Chapter 143 As a Chef, It’s Normal to Know How to Process Hardware, Right? 【Ask for Monthly Ticket】

"Pfft, this guy is so pathetic, he actually picked a box of lactone tofu."

"Time is so tight and the kitchen knife is so bad. Isn't it uncomfortable to choose lactone tofu?"

"There's only lactone tofu left, and there's nothing he can do."

"I suddenly felt a little more balanced."

"Me too, let's see how this guy performs."

Several participating contestants were all happy when they saw the kitchen knife and lactone tofu held by Lin Xu.

Keep calm.

Lactone tofu is an excellent choice for showing off your knife skills.

After all, Wensi Tofu is so famous.

It can definitely scare people when cut.

But now that the kitchen knife is rolled like twists, choosing lactone tofu is somewhat...

When everyone was getting ready to watch the show.

Then he saw Lin Xu holding a kitchen knife and placing it on the table next to him.

Then he lifted the portable cutting machine on the table and started cutting at the curled part of the kitchen knife.

It was a bit difficult for Lin Xu to sharpen a kitchen knife with its edge rolled into an egg roll. Even if he had mastered excellent knife sharpening techniques, he couldn't do it.

But it was easy for him to cut off the curled blade and re-sharpen it.

Because excellent knife sharpening techniques include this item.

In Wu Kexin's live broadcast room.

Fans were shocked by Lin Xu's move.

"I'll go! What is Boss Lin doing?"

"Playing hardware processing at the cooking competition, you have crossed the wrong line, my brother!"

“Is this going to create a genre of electric welding cooking?”

"Boss Lin: Welding the big iron door while cooking, just for fun!"

In other media and anchor's live broadcast rooms, many people looked at this scene curiously.

"Is this guy here to cause trouble?"

"Aren't you afraid that the armed police will pull him out while he's playing cutting at Diaoyutai?"

"It looks like so much fun, the other contestants are all confused."

"The previous preview said there would be a surprise at the competition. Is this a surprise?"

"Coming from the live broadcast room next door, this guy's name is Boss Lin. He has a very beautiful girlfriend and he also owns a restaurant..."

"Upstairs, please tell me the name of the store."

"We are both asking for the name of the store. I, Cao Ah Man, have chosen this friend of Boss Lin!"

"Me too, me too (rubbing hands)"

A group of thieves have fooled the live broadcast room's style of painting.

Game scene.

Guo Xinghai was lucky and was relatively close to the plastic basket. When everyone was grabbing kitchen knives, he first caught the only carp from another plastic basket.

in all meat ingredients.

Fish is a better ingredient for showing off your knife skills.

Uniform and complete oblique fish fillets, butterfly fish fillets as thin as cicada wings, and flat fish fillets suitable for fish rolls, etc., can all demonstrate the exquisiteness of knife skills.

But these knife skills.

All require a good kitchen knife to achieve.

What Guo Xinghai grabbed was a slightly curved kitchen knife.

Not to mention the difficult fish fillets, you can't even fillet the fish from the fish.

what should I do?

When he was worried, he saw that the young chef in Building 2, who finally went to select kitchen knives and ingredients, was actually cutting the kitchen knife with a cutting machine.

It was originally curled.

Wouldn't it be useless if I cut it with a cutting machine?

But soon, he was speechless.

Because after Lin Xu cut off the curled blade, he immediately changed the grinder and started sharpening the edge of the kitchen knife.

First grind off the cut stubble, then sharpen the edge at an angle, and throw away the rust on the surface of the kitchen knife. This is much faster than using a whetstone to grind away the rust bit by bit.

On the judges' bench.

Geng Lishan watched Lin Xu's operations with interest.

After others got the kitchen knife, they were either questioning or complaining. Only this young man picked up the cutting machine without any hesitation.

With this courage and ability, he is far ahead of other players.

Gotta give it high marks.

It must be given a high score.

And what’s even more commendable is that this player also chose lactone tofu, which has the highest bonus points.

Well, the ingredients in the basket were selected by Geng Lishan himself. There are vegetables that are relatively simple to cut, meat that is more complicated, and various soy products.

These ingredients are all tied to scores.

Ingredients that are easy to cut start with a low score, and you can only get a good score by cutting flowers.

