Chapter 21: Snack Contest (2)

"Fat Wu is really angry?"

Listening to Chen Er's various experiences and stories about the 'Snack Competition', Shen Bao was really a little crying and laughing.

This cloud food building is also too showy, and in order to fight against tofu brain, I actually thought of holding a competition. Moreover, a large number of spirit stone rewards have been set up, which can be said to have attracted all the snacks that are a little famous within a radius of two hundred miles.

This all-round blow directly made Linggu Commercial Bank dumbfounded, and a bowl of tofu brain was not sold all day yesterday, and it was all spoiled and poured out. However, Wu Su was quite tough, and still paid Chen Er the spirit stone at the original price, but suspended the delivery of tofu brains the next day.

"It's not just that it's angry, so I almost pick up a stool and smash the field! Xiao Weisheng sent a guy to Linggu Commercial Bank to borrow a stool, saying that he couldn't sit down because of the crowd, so Wu Su directly smashed a stool and threw it to him. You have to think of a way, I heard that this snack contest in Yunshilou will be held for a few days. If he really seizes the opportunity, our spirit stone path will be gone......"

Chen Er looked at Shen Bao who was not in a hurry, he was in a hurry. If he had a group of monks under his command, he would have come to the door directly, and cutting off people's wealth would be like killing his parents! Realizing the days when the spirit stones were used as lake water to suck, who could go back to waiting for a few sect relief spirit stones every month to live?

"With Xiao Weisheng's style, he should steal the same teacher in three or five days. Even after the snack competition is over, I am afraid that I will have to deal with the impact of a number of low-end snacks launched by him. It is also to blame that the eight-treasure porridge and tofu brain came too quickly, which made him see the huge benefits of low-end snacks. ”

In Shenbao's previous life, the restaurant owner gradually started by selling street food, and the chefs recruited were even better at all kinds of snacks, which won the love of diners. Although it is under the banner of a restaurant, the price also tends to be the working class, which can be said to be happy for both high and low.

During this time, in addition to his cultivation, Shen Bao also collected a large number of ingredients from this world, especially the condiments that were classified as pills or medicines. There are also many spices that no one knows about, such as star anise, cinnamon, mustard, coriander, bay leaf, and so on.

Civilians spend their days only trying to get enough to eat, and they don't have time to think about delicious food. Chef Xiu has a lot of thoughts, but they are too deeply influenced by works such as "Dancai Collection", "Alchemy Baiwen", "Pharmacological List", etc., and often do not consider things that are listed as Dancai, or some works are simply false.

Shen Bao found the records of bay leaf and mustard in the "Pharmacological List": strong taste, fishy bitterness, chaotic food and blood, and slightly poisonous.

It doesn't matter if it's a complete mistake, an alchemist relies on his own cultivation to grab a handful of mustard or bay leaves and chew them in his mouth, and it is completely reasonable to come to this conclusion! However, when it is used in cooking, the amount used is extremely small, so it is naturally not toxic.

In order to facilitate the cultivation and stabilize the qi and blood, the monks naturally studied less spices, which also led to the low cooking skills in this world. At least in Shen Bao's view, at most it belongs to the Qin and Han levels.

"If it really doesn't work, let's go to the farther Fang Market to sell, three hundred miles away from the Luoxifang Market, I will take people to travel overnight and arrive the next day." With the success of tofu brain in front, it is not difficult for Wu Fatzi to go to Luoxifang City to open a shop. ”

Chen Er deliberately spent Lingshi to go to the cloud food building to experience it, and although dozens of snacks are not as good as tofu brains in terms of single products, the attraction of them together is really amazing. Small merchants are rewarded with thousands of spirit stones, and the materials are quite solid, and it is no wonder that Wu Su was forced to the point that a bowl of tofu brain could not be sold.

