super food empire

Chapter 69 Chapter 68: The Ancestor of All Flavors

At noon, everyone slaughtered Zuo Fan as promised, who told this teammate to let his blood be drained?

There are classes in the afternoon as usual, and after a short break after dinner, we will go back to each class. The lecturer is still Mr. Wang. Since today is the first day and we have to take care of newcomers, the content of the first class is very simple: the importance of salt in cooking.

"Salt is the most important seasoning in cooking. There is no one. But salt is also a double-edged sword. If it is a little bit heavy, it will be unpalatable, and if it is a little bit less, it will be bland and tasteless. Therefore, the control of salt determines the quality of a dish. It shows the craftsmanship of a chef. As the saying goes, a good cook has a handful of salt, and if he wants to be an excellent chef, he must first master the amount and timing of adding salt!"

Mr. Wang talked eloquently, and finally took a look at Du Ming and said, "Du Ming, you are an old student, what is the function of salt in cooking?"

Du Ming pursed his lips, as if the question was too simple: "Increase freshness, season and preserve freshness."

Mr. Wang seemed to be a bit embarrassed, nodded and said: "That's right, these are the three major functions of salt in cooking, so Du Ming, tell me again, how does salt enhance freshness?"

"Eh..." Du Ming was immediately dumbfounded. Except for Qin Yu, all the disciples from the noble family and those from the poor family were also dumbfounded.

"Has Mr. Wang said it?" Zuo Fan asked Zhou Yuan with his eyes, Zhou Yuan immediately shook his head, meaning absolutely not.

That's right, Mr. Wang has never talked about the principle of freshening salt in class, and now he suddenly asks, if it's not embarrassing, what else is it for?
Du Ming was going crazy. Everyone knows that salt improves freshness, but why does salt make sense?Knowing how it works can improve anything?

"How does salt improve freshness, do you know?" Mr. Wang asked again.

Du Ming was helpless. Although he scolded his mother in his heart, he could only shake his head to show that he didn't know.

Mr. Wang glared at him and looked at Qin Yu: "Qin Yu, do you know how salt is freshened? It doesn't matter if you can't answer, after all, you are a freshman."

Just at this time, Supervisor Feng and the old man walked to the door, and saw that Mr. Wang was questioning Qin Yu, so they hurriedly hid beside the door.

Qin Yu said: "In addition to sweet, sour, bitter, hot and salty, our tongues can also taste umami taste. The reason why ingredients have umami taste is because they contain some umami substances, such as succinic acid, amino acids and nucleotides. The umami taste is not obvious, but after adding salt, it will combine with the sodium ions in the salt, greatly improving the umami taste, so salt is inseparable from freshness.”

The words came out of Qin Yu's mouth, not to mention the students, even Mr. Wang was stunned, what is succinic acid?What are sodium ions?Sounds like a weird stuff.

Outside the door, Supervisor Feng and the old man looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time, expressing that they did not understand.

Mr. Wang coughed and said: "Ingredients do contain umami substances, and the umami taste of these substances can be greatly enhanced by salt, but how do you know what these substances are? What about amber and amino? What about sodium ion? son coming?"

Only then did Qin Yu realize that this is the Food Continent, and he seemed to have said too much, so he quickly explained: "Oh, it's nothing, I just named the umami substances randomly, Mr. Wang, you don't have to worry about it, as long as the reason is the same. "

Mr. Wang nodded and said: "The truth is indeed the same, but you can know such unorthodox knowledge, and you can name umami substances yourself. It's not easy. Could it be that your master taught you?"

"Um, guess what. Master has a lot of books, and he forced me to read them every day when I was a child." Qin Yu was full of nonsense, anyway, no one knew about his past, even the food sage would never want to find out a piece of it.

"Not bad, there is a gourmet restaurant in the book, and there is a beautiful cook in the book. It is a good thing to read more books." Mr. Wang smiled, and then suddenly raised his face and said to Du Ming, "Look at Qin Yu, look at it again You yourself, know pride and self-satisfaction all day long, if you have the ability, you can make a six-inch treasure and taste it!"

Being reprimanded in front of everyone, Du Ming's face turned red, he lowered his head and wished he could find a way to get in, he clenched his teeth and clenched his fists, the hatred for Qin Yu in his heart suddenly became hundreds of times stronger: "Qin Yu, if it wasn't You, Brother Zheng, why would you leave Ziwu Academy, if it wasn’t for you, how could I be reprimanded, it’s all because of you, it’s all you!”

Mr. Wang knocked on the table and raised his voice: "And you, from now on, you will follow Qin Yu's example, don't wander around all day long, and read books honestly except for practice, do you hear me?"

"I heard..." Scattered voices sounded, and some even dragged on a long tail, seeming particularly reluctant. As a big food, who would like to hold a book and chew every day?

Qin Yu was speechless, Mr. Wang, are you helping me vent my anger or helping me to hate?Should I thank you or should I spit on you?But it doesn't matter, anyway, I have been hated for a long time, so it doesn't matter if I add more material.

But at this time, Mr. Wang raised a second question: "Who will explain why the salt is added late?"

The audience was silent. With Du Ming's lesson, no one dared to take the initiative to answer. The reason for the late release of salt is naturally very simple, but God knows whether Mr. Wang will throw out strange questions again to make things difficult for others?Being reprimanded in front of the audience, it is enough for Du Ming to suffer alone.

"Murongxue, you and Qin Yu came together, so tell me." Unexpectedly, Mr. Wang threw the question to Murongxue, a timid, pure and beautiful little girl.

Except for Qin Yu, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. Du Ming gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "Little girl, didn't you go with Qin Yu? This time, you will make a fool of yourself."

"Me, why me?" Murong Xue's position was completely opposite to Qin Yu's. He was in the last row of the stove square. Hearing this, he immediately became nervous, and his whole person became cute.

"Why? Don't you know?" Mr. Wang seemed a little displeased.

Qin Yu turned his head and nodded towards Murong Xue. Half a month ago, he remembered to explain this knowledge to Murong Xue in detail, and hoped that Murong Xue would not forget it.

Encouraged by Qin Yu, Murong Xue forced herself to remain calm, swallowed and said, "Because if the salt is added early, the meat will be stale, the vegetables will become wilted, and the color and taste will be greatly affected. Also, and ..."

After thinking for a few seconds, Murong Xue quickly added: "Also, if the salt is put in early, it will lead to the loss of nutrients in the ingredients."

Everyone knows that meat and vegetables will grow old, but nutrition loss is not common knowledge. Mr. Wang was obviously a little surprised: "Oh? How did you know that nutrition will be lost?"

Murong Xue looked at Qin Yu: "Brother Qin Yu taught me."

"Test!" The word popped up in Du Ming and the others' minds at the same time. Why is it Qin Yu again?Even Murong Xue's answer to a question has something to do with this guy, so why not be so nonsense.

(End of this chapter)