It turns out that Lin Yi really didn't think about it, because when Lin Yi was at home, he often used open fire to cook hot pot.
It's the kind of old Beijing copper hot pot with charcoal stuffed in the middle. But when he was scalding the hot pot, he always kept the window open, so he never felt anything wrong.
The outpost is different. In severely cold areas, it is not practical to open windows, so more emphasis will indeed be placed on preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.
But then Lin Yi smelled another scent, which was obviously not from the barbecue, so he asked curiously: "Master Wu, have you made something delicious again?"
Master Wu smiled and said, "There are two chickens stewed in the electric pressure cooker. This is our tradition after the power outage. However, it takes about two hours to stew the chicken in the electric pressure cooker before it is fully cooked, so we can't eat it in the morning, and you are at noon.
It was outside, so I stewed it for dinner."
"Now it's almost time to stew. I have to take it out quickly and steam the rice."
Because power outages don't happen often, there is only one electric pressure cooker in the outpost, which is used to steam rice.
We also have steamed buns here, but they cannot be steamed in ordinary pots and the temperature is not enough. The quality of the steamed buns steamed in the electric pressure cooker is not good. Of course, the quality is secondary. The most important thing is that the electric pressure cooker steams too little and the pot is so big. In order to ensure the pressure
If it is enough, it will not be able to increase the volume too much, and steaming it once will not be enough for everyone to eat.
Therefore, in the outpost, we eat more fried cakes than steamed buns. The temperature of the oil is high, and everything can be fried thoroughly.
Unless there is bad weather and supplies cannot be delivered, the pancakes will have to be cut off and breakfast will have to be noodles.
However, sometimes Master Wu also makes pancakes, but making pancakes with an electric pot is really a technical job. Of course, in the hands of Master Wu, the self-proclaimed cooking god of the outpost, he can still pinch it with both hands.
Basically, in terms of food, no soldier said anything bad about Master Wu.
Lin Yi's cooking skills have two points. Even in ordinary cooking classes, he is the kind of person who can cook. But on the plateau, many methods are not effective, so he did not take the initiative to ask for help, but just stayed by Master Wu's side.
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The kitchen is Lin Yi's most important place after patrol. The patrol route is extremely difficult and dangerous. This is definitely the most difficult task in the post.
Next is the kitchen. One person has to ensure food for twelve people and has to make many kinds of tricks. It is not as easy as everyone thinks.
Just take the fried pancakes as an example. Master Wu can stand in the kitchen for two hours just frying them. This thing is more tiring than standing guard.
Most people who have helped in the kitchen know how tiring the kitchen can be.
Moreover, food is the best magic weapon to stabilize military morale, especially in bad weather, it can add a lot of joy to soldiers.
Although there are a lot of ingredients in the kitchen, and even if the food is gone, there is enough compressed dry food in the kitchen warehouse to eat, but the lack of food will indeed cause the soldiers to feel depressed.
We should not always forcefully instill the hard experience of decades ago into today's soldiers. The soldiers who serve in the army today are basically those born in 2000. The environment they have lived in since childhood is an environment with abundant supplies.
If they can't feel the hardship, they naturally can't put themselves in someone else's shoes. If they can't put themselves in someone else's shoes, they can't have empathy.
Therefore, Lin Yi had to ensure that even if Master Wu left for something, he had to keep the kitchen running normally, and at least let the soldiers eat well. Only by eating well and drinking enough can they ensure strong combat effectiveness.
The last thing placed at the end is the reserve post and sentry post in the outpost.
Perhaps in ordinary troops, the sentry post is the most tiring position, but in the outpost, they are the most relaxed.
The most basic thing is that they stay in the house and don't have to feel the strong wind all the time. The fact that the temperature is suitable is enough for them to be ranked last.
So now Lin Yi is also studying hard. When he sees Master Wu putting the stewed chicken in hot water to warm it and starts steaming rice, he curiously asks: "Master Wu, how should you eat this chicken? Tear it into pieces and sprinkle it with
Can the sauce be used to make saliva chicken?"
Master Wu suddenly remembered that Lin Yi could also cook, and said with a smile: "The chicken is already cooked anyway, why don't Platoon Leader Lin show his skills and see how to make it more delicious."
Lin Yi's specialty is stewed chicken with potatoes, especially the feeling of the starch sinking into the soup after the potatoes are stewed until tender. When paired with some bright red spicy millet, the rice is so delicious.
But now we don’t have those equipment, and the only electric pressure cooker that can heat can also steam rice, so there is no other way to make it except cold salad.
Lin Yi tore off some of the chicken skin, tasted the chicken, and found that the stewed chicken tasted quite good.
The taste is not strong, probably only some cooking wine, ginger and salt were added to ensure the freshness of the chicken without covering up the meaty taste. Master Wu's craftsmanship is really good.
In this case, Lin Yi didn't want to make the taste too big, but in such a cold weather, it would be impossible without adding some chili pepper.
Suddenly Lin realized a local delicacy, peppercorn chicken.
The numbing and spicy taste is particularly suitable for this alpine region.
I started making it as soon as I thought of it. I chopped some onions, peppers, and scallions and put them into an iron basin. Then I added some green peppercorns, chili oil, peppercorn oil, and sesame oil, mixed them well, and added a pinch of salt.
and two spoons of chicken essence, the sauce is ready.
Then Lin Yi started to tear the chicken. The chicken from Jiao Ma Chicken must be torn out to be delicious. Lin Yi has two cooking skills.
So tearing up chicken is a breeze.
Except for those on duty and the sentries who were not allowed to move around, everyone else in the post was free to move around. They quickly gathered in the kitchen. After all, Lin Yi, the platoon leader, and the 8th squad leader were both in the kitchen, and they also wanted to come and join in the fun.
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When they saw Lin Yi's fluent technique of tearing chicken, they were all amazed. A corporal shouted: "Platoon leader Lin, I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good. In ancient times, there were chefs tearing beef, but now there are platoon leaders tearing chicken. This is a bit descriptive.
It’s not an exaggeration!”
Lin Yi laughed, "Why are you flattering me? Your squad leader hasn't gone on vacation yet. When squad leader 8 goes on vacation, it won't be too late for you to flatter me too."
8. The squad leader knew that Lin Yi was joking, so he also laughed and said: "Oh, it's cool to leave. I haven't left yet, and you don't buy my fault anymore. I am a real failure as a squad leader."
The corporal waved his hand quickly, "No, squad leader, I said the wrong thing."
"Hey, I'm kidding. We've been together for three years and I still don't know you." Then the monitor said, "By the way, it looks like I won't be able to do evening exercises tonight. After dinner, I can use my mobile phone."
I’ll give you an extra hour. It’s not easy to have such a break. Have fun playing with your phone.”
Then he quickly explained to Lin Yi: "The soldiers at our outpost don't have weekends, so the time for handing out mobile phones can be flexibly controlled. Especially when there is a snowstorm and they can't go out on duty, we give them mobile phones to play with. This way
Able to balance work and rest.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, a hurried voice came from the individual soldier radio, "The regiment headquarters is calling Squad 8. If you hear me, please answer."
The correspondent quickly replied: "Class 8 received it, please give instructions."
The regiment headquarters immediately issued an order, "Our unit received a request from the border defense brigade. A herdsman disappeared near the 8th squad post after sending out a distress signal. The regiment commander hereby orders your unit to proceed in an orderly manner while ensuring your own safety."