The Counterfeit Little Master of the Halberd

"Variants of Provence stew...Variants of Eggs Benedict...But what does this have to do with the'past'?" The judges said in confusion, looking at the two dishes in front of them.

"No, I don't think I need to call them over to explain."

"Yep?"

"I think their current performance is enough to show that their cooking is in line with the topic of the'past'. Don't forget... this time the two contestants have a long-lost father-daughter relationship."

"Isn't'separated' accurate? How do I remember that it was Naginariji who was deprived of custody rights for suspected child abuse?"

"Well, these things have nothing to do with the current game...Well, according to their appearance, they should indeed be two dishes related to the'past', then let's taste it!"

Obviously some of the judges have heard some rumors related to the internal grievances of the Yuan Yue system. Although they have different understandings because of their different inclinations in their hearts, they have been selected as the judges of "All? Blue". At that time, they were able to be "frank".

Even if you think the Naginaki thistle has a problem with your daughter's attitude, as long as you really feel that the "Provençal grilled dish" is more delicious when you taste the food, you will not lose points for the Naginaki thistle, and vice versa...

"What's the matter? How did you turn the camera? Damn it!" Liu Subaru patted the keyboard depressedly in front of the computer.

When the live broadcast was reaching its most tense moment, the camera turned to the direction of the judges!

In fact, this is also normal. At this time, it has reached the stage of presenting dishes, and ordinary people's attention will be on the referee.

As for the results of Nakiri thistle and Erina tasting each other’s dishes, it doesn’t matter to others...

Only Liu Subaru, who knew about the "dark cooking showdown", paid special attention to Erina.

From the angle that the camera can't see, Erina also started to taste slices of "Provence grilled dishes."

First, the eggplant, Erina couldn't help but change her face when she tasted it: "Well? When did this taste... By the way! It was the beginning of the kitchen knife with salt water!"

That's right, Erina tasted the eggplant and sauce in the eggplant.

The eggplant itself tastes mild, the texture is tough and tender, and it is good at savouring and absorbing oil... Under the influence of the sauce blended with smoked peppers, crushed tomatoes and various spices, the eggplant itself has a light eggplant fragrance. During the winding, a wonderful match is formed.

However, in addition, Erina, who has a "super taste", also accurately judged that in the taste of eggplant, there is also a salty taste that is neither eggplant nor sauce!

When cooking eggplants, some people like to soak them in salt water. The main reason is to make the eggplant water analyze a part of it, so as not to absorb oil too much, and also to prevent the eggplant from oxidation and blackening.

But now the taste is not too deep in the eggplant, so Erina decisively judged that it was the naginata thistle that had been dipped in some salt water before cutting the eggplant.

This "salty" is not superfluous. After adding a little salt water to the mild eggplant, it fits better with the sauce!

In fact, this is what Erina and Liu Subaru, who was watching the visual effects purely during the broadcast, suspected...

Such "roasting", although in terms of image and taste, avoids the mixing of "stew", but there is one biggest problem!

Unlike "Stew", where all the ingredients and soup are put together to cook, this "Provence Roast" is equivalent to using one sauce to match five kinds of fruits and vegetables.

Is this really "exquisite"?

You must know that the taste and taste of the five kinds of fruits and vegetables are different, which is equivalent to using a key to open five different locks. Can it really fit together?

But the current eggplant is equivalent to using a slightly different sauce from other fruits and vegetables...

This made Erina feel vaguely, it seems that the cooking of naginata thistle is not just as simple as it seems on the surface!

After swallowing the eggplant, Erina did not stop, but went on to taste the tomatoes.

Because the tin foil is removed in the middle, all the ingredients in it are dry, and the tomato with the most moisture is obviously becoming "dried tomato" at this time, and the taste is completely different from normal tomatoes.

The first reaction after the entrance... sour!

That's right, the tomatoes selected by Naginata thistle are obviously more sour than normal tomatoes, but the sourness between ripe and immature fills the gap between the taste of the tomato itself and the sauce...

Erina seemed to realize something, and immediately tasted the pumpkin.

sweet!

Pumpkin itself is a cucurbit vegetable with a sweet and waxy taste. It is usually stored reasonably after being picked to make the pumpkin more mature and increase its sweetness...

But the pumpkin from thistle-cut thistle was obviously just picked soon!

The same was true for the previous eggplants and tomatoes. Erina was able to taste this, and guessed that it was the function of the "spiritual storehouse".

Freshly picked pumpkin, but so sweet... Honey pumpkin!Erina reacted immediately.

Mimoto pumpkin is a large variety of pumpkins. It is the product of hybridization. Its appearance is different from ordinary pumpkins. It is usually in the shape of a gourd. Previously, the sliced ​​thistle from Naginata used pumpkin pieces instead of the whole pumpkin. Erina has not responded yet. Come over this.

