Chapter 33: Chef 32

Lin Dan's bold and outspoken surprise to the emperor. He had originally despised this little-looking lady, but now, with a hint of interest in his eyes, "I can naturally guarantee the fairness of this competition. I just watch and don't comment. Who is your culinary skill? It is up to these old ladies and old ladies to make the final decision. "
Lin Dan faced several referees, bowed one by one, and said, "Although that being said, the contest is still unfair to the women. The chef Yan Yu has been reused by her Majesty, and now you have lent Xiangyuan to She tested and came to watch the battle in person. Your behavior has shown your attitude-you are inclined to her. And you are the master of the world, how can your people dare to disobey you. Today, I As soon as I stepped into the fragrance garden, I actually lost. I understand this principle. The emperor's wise and mighty should also understand. "
The more they listened, the more horrified they were. They never expected that Lin Dan would be so outspoken.
The emperor laughed loudly, with a stronger sense of interest in his eyes: "So, how are you going? Do you want to continue this test?"
Yan Langqing showed a complicated expression. If she could, she naturally wanted to compete with Lin Dan again, but the emperor defended her so much that she could not help but appreciate it. However, Yan Shouye felt that this test did not need to continue at all. Lin Dan came from shame today. When his daughter becomes a mother, he must die Lin Dan!
However, Lin Dan did not hesitate to nod his head: "It is natural to compare, but for the sake of fairness, the rules must be set by me. May I have your Majesty? I think when I first tested with Yan Yuchu because I was Hou House chef, his father is also loved by Yongding Hou. In order to be fair, the schedule is also determined by Yan Yu chef, and she decides what, how, and who will be the referee. Now our situation is reversed. , I made the same request, isn't it excessive? "
The emperor glanced at Yan Langqing and nodded, "It's not too much. You say, how do you want to compare?"
Although Lin Dan seems to have the right to dominate, the deterrence of imperial power still exists. Even if she makes the most delicious dish, as long as the referee can say a word, she can knock her down the abyss. The so-called fairness never existed before power. Lin Dan was bold, but he wasn't very intelligent. Thinking about this, the emperor shook his head secretly, feeling relieved.
Lin Dan said nothing: "This time in the test, we use the same ingredients to make the same dishes. Not many, just one."
Yan Langqing asked, "What kind of food do you want?"
"As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, shall we wrap the dumplings?" Lin Dan looked at her with a slight smile.
Yan Langqing froze. It took a while before she came back to her, nodding slowly. Through the four signature dishes, she had a slight understanding of Lin Dan's level. She had thought that she would try a dish that was extremely difficult to cook, but she did not expect that she would offer Baozi. However, Yan Langqing didn't hesitate at all, and the maids in the palace also loved dumplings. She had wrapped all kinds of dumplings and was well received. She was not afraid. The damsels in the palace can talk to each other better than others, and she can serve several referees naturally.
"You and I each pack 50 pounds of dumplings and only meat dumplings, can you?" Lin Dan continued.
"Packing fifty pounds?" Yan Langqing finally showed a surprised expression.
"Can you?" Lin Dan stared at her.
"can."
"Very good, then please provide Your Majesty with 100 pounds of glutinous rice, 50 pounds of pork belly, glutinous rice and pork belly need not be separated. They are packaged in a bucket and we go to the kitchen to distribute it ourselves. If we need extra condiments, we can also do it separately Raised to the palace people, do not interfere with each other. Is this possible? "Lin Dan arched his hands, his attitude was not humble.
The emperor bowed his head and said, "Yeah, let's get ready." Who will eat 50 pounds of meat? Lin Dan, is this the person who wants to die?
Not only was the emperor surprised, but the rest of the guests were puzzled. However, Lin Dan and Yan Longqing have already gone to the kitchen one after the other, and have no time to ask. Even if she asks, I'm afraid she won't give an answer, and wait until the meat is packed. I thought this was a contest that had already been won before the start, but it was not expected that Lin Dan would set it as a suspense. The Lin treasurer was quite interesting.
No matter how speculative you are, Lin Dan, who has entered the kitchen, is astonished. One hundred pounds of glutinous rice was packed in a huge wooden barrel, and the palace man gasped in, followed by a barrel with fifty pounds of pork belly in it.
Lin Dan twisted the glutinous rice with his hands and bowed with satisfaction.
Yan Langqing said warmly, "Your concerns are a bit redundant. I won't be mean enough to let them prepare the ingredients for me, and prepare the poor ingredients for you. You pick the glutinous rice and pork first. I use the rest."
Lin Dan turned his head to look at the other side, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Thank you Yan Yuzhu."
Yan Langqing slowly rolled up his sleeves. "Then let's start?"
"Okay, but before that, I have to specify the shape and size of the rice dumplings, don't you have any opinion?" Lin Dan took out three lotus leaves, rolled them into a cone, put some sticky rice, and tied them with a rope. He signaled: " Can you make the same shape, the same size? "
This request was really strange, but Yan Langqing didn't think about it, nodded and said: "Yes." She immediately wrapped an identical triangular maggot and handed it to Lin Dan for inspection.
Lin Dan untied the two mules, put the glutinous rice back in, and smiled, "So we can start."
