Lu Tianming raised his eyebrows: "Oh, I hope to hear it carefully."

He has been studying road dishes in his life, but the improvement of this smoked bacon was created one day with a flash of inspiration. He really doesn't believe that Zhou Dong is so powerful. He can find his secret by eating two slices of bacon?

Zhou Dong nodded, picked up a piece of smoked bacon and put it into his mouth. With the legendary skill activated, the bacon was stripped off layer by layer in his mouth, pushed back, and there was no secret to be kept.

"What a stunning idea. I am worthy of being the God of Lu Cai. I admire you, admire you!"

Zhou Dong looked at Lu Tianming with a smile and said, "Bargo is divided into two categories,

The bacon in the south of the Yangtze River is generally not smoked, but only baked with salt. Although this bacon is delicious, it uses too much salt and is terrible salt.

Because this is a need for anti-corrosion, no skilled chef can get around it, so this kind of Jiangnan bacon cannot be steamed and must be cooked. And it must be added with a lot of water, otherwise it will not be able to remove excessive saltiness. However, in this way, the oil will be lost too much and the taste will be difficult to guarantee, which is a pity.

Another type is bacon represented by Sichuan, Gan, Hunan and other places. The bacon in these areas uses less salt and does not make people feel like they are eating pickles, so in order to maintain quality, it must be smoked.

This brings up a new problem. If the smoke is not enough, it cannot be kept for a long time and is not considered a road dish. If the smoke is too long or the smoke is thicker, the smoke will be too large and it will be criticized by diners. After all, diners hope to eat a light fireworks, not smoked oil and gas."

Lu Tianming was stunned when he heard this: "You actually have some research on Lucai?"

Shi Buyu sneered: "You old ladies, you will know after a long time that this guy seems to be very proficient in all kinds of delicacies. He can even lose to him by betting on pearl jade white jade soup. Can you believe it?

Not to mention merely smoked bacon, I am very good at it.”

Lu Tianming sneered at him: "You are the only one? Are the bacon you make also eaten by humans?"

Zhou Dong smiled and said, "Master Lu's words are right. Compared to your skills, I'm afraid that the bacon made by others is really not something that people eat...

Because if another chef is changed, who would use the secondary smoke to deal with bacon?

Your bacon is washed with mountain spring water first, and then baked with a "slight" salt. It is not until the salty smell enters the pores before it is first smoked with pine wood.

Ordinary chefs often choose the best old pine wood to light it, use thick smoke to smoke the whole piece of bacon until the skin turns black, and then hang the whipped wax.

But the bacon made in this way not only looks bad, but also needs to be peeled off part of the smoked surface when eaten. It is not only a waste, but also discards the most essence of the whole piece of bacon. It is really a pity..."

Lu Tianming's eyes tightened: "You keep talking."

"But your treatment method is completely different. When you first smoke, you only use a little pine wood. When you smoke it until the bacon gradually turns dark red, stop immediately.

In theory, because you smoke, you must use less salt. The result of insufficient smoke is that you cannot guarantee the shelf life. However, you hang half of the smoked bacon in the mountains with the most clouds to remove the wind and wax. Because the air is moist enough, the bacon will enter a natural process of ripening. How to say it, this is a bit like the smoked method of Spanish ham...

But your method is much more complicated. When this piece of bacon is naturally cooked halfway, it is also the easiest to taste. You start the second smoke again, and this 'two smoke' process is the most critical."

Speaking of this, Zhou Dong stopped and looked at Lu Tianming again: "This is also the step I admire most,

If I hadn't stuttered with this smoked bacon you made, I wouldn't have guessed the ingredients you used for the second smoke. It should be the most precious and representative of this season in early spring, right?

It is also the most luxurious smoked material!

I really sympathize with those people who don’t know the goods now. Your smoked bacon is only sold for 281 discs. This is really cheap. If I think it should be sold for 281 discs!

If I guess correctly, Senior Lu, you should have just made bacon. I hope someone can share your skills, so I sold it to them at a low price. I didn’t expect that they missed the opportunity. It was obviously a group of sticks that didn’t know how to eat.”

Lu Tianming said in a muffled voice: "It's not entirely a bacon. They should be from aristocratic families from Kyoto, otherwise they wouldn't have known that 'old bacon' is the most expensive. And they also saw that my bacon was a new product back then, so they thought I was a cheating profiteer."

The so-called old bacon refers to bacon that has been cured for ten years, twenty years or even more years. The longer the time, the higher the price.

Of course, this kind of bacon is not healthy enough, but it is delicious but not as good as the newly made bacon. This is also a simple way to identify the quality of bacon; but using this method to measure Lu Tianming's skills is really not aware of the goods.

“Second smoke?”

Shi Buyu was stunned: "I said why do you feel a little special? It turns out that you are an idiot who has done something!

Alas, little... Chef Zhou, you said the smoked materials he used are very precious or even luxurious? This is strange. It is not because Cordyceps sinensis or ginseng Polygonum multiflorum is used as the smoked materials, right?”

Huai Liangren and Yan Yi also raised their ears and waited for Zhou Dong's answer, but Lu Tianming didn't say anything, looking at Zhou Dong just smiled.

It seems that the young chef personally won by Mr. Shang really has two brushes. Not only can he beat Lao Shitou in cooking skills, but his ability to eat is mostly at the level of the God of Food. It is indeed amazing to be able to eat the method of using secondary smoke. However, he really doesn't believe that Zhou Dong can eat what the smoked ingredients he used for secondary smoke.

