Food customizer.

Fish, and bear's paw.

After hearing the name, the noisy guests became quiet. They were noisy before because they were not sure whether the dish in front of them was what they imagined. Once they heard the answer, there was nothing to argue about anymore.

Is this really a bear paw?

There were even a few guests who did not say anything, but their hands were busy. Thomas was one of them. He quickly took out his mobile phone and opened a search website.

[If a protected animal is eaten without knowing it, who should be punished, the producer or the eater? ]

He is very concerned about this issue.

If the producer is punished, then there is nothing much to say. Anyway, I don’t understand Chinese, so I just ate it without knowing what was going on.

If the eater is to be punished, then you have to think carefully about whether this dish is worth a few years of waiting.

No doubt others are searching for the law as well.

But Su Chen's words continued to reach their ears.

"As we all know, there is a saying in ancient my country: I want fish, and I also want bear's paw, but I can't have both. The name of this dish comes from this. What I want to do is to have both fish and bear's paw."

Thomas silently took off the simultaneous interpreter from his ear.

Boss Su, you dare to say this? I dare not listen!

Now he understood why the hostages in some movies looked confused and panicked after seeing the robber's mask fall off. I'm scared just listening to you talking now, Boss Su!

But the translator next to him didn't seem to realize this problem, even though Thomas winked at her frantically, asking her not to talk to him!

But the translator's attention was all on that dish

We translators are human beings too. When have we ever done a job where we can only talk but not eat? It’s so uncomfortable!

She just stared at the dishes on the table, feeling the inexplicable aroma of meat in the air, and her brain mechanically translated the sounds she heard without much thought.

"Don't worry, although the ingredients you see now look like bear paws, they are not actually bear paws. I just used other ingredients and tried my best to imitate the taste of bear paws. I hope you like this innovative dish from the three northeastern provinces!"

Thomas heard these words in the chaos, and then his eyes widened, staring at the dish on the table that was obviously larger than the other dishes on the table.

“Isn’t this a bear paw?”

"How is that possible? This is clearly a bear paw! I ate it before when I was in Japan, and it's exactly the same as what I ate!"

"With this appearance, this texture, this taste, you actually said it's not bear paw?"

"Could it be that Boss Su said this on purpose in order to evade legal sanctions? Logically speaking, we ate this stuff without knowing it, so even if we are held responsible in the end, it won't be our turn, right?"

Some people questioned it, some people were greedy, there was a red-haired uncle, whose height and weight were even more exaggerated than Thomas who was 1.9 meters tall.

The old man tugged at his red beard and said, "Why do you care so much? We are here to participate in an official food exchange. If this thing is inedible, Boss Su will definitely not make it for us! Just eat it!"

Despite this, the others looked at each other and no one dared to pick up their chopsticks first.

It must be said that the power of criminal law is indeed very strong!

But the red-haired uncle didn't care about that. As a foreign guest who knew how to use chopsticks, he stretched out his hand and picked up one of the chewy-looking "bear paws" and put it in the bowl. He didn't forget to look at it a few more times before eating.

It can be seen that the meat is white, and there is a piece of tender fish fillet in between the two pieces of "bear paws". It is not possible to tell what kind of fish it is.

The uncle took a few glances and then stuffed the big piece of meat directly into his mouth.

Others stared at his expression, afraid of missing out on something exciting.

Chew. Chew again and again!

An unprecedented deliciousness that deepens with every chewing, wandering freely in the mouth, and the uncle's expression becomes more and more intoxicated!

The people watching were swallowing their saliva.

"No matter what, since someone is eating it, it means there must be no problem!"

"That's right, look, President Zhang is eating too! If he eats it himself, it will definitely be okay if we eat it too!"

Chairman Zhang is the representative of the Chinese side at this banquet.

At this time, he also picked up a piece of "bear paw" and fish and chewed them slowly. The enjoyment on his face made everyone feel greedy.

Gradually more and more people began to try it.

Soon, the food on the plate had been eaten up. Almost everyone had eaten the fish and bear paw. After eating the third piece, Thomas said with certainty: "I swear, this is exactly the same as the bear paw I ate in Japan!"

After saying that, he said with great difficulty accepting, "It's even much better than that one, but this taste is definitely not wrong!"

