Chapter 226 Soul torture (4000 words chapter)(1/2)
As mentioned before, the most important thing about Setting the Four Treasures is to remove all bones without hurting the flesh of the Four Eagles.
For Chen Chong, although he had various bone-cutting experiences and tricks in his mind, he never turned into muscle memory, so he was still a little nervous when facing this whole duck on the cutting board.
Zhao Si, who was by the pool, was dealing with the last smallest quail. In order to keep the quail's body intact, he handled it very carefully.
Fatty Li next to him was already starting to soak all the auxiliary materials that needed to be soaked. It took only a few minutes to complete it.
“Time is tight.”
Chen Chong took a deep breath, and according to memory, he used a knife to cut the neck of the duck head and neck, and cut it straight along the neck bone between the two wings and shoulders, melting a seven-centimeter-long hole in the neck skin. He gently pushed the flesh away with his hands to both sides, and he could see the neck bone under him.
This step is not difficult, and starting from this step, the difficulty of all the next steps soars by several levels, and there is no need to worry about it.
After seeing the neck bone, Chen Chong put his index finger and thumb into his neck and grabbed the neck bone and slowly pulled it out. He broke the neck bone near the duck's head with the tip of the knife and took it out from the opening.
The bones on the neck are gone, only the flesh and blood are left.
Immediately afterwards, he used his hands to turn the duck skin from the knife edge of the neck, slowly flipped the flesh below the duck head and the belt to the bottom until the joints of the two arms were exposed, and used the tip of the knife to cut the tendons of the joints to separate the wing bones from the duck body.
Chen Chong's whole body was tense, afraid that when he cut off the bones, he would fail.
Originally, this kind of thing wouldn't be so often if I were to put it in normal times. At worst, I could just find a way to tick the gap. But now it's a competition, and the overall shape of the dishes is not tolerated.
Grasp the duck's neck with one hand, press the sharp bone of the duck's breast with the other, then control the strength of the palm, press the bone in, then continue to turn the flesh down, and at the same time, pick up the knife and slowly cut the sternum away.
This process requires carefulness, because there are many small bones in the duck breast area, and they must be cut off at this time to avoid retaliation afterwards, which will only increase your worries, but also time-consuming and labor-intensive.
As Chen Chong kept cutting off his sternum, the flesh that was turned on had already reached his legs, revealing his thigh joints.
Similar to the previous separation of the wing bones, first use a knife to separate the tendons of the joints, connect the tip of the duck to the chicken, and then take the whole duck into the pool and rinse it with water.
At this time, the bones of the duck body have been separated from the meat and can be taken out as soon as possible.
Of course, the bones removed do not include leg bones.
The method of peeling leg bones is different from the previous steps and needs to be handled from the outside.
First separate the leg skin from the calf joints, pull out the calf bones, and then turn the flesh at the opening of the calf joint toward the top of the thighs, so that the thigh bones can be exposed outside the flesh.
Immediately afterwards, cut off the thigh bone tendons, scrape the bones with a knife with the right hand, and pull the bones out bit by bit with the left hand!
After the two leg bones were completely pulled out, there was no bone in the whole duck and placed on the cutting board like a balloon without gas.
Finally, turn the duck skin inward and wash it with water while paying attention to see if there is any leakage so that the duck can keep its body intact.
"call.."
Chen Chong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as you have experience, the bone removal treatment of the other three poultry will be more handy. After all, the bone removal method is the same. The only difference is that the size of chickens, pigeons, and quails is different, and the difficulty of processing is also different.
But, none of these matters anymore.
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The large screen of the gymnasium just moved from the food street area to the Wangjiang Pavilion area, but the thoughts of the audience were still stuck in the shock of Chen Chong's bones just now.
"This is the first time I have seen someone who can take out all the bones without hurting the duck's flesh. This young chef named Chen Chong is eye-catching every time he makes a move."
"It's better to say that he's a surgeon in a white coat than to say he's a chef!"
"Brother, your statement is a bit creepy."
"It's okay, I agree with his statement. You see, when he just removed the bones, he obviously knows the bone structure of the duck. Isn't this like those surgeons in the operating room? The only difference is that the doctor's surgery is human, and his surgery is poultry...
"Not to say, it's really a little bit of meaning. But what if he knows the structure of the human body well... "
"Damn, brother, stop talking."
"To be honest, if you don't look at Master Chen Chong's appearance, just judging from the techniques of scooping and bone removal that have been shown in the past two days, I would have thought he was an old chef who has been lewd for decades and has rich cooking experience."
“That’s true.”
"Hey, what dish are Luo Feng cutting in Jiangge? Why haven't I seen it before?"
After sighing at Chen Chong's skills, everyone finally looked at the big screen. In the picture, there were two special green vegetable leaves in the container next to Luo Feng's cutting board.
One type of leaves are oval, with bright green on top and purple halo. They are light green on the bottom, and most of the bracts are sessile.
Another type of blade is round and oblong, with small blades and irregular tooth marks on the edges.
To be honest, most people present, let alone the names of these two plants, even fewer people have seen them. And from a sensory perspective, the two plants do not look like vegetables.
"What is this?" In the audience, Qiu Tong stared at the big screen for a long time, but he still couldn't see the reputation.
"I don't know you, I haven't seen you before." Charlie Zhou shook his head.
"You have been eating in my store for so long, forgot?" Aunt Bai rolled her eyes and said, "The leaves with oval shape are called 'organo', which is considered a vanilla type. It can also prevent influenza, treat heatstroke, colds, headaches, abdominal pain, etc. The other type is called 'basil'. This is the same, it can digest food and dampness, promote blood circulation and detoxify, and is very helpful for regulating the stomach and intestines."
