Gourmet food starts from the green leather train chef

Chapter 92 Impression of Taste

"Xiao Zhou, are you sure?"

Aunt Xia frowned and looked at Zhou Zhou: "The smell of salted fish and stinky tofu is too strong. Although x164 is a green leather car, it is also semi-closed. If the smell rises, the whole car may be affected."

Zhou Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Xia, I naturally have a way to eliminate these peculiar smells, and if the salted fish and stinky tofu are processed well, they will be the first-class delicacy."

"Yes, yes, this little comrade is right, I really like salted fish and stinky tofu!"

Not to mention how happy Fatty Qin was when he heard that, the young man in front of him was just in time for him!He quickly stepped forward and took Zhou Zhou's hand affectionately, saying, "Young man, recently there was a famous Chef Conscience Zhou on x164. It is said that he is handsome and good at cooking. Could it be you?"

Seeing that Zhou Zhou smiled and said nothing, obviously acquiescing, Fatty Qin burst out laughing: "Okay! What a good boy!

I like to make friends with young talents like you. Xiao Zhou, if you need anything in Chang'an section, just ask me, brother, but don't be polite.

As long as you tell me, even if you want the eight treasures of sea and land, I can do it for you! "

Zhou Zhou thanked him with a smile. He knew that this was just polite words. If he really asked for sugar garlic and stinky salted fish, where could he find them? These things are not on the supply list of the logistics department at all?
The northern suburb of Chang'an is the confluence of the Jing River and the Wei River. The Jing River is clear and the Wei River is turbid. When the two river systems, one clear and one turbid, merge here, an idiom appears, 'the distinction between Wei and Wei is clear'.

It can be regarded as a spectacle, students of the philosophy department must not miss it, it will let them understand some truths in life earlier.

Because both the Jing and Wei rivers belong to the Yellow River Basin, there are also famous Yellow River carp here. Although the wild Yellow River carp that has experienced the turbid water system is no longer as pure as the "predecessors" under the ravages of the years, it is still the most delicious carp in China. , their meat is delicate, and they don't have the peculiar earthy smell of ordinary carp, so they are top grade when braised in soy sauce or steamed.

The superpowers given by the system are really not fake, because the Yellow River carps are big, and each one weighs more than three catties, so Fatty Qin sent a hundred of them by mistake, just enough for Zhouzhou to deal with five hundred. between'.

"Stinky salted fish, stinky tofu, stinky amaranth, and Yellow River carp."

Xie Guangyun and He Wuhuo couldn't laugh or cry when they looked at these ingredients. Both of them are chefs, so they can naturally guess what Zhou Zhou is going to do.

The dish between life and death, also known as love between life and death, is also well-known, but the two of them will never try it lightly, because the requirements for the chef to control the fire and taste of this dish are too high.

If it is not done well, it will turn into smelly garbage. Even if it is sure that it can be made into a delicious dish, it is difficult to eliminate the peculiar smell generated during the production process. If it is in a kitchen with a powerful range hood, you can try it, but here we are Is it on the train?
He Wuhuo said naively: "Chef Zhou, do you want to have a life-and-death relationship with the smell? No way, how can the smell escape? Passengers will vomit!"

Xie Guangyun glanced at him: "You can't say that, the key is cooking skills. Chef Zhou must have his own ideas."

"I've said it all, it's good for the two brothers to call me Zhou Zhou, don't always be Chef Zhou."

Zhou Zhou smiled and said: "Brother Xie is right, I have some ideas of my own, please take a look, don't there be stinky tofu and stinky amaranth here?"

"This stinky tofu is amazing, boss, it tastes good!
Haha, the taste of salted fish is also very good, authentic! "

The fat man jumped over and opened the plastic bag that wrapped the stinky tofu. At this moment, he was the happiest person in the kitchen.

People's sense of taste and smell are intersected with each other. When losing the sense of taste, the fat man's sense of smell also loses the ability to judge the general taste.Who can understand this pain?Only when going to the toilet can the fat man feel the impact of the smell and confirm that he is still alive
Now stinky tofu dipped in chili sauce is Fatty’s favorite food, but there is none in the kitchen of the dining car. Fatty is so greedy. Now seeing large bags of stinky tofu and stinky salted fish, Fatty’s saliva has long been flowing upstream.

"Brother He, thank you, please clean up these fresh fish.

Fatty, you are in charge of cleaning the stinky tofu, you don’t need to wash the stinky amaranth, what you eat is the original taste!

Between life and death and the same smell are the dishes provided by the dinner car today, and the rest of the dishes are temporarily suspended."

"Is this to challenge my control over the indole value with stink?
This is a very difficult challenge, even master cooks at the level of masters will not try it lightly."

