The story of a cook
Chapter 4--
Chapter 4--
Chapter 17
The next day I went to Sister Wang and Yingzi.
After arriving, I didn't see Yingzi. Sister Wang said that she would not work here anymore and found a job by herself in a small restaurant in Tiexi.He didn't say anything, Yingzi wanted to go out and make his own way, but fortunately he didn't leave the city, so he felt relieved.
Yingzi will have to go out to work by herself sooner or later. This is her character. I just hope that she will take care of herself and nothing will happen to her.I have already regarded her as my younger sister, and I have a place in my heart that belongs to her.
At noon, I had dinner with Ms. Wang.
She said: "Yingzi's brother has been admitted to university, and we have nothing to do with it."
It's the last thing I want to hear, but it's so real.
Sister Wang was lonely and calm.Although she didn't say much, the stupid head knew that she had paid for this relationship.According to her age, she should have been married a long time ago. If she has not been married, she is just waiting, waiting for the man who has betrothed since childhood.But in the end, the man was admitted to university and broke up with her ruthlessly.
Sister Wang is not very beautiful, but she is very good-looking, better than ordinary women, tall, 1.6 meters seven, and has a good figure.She has a good personality and is agile in her work. She is definitely a good daughter-in-law who manages the house.It's just good fortune to trick people, a verbal agreement of the family, which delayed a few years of youth.
There was anger in my heart, and I felt unfair and worthless for Sister Wang. At the same time, I hated Yingzi's brother in my heart.What a wonderful woman this is. She was abandoned by love just because she was a working girl. Couldn't working girls have love?Since you want to go to university, what did you do when you first entered high school?Wouldn't you say it then?Three years of university, and another year of review, let a woman wait for a full four years, and finally don't want it——
This is not in front of him, but it is guaranteed to be a fat beating in front of him.
Seeing that Sister Wang didn't know what to say, because she was a little agitated because of her anger, she took out a cigarette and lit one, and took a deep puff, which relieved a little.
"Give me one." Sister Wang said.
He took out a cigarette for her, and wanted to say something comforting, but the words came to his lips: "It's not good for women to smoke."
Sister Wang smiled, a faint smile under her calm expression, which was full of distressing bitterness.
"I know smoking is bad, but I want to smoke." This calm-faced woman felt bitter. It was the same as she knew that Yingzi's brother would not want her when he was admitted to university. She waited hard for four years for that promise.
Knowing the result, they just do it. Sometimes women are stupid and would rather be that moth that flies into the flame.
Such a silly woman is the best daughter-in-law, but it's a pity that many men don't know it.
"Sister, you must be a good wife, there are plenty of people looking for you."
"Really, you want me."
"I can't, I'm not good enough for you."
She threw away the cigarette she had smoked and said to me: "You are younger than me, it is not suitable." Then she took out a note from her pocket and handed it to me, saying: "This is Yingzi's phone number and address, call me Here you go, I have time to visit her."
I took the note and said, "OK."
She stood up and said to go back to the restaurant to make some bacon flatbreads and asked me to take them home to eat.
I went back to the restaurant with her, waited for a while, and felt like crying when I took the steaming and hot bacon flatbread, my nose was sour, and the circles of my eyes were moist.
"Don't be moved. If you want to eat in the future, come and find my sister."
It was okay if she didn't say it, but tears fell when she said that.
Looking at her, she is the same as the older sisters at home, even looking at me in the same way-full of the elder sister's doting on the younger brother.
At this moment, I was really homesick.
It was almost dark when we returned to Santaizi.Santaizi is really different from the city. The city is noisy and bustling, with many people and cars. Relatively speaking, Santaizi is quieter. There are not so many people and cars, and there are not so many high-rise buildings. The tallest building is eight floors, because There are aircraft factories, and there are always fighter jets for test flights, and high-rise buildings are not allowed.
Back in the dormitory, I was the only one with nothing to do, lying on the bed and reading novels.
I haven't come back so early before, and I still feel a little uncomfortable when I come back.In the corridor outside, there are the sounds of cooking at other people's houses, the singing of single guys playing the tape recorder, the sound of greeting each other, and the atmosphere of fireworks.
Next door is a newly married young couple. The woman is cooking in the corridor, and the man may be helping.
"Bring over the plate, the food is ready." The woman shouted.
"Give you."
After a while, I heard the man say: "Xiao Wang gets married in October, how much money do we have?"
"How much money will he have when we get married?" the woman asked.
"one hundred."
"Then let it be one hundred, it's still a question."
"Oh, the steamed buns are finished."
"Let's eat, you move the gas tank to the house."
It sounds like living in the city is not very good. If you get married and have no house, you can only live in a single apartment like this, and you have to cook in the corridor for a meal, which is not troublesome enough.The countryside is so good, there are plenty of places, everyone has a few houses, but it’s okay to build them.
When I think of home, home appears in front of my eyes. There are four old houses, a large courtyard with an acre of land, a garden in front and trees in the back.The soil courtyard cover is no longer good. Last year, it rained heavily and several sections collapsed. After earning money, I bought some bricks to build a new courtyard cover, and then welded an iron gate.Then build four more wing rooms, and when the wing rooms are finished, the old house will be demolished and rebuilt to build four bungalows, which is also magnificent.
My mother has never lived in a new house in her life.
Building courtyards, building side rooms, and renovating old houses all require money. The little money I earn now can’t be found anywhere. It’s okay to learn to be a chef. It’s 1000 yuan a month and 1 praises a year. Five or six years.There is still a famine of [-] yuan, and I have to talk about the daughter-in-law.Hey, you need money.
I don't know what kind of chef the boss is looking for this time. Let's see if there is a chance to be a water table.
A 21-year-old boy began to plan for his future work and life.
In the place near Inner Mongolia in the west of Liaoning, night began to fall slowly among the valleys.
The mine lights to the north came on, and the black smoke from the power plant's chimneys blended into the coming night in the gray sky.The residents in Yingzi in the south are very scattered. Along the ditch, there are one family on the left and one family on the right. On the west hillside, there are four old houses in a courtyard where several sections of the courtyard wall have collapsed. The two houses on the east side are lit. Just finished eating with Fifth Sister, they sat on the kang and prepared to go to bed.
"I don't know if Guohua letter has been received?" Mother said to herself.
"I must have received it, and the reply letter will arrive in two days." Fifth Sister said.
"What did he say, learning to cook?"
"Well, I'm learning to cook, and I'm in a restaurant."
"Didn't he say he would come back on August Festival?"
"I didn't say, I said I'll be back during the New Year." The fifth sister returned to her mother's words, thought for a while and said to her mother: "You don't have to worry about it, he is very good, and finally found a restaurant. Just come back for the new year."
"Hey, wondering what he is doing, he is old, he is 21, and he is not a child, I just ask."
My mother justified her concern, and the fifth sister smiled, knowing that my mother was thinking about me and missing me, but she just didn't admit it.To comfort her mother, Fifth Sister said: "If I miss your old son, I will write to ask him to come back."
"No, I'm just babbling, writing a letter, telling him to study hard there, look at the three boys of Qianyingzi Laosun's family, they go out early, they go out on the 500th or [-]th, aren't they also learning?" Chef, I heard that it costs [-] yuan a month now." Mother said.
In the eyes of my mother, 500 yuan a month is a lot, and it is almost as good as the previous year's harvest.
The fifth sister said: "My third uncle's son-in-law is in Binhai, and he is also a cook, six hundred a month. He came back last year and brought back his daughter-in-law. I heard that he is going to get married this year. The daughter-in-law from Jinzhou also asks for a bride price. Thirty thousand." .”
"Thirty thousand?" Mother was taken aback, and asked Fifth Sister, "How much money does the daughter-in-law who brought back from outside still need?"
"Why don't you want it? I heard from my third aunt that the condition of the woman's family is good, better than hers. Besides, my third aunt and mother-in-law's two sons are the eldest. Can the woman not want it?"
"What kind of money does your third aunt's family have?"
"Why not? The old couple borrowed from each family. My husband took three thousand."
"Your old father-in-law can do something, dear nephew."
Fifth Sister said: "My old lady is a little bit unhappy, but that's okay. After all, I can't look at the money-poor daughter-in-law who can't get married. There are others who watch the fun, but my family doesn't watch the fun."
"Hey——" the mother sighed, "Guohua is 21, it's time to talk about the daughter-in-law, if the conditions are good, we will get engaged early——"
My marriage made my mother worry, and so did my fifth sister.They all hoped that I would get engaged earlier and talk about my daughter-in-law sooner, but the family is really difficult, and I can't even get a matchmaker, so can I not worry about it?
