Gourmet food starts from the green leather train chef

Chapter 124
There are a total of nine villages in the Lanqing Mountains, but most of them are located farther away in the mountains, and some have even crossed the provincial border and entered the two provinces of Shandong and Henan.

Therefore, only the four villages around Jianquan Lake, Lanqing Village, Shangxiazha Village, and Balilouzi Village, have preserved the folk custom of thousand-person banquet.

But even if only four villages participated, the momentum was extremely huge.

Hundreds of households were mobilized, with a total of two to three thousand people, and each family had at least one table. This means that in the mountains, if it was in a city, a banquet with a thousand people could make the whole family happy. City congestion.

Fortunately, more than half of these hundreds of tables were placed in Pingshi Valley at the junction of Lanqing Village and Balilouzi Village according to the pre-planned plan. If there was really no room for them, they extended from the entrance of the valley to the mountain roads on both sides.

The whole shape is like a squid with a big head, except that the tentacles of this squid are less and longer.

Even so, the group of dining tables stretching out from the mouth of the valley is also placed tens of meters away, which is extremely spectacular.

Zhou Zhou followed his father and Zhang Dehou to the valley, feeling amazed in his heart, he couldn't imagine how many stoves would be needed to let thousands of people eat noodle soup at the same time.

It wasn't until he walked into Pingshi Valley that Zhou Zhou finally understood.

This valley is worthy of its name. There is only a shallow layer of loess on the ground in the valley, and there are layers of rocks underneath. There are cliffs on three sides, which just enclose this valley of three to four thousand square meters.

This kind of terrain is very common in the northern hilly areas. Not only can crops not be grown, but even weeds are difficult to grow. It is suitable for a large number of mountain people to gather.

In the valley, a circle of tables has been set up at this moment, and the mountain people are grouped into villages and arranged in an orderly manner. In the most central circle, dozens of 'vertical furnaces' have been piled up with red mud.

This kind of "vertical stove" is as tall as half a person, and it can even hold the large iron pots used by troops when marching. One stove hole can make soup noodles for hundreds of people; beside these "vertical stoves" , there are noodle cases one by one, with noodle pockets piled up next to the case, the master in charge of the noodle case has already started to work, piles of oily noodles that have woken up are neatly stacked on the table, just Waiting for the ramen to be cooked.

Zhang Dehou settled Zhou Zhou and the others behind the table in his home, and said to Zhou Baojun with a smile: "Brother Zhou, is this scene big enough?
Don't worry, the beef and mutton soup in the soup pot is about to boil, just wait until noon, when the noodle soup is in the pot, you have to let go of your stomach and eat it. "

Zhou Tijun chuckled, he had been waiting for this meal for a whole day, and his saliva was about to flow out, why did he need someone to remind him?
"Brother Zhang, don't worry, our father and son are foodies."

Zhou Zhou saw that Master Sun was standing in front of a face table, waving and winking to him non-stop, seeing that there were crowds of people in the valley at the moment, no one noticed him, so he walked over quietly.

"What's wrong, Master Sun?"

Zhou Zhou walked to the interview and asked in a low voice.

"Little brother, it's a little troublesome this time."

Master Sun glanced at the crowds of mountain people surrounding him, and said with a wry smile: "Usually, the fighting dishes are waited until the final stage of the noodle feast, and the chefs invited by each village will compete in the restaurants of Balilouzi Village, but this time The villagers in several villages unanimously asked for open-air fighting vegetables, and just now Secretary Zhang agreed."

"Outdoor fighting vegetables?"

Zhou Zhou also frowned upon hearing this.

"Yeah, why don't you talk about trouble.

This is changed to open-air fighting vegetables, how can you make a move?
This is how to do ah"

"Don't worry, Master Sun, I have a solution."

Zhou Zhou rolled his eyes, thinking about it.

"What else can I do?"

"Just two words."

Zhou Zhou lay on Master Sun's ear, and said softly, "Pretend to be aggressive."

At noon, dozens of gongs rang together, startling the birds perched on several cliffs, and the feast for thousands of people officially began.

A large pot of roasted beef and mutton heads and beef and mutton meat, which had been prepared long ago, was steamingly delivered to the tables of each village and group.

The noodle table also started to get busy. In the hands of the ramen master, balls of oily noodles turned into thick or thin ramen strips as if by magic; The silk is not too thick, and bowls are brought to the table and passed to the rear.

The scene was extremely spectacular, with thousands of tables and two to three thousand people, there was no rush at all.

Bowls of hot noodle soup are passed from the inner circle to the outer circle, and then passed from the outer circle to the outside of the valley, as if it were an army moving like arms and fingers.

Because the custom of noodle banquets has been kept for a long time, some ramen masters in the four villages go to the city to work and earn money on weekdays, but today they all come back.Dozens of chefs worked at the same time, and dozens of cauldrons boiled at the same time. It took more than half an hour, and a bowl of steaming and fragrant beef and mutton noodles was placed in front of 3000 people.

That side is slightly yellowish in color. Soaked in milk-like beef and mutton soup, put a spoonful of chili oil boiled with sheep fat, and then twisted with a handful of coriander. The guy with the mouth couldn't help drooling.

