Chapter 383 A Puzzling Match

In just a short while, all the meat products were sold out, several bags of flour were scooped away, and even two bags of instant noodles and dried noodles were taken away.

Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the basket of the noodle contestant in confusion. Green and red peppers, cucumbers, carrots, and dragon fruit? What kind of combination was this?

You wouldn't put fruit in noodles, would you?

"Why are so many people grabbing instant noodles? Aren't they really just going to order noodles?"

As the contestant who took the noodles went over, the male contestant in the green shirt who had just made a fool of himself and was standing on Zhao Xiaojing's left also had the same question.

"Who knows? We can't win by making noodles. So many people have done it before. What can we do by making noodles?" said another player in the green shirt.

"Then what do you want to make? I'm sure someone can make all the noodles we know!"

"How would I know?! We only have an hour, and we can't make those complicated snacks! Even though we probably can't win by making noodles, what else can we do besides noodles?"

"Oh! Now that I think about it, what that big brother said is right! How can this not be an extremely complex dish that requires a lifetime of knowledge, makes you rack your brains and toss and turn, and even if you make it now, you will regret it after the test?"

"...That's true. Why don't I just grab a bag of instant noodles as a backup? Instant noodles are always better than dried noodles!"

"...Then I'll go too."

Zhao Xiaojing held back her laughter and turned her head to look at the two people's backs. One of them really took a bag of instant noodles, and the one in the green shirt also took a bottle of Sprite and a bottle of Lao Gan Ma.

Was she planning to make the legendary Sprite and Lao Gan Ma noodles? Zhao Xiaojing watched her pick up another handful of cilantro, and the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

How does the saying go? The world is just a huge makeshift team.

Zhao Xiaojing was about to look away when she suddenly saw a staff member carrying a stack of small iron buckets towards the freezer. The contestant waiting there quickly took one of them and then scooped a bucket of ice with a shovel.

Ice? Are you making cold noodles?

An idea suddenly occurred to Zhao Xiaojing.

She knew what to do.

"Hello, there is a step in my food preparation process that requires a refrigerator. Can I borrow the refrigerator here?" Zhao Xiaojing ran to the staff in a few steps.

"Yes, the machines and tools in the area to the right front of the competition stage are provided for the contestants. There is also a refrigerator over there, which you can use directly during the competition."

"Is there a juicer?" Zhao Xiaojing followed the direction pointed by the staff to confirm the location and asked again.

"Yes, there is a small juicer under each table."

"Okay, okay, thank you." It seems that the original method is no longer necessary, and Zhao Xiaojing is delighted.

Once she had made up her mind, choosing the dishes became very quick. In just two or three minutes, Zhao Xiaojing had picked up all the dishes. After scooping a bucket of ice, she carried the basket and went straight to the table closest to the tool area in the front right.

Although the table on the front right is close to the tool area, it is located in the corner and is far away from the camera positions set up in advance by the three photographers, so no one has chosen it yet.

However, the three camera positions were not in use for the time being. They were just set up and placed there. Two of the photographers were photographing the contestants choosing vegetables around the shelves, and one was at the stove, taking close-ups of the contestants who had already chosen their vegetables and the ingredients in the basket.

With three minutes left to select ingredients, the contestants, baskets in hand, picked their tables. Zhao Xiaojing carefully memorized the locations of the tools she needed and then began to observe the other contestants with boredom.

The contestant who had been meeting her before with instant noodles now occupied the table behind Zhao Xiaojing on the left. In addition to the original instant noodles and dragon fruit, his basket also contained a series of seemingly unrelated ingredients such as cornstarch, shrimps, chicken, eggplant, pork, etc.

The man in the green shirt and the contestant next to him, one actually took instant noodles, Sprite, Lao Gan Ma and other things; the other one, in addition to instant noodles, also took eggs, lotus root, green onions, pork, which is also very puzzling.

In addition, some contestants also took ingredients such as fruits, bean paste, glutinous rice flour, and butter, and it seemed that they were preparing to make snacks.

It seemed that after the initial round of eliminations, a large number of the idlers had been eliminated. They also knew that this was the third round and that the easily predictable noodle dishes could no longer be made. Zhao Xiaojing looked around and could only guess at one Sprite Lao Gan Ma mixed noodles and a few whistle-shaped hand-rolled noodles. The others were more or less difficult to guess.

"The competition is about to begin! Please leave the food area and find your own table quickly!"

"The competition is about to begin! Please leave the food area and find your own table quickly!"

"The competition is about to begin! Please leave the food area and find your own table quickly!"

The staff's horn sounded repeatedly. When it sounded for the third time, the last two contestants finally hurried over from the food area and occupied the last two tables at the rear left.

The person behind the left and Zhao Xiaojing were exactly at opposite corners. Although she was too far away to see clearly what the two people were pretending, Zhao Xiaojing was still shocked.

I don’t know if one of these two is the contestant who asked the host if he could install everything at once, but the strategy was obviously used effectively.

The baskets provided by the organizers were not small, and were definitely enough to hold the amount for a normal dish, and more than enough. However, these two people's baskets were not only filled to the brim, but also piled high. They also hung two small iron buckets for ice outside the baskets, and the ingredients in the buckets were also piled up like a mountain. While running, they even dropped them twice, and they actually picked them up and mixed them with other ingredients.

Zhao Xiaojing looked at the photographers following the two of them, as well as the contestants waiting in the competition area, who had all taken pictures. As soon as she saw the two of them running from the food area, she started taking pictures and glanced at the two photographers who had recorded the entire process.

Three cameras were filming them. She wondered if this scene could be seen on TV. If so, she would have to see what ingredients these two had chosen and what delicious things they could make with them.

"The competitions in each region will begin simultaneously after the broadcast countdown. Please be prepared, players."

"Five, four, three, two, one! The game begins!" Bai Tao gave the order from a radio that he had gotten from somewhere.

Zhao Xiaojing quickly took out the ingredients from the basket and began to process them step by step.

First of all, there are ingredients that take time to brew.

Fold 10g of gelatin sheets in half and soak them in cold water. Wash 100g of mung beans, drain the water and put them into a gauze bag. Then put the gauze bag into a pressure cooker, add 600ml of purified water and 50g of yellow rock sugar, squeeze a little lemon juice, cover the pressure cooker, and turn on the fire to press.