Since the head-on confrontation can't be done, it is normal to change places and start in Xinfang City. Chen Er secretly sent someone to explore the path, and as long as Shen Bao nodded, he instigated Wu Su to go to Luoxifang City and start again. Anyway, everyone's spirit stones are earned, and the spirit stones of the Luoxi monks are just as good!

Shen Bao took out a large wooden box from the wooden house, which was full of all kinds of spice jars that had been working on for a long time: "Second brother, it's not your style to admit cowardice." Let's go, eat a Yirong Dan and follow me to meet what is the level of so-called Jindan period of kitchen cultivation. ”

Why is Shenbao so confident and dares to face the Jindan period of kitchen repair?

In addition to a bunch of familiar spices such as star anise, cinnamon, mustard, coriander, bay leaf, etc., Shenbao also found some shiitake mushrooms from the back mountain.

In the books of this world, shiitake mushrooms are listed as highly poisonous, so frightened that he successively used rabbits, mice, dogs, chickens and other animals to do experiments, and found that they were not poisonous. In the end, I quietly tried it in the meals of several miners, and confirmed that it was not toxic. Another case of unjust, false and wrongful conviction, perhaps the monk who wrote the book confused shiitake mushrooms with other poisonous mushrooms.

Why does Shenbao care so much about this little mushroom? Because it makes a natural flavor enhancer: monosodium glutamate!

That is, the scientific name is monosodium glutamate, of course, there is no equipment in the world that uses fermentation to make it. However, shiitake mushrooms themselves are rich in guanylate (similar to glutamic acid), which can greatly enhance the umami of dishes.

In order to prevent brute-force cracking, Shenbao deliberately added several ingredients such as shrimp skin, fish bones, and chicken to grind into a fine powder, and it was almost impossible to taste the specific ingredients in reverse.

A bunch of brand-new seasonings, plus natural MSG in hand, even Xiao Weisheng, a chef in the Jindan period, can only surrender obediently! Compared with cooking, you have to judge the length of taste, and only relying on cultivation to strengthen the five senses or use high-level spiritual fire will ultimately have a limited range of improvement.

Chen Er looked at a large box of bottles and cans, and asked with a solemn face: "Have you thought about it, Yunshilou has one Jindan Kitchen Cultivation, six Zhuji Kitchen Cultivation, and there are twenty or thirty Qi refining disciples." We weren't afraid in the past, but you have to deal with a bunch of them, and a bunch of people who participated in the snack competition. ”

Shen Bao closed the big wooden box, revealing a confidence that he had never felt before: "Compared to cultivation, I can't do it." When it comes to cooking, they have to lie on my stomach obediently. In my hometown, every restaurant chef is at the level of a baby! ”

Even a tough guy like Chen Er, who had experienced life and death, was shocked and trembled slightly: "Your village, is it really not the fairy world?" ”

Shen Bao led the mule and horse slowly, leaving a sigh: "Where we are, it is a hell in heaven." ”

……

Yang Sheng, the chef of Yang Kee barbecue.

He is a mortal, or rather a house slave, the cook of Xiong Ao, the Xiaoli King of the Juli Sect.

Yang Sheng, who was born in a family of kitchen cultivators, did not have a talent for cultivation, and even if he smashed it with a spirit stone, it would be difficult to advance to the Qi refining stage. He was abandoned by his family early, and his only survival skill was to be a cook, but fortunately his skills were quite good.

Yang Ji's barbecue restaurant was opened at the foot of Juli Sect Mountain, which belonged to the private property of King Xiaoli and earned him spirit stones. Because of his excellent craftsmanship and affordable price, he can earn a profit of one or two hundred spirit stones for Xiong Ao every month, and Yang Sheng can also get a reward of three or five spirit stones, and his life is very nourishing.

However, the reward offered by Yun Shilou this time was too tempting, and Xiong Ao, who was eager to seek a breakthrough in the spirit stone, naturally couldn't refuse. So Yang Sheng came to the Cloud Food Building with a barbecue grill, aiming to get back the first place of five thousand spirit stones, at least to get back the third place of two thousand spirit stones, no less!

