Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 44: Bounty 2000

After the lottery is finished, there will be another round of lottery. This time, the test questions will be drawn. Each person will draw the name of a dish, and the ingredients are optional. Just make this dish in front of five examiners. , and the entire operation process and the taste of the final product are recognized by the five examiners, even if the test is passed.

What Ning Xi drew was stir-fried cabbage hearts. But then I thought about it, the chef assessment is the most basic level to become a chef. Naturally, the exams are all basic things.

The strange thing is that Feng Zhihai, who had drawn the question before her, had a bitter look and asked curiously, "What did you draw?"

Feng Zhihai unfolded the note in his hand and showed her: "Fried pork loin." Ning Xi smiled when he saw it. It seemed that the questions in the test were all quick-fried dishes. That's right, so many people taking the test. A lot, if it takes an hour or two for everyone, then the examiners don't have to go back to sleep at night.

I just don't understand why he kept shaking his head and sighing: "What's wrong? Is there any difficulty?"

Feng Zhihai said with a bitter face: "The pig kidney is so stinky that it can't be imported at all. It's over. I'm destined to fail today's assessment."

"Haven't you learned how to cook pork loin?"

"No, most people don't eat this stuff, and I've never seen the chef in the restaurant make it. Who would have thought it would be so unlucky to win this topic."

Ning Xi said: "Don't worry, I will tell you a way, the pork loin will definitely not have a fishy smell."

Feng Zhihai immediately became excited: "What is the method, please tell me."

The candidates who were arranged in order entered the exam in groups of five. Ning Xi and his numbers were in the middle, and there were probably two more groups to take their turn. Ning Xi quickly told Feng Zhihai: "After you get the pork loin, , cut it vertically from the middle, remember, don't cut it horizontally, you will see a lot of white fascia in the middle, these are the main sources of its fishy smell, it must be completely removed with a sharp knife, even the white tendons The dark red areas next to it should also be removed, and this step must not be rushed, but must be carefully removed."

"Okay, I remember."

"Then cut a flower knife, then cut into small pieces, rinse with water until no blood flows out, then add an appropriate amount of white vinegar and starch to the clean water, soak the pork loin until it turns white, then remove it and rinse it. The last step, Mix it with **** and onion juice, cooking wine, pepper, and salt, then marinate for a while, and then use it to fry it to ensure that you will not eat any fishy smell."

"Also, it is best to use sesame oil when frying. The fire should be strong, and the sesame oil will be smoldering. Add pork loin, stir fry once or twice, add shredded ginger, salt and rice wine to serve on a plate, you'd better Prepare the ingredients to be added in advance, so that you won't waste time frying the pork loin, just do as I say, and make sure you can pass the test."

"Thank you very much, Miss Ning." Feng Zhihai said gratefully, suddenly remembered something again, and asked a little embarrassedly, "I don't know how to cut that flower knife."

Ningxi really wanted to tell him that with your level, it's really not suitable for you to take the chef exam, but seeing his anxious appearance, he couldn't bear it anymore: "Forget it, come here, I'll talk to you. Say it." He was about to use his left hand as a pork loin and his right hand as a kitchen knife, and gestured to show him how to cut a flower knife when he heard a voice in front of him: "Twenty to twenty-fifth candidates, ready to select materials!"

In a hurry, Ning Xi couldn't go into details, he just said in a hurry: "You can make a few cuts horizontally and vertically on the cut surface, don't cut it, and then cut it into small pieces." I don't know him. Did you really understand.

When you enter the examination room, you can no longer care about others. The five stoves are lined up, and the examiner's seat is in front, slightly higher. There was no way to hide, Ning Xi was used to seeing big scenes, so naturally he wouldn't be nervous. He took time to look at Feng Zhihai beside him, and saw that although he was a little nervous, he still handled his pork loin exactly as she said. , and then confidently return to the work at hand.

Only the tenderest young stems and flower parts of choy sum, wash and set aside. Ningxi also chose a small piece of fatty meat, cut it into thin slices, first boiled it into lard residue in a pot, and used the meat of the oil residue to activate the cabbage element. a scent.

When the oil starts to smoke lightly, add a little sugar and salt, shake in a few drops of Shaoxing wine, put the cabbage in the pot and stir fry quickly, stir fry for a while and then serve on the plate, the key is a quick word, If there is a little hesitation, the cabbage will soon become old, and the taste will be much worse.

Among the five candidates, Ning Xi's movements were the fastest. The cabbage she brought up was evenly shaped, green and green, and it was sweet and refreshing in one bite. Everyone was full of praise, and in the blink of an eye, a plate of cabbage hearts were eaten without any leftovers. After eating, I couldn't help but sigh. I didn't expect that there are such masters who came to take the chef exam. Compared with the usual apprentices who just graduated, the level is really much higher.

After eating, I only remembered the score, and they all gave Ning Xi the highest score. When Ning Xi went down, he saw Feng Zhihai's fried waist flower brought up, Ning Xi glanced at it, and the waist flower was cut well. In one breath, it was very good, there was no fishy smell, and his comprehension was good. Ning Xi secretly gave him a compliment.

