From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 303: Swordsmanship Competition in the Army (please vote for me)
Feng Zhengming was in the large kitchen of the cooking class, preparing lunch with Hu Jianli, Ding Yuan and other cooks in the cooking class, as well as making some preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Second aunt Feng Suying led the military wives to the cooking class one after another.

Entering the large kitchen, Feng Suying immediately ordered.

"All cooks, please take off your aprons and leave the kitchen immediately."

Feng Suying's order made the cooks a little confused.

Feng Zhengming was stunned at first, but he quickly understood what the second aunt meant.

On New Year's Eve, the cooks in the cooking class are usually busy cooking for the commanders and soldiers of the army every day.

Today is the Chinese New Year, so of course we can no longer let the cooks cook.

Hu Jianli hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sister-in-law, let's stay here to help. It will be too hard for Master Xiao Feng to work alone."

Feng Suying and the military wives laughed when they heard this.

Sixi meatballs, elbows, fish, and the best vegetable in winter, Chinese cabbage.

Peel out some of the shrimp and prepare it for later cooking and soup.

Seeing that his grandfather also left, Feng Zhengming faced the military wives including his second aunt alone. He could only assign tasks to the military wives.

Feng Suying did not give the cooks another chance to speak, and directly ordered: "Follow the order, take off your apron and leave immediately."

"Listen to your second aunt, the main thing during the Chinese New Year is to be happy. The military wives also want to cook some dishes for their husbands to reward their husbands. You have to make it happen for everyone."

Hearing Grandpa Feng's voice, Feng Suying and the military wives turned their heads and saw the old man sitting in the big kitchen.

Another method is to use fire to burn the skin of pig knuckles and pig trotters black, and then scrape them clean. This can remove the remaining hair on the pig skin and remove the odor.

So when Feng Suying gave the order, the cooks had no choice but to take off their aprons and leave the kitchen.

Feng Suying started to tap Feng Zhengming's head gently.

"What a great cook."

"His meat is the best in Quan City."

"Yes, he is the owner of the Feng Family Restaurant."

Feng Zhengming felt a little embarrassed for a moment when he saw such a large group of military wives brought by Feng Suying.

In the process of preparing with Feng Zhengming, the military wives also learned a lot from Feng Zhengming.

"This is my nephew, he is..."

Then there was no need for Feng Suying to persuade him, and the old man left surrounded by a group of children.

Feng Suying walked over and said, "Dad, why are you sitting here? The third child and the others are here. You go to their side and let the children play with you."

The wife of Leng, the instructor next to Feng Suying, said: "Master Feng will not be allowed to do it alone. Aren't we still here? Today is New Year's Eve. You all have to have a good rest and have a good New Year. Cooking matters, hand in hand." Give us."

Many cooking tips taught by Feng Zhengming are very practical for military wives.

Grandpa Feng asked with a smile: "What's wrong? I can't be here? You do your work, it's fine for me to sit here."

Some of the prawns are opened and ready to be steamed directly.

Unlike restaurants and restaurants, in the large kitchen of the military cooking class, everything is prepared in large quantities.

Feng Zhengming hurriedly greeted the military wives present: "Hello everyone, I am not the number one scholar today, I am just a cook today. It is my honor to come to the army and cook New Year's Eve dinner for everyone."

Other military wives basically work outside the army, but Feng Suying is different. She is also a female soldier, so she has the temperament of a soldier.

In addition, the supply of the troops was relatively sufficient, and there were also very fresh prawns. Feng Zhengming asked the military wives to handle the prawns separately.

After the cooks left, Feng Suying introduced Feng Zhengming to the military wives.

Because it was the Chinese New Year, the menu given by Feng Zhengming was almost all home-cooked dishes that are more common during the Chinese New Year.

Feng Suying wanted to give some more advice, but just at this moment Feng Jiandong led a group of children over.

Before Feng Suying could give a complete introduction, a military wife had already recognized Feng Zhengming.

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, Grandpa Feng, who was sitting in the kitchen, spoke first.

For example, this is the first time for most military wives to know where to cut off the shrimp heads when grinding shrimps, and to pick out the black sandbags in the shrimp heads.

After all, this is a classic Shandong cuisine. The commanders and soldiers in the army come from all over the world, so we still have to cook a few classic Shandong dishes for them and let them taste Shandong cuisine.

And Sixi meatballs are made by dicing the meat instead of mincing it directly into pureed meat.