And difficult ingredients.

The starting score is high, and you can get high scores by cutting out a few shapes.

Among all the ingredients, the most difficult one is lactone tofu.

Geng Lishan felt that only Lin Xu's knife skills were passable.

Full marks to him this round.

There are not many young people with such flexible minds and the courage to chew hard bones.

When Lin Xu was polishing the rust on the kitchen knife with a grinder, he saw "Xiao Guo" Guo Xinghai from Building 10 approaching with a kitchen knife.

But instead of using the cutter, he was waiting to use the sander.

The curled edge of his kitchen knife is relatively light and can be used after a little sharpening with a grinder.

"Do you want to use it?"

"Yes, I'm going to sharpen my kitchen knife. Is that how I use it?"

Guo Xinghai didn’t understand polishing machines at all.

Lin Xu didn’t hide anything, and said with a smile:

"Just grind the area close to the cutting edge. Just tilt the grinder slightly to reach the cutting edge. Don't tilt it too much, otherwise the cutting edge will roll to the other side."

While talking, he picked up a few whetstones lying next to him and picked them out.

These whetstones include 400-grit for sharpening, 6,000-grit for fine sharpening, and even 10,000-grit for polishing.

The mesh of the whetstone refers to the roughness of the surface. The smaller the mesh, the higher the efficiency. The larger the mesh, the more time-consuming it is to grind.

Lin Xu felt that putting thousands of whetstones here was purely to deceive the players.

Because if you want to use a large-mesh whetstone, let alone sharpen the blade in ten minutes, the edge will not even be sharpened.

He put a 400-grit whetstone against the steps, poured some water on it, and quickly sharpened the kitchen knife.

Time is too tight right now.

The edge can only be ground out first.

If he had enough time, Lin Xu would have to use a whetstone of 6,000 mesh or higher to sharpen the entire kitchen knife until it was shiny enough to be read.

Well, as a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he really can't stand the rust pits on the surface of the kitchen knife.

About after the blade is sharpened.

He polished the blade again, cleaned the kitchen knife again, wiped it clean with a towel, and picked up the only box of lactone tofu left in the basket.

At this moment, all the players who were waiting to see the joke froze their smiles.

When everyone is using lousy kitchen knives, our eldest brother won't laugh at the second brother. Anyway, the kitchen knives are bad and we can't show our true skills, so we just go with the flow.

But now there's a contestant who transforms a bad kitchen knife into a new one.

Everyone's emotions were aroused.

Those who sharpen knives, those who use cutting machines, all look to Lin Xu.

Netizens watching the live broadcast were amused by this scene.

"Who would have thought that Boss Lin, who cooks so delicious food, is also so knowledgeable about hardware."

"The cutting and polishing techniques are more professional than that of Lao Wangtou who welds large iron gates in our village."

“The chef profession is really deeply involved (confirmed)”

"It's really serious. It's almost taking away jobs in the hardware industry."

"Hardware practitioners: Can your cooks stop crossing the line?"

In the audience.

Chen Yan said to Shen Jiayue who was holding the cat:

"Did your Xu Bao really study finance? Why is he so familiar with hardware? Those who don't know may think he runs a hardware processing shop."

Shen Jiayue was also dumbfounded.

My Xubao’s surprises come one after another.

She said with a smile:

"He is so smart, let alone five golds, eight golds are not a problem."

Chen Yan: "..."

Why can't I control my mouth?

Even though he knew that he would be criticized for asking this stinky girl questions, he still couldn't help but ask.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh giving her another chance to show off.

No, I’m going to my brother-in-law’s shop to eat and drink in the evening.

The kind that doesn’t give you money after eating!

I want to make up for the trauma in my heart with free delicacies!

Well, that’s it!

Game scene.

Lin Xu took the kitchen knife and did not immediately open the lid of the lactone tofu. Instead, he turned the box containing the lactone tofu upside down on the table, and then carefully cut off the four corners with the kitchen knife.

Then he turned the box over.

Pour some clean water on the cutting board.

Then tear off the front sealing film and place the box upside down on the cutting board.

A whole piece of lactone tofu poured out of the box.

The boxes containing lactone tofu are usually vacuum packed. When the surface sealing film is directly torn off, the tofu will be adsorbed in the box due to the vacuum.

