Chapter 414 Stew
Jiang Feng chose to retrace the episode from when Master Peng started making crab-stuffed oranges to when Cao Guixiang finished making crab-stuffed oranges, which lasted about an hour. Since the picture quality when taking screenshots was really poor, Jiang Feng deliberately took more screenshots before and after to be on the safe side, so as not to miss some key content.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Feng appeared in the back kitchen of Yonghe Ju again.
The filming of Manager Yin's rainbow fart has come to an end. Cao Guixiang was staring at the bag that Manager Yin brought, wishing she could write the words "I want to try it" on her face.
Jiang Feng focused all his attention on the stoves next to Master Peng. He remembered that Master Peng steamed crabs on the stove next to him. There were only two stoves next to Master Peng.
As a stand-alone restaurant, Yongheju covers an area larger than that of Tai Feng House. The corresponding kitchen is also larger than that of Tai Feng House. There are also many employees. When we are busy, we can work together, and when we are free, we can work together. Have fun together. When Jiang Feng was looking at the memories before, his attention was all on Master Peng, Qin Guisheng and Cao Guixiang. Even Peng Changping didn't pay much attention to them, and the others simply ignored them as backgrounds.
Jiang Feng went around to the back of the stove to look inside the stove. He found that there was no fire in the stove, so he waited beside it.
To make crab stuffed orange, you need to steam the crabs.
Sure enough, as soon as Manager Yin left, Master Peng asked Cao Guixiang to steam the crabs.
Cao Guixiang got the master's order to brush the crabs. An apprentice who Jiang Feng had no memory of before heard Master Peng's words and ran to light a fire.
A few sticks of firewood, a handful of hay, and in the blink of an eye a raging fire was ignited in the stove.
There's nothing wrong with steaming crabs over high heat.
Master Peng started to process the oranges, and Jiang Feng came close to Master Peng to watch his process.
Cao Guixiang's method of processing crab-stuffed oranges is based on what Master Peng learned. There is basically no difference, except that Master Peng is more experienced and faster, and can handle the complex structure of the orange with intertwined fascia.
But in about 20 minutes, three oranges were hollowed out and processed cleanly. Even the amount of orange juice remaining in the oranges was about the same.
"Guixiang, go take out the crabs and remove the meat." Master Peng ordered.
Jiang Feng had been paying close attention to what was going on on the stove. Cao Guixiang went to the steamer to take out the crabs. The apprentice who had made the fire also hurried to the stove to pull out the unburned wood and cover it with firewood ashes. .
Master Peng saw the apprentice's movements and said: "Leave a small part."
Leave a small part?
Jiang Feng was stunned. Every word Master Peng said might be the key to solving the case, but what does leaving a small section mean?
Jiang Feng didn't understand, but the apprentice did, and he used iron pliers to knock off a small section of unburned wood. The wood that had been burned in the stove for more than 20 minutes was so fragile that it broke into several pieces with just a light knock. The apprentice picked a piece of moderate size and left it inside, leaving this small piece of wood stained with firewood gray and white and fragile to stay alone on the pile of firewood ashes, flickering on and off with a faint red light.
Jiang Feng seemed to know how Master Peng steamed crabs and stuffed oranges.
He was very familiar with this method of burning firewood until leaving a small piece in the stove. Grandma Jiang liked to do this the most when cooking rice.
When he was in the countryside, Grandma Jiang usually cooked the food for the old man. Grandma Jiang is a very economical person when it comes to cooking firewood. Every meal she cooks requires a small amount of firewood, and even half of it is not used.
In the Jiang family, if a wood-fired stove is used to cook rice, the rice must be cooked last. Wait until all the vegetables are finished frying, and there is still a little or no firewood left in the stove, and the remaining heat in the stove is used to simmer the rice.
The air tightness and heat preservation of earth stoves are generally very good. Even after the firewood in the stove is burned out, the high temperature in the stove will continue for a long time, enough to simmer the rice.
The advantage of cooking rice in this way is that it saves firewood. When Grandma Jiang was a child, her family had six children, but only one was a boy. There was a serious shortage of labor. Firewood, which requires children to collect in the mountains, is a precious asset and needs to be used sparingly. This habit developed due to the serious shortage of labor force did not change until Grandma Jiang gave birth to five fat boys, and it continues to this day.
