October 1st is a holiday celebrated by the whole nation.
If it were in the future, everyone would have considered whether to go to scenic spots and squeeze in with people, or get stuck in traffic on the highway!
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Ye Zhiqiu!
Because he was finally left in the brewery!
Yesterday, Wang Lei took Huang Dahe to complete the on-the-job training. They had not worked a single day, so they needed Ye Zhiqiu to guide them so that they could become familiar with various matters.
The factory is closed today, so except for the staff who are supposed to stay and the team participating in the parade, everyone else can go to watch the fun or rest at home!
Ye Zhiqiu took the food back to the kitchen and said to Wang Lei in a depressed tone, "Master, there is only one chicken, two catties of pork, half a catty of beef, a duck, a four-catty grass carp, ten eggs, and not many side dishes.
This stuff is all frozen. It’s really difficult to cook it for guests from Guangdong! "
Wang Lei laughed heartily and said, "My little disciple, you are being silly again! We are guests from Guangdong. We have finally come out of the province. It is only right that we try dishes we have never had before!"
If we cook Cantonese dishes for him, even if we make them as authentic as possible, apart from the ingredients, how can we make them happy if we ask them to leave the province but the dishes don’t seem to be from the province?”
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and explained with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Last time, Master Uncle said he would entertain him, and I gave him a bad idea and made a dragon, tiger, and phoenix!
No wonder people praised the food after eating it. But the problem was with the equipment, and the process was so slow and inefficient. So that’s where the problem lies?”
Wang Lei smiled and taught his two apprentices, "Actually, when it comes to cooking, when you consider a person's taste, you can't just consider the dishes they have over there! Instead, consider how salty their food is and adjust the dishes you cook accordingly.
For this Cantonese customer, we adjusted the braised pork to a slightly sweeter version, not as sweet as ours. Cantonese people pursue freshness and texture when eating food, and don't like overly greasy food.
So this time, we need to stir-fry some fat in the braised pork to make it less greasy! And your boiled fish fillet also needs to be adjusted to a slightly spicy and numb taste.
It’s not that Cantonese people don’t eat spicy food, but people from that area will get angry if they eat too spicy food. So to take this into consideration, the food cannot be too spicy!
Let’s make roast chicken from this chicken. Cantonese people believe that no banquet is complete without chicken. If this roast chicken is ready, the banquet will be half successful!
The duck is simply braised with potatoes. This dish is eaten in a similar way by people in Guangdong. Of course, they eat roast duck more often, which can be said to have its own characteristics.
Oh, my dear disciple, besides boiling the fish fillets, you can also stir-fry the twice-cooked pork. Remember to adjust the accompaniment of the twice-cooked pork and reduce the spiciness. This dish will definitely be acceptable to him.
Dahe, you're in charge of making the duck and the braised pork. You've already done a great job with these two dishes. I'll be in charge of making the roast chicken. I'll have to make some adjustments to the roast chicken this time, too!"
Ye Zhiqiu listened carefully and indeed learned something. He had never thought about these things before. Now that Wang Lei explained it this way, he had a better understanding of adjusting dishes.
After putting the ingredients in running water and starting to thaw them, Ye Zhiqiu and the others began to wash the side dishes and then cut them.
Not long after, the sound of cutting vegetables could be heard on the chopping board. Ye Zhiqiu had been studying for so long, and his knife skills had really improved a lot.
Now I have reached the point where I can chat with Huang Dahe while cutting vegetables.
"Brother, how many days until my sister-in-law's due date? I'll get her some crucian carp in advance, and after she gives birth, you can make her some crucian carp soup to help her produce milk."
"Thank you in advance, Senior Brother. There are still about twenty days left. The doctor said it will be three days before the 20th. So I will send your sister-in-law to the hospital for delivery on the 17th."
"Okay, I'll keep this in mind. I'll take care of the crucian carp and give you some extra to make fish soup for your sister-in-law! Oh, and have you started preparing the chicken and eggs?"
"Your sister-in-law's family bought her five chickens to nourish her body during her confinement. They're still holding onto eggs, as they need to turn red after giving birth. Plus, your sister-in-law also needs eggs to nourish her body, so there's a big gap."
That's right. At that time, Beijingers would give red eggs to their neighbors to announce the good news, whether it was a newborn or a full-month old baby.
Because it wasn't just one or two, but six or eight, eggs weren't too difficult to deal with at that point. But it did require quite a few, so getting them was still quite a hassle.
Ye Zhiqiu was not short of this stuff, as he had a lot of eggs stored in his space. With so many chickens, he would often collect some in order to make them lay more eggs.
Over time, the number of eggs stored up is quite large.
So Ye Zhiqiu asked directly: "Well, I can get some eggs back. How many do you need, brother? I'll ask someone to reserve some for you and have them delivered to you on the 14th or 15th!"
Huang Dahe said happily: "I am now dealing in egg tickets. According to your sister-in-law's diet of two eggs a day to nourish her body, she should still be short of hundreds!"
Ye Zhiqiu had just finished shredding a potato when he patted his chest and said, "It's okay to have too much of this stuff. You can keep making it. I'll pack a hundred for you! It's okay if there are too many, but it will be troublesome if there are too few!"
Things are not really difficult now. If I don’t give six or eight eggs to my neighbors, the gossip will be disgusting!
That's why Huang Dahe took so much trouble to collect them. He has a large family. As the eldest son, he finally got married to a wife who was about to give birth. He didn't want to let his wife down!
It was a simple idea, and a simple action. He would rather eat less himself and save the food to nourish his wife.
Ye Zhiqiu had heard before that Huang Dahe's family lived in very poor conditions. So Wang Lei took pity on him and took him in as an apprentice, teaching him a craft that would support his family.
Now I know that he hasn't bought cigarettes for a month in order to save money and buy eggs for his wife's health. I can't help but sigh that this brother really cares about his family!
The National Day military parade starts at 10 o'clock, but the mass formation is so large that it will not end until 2:30.
This meant that the reception wouldn't take place until around 3:00 PM when we got back to the factory. So, we just had something for lunch, and even roast chicken, a labor-intensive dish, we started cooking as soon as the chicken was thawed.
Ye Zhiqiu followed and learned the whole process. Roast chicken is an indispensable dish in banquets, and it is also the most time-consuming dish!
From processing the chicken, to coating it with honey water and frying it, and then making the marinade and braising it, it takes at least more than three hours to make a roast chicken!
Therefore, roast chicken will be the first dish to be prepared at tomorrow's wedding banquet. Ye Zhiqiu followed the instructions and learned most of it. This thing is not difficult to learn, but the difficult part is making the brine and the huge amount of time it takes!
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