Nongmen scholar

Chapter 68
"Since everyone is here, let's start comparing." The old cook said indifferently, ignored anyone, and started cooking.

Since it was a competition between two restaurants, all the chefs participated in order to fully demonstrate the culinary skills of the entire restaurant, so the other chefs of Zhouji Restaurant also began to prepare their own special dishes when they saw this.

Naturally, the brothers and sisters restaurant would not be left behind. Seeing this, they knew that the cooking competition had started, and they went about their business in an orderly manner without waiting for Gu Xiaobei to come over.

Zhu Mei pointed to the old cook under her shed, and proudly said to Gu Xiaoxiaobei: "Our chef is an imperial cook, and his cooking skills are second to none in the world. Even if you have the imperial chef's recipes in your hands, you don't have that skill! You just wait for the door to close down and make amends on your knees!"

"Let's ride a donkey to read the libretto and wait and see!" Gu Xiaobei glanced at Zhu Mei, and said loudly to the people who came to judge: "In this case, we will start to compare the chefs now, and the two sides must cook the dishes in the three-pillar incense stick. Well, after the arbitrators have tried it, they will stand on whichever side has the higher overall level of cooking skills, and whichever side has more people will win!"

"Okay!" The presidents immediately shouted when they heard this.

Zhu Mei was also noncommittal, and dragged Zhou Liang back to the shed of Zhouji restaurant, but did not forget to send someone to take out three sticks of incense, lit one and inserted it into the open space between the two sheds, and the other two Put it aside, just wait for the first stick of incense to burn out and then continue it immediately.

Gu Xiaobei and Bai Qingli went back to the big shed of Brother and Sister Restaurant, rolled up their sleeves, and began to show their skills.

Brother Nuomi and the others have already prepared three items such as the table, chopping board, and stove. At first glance, it looks like a simple small kitchen, and everything is missing.

In order to cook good dishes, Gu Xiaobei refused to ask Yin Hehua and Chen Jiu to help even if his leg was injured, and let them do their own work to give full play to their cooking skills.Since Yin Hehua and Chen Jiu's dishes were simpler than Gu Xiaobei's, neither of them needed help from their assistants, so they both went to help Gu Xiaobei.

Gu Xiaobei's body was inconvenient to move around, so Bai Qingli found her two stools, a low stool and a high-legged stool. When Gu Xiaobei needed to squat down, he sat on the low stool, and when he needed to stand up, he sat on the high-legged stool.

Gu Xiaobei first sat on a small stool and started a fire in the stove, and asked Bai Qingli to put the big pot on the stove and add half a pot of water.Then she poured dozens of large crabs as big as two palms into several large wooden basins on the ground, added some water and white wine, soaked for a while, let the crabs pass the stimulation of the wine, and expel the spoils from their bodies before she used them. The thumb and index finger of the left hand grasp the two sides of the crab cover and turn it over so that the crab belly faces itself. The right hand uses the dried old loofah sac to clean the mud on the crab's 8 legs.

After cleaning the crab legs and claws, Gu Xiaobei used the thumb, index finger and ring finger of his left hand together to grab a pair of crab claws and turn them over. With his right thumb and index finger, he opened the crab navel and squeezed out the stolen goods.Then, when the crab navel is not attached to the crab belly, use a loofah bag to quickly brush the sediment in the gap between the crab belly and the crab navel.A big crab was cleaned in this way, Gu Xiaobei put the crab into the bamboo steamer layer, then picked up the next crab and continued cleaning quickly.

Bai Qingli and Brother Nuomi imitated Gu Xiaobei's actions and helped her clean the crabs in a decent manner. They cleaned all the big crabs in less than half a stick of incense.

Gu Xiaobei asked Nuomi to put the steamer filled with big crabs into the big pot layer by layer, and cover the lid. This first step of the process is considered complete, and the next step can only be done after the crabs are steamed.

Slightly relieved, Gu Xiaobei looked towards Yin Hehua and Chen Jiu, and saw that Yin Hehua had already cut the fish lip and was filtering out the water, while Chen Jiu was cutting the water bamboo.Whether it's Yin Hehua's grilled shrimp with fish lips, or Chen Jiu's shrimp with rice stems, it's much easier than her lotus crab bucket, so Gu Xiaobei doesn't worry about them anymore.

"Cough cough!"

At this time, a coughing sound suddenly sounded from behind her, Gu Xiaobei hurriedly turned around, and was immediately startled, oh my god, there was dust flying under her feet, and the person who stood up from the dust had a black face and hair, except for teeth and eyes. There were also a few strands bent, and Gu Xiaobei could even smell the burnt smell.

"Bai Qingli? My God, what's going on with you?" Gu Xiaobei was dumbfounded. If it wasn't for the clothes on his body, Gu Xiaobei really wouldn't have recognized that this person was Bai Qingli. A cool person, in the blink of an eye, he becomes "Black Africa", it's unsightly!
Bai Qingli said blankly: "The fire is about to go out, so I fanned it a few times, and that's it."

"Pfft! Haha, it's so funny! You are so stupid!" The zongzi boy who was helping to pass the things at the side immediately patted his thigh and laughed.

"Haha!" The people next to him laughed when they saw it.

The brother and sister restaurant was immediately bustling with activity, which was in stark contrast to the indifference of the chefs at Zhouji restaurant.The arbitrators couldn't help but came to Brother and Sister Restaurant one after another, wanting to see what happened?Seeing Bai Qingli's appearance, they all secretly laughed, and the bold and unrestrained people even laughed out loud.

It became a joke, but Bai Qingli didn't mind, instead, he was happy that he could attract the arbitration, and waved to everyone frequently.

Gu Xiaobei shook his head with a helpless smile, then limped towards the back of the stove.

"Don't move!" Bai Qingli yelled in horror, then ran over to pick up Gu Xiaobei, put him on the stool, and said softly, "Sit down, what do you want, I'll get it!"

Since someone offered to do errands, Gu Xiaobei did not refuse. He sat on the stool with peace of mind, pointed to the stove and said to Bai Qingli, "There is a bamboo tube at the back, you go and take it out. Use this thing to blow the fire, don't use a fan."

Bai Qingli immediately ran to the back of the stove and found a bamboo tube as thick as a wrist. He was very smart. Although he had never seen this thing before, he knew how it was used at a glance. After blowing on the firewood a few times, the fire immediately became vigorous.

Bai Qingli suddenly realized: "It turns out that there are special tools for such a trivial matter as blowing fire!"

Gu Xiaobei's mouth twitched, why is this guy getting more and more funny?

After a while, the scent of crabs in the cauldron slowly overflowed the cauldron and wafted around. Yin Hehua and Chen Jiu also gradually had scents wafting out. The whole greenhouse and its surroundings were filled with the scents of fish, shrimp, and crabs. The arbitrators in the restaurant's greenhouse all smelled the fragrance and salivated.

After the crabs were steamed, Gu Xiaobei taught Bai Qingli and Brother Nuomi to remove the crab meat and roe and put them in a bowl, and put the crabs in a basin to drain for a while before using.After picking out the crab meat and crab roe, everything behind is much easier.

At this time, a stick of incense has gone.

Gu Xiaobei added a little oil to the hot pan, added minced green onion and ginger, and stir-fried for a while, then put the crab meat and crab roe into the pan to taste.

(End of this chapter)