Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

Although he couldn't move the chopsticks on it, Liu Subaru poked the tofu with his finger, and felt the texture of the tofu with his "touch".Δ*

After that, the plate was lifted, and it was probably judged that the tofu is 1ooo grams, and the plate and chopsticks total 15o grams.

Successfully cut a part of the tofu, and if the chopsticks are not poured, the cut tofu can be removed from the plate, if it is poured, the tofu in the plate and the just cut part are weighed together...

The tofu that serves as the base belongs to the northern tofu, which is brine tofu, and has a relatively "hard" texture.

Of course, the so-called "hard" is comparable to southern tofu. If the chopsticks lose their balance a little, or are not fixed enough, they will break the base and fall over.

The first of the four was Liu Zhuoyuan. She cut the tofu around in a circle first. These were obviously the most useless parts she thought.

After that, I started to use a carving knife to cut the upper half of the tofu more finely... Gradually, it can be seen that Liu Maoyuan is carving the tofu into a cone that can just hold the chopsticks!

As the cone flew around with Liu Maoyuan’s carving knife, the edge became rounder and the upper part became thinner...

After that, the two brothers Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang also used their swords.

Zhao Ming came up just less than two centimeters away from the chopsticks and went down with four knives, staring at the other people in a daze.

Does he think that a tofu pillar with a cross section of less than two centimeters can hold the chopsticks?

But then it turned out that even though he was cutting the knife upright, he did not cut the tofu at that time, but at the bottom of the tofu, leaving about two centimeters of connected parts...

After that, he cut off most of the tofu that had been cut off with the knife sideways.

Obviously, Zhao Ming's ideal state is a "tofu tube" connected to the "base", keeping the chopsticks in an upright state.

Afterwards, he was also carefully fighting to make the "tofu tube" wrapped in chopsticks rounder and thinner, and the base to be smaller and thinner.

Then Zhao Liang, who started to work, integrated the two people's designs, and seemed to want to carve a structure with a larger bottom surface and a fixed cone in the middle...

In fact, the three of them also came to the same destination by different paths. Liu Maoyuan gradually dented the middle part of the cone inward, and Zhao Liang gradually reduced the height of the straw, making the upper part shorter and thinner than the off-duty part.

Liu Lousan nodded when he saw it. It is true that this way of fixing the chopsticks by the center part, and then connecting the base, is probably the "best model".

But when he looked at Liu Subaru, he was still closing his eyes, thinking about something...

The other three fixed tofu models have become more and more similar, almost at the final stage of carving. At this time, Liu Subaru suddenly opened his eyes and waved a kitchen knife to cut off the edge of the tofu which was about one centimeter thick. .

There is a tofu block that is 8 cm long and 8 cm wide...

Liu Lousan couldn't help but looked at him suspiciously, as if he felt that Liu Subaru was a little too cautious!

But immediately Liu Subaru's actions became puzzled again. Liu Subaru did not pay attention to the tofu on the plate, but began to sculpt the tofu slices that were one centimeter thick.

At this moment, only hearing a jingle, "Fat Brother" Zhao Liang sighed, but his chopsticks fell...

It seems that the appearance he envisioned may not have been fully achieved, but the movement of the last knife was larger, and the knife was not decisive enough. As a result, the "tofu model" as a whole was a bit crooked, and the unbalanced chopsticks fell straight down.

Zhao Liang had to stop when he saw this, and gave the remaining tofu on the plate to Liu Lousan...

"Remove the weight of the plate. Originally 100 grams of tofu, now there are 153.2456 grams left. It looks like it will be the bottom! A Liang, although your heat control is better than your brother's control, your knife skills are still a lot worse! Keep practicing! Remember, use the knife as an extension of your palm, don't be afraid of it!" Liu Lousan said solemnly.

The Zhao brothers’ talents appear to be a bit "polarized." First, the two brothers are not as strong as smell and smell, they are still in the category of humans, but they are much more sensitive than ordinary people. In terms of it, it is not a small advantage. At the same time, the personality of the two people (with few brains and lack of heart and eyes) also makes Liu Lousan satisfied...

However, the two also have a very fatal weakness for the cook, that is, when Liu Lousan just took the two as apprentices, their brother Zhao Ming was afraid of fire and his younger brother Zhao Liang was afraid of knives.

