Chapter 197 Don't mess with things...
Mo Qingyan didn't expect that the chef from the Beautiful Country would actually stop him in public.
Of course, this "intercepting" requires a lot of skill.
The chef from the Beautiful Country walked around and came to Mo Qingyan's stove, then "accidentally" knocked the kitchen utensils on Mo Qingyan's stove to the ground.
Fortunately, Mo Qingyan dodged quickly, otherwise, those kitchen utensils would have hit him.
Mo Qingyan looked at the dirty kitchen utensils on the ground, frowned, and looked at the chef from the Beautiful Country.
The chef from the beautiful country apologized to Mo Qingyan with a "sincere" look on his face.
"Suowei Suowei, I didn't mean to do that. I just wanted to choose the ingredients quickly, so I walked around for a bit. I didn't expect that I would accidentally knock over your kitchen utensils."
Although he was apologizing, his hands were restless. He accidentally took two steps back and touched the spice rack filled with various seasonings next to the stove at the back.
As a result, the entire value of the seasoning was overturned, and all the bottles and jars of seasoning fell to the ground. Scattered all over the ground.
"Souwei souwei..."
Upon seeing this, the chef from the beautiful country immediately apologized again.
There was no trace of guilt on his face, instead he looked gloating.
Because the seasonings were scattered all around Mo Qingyan, and with the overturned kitchen utensils, Mo Qingyan didn't even have a place to step.
Completely trapped in the corner of the stove.
Hearing the noise here, Lang Yueming, who was selecting ingredients, quickly turned around and ran over, and saw this situation.
He couldn't help cursing at the chef from the beautiful country, "Fuck you, Grande, you did it on purpose."
Mo Qingyan was so angry that she laughed. "My position is the farthest from the food area. Why did you take the longest route and pass by my place to choose food? Do you think I'm a fool, or that everyone here and the audience in front of the camera are fools?"
Such an obvious deliberate act can be seen at a glance by anyone with eyes. It's the chef from this beautiful country who is deliberately making trouble.
Unexpectedly, the chef from the beautiful country looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"Sowei, I really didn't mean it. You Chinese are too petty. I've already apologized. You're not hurt, so how can you still talk like that!"
"Well, I have indeed caused you trouble. Then let the referee deduct 15 minutes from my game time. Is that okay?"
The chefs of this beautiful country have already memorized the rules of the International Food Festival.
He wanted to stop Mo Qingyan from choosing ingredients.
Of course, it was impossible to pull Mo Qingyan openly, or stop him from choosing ingredients.
After all, the game has already begun.
By doing this, he is harassing the participating chefs.
That would be a ban.
However, if it was because of his "carelessness" that the competition time of other participating chefs was delayed.
Then his competition time will be deducted, and the time will be used as compensation for the chefs whose competition time was delayed.
Such punishment is very reasonable.
It was precisely because of this that he dared to disrupt Mo Qingyan so blatantly in front of so many participating chefs, staff, and cameras.
Sure enough, after the referee staff came over and understood the situation.
Twenty minutes of competition time was deducted from the chef named Grande, and then twenty minutes of competition time was added to Mo Qingyan.
After all, the seasonings are spilled all over the floor, and it takes time to clean them up.
Of course, the referee also gave Grande a red card warning.
Although Grandet said he did not do it on purpose, the referee had eyes and could see it.
After causing such a big commotion in public, it would be unfair to Mo Qingyan if she was simply deducted from the game time.
So, a red card warning was given.
This means that if Grandet causes any trouble again, he will be directly banned from the competition.
Although his playing time was deducted, he was also given a red card warning.
However, the goal was achieved.
Mo Qingyan was temporarily trapped in the corner of the stove and had to wait until the staff cleaned up the floor before she could escape.
This time will take at least five or six minutes.
In just five or six minutes, the good ingredients had already been selected by other contestants.
I saw Lang Yueming still standing there, not choosing any ingredients.
Mo Qingyan said to him, "Don't worry about me, just go and do your own thing. Otherwise, all the good ingredients will be snatched away by them."
The ingredients for this competition are not distributed equally.
Instead, the chefs need to choose for themselves.
If you go early, you can certainly choose the ingredients that you like.
If you go too late, you can only choose what others have left.
Now, she has been delayed, and Mo Qingyan doesn't want Lang Yueming to be delayed as well.
Lang Yueming gritted his teeth, knowing the seriousness of the matter, "Okay, then you be careful."
