Chapter Thirty-Six: The Imperial Kitchen in the Deep Water
The little white bear's attitude towards Le Youyou changed by 180 degrees, causing Le Youyou to hesitate to look at the little white bear leading the way in front, sighed softly, and thought to himself: The palace is a good place to sharpen people and do things smoothly, and it is also a place where people can eat and do not spit bones, and can kill people at any time...
"Little White Bear, why were you sent to the palace to be your father-in-law?" Le Youyou asked the reason why Little White Bear entered the palace casually. The Little White Bear who led the way in front was stunned for a moment, lowered his head slightly, and said hoarsely: "Sister! My name is not Xiao Bai Bear, but my original name is Chen Baixiong.
My family lives in a small town on the edge of Tianhe Country, but it was drought at that time. In order to make us younger generations survive, the village chief of the village sold the remaining grains in the village and sent us to the palace. The village chief asked us to make cattle and horses for the masters in the palace, even if we were to starve to death in the drought-affected village."
Le Youyou couldn't help but pursed her lips, looking at the little white bear's back as if it had become short and hunched, "What's next?"
The little white bear looked back at Le Youyou, smiled embarrassedly and said, "After... all the people in our village were starved to death, but the only ones who were sent to the palace survived.
My parents told me to live no matter what, even like a slight grass, so we juniors, women are maids and men are guards, and we are the least effective as a castrator like me."
Le Youyou looked at Xiao Baixiong and laughed at herself. She couldn't help but sigh and let go of her tight hand. "Actually, you don't have to look down on yourself. Many people are forced into the palace by life like you, but they have achieved something. Just like Zheng He, Zhao Gao, Li Lianying... Although they are father-in-laws, they have been self-improvement and will eventually make a name for themselves."
Le Youyou deliberately did not explain the threats of Li Lianying and Zhao Gao to the government affairs at that time. Instead, he spread the story of Zheng He's three voyages to the West and told Xiao Baixiong all the way. This prompted Xiao Baixiong to cheer up by Le Youyou's words, and looked at Le Youyou excitedly and walked into the front yard of the imperial kitchen.
"Sister! I'm waiting here. When you come out to cook the dishes, you will come here to find me!" Le Youyou looked back at the excited little white bear and nodded, then walked into the imperial kitchen without looking back.
Royal kitchen:
As soon as Le Youyou stepped into the imperial kitchen, the scent of the fragrance slapped her towards her, making her stunned on the threshold of the imperial kitchen. She turned her head slightly and saw a three-meter-long long table full of delicacies, both in different styles.
She looked at the Royal Chef with a little curiousness at the long table. He frowned in dissatisfaction, and picked up the seven dishes with chopsticks. After a simple try, she pushed the seven dishes aside without hesitation and growled: "Li Lei's beef with minced ginger is too old; Jiang Zi's braised rabbit meat tastes not strong enough;
Xu Han’s charcoal-roasted pork neck; Como’s carved winter melon cup is neither salty nor light, and has no characteristics... If these are still made of these garbage, then you all take back the burden and get back..."
Le Youyou looked at Li Lei, Jiang Zi, Xu Han, and Kemo hurriedly ran to the imperial chef, bowed deeply, and shouted in unison: "Chef Bi, please... we will make dishes that you are satisfied with. Please don't let me roll the bed and leave..."
Chef Bi Yaowu and Yangwei hugged his chest with his hands, and his toothpick was hanging on his mouth, walking around in front of the four people, but suddenly he kicked each of them and laughed: "You trash, if I hadn't been to my Biyu, you would have left."
"Thank you Chef Bi for your kindness!" The four of them knelt humbly on the ground, looking at Bi Zui with gratitude. Le Youyou snorted coldly at Bi Zui's face. Bi Zui was stunned for a moment and found that the four of them actually dared to snort in front of him. When they raised their legs again and wanted to kick people, Le Youyou flashed his figure, held up Como's carved winter melon cup in both hands, and threw it at Bi Zui effortlessly.
"ah--"
Bizui was hit by a carved winter melon cup and fell to the side with unstable center of gravity. At the same time, the hot broth and melon meat in the carved winter melon cup splashed his face. Bizui was wailing on the ground in a mess, while the other four people laughed at his experience in the beginning of the Republic of China.
"Xiaoxiaoxiao... why don't you help me up!"
Bi Tui looked at Le Youyou on the threshold angrily, and glared at the four people who were laughing. Bi Tui was helped up in a mess, and his fat face, which was covered in oil, turned red with a blister, but it did not affect his rush to Le Youyou and shouted without any scruples: "Who are you? You are so bold to throw things away?"
Le Youyou glanced at him coldly and walked into the imperial kitchen. The heat in the imperial kitchen rushed towards her, making her cheeks slightly red, but she quietly walked along the three-meter long table.
The imperial chefs working in the imperial kitchen stopped and looked at Le Youyou who suddenly appeared. Bi Shuo dressed up from top to bottom, from left to right without any scruples, with a smug smiled proudly on his face and flattered: "I wonder if this little master is surprised by what we made in the imperial kitchen?"
