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Chapter 81
After Xiao Cai took his meal, he found a seat on the side of the cafeteria and sat down.The dishes on the plate have not been out of the pot for a long time, and they are still steaming, which is very attractive in the slightly cold autumn.
Xiao Cai picked up the chopsticks, took the lead in picking up his favorite pepper chicken, and bit down, it was really delicious and charming, the red oil trickled down the chopsticks into the white rice grains, which further stimulated his appetite.
It smells so good!
Xiao Cai took a few mouthfuls of rice with the taste of the peppery chicken, and then tasted the dry pot ribs and green pepper shredded pork on the dinner plate, and his heart became more and more admirable.
As expected of a chef who can enter the semi-finals of Immortal Kitchen, this taste is simply amazing!It tastes better than those high-end restaurants that Dad took him to.
Xiao Cai couldn't help but took out his mobile phone, took a picture of his dinner plate, and then sent it to the family group to show off to his gluttonous father.
While was typing, someone suddenly sat down across from me.Xiao Cai raised his head, and the person who came was his monitor.
"Squad leader, you are here too." Xiao Cai greeted.
"Well, you have to experience this excitement." The squad leader's eyes fell very directly on his dinner plate, "Can I try your dishes? You can also try mine."
"Okay." Xiao Cai has no obsession with cleanliness, and if he divides it up like this, he will be able to taste more different dishes!He looked at the squad leader's plate, which contained dry pot ribs, boiled fish fillets, and minced meat with beans.
Xiao Cai stared.
It was the minced meat with beans that made him stop for a while.
The beans are made of unmarinated fresh beans, cut into small pieces of almost the same size, and after frying, they still maintain a surprising emerald green color, with chopped pork belly scattered among them, and a few points of spicy millet.The whole has a very rural atmosphere. When people look at it, they want to scoop up a spoonful with a big spoon and pour it on the white rice, and then mix it vigorously, so that the white rice grains are also covered with a thin layer of oil.
Bean minced meat is a side dish on the dining table, which is not very eye-catching.But those who have eaten it know how wonderful it tastes when served with rice!
You don't need a high price, just grab a handful of beans, a small piece of pork, and seasonings, and you'll have a great meal.
Hiss...
Xiao Cai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and started on the monitor's plate.
A large spoon was dug down, and then lifted up, the minced beans and meat piled up a hill on the spoon, and the eyelids of the monitor on the opposite side jumped.
"Squad leader, take more of my food." Xiao Cai smiled sheepishly, then turned over the spoon and poured the minced beans and meat on the rice.After a few stirs, the minced beans and white rice are mixed together.
Immediately afterwards, scoop up the rice again with a spoon and put it in your mouth.
fragrant!
The mellow aroma of pork belly, the fragrance of beans, and the meaty aroma of lard are perfectly integrated into the sweet aroma of rice.Occasionally biting the spicy millet, the stimulating spicy feeling spreads in an instant, like a flash of lightning in the night sky.
The most amazing thing is the bean as the protagonist. It is not dry and greasy as usual, but full and crispy, rich in water, chewed carefully and has a hint of fragrance and sweetness of fresh plants. It is mixed with pork belly and lardIt is not greasy at all, but it neutralizes the taste very well.
This is a taste he has never tasted!
The only minced meat with beans in this life!
Xiao Cai's eyes were wide open, and the hand holding the spoon stopped in the air. After two seconds of silence, he quickly picked up the meal——
The big white rice, which has a light rice fragrance, suddenly becomes so fragrant with the combination of beans and minced meat, people can't help but take one bite after another, and then keep swallowing...
However……
After only four or five mouthfuls, he ate up all the minced beans and meat he dug from the squad leader's plate.
Xiao Cai hesitated, then tentatively stretched out his hand: "Squad leader, that..."
"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Yes!Xiao Cai almost forgot that there is this option.
He stood up suddenly, and hurriedly walked towards the window for picking up vegetables.Wouldn't it be happier to take a whole portion for yourself?
Similar situations are also happening in other corners of the cafeteria.
"Have you tried the minced meat with beans? It's an absolute magic dish!"
"Just get it yourself, don't steal mine, I don't even have enough to eat!"