Looking at her mother's distressed expression, Fifth Sister said, "Don't worry about Guohua's daughter-in-law. He knows everything when he's old. I went to my eldest sister's house two days ago and talked about it." My eldest sister said that when Guohua comes back during the Chinese New Year, ask him whether he wants to look for it at home or outside, if he wants to look for it at home, he will ask a matchmaker at home, if he wants to look for it outside, he will have to deal with it himself."
Mother said, "It costs money to find it anywhere—"
"Nowadays there is no dowry gift, there are all of them, at least [-] yuan, if you are a brat, you can't get home without [-] to [-] yuan. The kid from the old Zhang's family in our camp is so smart, What do you look like, and you can speak well, but the aisle is a bit on tiptoe, and the woman said that you won’t pass the door if you don’t give [-].”
"Where do you go to spend the money? What do you do for the family? In the days of the old farmer, I saved up the little money when I was hungry, and I worked all my life. It's not enough to be a wife for my son." After finishing speaking, the mother sighed again, with a sad look on her face. Deepen it a bit.
"It's like this now, so there's no need for a bride price. You don't need to worry about Guohua's affairs. When the time comes, five of our sisters will be enough for each of us. You can't ask your old son to be a bachelor."
The Fifth Sister knew what her mother was worrying about, and comforted her mother.
"I'm an old lady with little ability, and I haven't saved much money in my whole life. I've been famine in my ass. Hey, I've come over here too. I'm old and I don't have much ability. It's up to him whether to talk about a daughter-in-law or not. "
"Your old lady, don't worry. How can Guohua be said to be a daughter-in-law? Don't you have five older sisters? How can you watch him fall to the ground? Get him a daughter-in-law with the money." Fifth Sister finished speaking. Looking at my mother, my mother closed her eyes, thinking that her eyes hurt again, and asked, "Did you take eye drops today?"
Mother opened her eyes, Fifth Sister felt relieved to see that her eyes were not too red.
Mother said: "It's on, can I not go on?"
"Just wrap up the land during the Chinese New Year, but don't plant it. You said how old you are, but you are so brave. You can't plant it in time, and you can't harvest it in time. You, an old lady, can't trust us. It's raining and soaking in the sky. I still have to miss you, and we don’t worry about you going up the mountain, what if you fall down?"
The fifth sister scolded her mother, but her mother was not angry, and muttered: "There is no farmer who doesn't plant the land. Okay, I will listen to you, and I will not plant during the Chinese New Year."
The fifth sister said: "I shouldn't plant this year. Now I am earning money, and my salary is paid every month. My family doesn't spend me at all. My monthly salary is not enough for you to spend? Besides, Guohua will pay you back every month." You post money, your old lady is a good day."
"Good day, listen to you."
"It's not that you listen to me. Don't worry about anything now. What are you worrying about? Just stay at home and take good care of yourself. Guohua just needs to talk about his daughter-in-law now. You don't need to worry about his daughter-in-law. Five of us sisters Don't worry. I'll come back once a week to see you. I've prepared all the rice and white noodles for you, and I've bought all the vegetables. You can eat whatever you want to keep your health in good condition. You old lady, you just don’t know how to enjoy yourself.”
Fifth Sister talked and laughed.
Chapter 18 Learning Outside the Store
When an actor has seen all kinds of life, he will interpret life with all kinds of flavors.
When the chef has tasted all the ups and downs, he will cook delicious food.
Everyone does not have a well-designed life, and it is truly performed in rehearsals every day.
People who understand how to live will live every day well and enjoy it.
I came to the hotel the next day and followed the boss to the restaurant opened by his friend.
The boss friend is in his 50s and is a master chef. He used to cook in a state-run restaurant in the city, and after being laid off, he opened a restaurant at home.Because the dishes are well cooked and loved by customers, the business is very good.His family is most famous for the "fat sausage series", which are authentic, and many people come here just for the name.
After the boss took me to the restaurant, he went to work on other things. Boss friend, this teacher asked me: "What do you know?"
I said: "I do odd jobs, I can only cut some simple small materials."
The master chef took me to the kitchen, told me to cut ginger, and told me how much shredded ginger to cut, sliced ginger, and minced ginger.
I picked up a piece of ginger without peeling it, washed it and was about to start cutting it. The master chef saw it and told me to stop.
"Son, watch me cut first."
The master chef took the piece of ginger from my hand, first peeled the skin, and said to me after peeling: "Look, this is a piece of ginger. It can be shredded, sliced, or minced. But cutting vegetables is not cutting. Shreds, slices, and powders are fine, but we must first look at how to cut the raw material to achieve the maximum yield, cut the most, and not cause waste of raw materials."
Success rate?This is the first time I heard this word. No one told me about it when I was cutting small ingredients. When the master master said this word, I felt that it was very correct, and it was indeed the case.I admire the accuracy of his words, and listen carefully because of this admiration.
"Look, this is a piece of ginger. It can be shredded, sliced, or minced, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Look at this ginger. It's irregular in shape. It's not as easy to cut as potatoes, is it?"
"Yes."
"See, first cut off the four sides of the ginger, the thickness is the thickness of the ginger to be cut."
The old master cut off the four sides of the ginger while talking, and the whole piece of ginger became a regular cuboid.
Stack the cut ginger slices and say to me: "Look, you don't need large pieces of ginger for cutting ginger, these ginger slices of different sizes are fine. But remember, cutting ginger is cutting ginger, not like chopping dumplings. Chop it like stuffing, it’s not called minced ginger, it’s called minced ginger stuffing, it’s useless for cooking.”
As he spoke, he cut the sliced ginger slices into thin strips of uniform thickness, then swung the knife, and then cut it with the top of the knife again, directly cutting into fine particles of uniform thickness, each particle was the same size, and there was no error.Seeing the smooth operation of the master master, I admire it in my heart.I thought to myself, how many years does it take for a person of this age to be so good at knife skills.
The old master put away the chopped ginger, picked up a long strip of ginger and said to me: "Look, at this time, are you cutting ginger shreds or ginger slices? Is it easy to cut and save trouble?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"Look, I'll cut the ginger for you." The master chef said while cutting the knife: "Cut the ginger thinly, because the ginger itself has a spicy taste, it is not good to fry if it is thick, and it is not good to fry it well." Eat it, see if it should be cut into pieces like this."
The master chef quickly cut out more than 20 thin slices of ginger, then stacked the ginger slices and quickly shredded them.After cutting in a blink of an eye, stop the knife and spread out the cut ginger, and put it in the horse pocket that has been filled with water next to it. The ginger is dispersed in the water, thin and even, and each ginger is the same, thicker than a hair , thinner than a matchstick, it looks great floating in the water.
Looking at the shredded ginger in the water, I admire it in my heart. I can also cut shredded ginger, but I can't cut it to such a uniform thickness.
"This kind of shredded ginger is only used when cooking. It's fine if it's thick or thin, you know." The master chef pointed to the shredded ginger in the water.
I nodded quickly and said, "Understood."
Then the master chef picked up the remaining half piece of ginger and said to me: "I'll cut another piece of ginger, just watch."
"The ginger slices can't be too big. I told you just now that ginger is pungent. When guests eat the vegetables, the ginger slices are very spicy. Not to mention it's not tasty, it's quite disturbing. So when you cut it, you need to cut out the shape. Come on. Our cooking is not just finished when it is fried, but also beautiful and in good shape. Don't underestimate the material, it is also particular about it."
In the hands of the master chef, the remaining half of ginger turned into diamond-shaped slices of uniform size and thickness, which were very beautiful.
At this time, the whole piece of ginger has been cut, without any waste, and the maximum yield has been achieved.
"Do you understand?" asked the master.
"I see."
"Let's cut the ginger slowly here first. I guess no one will teach you when you do it there. You don't know these things. Tell you, young man, you need to learn things solidly, and lay the foundation first."
The master craftsman gave me a vivid knife skills class on the spot, which was deeply impressive and still fresh in my memory.This class not only let me know what is the success rate, but also understand what is the knife.I admire the master's superb knife skills. I know that my knife skills are not even beginners, and I have to practice.
And this class from the master chef subverted my perception of chefs. I used to think that chefs are high-ranking craftsmen. Only when you ask for advice will you tell you something you don’t understand. Well, I don't care about you at all.Now I find that the more skilled the master is, the more approachable he is, without any pretensions, and he will teach you without waiting for you to ask. This is called cooking virtue.
I have admiration for the master chef, and I think that if he is my master, I must learn from him and become a good chef.
Later, I learned that the master chef is a famous chef in the provincial capital. He is very famous.