If the crab-stuffed oranges made by Master Peng are braised, the sweetness and umami flavor of the oranges can indeed be retained to the greatest extent.
Jiang Feng remembered that he had read a short article in a newspaper when he was in high school. For many years, the Germans had been determined to make seasonings accurate to grams and time accurate to seconds. They even tried to replace chefs with robots many years ago. I discovered that when boiling eggs, you don’t actually need to cook them for that long. You only need to cook them for two-thirds of the original time, and then turn off the heat. The remaining temperature and energy are enough to cook the eggs.
This is a discovery that sounds very practical, but 99% of people will not do it.
But Jiang Feng felt that he might have to practice hard on this egg-boiling skill in the future.
If you want to simmer food, it is crucial to control the remaining calories.
Jiang Feng continued to stare at the stove, having no time to pay attention to the actions of Master Peng and Cao Guixiang.
Jiang Feng just watched the small piece of firewood in the stove getting smaller and smaller, slowly merging with the firewood ash underneath. Even the red firelight became darker and fainter, becoming more and more sporadic, just like the firewood in the dark night. The dim stars flickered stubbornly with a faint light. After watching for a long time, Jiang Feng even felt a little dazed. He was not sure whether the firewood in the stove was completely burned out.
Jiang Feng couldn't help but look up at Master Peng. He had already finished handling the oranges in his hands and was watching Cao Guixiang pick the crab meat. He opened his mouth and said something to Cao Guixiang, not paying attention to what was going on in the stove.
Is it possible that Master Peng also cooks according to circumstances?
Jiang Feng was a little confused. How come the difficult technique of simmering crab-stuffed oranges was not as important to Master Peng as guiding his apprentice.
Did he think too much? Could it be that Master Peng didn't plan to simmer the crab-stuffed orange at all? Leaving a piece of firewood in the stove until the end of the fire was just a Yongheju habit to show off his wealth.
Jiang Feng looked at Master Peng. His mind was all on Cao Guixiang. He pointed at a part of the crab and told Cao Guixiang how to kick the crab meat faster.
He didn't even look at the stove.
After a few dozen seconds, Master Peng looked at Cao Guixiang's shaved crab meat, nodded and said to her: "There are still two oranges in the bag. You can use the remaining crab meat to practice by yourself later."
After saying that, Master Peng walked to the stove, walked around behind the stove, and stood behind Jiang Feng.
This was an ordinary move, but Jiang Feng suddenly became nervous and stared into Master Peng's eyes.
Master Peng glanced at the stove mouth.
It might have been two seconds, or it might have been three seconds. It was like an unintentional glance. He quickly looked away, turned to Cao Guixiang and said, "Guixiang, bring the crab-stuffed orange and put it on the steamer."
He took just one look and decided the temperature was okay.
Jiang Feng froze on the spot.
This is the first time he has seen what it means to be a master.
He had seen so many memories. No matter it was Cao Guixiang, Sun Zheran, Jiang Chengde or Jiang Hengzhong, none of them were as shocked as Master Peng's sight.
He felt that Master Peng only needed a glance at things that he felt needed to be pondered over, studied slowly, and treated with caution.
For Jiang Feng, mastering the timing of the crab-stuffed oranges is a major event that requires him to squat next to the stove and wait and watch slowly, just like making porridge without being distracted.
But for Master Peng, judging the timing of the crab-stuffed orange stew is just the simplest and most ordinary thing. It doesn't even need to involve an army, he just needs to walk behind the stove and take a look everywhere.
When masters compete with each other, just one move can determine the outcome.
Jiang Feng suddenly discovered that on the endless mountains of cooking, he might have just climbed a small peak, and there were countless mountains behind, each one higher than the other.
After Master Peng asked Cao Guixiang to steam the crab-stuffed oranges, he went to deal with the sunflower duck. Jiang Feng was a little reluctant and continued to squat at the mouth of the stove and stare into the stove, trying to figure out some clues.
As a result, except for the double vision, nothing could be seen.
Master Peng has been cooking in earth stoves all his life. He knows when to burn what kind of firewood, how much firewood to burn, how big a fire to make, and when to draw firewood. The ruler in Master Peng's mind was not something that a young man like Jiang Feng, who was used to using gas stoves, could understand.