The biggest feature of Miben Pumpkin is just like its name...sweet!

Among the pumpkins, it is one of two sweetness.

It is this sweetness that makes the taste of pumpkin and sauce perfectly match!

Erina also understood it now...

This sauce is not only as simple as "stewed" to "roasted", it is also a rare "five-flavored sauce".

That is to say, only a prominent taste is needed as a primer, and it can exert different effects and harmonize with different ingredients!

Although Erina has only tasted three kinds, it can be inferred that the other two kinds of vegetables, namely lettuce and potatoes, must have similar effects...

And these five flavors are not randomly selected, they are all the basic flavors of human taste buds!

In ancient Chinese cuisine, the concept of five flavors used to be "sour, bitter, sweet and salty", also collectively referred to as "sweet, bitter, spicy and salty".

(Wuwei is actually a concept of Chinese medicine, here it refers specifically to the situation of the world in the novel.)

But later, with the combination of technology and cooking, and with human research on taste and taste buds, it was gradually discovered that the taste of "spicy" is actually a "pseudo taste" triggered by touch...

Just as chili oil can feel "hot" even if it is dropped on the skin without taste buds, in essence, "hot" belongs to the sense of touch, which can be said to be a kind of "pain".

Therefore, for a long time, there are only four basic tastes recognized in the world, that is, "sweet, bitter and salty".

However, the Eastern cuisine faction usually thinks that there should be a taste, that is "fresh"...

Many Chinese cuisines are based on "fresh", including "Sheep Fang Tibetan Fish", the first dish of classical Chinese cuisine!

Until the early and mid-term of the era of "world cuisine integration", it was finally discovered through a sufficient number of experiments that the "umami" taste is indeed an independent basic taste. Therefore, a new five-flavor concept recognized by the cooking industry in the past 100 years-sweet and sour Bitter and salty.

The five kinds of fruits and vegetables used in Naginata thistle obviously correspond to the new five flavors "sweet, sweet, bitter and salty"!

The taste of lettuce itself is slightly bitter in its freshness. It is different from the "cucurbitacin" which is toxic to the human body. The light bitterness of lettuce comes from "lettuce" and is not like the "bitter melon" of bitter gourd. "Leaf Su" and "Wild Cucumber Juice Enzyme" are so aggressive...

The right amount of bitterness fits the combination of "five flavor sauce" and bitterness.

And potatoes, that is, potatoes, people often ignore its taste, that is, "no taste".

But in fact, potatoes are the representative of the "umami" taste in vegetables!

Different from the umami taste that can be directly eaten from meat and fish, potatoes alone are hard to feel "fresh", but when stewed with other meats, they can play a role of "freshness"... …

This is why potatoes are good companions for stews all year round.

And after roasting potatoes, the "fresh" taste makes up for the gap between the sauce and the potatoes!

It is similar to but completely different from the "Provençal stew" that Erina tried to taste when the thistle was cut.

The original "Provençal stew" of Naginata cut thistle mixed the five flavors to squeeze the potential of the Erinai as a child, but the current "Provencal Roast" also makes good use of the five flavors, but it pushes the five flavors to the appropriate level. s position.

Suddenly Erina felt that compared to the five ingredients, the "five flavor sauce" underneath was the protagonist...

After tasting all the five ingredients, the judges finally reacted. This is not using the sauce to set off the five ingredients, but using the five ingredients to complement the sauce separately!

The essence of this "Provence grilled dish" can only be realized after tasting five kinds of flavors...

And Erina, who has "super taste", already feels that he is going to be lost in the abyss of taste!

The extreme taste enjoyment of the "five flavors" struck Erina staggeredly, and finally woven into a net, which firmly bound Erina's spirit.

Erina did not forget what Linger had said before, and understood that this feeling was not only due to instinctive closeness to “deliciousness”, but also because of the “dark cooking showdown”.

At this time, Erina desperately recalled the taste of her cooking...

It’s very difficult to feel, because the cooking of naginata thistle already contains "all" five flavors!

In theory, all the flavors come from the basic flavors, but Naginaki thistle has already achieved the ultimate in the basic flavors of the five flavors...

This "extreme" does not mean that the naginaki thistle cuisine is heavy, but refers to the extreme "enjoyment" of taste!

Dishes derived from the same basic taste, if you continue tasting, the inferior one will look eclipsed, and the "demon" cooking heart of Naginaki thistle exacerbates this.

And now Naginari thistle obviously wants to use his own five-flavor sauce to completely restrain Erina's play!