I started cutting shredded ginger, sliced ginger, and minced ginger. While cutting, I recalled what the master said, and slowly realized.Some people say that learning Taoism for ten years is not as good as enlightening Taoism once. There is a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Many things that were not understood before are now somewhat understood.
Knowing that this is a bit of an entry.
One Litong, Bailirong.
When cutting shredded ginger, ginger slices, and minced ginger, I feel that chopped green onion, shredded green onion, and sliced green onion will also be cut, as well as sliced and minced garlic.
While cutting, I had the urge to chop a green onion right away, but I held back and didn't move.I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and everything has to be the same. Now that I understand the truth, the rest is to keep practicing.Believe in yourself, as long as you give it time, you can practice anything.
There are a total of three cooks cooking in the kitchen. They are not very old, in their 20s. If you ask me, they have been students here before. After studying for three or four years, they can cook on the stove after being trained by the master chef. up the chef.
The water cases of the three side dishes are also from the students. Besides me, there are two students who have been studying here for half a year. Their knife skills are not inferior to Shi Jun.
One of the students told me that during the study tour, the master opened a big restaurant in the city, and his son was the owner. After learning here, he was directly transferred to a restaurant in the city as a water counter, without having to go out to find work by himself. , if you do well, you can also be a chef.It made me feel itchy, but I can't do it here. The boss of Shengmei is very kind to me, and I can't do job-hopping. I am satisfied if I can study here for two days.
The business of the restaurant is very good. As soon as the guests here leave, the guests from the other side come in. They are all regular customers. As soon as they enter the door, they ask the old man (everyone calls the old man the old man).
After hearing this, the old man smiled and greeted the guests.
There is a half door between the kitchen and the front desk. When the food is served, the door is closed, and a board is placed on the half door. The food is put on the board. The waiter sees it and comes directly to serve the food.
There are three waiters in total, including the old man and four people.The waiters are all sisters-in-law in their thirties, laid-off female workers, who work quickly and are eloquent.The front and back chefs are very kind, giving me the feeling that they are like a family, regardless of each other.
I brought the fried dishes to the door and put them on the slab, and saw that the old man was ordering dishes for a table of guests.
The old man said: "It's almost done. The four of you ordered these three dishes to eat enough. Don't waste it."
The guest said, "Well, just these three dishes."
Seeing this, it makes sense to think that the business is popular. Not only the food is good, but the people are also good. If this kind of restaurant is not popular, it will not work.
To run a restaurant must be based on honesty, not only as a restaurant, but also as a person.If you are a restaurant without integrity, you will lose money and lose money; if you are a person without integrity, you will have no friends.
The first day was full of harvest, and the second day I arrived at the kitchen early. The old man saw me and greeted me with a smile: "You're here, young man."
Hastily nodded and agreed: "Well, master."
"Can you cut ginger slices?"
"Yes."
"What about shredded and chopped green onions?"
"I will too."
The old man smiled and said: "Then there is no need to chop green onions today, you can go back and practice on your own, you only have a few days, don't waste it, and clean up the fat intestines today."
After finishing speaking, the old man led me to a room behind the kitchen. There were three aunts in it, each sitting on a small bench, and there was a big basin in front of it, which was full of fat intestines.To be honest, one pot of fat sausage is enough for Shengmei to sell in a day, and there are three pots here, which shows how popular the fat sausage is.
The old man didn't personally teach me how to clean up the fat intestines, and left after handing me over to an aunt named Huang.
Aunt Huang took me to clean up the fat intestines.All the fat intestines in his family are pig large intestines, which is the so-called rectum without large intestines.A pig has only one large intestine, more than 80 centimeters long, not as many large intestines, so the price is much more expensive than large intestines.But Dachangtou is delicious and authentic.
There is a famous dish in Shandong cuisine called "Jiuzhuan Dachang", which is made with the head of the large intestine, which cannot be made with the large intestine.And the "crispy large intestine" must also be made from the head of large intestine, which cannot be done with other intestines.
Aunt Huang told me how to turn the intestines, how to remove the stolen goods, how to remove the intestinal oil, how to remove them, and how to clean them.Especially when cleaning, how much flour, how much vinegar, how much salt to add, how much to knead, etc., are very detailed.
After the lecture, she led me to operate it by myself. Aunt Huang was very meticulous and conscientious. Every step was very rigorous and must be done properly.Especially when removing intestinal oil, I personally demonstrated it several times, telling me that if you remove too much, it will not be fragrant, and if you remove it, you will be less greasy. When you remove it, you must distinguish what kind of oil must be removed and what kind of oil cannot be removed.
I cleaned up a pot of large intestines in one morning.In Shengmei, I also clean up the fat intestines. The head chef tells me to wash and finish the job. I have never cleaned them up in such a meticulous manner.
Although it is said that the popularity of other people's fat sausages is a feature, and it has become a series, it makes sense.
After tidying up, Aunt Huang asked me to marinate the large intestine with onion and ginger water, and leave it in the afternoon.
When it was time to go to work in the afternoon, Aunt Huang began to lead me to the big intestine.
"The large intestine must be pressed in a pot, not in a pressure cooker. Not only will the yield be low, but the pressed one will also be unpalatable and dirty. When cooking fat intestines, first boil on high heat, then turn to medium heat. When cooking, add a little white wine to get rid of the dirty smell inside, and add less red pepper to get rid of the smell.”
Aunt Huang was operating while talking, and I was writing it down—this is a secret that is not passed on.
Finally, Aunt Huang said: "Look, if you want this large intestine to be delicious, you must remove the dirty things in the intestine from the beginning, remove the oil, clean it, and cook. Every link must not be sloppy. Do you think that the fried fat intestines Delicious food is the skill of the chef, right? In fact, all the kung fu is here, and if there is something wrong with this piece, the fat intestines will not be delicious."
"You'll know when it's cooked in a while. You don't need to fry it, just dip it in garlic sauce and eat it. It's delicious. Our family has a dish called 'fat sausage dipped in sauce'. It sells fast, and customers are rushing to eat it. It's not bad at all. Tired people."
To be honest, the large intestines processed in this way do not need to be tasted, it is delicious to look at.
Chapter 19 Master Chen
I studied in the old man's restaurant for two days. On the third day, the boss told me to go back to work, saying that the newly hired chef had brought someone with me.I really want to study here for two more days, and I am reluctant to leave, but the chef is here and I have to go back to work.
The new head chef, surnamed Chen, looks about the same age as me, but in fact I look old and he is older than me.
Master Chen brought two water tables, one for cooking and one for cold dishes.
They have just entered the kitchen and are not familiar with anything. I am an old man and know where everything is, so I happened to sort it out with them.
Master Chen is very easy-going, with a kind face, directing everyone to work, and telling a few jokes from time to time, which made everyone laugh.He is not idle when everyone is working, and cleans up the stove by himself.
I used to do the cleaning of the stove, and he will come over as soon as he cleans it up. How can I ask the master to clean it up.
"I'll come, Master Chen."
"No, I'm idle and I'm idle, and it won't take long. You can do your own thing."
What he said was very polite and down-to-earth, it seemed that I really didn't need to clean up, so I couldn't help but have a good impression of him.
There is a person named Li Jianhan in the water case, who works very quickly and neatly. I was going to help when cleaning the freezer.
The chef of cold dishes is also good, and his work is clean and neat.
I feel that this group of people is better than the previous group, and they are workers.
At noon, a few more people came over, all friends of Master Chen, who came to help.There are many people working quickly, and the kitchen is quickly cleaned up and at attention.
Master Chen called everyone together for a small meeting. This was the first meeting I held since I entered the kitchen. Later I learned that this was called a "regular meeting".
"It's fate that we all build this kitchen together, work together and make money together. I hope everyone will work together and work hard together to do a good job in our kitchen and the business of the hotel. We are together and friendly. , like a family, don’t divide the work too finely, go over and help whoever is busy, and work together if there is work.”
"There are six of us, there is nothing to say, don't treat me as a leader, we are all brothers, if you need anything, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will do it."
What Master Chen said was very honest, and he knew in his heart that this is the master, the person who manages the kitchen.I can't help but feel lucky that I didn't go with the last chef.
In the afternoon, Master Chen re-adjusted the menu and added a lot of new dishes, many of which I have never heard of.
The whole afternoon was spent getting ready.
This group of people is very meticulous in the preparation work. In the past, the water table was served with fresh dishes, which was very slow. Customers always complained because of the slow delivery. I thought that the restaurant served the food like this, but now it is not the case. , It turns out that you have to do preparatory work in advance.
Li Jianhan and another water table cut out the shredded meat, sliced meat, and meat sections in advance, put them in a fresh-keeping bag and put them on a square plate, each square plate was the same, and then neatly stacked them in the freezer.