It's as if someone is dizzy, dizzy, blood dizzy, dizzy, usually people who have this situation will not take the road of cooking, but for some indescribable reasons, Liu Lousan still accepts their two brothers as disciples , Because I have been psychological counseling since I was a child, I will not show this kind of "fear" now.

However, there are still some descendant symptoms. When Zhao Ming needs to use open flames, he has a slightly worse control of the fire, while Zhao Liang has a slightly worse sword skill...

As soon as I finished talking here, Liu Maoyuan also heard the sound of chopsticks falling down, but Liu Maoyuan did not look disappointed. It seemed that he had already met the expectations, but there were some problems during the "striving for excellence".

"12o.11o2 grams...If it wasn't for the fact that the knife was too rushed at the beginning, the overall judgment was wrong, the base was too small, and the fixed part had to be thicker, it could actually be better! Also remind you not to act impatiently like a general in the future!

Especially after Yuanyue, there are very few opportunities for you to copy the recipes as they are. Although you have to be brave to try, you must also plan what you want to do before you start..."

Speaking of this, Liu Lousan glanced in the direction of Liu Subaru, and then continued: "Especially in the face of external harassment, you must also be vigilant, and don't let some non-disruptive people come in, although now Fengzi There are many people who get married, but at least you have to wait until after your twenties..."

"Uncle Lou! What are you talking about again!" Liu Subaruyuan said with shame.

"Eh? Did I say something wrong? I also listened to others. Haven't you been talking on the phone with the "mysterious man" for a long time recently? The girl suddenly started talking on the phone, no matter what you think...oh By the way, Wei Lan, who is in charge of finance, also took a look at your mobile phone bill. It is now long distance from the island country..."

"Who's the rumor? Who else is there besides Weilan? It's not like that at all!" Liu Maoyuan quarreled, as if looking for someone to settle the account.

"Hmm... Basically, people of the stomach and Pleiades under the age of 30 are spreading this matter?" Liu Lousan seemed to be completely absent. He was a lot of age, and his gossip level was still shameless and junior. The same!

Liu Maoyuan felt powerless when he heard the words, and was preparing to do something to restore his reputation so as not to continue to pass it on. It would be bad for even other "normal" elders to believe it!

Poorly she doesn't know yet, the few "longest elders" are also preparing to marry her out early...Of course, it is best to marry Liu Subaru!Anyway, everyone is Liu’s own family, there is no question of surname, and Liu Subaru is an orphan...

At this moment, Zhao Ming had also completed the final carving, pulling out the chopsticks directly, and handing them to Liu Lousan for weighing. Obviously, he already thought that he had reached the limit.

"Well! Not bad, 95.6382 grams! The old Liu Kuishan who taught me cooking at the time gave me and a few other brothers this test. I remember that when we were 13 or 4 years old...according to the old Liu Kuishan It is said that being able to be controlled below 1oog means that you have already understood some of the fur of the essence of sword art, and it is possible to realize the'essence of sword art' at any time!"

"Then how was Sanshu Gong Lou's grades at that time?" Liu Subaru asked immediately.

She was obviously full of malice that was infected by Liu Subaru. She knew that Liu Lousan was a late bloomer, so she deliberately asked!

"Hehe, it's not that I am bragging! My lung capacity was the largest at the time! When the first assessment, their chopsticks were blown down halfway through!"

No, this is nothing to brag about!It's a shame!

"Ha? Didn't the old Nakui Mountain... punish you?" Liu Maoyuan actually wanted to say "Didn't you beat you?"

"After all, everyone was only in their teens at the time... And at that time, the Kuishan people were watching them all the time. After I blown down Lou Yu's chopsticks next to him, he also came to blow mine... Finally, the Kuishan people came back. At the time, we were all blowing to each other, so we were all fined for practicing sword skills for one night and not allowed to eat!"

"Why do you always look so proud? Didn't you obviously die together..." Liu Maoyuan said weakly.

"Hahaha! Because the Kuishan elders were still young at the time and trained their younger generations to be cruel! With my sword skills at the time, I would definitely be at the bottom, and 80% of them would still be unable to eat dinner...In this way, five other people would accompany me. Didn't I make a profit?" Liu Lousan looked straightforward and confident.

Fortunately, just as Liu Lousan continued to lose his morals, Liu Subaru had already brought the plate...

And at this moment, the chopsticks are still standing on it!

You must know that even Zhao Ming pulled out the chopsticks first, and then brought the remaining tofu on the plate, because he was not sure that he could keep the chopsticks upright while moving.