"You brat, you still dislike us? We military wives are helping you, but you still pick and choose? Hurry up, assign tasks when it's time to assign tasks, work when it's time to work."

Feng Suying waved her hand: "Okay, okay, don't sing too high a tone here. Today, you are the chef here. We military wives will help you. You can assign tasks to us."

"Second aunt, you come here to help me, and I, a junior, will command you. Isn't it bad?"

"You know, you know, he is the number one young chef in the province."

Finally, there were some prawns. Feng Zhengming taught the military wives how to cut them, and then prepared braised prawns for the commanders and soldiers of the army.

It was originally a large amount of vegetables and meat, but it was quickly separated and processed by the military wives.

The most critical ones are must-haves.

After assigning tasks, Feng Zhengming quickly felt that there was indeed strength in numbers.

This gave the military wives a very good impression of Feng Zhengming.

At noon, lunch was almost ready when a soldier came to deliver a message.

"Master Xiao Feng, the venue has been prepared. The cooks and everyone are in place. Are you ready?"

When the military wives heard what the soldiers said, they were a little surprised and asked, "What are you ready for?"

Feng Zhengming made arrangements for lunch and told the cook about his cooking competition.

The military wives immediately expressed their support for Feng Zhengming cheerfully.

"Then Xiao Feng can definitely win."

"That's right, Xiao Feng's skills are so good, he will definitely win."

"The cooks in your army are a bit overestimating their abilities. Xiao Feng is the number one young chef."

"If you can be the number one young chef in Shandong Province, your skills must be great."

"But this activity is quite interesting, and it would be good as a noon show."

Then the military wives all said they wanted to cheer for Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming said to the soldiers: "Tell them to wait a moment, our lunch will be ready soon. I will go over when the lunch is ready."

The second aunt asked: "Don't you need to prepare?"

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "You have to prepare for this. Isn't it a bit bullying?"

These words made the military wives laugh.

"Hahaha, awesome, this is the confidence that the top young chef should have."

"Well done, come on Xiao Feng."

"Yes, yes, we are all cheering for you."

"Yes, Xiao Feng wants the cooking class to know what real cooking skills are."

With the support of the military wives, Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely perform well."

Feng Zhengming and the military wives were busy for a while, and almost all the meals were ready. Then Feng Suying took the military wives to distribute lunch to everyone.

Feng Zhengming went to meet the people in the cooking class.

What Feng Zhengming didn't expect was that the cooking competition venue prepared by the army was actually on their playground. It was like a competition between soldiers in the army.

The second uncle walked up to the stage first and talked about the cooking competition.

The soldiers who heard it below suddenly cheered.

Everyone is obviously looking forward to it. During the Chinese New Year, it is a very interesting thing to watch the cooks in the cooking class compete with the top young chefs in the province. It is also the best program during the Spring Festival.

Amid applause, Feng Zhengming and the people from the cooking class walked onto the stage at the same time.

Feng Zhengming had better say a happy New Year to the soldiers in front of him seriously.

"Hello everyone, I am invited to the army today. It makes me very happy to celebrate the New Year with you. I have always wanted to be a soldier since I was a child, but I just didn't have the chance. Today I can cook this New Year's Eve dinner for you on New Year's Eve. , it’s really an honor for me, I hope everyone can have a good New Year and have a happy meal.”

Zhang Zhigang said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Xiao Feng, don't say so much. Today, we just want to see how good your skills are as the number one young chef in the province, comrades, right?"

In an instant, there was a roaring response from the soldiers on the playground.

"Correct."

Soon there were soldiers carrying tables onto the stage.

Zhang Zhigang said: "Let's start with knife skills."

Then Feng Zhengming saw the materials on the table, including potatoes, onions, ginger, meat and slaughtered chickens, and finally dried tofu and tofu.

Seeing dried tofu and tofu, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but smile and asked: "Dried tofu and tofu, don't you want me to shred them?"

The second uncle immediately said: "You are really right. We have a soldier from Jiangsu Province. He said that they have dried tofu and shredded tofu there, and he wants to compare with you today."

Feng Zhengming turned to look at the cooks in the cooking class. He asked, dumbfounded, "There are some masters among you. Are you planning to order the boiled dried shredded pork and Wensi tofu from Huaiyang cuisine?"

One of the cooks stood up and said, "Yes, I was going to make a big boiled dry shredded dish today, and I also wanted to challenge myself and try to make Wensi tofu."

