Chapter 363 The bloody case caused by a cookbook (8)
?The boss is going to compete with the new fat guy, and this warning soon spreads throughout the village.《》
People came from all over, mainly because they wanted to see this unprecedented competition. Because in the cottage, the boss, Hou Datou, has always been the second best chef in the world and the next generation of chefs in the future.
However, the newcomer was also unambiguous and insisted on saying that he was the future chef. Since then, the two sides have been in conflict, and it has developed to the point where the winner can only be determined through a competition.
As the saying goes, "There is no first in literature, no second in martial arts." Cooking skills, like martial arts, require real skills to be demonstrated in competitions.
In the courtyard of the hall, twelve large pots were set up in a row. These large pots were divided into two rows, with six in each row, belonging to Xu Mazi and Hou Datou respectively. The competition will be held here soon.
At the end of the two rows of cauldrons is a large Eight Immortals table. It looks like it has been around for a while, and the rosewood table top is glowing, making it look very simple.
This table is now the most valuable thing in the village. Not long ago, Wang Bai, the king of Dongtian, sent someone to buy it back. He said that his main room lacked such a table and hoped that Hou Datou would part with it.
Hou Datou thought about it for an hour, and finally refused while chewing his teeth, because he knew that this table was left by Liu Shandong, the first chef of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was really reluctant to sell it.
Just like that, the table stayed, but I didn't expect that it would come in handy today.
The table was filled with various condiments and some ingredients. Except for a few provided by the cottage, most of them were brought by Xu Mazi and the others.
Of course, these ingredients are also very common ingredients. They are all cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes and the like that are used daily. There is nothing special.
However, both of them know that the more common the ingredients are, the more skillful they are. Because these common ingredients are so common and people are familiar with their taste, it is not easy to innovate.
With the sound of a gong, the competition officially began.
People gathered around, staring intently at the two people entering the venue.
The first competition was to test their understanding of spices. Two people selected eleven of the hundreds of spices on the table and told their names and characteristics.
Of course, this selection was not made by them, but by a referee who selected randomly to prevent two people from cheating.
Moreover, according to the regulations, the second person cannot choose the seasoning that the first person has chosen. This is also to prevent the second person from cheating.
"You go first, don't say I'm bullying you." Xu Mazi clasped his hands behind his back and raised his chin towards Hou Datou, who was standing opposite, and said like a master.
Hou Datou snorted, then without any ink stains, he walked directly to the table and looked at the table.
The condiments on the table are all wrapped in oil paper. Now that they are opened, hundreds of condiments are placed on the table, so densely packed that it makes people dizzy just looking at them.
There are seasonings that are very different, and there are also seasonings that are very similar in appearance and taste. For example, the gray powders placed in the two paper bags placed on the corner of the table are the famous twin seasonings in the seasoning industry——
Gray stone and gray salt.
Gray stone and gray salt come from different sources. One is from coral reefs in the deep sea, and the other is made from ground bark on a tree. You can't hit it with eight poles, but it is different in appearance, taste and effect.
Amazing similarity.
Therefore, these two things give many master chefs a headache, not to mention most ordinary chefs who have never heard of them in their lives.
These two small bags were contributed by Hou Datou. According to him, they were also left by the magic chef Liu Shandong. They are very rare things like the spices he was researching in the house just now.
It turns out that this valley hidden among the rocks is where the legendary chef Liu Shandong lived in seclusion in his later years. After his death, he left many things here, including these spices.
As for Liu Shandong, he chose to live in seclusion here because the climate here is very suitable for plants for various seasonings. For a chef, this is definitely a treasure that cannot be exchanged for a lot of money.
Hou Datou's eyes lingered on the gray stone and gray salt for a moment, and then he slid over. He had his own cleverness and deliberately left these two things in order to make Xu Mazi look embarrassed.
Most chefs have never seen these two spices, let alone recognize their differences and understand their functions. Hou Datou felt that if Xu Mazi couldn't recognize these two spices, then he wouldn't be qualified.
Aspiring to become a master chef, such a level can only be considered ordinary.
Thinking of this, Hou Datou raised his hand and pointed at the table: "Zanthoxylum bungeanum, it warms the body and relieves pain, removes dampness and diarrhea, kills insects and relieves itching..."
Most of the condiments he chose were very common, and he talked about them with just a finger. It looked like he had put a lot of effort into them.
After he finished speaking, the little bandit did some calculations and found that he actually mentioned the characteristics of thirteen kinds of seasonings, which exceeded the requirement of eleven.
Xu Mazi grinned, then walked to the table, looked at the condiments on the table, "It's my turn."
The first thing he chose was an unusual condiment, "Huilongguo, a centuries-old herbaceous plant, warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effect of regulating qi. It has similar effects to anise or star anise, but it is less effective than star anise."
A hint of spiciness.”
Hearing the first thing he said at the beginning, Hou Datou's eyebrows twitched, "This guy chose such a rare seasoning from the beginning. It doesn't look like he's going to be easy to deal with."
Next, Xu Mazi began to introduce the condiments on the table. The condiments he chose were all uncommon condiments. He didn't even look at the ordinary condiments, as if he didn't like them.
Finally, he came to the gray stone and gray salt, stopped, and looked at the two almost identical powders.
Hou Datou was overjoyed and said to himself, "It seems you don't know someone."
After five minutes, Xu Mazi slowly opened his mouth. He pointed at the powder on the left, "Grey stone is produced on a deep-sea coral reef 500 meters below the sea. It is very rare and is only used in some medicinal foods.
Only then will it be used.”
After saying this, he stretched out his hand, pointed to the powder on the right, and continued, "Grey salt is produced from the rocks in the valley of a very inconspicuous mountain range on the border of Yunnan. The local rock is only four or five acres in size."
, so this kind of gray salt is extremely rare in the chef world, and it is a hundred times more precious than gold."
Speaking of this, he stopped, looked at Hou Datou with bright eyes, and smiled, "I didn't expect that you actually have such good things. I'm afraid you can't collect them, right?"
Hou Datou's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to calm down and snorted, "You don't care about that much."
At this time, the statistical data came out. Xu Mazi actually named forty-three kinds of spices in such a short time, which was more than twice as many as Hou Datou.
The first competition, save Mazi Xu!
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