Chapter 209 Mincemeat Research Team One big rollover will not knock Qin Huai down, but four times will. For four consecutive days, Qinhuai suffered a historic overturn. It made him feel like he had solved a few obvious big problems, and by changing the proportions of ingredients, new big problems would emerge. This mincemeat recipe is like a program that always has bugs. You know it theoretically works, but if you change one bug, there will be new bugs. Qin Huai realized that this was not a simple recipe. There are really too many ingredients for this mince pie, so much that even if we use the exhaustive method to try it, we will most likely not try it until next year. Every time Zheng Siyuan tastes glutinous rice balls, he feels as if he is going to the execution ground. He has to do some mental preparation before he dares to eat the cooked glutinous rice balls. As for Zheng Da, he just retreated at home, saying that he decided to concentrate on studying behind closed doors for a few days, and when the results of the research were produced, he would leave the retreat to surprise Qin Huai. Zheng Siyuan guessed that his father had most likely called someone for help and invited foreign aid. However, Jiang Weijin's mince filling recipe was a bit too weird, and the foreign aid couldn't figure it out for a while.
Zheng Da looked for foreign aid behind closed doors, while Qin Huai looked for foreign aid in Huang Ji. Tan Wei'an was pulled into the mince research team by Qin Huai. When Tan Weian first received the invitation, he was very flattered. His cooking skills can only be regarded as average among the younger generation of Zhiweiju. When placed with Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan, he is directly described as mediocre. Now two shining geniuses invited him to form a team, and of course Tan Weian accepted decisively. Zheng Siyuan's guess was right when he tried making mincemeat on the first day. Tan Weian could indeed make mincemeat. Zhiweiju has a large number of talented people, and there are many master chefs who can make mint fillings. Mince mooncakes are also very popular during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Tan Wei'an has been at Zhiwei Juli for so many years, and he has learned some skills from other masters. Tan Wei'an's mince filling comes from Master Zhou, the number one chef at Zhiweiju. From the first day Tan Wei'an came to Huangji, Qin Huai discovered that because of his family background, he had very rich theoretical knowledge and had many very good recipes, but his skills were limited and he could not make them. In theory, there is nothing wrong with Tan Wei'an's mincemeat. The problem is that it doesn't fit. Tan Wei'an admitted that the recipe for mince filling is flexible. Except for the important candied fruit and nuts, the rest of the nuts can be changed to a certain extent based on the quality and price of the nuts, but that is also to a certain extent. Tan Wei'an only has nine kinds of candied fruits and nuts, but Qin Huai has a long list more than him. There is no formula for this question type! The teacher does not follow the routine when setting the questions. On the third day after joining the mince filling research team, Tan Wei'an suspected that Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan had brought him into the team just to let him try more. Too bad to eat. It tastes different every time. These candied fruits and nuts are delicious on their own, but why are they so unpalatable when combined together? Tan Wei'an almost wanted to say that he was losing weight recently and couldn't eat such high-calorie food, so he applied to recruit another food taster to join the team.
He thinks Huang Anyao is good. Although Shaodongjia doesn't know how to cook or eat it, he can comment on it, and he can comment on it one by one, which is very suitable for this chore. "It's still not right." Qin Huai took a bite of the dumpling and tasted the filling carefully. "It's not as sweet as before, but do you think the filling is more delicious after reducing the amount of sugar than the last time?" Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian nodded simultaneously. Under normal circumstances, the more you try it, the better it gets. It is rare that the more you try it, the worse it tastes. This is something that only happens to beginners. Tan Wei'an looked at himself, Qin Huai, and Zheng Siyuan, and felt that it was impossible for the three of them to be related to beginners. If he were a beginner, all these years would have been in vain. Looking at the mince-filled glutinous rice **** in the bowl that he only dared to take a small bite of, Tan Wei'an felt that all these years of work were in vain. Grandpa, grandson, I'm sorry for you, but I finally made such an unpalatable snack. "We have changed the proportions of many ingredients. At first, we used dried apricots, dried peaches, walnuts, olives, chopped peanuts and sesame as the main ingredients, supplemented by other ingredients. We found that the taste of sesame was too strong, so we tried it the second time When I added more preserved fruits, the sweetness became even sweeter.” "Then we tried to change a few main ingredients, but no matter how we changed the taste, it would seem very complicated. Either they were all mixed together and you could only taste the obvious sweetness, or some ingredients were too overwhelming." "Since there are so many ingredients in this recipe, each ingredient must have its own role. Mixing them together can bring out its effect." "But…" "Too many." Zheng Siyuan answered, "Whether it's cooking or making snacks, the most taboo thing in the past is to add too many ingredients to the same