Le Youyou looked at the fourteen dishes placed in the corner, and the two large jars next to the three-meter-long long table were filled with various dishes. She watched the food be ruined so much, and raised her head without any temperature and asked, "You think these seven dishes are not allowed, what will you do?"
Bizui was asked so stupidly, but instead she was happy and looked at Le Youyou with disdain, "Of course it was poured out! What you presented to Your Majesty and the Empress must be the most delicious!" Le Youyou glanced at Bizui and clenched her fists, "Then, as the chief of the imperial chef, should you have the method of turning decay into magic, and process these dishes into deliciousness again!"
"Hmph! Turn decay into magic... Haha! If there was such a method, the two large tanks of food would not be dumped and fed to the dog."
Bizui looked at Le Youyou lifting her sleeves, and she was so disgusting that she picked up a first-rate abalone from the two large tanks. "That abalone was taken off before the time came, destroying the original abalone's umami flavor, which was a waste..."
Le Youyou pinched the toughest primrose pot, and the sauce-flavored juice slowly oozed out from the abalone. The ink-colored eyes were slightly brighter, and the eyelids were slightly closed and opened again. He walked to Bi's mouth casually and raised the abalone in his hand, "You mean you can only throw this abalone, right?"
"certainly!"
Bi looked at the abalone in Le Youyou's hand with pride, and told the other imperial chefs who stopped to watch the show with their eyes that they were overestimating their abilities.
Le Youyou snorted coldly, pursed her lips and smiled, and a confident smile appeared on her beautiful face, "But I think this abalone can be made into a unique delicacy as long as it is cooked for one more incense stick."
"Call me!" The other imperial chefs secretly mocked Le Youyou behind the stove, but she tilted her head without mind and looked at Bi's mouth provocatively, "Then Chef Bi, do you dare to bet with me? If I can make this abalone unique and delicious, you must apologize to the four of them!"
Le Youyou tried four people's dishes. Although they were delicious, they could not become the best delicacy due to their inexperienced skills, heat and skills. However, in time, they will definitely become a famous chef.
Bizui looked at the imperial chef and Bucai in the imperial kitchen and were talking in a low voice. He couldn't help but hesitate to look at Le Youyou. Until Kemo looked at the confidence on Le Youyou's face and said half-believingly: "I believe this little master can turn decay into magic!"
Li Lei, Jiang Zi and Xu Han hesitantly watched Kemo silently walk behind Le Youyou to show his support. They meditated for a long time and walked behind her, and said to Bizhe without fear: "We are willing to bet on our final future! I believe this little master has the ability to turn decay into magic!"
"You..." Bizui looked at the behavior of the four people and frowned in anger, "You guys, just wait for the bedding and leave!"
"Then... Chef Bizui, I will think you agreed!" Le Youyou looked at Bizui's red face and smiled without saying a word. She took the Yipin Bao in her hand and walked to the stove and threw it into the hot water casually.
Li Lei and the other two looked at Le Youyou's technique, their eyes darkened, and the others even covered their mouths and laughed at her behavior. Bi Zui was even more slim and sat on the chair and looked at Le Youyou.
"You four are here to help me!" Le Youyou rolled up her sleeves and watched the abalone appear from the rolling hot water meticulously. Without saying a word, she quickly took it out and threw it into the ice cubes beside her. "Li Lei, go and get the lightest and smallest casserole. Jiang Zi concentrated the broth ten times, and then brought it to me. Xu Han went to get the best Shaoqing wine; Kemo came and learned how to make sugar-heart abalone with me!"
Le Youyou's clear division of labor made the four dead stunned, but as she quickly applauded, the four of them quickly moved and began to complete the tasks she distributed.
"Hmph! I'll see how you make the so-called 'sugar-hearted abalone'?" Bi'u was cold and mocked Le Youyou, but she ignored it and tied her apron without hesitation. "Who smiled and said it was not necessarily the case in the end! Please ask Chef Bi to think about it carefully and how to apologize to the private person later!" Le Youyou looked at the busy figures of the four people, smiled with satisfaction on her face, and looked at the constantly retracted abalone.
Because the first-grade abalone must be washed away when it is tasted for the first time, (hot) expansion and contraction are the easiest way to let the taste in the first place seep out, but it also cleverly locks the abalone's umami flavor.
Then, when simmering abalone again, just by increasing the original basic taste and using strong wine to suppress the originally not strong enough wine, further fusion of the umami flavor with the broth, and ultimately locking the abalone's umami flavor, stewing can make the abalone tender on the outside and tough on the inside, with endless aftertaste...
Le Youyou looked at Kemo who kept repeating the steps she said under her guidance. It was not until she nodded that he immediately threw it into the rolling highly concentrated broth. Xu Han even threw the ingredients Le You needed into the pot.
Li Lei quickly covered the lid and covered the casserole with a wet cloth full of wine according to the method Le Youyou secretly told him. Suddenly the entire casserole turned into a fireball, illuminating the entire imperial kitchen. Everyone looked at the fireball in shock, but Bi pursed his lips and smiled secretly.
Le Youyou saw all this, but she didn't care, just because she couldn't help but slap her face and threaten the people in the imperial kitchen to avoid being disturbed or falling into unnecessary traps while cooking.
Chapter completed!