Seeing nothing in the stove, Jiang Feng went to look outside the stove to see if there was anything hidden in other stoves.
As expected, Jiang Feng saw some tricks.
The firewood stacking in Yongheju is very particular.
Different types of wood, different lengths, different thicknesses, whole or split, burned or unburned, are all stacked separately.
Jiang Feng also discovered that there were actually two apprentices in Yonghe Residence who were responsible for burning firewood, and they were very professional.
On the surface, Yongheju is just a normal state-owned hotel with an overabundance of staff, but in fact everyone has their own division of labor, which is very detailed, and everyone performs their own duties.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
When Jiang Feng came to his senses, Master Peng's crab-stuffed oranges were out of the pot. Cao Guixiang was carefully taking out the crab-stuffed oranges and putting them on the tray. Jiang Feng quickly came over to take a look.
The oranges were not uncovered, but Jiang Feng could tell by just smelling the smell that the three crab-stuffed oranges in front of him were definitely A-grade.
fragrant.
It's not an ordinary fragrance, the fruity aroma and wine aroma are mixed together, and it's already very rich even before the lid is removed. The unique cooking method of stewing allows the aromatic snow wine to fully evaporate and penetrate into every corner of the orange, including the orange peel, combining with the fruity aroma of the orange, it is amazing.
Not curious, but amazing.
This kind of crab stuffed with orange is worthy of the title of famous dish.
Cao Guixiang went to deliver the food. This time Jiang Feng did not follow Cao Guixiang up, but stayed in the kitchen.
The first time he read this memory, he didn't realize that the back kitchen of Yonghe House was really a place that could be called a treasure. Not only Master Peng's descendants of Tan's cuisine, but also other chefs and even mediocre helpers are all very outstanding and powerful beings.
As soon as Cao Guixiang left, the originally silent kitchen suddenly became lively.
"Lao Peng, it's a little awkward for you to ask Guixiang to serve the dishes like this. Master Jin's young apprentice is famous for being handsome. Be careful that Guixiang falls in love with him and is seduced by him." Master Wang said with a smile.
"What nonsense are you talking about? There are still juniors here. Don't talk nonsense. Later, the reputation of Guixiang will be ruined." Master Peng said calmly.
Master Wang smiled and said nothing.
Qin Guisheng was a little confused when he heard what Master Wang said. He wanted to find someone to answer his questions, so he could only go to Peng Changping.
"Elder brother, what did Master Wang mean when he said that just now?" Qin Guisheng asked curiously.
"Literally." Peng Changping wiped the kitchen knife quietly. Now that he was dead, he could only wipe the knife.
"You said that Junior Sister would not really fall in love with Master Jin's apprentice, have you seen Master Jin's apprentice? Is it really as handsome as they say? I don't think it is possible in this world. With such a handsome man, how could anyone be so nice as to let a little girl pick out the windows of my house?" Qin Guisheng seemed to be asking Peng Changping a question, but he was actually talking to himself. .
"What if Master Jin's young apprentice is really handsome? Young Junior Sister is superficial in nature, and she usually likes to be with good-looking people like me. Oh my, what if Junior Sister is really attracted to me? But what should I do? He is just an apprentice with no formal establishment and no salary. How can such a person..." Qin Guisheng transformed into a humanoid BB machine and became a prophet.
Peng Changping continued to clean the knife as if he was not surprised, without even paying any attention to him.
Jiang Feng wandered around the back kitchen of Yonghe Residence for a while, focusing on studying the firewood and stove in the back kitchen. Time passed quickly.
Even Jiang Feng himself didn't realize that he was happily staring at Zao when he was kicked out of his memory and returned to the kitchen of Tai Feng Building.
The first thing Jiang Feng did when he left his memory was to boil a pot of water.
He wanted to know how much energy the boiled water had after it was turned off.
Earth stoves and gas stoves are different, and Jiang Feng cannot set up an earth stove in the back kitchen of Tai Feng Building just to make crab-stuffed oranges.
There are methods for earth stoves, and there are methods for gas stoves. Jiang Feng has now held the key to the door, and all he needs now is the strength to push the door.
Now that we are on the right path, it is only a matter of time before we reach the end.
Jiang Feng stared at the water in the pot. The water was very calm and it was still a long time before it boiled.
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