In the past, the freezer was very messy, and it took a long time to find something, and sometimes I even searched through all the ingredients in the freezer to find it.Now when I open the freezer, I can see that the square plates are neatly arranged layer by layer, everything is clear at a glance, and it feels comfortable.
All the green vegetables are picked and washed, put into vegetable baskets and placed on vegetable shelves.The potatoes are also peeled, put them in a plastic square box and soak them in water.Put the fungus, dried daylily, dried gourd strips, and hazel mushrooms into a square box and soak them in water.
It is only after watching people work that I know that this is how kitchen work is done. I used to be a fool.
Master Chen divided the sanitation of the kitchen. He and Chef Tie were responsible for the sanitation of the stove, the water table was responsible for its own operating table and vegetable shelves, and the cold dishes were responsible for the pool and the backyard in addition to its own area.I'm in charge of the entire scullery.After he divided it, I was a lot lighter, otherwise the vegetable shelf, pool, and backyard were all mine.
There are still two days until the end of the high-temperature holiday. In these two days, I will do all the preparatory work, and I will welcome guests. Although there are few guests, they all agree after eating the dishes of Master Chen, which is much better than the previous chefs.
Immediately after the high temperature holiday ended, normal business began, and the first day was full.
In the past, when the restaurant was full of guests and kept urging food, the kitchen would be a mess.Now there is no phenomenon of urging vegetables, and it is not messy.Everything is prepared in advance and the food is served quickly.When he was busy, Li Jianhan went to the stove to help cook the oil and water, cook dumplings, fry small steamed buns, and serve noodles. He seemed busy, but he was orderly.
Since Master Chen came, the hotel business is much better than before.The dishes are good, the serving speed is fast, the customer complaint rate is low, and the business is not good.
The hotel business is good, but the front desk staff is not enough.During the high temperature vacation, Du Haiyan and Wang Yan found jobs again, but they stopped working here, and the boss hired two more waiters.One of them is from my hometown, and our two families are not far away. I am from Heichengzi Town, and she is from Taohuatu Town.
Her name is Li Yanhua, she is big, good-looking, and has a chubby baby face, which is attractive.On the first night when I came here, I was about to take the cups and saucers to set up the table. I was washing the dishes, and she stood behind me without making a sound.
I turned around and saw her, and asked, "Do you want to take the cup and saucer?"
"Yeah." She replied in a low voice, looking a little scared of me.
"It's in the disinfection cabinet, take it." I pointed to the disinfection cabinet and said.
She took the cup and saucer and hurried out. Looking at her back, she couldn't help laughing. It must be my bandit's domineering that scared her.The next day she removed the tableware and came in, because her accent sounded like Beipiao, so she asked her if she was from Beipiao, she said yes, told her that I was also from Beipiao, and told her the names of several towns in Beipiao, She just believed it.
Because of the fellowship, she is not afraid of me gradually, and we get closer, chatting and chatting about my hometown when we are not busy.Through chatting, I found out that her sister works as a bar counter in a restaurant not far from Shengmei Hotel.
I still arrive at the hotel at [-]:[-] in the morning and cut the small ingredients. Now the small ingredients are much better than before. The silk is silk, the slices are slices, the dices are diced, and the pieces are pieces. Master Chen looked at it and asked me if I was I have done it in a big hotel, because the small ingredients I cut have reached the standard of a big hotel.
After cutting the small ingredients, pick and wash the vegetables, cook the porridge, and heat the steamed buns. When everyone arrives, they will have breakfast. After breakfast, they will start the day's work.
Li Jianhan and another water table are doing the preparatory work, chopping everything that needs to be chopped, while Master Chen and Chef Tie are doing the first-cooking processing on the stove, preparing everything that can be prepared in advance, so that the dishes can be served quickly.The master of cold dishes does the work by himself, without the help of others, standing at attention, cut out a few dishes in advance, such as crystal elbows, sauced beef, skin jelly, etc., seal them with plastic wrap and put them in the freezer, waiting for the dishes to go Just take it when you need it, which saves trouble and is fast.
Li Jianhan will come over to pack the frozen seafood with me after finishing his work.This was not the case in the past. After finishing their own work, the previous water case went directly to the backyard to smoke and chat, and did not even look at my work.
Master Chen's family belongs to Dadong, far away from Santaizi, and lives in a dormitory.Living with him are Li Jianhan and the cold dish master, and the other water table and the chef do not live in the dormitory.I live in the dormitory with them, and we communicate more with each other. We are all young people, and it is easy to find common topics. In addition, the three of them have no airs, can talk and laugh, and after getting acquainted with each other, they began to call each other brothers.
More customers are good for business, and I wash more dishes.Li Jianhan would come over to help me brush after work every day, and Master Chen would also come to help me, so I said to him, "Brother Chen, no need, I'm busy."
"It's just a few people, why can't we leave you here to brush after get off work? Besides, I feel sorry for leaving you alone."
With their help, I feel much lighter and work much faster.
Master Chen is very popular and has many friends.One of his friends is Xiao Wu, a cousin of his master, who runs a snack bar on Heishan Road not far from the dormitory. Under the leadership of Master Chen, we always go there for drinks.
Master Chen's master is the executive chef and deputy manager of the trade union building, and is a famous chef in the provincial capital.At first, Xiao Wu also learned to be a cook in the Union Building, and he has a good relationship with Master Chen, and the two of them are like brothers.After Master Chen came out to cook, Xiao Wu also came out, and the two of them cooked in a hotel in Wu'ai Market.After Xiao Wu worked for a period of time, he had a third brother who was in sales at Sandaizi Tape General Factory and opened a snack bar, so he asked him to come over and help run the business.
The boss met Master Chen through Xiao Wu's third brother, so Master Chen came to Shengmei.
Every day after get off work, everyone has nothing to do, so everyone plays poker for entertainment. Sometimes they play to collect money, and those who lose take out the money and put it there. After collecting enough money for a meal, they stop and go to Xiao Wu's for a drink.There is not much money for a meal, fifty or seventy, eighty, and often it is a symbolic amount, most of which are paid by Master Chen.In his words, who told him to make more money? When you earn 800 yuan a month, you will start paying the bill.
Master Chen is particular about his loyalty, and everyone likes to be with him.As the saying goes, learn from whoever you are, work with him, and gradually learn to be particular.
His elder brother works in telecommunications, and it is convenient to buy a pager, so he has a pager in the whole kitchen, and the kitchen staff regards his pager as a shared one, and the pager numbers left for friends are all his.He didn't care, and he was willing to be a messenger for everyone.
One night when I was washing the dishes, Master Chen came over and said, "Go to eat hot pot tonight."
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Xiao Wuna, he called just now and said he was ready, and told us to go there at night."
"Go ahead, I won't have dinner tonight."
"What's the point of eating hot pot, silly."
He helped me wash the dishes for a while, the pager rang, wiped his hands and ran to the bar to answer the phone.After a while, he came back and shouted to the kitchen: "Cold dish boy, call."
The cold dish master ran out to the bar to answer the phone. After a while, he came back and said to Master Chen, "Brother Chen, I won't go tonight. My partner called and said something happened. I'll go and have a look."
"Okay, don't save it, we can eat more." Master Chen smiled, and then said: "No, I can lend you money and you can use the whole pager yourself. I'm almost becoming your correspondent."
"Aren't you the boss?" The cold dish chef said with a smile.
"If you don't sell my pager to you cheaply, I'll get a new one."
"Can't afford it, it's okay to give it to me."
"roll--"
A digital pager costs 500-1000 yuan, if it is more than [-] yuan for Hanxian, it is unaffordable for us.Li Jianhan is only [-] a month, let alone me, the boss gave me an increase of [-], [-], how dare I buy it.
Master Chen complained: "If you don't save money, you will pay your phone bills if you earn any money." After speaking, he laughed again, "If I don't save money, you should save some money, and don't even talk about daughter-in-law."
The cold dish master said: "We learn from you when we don't save money, we don't know who we learn from."
The kid ran away after speaking.
I said to Master Chen: "Brother Chen, you spend money too, too generous."
"Money is not earned by one person. If you have money, everyone spends it. You know, the more you spend the money, the more money you have, and there are people who have money."
In fact, this is true. Money is spent when it is earned. Only those who can spend money will earn money. Only when currency is in circulation can it generate value.Some people lived their entire lives without understanding this, and in the end they didn't save any money and didn't leave anyone behind.
People think that money is wealth, and they work hard to make money in order to have wealth. After earning the money, they find that there are many important things in life besides money, and these things have gone away from them, and it is too late to get them back. .There is no happiness that should be there, and the happiness that should be some has not come.