Zhang Zhigang asked Feng Zhengming: "How are you? Are you afraid? Among the comrades in our army, there are also hidden dragons and crouching tigers."

Feng Zhengming said: "It is true that I have never dried tofu or shredded tofu, but since it is the Chinese New Year, I can try both."

Zhang Zhigang was very satisfied: "Okay, then where should we start first?"

Ding Yuan stood up first and said: "Let's start with the whole chicken and remove the bones."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Okay."

Then, Zhang Zhigang asked someone to time the scene to give Feng Zhengming and Ding Yuan some preparation time.

At this time, the commanders and soldiers on the scene and the military families who had been picked up during the New Year were all staring at Feng Zhengming and Ding Yuan.

The military wives, led by Feng Suying, first shouted "come on".

Then the commanders and soldiers also cheered for the two men in unison.

The soldier who was counting the seconds shouted: "Ready, start."

Feng Zhengming and Ding Yuan took action almost at the same time.

Both men quickly began deboning a whole chicken.

Zhang Zhigang, who was standing next to the stage, was quickly stunned.

I saw that Feng Zhengming's sword was quite accurate, and his speed was really very fast.

First, it looked like it was easy to tear off the chicken legs.

Then tear off both sides of the chicken wings together with the chicken breasts, and finally easily slice off the two tenderloins that are close to the chicken's spine.

In less than a minute, Feng Zhengming had finished deboning the whole chicken.

He even cut all parts of the chicken and arranged them neatly.

Even the chicken wings and chicken leg bones were removed by Feng Zhengming.

After Feng Zhengming finished, the scene instantly erupted into a very warm applause.

It must be said that Feng Zhengming's smooth bone-breaking skills truly amazed everyone present.

Zhang Hongwei applauded and shouted: "Awesome, my brother is so awesome."

Feng Shengnan even said to his grandfather with stern eyes: "It's so awesome. Brother Zhengming is so awesome."

Grandpa Feng was relatively calm: "Don't get excited. Brother Zhengming, these are just the basic skills of a chef."

The whole chicken deboning competition ended, which really ignited the atmosphere at the scene.

The commanders and soldiers were all shocked by Feng Zhengming's ability to debone a whole chicken in less than one minute.

Of course, it also made the commanders and soldiers feel that there was really a feeling of excitement.

The cooks in the cooking class also admired Feng Zhengming wholeheartedly.

However, the competition continued. Next, a cook competed with Feng Zhengming in chopping onions and ginger.

Feng Zhengming was equally unceremonious and showed off his hand to cut green onions and ginger without looking at the edge of the knife.

Watching Feng Zhengming cut even green onion and ginger shreds shocked everyone present.

After slicing the green onions and ginger, Hu Jianshe walked out.

He picked up the pork, sliced ​​it down into very thin slices, and then cut the meat slices into evenly thin shreds, as thick as matchsticks.

When Feng Zhengming saw this, it seemed like he should show off his skills even more.

So he also picked up the tenderloin, and then he also started to slice it.

But Feng Zhengming cut the meat very slowly. When he reached the other end, he did not cut the meat directly.

Turn the tenderloin pieces and slice them along the edge of the knife.

Just turn it in a circle and slice the meat into a whole piece of meat.

After Feng Zhengming finished the piece of meat, he picked up the whole piece of meat and showed it.

There was another very warm applause at the scene.

Feng Zhengming's move really amazed everyone again.

The thickness of the meat slices is almost the same as that of Hu Jianli, but Feng Zhengming can continuously slice the whole piece of meat into long slices. This knife skill is really amazing.

The sword skills displayed by Feng Zhengming really enlightened many soldiers who had barely cooked.

Everyone suddenly discovered that a chef's knife skills can be so superb.

Several people in the cooking class were defeated one after another, which also made them realize how powerful Feng Zhengming was.

Even Zhang Zhigang was a little surprised. Feng Zhengming's sword skills were a bit unexpected.

Uncle Feng Jiandong, who was watching with Grandpa Feng below, couldn't help but said: "It turns out that Zhengming still had reservations about the young chef competition. When his knife skills were shown on the spot, he felt like he could win."

Grandpa Feng said: "Knife skills can be developed slowly through practice, but it requires hard work to practice."

The last cook who wanted to compete with Feng Zhengming in cutting dried tofu and tofu came out.

The scene fell silent, and everyone stared at the two people on the stage with expectant faces.

(End of this chapter)