The two super-level 'unlucky guys' looked at each other, and both saw deep shock in each other's eyes.

It has always been the goal pursued by chefs to control the aroma and smell by using the mainstream feeling of human beings on the change of indole value. For example, durian, the indole value of raw durian is just at a certain critical point. At this critical point, the indole value People with a higher tolerance will find it extremely sweet, while people with a lower tolerance will not only not feel the sweetness, but will think it is stinky!

But when some chefs use cooking methods to change its indole value, most people can accept the taste of ripe durian.

The same is true of stinky tofu and snail noodles. Many people who don’t eat these two peculiar delicacies may be willing to try them if they meet a good chef, and even fall in love with them in the end.

There is no one in this world who cannot eat stinky tofu and snail noodles!Some people refuse to try it because they have not met a good chef.

But if you want to challenge the ability to control the indole value, shouldn't you try it quietly in a small area?Chen Wuhuo and Xie Guangyun couldn't figure out why Zhou Zhou would take such a big step and push these two strange dishes at dinner.

But they are the chefs, they just need to follow orders as assistant cooks, Fatty has rushed up eagerly to clean his 'little babies', and the two first-class chefs are washing fish, Descaled descaled.

I haven’t done work on the cutting board of the water table for many years, and it feels quite kind
While the kitchen was getting busy, Xiao Zhang's sweet voice rang out from the radio speakers again.

"Passengers, passengers, it's almost time for dinner!
In order to enrich the menu structure of the dining car, meet the price needs of all passengers, and hold high the great banner of serving the people, our train will launch high-quality and cheap dishes in the dining car at dinner time today.

The two dishes offered tonight are "Between Life and Death" and "Smells Congenial" carefully prepared by Chef Zhou Zhou. According to Chef Zhou Zhou, these two dishes are very distinctive dishes, but he is very confident Let them become a delicacy that can be accepted by the public.

In addition to the usual main course and soup, the two dishes will be sold together as a "flavor set meal", each for only 68 yuan!
Passengers who are willing to dine in the dining car can start to reserve seats now, thank you everyone, I wish you all a good night”

"Life and death have the same smell? What are these names? Why do I feel a little bad?"

"Haha, don't you understand? I know this. Between life and death, there is stinky old salted fish steamed with fresh fish. The same smell is stinky tofu steamed with stinky amaranth. They are all steamed vegetables, and the taste is strong enough."

"My God! Is there something wrong with Mr. Zhou?
How good are the previous exquisite dishes, do you have to recommend these two dishes?Stinky tofu and stinky salted fish are all steamed, so can people still enter this dining car? "

"Let's have a look, let's talk about these two dishes. They are both delicious, but people who don't like them really don't like them.

And this kind of smelly dishes are okay in restaurants with good air circulation, it is really not suitable to put them in the dining car, and I don’t know what Master Zhou thinks.”

"Forget it. I have great confidence in Master Zhou, but I really can't accept stinky tofu. It seems that this cheap and high-quality food in the dining car has nothing to do with me."

"I can't eat steamed salted fish. Even just smelling it makes me want to throw up. I'd better have a cheap box lunch for dinner today."

At this moment, there was a lot of discussion on the train, and many passengers who were looking forward to the cheap and high-quality food in the dining car began to back down, and even die-hard fans such as Shawlfa and Brother Jinmen did not voice their support.

"This is Zhouzhou"

Su Rou felt like throwing up when she heard stinky tofu and stinky salted fish, but sitting in front of Boss Cao, she had to try her best to maintain a ladylike demeanor, not to mention the uncomfortable energy of suppressing the discomfort.

I was even more uneasy, Boss Cao's favorite pig's trotters might not be able to eat tonight.
"Stinky salted fish and stinky tofu are great, I like them!"

Cao Desheng said with a smile: "When I was young, my family was poor, and if I could eat stinky salted fish and stinky tofu, it would be Chinese New Year!
Xiao Su, these are all good things, don't miss them!Have you reserved a seat in the dining car? Tonight we will eat and talk in the dining car.

What's the matter, you don't like these two dishes? "

"Um, I actually like it too"

Su Rou could only force a smile at this moment: "As the CEO of Su's Catering Group, I must try all kinds of delicacies."

"Okay! Xiao Zeng, have you seen it? What is a profession? Xiao Su is a profession!"
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Compared with the most famous stinky tofu, stinky salted fish and stinky amaranth are the stinky ones. He Wuhuo and Xie Guangyun are definitely professionals, and they are also wearing masks at the moment; compared to these kinds of stinky ingredients, The fishy smell from the fresh fish turned into a little freshness.