Think about what wealth is. Life itself is wealth.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 17
The next day I went to Sister Wang and Yingzi.
After arriving, I didn't see Yingzi. Sister Wang said that she would not work here anymore and found a job by herself in a small restaurant in Tiexi.He didn't say anything, Yingzi wanted to go out and make his own way, but fortunately he didn't leave the city, so he felt relieved.
Yingzi will have to go out to work by herself sooner or later. This is her character. I just hope that she will take care of herself and nothing will happen to her.I have already regarded her as my younger sister, and I have a place in my heart that belongs to her.
At noon, I had dinner with Ms. Wang.
She said: "Yingzi's brother has been admitted to university, and we have nothing to do with it."
It's the last thing I want to hear, but it's so real.
Sister Wang was lonely and calm.Although she didn't say much, the stupid head knew that she had paid for this relationship.According to her age, she should have been married a long time ago. If she has not been married, she is just waiting, waiting for the man who has betrothed since childhood.But in the end, the man was admitted to university and broke up with her ruthlessly.
Sister Wang is not very beautiful, but she is very good-looking, better than ordinary women, tall, 1.6 meters seven, and has a good figure.She has a good personality and is agile in her work. She is definitely a good daughter-in-law who manages the house.It's just good fortune to trick people, a verbal agreement of the family, which delayed a few years of youth.
There was anger in my heart, and I felt unfair and worthless for Sister Wang. At the same time, I hated Yingzi's brother in my heart.What a wonderful woman this is. She was abandoned by love just because she was a working girl. Couldn't working girls have love?Since you want to go to university, what did you do when you first entered high school?Wouldn't you say it then?Three years of university, and another year of review, let a woman wait for a full four years, and finally don't want it——
This is not in front of him, but it is guaranteed to be a fat beating in front of him.
Seeing that Sister Wang didn't know what to say, because she was a little agitated because of her anger, she took out a cigarette and lit one, and took a deep puff, which relieved a little.
"Give me one." Sister Wang said.
He took out a cigarette for her, and wanted to say something comforting, but the words came to his lips: "It's not good for women to smoke."
Sister Wang smiled, a faint smile under her calm expression, which was full of distressing bitterness.
"I know smoking is bad, but I want to smoke." This calm-faced woman felt bitter. It was the same as she knew that Yingzi's brother would not want her when he was admitted to university. She waited hard for four years for that promise.
Knowing the result, they just do it. Sometimes women are stupid and would rather be that moth that flies into the flame.
Such a silly woman is the best daughter-in-law, but it's a pity that many men don't know it.
"Sister, you must be a good wife, there are plenty of people looking for you."
"Really, you want me."
"I can't, I'm not good enough for you."
She threw away the cigarette she had smoked and said to me: "You are younger than me, it is not suitable." Then she took out a note from her pocket and handed it to me, saying: "This is Yingzi's phone number and address, call me Here you go, I have time to visit her."
I took the note and said, "OK."
She stood up and said to go back to the restaurant to make some bacon flatbreads and asked me to take them home to eat.
I went back to the restaurant with her, waited for a while, and felt like crying when I took the steaming and hot bacon flatbread, my nose was sour, and the circles of my eyes were moist.
"Don't be moved. If you want to eat in the future, come and find my sister."
It was okay if she didn't say it, but tears fell when she said that.
Looking at her, she is the same as the older sisters at home, even looking at me in the same way-full of the elder sister's doting on the younger brother.
At this moment, I was really homesick.
It was almost dark when we returned to Santaizi.Santaizi is really different from the city. The city is noisy and bustling, with many people and cars. Relatively speaking, Santaizi is quieter. There are not so many people and cars, and there are not so many high-rise buildings. The tallest building is eight floors, because There are aircraft factories, and there are always fighter jets for test flights, and high-rise buildings are not allowed.
Back in the dormitory, I was the only one with nothing to do, lying on the bed and reading novels.
I haven't come back so early before, and I still feel a little uncomfortable when I come back.In the corridor outside, there are the sounds of cooking at other people's houses, the singing of single guys playing the tape recorder, the sound of greeting each other, and the atmosphere of fireworks.
Next door is a newly married young couple. The woman is cooking in the corridor, and the man may be helping.
"Bring over the plate, the food is ready." The woman shouted.
"Give you."
After a while, I heard the man say: "Xiao Wang gets married in October, how much money do we have?"
"How much money will he have when we get married?" the woman asked.
"one hundred."
"Then let it be one hundred, it's still a question."
"Oh, the steamed buns are finished."
"Let's eat, you move the gas tank to the house."
It sounds like living in the city is not very good. If you get married and have no house, you can only live in a single apartment like this, and you have to cook in the corridor for a meal, which is not troublesome enough.The countryside is so good, there are plenty of places, everyone has a few houses, but it’s okay to build them.
When I think of home, home appears in front of my eyes. There are four old houses, a large courtyard with an acre of land, a garden in front and trees in the back.The soil courtyard cover is no longer good. Last year, it rained heavily and several sections collapsed. After earning money, I bought some bricks to build a new courtyard cover, and then welded an iron gate.Then build four more wing rooms, and when the wing rooms are finished, the old house will be demolished and rebuilt to build four bungalows, which is also magnificent.
My mother has never lived in a new house in her life.
Building courtyards, building side rooms, and renovating old houses all require money. The little money I earn now can’t be found anywhere. It’s okay to learn to be a chef. It’s 1000 yuan a month and 1 praises a year. Five or six years.There is still a famine of [-] yuan, and I have to talk about the daughter-in-law.Hey, you need money.
I don't know what kind of chef the boss is looking for this time. Let's see if there is a chance to be a water table.
A 21-year-old boy began to plan for his future work and life.
In the place near Inner Mongolia in the west of Liaoning, night began to fall slowly among the valleys.
The mine lights to the north came on, and the black smoke from the power plant's chimneys blended into the coming night in the gray sky.The residents in Yingzi in the south are very scattered. Along the ditch, there are one family on the left and one family on the right. On the west hillside, there are four old houses in a courtyard where several sections of the courtyard wall have collapsed. The two houses on the east side are lit. Just finished eating with Fifth Sister, they sat on the kang and prepared to go to bed.
"I don't know if Guohua letter has been received?" Mother said to herself.
"I must have received it, and the reply letter will arrive in two days." Fifth Sister said.
"What did he say, learning to cook?"
"Well, I'm learning to cook, and I'm in a restaurant."
"Didn't he say he would come back on August Festival?"
"I didn't say, I said I'll be back during the New Year." The fifth sister returned to her mother's words, thought for a while and said to her mother: "You don't have to worry about it, he is very good, and finally found a restaurant. Just come back for the new year."
"Hey, wondering what he is doing, he is old, he is 21, and he is not a child, I just ask."
My mother justified her concern, and the fifth sister smiled, knowing that my mother was thinking about me and missing me, but she just didn't admit it.To comfort her mother, Fifth Sister said: "If I miss your old son, I will write to ask him to come back."
"No, I'm just babbling, writing a letter, telling him to study hard there, look at the three boys of Qianyingzi Laosun's family, they go out early, they go out on the 500th or [-]th, aren't they also learning?" Chef, I heard that it costs [-] yuan a month now." Mother said.
In the eyes of my mother, 500 yuan a month is a lot, and it is almost as good as the previous year's harvest.
The fifth sister said: "My third uncle's son-in-law is in Binhai, and he is also a cook, six hundred a month. He came back last year and brought back his daughter-in-law. I heard that he is going to get married this year. The daughter-in-law from Jinzhou also asks for a bride price. Thirty thousand." .”
"Thirty thousand?" Mother was taken aback, and asked Fifth Sister, "How much money does the daughter-in-law who brought back from outside still need?"
"Why don't you want it? I heard from my third aunt that the condition of the woman's family is good, better than hers. Besides, my third aunt and mother-in-law's two sons are the eldest. Can the woman not want it?"
"What kind of money does your third aunt's family have?"
"Why not? The old couple borrowed from each family. My husband took three thousand."
"Your old father-in-law can do something, dear nephew."
Fifth Sister said: "My old lady is a little bit unhappy, but that's okay. After all, I can't look at the money-poor daughter-in-law who can't get married. There are others who watch the fun, but my family doesn't watch the fun."
"Hey——" the mother sighed, "Guohua is 21, it's time to talk about the daughter-in-law, if the conditions are good, we will get engaged early——"
My marriage made my mother worry, and so did my fifth sister.They all hoped that I would get engaged earlier and talk about my daughter-in-law sooner, but the family is really difficult, and I can't even get a matchmaker, so can I not worry about it?
