooking, there is no distinction between plateau and plains. After all, the temperature in the pot has been above one degree in the morning.
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"Master Wu, let me show off my skills by making tomato stew, right? I'm good at this."
Master Wu also wanted to see Lin Yi's cooking skills. After all, at the outpost, having one more person cooking would only be a good thing.
He immediately handed over the big spoon and said, "Platoon Commander Lin, please let me know."
In fact, making tomato marinade is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is just adding a little more water starch to thicken the tomatoes with scrambled eggs.
Of course, some people may think that this method is too unauthentic. Without adding some mushrooms, fungus, and yellow peas? Can this also be called braised?
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Everyone has their own way of eating it. Anyway, home-made tomato marinade usually contains two ingredients: tomatoes and eggs, and is just garnished with some chopped green onion.
There weren't that many ingredients at the outpost, so Lin Yi made the home-cooked version.
First, scald the tomatoes to peel off the skin. Although the boiling water here is only about 80 degrees, it is basically not polluted, and you will not get sick when you drink it.
Blanching tomato skins is more than enough.
After blanching the skin, cut into small pieces, then heat oil in a pan and fry eggs.
This time Master Wu prepared five or six eggs. When he saw Lin Yi's eyes, he was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are a lot of eggs at the outpost. There are not enough meat to make up for the eggs. We can eat as much as we can."
Lin Yi nodded, then poured some cold water into the eggs, "This will make them tender."
Because the temperature on the plateau is low and the altitude is high, it takes a long time to pour the oil into the pot. However, because the electric boiler here is very powerful, the oil does not heat up too slowly.
When the oil is 70 to 80% hot, pour in the eggs, and the bright yellow eggs immediately take shape. After stir-frying twice, Lin Yi even weighed the spoon.
The pot at the outpost was not as big as the pots used in ordinary troops, but it was still much larger than those used at home. With his hand exposed, the 8th Squad Leader quickly shouted, "Platoon Leader Lin, you really know how to cook."
Lin Yi smiled and said, "You're just kidding, I used to be the assistant in charge of the kitchen. Aren't I the ones who have everything I need at my fingertips like weighing spoons?"
Then heat up the pan, add oil again and stir-fry the tomato cubes. Stir-fry until the juice is reduced, add chopped eggs, pour some soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and sprinkle with chopped green onion. The flavor will come out immediately.
Finally, the water starch thickens the gravy and the tomato brine is completed.
When Squad Leader 8 smelled the aroma of this dish, he immediately looked at Lin Yi in a different light, "Platoon Leader Lin really has something in his belly."