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Chapter 113 Opportunity (5)

Jiang Hong opened his mouth slightly.

Grasping a key word, "once", even Xu Wan, who grew up with Grandpa Xu, only ate it once.

"You just said that it took four years? Why do I feel a bit exaggerated? Is there really such an extreme dessert?"

"Actually, it takes only a few days for a bakery to start to be baked until the finished product is finally produced. The most difficult thing is the selection of raw materials, especially those ancient principles and methods, which seem very complicated now. Inhuman."

As soon as food was mentioned, Xu Wan began to popularize science very seriously.

"Especially now that many raw materials and techniques have been lost."

"To give you the simplest example, the bird's nest with rock sugar I just told you. During the Qianlong period, the bird's nest had to go through more than a dozen processing processes from entering the imperial dining room to serving the table. Lost."

"Grandpa is completely re-exploring, through the records of our family tree and the short description on the recipe, trying to gradually reproduce the most perfect version of the year. How long do you think it will take to re-polish a sufficiently mature craftsmanship?"

"In my grandfather's eyes, if you can't do your best, then don't do it at all, otherwise you will shame your ancestors."

"Especially, now is the industrial age, and the environmental pollution is very serious. Even the Guilin mountain spring water needed for making desserts and noodles, my grandfather had to go to the local area to find it for a long time. Some special processes remove industrial impurities, which is very troublesome."

Speaking of this, although Xu Wan said "complicated", her eyes were full of little stars, as if she recalled the era when the technology was backward but the food was prosperous.

"Also, the most difficult thing about desserts is not only the taste, but also the variety and strange color combinations. When a chef works together, he pays attention to the three words of color, fragrance and flavor."

"The fragrance is superb, and it is natural to match it with the most perfect and purest color. Edible pigments and additives can be easily processed in the processing factory now, but the color in the past was not created so easily."

"Just one kind of red, there are about [-] to [-] kinds of production methods. The most mainstream is to extract from beets, but there are more than a dozen different reds such as pomegranate red and cherry red..."

"These colors are not simply extracted from fruits and vegetables. If you really want to use them in desserts, you need to go through more than [-] times of boiling, precipitation, and distillation in the process to completely remove the original flavor of the colors. Let these colors really break away from the original taste of fruits and vegetables, and achieve the purest color, so that they can be integrated into desserts."

"For example, there are too many complicated examples like this. Four years are actually not enough. The real brewing and preparation should have been many years ago. To make a truly perfect dessert, you need to gather too many by chance."

Jiang Hong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't say anything after reacting for a long time.

Because he was stunned.

I was stunned by the crystallization of the wisdom of my ancestors.

Exaggeration?
If you really want to say it, it is indeed an exaggeration. Compared with the current food, it is already exaggerated to the point where it is not food for human beings...

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is not an exaggeration.

After all, it was such an era, and the royal family had to pay 360 and five courses for a meal, which was extremely luxurious and luxurious.

Indeed, this is an extremely serious squeeze on the labor force, and it is also too extravagant and wasteful.

However, that was an era most suitable for chefs and culinary arts to show their ambitions. People tried their best to make an ultimate dish.

"That's right, the color you just mentioned is completely extracted from nature, do you still have it at home?"

"Yes, but not many more. Grandpa has basically stopped making desserts these years. It is true that he is getting old and can't afford to bother."

Xu Wan nodded.

"These extracted colors were all made by my grandfather in his middle age. There are about 30 kinds of colors. They are buried in the yard of our house and sealed tightly to prevent oxidation."

"I heard that if this color is produced, as long as it is sealed well enough, it can achieve the effect of not deteriorating or changing color for a hundred years. I don't know if this is the case."

"Anyway, based on the knowledge I learned in school, I don't think it's realistic. There shouldn't be such a stable substance in nature. But we have to admit that some production techniques that have been lost in ancient times look very old-fashioned and unhygienic, but The final effect is really beyond imagination.”

After saying this, Xu Wan continued to pick up the chopsticks and started eating.

Jiang Hong felt shocked yet also a little helpless.

The ancients had so many exquisite manufacturing techniques, but it is a pity that seven or eight of them have been lost.

It may be only one percent, or even one thousandth, that has been passed down to the present.

He turned on the oven and continued to cook the meat.

But he still couldn't bear the strong curiosity in his heart and asked.

"Wanwan, what is that... rock sugar bird's nest, what does it taste like?"

Xu Wan licked her lips subconsciously, as if recalling the taste of the past.

"To be honest, there may not be a big difference in taste between the bird's nest with rock sugar sold outside. If you don't know how to taste it carefully and eat it whole, you may even find it sweet. Greasy, tender, delicious..."

"I don't know how to describe it. The taste is amazing, rich, soft, and heavy. Hey, I still don't have enough adjectives in my stomach. I really can't express it."

Although she tried her best to express that taste, she just couldn't explain it clearly.

Jiang Hong was stunned when he heard this.

Magical, rich, soft, heavy?
Are these all adjectives to describe food?

What kind of taste is this!

Jiang Hong scratched his ears and cheeks greedily, he really wanted to taste it!

"The so-called extreme pursued by the chef is actually the difference in taste between a few millimeters. It's like when you drink tea, the tea poured from the glass teapot and the tea poured from the purple sand pot have subtle differences in taste. Different."

"But some people think that drinking tea is not drinking? Why do you have to pour it into a purple clay pot? And some people think that it is not drinking tea without a good pot."

"It's not hypocritical, it's just... people always need something to pursue. Think about it carefully, the rock sugar bird's nest I just mentioned, except for bird's nest, which is a relatively precious ingredient, all other raw materials used are actually It is a simple material, if you really want to talk about the cost, it may not be 100 yuan."

"However, simple ingredients can produce the original taste, and the manpower and effort spent in the process cannot be calculated by money."

"Grandpa often said that those who can cook dragon liver and phoenix marrow are not good cooks, because anyone who cooks dragon liver and phoenix marrow tastes good; but those who can cook vegetables are good cooks."

"I... really want to try Grandpa's dessert again, but unfortunately, I probably won't be able to taste it anymore, and I may not have the chance in the future. This craft... can't be passed down."

As he listened, Jiang Hong suddenly felt an inexplicable mood rise.

In the past, he really wanted to learn cooking skills from Mr. Xu, so that he could cook for Wanwan and his parents in the future.

But now, he wants to learn how to make desserts.

After eating the barbecue, Jiang Hong and Xu Wan packed up all the pots and pans and left the storage room.

Before leaving, Jiang Hong didn't forget to scan the storage room again.

In front of his eyes, a big green √ appeared.

Become!

I just don't know... How long can this green √ last? Is it stable enough?
Get up early tomorrow and try again, if it's still √, he can "transfer property" while Xu Wan is busy with work during the day.

"Wanwan, how is your work lately? Do you have much free time?"

When going upstairs, Jiang Hong touched the proposal ring in his inner pocket, and turned his head to ask Xu Wan.

Xu Wan calculated with her fingers, then raised her head.

"Well... I can spare a little time next week. It will be November next week, and it will be the end of the year. I really don't have any time for the whole of November."

"So, if you have any plans, if you want to ask me out or something, hurry up while you have time next week! Otherwise, you probably won't be able to ask me out, and you can only wait until the next year, hehe. "

She smiled gently and looked at Jiang Hong.

Jiang Hong's heart skipped a beat, doesn't it mean...

Only next week is the best time to propose?
Is this the last chance to propose this year?

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