While Liu Subaru's chopsticks stand firmly on it, and when everyone sees the base structure under the chopsticks, they all have a feeling of having a sexual relationship with man's best friend...

I saw the lower part of the chopsticks were supported by the three-legged brackets, and each part of the three-legged brackets was obviously carved separately. The overall outer edge is three right-angled triangle tofu slices, and one right-angled edge is stuck outside the chopsticks. , The other right-angled side is the bottom, the middle part is hollowed out with two small triangles, and only a single tofu stick is connected.

At the same time, between the three supports, three thin tofu strips are connected, and just around the chopsticks are three "tofu rings" about one centimeter wide. Each two-thirds of the "tofu ring" approached from the three legs. On the side of the chopsticks, the strip-shaped gaps specially left pass through...

The bottom of the chopsticks has a circular base with a diameter of only one centimeter and a height of one centimeter. The three right-angled parts of the "legs" are fitted on it!

Obviously these "parts" such as the feet, brackets, and protective rings were all carved separately, and then assembled together in a similar "tenon and tenon structure"...

Faced with this structure which is obviously different from everyone's style of painting, after the other four were stunned for a long time, Liu Lousan suddenly said: "You didn't take the chopsticks down while we were talking, did you?"

To be honest, even if the chopsticks are taken off halfway, it is amazing to be able to do this step!

"Of course not! I installed part or part of these'parts' after engraving, and after every part of the installation, after confirming the stability, I cut off the other tofu around." Liu Subaru starred.

Liu Lousan also took off the chopsticks and put on the scale...

Well, this electronic scale, which is said to be very prepared, shows a desperate number.

"39.5667 grams? This... Uncle Lou, did the clan elder say that if it is below 4o grams, what does it mean?" Liu Maoyuan asked with some difficulty.

The Zhao brothers also froze for a while, and then gradually recovered their blood...

It was true that at the beginning, the three of them were hit hard, but they quickly adjusted it... The reason is simple, the gap is too big!

If it is 89 grams, perhaps everyone will maintain a sense of competition, but now 39 grams...

In everyone's heart, there is an "aspiring little man" who lives, and now the Zhao brothers and the "aspiring little man" in Liu Maoyuan's heart were directly beaten to death by Liu Maoxing!

"This...usually speaking, it can be close to 5o grams, it should be that you have mastered the'sword skill', but... A Xing's situation is somewhat special." Liu Lousan said.

That’s right, Pleiades Liu can’t actually do this with his sword skills alone. It’s impossible to adopt a “tenon and tenon structure”. This is largely because Pleiades can perceive the texture and density of “tofu” with his “touch”. And when the knife is dropped, you can always feel the turbulence of the "tofu", so it is possible to achieve such a large degree of "reconstruction", so that the chopsticks will not fall!

However, Liu Lousan did not praise Liu Subaru Xing excessively. Instead, he glanced at him weirdly, and then said, "Okay, let's take a look at the problem of heat!"

"Chinese cuisine is cooking with flames. I don't need to explain the importance of firework to every Chinese cook... Next, use a piece of Mapo tofu to test your firework! Of course, because the test is firework, the ingredients are the Mapo tofu sauce, green onion and ginger that have been prepared in the morning, and there is no need to use additional things, nor water." Liu Lousan said.

"Is it tofu again? It is true that tofu is a more challenging ingredient. If the fire is too fast, the tofu will grow old, and if it is too slow, it will not form and affect the taste... Especially the tofu that needs to be stir-fried, the heat is more difficult to master." Liu Maoyuan muttered.

At this time, everyone has seen the sauce and minced meat prepared by Liu Lousan...

Mapo tofu usually has two general genres. One is to fry green onion, ginger, sauce, chili, etc., then add broth or boiling water, simmer the tofu for a few minutes, and then add starch to form the soup. For thickening, there is no step of adding water or broth. It only relies on the water from the oil and sauce, colored pepper, green onion and ginger to stir-fry the tofu.

Of course, there are also other wonderful ways, such as "Giant Panda Mapo Tofu", which is equivalent to steaming tofu and topping with Mapo sauce...

Of the two mainstream methods, the latter is much more difficult, and during the "Zhonghua Yifan" period, most of what "Liu Subacle" cooked was also the latter!

And now from the type of sauce Liu Kuishan prepared for everyone, we can see that it is also Mapo tofu that needs to be stir-fried. After all, even water cannot be added to it...