The result was also as expected, with the largest number of diners staying at the Yeung Kee barbecue stall for two consecutive days. Even Xiao Weisheng privately gave a bounty of three hundred spirit stones and took away the secret recipe for Yang Sheng's barbecue.

The biggest winner behind this snack contest is actually Yunshilou.

Ordinary snacks don't cost spirit stones, but Chef Zhuji guessed the ingredients after eating them a few times. After a little more looking, I learned the cooking techniques.

The best snacks that are very popular, if you can steal the teacher directly, of course, it is the best. Even if the other party's ingredients are cumbersome and the process is complicated, it is nothing more than spending some more spirit stones to buy directly. Anyway, after the competition, they will go back to their respective homes, and the distance of a hundred and ten miles will not affect their own business, and it will not be beautiful to be able to exchange for hundreds of spirit stones.

Just after Yang Sheng handed a skewer of barbecue to the diner in front of him with a smile, he heard an unexpected reply: This is the level of the so-called popular snacks, it seems that I really overestimate Yunshilou.

Shen Bao's words were not low, and they immediately attracted the attention of a large number of monks, especially the monks near Yang Ji's barbecue stall, which was like throwing a boulder down on the surface of the lake.

Chen Er was even more direct, tasting a bite and directly spitting the meat on the floor: "What kind of stuff, if you want to taste it, if you don't look good, you will be left with a mouthful of oily people." ”

Xiao Weisheng, who was standing on the second floor, naturally couldn't tolerate it, and flew down from the guardrail with the soles of his feet until he was in front of Shenbao Chen Er: "Listening to the meaning of the two little brothers, don't you think you have more clever skills?" My cloud food building has been open in Mangshan for a hundred years, friends come to have fine wine, enemies are coming, you might as well ask the flame pot in my hand is burning. ”

Shen Bao smiled indifferently, raised his hand to push away Yang Sheng, who was already dumbfounded, and grabbed a piece of mutton. Immediately, the cold light flashed in his hand, and there was already an extra thin meat cutting blade as thin as a cicada's wing.

The fingers drove the back of the knife to rotate 'smack', cut out a few pieces of the same meat, and then slapped the flesh with the palm of his hand: "Second brother, gray in the middle, brown bottle on the right." ”

Chen Er opened the wooden box, took out the pepper powder, cumin powder and meat pieces and stirred to taste. String it on a bamboo skewer and put it on the barbecue grill, and it immediately exudes a charming aroma.

"It smells so good."

"The fragrance of this thing surges after encountering fire, I'm afraid it is some secret method."

"Sure enough, it's here to smash the field, this knife work doesn't seem to be a local genre!"

"Just rush this hand, it is definitely no less than Xiao Weisheng, is it the Jindan kitchen cultivator passing by?"

"You see that this skin is lifeless, you should have taken the Yirong Pill, it must be a bad person."

"Whatever, we just need something delicious."

"Senior brother is reasonable."

The onlookers are not a big deal to watch the excitement, but Xiao Weisheng has a sudden wave in his heart. As a chef in the Jindan period, he immediately understood the value of two porcelain bottles, one gray and one brown. Definitely a brand new seasoning, a holy relic that goes perfectly with the barbecue!

Just when he subconsciously wanted to reach out and grab the porcelain bottle, he was awakened by Shen Bao's words: "Lord Xiao, taking people's secret materials in the public is not the hospitality of the century-old Cloud Food Building, right?" ”

Xiao Weisheng's face remained unchanged, and he still reached out and pushed the porcelain bottle into the table: "This porcelain bottle is brittle, and I gathered around a few more visitors, and I was careful to break it." ”

Chen Er was domineering, and opened the wooden box full of dazzling porcelain bottles: "My master is not short of spices, it doesn't hurt to drop some." ”