And this thing is notoriously tender.

You may break the tofu if you are not careful.

So cut the box in advance to let air in.

In this way, the completed piece of lactone tofu will pour out of the box without any damage.

After pouring it out.

Lin Xu used his left hand to pour some water on the tofu, then press the tofu with his fingers, flexing his fingers, holding a kitchen knife in his right hand and dipping it in the water, and then pressed the side of the knife against the joint of his left hand.

Take a deep breath.

Then he cut it with a swish of a swish.

The newly sharpened knife quickly cuts into the lactone tofu, then quickly lifts it up, moves it slightly to the left about a hair's length, and then cuts it off again.

It is somewhat difficult for an excellent knife to cut lactone tofu.

But it’s not impossible to cut.

Lin Xu tried his best to empty his mind, not thinking about anything, and concentrated on cutting the tofu on the table.

Xie Baomin, who was also sitting in the audience, smiled.

Although I don’t know if I can win the championship in the end.

But in this level of competition, junior brother will definitely win.

Also smiling was Uncle Gao sitting in the advisory table.

When he just saw Lin Xu get lactone tofu, he was a little worried, fearing that Lin Xu would cut the tofu directly with a curled kitchen knife.

And now.

He looked proudly at the handsome young man in the field who lowered his head to cut tofu.

It was as if I had seen myself back then.

"Hey, who is this young man? Not only did he re-sharpen the kitchen knife in such a short time, but his knife skills are also so good."

"That's right, which building is this? If no one takes me, then I will..."

"Lao Qiu, if your legs and feet are not good, just rest at home. It's more appropriate for me to do this kind of thing. After all, I'm used to worrying and can't rest at home."

"Hey, you old Dai, how can your legs and feet be better than mine? I'll ask later if this person is from the kitchen in our Building 6. If so, don't even think about getting involved with any of you!"

"Tsk, are there only a few young people in your building on the 6th who can reach this level? I think they are from our building on the 18th, what do you think, Lao Gao?"

When several elderly people saw the talented young man, they were immediately delighted.

The desire to train disciples can no longer be suppressed.

When Uncle Gao saw a few people bringing the topic to him, he looked at Lin Xu in a pretentious manner:

"You are talking about this young man? I am quite familiar with him. Do you want his information?"

After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and clicked on the WeChat payment code, and flashed it to the elderly people around him:

"A person transfers a thousand yuan to me, and I will give you his detailed information."

"Why do you have the nerve to charge?"

"This is intellectual property, why can't I charge for it?"

After all the old people transferred a thousand yuan.

Uncle Gao said with a playful smile:

"That young man's name is Lin Xu, and he is my new apprentice... Do you have anything to do with him? By the way, I would like to thank you for the meeting gift on my apprentice's behalf."

Everyone: "..."

Lao Gao, can you stop being so unbeatable?

So many years.

Still looking so mean.

But since he is Lao Gao's apprentice, there is no need to rob him. Xie Baomin, who was recognized as the most talented man back then, was this old guy's apprentice.

Now there is Lin Xu again.

Why is Lao Gao's vision so accurate when recruiting disciples?

In the field.

Lin Xu cut the tofu to the end, stretched his slightly sore wrist, then dipped the knife in water again, carefully pushed the cut lactone tofu down, and turned the whole tofu into a tilted state.

Then pour some more water.

Start shredding.

the other side.

After Guo Xinghai successfully slaughtered the fish with a sharpened knife, he sliced ​​the fish in the direction of the tail and then cut it off behind the gills, and a whole piece of fish meat was sliced ​​off.

Then he removes the skin.

Remove the spines from the fish.

Then wash the piece of fish in clean water to remove the blood and mucus on the surface. Use a kitchen knife to trim the last part of the fish and cut out a flat surface.

Then use a kitchen knife to cut against this flat surface, and close the knife when you are about to cut to the end.

Move back a little and make another cut, this time cutting straight to the bottom.

A piece of saury meat was cut out.

Wash the fish in water, unfold it and place it on a black plate.

A beautiful butterfly shape appears on the plate.

Geng Lishan nodded.

This young man also has good knife skills.

The butterfly cut with the butterfly knife method looks like a real butterfly, which is a test of knife skills.

