Food Circle Plug-in Emperor

 Fu Yu has been staying in the kitchen to take orders.

When the meal rush hour finally passed, he quickly finished cooking the few dishes left in his hands, without chatting with others or paying attention to what was being done for the staff lunch.

　　He grabbed the low stool and sat directly on the edge of the kitchen counter, closing his eyes and concentrating.

During this time, I was a bit too tired. Every night, in order to complete the information of [Fire Control Skills and Guide], he stayed up late every day.

Coupled with the fact that Liu Yuqing had exams in the past two days, he had to insist on getting up early to prepare meals. He didn't have a good rest in the first place, and the psychological pressure was really great.

Had it not been for the physical rewards from the system to follow, he would have to lie down from exhaustion now.

After all, he was still young. Fu Yu took a nap for a while, waited for the staff meal to be ready, and ate hot and fragrant fish head noodles with chopped pepper with everyone, and he suddenly came back to life with full blood.

 The work in the afternoon is easier than in the morning, and there are far fewer customers dining in the evening than at noon.

 At the general exhibition area, all activities ended at around 4 p.m.

 Except for the team that needed to celebrate, they would come over for a meal, and everyone else would leave directly after attending the presentation.

There is no dining table. Dining customers sit around the stove. A fire is lit on site, a hot oil wok, a farm-style earth stove, and a large iron pot are stewed with fresh and tender river fish. While the fish is stewing, the temperature of the iron pot is high. , spread the whole grain pancake directly on it.

 While the workers were busy preparing dishes, Fu Yu was pulled by Li Dongxu to continue discussing the morning cooking demonstration.

Fu Yu hurried over to the kitchen counter and checked the preparation of the seasonings and kitchen utensils before going over to take the order and prepare to cook.

The waiter sighed: "We have already explained here that the old man is in a special situation. Sister Sun asked me to come over and ask if the chef can help with the stew."

The waiter came up and explained: "The new customers in the dining area, an old man and a middle-aged couple, want to order iron pot stew. It's not the kind we make in our store, it's the local iron pot fish stew from my hometown. The kind that bakes pancakes on the edge of the pot.”

Li Dongxu had just heated up the oil in the pot. Hearing this, he turned around and asked, "What's going on?"

The number of dining customers has dropped sharply, and the pressure on the kitchen to prepare dishes has also been reduced.

Before he reached the table, a waiter came to the kitchen.

“The old man was discharged from the hospital today. He said he wanted to eat local food while he could still eat, and he wanted to try the iron pot stew.”

 A bite of fresh fish and a bite of pancake, they taste so delicious.

　　The two of them were chatting in a lively manner, and before they knew it, it was dinner time in the evening.

"This old man is our fellow villager. He came to the capital for treatment six months ago. He had a malignant tumor in his gallbladder. He was discharged from the hospital just a month ago, but it relapsed and he was hospitalized again."

However, although Fucheng Chun Restaurant serves fish dishes, it does not have an authentic iron pot for stewing.

 When the river fish in the pot is stewed, the pancakes are also steamed.

"The doctor said that the old man was too old, his condition was deteriorating too quickly, and the chance of success of the operation was too low. He suggested that the family take him back and go as soon as possible while he can eat and do whatever he wants in these last days. There are only two months left at the latest. time."

  Iron pot stew is indeed a specialty of my hometown.

 Meal orders are being sent to the front hall one after another.

With a helpless expression on his face, the waiter entered the kitchen. When he saw Fu Yu, he quickly said hello and then ran straight to Li Dongxu.

When Li Dongxu heard this, he frowned and said, "Then explain to them that our store doesn't do this dish."

The expression on Li Dongxu's face was stagnant, and he couldn't express the rejection immediately.

“Chef Li! Can you go over and explain it to the customer?”

 They always stew the fish directly in the kitchen and then serve it to the table. Even if it is stewed in an iron pot, they use a gas stove instead of an earthen pot or earthen stove.

Especially at the stall, Master Bai An was not sent over at all, so the pancakes couldn’t be posted.

The cooking conditions in the kitchen are limited. Even if I sympathize with the customer's situation, this dish cannot be made.

Li Dongxu's ingredients fell into the pot with a splash. While shaking the spoon, he turned to look at Fu Yu: "Xiao Fu, go ahead and explain it to the customer."

Fu Yu nodded and followed the waiter to the front hall.

Li Dongxu handed over the matter to Fu Yu, and immediately settled down and focused on the cooking at hand.