After saying that, he turned around and went to choose ingredients.
After Grande finished making trouble, he ran to choose ingredients.
Just in time, I passed by another beautiful chef who was selecting ingredients.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The sight of the conspiracy succeeding was so frustrating.
Some of the other participating chefs felt ashamed of the two's deliberate disruptive behavior.
Some people are also gloating over other people's misfortune.
After all, if they have one less opponent in this game, their chances of winning will be greater.
However, the Chinese audience who were watching the live broadcast had already bombarded the screen with curses.
"The two bastards next door, they can't beat them, so they deliberately go to mess with Mo Qingyan."
"I've seen that those two are not good people. I thought they would just do some small tricks. I didn't expect them to mess with our brother Mo so openly. Is the referee blind? People like this should be kicked out and not allowed to compete."
"Before the game, they were already provoking our Brother Mo. I just saw the two of them whispering to each other. I had a lot of premonitions, and sure enough, they really did use shady tricks."
"If I were there, I would beat the crap out of them and make them cry for their parents."
"Too insidious and vicious."
"I have such a bad temper, I can kick these two girls to death."
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It’s no wonder that the Chinese audience lost their temper, it’s just that what Grandet did was too disgusting.
When Yin Yiyi, Song Beichen and others saw this, they were so angry that they were about to explode.
"Damn it, just wait for me. If they have the guts, don't leave the food party after the competition. Otherwise, I'll show you how I'm going to teach them a lesson." Song Beichen said as he began to roll up his sleeves, looking ready for a fight.
"What a bunch of disgusting things. After the game, I'll have someone put them in sacks." Yin Yiyi was also very simple and rude.
"No, don't be impulsive, stay calm." Tao Zui said quickly: "They are foreigners who came to participate in the competition. They are well-known internationally. If something happens during the competition, there will be big trouble."
Qiao Na said indignantly: "How can we stay calm? They are blatantly bullying our brother Mo."
"That's right. Who knows what dirty tricks they will play on our Brother Mo next time?" Xu Yi was so angry that his heart ached.
He knew that the chefs in the United States were shameless, but he didn't expect them to be so shameless.
Taoyu was also very angry, but he knew that he couldn't get angry with them and lose his cool.
Otherwise, it would not help Mo Qingyan.
It will also bring trouble to Mo Qingyan.
Therefore, he must stay sober and prevent Song Beichen and others from making mistakes.
So, I reminded them, "We are still live streaming. If people in the live streaming room hear you talking like this, wouldn't that cause trouble for the production team and Brother Mo?"
As a result, the audience in the live broadcast room shouted:
"What? What did they just say? I didn't hear it!"
"What? Did they just talk?"
"I just went to the bathroom and didn't hear what they said."
"I am old and hard of hearing."
"Excuse me, what happened just now? My phone was on silent mode, so I didn't hear anything."
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Looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room, Taozui's mouth twitched.
These fans and spectators really enjoy watching the fun and don’t mind making trouble!
Let us turn our attention back to the game scene.
Many of those bottles that hold seasonings are in glass bottles.
Therefore, when it broke, there were glass shards all over the floor.
It took several staff members to clean up, and they had to be extra careful.
Therefore, the processing time is longer.
It took me about ten minutes to process only part of it.
An aisle was cleared for Mo Qingyan.
Mo Qingyan walked out along the clean corridor.
In the food section, there were only some not-so-good parts of beef left.
Most of them are beef rump.
All the other good beef has been picked away.
Therefore, Mo Qingyan had no other choice at this time.
I could only pick up a piece of relatively good beef rump.
In the eyes of professional chefs, the worst type of beef is actually beef neck, followed by beef rump.
Because beef rump seems to be lean meat with little fat, but the taste is very bad.
Due to the large amount of exercise, the meat is relatively rough and hard. Whether it is stewed or fried, the taste will be relatively dry and astringent.
With a piece of beef rump like this, no matter how good your cooking skills are, you won't be able to use them.
Of course, that's for those chefs from abroad.
Therefore, when the two chefs from the Beautiful Country saw Mo Qingyan taking a piece of beef rump, they both laughed with glee.
But Mo Qingyan felt that a mere piece of beef rump was nothing to him.
Because a truly good chef can cook delicious dishes regardless of the quality of the ingredients.
Otherwise, there would be no need for the profession of chef to exist.
The beef rump has a rough texture and a tough and woody feel, so we need to change the texture of the meat first.