Looking at her mother's distressed expression, Fifth Sister said, "Don't worry about Guohua's daughter-in-law. He knows everything when he's old. I went to my eldest sister's house two days ago and talked about it." My eldest sister said that when Guohua comes back during the Chinese New Year, ask him whether he wants to look for it at home or outside, if he wants to look for it at home, he will ask a matchmaker at home, if he wants to look for it outside, he will have to deal with it himself."
Mother said, "It costs money to find it anywhere—"
"Nowadays there is no dowry gift, there are all of them, at least [-] yuan, if you are a brat, you can't get home without [-] to [-] yuan. The kid from the old Zhang's family in our camp is so smart, What do you look like, and you can speak well, but the aisle is a bit on tiptoe, and the woman said that you won’t pass the door if you don’t give [-].”
"Where do you go to spend the money? What do you do for the family? In the days of the old farmer, I saved up the little money when I was hungry, and I worked all my life. It's not enough to be a wife for my son." After finishing speaking, the mother sighed again, with a sad look on her face. Deepen it a bit.
"It's like this now, so there's no need for a bride price. You don't need to worry about Guohua's affairs. When the time comes, five of our sisters will be enough for each of us. You can't ask your old son to be a bachelor."
The Fifth Sister knew what her mother was worrying about, and comforted her mother.
"I'm an old lady with little ability, and I haven't saved much money in my whole life. I've been famine in my ass. Hey, I've come over here too. I'm old and I don't have much ability. It's up to him whether to talk about a daughter-in-law or not. "
"Your old lady, don't worry. How can Guohua be said to be a daughter-in-law? Don't you have five older sisters? How can you watch him fall to the ground? Get him a daughter-in-law with the money." Fifth Sister finished speaking. Looking at my mother, my mother closed her eyes, thinking that her eyes hurt again, and asked, "Did you take eye drops today?"
Mother opened her eyes, Fifth Sister felt relieved to see that her eyes were not too red.
Mother said: "It's on, can I not go on?"
"Just wrap up the land during the Chinese New Year, but don't plant it. You said how old you are, but you are so brave. You can't plant it in time, and you can't harvest it in time. You, an old lady, can't trust us. It's raining and soaking in the sky. I still have to miss you, and we don’t worry about you going up the mountain, what if you fall down?"
The fifth sister scolded her mother, but her mother was not angry, and muttered: "There is no farmer who doesn't plant the land. Okay, I will listen to you, and I will not plant during the Chinese New Year."
The fifth sister said: "I shouldn't plant this year. Now I am earning money, and my salary is paid every month. My family doesn't spend me at all. My monthly salary is not enough for you to spend? Besides, Guohua will pay you back every month." You post money, your old lady is a good day."
"Good day, listen to you."
"It's not that you listen to me. Don't worry about anything now. What are you worrying about? Just stay at home and take good care of yourself. Guohua just needs to talk about his daughter-in-law now. You don't need to worry about his daughter-in-law. Five of us sisters Don't worry. I'll come back once a week to see you. I've prepared all the rice and white noodles for you, and I've bought all the vegetables. You can eat whatever you want to keep your health in good condition. You old lady, you just don’t know how to enjoy yourself.”
Fifth Sister talked and laughed.
Chapter 18 Learning Outside the Store
When an actor has seen all kinds of life, he will interpret life with all kinds of flavors.
When the chef has tasted all the ups and downs, he will cook delicious food.
Everyone does not have a well-designed life, and it is truly performed in rehearsals every day.
People who understand how to live will live every day well and enjoy it.
I came to the hotel the next day and followed the boss to the restaurant opened by his friend.
The boss friend is in his 50s and is a master chef. He used to cook in a state-run restaurant in the city, and after being laid off, he opened a restaurant at home.Because the dishes are well cooked and loved by customers, the business is very good.His family is most famous for the "fat sausage series", which are authentic, and many people come here just for the name.
After the boss took me to the restaurant, he went to work on other things. Boss friend, this teacher asked me: "What do you know?"
I said: "I do odd jobs, I can only cut some simple small materials."
The master chef took me to the kitchen, told me to cut ginger, and told me how much shredded ginger to cut, sliced ginger, and minced ginger.
I picked up a piece of ginger without peeling it, washed it and was about to start cutting it. The master chef saw it and told me to stop.
"Son, watch me cut first."
The master chef took the piece of ginger from my hand, first peeled the skin, and said to me after peeling: "Look, this is a piece of ginger. It can be shredded, sliced, or minced. But cutting vegetables is not cutting. Shreds, slices, and powders are fine, but we must first look at how to cut the raw material to achieve the maximum yield, cut the most, and not cause waste of raw materials."
Success rate?This is the first time I heard this word. No one told me about it when I was cutting small ingredients. When the master master said this word, I felt that it was very correct, and it was indeed the case.I admire the accuracy of his words, and listen carefully because of this admiration.
"Look, this is a piece of ginger. It can be shredded, sliced, or minced, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Look at this ginger. It's irregular in shape. It's not as easy to cut as potatoes, is it?"
"Yes."
"See, first cut off the four sides of the ginger, the thickness is the thickness of the ginger to be cut."
The old master cut off the four sides of the ginger while talking, and the whole piece of ginger became a regular cuboid.
Stack the cut ginger slices and say to me: "Look, you don't need large pieces of ginger for cutting ginger, these ginger slices of different sizes are fine. But remember, cutting ginger is cutting ginger, not like chopping dumplings. Chop it like stuffing, it’s not called minced ginger, it’s called minced ginger stuffing, it’s useless for cooking.”
As he spoke, he cut the sliced ginger slices into thin strips of uniform thickness, then swung the knife, and then cut it with the top of the knife again, directly cutting into fine particles of uniform thickness, each particle was the same size, and there was no error.Seeing the smooth operation of the master master, I admire it in my heart.I thought to myself, how many years does it take for a person of this age to be so good at knife skills.
The old master put away the chopped ginger, picked up a long strip of ginger and said to me: "Look, at this time, are you cutting ginger shreds or ginger slices? Is it easy to cut and save trouble?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"Look, I'll cut the ginger for you." The master chef said while cutting the knife: "Cut the ginger thinly, because the ginger itself has a spicy taste, it is not good to fry if it is thick, and it is not good to fry it well." Eat it, see if it should be cut into pieces like this."
The master chef quickly cut out more than 20 thin slices of ginger, then stacked the ginger slices and quickly shredded them.After cutting in a blink of an eye, stop the knife and spread out the cut ginger, and put it in the horse pocket that has been filled with water next to it. The ginger is dispersed in the water, thin and even, and each ginger is the same, thicker than a hair , thinner than a matchstick, it looks great floating in the water.
Looking at the shredded ginger in the water, I admire it in my heart. I can also cut shredded ginger, but I can't cut it to such a uniform thickness.
"This kind of shredded ginger is only used when cooking. It's fine if it's thick or thin, you know." The master chef pointed to the shredded ginger in the water.
I nodded quickly and said, "Understood."
Then the master chef picked up the remaining half piece of ginger and said to me: "I'll cut another piece of ginger, just watch."
"The ginger slices can't be too big. I told you just now that ginger is pungent. When guests eat the vegetables, the ginger slices are very spicy. Not to mention it's not tasty, it's quite disturbing. So when you cut it, you need to cut out the shape. Come on. Our cooking is not just finished when it is fried, but also beautiful and in good shape. Don't underestimate the material, it is also particular about it."
In the hands of the master chef, the remaining half of ginger turned into diamond-shaped slices of uniform size and thickness, which were very beautiful.
At this time, the whole piece of ginger has been cut, without any waste, and the maximum yield has been achieved.
"Do you understand?" asked the master.
"I see."
"Let's cut the ginger slowly here first. I guess no one will teach you when you do it there. You don't know these things. Tell you, young man, you need to learn things solidly, and lay the foundation first."
The master craftsman gave me a vivid knife skills class on the spot, which was deeply impressive and still fresh in my memory.This class not only let me know what is the success rate, but also understand what is the knife.I admire the master's superb knife skills. I know that my knife skills are not even beginners, and I have to practice.
And this class from the master chef subverted my perception of chefs. I used to think that chefs are high-ranking craftsmen. Only when you ask for advice will you tell you something you don’t understand. Well, I don't care about you at all.Now I find that the more skilled the master is, the more approachable he is, without any pretensions, and he will teach you without waiting for you to ask. This is called cooking virtue.
I have admiration for the master chef, and I think that if he is my master, I must learn from him and become a good chef.
Later, I learned that the master chef is a famous chef in the provincial capital. He is very famous.
I started cutting shredded ginger, sliced ginger, and minced ginger. While cutting, I recalled what the master said, and slowly realized.Some people say that learning Taoism for ten years is not as good as enlightening Taoism once. There is a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Many things that were not understood before are now somewhat understood.
