The contestants participating in the competition will need to sign a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the current competition situation to the outside world. So after Mingyue participated in the competition, Li Mingzhu had to return home. In total, she had not seen Mingyue for half a year.
"Ah, I don't know how the game is going. Although no news is good news, I really want to go and see it."
"Grandma, do you know what stage the competition is at now? How long will it take to end?" Li Mingzhu lay on the back of the sofa, tilting her head to look at Li Baiying who was sorting medicinal herbs.
Li Baiying put down the herbs in her hand, looked up and saw Li Mingzhu's eager look, and her heart was moved.
She knew that Li Mingzhu and Mingyue had a deep relationship, and this competition was an important experience for them.
"Grandma, can you find a way for me to go and see the scene?" Li Mingzhu continued, "I promise not to disturb her. I just want to see her from a distance."
The assistant beside Li Baiying suddenly said, "Is the variety show you mentioned the MasterChef? They sent Li Baiying an invitation to compete. I remember it should be here."
She rummaged through the unprocessed documents on Mr. Li's right hand, then found an invitation and handed it over. "This is it! The MasterChef team hopes you can be a judge for one episode."
"What?! Great, mother-in-law, please agree! And take me with you! Let's go visit Mingyue on set."
Li Baiying nodded and said, "But you have to promise me that we will follow the rules when we get there. If you can't meet the contestants alone, then you can't meet them. Don't cause trouble for the production team."
Li Mingzhu nodded quickly: "I will be obedient, grandma."
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The episode that Li Mingzhu and the others came to was the top 20 competition, and the content of the competition happened to be a mystery box challenge.
"Today, we have a special judge joining us. Let us welcome the master of herbal medicine, Ms. Li Baiying."
As the applause rang out, Mingyue couldn't help but feel something in her heart. When she heard the name "Li Baiying", she subconsciously turned her head to the side and quickly glanced at the team of photographers beside her.
She saw a familiar figure among the busy crowd of the program crew.
At this moment, Li Mingzhu also keenly noticed Mingyue's gaze. A bright smile immediately broke out on her face. She waved her arms happily towards Mingyue, as if to convey all her joy to her.
In response to Li Mingzhu's warm greeting, Mingyue smiled slightly and nodded to her gently.
Even though it was just a simple communication through gestures, both of them understood what the other meant.
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The mystery box challenge has always been a highlight of the MasterChef competition, full of suspense and surprises.
In each competition, the contestants will find a tightly wrapped mysterious box on their cooking table.
This mysterious box is waiting for them to reveal, and the ingredients inside will determine the direction of the dish they will make next.
Since the contents of the mystery box are completely different every time, the contestants inevitably feel a little nervous when facing the closed box in front of them.
After all, they don’t know what kind of strange, rare or even tricky ingredients will be presented to them. These unknowns are like a fog shrouding their hearts, making people both excited and uneasy.
Just then, the judges began counting down: "Three...two...one!"
As the last sound fell, the contestants couldn't wait to open the mysterious boxes in front of them.
In an instant, the true appearance of the items in the box was finally revealed.
Mingyue opened the box and happened to look into two empty eye sockets. She was slightly stunned because she had drawn a whole bull's head.
Li Mingzhu, who was standing next to the photographer, was also dumbfounded. She didn't expect the production crew to go so far as to give out a whole bull's head!
So, has the production team given complete sheep and pig heads before?
(Program crew: Hey, you guessed it right. If a program doesn’t create something interesting, is it still called a program?)
Meanwhile, the other contestants opened their mystery boxes and had different reactions when they saw the ingredients inside.
Di Hu got the beef tenderloin and said excitedly, "Great, beef tenderloin, I can make a steak."
Qi Fei got the oxtail bone, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Oxtail bone, I can make an oxtail soup."
Lan Qingying got the beef liver and was a little hesitant as she rarely made dishes based on offal.
Mengya got the beef tripe, and her assistant was introducing the ingredients she had drawn to her. Mengya was a little worried that today's cooking time might be too rushed to prepare the beef tripe.
Mia got the brisket and was already thinking about what to do with it.
Feiyan took the ox hoof and said with a wry smile, "Ox hoof, this is a hard bone. I hope I can stew it until it is tender."
Manwen got a whole rack of beef ribs, and she felt that she was lucky.
Other contestants got different parts of the beef, such as brisket, beef shank, and beef tenderloin.
Yu Wenyi looked at the contestants' different reactions and said, "Today's mystery box is about cooking with different parts of the cow. Each of your boxes contains a different part of the cow, and you need to create dishes based on the characteristics of each part."
"For this mystery box challenge, you will have 10 minutes to go into the ingredient room and get the ingredients, and 50 minutes to create them."
“The countdown starts now.”
The contestants immediately picked up their baskets and rushed to the food room, holding the basic ingredients while thinking about what they were going to make.
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When the contestants went into the food room to choose ingredients, the four judges started a discussion.
"The difficulty this season is whether they can use these different parts properly."
"It's easier for the contestants who get the tenderloin and sirloin, which are common ingredients for steak."
"The top of the head has a lot of fat, is tough and tender, and is perfect for stir-frying, stir-frying, or blanching."
"Tinker meat has more tendons and well-developed muscles, so it needs to be braised until it's tender and muscular."
"The bull head Mingyue got may look complicated, but if used well, it can actually have many options. For example, she can take out the bull tongue to cook, or choose the meat from the bull cheek to stew."
"The tripe Mengya got is also difficult to prepare. It must be cooked thoroughly, otherwise it might be impossible to bite it."
"Speaking of which, Bai Ying, did you notice that contestant Meng Ya is blind?"
"Oh? That's actually the case. No wonder she has an assistant."
"Yes, but this assistant only tells her the location of items and the ingredients on the table. She can't actually do anything or participate in making the dishes."
Li Baiying nodded after hearing this. "That makes sense. I didn't expect there would be so many outstanding and hardworking contestants this year."
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