thing, biting off more than you can chew. But this filling is exactly the opposite. Of course, if Fangzi hadn’t written it in his own hand, I would have suspected that there was something wrong with Fangzi.” "So... is it possible that there is really something wrong with the recipe?" Tan Wei'an spoke boldly, "It's not that I don't believe in Master Huang's craftsmanship. First of all, I want to emphasize that I respect and admire Master Huang very much. He can be on the list of famous chefs. All the chefs are my respected seniors, not to mention Master Huang’s ranking is so high.” "But Master Huang is a red-hot chef after all." "And this recipe is from decades ago. Master Huang may not remember everything after so many years. Maybe he remembered it wrong and there are not so many ingredients?" "I have been wanting to say that since the past two days, although the name of mint filling is mint filling, in many cases the name just represents meaning and blessing, and there are not really one hundred kinds of ingredients. One hundred is a very auspicious number, symbolizing There is plenty and abundance. We know that there are many master chefs at Weiju who can make mince fillings, and there have never been so many ingredients for mint fillings.” Tan Wei'an looked at Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan eagerly, hoping that they could stop their losses in time, rein in the situation, change their minds, return to the right path, and stop engaging in heresy. He has a serious mince filling recipe here, let’s make a serious one! Zheng Siyuan and Qin Huai thought for a while. "It makes sense." Qin Huai nodded, "After so many years, it is indeed impossible for Master Huang to remember every recipe. But since he can write it down, it means that he definitely has these, so the original recipe only has a lot more ingredients. " "Indeed." Zheng Siyuan strongly agreed. "If the original recipe contains more ingredients, it means that our general direction is wrong. We can't handle the existing ingredients. If we add more ingredients, it will only make things worse." "After I got home yesterday, I was thinking that there were so many nuts and preserved fruits mixed together. Not to mention the mixed taste, many nuts have a somewhat similar taste and I can't taste them at all." "If you can't even eat it, what's the point of adding so many ingredients?" "So I have been wondering whether this recipe of Master's is to achieve a subtle balance of various ingredients, showing the effect of being upright yet humble, being cunning yet clumsy, and being arrogant yet restrained." Tan Wei'an:?
Aren't we talking about cooking? Why does someone seem to mention "Laozi"? Has the discussion of cooking reached this level now? Qin Huai clapped his hands: "I think it must be in this direction. Let's try again later... Ah, the time is up. I'm going to practice fire. We'll try again tomorrow." Tan Wei'an also wanted to escape: "I want to go..." "Go ahead and I'll try again." Zheng Siyuan nodded. After being baptized by Guo'er, Zheng Siyuan is now very receptive to all kinds of weird dim sum recipes, not to mention that this mint filling recipe is his master's recipe. Now Zheng Siyuan, like Qin Huai, firmly believes that there is nothing wrong with the recipe itself, and that the problem with the fillings they make is their problem. Tan Weian:… Are all Huang Ji’s white chefs so stubborn? How could anyone in this world be more accepting of death than his junior brother? Putting aside the facts... There is no need to put aside the facts. Now the facts are in the bowl. Do Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan just believe in this strange recipe? Is this the gap between him and genius? A genius can see something from this recipe, but he can't see it at all. Tan Wei'an didn't understand. He could only say: "I'll cut the nuts and preserved fruits." Huang Shengli led Qin Huai to practice fire as usual. Qin Huai is still practicing stir-fried meat and all kinds of stir-fried meat. Since part of the afternoon is now spent making mincemeat filling, there is less fried meat, and Huangji employees also have less fried meat in their evening staff meals. What followed was a lot more unpalatable mince gnocchi. Logically speaking, such an unpalatable glutinous rice dumpling would make two slurping noises if fed to pigs. But everyone in Huang Ji, from chefs to waiters, is always brave enough to die, and they want to taste how terrible it is every day. Yesterday's glutinous rice **** were even in short supply, and there wasn't enough for everyone to try. So outrageous rumors spread that Qin Huai was researching dumplings during this period, and they were so delicious that everyone in Huang Ji rushed to taste them. Many diners are looking forward to Huang Kee’s new rice dumplings and to try Chef Qin’s latest masterpiece. Among these diners is Gong Liang. Yes, Gong Liang has never eaten Qin Huai’s dumplings made with mint filling. Every night when Qin Huai went home to practice more, he would specially pick out the dumplings with mint filling and send the Sixi dumplings with only three dumplings to the next door. It tastes too bad, so bad that there is no value in trying it. Gong Liang didn't really remember the taste of mince-filled dumplings. This taste was a good memory for him. Qin Huai was afraid that a drop of the dumpling would directly shatter Gong Liang's memories. That's really a sin. Qin Huai is frying meat. In the past few days, his heat has improved the same as it did some time ago, not much, but steadily improving. Xu Cheng is still in Gusu and has not left. It seems that he will not give up until he has eaten all the snacks Qin Huai can make.