"Old Bai, you say it's medicinal herbs, but we don't know this." Fatty Hu Er replied.
"Many of my health soups are added with Chinese medicinal herbs. You usually eat a lot of "oregano" and "basil"!" Aunt Bai said contemptuously.
"Haha, who cares about what you eat when eating?" Hu Er's fat man smiled awkwardly and was unwilling to continue to get involved, so he quickly changed the topic, "Can this bald boy named Luo Feng also get a health soup?"
"The possibility is not high, because most health soups require a low heat simmer, which is not consistent with the competition time."
Aunt Bai denied the former's statement and looked at Luo Feng who was cutting vegetables in the picture. She saw that there was a plate of tomatoes cut into diced diced rice and a plate of onions and garlic cut into tangerines on the left hand of the latter.
"He seems to be planning to make tomato sauce..."
"Ketchup?" Zhou Charlie rubbed his chin, "No, I can make tomato paste, but I didn't use that 'ororgano' and 'basil'?"
"That's why you're sitting in the audience, while others are on the court." Aunt Bai covered her mouth and laughed secretly, and even the audience she didn't know could not help laughing.
"Look at it well, study hard." Qiu Tong patted Charlie Zhou on the shoulder with a strange look.
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"Brother Feng, the pan is hot." Xiaoya, who had already returned from the ingredient area, reminded her, and then continued to be busy with her work.
Hearing this, Luo Feng just cut all the oregano and basil into shreds, then turned to low heat, poured the tomatoes into it, and added two spoons of olive oil, oregano and basil and stir evenly, then turned to high heat to continue stirring.
"Brother Feng, will the judges not like this tomato sauce with the Northern Hemisphere flavor?" Qi Ya asked.
"Don't worry, the tomato sauce with oregano and basil is more versatile and layered, and it is more than the ordinary tomato sauce. Moreover, when in Wangjiang Pavilion, the guests were also very satisfied with this flavor of tomato sauce." Luo Feng stirred it slowly to prevent the bottom from sticking.
"Besides, tomato sauce is just a seasoning in the 'Caussia sashimi Wuwei Sauce', and it will be processed later to form the real Wuwei Sauce. The only headache is that the way to make this tomato sauce is probably exposed."
After he finished speaking, he looked at several figures in front of the stove, either a reporter or an anchor, all pointing the camera at the work in his hands.
Especially the two "animal brothers" put the selfie stick into the work area and took all the ingredients on the table, for fear of missing any details, which was omnipresent.
"Cough cough..." Luo Feng coughed twice, but the 'animal brother' had no idea what it meant. Even the 'damn' crocodile was shameless and asked about the use of oregano and basil. It was really hateful.
Get out of here!
Of course, this sentence was turned around in Luo Feng's throat and then held it back, and then said with a smile: "This is called oregano..."
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There is no way. In addition to these two hateful guys, there are also TV reporters. Even if Luo Feng is unhappy, he has to explain with a smile, so as not to make the audience feel that they are petty and clumsy.
White smoke began to rise from the pan, and the sweet fragrance of tomatoes and the herbal fragrance of herbs were mixed and emitted, gradually revealing an exotic feeling.
Luo Feng turned the heat to low heat again, and the other skillet he prepared was also heated.
Add a spoonful of olive oil, pour the prepared chopped onion and garlic into the pot, and stir-fry slowly over medium-low heat.
"Chef, what are you doing?" The 'Crocodile' grabbed a microphone like a cherry and stretched out. In the depths of her open mouth, a pair of eyes could be vaguely seen.
"This is to make the onions and garlic soften fully and at the same time, they will completely expose their taste." Luo Feng said with a smile on his face.
"Is this step together with that pot of tomato?" "Crocodile" continued to ask, while "Dinosaur" held up a selfie pole and gave the pan a close-up.
Yes, I gave a close-up to the pan!
Can you guys be more professional? Can you keep shooting? At least give me a shot? Is it okay to be like a commentator? Luo Feng felt a whisper in his heart.
From beginning to end, the "Tyrannosaurus Rex" whose forelimbs and body was extremely inconsistent, never patted himself. When he saw his movements, he was either slapping the materials on the table or the pan on the stove, so straightforward that there was no extra movement!
"It's together." He tried to keep smiling.
"Oh..." The crocodile elongated his voice, and just as Luo Feng thought he was about to leave, the evil microphone came over again, "What are you going to do?"
"Causage Sashimi Wuwei Sauce."
"I'm not asking the name of the dish, but asking what's being made now."
Hearing this, the blue veins on Luo Feng's forehead swelled for a moment, but quickly disappeared, and he said with a dark face: "Ketchup!"
"Oh, so this is how ketchup is made." The 'Crocodile's mouth was very long, and the scenery below the parallel line could hardly bend down and adjust the angle. As a result, his long mouth almost reached into the pan. Luo Feng was so scared that he quickly reached out and pushed it back.
"Sorry, I forgot that my mouth is very long." The crocodile smiled awkwardly.
"It's okay." Luo Xing said, resisting the urge to hit someone.
If there was no one on the scene, he really wanted to use the spatula in his hand to insert it into the crocodile's mouth to use a dog-beating stick method.
"Or, you can go and interview the other two participating teams, don't miss the exciting content."
"The two families are still processing the ingredients, and there is nothing good to look at." The crocodile did not hear the intention of seeing off the guests in his speech, and was like a wooden stake, standing still.
Seeing this, Luo Feng took a deep breath, answering boring questions one by one, then poured the almost cooked tomatoes into the container, took out a metal rod with wires and inserted it into the container, making a very high-frequency "sizzling" sound.
To be continued...