But the fat man feels that he has reached the pinnacle of his life. In his opinion, the smell that the two super chefs can't bear is the taste of happiness. What kind of stinky old salted fish, what stinky tofu and amaranth, in the eyes of the fat man, these ingredients Like a virgin exuding a delicate fragrance, he was addicted to it and couldn't extricate himself.

"smell good!"

The fat man beamed with joy, his face blushing, and he quietly squeezed to Zhou Zhou's side.

Two large steamers have been erected on the stove, and the electronic steamer is very useful, but considering the troublesome "aftermath", Zhouzhou temporarily chose a traditional steamer; both pots have three-layer drawers, each It can produce five dishes per layer, which is still preserved from the era of "big pot rice". Putting it on the red flag train x164 can be regarded as a witness of the times.

There is a trick to do well between life and death, and that is the order of entering the fish.

Usually chefs will put salted fish and fresh fish cuts on the plate at the same time when processing this dish, then add green onion, ginger and cooking wine, and then steam it over high heat.

The advantage of doing this is that it can greatly shorten the retention time of fresh fish smell. After the fire starts, at most ten seconds, the raw fish will turn cooked and fresh. The shorter the raw fish smell is, the less fishy smell will be produced when steaming this dish. lighter.

Although it will still be rated as a dark dish by diners who cannot accept stinky salted fish, it is actually delicious. Not only is the fish meat salty and delicate, but when the aftertaste is together, there is no smell at all.
But Zhou Zhou decided to do the opposite. First, he only put salted fish in the fifteen plates on the third-tiered drawer, not even scallion and ginger, and he didn’t even look at cooking wine, which would affect the volatile odor. , and he immediately changed the fire to a simmer, and started to steam the salted fish slowly!
Under the horrified gazes of He Wuhuo and Xie Guangyun, the peculiar stench of old salted fish suddenly rose, filling the kitchen, the dining car, and even spreading out to the connecting cars.
Even the fat man began to feel a little uncomfortable. He found that the smell of "Youxiang's virgin" had changed, just like a young girl who used the wrong perfume and was unfortunately ticked off by body odor.

"Wow, what kind of smell is this! Could it be the life and death mentioned on the radio!"

"vomit"

"Is Master Xiao Zhou really crazy? What kind of muscle is wrong! Help me. I want to vomit!"

There is no shortage of brave people at any time, even if they have great doubts about these two strange dishes, there are still more than a dozen die-hard fans of Zhouzhou sitting in the dining car; At that time, even these hardcore fans couldn't hold on anymore, and they left more than half in an instant.

Boss Cao, who had already walked halfway, stopped suddenly, frowning slightly, as if he was considering whether he should continue to the dining car.

Although the stinky tofu and stinky salted fish in his memory smelled stinky and tasted delicious, they didn't stink so much, did they?

Following Boss Cao, Su Rou and Zeng Qianrong's face turned blue, and the two beauties desperately covered their mouths and noses, but they didn't vomit on the spot.It's better for Lu Meiqi, she doesn't need to curry favor with Boss Cao, she has already gone back to the soft sleeper.

The only one who can remain calm at the moment is Mr. Zhang Zhouxuan. The old man is sitting at a dining table by the window in the dining car, looking at the dark world outside the window and smiling: "Not bad, Xiao Xu, I didn't expect that you haven't escaped yet?"

Xu Ning was sitting opposite the old man, and when he heard the words, he suppressed his churning stomach and smiled, "Seeing that the old man didn't leave, I knew that Master Xiao Zhou must have someone behind him, and he has never let me down before."

"well said!

A man who has never let us down, why can't we give him enough credit? "

The old man laughed: "Actually, this is the first time that my old man has experienced such a level of stinking, but since I have chosen to trust Xiao Zhou, I will insist on sitting here.

I believe this will be an unforgettable dinner, and I believe that Xiao Zhou will eventually bring us a wonderful taste. "

Xu Ning smiled: "Maybe it's not brought by Master Zhou, but we are changing ourselves?

I heard that everyone has an impression of the taste, like people who don't eat stinky tofu and durian will probably never touch them in their lives, but those who love them think they are delicious in the world.

The impression of taste is very difficult to change, unless you meet a skilled chef.”

"Haha, the more you talk, the better!"

The old man turned his head to look at the kitchen of the dining car, nodded with a smile and said, "A chef who can control the indole value is the master of our sense of taste and smell, and he is the god of the gourmet world!
Xiao Zhou is so smart and confident. He actually thought of controlling the indole value of diners and changing their impression of taste 20 years earlier than me, an old man!

If he succeeds today, with his control alone, he can make many super chefs feel ashamed."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Master, what you said is very good. I hope Master Xiao Zhou can really succeed, so that I can have a new theme."

(End of this chapter)