Dare to cook

Chapter 30 Food Sculpture "Songhe Yannian"

Yao Yu felt very tired.

Because of Yang Rui's impulsive talk, he inexplicably became Lu Chenyu's suitor.

And it is undeniable, undeniable.

A huge black pot fell from the sky, and it just hit his head firmly.

Can't even pick it off.

Yao Yu looked at the excited expressions of the nearby people eating melons when they heard the big news,

I can think of it with my knees,
——This bunch of bastards, after the game is over, will definitely go to the Wanghai Tower to spread rumors for him.

Yao Yu was so angry that he wanted to kill Yang Rui.

But he didn't have time to worry about it right now.

Because, half an hour has passed, and the first batch of contestants who went upstairs to accept the test have already left.

Next, it was Yao Yu's turn to go upstairs for a competition.

In the lobby on the second floor, four hundred temporary desks were neatly placed.

At first glance, it is quite spectacular.

On each table, there is a big pumpkin, six white radishes, one carrot, two cucumbers and a handful of broccoli.

It seems that these are the ingredients they will use next.

At the end of the hall, there is a huge electronic screen.

On the right side of the electronic screen, there is a review seat composed of ten judges.

Yao Yu, Yang Rui and others each chose a desk to stand on.

After all the contestants were seated, a staff member took the microphone and said:

"Attention all contestants! The test questions you are going to accept are on the big screen behind me!"

As soon as the voice fell, the test questions were displayed on the big screen.

The subject is not complicated.

It is to ask the contestants to use the ingredients prepared on the table to create a pair of "Songhe Yannian" food sculptures within half an hour.

Carving ingredients is a skill that senior Chinese chefs must master.

The so-called food carving is to use edible things to carve various flowers, birds, fish and insects, and landscape pictures.

In the Chinese culinary circle, the skill of food carving has a long history.

In high-end banquets and important international banquets,

In order to enhance the beauty of force,

Also in order to play a better decorative role in the dishes,
The party in charge of the banquet will use various food sculptures on a large scale for decoration.

At this time, the "Songhe Yannian" to be tested by the event organizer is a relatively common three-dimensional food sculpture.

The basic culinary skills of the contestants present are very solid.

If they were asked to carve a flower out of a radish, it would be fine.

But it would be a bit difficult to carve out a plate of "Songhe Yannian" using five or six kinds of ingredients in half an hour.

As soon as the topic came out, many players wailed:
"What are you doing, you actually take the food carving test! Can this thing be considered as a culinary test?"

"That's right! Three generations of my family have been making pasta. You can ask me to make stir-fried vegetables, but suddenly you want me to use cucumbers to carve flowers. Isn't that embarrassing for me!"

"Fuck! Who came up with the question!"

For a while, many people expressed that they could not accept this kind of test question.

At this time, a judge from the Kitchen Association stood up and said:

"The celebrity chef selection competition is different from ordinary culinary competitions. We not only prepared food carving test questions, but also prepared pasta test questions, dessert test questions, roast meat test questions and various mainstream cuisine test questions!"

"The competition is to select all-around chefs who are good at everything. If you can't even master the art of food carving, then you might as well quit the competition as soon as possible!"

"By the way, my old man, Wang Youshi, is the creator of this test question. Anyone who wants to complain can do it to me. Turn right when you go out, and no one will stop you!"

The authority of Huaxia Kitchen Association is still very high.

As soon as Wang Youshi said these words, the complaining players were silenced.

Some people chose to keep their mouths shut, while others were so annoyed that they really packed up their things and left.

Yao Yu couldn't help laughing at Wang Youshi who jumped out to attack others.

This little old man is the president of the Sioux City Culinary Association. He has a bad temper and a tough temper. As long as he takes advantage of it, he dares to scold even the master chefs on the Hongmeng list.

But Wang Youshi was right.

The food carving assessment has also appeared in the competition questions of the famous contest many times, and it is an important test point to test the chef's level.

However, this kind of problem generally only appears in the national league.

This is the first time that it has been used as a regional competition exam question like today.

It seems that this year's famous competition is not only large in scale, but even the test questions are more difficult than previous ones.

Half an hour is a short time.

Contestants have to hurry up and carve.

According to the requirements, a complete set of Songhe Yannian must have a pine tree and at least five white cranes hovering on the pine tree.

Within the specified time, whoever makes the food carving more exquisite will be recognized by the judges, and thus the possibility of promotion will be higher.

Seeing that the timing of the competition started, Yao Yu hurriedly started to carve.

Carving food carvings requires not only advanced knife skills, but also a certain degree of artistic aesthetics.

As for the carving process itself, it is not complicated.

First, the cook uses a carving knife to carve out the outlines of pine trees and rocks on the surface of the old pumpkin.

After the outline is outlined, hollow out the excess part of the pumpkin.

Then slowly refine it to depict the shape of the pine branches and the surface texture of the rocks.

After depicting these, it is necessary to carve the figure of grass under the "pine tree", that is, on the base of the food sculpture.

After the shape of the pine tree against the rock is carved, the broccoli must be inserted on the pumpkin with a toothpick.

The orange-yellow pumpkin is the main body of the pine tree, and the grass-green broccoli can be used to embellish the umbrella-shaped leaves of the pine tree.

After the pine trees and pine leaves are in place, the next step is to carve the shape of the white crane out of white radish.

There must be at least five white cranes, and the carved postures cannot be single.

There must be the independent posture of the golden rooster, as well as the image of the white crane spreading its wings ready to fly and bowing its head to comb its feathers.

After carving all kinds of white cranes, insert two complete toothpicks into the white cranes.

The exposed part of the toothpick was regarded as the slender legs of the white crane.

Next, the long beak and crown of the white crane will be carved with carrots, and after they are carved, they will be connected to the white crane with toothpicks.

But the toothpick used at this time cannot be the whole root.

Otherwise, if the toothpick is too long, the extra part will come out and affect the appearance.

After the crane crown and beak are in place, cut a little cucumber peel and decorate it with dark green cucumber peel to make the eyes of the white crane.

in addition,

Don't waste the remaining cucumber skins either.
It should also be carved into the appearance of grass, and nailed together with the grass texture carved under the pine tree.

After finishing these, a long white cloud image has to be carved with white radish, and fixed on the upper half of the pine tree.

in this way,

There are pine and cranes, clouds and grass food carvings put together,
It's like a complete set of "Songs and Cranes Prolong Years" pictures.

Finally, engrave the four characters "Songhe Yannian" on the main body of the food sculpture, and a set of "Songhe Yannian" food sculptures will be completed.

Yao Yu practiced food carving hard for a long time before.

For him, carving food sculptures is like learning to ride a bicycle. Once you learn it, you will never forget it for the rest of your life.

Don't say it's just a collage of Songhe Yannian.

As long as he is given enough time, Yao Yu can still make super-large food sculptures like Shanghetu during the Qingming Festival.

Time passed minute by minute.

While most people were still nervously assembling the white crane, Yao Yu had already completed his work.

He wiped his hands, and said to two judges who just came nearby: "Mr. judges, I've finished carving, please guide me!"

(End of this chapter)