Because even he himself had a sudden enlightenment and thought of using this path of incense. Since it is obtained by a temporary spiritual life, how could it be easily discovered by others?

"Senior Lu, as the saying goes, "No bamboo makes people vulgar, no meat makes people thin. If you want to be vulgar and not thin, it is best to have a bowl of bamboo shoots and roast pork"...

I used to think that the only Chinese delicacies that can balance the two is pickled bamboo shoots in Shanghai dishes.

Today I realized that the food that can truly balance the two turns out to be your 'smoky bacon'!"

When Lu Tianming heard this, his face suddenly changed: "You...how did you know? This is impossible!"

"Hey hey, can you do it?

He even won me, and he always wanted to be a second chef for him. What's the point?

But... Chef Zhou, you shouldn't have said that the old man actually used it..."

"Isn't that true!"

Zhou Dong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's a spring bamboo shoot!

Compared with winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots are more tender and full of vitality, and are one of the supreme mountain delicacies given to mankind by nature!

Who would have thought that someone would dry such precious spring bamboo shoots into drying and then use them as fuel?

This is really a luxury!

But although it is a little extravagant, it won’t make me feel a pity, because these spring bamboo shoots have indeed made the most delicious smoked bacon.

When we tasted it before, we always felt that this bacon has the fresh and thick flavor that the bacon should have, and it also has an indescribable fresh flavor, as if it wouldn't be tired of eating it much. In fact, it's all thanks to the spring bamboo shoots!"

I'll wipe it!

Both Huai Liangren and Yan Yi were stunned when they heard this. What a good guy, the God Chef is the God Chef. How can you do it? Just wasting precious spring bamboo shoots like this?

Fortunately, this senior Lu doesn’t make Western food, otherwise who would guarantee that he wouldn’t use black truffles to cook for bacon? That would make all the chefs who make Western food in the world crazy!

Lu Tianming sighed: "It's amazing, no wonder the beggar will lose to you. He lost really well!

I have to thank you for being a beggar. I didn’t expect that I would have the chance to meet a soulmate in Huashan for three months. This is all your credit!”

Shi Buyu was stunned: "You old man, wait first...

I said you didn’t have a fever, right? What about Huashan! This is Taishan!

Your dementia is getting worse and worse. This is not possible. You can’t run around in the future, otherwise you might become a missing person one day.”

"Taishan?"

Lu Tianming looked puzzled: "Are you sure, old beggar? Am I lost again?"

Zhou Dong smiled bitterly and said, "Senior Lu, Lao Shitou is right this time. This is indeed Taishan... We came to Taishan to find you this time, and there is something we want to ask you in person."

“Yes, yes, yes, I remember, this is Taishan!

Hahaha, fortunately, the distance from Huashan is not too far, and it’s okay.”

Lu Tianming laughed: "By the way, what's the matter with me?"

"Senior Lu, we are trying to restore a lost food - 'Paper-packed fried chicken',

The focus of this dish is on the paper used, but it is not the baking paper commonly used by many chefs today, nor is it the toilet paper used to make salt-baked chicken.

I also heard from Lao Shitou that you have a lot of research on the 'paper' needed for this paper-packed fried chicken, so I'll ask for advice..."

"Hahaha, old stone, do you have today too?"

After hearing Zhou Dong's words, Lu Tianming burst into laughter again: "Don't blame Chef Zhou, I'm not aiming at you."

To be honest, I have some research on "paper food", but I have only found the right direction. When I mentioned it that day, they couldn't listen to it, and they also said that I was a mischievous person and a strange skill. I was so angry that I didn't want to continue talking about it!

Why, Lao Shitou, are you thinking of me now?

Let’s not talk about Chef Zhou for now, should you admit your mistake to me in person?”

"Old man, I'm giving you a face, right?"

Shi Buyu was furious. In front of his juniors, why do you still have to let people go without permission?

Is it wrong to say that you are a side-by-side? There are hundreds of Chinese dishes, how many of them can really use the so-called "paper food"?

If you put your energy into this kind of path, why don’t you get into a devil?

But now he really can't compete with Lu Tianming. Now he is Zhou Dong's second chef. The chef comes to ask others for advice, but you second chef is the first to fight with them. Does Qinxing have such rules? Although he claims to be an old monster in Qinxing, he is more cautious than the younger generation of Qinxing people.

"Okay, who can make the beggar ask for you?

I was wrong! You are right. I will take back what I said, is that true?"

Lu Tianming laughed loudly: "It's done, and I'm happy that you can always admit your mistakes in person.

Chef Zhou, I have to thank you for speaking, for making me feel so humble!”

Zhou Dong didn't have much to say, so he had to smile and said, "Senior Lu was joking, it should be, it should be."

"It is really cumbersome to make this 'paper'. First of all, it is real paper. If you want to get it, you have to make it yourself!"

"Make it yourself?"

Zhou Dong frowned unconsciously. This is a cross-industry. Can you still go to a paper mill to customize it?

Lu Tianming laughed and said, "That's right, you have to build it yourself, because modern paper mills do not have this kind of technology at all.

To make this kind of paper, you must follow the ancient method of Cai Lun's papermaking. The disadvantage is that it is relatively cumbersome, but it also has advantages. Since it is Cai Lun's ancient method, there is no need for some modern papermaking equipment.

In fact, I have been studying ‘paper food’ for many years and have basically mastered the method. Now it is mainly stuck on paper materials..."
To be continued...