"My roommate is still queuing up? Okay, hurry up and ask her to bring you a copy, and there will be no more if it's later!"
On the second floor, Hong Lang gradually noticed something was wrong.
At first, when he saw the students who turned back to pick up the food, he just sighed: As expected of a young college student, he has a good appetite.
However, it didn't take long before he discovered that there were more than one or two people who turned back to pick up the food...
It is understandable that a few people are not full, but a group of people are not full?Can't!
And those people's goals are all the windows of minced meat with beans!
Hong Lang's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition rose from the bottom of his heart.
No way, what flowers can be made with minced meat and beans?
When he passed by this dish, he didn't smell any strong aroma, and the taste was covered by the boiled fish next to it.
Hong Lang looked towards the exit, and some students who had finished their meal would stop to put their cards into the ballot box when they passed the "Fairy Kitchen" booth.
However, because the ballot box is opaque, the result is not yet visible.
Hong Lang felt lucky.
There are only 200 copies of each dish, and the number of votes for each student is also limited. Only some people turn back, so it shouldn't affect the overall situation.
...
The students ate very quickly. After about half past twelve, the number of people coming to the cafeteria gradually decreased, and there were not many dishes left for the chefs to prepare. The hot dishes had already been sold out early..
Judging from the number of servings, basically 200 students tasted each dish, and the sample size for scoring was large enough.In order to ensure the professionalism of the competition, this competition also has professional judges to participate in scoring.
After seeing off the last student, the film crew and contestants entered the first floor of the cafeteria to continue to the next step of the competition.
— counting votes.
This step is carried out in full view, with a camera recording beside it, and will eventually be edited into an exciting countdown shot.
Under the watchful eyes of the contestants and judges, the host walked to the booth and opened the twelve ballot boxes one by one.
"Number one, pepper chicken."
The host opens the lid of the ballot box and pours the cards inside onto the plate in front.The turquoise cards are stacked into a cone-shaped hill, about half the height of a thumb.
"Wow, it looks pretty popular." The host praised, "Then let the staff count the votes."
"Number two, fried fish."
There are not too many votes in this box, it can even be said to be quite pitiful. At a glance, there are only a dozen or so.
When everyone can only choose their two favorite dishes, the advantages will be more concentrated on delicious dishes.
The chef who made the pan-fried fish couldn't maintain his expression, and his face was ugly.
The host rounded up a few words, and then walked to the next box.
In a sense, this competition is quite cruel, but if there is promotion, there must be elimination.
"No. 3, pork ribs in dry pot." The moment the host lifted the lid, his eyes widened a little, and as he poured all the paper plates on the plate, the eyes of the contestants also widened.
The height of the cards stacked on the plate was simply crushing, half a palm high.
There was a smug smile on the corner of Hong Lang's mouth.
In the back kitchen, the chefs already knew which dish was cooked by each other, and all their eyes were on Hong Lang.
Outside the camera, the staff also lowered their voices and whispered.
"The level of Jinyan is still outstanding!"
"Almost all the students who tasted the ribs chose him, and his ribs were also the fastest to be taken out. If it weren't for the limited number of 200 copies, there might be more."
"It is indeed of a high level, and the aroma smells amazing."
The staff who counted votes specially added a plate to divide the "hill" in half, so as not to rub the paper off the plate and cause counting errors.
The host praised a few words, and continued to open the box with the number at the back. The number of votes below is more scientific. The number of votes is about the same height as No. 1 pepper chicken, and there are dozens of fewer, which set off the fried fish.The chef is getting more and more pitiful.
As the box was gradually opened, the popularity of various dishes gradually became more obvious.
"The ribs got the most votes, right?"
"Is there any other dish that can surpass it? The total number of votes is limited, and there are not many votes for the remaining boxes."
"Not necessarily. I was standing at the exit just now, and a student quietly asked me which chef made the minced meat with beans. That dish seems to be very popular!"
Just as he was talking, the host walked to the position of number eleven.He opened the lid casually, and was about to pour out the tickets inside when he stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" asked the staff behind him.
"Bring a deeper basin!" The host suddenly made an inexplicable request.