However, among the four people preparing for the assessment, Liu Subaru, who used to be popular with Mapo Tofu, let alone the other three, as members of the Liu family, or disciples of the Liu family, are also very familiar with the "Mapo Tofu" dish!

Many members of the Liu family learned the first dish "Mapo Tofu".

Only this is the case, it is obviously not difficult for them, but then, what Liu Lousan showed out made Liu Maoxing also stunned...

That's right, it is indeed tofu, and there is also a layer of plastic wrap...

The strength of putting the tray on the cooking table alone made the tofu wrapped in plastic wrap sway!

When the four of them saw this shaking, they couldn't help but look weird, while Liu Maoxing started to poke the tofu gently through the plastic wrap, and then his expression became strange...

"Senior Lou San, what you always prepare is... lactone tofu, right?"

Normally, the northern tofu is made with brine, and the southern tofu is made with gypsum. The reaction of brine tofu is more rapid, so the formed northern tofu is harder, less watery, and more aromatic, while gypsum tofu is more tender and elastic. More water.

Generally, northern tofu is used for frying, but southern tofu is suitable for soup and cold sauce...

And just in modern times, a new kind of tofu is produced, that is, tofu that is made with "gluconolactone", which is lactone tofu!

The texture of lactone tofu is no longer soft and tender. It is usually sold in the market and sold in disposable boxes. The texture should be said to be "thin" and more appropriate.

Although in theory lactone tofu is healthier, its disadvantage is also obvious...that is, it can only be used for cold salads!

Fried lactone tofu and lactone tofu soup are also available, but they have not formed a conventional dish. They are only used as a substitute for the northern and southern tofu... and they are not as good as the original in taste and taste!

And now Lou San actually wants them to use "lactone tofu" to "fry" a mapo tofu...

I'm afraid this thing will be more broken than minced meat after a few twists and fiddles in a large spoon!

"Master, Master, do you always want to test our heat, or do you want to test our skills?" Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang did not respond for a while.

If it’s a simmered mapo tofu, you can try it with "lactone tofu", but if you stir it...

At this time, Liu Maoyuan had already understood it, and couldn't help but say: "Two brothers, I think my uncle meant that we should process the internal fat tofu first! For example, fry them first, at least make them tougher! "

In the Liu family, as long as the disciples of the same family and foreign surnames are about the same age, they can talk about each other. It is not because of Liu Lousan's generation that the Zhao family brothers will be one generation older than Liu Maoyuan, so Liu Maoyuan is just called Yisheng Brother.

And Liu Lousan didn't say anything at this time, neither affirmed anything, nor rejected Liu Maoyuan's words!

It seems that after that, they are going to let them do it themselves to solve his problem.

But at this time, he looked at his watch and said, "By the way, I will come back at eight o'clock. You can think about it and try it slowly. There are a lot of lactone tofu prepared, enough for you to try... Dinner Someone will bring you some staple food when the time comes, so just don’t waste your experimental products.”

It's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and Liu Lousan, as the head of "Yangquan Restaurant" and "Yangquan Hotel", obviously won't stay here staring at them for five hours.

After Liu Lousan left, Liu Subaruyuan couldn't help but whispered to Liu Subaru Xing: "Uncle Lou San seems to be very busy too! Please also trouble him to arrange for us to study, don't arrange his old man afterwards!"

But at this time, I only heard the Zhao brothers muttering there: "Huh? This time...well, the master should visit his mother, right?"

"Yes, this time every week!"

Liu Subaru, who was halfway talking, couldn't help but froze on the spot. After looking at Liu Subaru's weird eyes, he explained for Liu Lousan: "Uncle Lou has never been married, and is still single now!"

"Marriage may really be unfinished, but you don't know if you are single..."

After that, Liu Subaru did not explore Liu Lousan's personal style, and possibly some gossip mixed with dog blood, but temporarily focused on the "lactone tofu" in front of him.

Cut off a small piece, pressed it with a knife face, and it turned into tofu paste immediately!

"These things are considered tender in the'lactone tofu'... No, it should be'thin', right?" Liu Subaru couldn't help but say.

"It seems that Uncle Lou didn't mean to prohibit us from discussing... what do you want to do?" Liu Maoyuan asked.

"Try frying first! Although I don't think that if the outer skin is fried, it can be used to make'Mapo Tofu'..." (To be continued.)