"Dangdang"

As the gong rang again, two or 3000 people put down their chopsticks at the same time, and the sound of eating noodles resounded inside and outside the valley, and even resonated, causing echoes in the valley, shaking the soil on the three cliffs slightly. Some loose.

Thousands of people swallow noodles together, and it can be so earth-shattering and majestic!
In this kind of atmosphere, you are embarrassed to eat noodles slowly, no matter if you are a big girl or a little daughter-in-law, you will gulp down the soup and scoop up the noodles until beads of sweat roll out of your forehead, and your chest and back are wet Only when it is thoroughly eaten can it be regarded as eating out of the realm and taste.

"Happy!"

Zhou Zhou also ate very happily. He is usually busy in the kitchen, and the passengers enjoy the food. Today, he can finally sit down quietly and eat a bowl of noodles, enjoying the happiness and touch brought by the food.

The soup here is very rough, maybe the beef and mutton have not been soaked clean; Compared with the special chef of the big hotel, the food cooked is more smokey.

And it is absolutely full, which can make people untie their belts again and again!

It wasn’t until close to one o’clock in the afternoon that the face-to-face feast for thousands of people came to an end. The fellow villagers were stroking their bellies with satisfaction, hiccupping, laughing and talking, but none of them wanted to leave. Everyone was waiting for more exciting shows to be staged. .

Doucai!

Usually, the fighting of vegetables in several villages is carried out in the largest restaurant in Balilouzi Village after the noodle banquet, and the villagers are just waiting for the results of the fighting vegetables;

But this time it was different, the noodle banquet for thousands of people full of strong local flavor has already attracted the attention of the media, this time it was led by the largest travel and food magazine in China, "Lixing Tianxia", and invited several people from the province who were said to be very famous. Authoritative gourmets are the judges, and they must vigorously promote the unique folk customs of Lanqing Mountain.

Who made a show on Zhuangdiantai that combines food, folk customs, and tourism concepts become popular? As the leading professional magazine in China, "Beautiful Traveling World" is not worthy of successors.

Coupled with the behind-the-scenes promotion of Mr. Huo, a rich businessman from Lanqingshan, this year's thousand-person banquet is different from previous years.

The two wealthy villages, Lanqing Village and Balilouzi Village, would think of inviting famous chefs of Kong Fang's level to participate in the competition. It is precisely because this time Doucai is different from the past, and even national-level professional magazines want to publicize it.If he lost before, he would have spent a year in the mountains. If he lost this time, he would be ashamed in front of the people of the whole country.

After entering the stage of fighting vegetables, those vertical stoves and large soup pots were removed one after another, and they were quickly replaced with exquisite stoves and vegetable tables prepared by various villages. All kinds of ingredients were also prepared, and now we are waiting for the provincial capital Expert judges and chefs hired by each village will enter the venue.

Not long after, a few vans stopped at Taniguchi, and a group of people came down, and the village heads and secretaries of several villages greeted them with smiles on their faces.

The chef invited by Lanqing Village did not come this time, so Zhang Dehou also had a way to greet the judges directly, and said with authenticity in his mouth: "Welcome all experts and leaders to come.

Oh, Mr. Gu, Mr. Chang, Mr. Yun, Editor Xu, Editor-in-Chief Wei, this way please. I have prepared the best Yunli tea in Lanqingshan."

Don't take the village party secretary as an improper cadre. Zhang Dehou is not a fool because he is kind and kind. It is not easy to be the village party secretary in Lanqing Village for more than ten years!
He did a good job with his homework, didn't the chef backfire?Then use your brains on the judges.

We country people are the most down-to-earth. When these big editors and judges come to us, why don't they invite them to drink a cup of fragrant tea?Huaxia is a society of personal feelings. After drinking the tea from our Lanqing Village, why don't you say something nice to us later?
Zhou Zhou followed behind his father, looking at the old acquaintances on the opposite side with a smile.

Well, Xu Ning, Wei Hong, Su Rou, and Boss Cao are all here, and there are several judges from the provincial capital who should be members of the 'Three Meals a Day' junior tasting group.

Among the group of judges, Zhou Zhou immediately saw Wu Jiutong who seemed to stand out from the crowd, "aloof and peerless".

Old Wu is so awesome now, boss Cao found him before downloading x164, and invited him to join the senior tasting group of 'Three Meals a Day'.

After all, he is a famous gourmet in China. Although he is known as a poisonous snake, Boss Cao doesn't care. What he values ​​is Wu Jiutong's professionalism.

Old Wu originally looked down on someone who sold glass. No matter how awesome you sell glass, you don’t know how to eat it?Knowing how to gnaw pig's trotters every day, how can we establish a new standard for Chinese cuisine?

At first, he wanted to flatly refuse, but the annual salary of 50 really made his heart flutter. When he heard that Zhou Zhou had also joined the "three meals a day" senior tasting group, Wu Jiutong immediately agreed.

Among the chefs in Huaxia, Zhou Zhou is the one who convinces him the most. It would be a great deal to be a colleague of the future Huaxia Chef God.

When Zhou Zhou saw him, Wu Jiutong also saw Zhou Zhou, and winked at Zhou Zhou from a distance, very happy.

I thought that this is pretty much the same, does it look like Zhou Zhou is on the judging panel? Who are those junior judging panel members?Provincial gourmet expert?Like shit!How many dishes have they eaten in their life?

(End of this chapter)