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Li Fuzhen was very curious about this. In her opinion, it was really difficult to tell the skill and level of cooking in this kind of stir-fry. Whether it was Chinese or Western food she had eaten, they all looked exquisite and extremely complex. .

Stir-fried beef, obviously, has nothing to do with elegance and complexity.

Jester explained with a smile as he did so.

Actually, although I haven't really entered the cooking industry, my family's cooking skills are passed down from generation to generation, and I naturally know a little bit about it through words and deeds. My grandfather told me before that cooking is something that... My talent is not enough. I can at most be proficient in skills, but not obsessive...

As he spoke, Jester cut the large piece of beef into evenly thick slices using the same knife technique used to cut a pig diagonally.

And Li Fuzhen was a little hard to understand when he heard Jester's blabbering, so he frowned and asked: What does it mean to be proficient in skills and persistent in...

hehe.

Jester laughed softly, and he explained directly: Actually, the more skilled chefs are, the dishes they are best at are not overly complicated dishes, usually just a very ordinary dish. But it can make these ordinary ingredients have the power to turn decay into magic... For example, the fried tofu with soy sauce that Zhang Dongguan made for Qianlong, or the toast with soup that Escoffier made for William II. Pieces, these are all famous delicacies that will leave their name in history...

While explaining, Jester's hands did not stop. He picked up two eggs at the same time, then cracked the eggs and took out the yolks, leaving only the sticky and transparent egg whites. He cut the beef, Added in.

...After cutting the beef, use egg whites to mix it evenly. Then marinate it for two to three hours. This is a secret recipe passed down from ancient times, because the egg white is rich in gray matter, which can make the beef smoother. , and the egg white itself has an aroma, and it tastes better when fried. Hearing Jester explain to himself while cooking, Li Fuzhen nodded with some understanding.

But there is one thing to note. I think many people like to use some salt or soy sauce when marinating the beef before frying it... Li Fuzhen had a confused look on his face when he saw himself talking about soy sauce. Jester immediately understood the reason for the other party's doubts. Although Korean cooking is in the same vein as Chinese cooking, Koreans mainly learn from northern cooking, and soy sauce is generally used more in the south.

In the north, another name for soy sauce is soy sauce.

Soy sauce is soy sauce... After Jester explained, Li Fuzhen showed a look of understanding.

...The reason why you can't add salt or soy sauce is because after it is marinated in salt and soy sauce, the beef will shrink. The result of shrinkage will be rough and tough. No one likes rough and tough meat...

Jester said as he spoke. While saying hello to Li Fuzhen, he went to the living room to watch TV first, because it was not the time to cook it yet. The beef had to be marinated for at least two hours before formal cooking could begin. And Li Fuzhen was also thinking about what Jester told her before about being good at skills.

So...have the two people you just mentioned reached the level of obsession you mentioned?

Ha ha!

Jester couldn't help but laugh when he heard Li Fuzhen ask this.

Those two... are incredible figures in the history of Chinese and Western cooking. They are more than obsessed with their hearts. I am afraid that their understanding of cooking has transcended the scope of skills and reached the realm of Tao. The so-called They are probably the ones who are sincere to the Tao...

When Jester said it, there was also some admiration in his tone. In any industry, those who have reached the pinnacle are worthy of admiration, and he also knows how difficult it is to be able to achieve a career in cooking where there is no road ahead. Disaster.

It's much harder than him copying games.

The two people Li Fuzhen was talking about were Zhang Dongguan, who Jester mentioned just now, who made stir-fried tofu with black bean sauce for Qianlong. He was also the rumored maker of the Manchu-Han banquet. The other one was the originator of modern Western food and was honored by the Western culinary community. Auguste Escoffier as 'King's Cook, Chef's King'.

Sincerity?

When she heard this, Li Fuzhen once again showed a confused look. Jester hadn't explained to her what she didn't understand before, so another term came up that she didn't quite understand.

…honest to the truth…

Jester suddenly realized that he didn't know how to explain it to Li Fuzhen, so he could only think about it briefly and explain his understanding in his own words: Actually, it's the same as what I said before. , this is a kind of power that turns decay into magic. It can cook some seemingly ordinary ingredients into delicious food that even the top ingredients cannot have. This method is called sincerity...

This explanation is not wrong either.

However, Jester was afraid that Li Fu really didn't understand, so he continued to explain: ...Look, let's talk about Zhang Dongguan's fried tofu with black bean sauce, which is fried tofu with soy sauce. It couldn't be simpler, and then look at Escoffier Toast slices, toast slices, just bread slices, there is nothing more ordinary than this. Who can't make these two things? But using this kind of thing, they made something that others can't even match. The deliciousness...

Making the impossible possible...this is probably what is called sincerity...

These are actually Jester's own understanding. When his grandfather mentioned the three realms of cooking to him, he only talked about being skilled in technique, persistent in heart, and sincere in Tao... As for what these three means.

His grandfather didn't say anything. Although Jester asked him about it at the time, his grandfather's answer was very straightforward.

These things can only be understood by oneself.

Making the impossible possible...

After Li Fuzhen listened to Jester's explanation, she felt enlightened. She chewed the words carefully and suddenly felt a feeling that although she didn't understand what it meant, she seemed to be very powerful, while Jester just laughed. He smiled and didn't say anything further. In fact, he didn't know whether he understood it correctly or not, maybe he just scratched the surface.

The two talked to each other for a few more minutes.

Jester looked at the time and saw that the beef was almost marinated, so he smiled at Li Fuzhen and said, It's almost done. I'll finish cooking the beef.

Li Fuzhen also followed Jester and returned to the kitchen. (To be continued...)