Li Dongxu now has great trust in Fu Yu. He has even begun to have a feeling that Fu Yu's cooking skills are actually better than his.

Fu Yu followed the waiter to the dining area.

Sitting at the dining table against the wall was an old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties. His face was dark, very thin, and his brows were frowned.

 Beside them, one on the left and one on the right, were two middle-aged people, a man and a woman.

Fu Yu took the initiative to greet you: "Hello, I am the chef at Fuchengchun. Your request has been conveyed to the chef by the waiter."

“I’m very sorry, due to limited conditions, we are unable to cook fish stew in iron pots here. If you want to eat fish stew, there are many special fish dishes here at the stall, and they all taste very good. I can help recommend them.”

Hearing Fu Yu's words, the old man suddenly looked disappointed and said slowly: "I really want to eat this taste of my hometown, fish stewed in an iron pot, paired with hot pancakes that are crispy on the bottom."

The middle-aged woman sitting next to her immediately said: "Can't the kitchen help with the cooking? Even if it's not that authentic, it just needs to be fish stew with pot stickers and pancakes."

“The old man has been thinking about eating this bite for a long time. If he can’t eat it today, I’m afraid he won’t be able to eat it in the future.”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he quickly interrupted: "What nonsense!"

The middle-aged woman also realized that she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly explained: "That's not what I meant. I just want the old man to eat this bite of food. As long as you can help cook it, it doesn't matter how much it costs! As for the old man's family, They have already given us money, and we just want the old man to fulfill all his wishes.”

Fu Yu was stunned and asked, "Aren't you family members?"

 After hearing what Fu Yu said, the two middle-aged men smiled awkwardly.

"No, my wife is a nurse in the hospital and has been responsible for taking care of the old man. This time there is no one to take care of him after he is discharged from the hospital, so we will take the old man home and take care of him."

“Originally we planned to go back directly, but the old man suddenly said that he wanted to eat the iron pot stew from his hometown. My brother had participated in an event here before and was given a few meal tickets, so we thought of bringing him over to have a taste.”

 Hearing this, Fu Yu suddenly frowned. The old man’s health is like this. Why haven’t his family members come over?

However, this has nothing to do with him.

As for this iron pot stew, Fu Yu has some ideas.

 Looking at the old man's gloomy face, he felt somewhat sympathetic.

The waiter also said before that after the old man is discharged from the hospital, he will have up to two months to eat the hometown dishes he misses so much, which can be regarded as his last wish.

Fu Yu had eaten this kind of iron pot stew with Zhao Meng when he was in Bei'an.

Yao Shi was also present at that time. The three of them ordered a fish pot and ate directly around the stove. In addition to fresh river carp, some fresh tofu, carrots, cabbage leaves, wide noodles were added to the pot, and sweet silk threads were posted on the side of the pot. tortillas.

The fish stewed in earthen pots and stoves was particularly delicious and rich in flavor. At that time, the three of us sat around and ate vegetables directly from the big iron pot. The feeling was really atmospheric and everything tasted delicious.

In fact, now that I think about it, the chef always put the fish in the pot directly after frying it. When the customer ate it, even though the fire was turned off, the heat at the bottom of the pot was still there, so it was all mushy in the end.

And in terms of taste, because the side dishes were put into the pot at the same time, part of the noodles stuck to the bottom of the pot, the tofu was badly crumbled, some carrots were raw, some were soft, and the saltiness was barely enough. Just make do.

But for someone like him, who eats employee meals in the store every day in order to save money, and occasionally improves the food, he still finds it quite fresh and delicious.

Making fish stew in an iron pot is not difficult, but Li Dongxu refused to take the order. The main thing is to go with the staple food, pot stickers and pancakes, and no one in the kitchen can make it.

The pancakes are made from cornmeal, and it is not an easy task to make them into a crispy dough that is steamed and tastes fragrant and sweet.

Especially what the old man wanted to eat was the pancakes stuck to the side of the fish stew pot. The steamed crispy pancakes were infused with the rich aroma of the fish stew, making them taste unique.

However, Fu Yu had only eaten this dish in a restaurant, and had never had a spoon. He could only try his best to make this pot of stewed fish as delicious as possible. As for the taste, because there was no fumigation by firewood, It may be a little lacking in taste.

If the old man was not so demanding, he could help make this dish.