After a few seconds, everyone knew why, the plate that was originally prepared couldn't hold it at all!
As the ballot box toppled over, the cards inside slid out with a clatter, piling up into the shallow basin.
"There must be hundreds of tickets here? How could there be so many! Didn't you misread the ballot box next to it?"
"The ballot box is marked with 'minced beans and meat', so there should be no mistake."
"But there are only 200 copies of minced meat with beans. Even if all the students who have eaten minced beans vote for it, it's impossible to get so many votes!"
There was a commotion at the scene. After the host was surprised, he calmly called the staff to come and count the votes, and then opened the last box.
There are no more surprises with this chest.
Jiang Ci was also quite surprised by this situation. After receiving Feng Lu's gaze, she shrugged her shoulders to express her surprise.Her estimate of her best result was only close to 200 votes. After all, there are always people who don't like minced meat with beans that much.
The on-site counting of votes continued, and after about twenty minutes, the results came out.
"No. 1, pepper chicken, 103 votes; No. 2, pan-fried octopus, 24 votes; No. 3, dry pot ribs, 178 votes; No. 4..."
"...No. 10, boiled fish, 87 votes; No. 11, minced meat with beans, 231 votes;..."
The moment the result was announced, there were exclamations from all around.
"231 votes? There are only 200 dishes in total, what's going on?!"
"Even if it is 200 votes, it is already very unscientific, and this is 31 more votes!"
The scene was recorded perfectly by the camera.The chefs were all shocked, and the staff were also bewildered.
The "Fairy Chef" competition has always maintained fairness, and there is no shyness about this kind of doubt.
Soon, the host answered everyone's questions.He walked aside to communicate with the staff, and then returned to the camera.
"Presumably everyone was stunned just now. The popularity of this dish of minced meat with beans exceeded everyone's expectations. But the ballot box is right here, and everyone has seen it before. The extra votes were indeed given by the students.They were thrown in one by one."
"But there are only 200 dishes, what's the matter if you vote more?" Someone couldn't help asking.
The host replied: "We entrusted the school to check the video back, and from the camera shooting, we also found such a situation: Although some students did not get the dish of minced meat with beans, they were on the classmates' dinner plates.Tasted it, and finally decided to vote for this dish."
"Is this all right?"
The host laughed and said: "The organizing committee thinks this kind of voting is valid, which also symbolizes the attractiveness of this minced meat with beans!"
"The accuracy of the audience's votes is still being checked by the staff, and will be checked before the final results come out. Next, we will announce the judges' scores first."
As the scores from the professional judges were announced, the restlessness on the scene gradually subsided.There is not much difference between the judges' scores and the students' voting results, and the scores of hot dishes are basically better.
Almost as expected, the minced meat with beans won the first place, and the dry pot ribs came in second.
The votes of the public judges were finally confirmed as valid.
"Congratulations to Chef Jiang! Congratulations to the six advanced chefs! Next, it's up to you to hit the final!" The host announced the promotion list enthusiastically.
"Jiang Ci? It's her again?"
"It's the one who won the first place in the first round."
"It's really the dark horse of this competition!"
After experiencing the shock of the first round of the rematch, the acceptance of the contestants is relatively good this time.Many people have already inquired about Feng Qianguan's background in private. After watching the video of "Jiang Jiang's Kitchen", those who are knowledgeable already know that this girl is not a showman, and it was not luck that won the first place in the last competition.
After the results are announced, there is the last part of the activity of the day. With the cooperation of the school and the organizing committee, the chefs will communicate with the cafeteria masters on the spot in order to improve the students' meals.
Talking about communication, in fact, the chefs simply mentioned the improvement methods of the canteen dishes.The cooking skills of the chefs will not be learned in the cafeteria for a while, but it is also quite valuable to know some methods that can make the food delicious.
As soon as the exchange started, Jiang Ci was surrounded by a crowd. Apart from the chefs in the cafeteria, even other contestants joined her.
Familiar ones, such as Feng Lu, simply leaned close to her and watched openly, while those who were more serious followed behind the cafeteria master and listened secretly.
Seeing this, Jiang Ci smiled and said, "I don't have any secret recipes here, I can only offer some techniques."