Mo Qingyan’s previous stove definitely cannot be used anymore.
So, I went to a new stove.
The staff also prepared a new spice cabinet for him.
Mo Qingyan took the piece of beef rump and walked to the new stove, ready to start processing it.
There are two ways to change the taste of beef, one is chemical pickling and the other is physical tenderizing.
Mo Qingyan prepared to use both methods.
First, cut a whole piece of beef rump into pieces of similar size.
The piece of meat cannot be too big, otherwise it will be difficult to marinate.
If it is too small, the taste will be affected after physical tenderization.
After the entire piece of beef rump was cut into pieces, Mo Qingyan picked up a meat hammer.
Pound the cut beef pieces.
The force of the beating must be uniform.
Through such beating, the muscle fibers in the beef can be broken down, and the texture of the beef can be utilized, making it more tender and smooth.
Because the muscle fibers of beef rump are relatively coarse, it is impossible to change the taste in a short period of time simply by marinating it with chemical seasonings.
After each piece of beef has been evenly pounded to tenderize it physically, the second step of marinating it with chemical seasonings can begin.
There are many methods for the second step of chemical pickling.
Mo Qingyan chose the acidic pickling method with lemon juice.
Select a few fresh lemons, cut them in half, and then use a hand juicer to squeeze out the lemon juice.
The reason why we choose manual squeezing is that the lemon juice squeezed in this way will taste more refreshing. There won’t be too many fruit pieces. It won’t have the bitterness of lemon peel.
Lemon juice contains a large amount of citric acid, which can break down the protein in beef in a short time.
Make the beef taste more tender and soft.
When used, it can also add the unique sour and refreshing taste of lemon to the beef.
After placing the beaten beef on a plate, first add the egg whites of two eggs.
The function of egg white is to increase the stickiness of the beef surface and lock the moisture in the beef.
This will prevent the beef from losing moisture during the marinating process.
Then, add appropriate amount of lemon juice, olive oil, rosemary, minced garlic, and appropriate amount of table salt.
After mixing all the seasonings with the beef, set it aside and marinate for half an hour.
While the marinating time is going on, you can prepare other side dishes.
Mo Qingyan made beef stew with tomatoes.
This is a common home-cooked dish in China.
Although it is a home-cooked dish, the more ordinary the dish is, the more it tests the chef's cooking skills if he wants to make it delicious.
Especially when choosing tomatoes, the tomatoes should not be too sour, nor too sour.
You must choose tomatoes that are fresh and have a moderate sweetness and sourness.
The ingredients provided by the food club are all very fresh.
Mo Qingyan picked out a few of the best fresh tomatoes.
Cut the surface of the tomatoes into cross shapes and blanch them in boiling water. Wait until the skin of the tomatoes begins to soften, then remove the skin.
Then, cut the tomatoes into small dices and put them in a bowl for later use.
Next, you can prepare side dishes such as onions, ginger, garlic, etc.
After half an hour of marinating time, the beef not only becomes tender and smooth, but the excess blood in the beef has also been marinated out.
The fresh beef marinated in this way does not need to be blanched again.
Once blanched, the beef will become tough.
Although blanching is not necessary, in order to make the beef more tasty, you need to heat the pan and fry it. That is lightly fried.
Heat oil in a pan, and when the oil reaches 60% hot, put the beef cubes into the pan one by one and fry them lightly.
The deep-fried beef will not only be firmer and more tender, but will also be able to absorb the soup better and be more flavorful when stewed.
After frying the beef in the fryer, set it aside.
Take out the casserole, heat it up, pour in a little bit of vegetable meat, and then add a little bit of lard.
Then, add onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add some chopped tomatoes and stir-fry.
Note that the diced tomatoes need to be crushed during the stir-frying process. During the stir-frying process, a thick sauce will gradually form.
After the thick sauce is cooked, add warm water and pour the lightly fried beef into it.
Then add a little light soy sauce, cover the lid and turn the heat to maximum.
After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for one hour.
While Mo Qingyan was busy, the participating chefs around her were also busy.
In the West, there are only a few ways to cook beef.
Later, as Chinese restaurants spread all over the world, chefs in the West gradually began to learn how to cook beef in China.
Therefore, after combining Chinese cuisine with Western cuisine, modern Western cuisine has added many more steps in the processing of beef.
Therefore, many practices have been extended.
So, we can see that after getting the best beef, these participating chefs no longer make steaks in the same way.
There is also fried beef, stewed beef, and even stir-fried beef.