Because not only do you have to cut it thin, but you also have to consider the overall shape of the butterfly and the symmetry of its wings, etc. If you don’t cut hundreds of pounds of fish, you can’t even expect to gain anything.

But the aspect of sharpening the knife was learned from the young man in front of me.

I can't give you full marks.

As for some other players, they are also remarkable.

For example, the young man who grabbed the carrots is currently using the carrots to make a picture of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix on the plate.

The person who grabbed the winter melon was carving Su Shi's "Red Cliff Nostalgia" on the winter melon with the tip of a knife.

The contestant who grabbed the cucumber used a rectangular plate to cut the cucumber into the shape of bamboo and placed a bamboo sign on the plate to signify safety.

It is indeed a Diaoyutai.

Even young people have beautiful skills.

Perhaps this is the reason why Diaoyutai can become a state guesthouse?

There are actually several state hotels in the capital, such as the Jianguo Hotel and the Yanjing Hotel, but the most important one in the hearts of the people is still the Diaoyutai.

There is no way, the background is too rich.

After Lin Xu finished cutting the tofu.

Just use a kitchen knife to carefully lift the tofu and put it into the basin.

It's game time.

"All players are asked to put down their kitchen knives. Violators will be disqualified from the competition."

Everyone put down their kitchen knives.

Several judges walked down from the judges' bench and began to score the contestants.

However, netizens in the live broadcast room have already made their choice:

"The first place has to go to Boss Lin, the founder of the hardware cooking pie, right?"

"That's right. He played with hardware first and then cut lactone tofu. He has high scores in both emotion and reason."

"I choose Boss Lin because his girlfriend is beautiful!"

"Damn it! I don't know how to refuse the reason upstairs."

"I do electrical welding, and I support Boss Lin."

"I do hardware processing, and I also support Boss Lin!"

After Geng Lishan stepped down from the judges' table, he walked directly towards Lin Xu.

Wu Kexin, who was doing the live broadcast, immediately followed up with his mobile phone. Now it was time to show off the contestants' knife skills. They were too far away to take close-ups.

After arriving at Lin Xu's side.

Geng Lishan took a pair of chopsticks, stirred them in the basin a few times, and then used the chopsticks to pick out some shredded tofu that was as fine as hair. The smile on his face never stopped.

"Young man, your basic skills are quite solid!"

He said to the staff following him:

"Bring me a needle."

Soon, a sewing needle was delivered.

Geng Lishan handed it to Wu Kexin:

"Try to see if you can get it through with shredded tofu."

Even though Wu Kexin is the queen of overturning, she is still very good at threading the needle.

In front of the live camera.

She inserted a piece of tofu silk into the eye of the needle.

Seeing an opening, he picked up another one and inserted it.

Finally, four tofu shreds were inserted into the eye of the needle. Both the audience at the scene and the netizens in the live broadcast room were all impressed by Lin Xu's beautiful knife skills.

Awesome, awesome!

In such a short period of time.

First cut off the edge of the kitchen knife and re-sharpen it, and then cut the whole piece of lactone tofu into shredded tofu.

Not only is his knife skills amazing, but his other skills are also really impressive.

more importantly.

Your mentality must be good enough.

After scoring is completed.

Lin Xu deservedly became the first place in this round with a perfect score of ten.

Guo Xinghai was deducted 0.5 points for knife sharpening and received a high score of 9.5 points.

As for others, most of them scored 8 or 9 points.

soon.

Twenty contestants were eliminated.

Next comes the second round.

A group of staff walked in from outside, cleared the cutting board in front of each player, and then placed a small basket full of various condiments and dry starch, garlic, onion, ginger and other ingredients.

After putting everything away.

Geng Lishan stood up and said:

"The second round of the competition is a demonstration of seasoning skills. All contestants are asked to prepare a dipping sauce suitable for dipping mutton in white water within five minutes. The timer starts!"

Dip?

I have never practiced this at all, and the system has not given any relevant techniques.

Thinking of the expectant look in his senior brother's eyes before the competition, Lin Xu reluctantly clicked on the skill exchange column in the points mall and began to search for dipping techniques.

The person holding it has short hands.

After receiving so much help from my senior brother, today is the time to repay...

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Good morning everyone, 5000 words, a quick update of one chapter!