Yes, so far, among the dragon chefs that Erina and Liu Subaru have fought against, Naginari thistle is the most serious, the best one, and the recipe selection is the most suitable for use in the competition.

While watching the broadcast, Pleiades Liu, from the expressions of the judges, guessed the intention of the thistle and the secrets of the dishes...

"Sure enough, being led by the'curse' to participate in the competition, the effect is completely different from the competition that really wants to participate, and the original intention and the "curse" completely overlap!"

Regardless of whether it was Pleiades Liu or Erina, all the dragon chefs I met before, in fact, the dishes made in the duel are not dragon-level, at best they are only close!

Dragon-level cooking requires not only dragon-level skills, but also dragon-level inspiration...

The pride of the dragon chefs makes them not use ready-made recipes even when they are led by the "curse" to confront Liu Subaru and Erina, and the ready-made dragon-level recipes may not be suitable.

Therefore, almost all of their dishes were created in a short period of time. Even Chef Dragon is not always inspired by the Dragon.

And the current "five-flavored sauce grilled dish" not only has reached the dragon level, but it is also particularly good at playing games!

Coupled with the bewitching effect of the "devil" kitchen heart, it just happens that the appetite of the diners can be stimulated by overdraft, and the price of overdraft will naturally be borne by the opponent!

At this time, the judges were already preparing to taste Erinai's "Eggs Benedict".

"En? This fried egg... the silky yolk is not less than a poached egg?"

Seeing the golden fluid yolk pouring out of the egg white from the knife, the judges couldn't help but wonder.

"Obviously there is a slight smell of oil coke on the outside... it was made by frying at an instant high temperature?"

"Yes, this shows that Erinai's grasp of the heat of the fried egg has reached the fullest degree... Obviously he has the essence of firework." The judges said while looking at the golden fluid egg yolk.

Whether poached eggs or omelettes with soft hearts, the moment when the yolk comes out is the most tempting!

The golden fluid flowed onto the ham in the Polish roll below. The tender Parma ham was slightly bent down, and then gently lifted after the flow...

Although the five-flavored sauce grilled with Naginari thistle made the judges feel that "the ultimate taste is nothing more than this", after seeing this scene, the judges were re-appetite visually.

"If that's the case, then I'll start!"

The appetites that the judges had previously covered because of the enjoyment of taste were quietly lifted up...

However, the crisis of Erina still has not been resolved. Now it is just the subjective will of the judges, not repelling it. In fact, after eating, the biggest possibility is still being covered up.

I saw a few judges, one after another, the whole cut piece of fried egg, along with the Parma ham, duck and crusty bread that were cut together, put them in their mouths.

The hollandaise sauce on the omelette is made with lemon juice, egg yolk, cream and spicy tarragon. As for the omelette below, except for the "outside burnt inside flow", it seems to be an expanded version of " In addition to the "water wave egg", there is another "secret" hidden.

That is when the omelette was in the bowl, about one-third of the egg yolk was replaced by Erina with a syringe!Replaced with sour mayonnaise similar to Holland sauce, but without the spicy flavor!

However, when the harmonious hot and sour flavors bloomed in the mouths of the judges, they were immediately overwhelmed by the nostalgia for the hot and sour in the previous "five-flavored sauce grilled dishes"...

Immediately there is Parma ham. The "egg yolk up version" mayonnaise drizzled on it adds to its savory taste. With the essence of Erina's knives, the soft texture of thin slices of Parma ham seems to be similar. The unsavory savoury taste brings a double enjoyment of taste and touch!

Unfortunately, before these two enjoyments bloomed, they were extinguished by the salty and umami flavor that had bloomed before the other two...

Finally, as the finishing touch, the German-style farmer's bread is made by mixing oats and wheat. The fragrance of oats is mixed with the unique bitterness of grains.

Sure enough, as the owner of "Ultra Taste", Erina was in a battle with the Naginari Thistle, who had been in a taste training for her, and even made her "Ultra Taste" in a self-enclosed state. Rina also chose dishes that blended multiple tastes.

If... as planned, the "sour and spicy" and "salty" in the five flavors can be made as if the left and right sides are invading first, and finally the slight bitterness in the thick is enough to set off the army's pressure. Conquer anyone's taste barriers!

Anything that is a little bit incomplete in the cooking of naginata thistle may make Erina's cooking "excellent".

But now...

Erina felt like she was a puppet, still controlled by the grinning Naginari thistle. Even in her heart, Erina had been held in her hand by the huge "demon" kitchen heart. Seeing to be grasped from top to bottom...

But at this moment, a soft cry rang from Erina's heart!

