In the end, Jia Dongsheng agreed to accept Liu Hongchang as his apprentice.
There is no way. This kid keeps knocking his head to the ground. If Jia Dongsheng doesn’t accept him as his apprentice, wouldn’t that be bullying?
Of course, the main reason is that Jia Dongsheng understands Liu Hongchang's character. Before the drama was adapted into a home-cooked dish, his character was called "The Best Man in the World". It would definitely be a good thing to have such an apprentice.
Otherwise, let alone kowtow a few times, even if your head is smashed, they won’t accept it even if they don’t want to.
What surprised Jia Dongsheng was that after Liu Hongchang served tea and became his apprentice, the person who was happiest was not Liu Hongchang, but Nan Yi, who had been watching the show from the side.
This made Jia Dongsheng a little confused.
Why is Nan Yi so happy that he has accepted a good disciple?
This question did not bother Jia Dongsheng for too long. When cooking at noon, Jia Dongsheng began to test Liu Hongchang to see how good his cooking skills were.
Nan Yi sneaked over and started listening.
Liu Hongchang also came from a family of learned people, but he was too young and his father passed away before he had time to lay a solid foundation.
This resulted in Liu Hongchang knowing quite a bit about cooking, but his basic knowledge was not very good.
Jia Dongsheng could only start teaching from the most basic things.
Safety, hygiene, identification of ingredients, use of various knives and methods of processing ingredients, and the combination of various seasonings, etc. It can be said that in terms of simple basic teaching, what chefs learn is only more, not less, than the basic knowledge that other industries need to learn.
After all, if you don't learn the knowledge of other industries well, the worst that can happen is that you don't understand it, and you can eventually switch to other industries.
But what about the chef?
If you don’t learn the basic knowledge firmly, the food you cook may be fatal.
As the saying goes, illness comes from the mouth. This is the truth.
Therefore, Jia Dongsheng taught carefully and Li Hongchang learned seriously. For a time, the master and apprentice taught and learned at the same time, and the relationship was very harmonious.
However, there happened to be someone trying to steal someone's skills, which made the harmonious scene feel a little awkward.
That’s right, the person who stole the skills was Nan Yi.
This guy just listened at first, but soon he took out a small notebook and started taking notes.
He wrote down every word Jia Dongsheng said, which made Jia Dongsheng speechless.
"Nan Yi, your cooking skills are already very good. You just need to continue to study seasoning and become more proficient in controlling the heat. Sooner or later, you will reach my current level. Why are you still following Hong Chang to learn these basics?"
"hey-hey."
When it came to learning cooking, Nan Yi showed a thick skin that he would not normally show. He chuckled and said, "Brother Dong, you don't understand. What you said is really useful to me."
"You know, when I first started learning cooking, it was purely out of curiosity. I didn't really learn from a master, so I don't have much basic cooking knowledge. I'm only slightly better than Hong Chang now. It's all based on the experience I've accumulated from cooking over the years."
"What?"
Jia Dongsheng was really surprised. Without formal training in basic knowledge, he could actually have such high cooking skills. Jia Dongsheng felt that he had underestimated Nan Yi's talent.
But what worried him even more was that although Nan Yi had poor basic knowledge, he had been a chef for so many years and had never had anyone suffer from food poisoning. He was considered very lucky.
wrong.
Suddenly, Jia Dongsheng thought of something. In this era, even though Nan Yi didn’t learn much basic knowledge, the ingredients he could access were all ingredients for the general public.
It is not easy to use common ingredients to make dishes that can cause food poisoning.
It is no wonder that Nan Yi has been a successful chef for so many years.
If you give him a crab, stew it into a soup, and put some persimmons in it, hey, that would be lively.
I guess everyone in the factory is suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. In this era, if things go wrong, several people might die.
The treatment methods are still much worse than those in later generations.
After knowing Nan Yi's situation, Jia Dongsheng no longer cared about his stealing of his knowledge and let him listen to the lecture.
Then Jia Dongsheng seemed to have thought of something and asked other people in the kitchen who wanted to develop into chefs to listen as well.
People of this generation have very poor basic knowledge of cooking. Learning more will be better for their future.
Liu Lan and Qin Huairu also listened attentively.
The first session of the kitchen lecture hall and the first lesson have begun.
Today's basic explanation only ended after lunch.
After all, human energy is limited, and there is only so much knowledge that can be remembered in a day. If you teach too much and they can't remember it, it would be a waste of time.
Therefore, it is necessary to combine work and rest.
For a chef, what constitutes a good balance between work and rest?
It's simple, just peel it.
Potato peels.
Potatoes and cabbage can be said to be the most consumed dishes in the cafeteria, so peeling potatoes is something that the kitchen staff have to do every day.
Jia Dongsheng gave this job to Liu Hongchang.
I also told him that not only should he peel the potatoes, but after peeling a basket of potatoes, he should also cut all the potatoes into slices to use for cooking tomorrow.
Cut the potatoes into slices now, cut them into shreds after a while, then cut the radish, cucumber, and finally the tofu.
Although combining work and rest doesn't require much brainpower, it still requires hands-on work.
It can be said that out of a hundred chefs, ninety-nine of them have good knife skills.
As Jia Dongsheng's apprentice, he doesn't want his apprentice to end up with terrible knife skills and become the only one among a hundred chefs with poor knife skills.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of combining work and rest to help Liu Hongchang practice his swordsmanship is definitely something that only a mature master can do.
After dealing with Liu Hongchang, Jia Dongsheng did not stay in the kitchen. Today was the first day of work after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was no need to prepare any dishes for the reception in the afternoon.
So, he walked towards the warehouse management department.
Today was Liang Ladi's first day at work at the steel mill. Plus, she was a widow, so Jia Dongsheng was really worried that someone in the warehouse management department would bully strangers, so he had to go over and support her.
However, just as he turned a corner, a familiar face appeared in front of him.
"You're here." Jia Dongsheng curled up the corners of his mouth into a smile.
"Yeah, here I come."
The other person seemed to have a paralyzed expression and said calmly: "Let's go over there and talk."
"OK."
Nodding, Jia Dongsheng followed the other person and walked towards an abandoned building in the factory.
This area is enclosed within the steel rolling mill, but the factory buildings have not yet been developed, and there are only a number of dilapidated houses.
The two men walked into a room one after the other and stood facing each other.
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