"It's okay, it's okay, good skills!" The canteen master hurriedly cheered.
Jiang Ci smiled: "Then I'll talk about it."
The ultimate deliciousness of minced meat with beans can only be formed by her hands, which is the precise control of the heat and the keen intuition for seasoning.Jiang Ci introduced some techniques that ordinary people can operate, at least to get rid of the dry and greasy canteen caused by the original practice.
Outside the crowd, after hearing a few words, Hong Lang knew that the information was of little value to him.He looked around and saw Jiang Ci's assistant, auntie, standing in front of the crowd, looking at her with admiration. It was obvious that she had been completely conquered by Jiang Ci's cooking skills in the past few hours.
And my assistant...
The uncle with strong biceps now enthusiastically squeezed in front of the crowd, listening to Jiang Ci's instructions with a full face.
Hong Lang pursed his lips into a straight line.
Why not ask yourself?
Even though it was just at the end, that guy also admired his dry pot ribs!
Hong Lang knew that no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't change the result, and the status quo was just like this.Without much hesitation, he turned and walked out.
Everyone gathered in the back kitchen, and no one noticed his actions.
Hong Lang went to pick up a clean spoon near the dining window, and then returned to the sample table.The sample table is for filming, and there are twelve dishes on it, all of which have been cooked for two hours and are completely cold.
Hong Lang found the minced bean meat in it, and stared at it intently.
Is the difference really that big?
In fact, counting, Jiang Ci's votes surpassed him by dozens of votes, and the distance was no bigger than his crushing others.But these dozens of votes are impossible to ignore.
In just over an hour, she quickly established word-of-mouth with one dish, and the students passed it on by word of mouth.
The news even reached the school leaders. Just before the exchange, the school made it clear that they wanted to learn from Master Jiang's method of minced beans and meat.
In contrast, his dry pot ribs are set off very ordinary.
What kind of delicacy is it?
With such thoughts in mind, Hong Lang set his hands on the cold sample.He didn't have a chance to taste the Eight Immortals lucky bag made by Jiang Ci last time, but this time he just ignored his image to dig up the leftovers, so he had to try the minced meat with beans!
The cold minced beans and meat, without the backdrop of rice, just entered the mouth.
The leftovers are cold and broiled, and they must not be as delicious as when they were just out of the pan.Hong Lang doesn't even take a taste of his current dry pot ribs. According to his experience, unless it is a special cold dish, any dish will not taste good after a few hours in the early autumn wind.
However.
Although the beans in his mouth lost their warmth, they were still crisp and fragrant, but still as usual.The fragrant and oily pork belly has a special flavor after cooling down.The occasional flash of spicy and delicious flavor made him want to put a bowl of white rice on the spot and eat it in big mouthfuls.
how is this possible?!
Hong Lang chewed and thought of many details in an instant.The conditions of the canteen are limited, and most of the insulation is very ordinary.It’s okay in summer, but in winter, students like to come to eat when the meal time just arrives. It is precisely because the dishes are cold and the flavor is greatly reduced after a little later.
But Jiang Ci's minced meat with beans probably also took into account the situation after the cold, otherwise how could it still maintain such a taste now!
No, is it really possible for her to consider such details?
Or is it because the original taste is charming enough, even if it loses its flavor after cooling, it can still be called delicious?
Hong Lang couldn't figure it out, and couldn't be sure of his opponent's train of thought, so he subconsciously stuffed another spoonful of minced beans into his mouth.
tasty.
The deliciousness of the farmhouse swept in the mouth.
Vegetable with meat, cheap big bowl, no expensive ingredients, and no particularly complicated process.Simple beans and pork belly can easily fill the stomach, and at the same time make people feel the irresistible farm taste.
Inspiration flashed by, and Hong Lang suddenly felt that he had figured out something.
——Maybe, this is the true nature of canteen dishes.
The author has something to say:
When I was in school, there was a fast food restaurant near the school. The minced beans and meat in it were absolutely delicious... Oily but not greasy, seasoning is not heavy, it is the deliciousness of the ingredients themselves, N years have passed, I still can’t forget it..T