They each occupied a stove and were busy. Yan Langqing first soaked the glutinous rice, then cut the pork belly into thin slices, and marinated it with seasonings such as raw soy sauce, fine salt, sugar, and peanut oil. When she looked up, she found that Lin Dan was cooking, and the rice and pork belly were not moving. .
There are no dumplings. What is the stove doing at this time? She was strange under her heart, and couldn't help but look twice, only to find that Lin Dan's stove was not using firewood, but the sesame sticks specially requested from the palace people. There were many cooked sesame seeds on the sesame sticks, and they were burned. There was a snoring sound when licking, and another unique Jiaoxiang came out, which was extremely strong.
Yan Langqing took a deep breath and couldn't help but feel curious.
Lin Dan didn't even look at her, just put the sesame sticks that were burnt into one place, wrapped in a thin silk cloth, kneaded it in a cool white, and rubbed the clear water into turbid gray water After repeated filtering with a fine silk cloth several times, it was confirmed that there was no residue, so that the glutinous rice was soaked in.
The white glutinous rice was stained with a dirty color after entering the water, and Yan Langqing's mind instantly popped out of four big characters-violent heaven! These dumplings are packaged to be eaten by several referees. Isn't it too dirty to handle them in this way? She was puzzled in her heart, but she didn't want to ask. This test is related to her reputation, and she will not stop Lin Dan from death.
Lin Dan soaked the glutinous rice and started processing pork belly. Her choice of spices is similar to that of Yan Langqing, with only a slight difference in weight. After everything is ready, she starts to make dumplings. It can be seen that her method of making zongzi is very old-fashioned. When she flips her wrists, the loquat leaves are rolled up. Some glutinous rice is placed below, a piece of meat is stuffed in the middle, and some glutinous rice is placed on the top. Close them, tie them with a rope, and tie a small knot at the end of the rope.
Yan Langqing also began to pack dumplings, the same size and shape as Lin Dan. After wrapping one, she threw it into a nearby bowl and waited for it to be cooked.
From the morning to the afternoon, the two of them wrapped up 50 pounds of dumplings each, and put them in two buckets of the same size and shape. They were cooked at the moment, and they were steaming. Before everyone judged, Lin Dan counted the number of sister-in-law and walked to Yan Langqing's wooden barrel, and said slowly: "You and I will exchange positions."
Although full of doubt, Yan Langqing felt nothing, so she walked to the side of her barrel to stand. Even if she changed positions, she recognized her barrel, could she be greedy by Lin Dan?
Then Lin Dan invited all guests, archway: "Could you please go into the kitchen with two guards, and swap the two barrels placed left and right, as many times as you like, if you do n’t, of course. Yes. After one adult exchanges, another adult goes in to continue the exchange. After five rounds, it is enough. No one is allowed to say how many times they have exchanged after coming out. "
"What the do you want to do?" Theoretically, once the sister-in-law has been wrapped up, it is time to peel off a few for the referee to taste, and then divide the winners and losers. But now, Lin Dan seems to be playing a game, and it seems to be playing everyone. Who the courage she borrowed from?
"Your Majesty has promised, this test is up to Cao Min, is this word counted?" Lin Dan did not answer the question.
The emperor twisted his eyebrows and waved his hands. "Five people out, go in and swap the two barrels."
Tang Jiu, King of Yunnan and Guizhou, Prince Cheng, Prince Gong, and Hou Weiyuan stood up immediately.
Yan Langqing hesitated for a moment, after all, no objection was raised. Although these people are all loyal supporters of Lin Dan, they are not referees. They are not qualified to evaluate the sister-in-law and have no obstacle to this competition. Is Lin Dan trying to confuse the two buckets of cripples so that the referee can't tell which one did it? This method is really clever, but she forgot that several of the old imperial chefs present were from the royal dining room and were very familiar with Yan Langqing's skills. Some of them were specially invited by the emperor to teach her cooking skills. She is half a master.
They won't be able to tell who made the two kinds of rice dumplings, not to mention that Lin Dan treated the glutinous rice with such dirty methods, and the wrapped rice dumplings can eat? Yan Langqing was very skeptical of this, and already believed that she could win. Lin Dan was not as good as her ten years ago, and ten years later.
The emperor also guessed Lin Dan's intention and shook his head. The treasurer of Lin likes to be clever, but he can't always think of ideas.
After Tang Jiu exchanged wooden barrels, he walked out with a sullen expression. In their opinion, everything Lin Dan did was dying. This test was already lost the moment she received the challenge book, and there was no justice under power, which she should understand.
Lin Dan's expression was very relaxed, and he arched, "I have finished the schedule, and then I will set the game system. Everyone here has a tendency, and it is inevitable that it will be unfair. In my opinion, it is not a good referee. I I want to lift the two buckets of rice dumplings to the gate of the city, peel them apart and let the people who enter the city taste them, and then let them pick up a mule according to their preferences. Whose mules are taken away by the people first, and who Just win, is this fair? Rest assured, I made a mark on the zongzi to distinguish which bucket is whose one, and I counted in advance, there are four hundred buckets of zongzi, and the extra ones are set aside. So as not to judge the results badly. "