Knowing that this is a bit of an entry.
One Litong, Bailirong.
When cutting shredded ginger, ginger slices, and minced ginger, I feel that chopped green onion, shredded green onion, and sliced green onion will also be cut, as well as sliced and minced garlic.
While cutting, I had the urge to chop a green onion right away, but I held back and didn't move.I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and everything has to be the same. Now that I understand the truth, the rest is to keep practicing.Believe in yourself, as long as you give it time, you can practice anything.
There are a total of three cooks cooking in the kitchen. They are not very old, in their 20s. If you ask me, they have been students here before. After studying for three or four years, they can cook on the stove after being trained by the master chef. up the chef.
The water cases of the three side dishes are also from the students. Besides me, there are two students who have been studying here for half a year. Their knife skills are not inferior to Shi Jun.
One of the students told me that during the study tour, the master opened a big restaurant in the city, and his son was the owner. After learning here, he was directly transferred to a restaurant in the city as a water counter, without having to go out to find work by himself. , if you do well, you can also be a chef.It made me feel itchy, but I can't do it here. The boss of Shengmei is very kind to me, and I can't do job-hopping. I am satisfied if I can study here for two days.
The business of the restaurant is very good. As soon as the guests here leave, the guests from the other side come in. They are all regular customers. As soon as they enter the door, they ask the old man (everyone calls the old man the old man).
After hearing this, the old man smiled and greeted the guests.
There is a half door between the kitchen and the front desk. When the food is served, the door is closed, and a board is placed on the half door. The food is put on the board. The waiter sees it and comes directly to serve the food.
There are three waiters in total, including the old man and four people.The waiters are all sisters-in-law in their thirties, laid-off female workers, who work quickly and are eloquent.The front and back chefs are very kind, giving me the feeling that they are like a family, regardless of each other.
I brought the fried dishes to the door and put them on the slab, and saw that the old man was ordering dishes for a table of guests.
The old man said: "It's almost done. The four of you ordered these three dishes to eat enough. Don't waste it."
The guest said, "Well, just these three dishes."
Seeing this, it makes sense to think that the business is popular. Not only the food is good, but the people are also good. If this kind of restaurant is not popular, it will not work.
To run a restaurant must be based on honesty, not only as a restaurant, but also as a person.If you are a restaurant without integrity, you will lose money and lose money; if you are a person without integrity, you will have no friends.
The first day was full of harvest, and the second day I arrived at the kitchen early. The old man saw me and greeted me with a smile: "You're here, young man."
Hastily nodded and agreed: "Well, master."
"Can you cut ginger slices?"
"Yes."
"What about shredded and chopped green onions?"
"I will too."
The old man smiled and said: "Then there is no need to chop green onions today, you can go back and practice on your own, you only have a few days, don't waste it, and clean up the fat intestines today."
After finishing speaking, the old man led me to a room behind the kitchen. There were three aunts in it, each sitting on a small bench, and there was a big basin in front of it, which was full of fat intestines.To be honest, one pot of fat sausage is enough for Shengmei to sell in a day, and there are three pots here, which shows how popular the fat sausage is.
The old man didn't personally teach me how to clean up the fat intestines, and left after handing me over to an aunt named Huang.
Aunt Huang took me to clean up the fat intestines.All the fat intestines in his family are pig large intestines, which is the so-called rectum without large intestines.A pig has only one large intestine, more than 80 centimeters long, not as many large intestines, so the price is much more expensive than large intestines.But Dachangtou is delicious and authentic.
There is a famous dish in Shandong cuisine called "Jiuzhuan Dachang", which is made with the head of the large intestine, which cannot be made with the large intestine.And the "crispy large intestine" must also be made from the head of large intestine, which cannot be done with other intestines.
Aunt Huang told me how to turn the intestines, how to remove the stolen goods, how to remove the intestinal oil, how to remove them, and how to clean them.Especially when cleaning, how much flour, how much vinegar, how much salt to add, how much to knead, etc., are very detailed.
After the lecture, she led me to operate it by myself. Aunt Huang was very meticulous and conscientious. Every step was very rigorous and must be done properly.Especially when removing intestinal oil, I personally demonstrated it several times, telling me that if you remove too much, it will not be fragrant, and if you remove it, you will be less greasy. When you remove it, you must distinguish what kind of oil must be removed and what kind of oil cannot be removed.
I cleaned up a pot of large intestines in one morning.In Shengmei, I also clean up the fat intestines. The head chef tells me to wash and finish the job. I have never cleaned them up in such a meticulous manner.
Although it is said that the popularity of other people's fat sausages is a feature, and it has become a series, it makes sense.
After tidying up, Aunt Huang asked me to marinate the large intestine with onion and ginger water, and leave it in the afternoon.
When it was time to go to work in the afternoon, Aunt Huang began to lead me to the big intestine.
"The large intestine must be pressed in a pot, not in a pressure cooker. Not only will the yield be low, but the pressed one will also be unpalatable and dirty. When cooking fat intestines, first boil on high heat, then turn to medium heat. When cooking, add a little white wine to get rid of the dirty smell inside, and add less red pepper to get rid of the smell.”
Aunt Huang was operating while talking, and I was writing it down—this is a secret that is not passed on.
Finally, Aunt Huang said: "Look, if you want this large intestine to be delicious, you must remove the dirty things in the intestine from the beginning, remove the oil, clean it, and cook. Every link must not be sloppy. Do you think that the fried fat intestines Delicious food is the skill of the chef, right? In fact, all the kung fu is here, and if there is something wrong with this piece, the fat intestines will not be delicious."
"You'll know when it's cooked in a while. You don't need to fry it, just dip it in garlic sauce and eat it. It's delicious. Our family has a dish called 'fat sausage dipped in sauce'. It sells fast, and customers are rushing to eat it. It's not bad at all. Tired people."
To be honest, the large intestines processed in this way do not need to be tasted, it is delicious to look at.
Chapter 19 Master Chen
I studied in the old man's restaurant for two days. On the third day, the boss told me to go back to work, saying that the newly hired chef had brought someone with me.I really want to study here for two more days, and I am reluctant to leave, but the chef is here and I have to go back to work.
The new head chef, surnamed Chen, looks about the same age as me, but in fact I look old and he is older than me.
Master Chen brought two water tables, one for cooking and one for cold dishes.
They have just entered the kitchen and are not familiar with anything. I am an old man and know where everything is, so I happened to sort it out with them.
Master Chen is very easy-going, with a kind face, directing everyone to work, and telling a few jokes from time to time, which made everyone laugh.He is not idle when everyone is working, and cleans up the stove by himself.
I used to do the cleaning of the stove, and he will come over as soon as he cleans it up. How can I ask the master to clean it up.
"I'll come, Master Chen."
"No, I'm idle and I'm idle, and it won't take long. You can do your own thing."
What he said was very polite and down-to-earth, it seemed that I really didn't need to clean up, so I couldn't help but have a good impression of him.
There is a person named Li Jianhan in the water case, who works very quickly and neatly. I was going to help when cleaning the freezer.
The chef of cold dishes is also good, and his work is clean and neat.
I feel that this group of people is better than the previous group, and they are workers.
At noon, a few more people came over, all friends of Master Chen, who came to help.There are many people working quickly, and the kitchen is quickly cleaned up and at attention.
Master Chen called everyone together for a small meeting. This was the first meeting I held since I entered the kitchen. Later I learned that this was called a "regular meeting".
"It's fate that we all build this kitchen together, work together and make money together. I hope everyone will work together and work hard together to do a good job in our kitchen and the business of the hotel. We are together and friendly. , like a family, don’t divide the work too finely, go over and help whoever is busy, and work together if there is work.”
"There are six of us, there is nothing to say, don't treat me as a leader, we are all brothers, if you need anything, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will do it."
What Master Chen said was very honest, and he knew in his heart that this is the master, the person who manages the kitchen.I can't help but feel lucky that I didn't go with the last chef.
In the afternoon, Master Chen re-adjusted the menu and added a lot of new dishes, many of which I have never heard of.
The whole afternoon was spent getting ready.
This group of people is very meticulous in the preparation work. In the past, the water table was served with fresh dishes, which was very slow. Customers always complained because of the slow delivery. I thought that the restaurant served the food like this, but now it is not the case. , It turns out that you have to do preparatory work in advance.
Li Jianhan and another water table cut out the shredded meat, sliced meat, and meat sections in advance, put them in a fresh-keeping bag and put them on a square plate, each square plate was the same, and then neatly stacked them in the freezer.