After the cooking test, the results of the morning written test came out. At the exit, someone issued a chef's license based on the results of the two tests. Ningxi also received her own small bronze medal with her name and place of origin engraved on it. , the time to get the chef license, there is another number, her number is 2598, Ning Xi secretly said, it turns out that she is the 2598th person in the world to get the chef license.

Feng Zhihai also got the chef card. After he came out, he naturally thanked Ning Xi for thousands of times. He finally got rid of him and returned to Shuangxi Tower. Everyone came out to greet her like a great hero. Meng Shuangshuang jumped first. He came up and took her arm: "How is it, how is it, how is it?"

Ningxi pinched her nose: "Don't you believe me?"

An Mingyue said: "Let me just say, Ningxi has absolutely no reason to fail. By the way, Ningxi, what kind of food did you cook for today's exam? Would you like to make it for us to judge?"

"Fried cabbage heart, do you want to eat it?"

An Mingyue said disappointedly: "No way, it's as simple as that? Anyway, you have to have some meat, but it's fine, with Ningxi's craftsmanship, even boiling a bowl of white water is better than others' cooking, let's go. Let's go, let's cook the cabbage heart."

Seeing that everyone was so interested, Ningxi simply cooked a large table of dishes, and Quan Dang wanted to celebrate. As a result, everyone had their stomachs stretched out, and they collapsed on their chairs and didn't want to move.

Ningxi's return, Shuangxi Tower's morale has soared, and business is getting better and better. Only Wang Dongping occasionally looks at Pinxianju with the door closed on the opposite side, and sighs where Yuan Fugui has gone. know how it goes.

The little butler who was in charge of purchasing came back from the outside, and he didn't even care about drinking water, so he hurriedly found Meng Shuangshuang first: "Miss Meng, look at this." He took out a piece of paper from his arms. Folded yellow paper.

Meng Shuangshuang opened it, and it turned out to be a yellow list posted by Prince Qi's mansion. It said that Princess Qi's birthday will be held in half a month, and Prince Qi's mansion is going to hold a food conference. A dish that makes the princess' appetite wide open, the reward is thousands of taels.

Meng Shuangshuang stared at the last words "a bounty of a thousand taels", "Gu Dong" swallowed: "This is just a different way to send money to us Ningxi!"

In the back kitchen, I found Ningxi, who was trying new dishes with Rong Daquan, and slapped the piece of paper in front of her: "Look at Ningxi, the opportunity to make money is here again!"

Ning Xi smiled and said, "The money earned by Shuangxi Tower is not enough for you to spend, so you are here to encourage me to make more money. Okay, you can go to the cashier and pay one hundred taels of silver to go out to the street to buy clothes." I still picked up the piece of paper and read it carefully, "The food conference, how do you know that I will definitely win this thousand taels of gold?"

"Of course, if you can't win, who can win?" Meng Shuangshuang said boldly.

Ning Xi thought for a while and said, "It's strange, this food conference doesn't say what judges to invite, it just makes the princess' appetite full of appetite? Brother Rong, do you know what this means?"

Rong Daquan said mysteriously: "You are asking the right person, and most people really don't know why!"

Meng Shuangshuang said dissatisfiedly: "Then tell me quickly, what are you selling?"

Rong Daquan specially looked outside the door of the small kitchen, then closed the door again, and then started talking to them.

This matter has to start 15 years ago. Ten years ago, there was a disturbance in the capital. Generally speaking, it was a Jianghu organization called Qinglong Sect who committed the disturbance. At that time, the King of Qi was ordered to pacify the chaos and rounded up the leader of the Qinglong Sect in a village in the suburbs of Beijing. In that fierce battle, according to the people who cleaned up the battlefield later, after the soil in the village was dug up a foot, the bottom was still red. Yes, it's all soaked in blood!

Nowadays, this is a big taboo, and it is generally not mentioned at random. Gradually, the younger generation doesn't even know it happened.

I heard Ning Xi and Meng Shuangshuang covering their mouths and exclaiming horror, but Ning Xi came back to his senses later: "Then what does this have to do with the princess?"

Rongda said: "It doesn't matter!"

Meng Shuangshuang: "Che, what are you talking about?"

Rong Daquan: "Speaking of that, after the chaos, the princess suddenly became ill and couldn't eat. No matter what it was, she would vomit immediately as soon as she ingested it, and she could barely drink a little water. Over the years, the prince has been looking for famous chefs to cook for the princess, but no matter how famous the chef is, they have never aroused the princess's appetite. For the past 15 years, the Qi Wangfu has held a food conference like this. Eight times, if not ten times, this bounty has also been increased again and again, from the original 100 taels of gold to the current 1,000 taels, but in fact, no one has ever really gotten the money. ."

Meng Shuangshuang wondered: "According to you, the princess has not eaten anything in the past 15 years? How did she survive?"