I submitted my application on the MasterChef website.
The competition is expected to start auditions in early July. It is now early May, and Mingyue still has two months to prepare.
Since she was going to participate in the competition, Mingyue began to consider whether she should go to a culinary school for further studies. After all, the program team would require the contestants to cook different dishes for the sake of the show's effect.
She planned to wait until the Spring Flower Festival and go to the Culinary Academy to try the students' cooking skills. If the students' cooking skills could prove the level of the Culinary Academy, she would consider joining.
Of course, what we need to do now is to complete the little squirrel's commission first.
Today, because I went to visit the open space, I will be preparing ingredients for the late-night canteen a little later.
Bread was cutting vegetables, and Xiaoman was helping to put the ingredients in the refrigerator.
After Mingyue cooked the soup base, she began to try to mix pine wine.
The pine needle wine was ready. Mingyue opened the lid, leaned over to the bottle mouth and took a breath. The pure and rich fragrance of pine needles reached deep into her lungs.
The fragrance was so fresh that it became mellow after being soaked in the wine, making people shiver inexplicably.
The pine needles in the bottle are like swords, standing upright one by one, as if to pierce the sky, as if to confront the world, but also as if to be silent in the wine, honing this toughness alone.
Looking at the pine needle wine in her hand, Mingyue suddenly had an idea: maybe pine needle wine can really give the little squirrel courage.
She remembered that the description in the fairy tale book said the wine was not strong, so she planned to combine several wines in her hands to make a new wine.
First, prepare a small glass and carefully pour the desired amount of soda water into it to create a clear base.
From the pine cone jam jar, he fished out the pine cone with the most straight shape.
This pine cone is wrapped in rich and sweet jam. When it is gently placed in the glass, the jam begins to slowly settle and gradually spreads to the bottom of the glass, dyeing it into a charming brown color, just like a pine cone accidentally found on a forest path covered with brown and red fallen leaves in autumn.
Next, Mingyue took out the mixed wine that had been slow-cooked at low temperature.
This wine has a relatively mild taste, just like a bridge connecting different flavors, which can play a natural and smooth transition role.
She gently poured the liquor into the glass, mixing it with the soda water and pine cone jam.
The next step is the key - mixing pine needle wine and pine cone wine. After filtering out the impurities in the wine, mix the pine needle wine and pine cone wine in a ratio of 2:1.
Use a small spoon to guide the mixed wine slowly into the glass.
Due to the difference in density, the wines gradually separate into layers in the glass, eventually leaving a touch of fresh green on the upper layer, like lush pine needles in the forest.
Just like that, after a series of delicate operations, a cup of specially made pine cone wine appears before your eyes.
It is colorful, layered, and exudes an intoxicating fragrance, as if all the beauty of autumn is condensed in this small cup.
Mingyue cast a preservation spell and hid the pine cone wine, preparing to serve it to the little squirrel when she met it.
In addition to the first time, she also prepared some other things for the little squirrel.
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"Boss, what's delicious today?" A familiar voice came. Mingyue looked up and saw it was Sparrow.
"It's still the same old thing: spicy hot pot, spicy mixed soup, and oden," Mingyue replied as she skillfully put the ingredients into the pot and stir-fried them until they brought out an alluring aroma. "But I also made a new dish - candied chestnuts. It's made with the chestnuts that the little squirrel gave me, and it's especially sweet."
The sparrow's eyes lit up. It loved sweet things. "Candied chestnuts? I want some."
Mingyue put a chestnut on a small plate for it. One chestnut was just the right size for the little sparrow. She served it to the sparrow along with a cup of hot tea, which was to be eaten with the chestnut.
The chestnuts are cooked very well, the chestnut meat has become glutinous and has absorbed enough powdered sugar. The powdery chestnut texture combined with the sugar juice and a cup of hot tea is simply wonderful.
The sparrow ate it up immediately and ordered three more skewers of oden to eat slowly.
A few more guests arrived, and Mingyue and Mianbao became busy, boiling the dishes and serving the dishes.
When the dishes were served, Mingyue inadvertently caught a glimpse of the badge that the eye-patch-wearing weasel had placed on the table. The badge looked quite old, and although the pattern on it was a little blurry, it was still possible to tell that it seemed to be the emblem of a certain team.
Could it be that the weasel is an adventurer?
Mingyue fell into thought, not knowing whether she should ask the other party this question. After all, it seemed impolite to casually inquire about the privacy of the guests.
At this moment, the weasel frowned tightly, with a gloomy face, as if the air around it was condensed because of it.
The low and oppressive aura emanating from it was like a dark cloud covering the entire space, so much so that the other guests who had just walked in, after feeling this invisible pressure, subconsciously avoided the weasel's location and chose to sit down in seats farther away.
"Excuse me, are you having any troubles?"
Mingyue deftly placed the dishes on the table, with a gentle smile on her face, and asked softly.
The weasel sitting at the table just groaned, "Hmm?"
He raised his hairy head and glared fiercely at the bright moon with his only eye.
When the sparrow standing nearby saw this scene, it became so nervous that its feathers stood up and its little heart began to beat wildly.
Sparrow secretly groaned inwardly: Oh my god! This guy looks so fierce, is he going to harm the store owner? No, I have to stay vigilant at all times. If the situation gets bad, I have to rush out and find the sheriff for help!
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