Various kitchen utensils also came in handy.
In the huge kitchen, all kinds of aromas gather together, and chefs are busy working everywhere.
After an hour, many chefs had already prepared their beef dishes.
The number of chefs in the kitchen began to gradually decrease.
Mo Qingyan was still stewing the beef over low heat.
The two chefs from the beautiful country had prepared their dishes within an hour.
When he left, he smiled smugly at Mo Qingyan.
That look really deserves a beating.
Mo Qingyan simply sneered back at them and didn't bother to pay attention to them.
Instead, he focused his attention on those international chefs who were still busy.
The beef selected by the international chef is all top quality beef.
Among them, two chose to cook steak, and two chose other methods.
Although Mo Qingyan didn't know how those chefs had processed the beef before.
However, Mo Qingyan could tell from the aroma of their nearly finished products that the dishes they made tasted very good.
So, if one can become an international chef, then his cooking skills must be very good.
The cooking skills of these international chefs are equivalent to the level of China's first-class state banquet chefs.
Another half an hour passed, and basically all the other participating chefs had finished.
At this time, only Mo Qingyan, Lang Yueming and a chef from Country D were left in the kitchen.
All they made was beef stew.
Therefore, it will take longer.
In fact, if you use a pressure cooker, it doesn’t take that long at all.
However, as a real and qualified chef, he will never cut corners. Use a pressure cooker to cook.
Because dishes cooked in a pressure cooker will lose the original flavor of the ingredients.
However, Lang Yueming, who is a Chinese, used a clay pot just like Mo Qingyan.
The people from country D only used an iron pot.
Another ten minutes passed.
The chef from Country D and Lang Yueming's beef stew were also ready.
After the staff took away their beef stew, the chef from Country D left without looking back.
Lang Yueming looked at Mo Qingyan with some concern and asked, "Mo Qingyan, how is it?"
Mo Qingyan smiled at him and said, "Okay, don't worry. There's enough time."
After hearing what Mo Qingyan said, Lang Yueming left with peace of mind.
The judges in the judging room had no idea about the messes that the chefs from the United States could make in the kitchen.
However, the other participating chefs knew about it.
Therefore, in the waiting room, the participating chefs from China had an argument with the chefs from the United States.
Among them, Zhou Ningren's voice was the loudest, speaking up for Mo Qingyan.
When it comes to quarreling, no country can quarrel more than the Chinese.
After all, when those foreigners quarrel, they are still at the kindergarten level.
When Chinese people quarrel, they can start talking about the other person's parents, ancestors, and various internal organs without using a single curse word.
The kind that can make people angry to death if you are not careful.
What?
Those chefs from the United States are no match for Zhou Ningren and his team.
I was so greeted that I couldn't utter a word.
Seeing how strong Zhou Ningren and his team were, the chefs from other countries did not dare to come forward to help.
He even stayed away from the chefs from the United States for fear of being implicated.
The beautiful country chefs couldn't win the argument with Zhou Ningren and his friends, so they went to complain to the staff.
Finally, the staff said. No one scolds the Chinese chefs at all.
People simply greeted each other using polite words.
It’s just that maybe I got a little excited when I was greeting you. I just spoke a little louder.
Moreover, everyone is also complaining about it.
These chefs in the beautiful country can't be too stingy, right?
In an instant, the arrow that the beautiful country chef shot at Mo Qingyan stabbed back into their bodies.
They were so angry that their faces turned red, but they didn't dare to make a big noise.
After all, one of them had already been given a red card.
If he is given another red card.
Then we really can't compete.
Therefore, no matter how angry they were, the chefs in the beautiful country could not bear it.
After all, not all of these staff members are from China.
There are also many who are staff members of the International Gourmet Association.
During the competition, many staff members of the food association could not stand the things that the chefs from the beautiful country did to the Chinese chefs.
Especially the staff in charge of Mo Qingyan's group.
You said you were targeting Chinese chefs, so go ahead and target them.
As a result, it caused so much trouble for these staff members.
All the seasonings were spilled on the ground, and they, the staff, needed to deal with it.
Isn't that just causing trouble for these staff members?
There are more or less relationships between the staff members.
In this way, the chefs from the beautiful country indirectly offended many staff members.
Seeing Zhou Ningren and his team leaving the American chefs speechless and the staff refusing to help them, the Chinese audience felt so happy.
While things were going on in the lounge, Mo Qingyan's beef was also ready.
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