Nowadays, there are many people queuing up at Huangji, and sometimes there are traffic jams around 10 o'clock. Xu Cheng rarely comes for snacks at noon, but always comes in the evening to sit in the private room and turn on the stove. Qin Huai has to make a few snacks alone after practice every day before leaving. Qin Huai was thinking about what snacks he would make later, and how he could keep so many ingredients in a perfect balance while still frying meat. When he was distracted, he overturned. "Thinking about mincemeat?" Huang Shengli asked with a smile, "It's not a good habit to lose focus when cooking." "I'm sorry, Master Huang, I won't do it next time." Qin Huai quickly admitted his mistake. Huang Shengli waved his hand: "I don't mean to blame you. The mince filling has been made like this these days, so it's normal to be absent-minded." Qin Huai felt that Huang Shengli's attack power had improved recently. "Master Huang, did Master Jing's mince filling really use so many ingredients?" Qin Huai asked. Huang Shengli affirmed: "I used it. I helped Master prepare the ingredients. I was surprised at that time, so I was very impressed. I remember that I seemed to have asked Master the same question, but it has been too many years, and Master's answer left me a little confused. I can’t remember exactly, but it’s definitely a reasonable answer.” "Is Master Jing's mince filling really as delicious as Mr. Gong and his wife said?" Qin Huai then asked. "Although Gong Liang is a man who talks a lot all day long, and what he is best at is turning a 1-point score into an 11-point score, but when it comes to my master's skills, he is not as exaggerated as he boasts." "When I was young, I once thought that my master was omnipotent. He was proficient in red and white dishes, and was a master of Huaiyang and Subang dishes. Although he didn't cook many dishes and snacks very much, or even only cooked them once, I know he’s also good at other cuisines.” "He actually knows Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, and Anhui cuisine. And I believe that the master must be very proficient in Shandong cuisine, otherwise he would not be able to master Shandong cuisine. But because of geographical factors, in Suzhou, In Dijie, we only cook Subang cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine.” "The mince-filled gnocchi may be just one of the many kinds of snacks that the chef is proficient in. He doesn't care, he just makes it occasionally when he thinks of it, but it is definitely delicious." "Xiao Qin, don't be discouraged if you think you can't make hundreds of fruit fillings. Even a genius will encounter a mountain that he can't climb over." "Master Zheng and I both thought we were geniuses when we were young, but it turns out that there are still many mountains ahead of us that are difficult to climb." "Sometimes it's good to have some setbacks. Don't push yourself too hard." "You, Master Zheng, called the boss of Zhiweiju yesterday to set up a matchmaking process. He asked Master Zhou to ask for help from outsiders. When he gave him the recipe, Master Zhou scolded him and told him not to fool him with such inexplicable things." "Don't make it too difficult for yourself. Let Master Zheng study it at home for a few days." Qin Huai understood. Huang Shengli meant that he should not embarrass himself, just embarrass Zheng Da. Qin Huai continued to fry the meat. The next day, when Qin Huai was practicing mince filling, he offered to stop practicing this outrageous recipe and try Tan Wei'an's reliable recipe. Hearing what Qin Huai said, Tan Wei'an almost cried with joy, thinking that Qin Huai finally figured it out. Zheng Siyuan didn't know why, but he still did it. Tan Wei'an's recipe is indeed a good recipe. There is nothing wrong with the mince filling. It tastes normal and delicious. It will definitely be good if used to make mooncakes. The only drawback is that it looks a bit weird when wrapped in glutinous rice **** and needs to be changed. Tan Wei'an, who finally ate the normal-tasting mince filling dumplings, shed tears and said excitedly: "Now, can we just study how to change this recipe?" Great, the Mincemeat Research Team is finally getting down to business! This is normal research!
Qin Huai ate the dumplings with mint filling which he managed to make do with: "It seems there is no problem with our level. Mint filling is delicious, and it can also be delicious when wrapped in dumplings." "Siyuan, let's use this recipe as a reference and think about Master Jing's recipe according to its matching ideas." Zheng Siyuan nodded: "I think it's okay." Tan Weian:… You guys are really %*@! /&! Tired, destroy it, Tan Wei'an wants to quit the team. He can't bear this hardship anymore. Can he send his dear junior brother Gu Li to eat for two days? Junior brother, it’s not that senior brother is evading responsibility, it’s mainly that senior brother wants to lose weight and give up sweets during this period. (End of chapter)