Fu Yu looked at the old man and said: "The conditions here at the stall are really limited, and we can't burn a stove or an iron pot for cooking. However, if you can accept ordinary cooking methods, I can help make this dish."

"The stewed river fish in our store tastes very good. I can try to cook it by stewing it in an iron pot. I can also make pancakes. It's just because there is less smoke from burning wood, so the taste may be somewhat different. However, I can guarantee that it is still very delicious. If you think it is okay, then our kitchen will take the order. ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately became happy: "Okay! Alas. Actually, I can't even take two bites. I just want to taste the taste of my hometown."

The middle-aged woman sighed: "Originally, I wanted to arrange to return to my hometown, but my condition suddenly relapsed. My home is here, and my wife couldn't go there, and there was no one to take care of me there, so the old man had to stay here. here."

The old man is seriously ill, and there is no one at home who can take care of him.

Middle-aged women are very talkative, and they take the initiative to speak without waiting for anyone to ask.

Her lover works as a nurse in a hospital in the capital, and the old man she met last year was hired by his family.

 At that time, I took care of the old man for more than half a year. Because I took good care of him, we left each other's contact information.

As a result, in the spring of this year, the old man fell ill again. He was transferred from his hometown to the capital. The family simply contacted a middle-aged man as a caregiver and has been caring for him until now.

 The old man is 75 years old this year, and his wife passed away ten years ago.

 Having a son and a daughter both working in other places.

The family is in good condition, and the old man’s pension benefits are also very generous, and he is very generous in paying for care.

　　Only the children are busy with work. Apart from giving money, they usually don’t come to take care of the elderly at all.

After listening to the middle-aged woman's words, Fu Yu couldn't help but feel sad for the old man when he looked at him again.

He said seriously: "Okay, if that's the case, I'll take the order. The kitchen will start cooking right away. Please wait a moment."

 Fu Yu relented, saying that when a person gets old, he becomes an old person.

 The children are busy working and cannot take care of the elderly. They can only rely on money to maintain family ties and filial piety. In the final analysis, they are still emotionally indifferent.

Thinking about it from his perspective, if his parents were sick, Fu Yu would definitely not just give them money like this and leave the rest alone.

After agreeing to take the order, Fu Yu went directly back to the kitchen.

Li Dongxu asked: "How is it? Change the dish or cancel the order?"

 Fu Yu explained: "Chef Li, I'm going to take the order for this dish."

On the way back just now, Fu Yu quickly looked through the classic recipes. Fortunately, fish stew in iron pot was also among them, with very detailed cooking instructions.

What the old man misses is this authentic hometown dish. He cooks it according to the classic old-fashioned recipes, and it will be no problem.

 Furthermore, Fu Yu looked at the detailed cooking steps on the recipe and discovered something to his surprise.

 The classic old taste recipes + whole fish feast cooking skills produced a magical reaction!

Fu Yu was able to combine the cooking details of the two to improve the freshness and tenderness of the fish and the precise proportion of seasoning on the basis of the original dish.

this moment!

Fu Yu almost jumped up with excitement.

He carefully followed the cooking steps in the classic old-flavor recipes, and then used the cooking techniques of the whole fish feast to process the cooking details directly in his mind.

 At this time, Fu Yu suddenly thought of a special situation.

How to control the fire when stewing fish? If cooking relies on a stove fire, can the temperature of the natural gas be used to achieve the corresponding fire level, so that the fish can be cooked to produce the kind of pyrotechnic gas that is cooked over a high fire?

 Fu Yu has been thinking about this issue all the way.

Li Dongxu saw Fu Yu's excited expression at this time and couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Fu, can you make this dish?"

Fu Yu nodded: "It should be no problem. I have communicated with the customer. I just try my best to cook it. It doesn't matter if there are some differences in taste."

After explaining, Fu Yu couldn't help but say: "Besides, I just got a new cooking idea through this dish!"

Hearing Fu Yu's words, Li Dongxu turned around and looked at the ingredients in the pot, then quickly looked back at Fu Yu: "Oh? What do you think?"

Fu Yu said with a smile: “I’m wondering if I can use the heat of a natural gas stove to simulate the high temperature and pyrotechnic gases of cooking in an earthen stove.”

"The fire in the earthen stove can be continuously heated. When the iron pot is cooking, the firepower is strong and the heat conduction is fast. When the firewood is burning, the firepower is sufficient, and the temperature in the pot will become higher and higher, so that when cooking, it can The food cooks faster and the food is filled with steam." (End of Chapter)