The red-haired uncle also nodded. "Indeed, I hunted one in the forest last time. It wasn't as delicious as this one when I cooked it at home, but the taste is similar."

In some parts of the world, hunting is legal as long as you have a hunting license.

"I never thought that this elastic meat mixed with fish would produce such a strong aroma. It feels like these two kinds of meat are meant to be eaten together!"

"The fresh taste of fish meat complements the lack of taste in this mammal, and this... well, let's just assume it's a bear paw. The taste of this bear paw perfectly complements the lack of fish meat. Mm, it's really a delicacy!"

It can be seen that this innovative dish is still popular with everyone, but because the ingredients are too shocking, some guests are unwilling to participate more in the discussion.

back kitchen.

"Fuck! These foreigners really don't know what this is!"

"Awesome! In ancient times, people called a deer a horse. Today, Boss Su is cooking a cow and calling it a bear. That's awesome!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Boss Su is a serious man, not some Zhao Gao."

Su Chen was a little speechless. It seemed that these kitchen helpers had a relatively average level of education, and when they chatted, they always talked about topics that he could not expect.

"It's normal. Even if you cook your shoe soles as ingredients in this cooking method, you won't be able to taste anything," Su Chen said lightly.

Because the three northeastern provinces were only going to prepare one dish at that time, choosing which province's dish to serve became a big problem. Moreover, the three northeastern provinces had similar eating habits, and they only had a few well-known dishes.

Later, Su Chen simply created this dish himself.

When this dish was first proposed, the old men in the association were almost scared. Later, after Su Chen explained his ideas in detail, they felt relieved.

But there are new concerns.

Is it possible to use cow hooves as bear paws?

And Su Chen also used his own skills to tell them that it would definitely work!

The inspiration for this dish came from a video Su Chen had seen on the Internet before. He vaguely remembered that the video was shot quite a long time ago and the video footage was even very blurry.

The so-called bear paw production actually requires the use of chicken, duck, and a large amount of onion, ginger, and wine to remove the fishy smell. After cooking, various fishy-removing seasonings are added and the fishy smell is further removed by steaming.

Even so, when the dish is finally ready, it still needs to be topped with broth before it can be eaten.

Su Chen had no chance before, but now that he has a practice room, he can try it without restraint.

After this dish appeared in his mind, Su Chen went into the practice room and started making it. After summoning a bear paw, the first impression this thing gave Su Chen was: stinky!

Even after cooking it at high temperature and removing the hair, it still stinks!

Then comes the cooking. According to the method recorded in the video at that time, the chicken, duck, onion and ginger must be boiled in a large barrel first. They must be boiled until the chicken and duck meat are completely melted in the soup before the bear paw can be cooked.

Su Chen was thinking. If we do this, let alone bear paws, even if we throw a shoe horn in, it will still taste delicious.

As it turned out, Su Chen's idea was a little too simple.

Even if this thing is stewed in such high-quality broth for two hours, it still has an unacceptable fishy smell when you cut it up and eat it!

It was as if the taste was engraved in every cell. At that time, Su Chen was skeptical. When the older generation said that this thing was delicious, were they serious?

Then steam it with scallion, ginger and cooking wine for two hours, and the fishy smell will become much lighter.

But this leads to a new problem: after such a long time of steaming, the flavor of the bear paw itself has actually been lost, and all that can be tasted is the freshness of the chicken and duck broth, as well as the flavor of green onion and ginger.

Especially when the sauce made from broth, soy sauce and sugar is sprinkled on it, even if Su Chen has the plug-in "Top of Taste", when he eats it, he just feels like he is eating for the taste.

Q, elastic, soft and smooth.

Very similar to a certain ingredient: beef tendon.

Su Chen made a prompt decision and summoned a processed bear paw and eight cow hooves.

Try again using the same cooking method.

really!

After the beef tendon is cooked in this way, it tastes almost the same as bear paw. Even the beef flavor contained in the beef tendon itself disappears without a trace.

In that case!

Su Chen continued to try. He cut the beef tendon into slices, then sandwiched the fish fillets that were cooked in water until they were 70% done between the beef tendons, and then poured the sauce made from the broth on top.

Good guy!