In the past, the freezer was very messy, and it took a long time to find something, and sometimes I even searched through all the ingredients in the freezer to find it.Now when I open the freezer, I can see that the square plates are neatly arranged layer by layer, everything is clear at a glance, and it feels comfortable.
All the green vegetables are picked and washed, put into vegetable baskets and placed on vegetable shelves.The potatoes are also peeled, put them in a plastic square box and soak them in water.Put the fungus, dried daylily, dried gourd strips, and hazel mushrooms into a square box and soak them in water.
It is only after watching people work that I know that this is how kitchen work is done. I used to be a fool.
Master Chen divided the sanitation of the kitchen. He and Chef Tie were responsible for the sanitation of the stove, the water table was responsible for its own operating table and vegetable shelves, and the cold dishes were responsible for the pool and the backyard in addition to its own area.I'm in charge of the entire scullery.After he divided it, I was a lot lighter, otherwise the vegetable shelf, pool, and backyard were all mine.
There are still two days until the end of the high-temperature holiday. In these two days, I will do all the preparatory work, and I will welcome guests. Although there are few guests, they all agree after eating the dishes of Master Chen, which is much better than the previous chefs.
Immediately after the high temperature holiday ended, normal business began, and the first day was full.
In the past, when the restaurant was full of guests and kept urging food, the kitchen would be a mess.Now there is no phenomenon of urging vegetables, and it is not messy.Everything is prepared in advance and the food is served quickly.When he was busy, Li Jianhan went to the stove to help cook the oil and water, cook dumplings, fry small steamed buns, and serve noodles. He seemed busy, but he was orderly.
Since Master Chen came, the hotel business is much better than before.The dishes are good, the serving speed is fast, the customer complaint rate is low, and the business is not good.
The hotel business is good, but the front desk staff is not enough.During the high temperature vacation, Du Haiyan and Wang Yan found jobs again, but they stopped working here, and the boss hired two more waiters.One of them is from my hometown, and our two families are not far away. I am from Heichengzi Town, and she is from Taohuatu Town.
Her name is Li Yanhua, she is big, good-looking, and has a chubby baby face, which is attractive.On the first night when I came here, I was about to take the cups and saucers to set up the table. I was washing the dishes, and she stood behind me without making a sound.
I turned around and saw her, and asked, "Do you want to take the cup and saucer?"
"Yeah." She replied in a low voice, looking a little scared of me.
"It's in the disinfection cabinet, take it." I pointed to the disinfection cabinet and said.
She took the cup and saucer and hurried out. Looking at her back, she couldn't help laughing. It must be my bandit's domineering that scared her.The next day she removed the tableware and came in, because her accent sounded like Beipiao, so she asked her if she was from Beipiao, she said yes, told her that I was also from Beipiao, and told her the names of several towns in Beipiao, She just believed it.
Because of the fellowship, she is not afraid of me gradually, and we get closer, chatting and chatting about my hometown when we are not busy.Through chatting, I found out that her sister works as a bar counter in a restaurant not far from Shengmei Hotel.
I still arrive at the hotel at [-]:[-] in the morning and cut the small ingredients. Now the small ingredients are much better than before. The silk is silk, the slices are slices, the dices are diced, and the pieces are pieces. Master Chen looked at it and asked me if I was I have done it in a big hotel, because the small ingredients I cut have reached the standard of a big hotel.
After cutting the small ingredients, pick and wash the vegetables, cook the porridge, and heat the steamed buns. When everyone arrives, they will have breakfast. After breakfast, they will start the day's work.
Li Jianhan and another water table are doing the preparatory work, chopping everything that needs to be chopped, while Master Chen and Chef Tie are doing the first-cooking processing on the stove, preparing everything that can be prepared in advance, so that the dishes can be served quickly.The master of cold dishes does the work by himself, without the help of others, standing at attention, cut out a few dishes in advance, such as crystal elbows, sauced beef, skin jelly, etc., seal them with plastic wrap and put them in the freezer, waiting for the dishes to go Just take it when you need it, which saves trouble and is fast.
Li Jianhan will come over to pack the frozen seafood with me after finishing his work.This was not the case in the past. After finishing their own work, the previous water case went directly to the backyard to smoke and chat, and did not even look at my work.
Master Chen's family belongs to Dadong, far away from Santaizi, and lives in a dormitory.Living with him are Li Jianhan and the cold dish master, and the other water table and the chef do not live in the dormitory.I live in the dormitory with them, and we communicate more with each other. We are all young people, and it is easy to find common topics. In addition, the three of them have no airs, can talk and laugh, and after getting acquainted with each other, they began to call each other brothers.
More customers are good for business, and I wash more dishes.Li Jianhan would come over to help me brush after work every day, and Master Chen would also come to help me, so I said to him, "Brother Chen, no need, I'm busy."
"It's just a few people, why can't we leave you here to brush after get off work? Besides, I feel sorry for leaving you alone."
With their help, I feel much lighter and work much faster.
Master Chen is very popular and has many friends.One of his friends is Xiao Wu, a cousin of his master, who runs a snack bar on Heishan Road not far from the dormitory. Under the leadership of Master Chen, we always go there for drinks.
Master Chen's master is the executive chef and deputy manager of the trade union building, and is a famous chef in the provincial capital.At first, Xiao Wu also learned to be a cook in the Union Building, and he has a good relationship with Master Chen, and the two of them are like brothers.After Master Chen came out to cook, Xiao Wu also came out, and the two of them cooked in a hotel in Wu'ai Market.After Xiao Wu worked for a period of time, he had a third brother who was in sales at Sandaizi Tape General Factory and opened a snack bar, so he asked him to come over and help run the business.
The boss met Master Chen through Xiao Wu's third brother, so Master Chen came to Shengmei.
Every day after get off work, everyone has nothing to do, so everyone plays poker for entertainment. Sometimes they play to collect money, and those who lose take out the money and put it there. After collecting enough money for a meal, they stop and go to Xiao Wu's for a drink.There is not much money for a meal, fifty or seventy, eighty, and often it is a symbolic amount, most of which are paid by Master Chen.In his words, who told him to make more money? When you earn 800 yuan a month, you will start paying the bill.
Master Chen is particular about his loyalty, and everyone likes to be with him.As the saying goes, learn from whoever you are, work with him, and gradually learn to be particular.
His elder brother works in telecommunications, and it is convenient to buy a pager, so he has a pager in the whole kitchen, and the kitchen staff regards his pager as a shared one, and the pager numbers left for friends are all his.He didn't care, and he was willing to be a messenger for everyone.
One night when I was washing the dishes, Master Chen came over and said, "Go to eat hot pot tonight."
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Xiao Wuna, he called just now and said he was ready, and told us to go there at night."
"Go ahead, I won't have dinner tonight."
"What's the point of eating hot pot, silly."
He helped me wash the dishes for a while, the pager rang, wiped his hands and ran to the bar to answer the phone.After a while, he came back and shouted to the kitchen: "Cold dish boy, call."
The cold dish master ran out to the bar to answer the phone. After a while, he came back and said to Master Chen, "Brother Chen, I won't go tonight. My partner called and said something happened. I'll go and have a look."
"Okay, don't save it, we can eat more." Master Chen smiled, and then said: "No, I can lend you money and you can use the whole pager yourself. I'm almost becoming your correspondent."
"Aren't you the boss?" The cold dish chef said with a smile.
"If you don't sell my pager to you cheaply, I'll get a new one."
"Can't afford it, it's okay to give it to me."
"roll--"
A digital pager costs 500-1000 yuan, if it is more than [-] yuan for Hanxian, it is unaffordable for us.Li Jianhan is only [-] a month, let alone me, the boss gave me an increase of [-], [-], how dare I buy it.
Master Chen complained: "If you don't save money, you will pay your phone bills if you earn any money." After speaking, he laughed again, "If I don't save money, you should save some money, and don't even talk about daughter-in-law."
The cold dish master said: "We learn from you when we don't save money, we don't know who we learn from."
The kid ran away after speaking.
I said to Master Chen: "Brother Chen, you spend money too, too generous."
"Money is not earned by one person. If you have money, everyone spends it. You know, the more you spend the money, the more money you have, and there are people who have money."
In fact, this is true. Money is spent when it is earned. Only those who can spend money will earn money. Only when currency is in circulation can it generate value.Some people lived their entire lives without understanding this, and in the end they didn't save any money and didn't leave anyone behind.
People think that money is wealth, and they work hard to make money in order to have wealth. After earning the money, they find that there are many important things in life besides money, and these things have gone away from them, and it is too late to get them back. .There is no happiness that should be there, and the happiness that should be some has not come.
Think about what wealth is. Life itself is wealth.
(End of this chapter)
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