I saw Urina, who was once again dominated by fear and fell into the palm of the devil, as if he was about to fall into the dark abyss again. Suddenly a pair of wings appeared behind him, and his body was dazzling light, soaring before the "devil"'s hands were closed. Out!

"How, how is it possible? This is..." The demon murmured as he looked at Erina in shock.

"Yes! I still remember it after all... It seems that I am better when it comes to taste, which proves that you were completely wrong from the beginning! Leave my heart... I hope to see you next time When you were, it wasn't this ugly look! But what my mother said..."

With Erina's words, the huge demon projection melted from Erina's heart!

At the same time, the judges also "Yan Yi".

At the beginning, the judges frowned slightly when they tasted Erina's cooking...

There is no doubt that Erina’s cuisine is also very delicious, but every taste is blocked by the impression that Naginaki thistle left in their taste memory, which made the judges feel that it is intellectually delicious, but emotional On the other hand, there is a sense of disagreement of "unwilling to eat".

But just during deep chewing, the sixth flavor appeared!

A completely different flavor from the previous five flavors...

Until recent years, the American Development Association discovered the sixth flavor of the basic flavor...fat.

It can also be translated as "fat flavor" in Chinese, which is similar to the flavor produced by directly dripping grease on the tongue, most of which are "fat"...

In just a few years, "Fat" has also been proven to not overlap with other basic flavors. It is not a fusion of other basic flavors, but the "sixth flavor".

However, the research on "fat" is still very superficial. There is no direct condiment such as sugar and vinegar that can directly enhance the taste of "fat". This is also an important capital of the American Development Association.

If it develops step by step, the American Development Association is likely to become the "fourth largest cooking organization" within 20 years, and the discovery of the "fat" cooking history level credit is bound to be an important driving force!

However, as a representative of the American Development Association, Naginari Thistle did not directly use this point, but was used by Erina...

In each portion of "Eggs Benedict", Erinai adds a few slices of fat and thin duck in the center in addition to the ham.

Duck meat itself is an ingredient that makes people feel fatty. When the Erina was cooked, it did not suppress this fattyness and did not completely follow the Cantonese roast duck recipe. Instead, it used its own game flavor to further It feels "more fatter"!

It can be said that the roast duck of Erina, if it is tasted alone, is not very delicious, as if someone really asks the diners to taste the pure fat in oil, they may even be beaten...

But if it is in stews or barbecues, this little bit of "fat" taste can give people a higher level of taste enjoyment!

At this last moment, "Fat" is also like a "sword", making Erina's cooking escape the blockade of Naginaki thistle!

Moreover, the previous blockade is like filling "air" into rubber tires. The seemingly soft air, as long as it reaches three or four times the atmospheric pressure, it can produce an explosive effect when it erupts!

The same goes for Erinai's "Bandini"...

Originally, Erinai's level was only about the same as Liu Subaru's. In the case of the longest performance, it was only the pinnacle of Lin-level. This is also true for this "Egg Benedict" that brings together the essence of Erina's taste and taste.

But it is precisely because of the blockade of Naginata thistle...

At this moment, the judges seemed to see a fat duck studded with gems, breaking free from the fishing net and rushing to the sky.

At this moment, the gem bloomed with a brilliance that was better than itself, as if it had people's yearning for freedom!

At this moment, the thoughts before Naginata cut thistle completely counteracted.

Just after "Fat" broke through the blockade of Naginata thistle, the flavor of Erina's "Eggs Benedict" fully bloomed in the taste of the judges!

Oppression can only bring more intense rebound!

If this recipe is not used, if the "demon" effect of thistle is not so, if the thistle is not the first to present the dishes...

But there are not so many ifs. This is indeed accidental, but it also has its inevitability!

"You, you... have known... my... recipe?" Naginaki thistle said after tasting Erina's cooking, his eyes burst and his voice was hoarse.

"No, I don't know, I just guessed that you must hope for a complete crushing victory, and even want to control me again? But it is your mentality that can stimulate the will of intelligent creatures." Erina said.

Yes, to a certain extent, what is contained in Erina's cooking at this moment is not only his own will, but also the will of the diners themselves to be driven!

It is the will of the diners that strengthens her cooking heart, making her cooking reach the dragon level, and because of the participation of the diners' own will, it is easier to have a sense of belonging!

This is what Erina can think of, and now she is the only way she can defeat Naginari thistle...

Although it is very thrilling, because after guessing the thoughts of Naginaki thistle, he must “cooperate” with him to block and block his cooking. If he is not careful, he may fail and be controlled by the "devil" cooking heart again, but the final result, Whether it is the "final showdown" that determines the fate of human recipes, or "All? Blue"...

"Five to zero! The result of the'past group' has appeared! Five to zero... Erina Nagiri won!"