You don’t know until you try it!

Why is this combination so delicious?

And when Su Chen demonstrated this dish in front of everyone's shocked eyes, and cut the cut beef tendons into various shapes, and directly put them together on the plate to form a bear paw shape.

The three presidents from Northeast China almost fell to their knees after just one sip.

"Yes, yes! This dish must be included in the innovative dishes of our Heilongjiang Province Cooking Association! From now on, this will be our provincial dish!"

"Bullshit! This is obviously our Ji Province's food. What does it have to do with your Heilongjiang Province?"

"Haha, isn't Liao Province worthy? Why don't you research where this bear paw thing first came from?"

Faced with the dispute among the three presidents, Su Chen also made a proposal at that time.

Instead of letting the three provinces develop separately, it would be better to merge the cuisines. From now on, don’t talk about Liao cuisine or Ji cuisine, just call it Northeast cuisine!

After all, in the minds of the general public, it is really Northeastern cuisine.

After all, Su Chen is a second-level member, and he is also the creator of this dish. After careful consideration, the three presidents agreed with Su Chen's statement.

Thus, the dish of 'fish and bear's paw' was born!

"If that's the case, then we can just follow this method when stewing beef trotters at home in the future. It will definitely taste good!" said Liu Abao.

He still found it a little unbelievable.

How could a person with a normal sense of taste not be able to taste the difference between beef and bear?

This is strange.

"If there are so many at home, won't you be scolded to death? These cow hooves are not expensive, and chickens, ducks, fish and other things have all been melted into soup! What a waste!"

"Indeed. Although this dish is delicious, it does not meet the requirements of Chinese people for eating at home. It is okay in restaurants, after all, the broth can be reused."

"Boss Su is amazing! This wave almost scared the foreigners to death, but they were enjoying the meal so much that they probably forgot that this dish is very spicy, haha!"

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on outside?"

A Bao glanced at the screen on the wall and said, "They finished eating. They were all hesitant to eat the first bite, but after that they couldn't help themselves. The big red-haired guy almost got into a fight with the foreigner who sneaked into the kitchen to eat."

"Oh?" Su Chen also looked over, "What's going on?"

"We don't know either. Anyway, we saw that the two of them were having an unhappy quarrel. At this moment, Shu Ting arranged for the big red-haired man to exchange seats with a guest in the private room inside."

Su Chen shook his head.

What's so noisy about having a meal?

"It seems like the progress is a bit fast now?"

A Bao said, "When it comes to a big banquet, people eat faster. As soon as a dish is served, everyone starts scrambling to eat it, fearing that they will miss out if they don't eat enough."

harm.

Su Chen moved his neck. Even though there were not many dishes in total, he was actually quite tired.

Mainly because the intensity is too high.

The fish and bear's paw is the dividing line between all the dishes.

After this dish, the essence of cuisines from all over China is almost contained, and most of the major cuisines that are currently more recognized by the general public are also behind this dish.

"If the dishes above can make people fight, then the dishes below will..."

Su Chen considered whether he should let everyone go back to the banquet hall and dine like they did at the beginning.

When the dishes arrived in Henan Province, Su Chen took out a fresh live fish from the fish tank.

Lu Yongliang sneered, "At first I thought you were going to show off your spicy soup skills. I think that stuff tastes pretty good."

"I think the stewed noodles are pretty good too," Cui Yufen added.

This is the difference between the north and the south. Cui Yufen is from Shandong Province and is more accepting of pasta. Lu Yongliang is from the south and his pasta is just so-so.

Su Chen shook his head. "In my opinion, the texture and taste of spicy soup and stewed noodles are better than this dish."

“But they have such distinct characteristics.”

Take Hu La Tang for example. People from other provinces who come to Henan to play can accept it because they really love it. They even feel like ants are crawling on them if they don’t drink it for a day.

If you have a serving of fried buns or pancakes with the spicy soup, it will be a breakfast that even a god cannot replace!

But there are still people who cannot accept it.

I just feel that this thing is gray and sticky. No matter whether I eat it or smell it, it is so unacceptable.

This kind of dish is not suitable for large banquets.

That's why Su Chen chose this dish, which will never go wrong no matter how it is prepared.

Yellow River, big carp!